1733 lines
35 KiB
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1733 lines
35 KiB
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{
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"hoarder":{
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"as in saver , pack rat":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pack rat",
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"saver",
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"cheapskate",
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"churl",
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"hunks",
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"miser",
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"niggard",
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"penny-pincher",
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"piker",
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"scrooge",
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"skinflint",
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"tightwad"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"prodigal",
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"profligate",
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"spender",
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"spendthrift",
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"squanderer",
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"waster",
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"wastrel"
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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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"hoards":{
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"a supply stored up and often hidden away":{
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"examples":[
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"keeps a hoard of empty yogurt containers in his basement workshop for storing whatnots"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caches",
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"stashes",
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"stockpiles",
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"stores"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coffers",
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"deposits",
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"funds",
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"nest eggs",
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"savings",
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"sinking funds",
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"treasures",
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"inventories",
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"pools",
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"reserves",
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"reservoirs",
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"stocks",
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"provisions",
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"resources",
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"accumulations",
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"assemblages",
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"collections",
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"gatherings",
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"harvests",
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"repertories"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a collection of things kept available for future use or need":{
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"examples":[
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"she couldn't find one pencil with an eraser in her entire hoard of pencil stubs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caches",
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"deposits",
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"reserves",
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"stores"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"budgets",
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"funds",
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"nest eggs",
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"armories",
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"arsenals",
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"banks",
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"pools",
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"reservoirs",
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"stockpiles",
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"stocks",
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"supplies",
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"accumulations",
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"assemblages",
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"collections",
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"gatherings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
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"examples":[
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"he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caches",
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"lays away",
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"lays by",
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"lays in",
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"lays up",
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"puts by",
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"salts away",
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"squirrels (away)",
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"stashes",
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"stockpiles",
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"stores",
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"stows",
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"treasures"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accumulates",
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"acquires",
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"amasses",
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"assembles",
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"collects",
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"concentrates",
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"garners",
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"gathers",
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"picks up",
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"rounds up",
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"scrapes (together)",
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"heaps",
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"piles",
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"stacks",
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"conserves",
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"husbands",
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"preserves",
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"banks",
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"coffers",
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"deposits",
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"holds",
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"keeps",
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"reserves",
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"retains",
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"saves",
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"sets by",
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"stocks",
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"withholds",
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"buries",
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"conceals",
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"ensconces",
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"secretes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"casts",
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"discards",
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"ditches",
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"dumps",
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"flings (off or away)",
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"jettisons",
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"throws away",
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"throws out",
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"unloads",
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"consumes",
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"squanders",
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"uses up",
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"wastes",
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"hands out",
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"hands over",
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"relinquishes",
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"surrenders",
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"blows",
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"dissipates",
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"fritters (away)",
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"lavishes",
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"misspends",
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"runs through",
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"spends",
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"depletes",
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"exhausts",
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"expends",
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"impoverishes",
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"dispels",
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"disperses",
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"dissipates",
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"scatters"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"hoarse":{
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"harsh and dry in sound":{
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"examples":[
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"the dying man spoke in a hoarse whisper"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coarse",
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"croaking",
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"croaky",
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"grating",
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"gravel",
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"gravelly",
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"gruff",
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"husky",
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"rasping",
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"raspy",
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"rusty",
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"scratchy",
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"throaty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"growling",
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"growly",
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"guttural",
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"abrasive",
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"cacophonous",
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"discordant",
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"grinding",
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"jarring",
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"rough",
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"scraping",
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"scratching",
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"cawing",
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"raucous",
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"screeching",
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"squawking",
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"strident",
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"choked",
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"cracked",
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"strained",
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"strangled",
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"dissonant",
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"inharmonious",
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"unmelodious",
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"unmusical"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"gentle",
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"gliding",
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"golden",
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"liquid",
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"mellifluent",
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"mellifluous",
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"mellow",
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"soothing",
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"sweet",
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"tender",
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"satiny",
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"silken",
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"smooth",
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"soft",
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"velvety",
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"euphonious",
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"lyric",
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"lyrical",
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"melodic",
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"melodious",
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"musical"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"hoaxer":{
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"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
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"examples":[
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"if it sounds too good to be true, you're probably dealing with a hoaxer in a boiler room somewhere"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bilk",
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"bilker",
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"cheat",
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"cheater",
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"chiseler",
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"chiseller",
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"confidence man",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fakir",
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"finagler",
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"fraudster",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"shark",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler",
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"tricker",
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"trickster"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"double-crosser",
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"double-dealer",
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"bluffer",
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"charlatan",
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"fake",
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"faker",
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"humbug",
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"impostor",
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"imposter",
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"mountebank",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretender",
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"quack",
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"quacksalver",
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"ringer",
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"sham",
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"adventurer",
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"fox",
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"gamesman",
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"knave",
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"prankster",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
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"fast-talker",
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"slick",
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"slicker",
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"slickster",
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"slyboots",
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"smoothy",
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"smoothie",
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"wheeler-dealer",
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"plotter",
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"schemer",
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"sneak",
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"sneaker",
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"blackleg",
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"cardsharp",
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"cardsharper"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
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"examples":[
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"his college roommate turned out be a complete hoaxer and not the son of a wealthy shipping tycoon he said he was"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"charlatan",
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"fake",
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"faker",
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"fakir",
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"fraud",
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"humbug",
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"impostor",
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"imposter",
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"mountebank",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretender",
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"quack",
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"quacksalver",
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"ringer",
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"sham"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"copycat",
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"imitator",
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"impersonator",
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"mimic",
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"actor",
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"bluffer",
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"counterfeiter",
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"deceiver",
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"dissembler",
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"duper",
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"feigner",
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"misleader",
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"operator",
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"trickster",
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"poseur",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fraudster",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"adept",
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"authority",
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"crackerjack",
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"crackajack",
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"expert",
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"maestro",
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"master",
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"past master",
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"professional",
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"virtuoso",
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"whiz",
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"wizard"
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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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"hoaxing":{
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceiving"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debunking",
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"exposing",
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"revealing",
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"showing up",
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"uncloaking",
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"uncovering",
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"unmasking",
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"disclosing",
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"divulging",
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"telling",
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"unveiling",
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"disabusing",
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"disenchanting",
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"disillusioning"
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],
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"related":[
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"kidding",
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"putting on",
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"teasing",
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"bleeding",
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"cheating",
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"chiseling",
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"chiselling",
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"defrauding",
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"diddling",
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"euchring",
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"fleecing",
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"flimflamming",
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"hustling",
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"mulcting",
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"rooking",
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"shortchanging",
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"skinning",
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"squeezing",
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"sticking",
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"stinging",
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"swindling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozling",
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"beguiling",
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"bluffing",
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"buffaloing",
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"burning",
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"catching",
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"conning",
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"cozening",
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"deceiving",
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"deluding",
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"duping",
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"faking out",
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"fooling",
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"gaffing",
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"gammoning",
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"gulling",
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"having",
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"having on",
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"hoodwinking",
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"hornswoggling",
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"humbugging",
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"juggling",
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"misguiding",
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"misinforming",
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"misleading",
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"snookering",
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"snowing",
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"spoofing",
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"stringing along",
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"suckering",
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"sucking in",
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"taking in",
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"tricking"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"hoagies":{
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"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
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"examples":[
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"had a steak-and-cheese hoagie for the first time in Philadelphia"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"Cuban sandwiches",
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"grinders",
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"heroes",
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"Italian sandwiches",
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"po'boys",
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"poor boys",
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"submarines",
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"subs",
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"torpedoes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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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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"hoars":{
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"a covering of tiny ice crystals on a cold surface":{
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"examples":[
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"the hoar -covered meadow gleamed in the early-morning sun"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"frosts",
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"hoarfrosts",
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"rimes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"frostworks"
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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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"hoarded":{
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"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
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"examples":[
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"he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cached",
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"laid away",
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"laid by",
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"laid in",
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"laid up",
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"put by",
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"salted away",
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"squirreled (away)",
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"squirrelled (away)",
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"stashed",
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"stockpiled",
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"stored",
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"stowed",
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"treasured"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accumulated",
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"acquired",
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"amassed",
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"assembled",
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"collected",
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"concentrated",
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"garnered",
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"gathered",
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"picked up",
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"rounded up",
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"scraped (together)",
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"heaped",
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"piled",
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"stacked",
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"conserved",
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"husbanded",
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"preserved",
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"banked",
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"coffered",
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"deposited",
|
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"held",
|
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"kept",
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"reserved",
|
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"retained",
|
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"saved",
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"set by",
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"stocked",
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"withheld",
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"buried",
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"concealed",
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"ensconced",
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"secreted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cast",
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"discarded",
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"ditched",
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"dumped",
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"flung (off or away)",
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"jettisoned",
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"threw away",
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"threw out",
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"unloaded",
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"consumed",
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"squandered",
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"used up",
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"wasted",
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"handed out",
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"handed over",
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"relinquished",
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"surrendered",
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"blew",
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"dissipated",
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"frittered (away)",
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"lavished",
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"misspent",
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"ran through",
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"spent",
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"depleted",
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"exhausted",
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"expended",
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"impoverished",
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"dispelled",
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"dispersed",
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"dissipated",
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"scattered"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"hoarding":{
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"as in billboard":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"billboard",
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"ad",
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"advert",
|
|
"advertisement",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"notification",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"playbill",
|
|
"poster",
|
|
"show bill",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"brochure",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"fly sheet",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"handbill",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"cablecast",
|
|
"newscast",
|
|
"telecast",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"come-on",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plugola",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"annunciation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"promulgation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"pronunciamento",
|
|
"rescript",
|
|
"signification",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buildup",
|
|
"campaign",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promo",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"propaganda",
|
|
"publicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"laying away",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"laying in",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"putting by",
|
|
"salting away",
|
|
"squirreling (away)",
|
|
"squirrelling (away)",
|
|
"stashing",
|
|
"stockpiling",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"stowing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up",
|
|
"scraping (together)",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"coffering",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"using up",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoarfrosts":{
|
|
"a covering of tiny ice crystals on a cold surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hoarfrost formed a delicate swirly pattern on the window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"hoars",
|
|
"rimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frostworks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoariness":{
|
|
"the state of being something old":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hoariness of that joke is such that Noah probably used it to entertain his fellow passengers on the ark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"ancientness",
|
|
"antiquity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquation",
|
|
"datedness",
|
|
"obsolescence",
|
|
"obsoleteness",
|
|
"old-fashionedness",
|
|
"fustiness",
|
|
"agelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"currentness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"modernity",
|
|
"modernness",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"recentness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"newness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoaxes":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skeleton of the purported ancient hominid turned out to be a hoax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"knockoffs",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"mock-ups",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"synthetics",
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"brummagems",
|
|
"duffers",
|
|
"shoddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"originals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoax":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the skeleton of the purported ancient hominid turned out to be a hoax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"knockoff",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"mock-up",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"shoddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoardings":{
|
|
"as in billboards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"ads",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"communiqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"notifications",
|
|
"postings",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"playbills",
|
|
"posters",
|
|
"show bills",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"fly sheets",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"cablecasts",
|
|
"newscasts",
|
|
"telecasts",
|
|
"advertisings",
|
|
"billings",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"come-ons",
|
|
"commercials",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugolas",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"annunciations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"promulgations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"pronunciamentos",
|
|
"pronunciamentoes",
|
|
"rescripts",
|
|
"significations",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buildups",
|
|
"campaigns",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promos",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"propagandas",
|
|
"publicities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoary":{
|
|
"dating or surviving from the distant past":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoary oak trees with dripping moss and gnarled limbs shaded us from the sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"archaistic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"time-honored",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"time-tested",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primordial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"vernal",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"unworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoarfrost":{
|
|
"a covering of tiny ice crystals on a cold surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hoarfrost formed a delicate swirly pattern on the window"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"rime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frostwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoard":{
|
|
"a supply stored up and often hidden away":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeps a hoard of empty yogurt containers in his basement workshop for storing whatnots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"stash",
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"stockpile",
|
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"store"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"coffers",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"sinking fund",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservoir",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"repertory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a collection of things kept available for future use or need":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she couldn't find one pencil with an eraser in her entire hoard of pencil stubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"nest egg",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"reservoir",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"gathering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been hoarding empty yogurt containers all winter, with the intention of using them to start seedlings in the spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lay in",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"put by",
|
|
"salt away",
|
|
"squirrel (away)",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"stow",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up",
|
|
"scrape (together)",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"use up",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoagy":{
|
|
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a steak-and-cheese hoagie for the first time in Philadelphia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Cuban sandwich",
|
|
"grinder",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"Italian sandwich",
|
|
"po'boy",
|
|
"poor boy",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"submarine",
|
|
"torpedo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoaxers":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if it sounds too good to be true, you're probably dealing with a hoaxer in a boiler room somewhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesmen",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"fast-talkers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"slicksters",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"wheeler-dealers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"blacklegs",
|
|
"cardsharps",
|
|
"cardsharpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his college roommate turned out be a complete hoaxer and not the son of a wealthy shipping tycoon he said he was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"misleaders",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"poseurs",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hoar":{
|
|
"dating or surviving from the distant past":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hoar and crumbling stones of ruined temples"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"archaistic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"time-honored",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"time-tested",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primordial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"vernal",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"unworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a covering of tiny ice crystals on a cold surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hoar -covered meadow gleamed in the early-morning sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"hoarfrost",
|
|
"rime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frostwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |