7072 lines
137 KiB
JSON
7072 lines
137 KiB
JSON
{
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"halcyon":{
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"free from storms or physical disturbance":{
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"examples":[
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"a halcyon era following the American Civil War"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"calm",
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"hushed",
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"lown",
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"peaceful",
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"placid",
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"quiet",
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"serene",
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"still",
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"stilly",
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"tranquil",
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"untroubled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"clement",
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"equable",
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"gentle",
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"mild",
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"moderate",
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"temperate",
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"clear",
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"cloudless",
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"fair",
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"rainless",
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"sunny",
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"sunshiny",
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"windless"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blizzardy",
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"blizzardly",
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"blustery",
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"squally",
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"windy",
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"extreme",
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"foul",
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"intemperate",
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"nasty",
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"severe"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"agitated",
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"angry",
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"inclement",
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"restless",
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"rough",
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"stormy",
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"tempestuous",
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"turbulent",
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"unquiet",
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"unsettled"
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]
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},
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"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
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"examples":[
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"during those early halcyon years the company's potential for growth seemed unlimited"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"booming",
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"boomy",
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"flourishing",
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"golden",
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"healthy",
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"lush",
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"palmy",
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"prospering",
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"prosperous",
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"roaring",
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"successful",
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"thriving"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"substantial",
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"wealthy",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do",
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"comfortable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"declining",
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"dying",
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"failing",
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"floundering",
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"languishing",
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"struggling",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"insolvent"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"depressed",
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"unprosperous",
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"unsuccessful"
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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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"hale":{
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"enjoying health and vigor":{
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"examples":[
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"still hale and strong at 80, often outdoing his younger golfing buddies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"bouncing",
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"fit",
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"healthy",
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"hearty",
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"robust",
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"sound",
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"well",
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"well-conditioned",
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"whole",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hard",
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"hardy",
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"iron",
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"lusty",
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"rugged",
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"stalwart",
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"strong",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"ambulatory",
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"nondisabled",
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"uncrippled",
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"active",
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"agile",
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"chipper",
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"lively",
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"sprightful",
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"sprightly",
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"spry",
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"vigorous",
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"vital",
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"blooming",
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"clean-cut",
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"flourishing",
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"flush",
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"prospering",
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"thriving",
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"all right",
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"good",
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"right"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decrepit",
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"enfeebled",
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"feeble",
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"infirm",
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"run-down",
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"sickened",
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"sickly",
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"weak",
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"weakened",
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"weakly",
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"worn-out",
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"challenged",
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"crippled",
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"debilitated",
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"differently abled",
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"disabled",
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"halt",
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"incapacitated",
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"lame",
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"delicate",
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"fragile",
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"frail",
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"emaciated",
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"gaunt",
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"haggard",
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"malnourished",
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"undernourished",
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"afflicted",
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"troubled",
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"bad",
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"poorly"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ailing",
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"diseased",
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"ill",
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"sick",
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"unfit",
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"unhealthy",
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"unsound",
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"unwell"
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]
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},
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"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
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"examples":[
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"the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drag",
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"draw",
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"haul",
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"lug",
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"pull",
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"tow",
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"tug"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attract",
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"heave",
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"jerk",
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"yank",
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"carry",
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"convey",
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"ferry",
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"move",
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"transport"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"shove",
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"thrust"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"drive",
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"propel",
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"push"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"half bath":{
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"as in powder room":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"powder room",
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"garderobe",
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"jakes",
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"outhouse",
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"privy",
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"ladies",
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"ladies' room",
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"men's room",
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"commode",
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"pan",
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"pot",
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"bath",
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"bathroom",
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"bog",
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"can",
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"cloakroom",
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"comfort station",
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"convenience",
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"head",
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"john",
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"latrine",
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"lavatory",
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"loo",
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"potty",
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"restroom",
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"toilet",
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"washroom",
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"water closet"
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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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"half baths":{
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"as in powder rooms":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"half-and-half":{
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"as in intermixture , interfusion":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"absorption",
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"blending",
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"coalescence",
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"coalition",
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"commingling",
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"commixture",
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"compost",
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"concretion",
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"homogenization",
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"immingling",
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"immixture",
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"incorporation",
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"integration",
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"interfusion",
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"intermingling",
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"mergence",
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"merger",
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"merging",
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"mingling",
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"admixture",
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"alloy",
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"amalgam",
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"amalgamation",
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"blend",
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"cocktail",
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"combination",
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"composite",
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"compound",
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"conflation",
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"emulsion",
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"fusion",
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"intermixture",
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"meld",
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"mix",
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"mixture",
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"synthesis",
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"assortment",
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"hash",
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"hodgepodge",
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"hotchpotch",
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"jumble",
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"medley",
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"m\u00e9lange",
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"mishmash",
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"motley",
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"patchwork",
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"potpourri",
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"variety",
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"accumulation",
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"aggregation",
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"conglomeration"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"component",
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"constituent",
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"element",
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"ingredient"
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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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]
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},
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"half-baked":{
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"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"he's always got some half-baked \"solution\" to a difficult, complex problem"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"fatuous",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"foolish",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"inept",
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"insane",
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"jerky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless",
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"zany"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"airheaded",
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"birdbrained",
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"boobish",
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"brain-dead",
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"chowderheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"clueless",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"dunderheaded",
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"empty-headed",
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"feebleminded",
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"gormless",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"mindless",
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"moronic",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"opaque",
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"pinheaded",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"thoughtless",
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"thick",
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"thickheaded",
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"unintelligent",
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"vacuous",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"nonrational",
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"surd",
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"unreasonable",
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"unreasoning",
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"unsound",
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"weak",
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"farcical",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"notional",
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"buffoonish",
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"clownish",
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"ill-advised",
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"unconsidered",
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"unreasoned"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"clever",
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"intelligent",
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"smart",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid",
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"well-advised"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sapient",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise"
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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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"half-cocked":{
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"as in ill-advised , half-baked":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"half-pint":{
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"a person of no importance or influence":{
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"antonyms":[
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"big shot",
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"big wheel",
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"bigwig",
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"eminence",
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"figure",
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"kahuna",
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"kingpin",
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"magnate",
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"nabob",
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"personage",
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"somebody",
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"VIP"
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],
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"examples":[
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"when I called the company to complain, I was shuttled from one half-pint to the next"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chief",
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"head",
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"lead",
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"leader",
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"celebrity",
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"luminary",
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"notable",
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"personality",
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"planet",
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"star",
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"superstar",
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"authority",
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"superior",
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"great power",
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"party",
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"power"
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],
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"related":[
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"no-name",
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"noncelebrity",
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"least",
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"inferior",
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"mediocrity",
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"obscurity",
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"figurehead",
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"puppet"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cipher",
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"dwarf",
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"insect",
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"insignificancy",
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"lightweight",
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"morsel",
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"nobody",
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"nonentity",
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"nothing",
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"nullity",
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"number",
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"pip-squeak",
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"pygmy",
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"pigmy",
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"shrimp",
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"snippersnapper",
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"twerp",
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"whippersnapper",
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"zero",
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"zilch"
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]
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},
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"of a size that is less than average":{
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"antonyms":[
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"big",
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"biggish",
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"considerable",
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"goodly",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"handsome",
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"husky",
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"king-size",
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"king-sized",
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"large",
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"largish",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"overscale",
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"overscaled",
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"oversize",
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"oversized",
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"sizable",
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy",
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"whacking",
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"whopping"
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],
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"examples":[
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"one of those half-pint refrigerators that are designed for small apartments"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bulky",
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"hefty",
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"hulking",
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"massive",
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"voluminous",
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"boxcar",
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"Brobdingnagian",
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"Bunyanesque",
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"cavernous",
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"colossal",
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"cyclopean",
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"elephantine",
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"enormous",
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"galactic",
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"gargantuan",
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"giant",
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"gigantic",
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"gross",
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"Himalayan",
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"herculean",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"huge",
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"humongous",
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"humungous",
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"immense",
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"jumbo",
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"leviathan",
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"mammoth",
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"monolithic",
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"monstrous",
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"monumental",
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"mountainous",
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"pharaonic",
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"prodigious",
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"staggering",
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"stupendous",
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"titanic",
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"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"toy",
|
|
"runtish",
|
|
"runty",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"miniaturized",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"weeny",
|
|
"weensy",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bite-size",
|
|
"bite-sized",
|
|
"capsule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"shrimpy",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"subnormal",
|
|
"toylike",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-truth":{
|
|
"a statement that is only partly true and that is intended to deceive people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm tired of all these half-truths \u2014I want to know the real story."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"perjury",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"falsification",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fraudulence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"verification",
|
|
"truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halfpence":{
|
|
"as in smidgens , iotas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"ha'pennies",
|
|
"haets",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"kennings",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"nutshells",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halfpennies":{
|
|
"as in smidgens , iotas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"ha'pennies",
|
|
"haets",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"kennings",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"nutshells",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hall":{
|
|
"the entrance room of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dinner guests hung their coats in the hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"foyer",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"lobby",
|
|
"vestibule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechamber",
|
|
"anteroom",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"waiting room",
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"portal",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bedroom is at the end of the hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concourse",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"passageway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcade",
|
|
"breezeway",
|
|
"cloister",
|
|
"loggia",
|
|
"piazza"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concert hall was full"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amphitheater",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"auditorium",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena theater",
|
|
"music hall",
|
|
"odeum",
|
|
"playhouse",
|
|
"theater-in-the-round",
|
|
"ballroom",
|
|
"lyceum",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"senate",
|
|
"cafetorium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the main hall of the museum, turn left to see the ancient pottery collection and turn right to see the mummies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foyer",
|
|
"lobby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"hallway",
|
|
"vestibule",
|
|
"concourse",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"passageway",
|
|
"antechamber",
|
|
"anteroom",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"waiting room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large impressive residence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lord Plentiworth has opened his family's hereditary home, Richley Hall , to visitors on Tuesdays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"villa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"showplace",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearth",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging(s)",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"quarter(s)",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"great house",
|
|
"country house",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"aerie",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"town house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on your right, you will see Parliament Hall , a splendid example of Georgian architecture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cathedral",
|
|
"edifice",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"tower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"showplace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"monument"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallelujah":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"how delightful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hallelujah , the bank is approving our loan application"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alack",
|
|
"alas",
|
|
"aw",
|
|
"boo"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"wow",
|
|
"zowie",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"gee",
|
|
"gee whiz",
|
|
"gosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"glory be",
|
|
"ha",
|
|
"hah",
|
|
"hey",
|
|
"hooray",
|
|
"hurrah",
|
|
"hurray",
|
|
"hot dog",
|
|
"huzzah",
|
|
"wahoo",
|
|
"whee",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yippee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallooing":{
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"whispering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"whooping",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrilling",
|
|
"squeaking",
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"squealing",
|
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"caterwauling",
|
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"howling",
|
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"ululating",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yawping",
|
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"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"yelling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallucinating":{
|
|
"to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halos":{
|
|
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the halo of unimpeachable honesty in which the politician had long basked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"mystiques",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"genius locis",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"ambiences",
|
|
"ambiances",
|
|
"aromas",
|
|
"atmospheres",
|
|
"auras",
|
|
"climates",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"karmas",
|
|
"moods",
|
|
"nimbi",
|
|
"nimbuses",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"odors",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"vibrations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a naturalistic depiction of Saint Peter that shows him as a humble fisherman and without the traditional halo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"starbursts",
|
|
"sunbursts",
|
|
"auras",
|
|
"coronas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"nimbi",
|
|
"nimbuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halt":{
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"negotiations are at a halt , with neither management nor the union budging on the issue of salary limits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"Mexican standoff",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standstill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in paralyzed , lame":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gardening came to a halt during the week of solid rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic was halted by the parade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"fetch up",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pull up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dive (in)",
|
|
"plunge (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"continue"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stride"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"sail"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble",
|
|
"dodder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"limp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halter":{
|
|
"as in rope , lasso":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halts":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic was halted by the parade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"fetches up",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"pulls up",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"chokes off",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"goes along",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"wends",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"limps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles",
|
|
"dodders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"sails"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"strides"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"hangs back",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haws",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"waffles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"continues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dives (in)",
|
|
"plunges (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"negotiations are at a halt , with neither management nor the union budging on the issue of salary limits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"Mexican standoffs",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs",
|
|
"standstills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gardening came to a halt during the week of solid rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrestments",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"closedowns",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"cutoffs",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"discontinuations",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"offsets",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mop-ups",
|
|
"phaseouts",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"letups",
|
|
"moratoriums",
|
|
"moratoria",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"suspensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"prolongations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halve":{
|
|
"as in dissect , subdivide":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcate",
|
|
"bisect",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"dichotomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"fractionalize",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"subdivide",
|
|
"trisect",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"decouple",
|
|
"disassociate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"fragmentate",
|
|
"fragmentize",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"sequester",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"weld",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halves":{
|
|
"as in dissects , subdivides":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"either of a pair matched in one or more qualities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's the bottom half of the ninth inning, and the Yankees are up at bat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antipodes",
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"contraries",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"coequals",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"equivalents",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"identical twins",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"mirror images",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"similarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"twins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of two equal or nearly equal parts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to be fair, we should each get half the pie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"halvers",
|
|
"hemispheres",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"semicircles",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moieties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-pints":{
|
|
"a person of no importance or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when I called the company to complain, I was shuttled from one half-pint to the next"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"insects",
|
|
"insignificancies",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"nullities",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"pip-squeaks",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"snippersnappers",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"no-names",
|
|
"noncelebrities",
|
|
"leasts",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"puppets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"planets",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"powers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"haloing":{
|
|
"as in enhaloing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallucinations":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were the voices real, or merely a hallucination ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"pipe dreams",
|
|
"unrealities",
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignes fatui",
|
|
"mirages",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisps",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
|
|
"cloudlands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"daymares",
|
|
"nightmares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a false idea or belief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the common hallucination that gluttony during the holiday season doesn't have consequences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"misbeliefs",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"untruths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"factoids",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misperceptions",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledges",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"sophisms",
|
|
"sophistries",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"half-truths",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"verities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halters":{
|
|
"as in ropes , lassos":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"lassos",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"spirits (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-blood":{
|
|
"as in interbred , crossbred":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"half-bred",
|
|
"hybridized",
|
|
"interbred",
|
|
"outcrossed",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blooded",
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"pedigreed",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"pure-blooded",
|
|
"pure-blood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"inbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"haltered":{
|
|
"as in roped , lassoed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halberd":{
|
|
"as in trident , harpoon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"leister",
|
|
"trident",
|
|
"javelin",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikestaff",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"spike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallucinated":{
|
|
"to see or sense something or someone that is not really there; to have hallucinations":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The patient may hallucinate if she has a fever."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"stargazed",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mused",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"haltering":{
|
|
"as in roping , lassoing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloving",
|
|
"lassoing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"glomming",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"snapping (up)",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"fastening (on)",
|
|
"fisting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entangling",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halbert":{
|
|
"as in trident , harpoon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"leister",
|
|
"trident",
|
|
"javelin",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikestaff",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"spike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallow":{
|
|
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, \"we cannot dedicate\u2014we cannot consecrate\u2014we cannot hallow \u2014this ground\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"sacralize",
|
|
"sanctify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"spiritualize",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"lustrate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"dedicate",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"reconsecrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"desecrate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"punish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrate",
|
|
"desacralize",
|
|
"desanctify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halfheartedly":{
|
|
"as in casually , listlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lackadaisically",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"shiftlessly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amain",
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"doggedly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"slavishly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"zealously",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
|
"unremittingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halterbroken":{
|
|
"as in broken , trained":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"housebroken",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tamed",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"semidomesticated",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"submissive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"undomesticated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"wildish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-lives":{
|
|
"as in times , durations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"durations",
|
|
"life spans",
|
|
"lifetimes",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"tenures",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"longevities",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallucinatory":{
|
|
"as in surreal , phantasmagoric":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"surreal",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
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"mythical",
|
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"mythic",
|
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"notional",
|
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"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"haltingly":{
|
|
"as in tentatively , hesitantly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-lifes":{
|
|
"as in times , durations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"durations",
|
|
"life spans",
|
|
"lifetimes",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"times",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"tenures",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"longevities",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halo":{
|
|
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the halo of unimpeachable honesty in which the politician had long basked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"ambience",
|
|
"ambiance",
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"atmosphere",
|
|
"aura",
|
|
"climate",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"karma",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"nimbus",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"odor",
|
|
"patina",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"vibration(s)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"mystique",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"genius loci",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an artistic rendering of radiant light around the head or body of a sacred personage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a naturalistic depiction of Saint Peter that shows him as a humble fisherman and without the traditional halo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"nimbus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"starburst",
|
|
"sunburst",
|
|
"aura",
|
|
"corona"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in enhalo":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhalo",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"emblaze",
|
|
"illume",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illumine",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incinerate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"obfuscate",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-and-halfs":{
|
|
"as in intermixtures , immixtures":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgamations",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"conflations",
|
|
"emulsions",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"melds",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"syntheses",
|
|
"absorptions",
|
|
"coalescences",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composts",
|
|
"concretions",
|
|
"homogenizations",
|
|
"immixtures",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"integrations",
|
|
"interfusions",
|
|
"mergences",
|
|
"mergers",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Hall of Fame":{
|
|
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"With that over-the top reception, she won a place in the wedding planners' Hall of Fame ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
"aristocracy",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"corps d'elite",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"elite",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"illuminati",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"priesthood",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"royalty",
|
|
"upper crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top drawer",
|
|
"upper class",
|
|
"caviar",
|
|
"caviare",
|
|
"who's who"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commoners",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"hoi polloi",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"unwashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallowed":{
|
|
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college's hallowed tradition of ringing the chapel bell one hundred times before commencement ceremonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"reverend",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"venerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"reverenced",
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"estimable",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"righteous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"seamy",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a church erected on one of Christianity's most hallowed sites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacral",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"liturgical",
|
|
"priestly",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"biblical",
|
|
"scriptural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"unconsecrated",
|
|
"unhallowed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not to be violated, criticized, or tampered with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hallowed traditions that bind the present generation with all those that have gone before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"inviolable",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"untouchable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inviolate",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"exempt",
|
|
"immune"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemous",
|
|
"irreverent",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"sacrilegious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, \"we cannot dedicate\u2014we cannot consecrate\u2014we cannot hallow \u2014this ground\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"sacralized",
|
|
"sanctified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"canonized",
|
|
"spiritualized",
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"lustrated",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"expurgated",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"reconsecrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"punished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrated",
|
|
"desacralized",
|
|
"desanctified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-life":{
|
|
"as in time , duration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"duration",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"tenure",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"longevity",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"haled":{
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"lugged",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"towed",
|
|
"tugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"yanked",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"ferried",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"transported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"half-wits":{
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"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
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"examples":[
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"some half-wit had left the gate open, and all the sheep had gotten loose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berks",
|
|
"boobies",
|
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"charlies",
|
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"charleys",
|
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"cuckoos",
|
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"ding-a-lings",
|
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"dingbats",
|
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"ding-dongs",
|
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"dipsticks",
|
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"doofuses",
|
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"dufuses",
|
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"featherheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
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"geese",
|
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"gits",
|
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"jackasses",
|
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"lunatics",
|
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"mooncalves",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
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"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
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"nitwits",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
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"nuts",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
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"simps",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
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"yo-yos"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"airheads",
|
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"birdbrains",
|
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"blockheads",
|
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"dodoes",
|
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"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
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"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schlumps",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
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"scatterbrains",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even a half-wit knows that ice cream melts if it's not in the freezer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halting":{
|
|
"as in uncertain , faltering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"reticent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unquestioning",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"inclined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ending , termination":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"neutralization",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"voidance",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recision",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescission",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"rollback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic was halted by the parade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"fetching up",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"pulling up",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"choking off",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"going along",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"limping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"doddering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"striding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"dithering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hanging back",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"scrupling",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"hemming",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"waffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"continuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diving (in)",
|
|
"plunging (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"haloes":{
|
|
"as in enhaloes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhaloes",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obfuscates",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallows":{
|
|
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lincoln's memorable words at the Gettysburg battlefield, \"we cannot dedicate\u2014we cannot consecrate\u2014we cannot hallow \u2014this ground\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"sacralizes",
|
|
"sanctifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"spiritualizes",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"lustrates",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"dedicates",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"reconsecrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"desecrates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"punishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrates",
|
|
"desacralizes",
|
|
"desanctifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-blooded":{
|
|
"as in interbred , crossbred":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"half-bred",
|
|
"hybridized",
|
|
"interbred",
|
|
"outcrossed",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"mongrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blooded",
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"pedigreed",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"pure-blooded",
|
|
"pure-blood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"inbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-wit":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some half-wit had left the gate open, and all the sheep had gotten loose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even a half-wit knows that ice cream melts if it's not in the freezer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halls":{
|
|
"the entrance room of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dinner guests hung their coats in the hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"entranceways",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"entryways",
|
|
"foyers",
|
|
"hallways",
|
|
"lobbies",
|
|
"vestibules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antechambers",
|
|
"anterooms",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"waiting rooms",
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"portals",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a typically long narrow way connecting parts of a building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bedroom is at the end of the hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concourses",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"hallways",
|
|
"passageways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arcades",
|
|
"breezeways",
|
|
"cloisters",
|
|
"loggias",
|
|
"loggie",
|
|
"piazzas",
|
|
"piazze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concert hall was full"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amphitheaters",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"auditoriums",
|
|
"auditoria",
|
|
"gardens",
|
|
"theaters",
|
|
"theatres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena theaters",
|
|
"music halls",
|
|
"odea",
|
|
"playhouses",
|
|
"theaters-in-the-round",
|
|
"ballrooms",
|
|
"lyceums",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"senates",
|
|
"cafetoriums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the main hall of the museum, turn left to see the ancient pottery collection and turn right to see the mummies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foyers",
|
|
"lobbies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entranceways",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"entryways",
|
|
"hallways",
|
|
"vestibules",
|
|
"concourses",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"passageways",
|
|
"antechambers",
|
|
"anterooms",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"waiting rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large impressive residence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Lord Plentiworth has opened his family's hereditary home, Richley Hall , to visitors on Tuesdays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"manses",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"villas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"showplaces",
|
|
"abodes",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"dwellings",
|
|
"habitations",
|
|
"hearths",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residencies",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"great houses",
|
|
"country houses",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"aeries",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"town houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on your right, you will see Parliament Hall , a splendid example of Georgian architecture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cathedrals",
|
|
"edifices",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"towers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections",
|
|
"structures",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"showplaces",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"mausoleums",
|
|
"mausolea",
|
|
"memorials",
|
|
"monuments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-bred":{
|
|
"as in grade":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"mongrel",
|
|
"dihybrid",
|
|
"trihybrid",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"hybridized",
|
|
"interbred",
|
|
"outcrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blooded",
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred",
|
|
"pedigreed",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"inbred",
|
|
"linebred",
|
|
"straightbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cross , intercross":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crossbred",
|
|
"crossbreed",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"intercross",
|
|
"mongrel",
|
|
"mule",
|
|
"outcross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"full-blood",
|
|
"pureblood",
|
|
"purebred",
|
|
"thoroughbred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallucinoses":{
|
|
"as in schizophrenias , paranoias":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypomanias",
|
|
"paranoias",
|
|
"schizophrenias",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"senile dementias",
|
|
"instabilities",
|
|
"irrationalities",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"dementias",
|
|
"derangements",
|
|
"insanities",
|
|
"lunacies",
|
|
"manias",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"monomanias",
|
|
"obsessions",
|
|
"phobias",
|
|
"neuroses",
|
|
"psychoses",
|
|
"abnormalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lucidities",
|
|
"rationalities",
|
|
"reasonabilities",
|
|
"normalities",
|
|
"minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halyard":{
|
|
"as in lanyard , guy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"lanyard",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"cable",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"wire",
|
|
"bungee cord",
|
|
"whipcord"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halloos":{
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"shrills",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"ululates",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallmarking":{
|
|
"as in stamping , earmarking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captioning",
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"ticketing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"styling",
|
|
"terming",
|
|
"titling",
|
|
"branding",
|
|
"stigmatizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallo":{
|
|
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"far into the night searchers could be heard holloing for the lost child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"ululate",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halfhearted":{
|
|
"showing little or no interest or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a halfhearted attempt to clean the house before the arrival of the in-laws"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"wholehearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halfheartedness":{
|
|
"as in hard-heartedness , obduracy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"callosity",
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"heartlessness",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"affectlessness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"emotionlessness",
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"numbness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"blankness",
|
|
"deadness",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"vacancy",
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"hysterics",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"vehemence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halfway houses":{
|
|
"as in homes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"hospices",
|
|
"sanatoriums",
|
|
"sanatoria",
|
|
"sanitariums",
|
|
"sanitaria",
|
|
"sanitoriums",
|
|
"sanitoria",
|
|
"sanitaria",
|
|
"sanitariums",
|
|
"sanitoria",
|
|
"sanitoriums",
|
|
"sickrooms",
|
|
"clinics",
|
|
"hospitals",
|
|
"infirmaries",
|
|
"medical centers",
|
|
"sick bays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-witted":{
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the young genius mastered calculus while his peers, who seemed half-witted in comparison, labored over basic addition and subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the half-witted idea to try to swim across the raging river, and would have drowned if someone hadn't rescued him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
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"unsound",
|
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"weak",
|
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"farcical",
|
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"laughable",
|
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"ludicrous",
|
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"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
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"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"haloed":{
|
|
"as in enhaloed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhaloed",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
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"bathed",
|
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"beaconed",
|
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"emblazed",
|
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"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obfuscated",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallelujahs":{
|
|
"as in hails , hurrahs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"hosannas",
|
|
"hurrahs",
|
|
"hoorays",
|
|
"hoorahs",
|
|
"huzzahs",
|
|
"huzzas",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"ovations",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"r\u00e9clames",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boos",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"raspberries",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"taunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halving":{
|
|
"as in dissecting , subdividing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bifurcating",
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"dichotomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"fractionalizing",
|
|
"fractionating",
|
|
"partitioning",
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
"segmenting",
|
|
"subdividing",
|
|
"trisecting",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"decoupling",
|
|
"disassociating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"ramifying",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmentating",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"fragmentizing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"fracturing",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"rifting",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"secluding",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"sequestering",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"cementing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"welding",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halted":{
|
|
"as in arrested , stopped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"regressing",
|
|
"retrogressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"afoot",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"afloat",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"going"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic was halted by the parade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the private eye abruptly halted his surveillance of the building upon being spotted by his subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"kiboshed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"clamped down",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"snuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all filming halted when the star of the movie quit in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even with her twisted ankle, she managed to halt along and complete her Walk for Peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"doddered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"sailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"strode"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was often confused, halting between the responsibilities of her job and the demands of her home life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"dithered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"hung back",
|
|
"scrupled",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"continued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dived (in)",
|
|
"dove (in)",
|
|
"plunged (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halvers":{
|
|
"as in half , moiety":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"moiety",
|
|
"hemisphere",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"semicircle",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallmark":{
|
|
"a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hallmark of the Primrose Pottery Works is the small rose emblem etched on each piece"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"impresa",
|
|
"logo",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"totem",
|
|
"trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"logogram",
|
|
"logograph",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"cognizance",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"monogram",
|
|
"colophon",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"token"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards kindness and gentleness as the hallmarks of a real man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"attribution",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"diagnostic",
|
|
"differentia",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"fingerprint",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in stamp , earmark":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caption",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"ticket",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"title",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"stigmatize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallmarked":{
|
|
"as in stamped , earmarked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captioned",
|
|
"earmarked",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"ticketed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"styled",
|
|
"termed",
|
|
"titled",
|
|
"branded",
|
|
"stigmatized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halfpenny":{
|
|
"as in smidgen , iota":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"ha'penny",
|
|
"haet",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"kenning",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"nutshell",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hallucination":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were the voices real, or merely a hallucination ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignis fatuus",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisp",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
|
|
"cloudland",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"daymare",
|
|
"nightmare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a false idea or belief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the common hallucination that gluttony during the holiday season doesn't have consequences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"factoid",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledge",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"sophism",
|
|
"sophistry",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"halyards":{
|
|
"as in lanyards , guys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"lanyards",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"cables",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lacings",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"wires",
|
|
"bungee cords",
|
|
"bungees",
|
|
"whipcords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"half-wittedness":{
|
|
"as in doltishness , feeblemindedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"brainpower",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectuality",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"mentality",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"eggheadedness",
|
|
"highbrowism",
|
|
"intellectualism",
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brilliance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hales":{
|
|
"to cause to follow by applying steady force on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fishermen haled the huge net onto the deck of the ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"tows",
|
|
"tugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"yanks",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"ferries",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"transports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |