4349 lines
88 KiB
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4349 lines
88 KiB
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{
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"benediction":{
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"a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor":{
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"antonyms":[
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"anathema",
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"curse",
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"execration",
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"imprecation",
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"malediction"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the priest offered a benediction for the missing children"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"Godspeed",
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"appeal",
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"entreaty",
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"grace",
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"intercession",
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"invocation",
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"orison",
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"petition",
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"plea",
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"prayer",
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"supplication",
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"sanctification"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"benison",
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"blessing"
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]
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},
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"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
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"antonyms":[
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"affliction",
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"bane",
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"curse",
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"evil",
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"plague",
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"scourge"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the library's silence was a welcome benediction to someone, like me, who needed to concentrate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hex",
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"hoodoo",
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"jinx",
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"bother",
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"irritant",
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"nuisance",
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"pest",
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"disadvantage",
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"cross",
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"misery",
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"trial",
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"tribulation"
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],
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"related":[
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"grace",
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"mercy",
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"favor",
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"kindness",
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"mitzvah",
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"advantage",
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"aid",
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"assistance",
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"gift",
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"help",
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"relief",
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"support",
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"anodyne",
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"comfort",
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"consolation",
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"solace",
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"bonus",
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"extra",
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"lagniappe",
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"delight",
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"joy",
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"pleasure"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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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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"good",
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"manna",
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"windfall"
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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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"benefaction":{
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"a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution":{
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"examples":[
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"the generous benefaction from an anonymous donor meant the animal shelter could stay open"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alms",
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"beneficence",
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"charity",
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"contribution",
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"donation",
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"philanthropy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"offering",
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"tithe",
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"bequest",
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"endowment",
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"legacy",
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"aid",
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"assistance",
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"dole",
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"handout",
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"relief",
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"welfare",
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"grant",
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"subsidy",
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"benevolence",
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"bestowal",
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"largesse",
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"largess",
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"present",
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"presentation"
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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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"benefited":{
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"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hindered",
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"impeded",
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"damaged",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"afflicted",
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"distressed",
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"upset"
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],
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"related":[
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"succeeded",
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"worked (for)",
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"wrought (for)",
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"aided",
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"assisted",
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"bettered",
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"improved",
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"contented",
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"delighted",
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"gladdened",
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"gratified",
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"pleased",
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"satisfied",
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"blessed",
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"blest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advantaged",
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"availed",
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"helped",
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"profited",
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"served"
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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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"benefits":{
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"a thing that helps":{
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"examples":[
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"it would be a real benefit if you could keep track of what you have already bought"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advantages",
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"aids",
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"assets",
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"boons",
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"help"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hands",
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"lifts",
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"pick-me-ups",
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"supports",
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"sustenances",
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"blessings",
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"godsends",
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"windfalls",
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"recourses",
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"refuges",
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"resorts",
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"resources"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"constraints",
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"inhibitors",
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"liabilities",
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"obstacles",
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"obstructions",
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"restraints",
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"strangleholds"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disadvantages",
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"drawbacks",
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"encumbrances",
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"hindrances",
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"impediments",
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"minuses"
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]
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},
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"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
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"examples":[
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"the meal service is a great benefit to invalids and the elderly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"benedictions",
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"blessings",
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"boons",
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"felicities",
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"godsends",
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"goods",
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"mannas",
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"windfalls"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"graces",
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"mercies",
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"favors",
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"mitzvoth",
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"mitzvahs",
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"advantages",
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"aids",
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"assistances",
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"gifts",
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"help",
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"reliefs",
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"supports",
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"anodynes",
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"comforts",
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"consolations",
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"solaces",
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"bonuses",
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"extras",
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"lagniappes",
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"delights",
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"joys",
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"pleasures"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hexes",
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"hoodoos",
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"jinxes",
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"bothers",
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"irritants",
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"nuisances",
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"pests",
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"disadvantages",
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"crosses",
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"miseries",
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"trials",
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"tribulations"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"afflictions",
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"banes",
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"curses",
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"evils",
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"plagues",
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"scourges"
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]
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},
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"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
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"examples":[
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"his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advantages",
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"avails",
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"helps",
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"profits",
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"serves"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"succeeds",
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"works (for)",
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"aids",
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"assists",
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"betters",
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"improves",
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"contents",
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"delights",
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"gladdens",
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"gratifies",
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"pleases",
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"satisfies",
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"blesses"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hinders",
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"impedes",
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"damages",
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"harms",
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"hurts",
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"impairs",
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"injures",
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"afflicts",
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"distresses",
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"upsets"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"benefitted":{
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"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
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"examples":[
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"his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"advantaged",
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"availed",
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"helped",
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"profited",
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"served"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"succeeded",
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"worked (for)",
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"wrought (for)",
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"aided",
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"assisted",
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"bettered",
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"improved",
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"contented",
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"delighted",
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"gladdened",
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"gratified",
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"pleased",
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"satisfied",
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"blessed",
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"blest"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hindered",
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"impeded",
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"damaged",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"afflicted",
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"distressed",
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"upset"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"benevolent":{
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"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
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"antonyms":[
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"atrocious",
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"barbaric",
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"barbarous",
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"bestial",
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"brutal",
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"brute",
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"brutish",
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"callous",
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"cold-blooded",
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"cruel",
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"fiendish",
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"hard-hearted",
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"heartless",
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"inhuman",
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"inhumane",
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"insensate",
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"sadistic",
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"savage",
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"truculent",
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"uncompassionate",
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"unfeeling",
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"unkind",
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"unkindly",
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"unsympathetic",
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"vicious",
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"wanton"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a benevolent willingness to provide veterinary services to low-income families at greatly reduced prices"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ironhearted",
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"merciless",
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"pitiless",
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"ruthless",
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"stonyhearted",
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"inconsiderate",
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"insensitive",
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"thoughtless",
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"uncaring",
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"unthinking",
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"grim",
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"hard-boiled",
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"harsh",
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"heavy-handed",
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"severe",
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"stern",
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"tough",
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"unsentimental",
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"hateful",
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"malevolent",
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"malicious",
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"malign",
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"malignant",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"spiteful",
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"virulent",
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"antihumanitarian",
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"uncharitable"
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],
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"related":[
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"attentive",
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"considerate",
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"solicitous",
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"thoughtful",
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"affable",
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"amicable",
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"benign",
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"companionable",
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"comradely",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"gentle",
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"good",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"mild",
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"neighborly",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"sweet",
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"warm",
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"clement",
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"forbearing",
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"forgiving",
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"lenient",
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"merciful",
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"soft",
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"patient",
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"pitying",
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"tolerant",
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"understanding",
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"altruistic",
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"brotherly",
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"charitable",
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"freehanded",
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"generous",
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"greathearted",
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"humanitarian",
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"liberal",
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"magnanimous",
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"munificent",
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"noble",
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"openhearted",
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"philanthropic",
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"philanthropical",
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"selfless",
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"unselfish",
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"unsparing",
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"anticruelty",
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"cruelty-free"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beneficent",
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"benignant",
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"compassionate",
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"good-hearted",
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"humane",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"kindly",
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"softhearted",
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"sympathetic",
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"tender",
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"tenderhearted",
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"warmhearted"
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]
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},
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"having or showing a concern for the welfare of others":{
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"antonyms":[
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"self-centered",
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"self-concerned",
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"selfish"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a benevolent businessman who has donated money and time to helping inner-city youths"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"self-indulgent",
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"self-seeking",
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"cheap",
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"closefisted",
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"miserly",
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"niggardly",
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"parsimonious",
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"stingy",
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"tight",
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"tightfisted",
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"hard-hearted",
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"pitiless",
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"unfeeling",
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"self-obsessed"
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],
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"related":[
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"selfless",
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"self-sacrificing",
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"bighearted",
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"bounteous",
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"bountiful",
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"free",
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"freehanded",
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"generous",
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"greathearted",
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"handsome",
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"liberal",
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"magnanimous",
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"munificent",
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"openhanded",
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"openhearted",
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"unselfish",
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"unsparing",
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"compassionate",
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"humane",
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"kind",
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"kindhearted",
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"social-minded"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altruistic",
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"beneficent",
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"charitable",
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"do-good",
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"eleemosynary",
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"good",
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"humanitarian",
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"philanthropic",
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"philanthropical"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"benighted":{
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"lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books":{
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"antonyms":[
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"educated",
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"knowledgeable",
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"lettered",
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"literate",
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"schooled",
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"well-informed",
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"well-read"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the poor benighted souls who do not know the joys of reading"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brilliant",
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"intelligent",
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"smart",
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"experienced",
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"expert",
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"trained",
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"erudite",
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"learned",
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"polyhistoric",
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"polymath",
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"polymathic",
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"scholarly",
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"cultivated",
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"cultured",
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"highbrow",
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"intellectual",
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"sophisticated",
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"acquainted",
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"aware",
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"familiar"
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],
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"related":[
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"functionally illiterate",
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"innumerate",
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"semiliterate",
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"unknowledgeable",
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"artless",
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"lowbrow",
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"philistine",
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"uncultivated",
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"uncultured",
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"callow",
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"green",
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"inexperienced",
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"innocent",
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"naive",
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"na\u00efve",
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"unsophisticated",
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"raw",
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"unskilled",
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"untrained",
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"brainless",
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"dumb",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"moronic",
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"stupid",
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"witless",
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"foolish",
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"senseless",
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"silly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"analphabetic",
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"dark",
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"ignorant",
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"illiterate",
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"nonliterate",
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"rude",
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"simple",
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"uneducated",
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"uninstructed",
|
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"unlearned",
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"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
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"untaught",
|
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"untutored"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
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]
|
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},
|
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"benign":{
|
|
"not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"around campus he's known as a real character, but one whose eccentricities are entirely benign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"hurtless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
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"inoffensive",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonthreatening",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"noncorrosive",
|
|
"nondestructive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"noninfectious",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nonpolluting",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"nonvenomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"sinister",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"ruinous",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"nocuous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"prejudicial",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"basking under a benign sun on a day in early spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"nonabrasive",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"emollient",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"abrading",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"ungentle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bent (on":{
|
|
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unresolved",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weak-kneed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bride-to-be bent on having the perfect wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"do-or-die",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bent (on or upon)":{
|
|
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bride-to-be bent on having the perfect wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"do-or-die",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unresolved",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weak-kneed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benignity":{
|
|
"sympathetic concern for the well-being of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a doctor who extends to all of her patients, both rich and poor, the same measure of gentle benignity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"compassionateness",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"tenderheartedness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"bestiality",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"cold-bloodedness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"unkindliness",
|
|
"unkindness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benignancy":{
|
|
"sympathetic concern for the well-being of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through posture and facial expression the artist has been able to convey the serene benignancy that is traditionally associated with the saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassionateness",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"tenderheartedness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"bestiality",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"cold-bloodedness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"unkindliness",
|
|
"unkindness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benumb":{
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"cauterize",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"numb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper (off)",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"stimulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"whet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beneficiary":{
|
|
"someone who inherits something when someone dies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He named his only child as the beneficiary on his life insurance policy."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"devisee",
|
|
"grantee",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heir at law",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"legatee",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"heir apparent",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"succeeder",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"coheir",
|
|
"coheiress",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
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"scion"
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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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"benumbed":{
|
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"lacking in sensation or feeling":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"my benumbed ears took a few minutes to warm up after the frigid air outside"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"asleep",
|
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"dead",
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"insensitive",
|
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"numb",
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"numbed",
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"torpid",
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"unfeeling"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"chilled",
|
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"nipped",
|
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"anesthetized",
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"cocainized",
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"deadened",
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"drugged",
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"stupefied",
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"blunted",
|
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"dulled",
|
|
"obtunded",
|
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"insensible",
|
|
"senseless",
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"unconscious",
|
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"inanimate",
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"insensate"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"cauterized",
|
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"damped",
|
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"dampened",
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"deadened",
|
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"dulled",
|
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"numbed"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"muffled",
|
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"muted",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
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"decreased",
|
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"diminished",
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"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"moderated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beneficial":{
|
|
"promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tutoring can often be as beneficial and rewarding for the tutor as for the student receiving the help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"benefic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"salutary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"gainful",
|
|
"lucrative",
|
|
"remunerative",
|
|
"ameliorative",
|
|
"amelioratory",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"supportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"insalubrious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unprofitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beneficent":{
|
|
"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a beneficent couple who are regular volunteers at a homeless shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"pitying",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"anticruelty",
|
|
"cruelty-free"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"antihumanitarian",
|
|
"uncharitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"fiendish",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"uncompassionate",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a concern for the welfare of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a beneficent effort to help out the needy during the holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultural activities have a beneficent effect on a community that can't be measured in dollars and cents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"benefic",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"salutary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"gainful",
|
|
"lucrative",
|
|
"remunerative",
|
|
"ameliorative",
|
|
"amelioratory",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"supportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"insalubrious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unprofitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beneficence":{
|
|
"a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town library stays open primarily through beneficences from concerned residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"tithe",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"dole",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"presentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sympathetic concern for the well-being of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a religious leader whose beneficence is felt by all who meet him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassionateness",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"tenderheartedness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"bestiality",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"cold-bloodedness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"unkindliness",
|
|
"unkindness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benefitting":{
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantaging",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"profiting",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working (for)",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bends":{
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she bent the blade of the knife when she got it jammed in the drawer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"swerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"incurvates",
|
|
"incurves",
|
|
"inflects",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dimples",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bent herself to the task for the rest of the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles",
|
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"devotes",
|
|
"gives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readdresses",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"sets (to)",
|
|
"settles (down)",
|
|
"busies",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"plunges (in)",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs (away)",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bent all of his efforts toward making his first documentary film"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"steers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"rechannels",
|
|
"shunts",
|
|
"sidetracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stream bends slightly to the east"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"falls off",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"trends",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"veers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attorneys bending the facts to put their client in the most favorable light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misrelates",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misdescribes",
|
|
"misspeaks",
|
|
"mistranslates",
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"complicates",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"mystifies",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"prevaricates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"deciphers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bend a leash to the dog's collar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
"hasps",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"latches",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"rivets",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"tackles",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"toggles",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"coapts",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"reaffixes",
|
|
"reattaches",
|
|
"refastens",
|
|
"refixes",
|
|
"resecures",
|
|
"battens",
|
|
"belays",
|
|
"buttons",
|
|
"does up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unhooks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's hard to see around that bend in the road, so be careful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did knee bends for exercise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anglings",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"nods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benefic":{
|
|
"promoting or contributing to personal or social well-being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that participation in sports has a benefic influence on a young person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"salutary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"rewarding",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"advisable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutiferous",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"gainful",
|
|
"lucrative",
|
|
"remunerative",
|
|
"ameliorative",
|
|
"amelioratory",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"constructive",
|
|
"supportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"insalubrious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disadvantageous",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unhelpful",
|
|
"unprofitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benefit":{
|
|
"a thing that helps":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it would be a real benefit if you could keep track of what you have already bought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick-me-up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"recourse",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibitor",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"stranglehold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"minus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meal service is a great benefit to invalids and the elderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mitzvah",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"irritant",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide with something useful or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his summer internship benefited him in two ways: by giving him some tuition funds and by offering vital work experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"avail",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"serve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work (for)",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"bless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benevolence":{
|
|
"an act of kind assistance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-effacing as well as selfless, he refused all public acknowledgement of his many benevolences to the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"privilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"kindly concern, interest, or support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her benevolence towards her employees was such that she actually let one live in her home temporarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"cordialness",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
|
|
"good-fellowship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"neighborliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonhomie",
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"collegiality",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"comradeship",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"rapprochement",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"intolerance",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sympathetic concern for the well-being of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress who was admired for her benevolence as for her beauty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"compassionateness",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"tenderheartedness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"considerateness",
|
|
"thoughtfulness",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"clemency",
|
|
"leniency",
|
|
"mercifulness",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"charitableness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"ruthlessness",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
"barbarousness",
|
|
"bestiality",
|
|
"brutality",
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"cold-bloodedness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"savageness",
|
|
"savagery",
|
|
"unfeelingness",
|
|
"unkindliness",
|
|
"unkindness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bender":{
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't remember a thing after the all-night bender"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"jamboree",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"toot",
|
|
"wassail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"bibbery",
|
|
"bibulousness",
|
|
"drunkenness",
|
|
"inebriation",
|
|
"inebriety",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"tipsiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benedictions":{
|
|
"a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the priest offered a benediction for the missing children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benisons",
|
|
"blessings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Godspeeds",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"entreaties",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"intercessions",
|
|
"invocations",
|
|
"orisons",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"prayers",
|
|
"supplications",
|
|
"sanctifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the library's silence was a welcome benediction to someone, like me, who needed to concentrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"mercies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"mitzvoth",
|
|
"mitzvahs",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"anodynes",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"irritants",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tribulations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"scourges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bench":{
|
|
"a public official having authority to decide questions of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"appealed to the bench for leniency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudicator",
|
|
"beak",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"jurist",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"magistrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chief justice",
|
|
"circuit judge",
|
|
"justice of the peace",
|
|
"squire",
|
|
"auditor",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"jurisconsult",
|
|
"jurisprudent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ruling from the bench is expected any day now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"tribunal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal court",
|
|
"judicatory",
|
|
"judicature",
|
|
"judiciary",
|
|
"high court",
|
|
"supreme court",
|
|
"court-martial",
|
|
"drumhead court-martial",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"kangaroo court"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benedicts":{
|
|
"as in men , husbands":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hubbies",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"spouses",
|
|
"bridegrooms",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"Mr. Rights",
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"widowers",
|
|
"househusbands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benumbs":{
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunts",
|
|
"cauterizes",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"numbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up (on)",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers (off)",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"whets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benumbing":{
|
|
"as in numbing , anesthetic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying",
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"soporific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a succession of personal tragedies had benumbed him to all grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunting",
|
|
"cauterizing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up (on)",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"whetting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benefactors":{
|
|
"one that helps another with gifts or money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an anonymous benefactor gave the school a dozen new computers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"donators",
|
|
"donors",
|
|
"fairy godmothers",
|
|
"Maecenases",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"sugar daddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefactresses",
|
|
"patronesses",
|
|
"almoners",
|
|
"almsgivers",
|
|
"philanthropists",
|
|
"altruists",
|
|
"bestowers",
|
|
"contributors",
|
|
"givers",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"subscribers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"guardian angels",
|
|
"protectors",
|
|
"saviors",
|
|
"saviours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficiaries",
|
|
"donees",
|
|
"giftees",
|
|
"recipients"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beneficialness":{
|
|
"as in profitability , advantageousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advantageousness",
|
|
"profitability",
|
|
"advisability",
|
|
"advisableness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"expedience",
|
|
"expediency",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"feasibility",
|
|
"practicality",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"opportuneness",
|
|
"seasonableness",
|
|
"timeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imprudence",
|
|
"inadvisability",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"injudiciousness",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"infeasibility",
|
|
"inopportuneness",
|
|
"unseasonableness",
|
|
"untimeliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"beneath":{
|
|
"in a lower position than":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sat beneath him, on the floor, for the group photo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"neath",
|
|
"under"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"underneath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"above",
|
|
"over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in or to a lower place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ranch house with all of the rooms on one floor and a combined basement and garage beneath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"underneath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beside",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloft",
|
|
"overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benches":{
|
|
"a public official having authority to decide questions of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"appealed to the bench for leniency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjudicators",
|
|
"beaks",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"jurists",
|
|
"justices",
|
|
"magistrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chief justices",
|
|
"circuit judges",
|
|
"justices of the peace",
|
|
"squires",
|
|
"auditors",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"jurisconsults",
|
|
"jurisprudents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an assembly of persons for the administration of justice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ruling from the bench is expected any day now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"tribunals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal courts",
|
|
"judicatories",
|
|
"judicatures",
|
|
"judiciaries",
|
|
"high courts",
|
|
"supreme courts",
|
|
"courts-martial",
|
|
"court-martials",
|
|
"drumhead court-martials",
|
|
"inquisitions",
|
|
"kangaroo courts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bent":{
|
|
"given to or marked by cheating and deception":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drug dealer knew which of the cops were bent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perfect gift for a person of a literary bent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"having a decided bent for languages, he picked up Italian in no time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"ear",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"instinct",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"specialism",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she bent the blade of the knife when she got it jammed in the drawer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"incurvated",
|
|
"incurved",
|
|
"inflected",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dimpled",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"sloped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bent herself to the task for the rest of the day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"buckled",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"gave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readdressed",
|
|
"reapplied",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"busied",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"plunged (in)",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged (away)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bent all of his efforts toward making his first documentary film"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimed",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"headed",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"pinpointed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"trained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"steered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"detoured",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"rechanneled",
|
|
"rechannelled",
|
|
"shunted",
|
|
"sidetracked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stream bends slightly to the east"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"fell off",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"trended",
|
|
"wheeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curlicued",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"veered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"attorneys bending the facts to put their client in the most favorable light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misrelated",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"misstated",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misdescribed",
|
|
"misspoke",
|
|
"mistranslated",
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"mystified",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"fibbed",
|
|
"lied",
|
|
"paltered",
|
|
"prevaricated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"spelled out",
|
|
"deciphered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bend a leash to the dog's collar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affixed",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"harnessed",
|
|
"hasped",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"latched",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pinned",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"riveted",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"stapled",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"tackled",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"toggled",
|
|
"yoked",
|
|
"coapted",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"reaffixed",
|
|
"reattached",
|
|
"refastened",
|
|
"refixed",
|
|
"resecured",
|
|
"battened",
|
|
"belayed",
|
|
"buttoned",
|
|
"did up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unfixed",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"untied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unhooked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benignantly":{
|
|
"as in lovingly , kindly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"tenderly",
|
|
"clemently",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"leniently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"tolerantly",
|
|
"understandingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brutally",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"oppressively",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sternly",
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"stiffly",
|
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"callously",
|
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"cold-bloodedly",
|
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"hard-heartedly",
|
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"heartlessly",
|
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"inhumanely",
|
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"inhumanly",
|
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"insensately",
|
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"insensitively",
|
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"mercilessly",
|
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"obdurately",
|
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"pitilessly",
|
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"ruthlessly",
|
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"tyrannically",
|
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"uncharitably",
|
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"unfeelingly",
|
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"unmercifully",
|
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"unsparingly",
|
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"abusively",
|
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"brutishly",
|
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"savagely",
|
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"viciously"
|
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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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"bendable":{
|
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"as in pliable , pliant":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"bendy",
|
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"ductile",
|
|
"pliable",
|
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"pliant",
|
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"supple",
|
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"waxen",
|
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"willowy",
|
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"adaptable",
|
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"elastic",
|
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"flexible",
|
|
"flexile",
|
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"limber",
|
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"resilient",
|
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"workable",
|
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"malleable",
|
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"moldable",
|
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"plastic",
|
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"shapable",
|
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"shapeable",
|
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"waxy",
|
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"bending",
|
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"giving",
|
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"kneadable",
|
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"tractable",
|
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"yielding"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"inflexible",
|
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"intractable",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bendy":{
|
|
"able to bend easily without breaking":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the kids love to use bendy straws"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"semiflexible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"fragile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiffened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benevolently":{
|
|
"as in charitably , humanely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"beneficently",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"parsimoniously",
|
|
"stingily",
|
|
"ungenerously",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"provocatively",
|
|
"coldly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"frigidly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"angrily",
|
|
"belligerently",
|
|
"begrudgingly",
|
|
"grudgingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benightedness":{
|
|
"the state of being unaware or uninformed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"takes perverse pride in his benightedness regarding popular culture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cluelessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"incognizance",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"nescience",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"unsophistication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"sophistication"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"familiarity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benefactress":{
|
|
"as in patroness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patroness",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"donator",
|
|
"donor",
|
|
"fairy godmother",
|
|
"Maecenas",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"sugar daddy",
|
|
"almoner",
|
|
"almsgiver",
|
|
"philanthropist",
|
|
"altruist",
|
|
"bestower",
|
|
"contributor",
|
|
"giver",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"subscriber",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"guardian angel",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficiary",
|
|
"donee",
|
|
"giftee",
|
|
"recipient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benchmark":{
|
|
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this prize-winning biography will be the benchmark against which all others will be judged in future years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barometer",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"gold standard",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"metric",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"touchstone",
|
|
"yardstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aberration",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"deviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benthic":{
|
|
"as in marine , deep-sea":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"maritime",
|
|
"oceanic",
|
|
"pelagic",
|
|
"abyssal",
|
|
"deep-sea",
|
|
"deepwater",
|
|
"saltwater",
|
|
"hydrographic",
|
|
"oceanographic",
|
|
"oceanographical",
|
|
"undersea",
|
|
"underwater",
|
|
"admiralty",
|
|
"nautical",
|
|
"naval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"benchmarks":{
|
|
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this prize-winning biography will be the benchmark against which all others will be judged in future years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barometers",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"gold standards",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"metrics",
|
|
"pars",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"averages",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"deviations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |