5865 lines
117 KiB
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5865 lines
117 KiB
JSON
{
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"match":{
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"a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{
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"examples":[
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"a chess match"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bout",
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"competition",
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"contest",
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"event",
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"game",
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"matchup",
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"meet",
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"sweepstakes",
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"sweep-stake",
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"tournament",
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"tourney"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"athletics",
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"sport",
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"battle",
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"conflict",
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"scrimmage",
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"skirmish",
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"struggle",
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"tug-of-war",
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"tussle",
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"championship",
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"national(s)",
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"final",
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"nightcap",
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"play-off",
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"semifinal",
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"derby",
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"field day",
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"gymkhana",
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"open",
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"outing",
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"biathlon",
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"decathlon",
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"heptathlon",
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"pentathlon",
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"triathlon",
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"marathon",
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"race",
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"ultramarathon",
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"heat",
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"round",
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"run",
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"set",
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"rally",
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"volley",
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"round-robin",
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"rubber",
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"runoff",
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"sudden death",
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"dead heat",
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"photo finish",
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"seesaw",
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"classic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people":{
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"examples":[
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"from all appearances those two have got a good match there"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conjugality",
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"connubiality",
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"marriage",
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"matrimony",
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"wedlock"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"monogamy",
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"bigamy",
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"polyandry",
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"polygamy",
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"polygyny",
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"intermarriage",
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"miscegenation",
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"mixed marriage",
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"remarriage",
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"cohabitation",
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"common-law marriage",
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"civil union",
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"domestic partnership",
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"attachment",
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"commitment",
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"relationship",
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"betrothal",
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"engagement",
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"espousal",
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"hand",
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"pledge",
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"promise",
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"proposal",
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"troth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"annulment",
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"divorce",
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"separation"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"either of a pair matched in one or more qualities":{
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"examples":[
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"I can't find the match to this sock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"companion",
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"fellow",
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"half",
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"mate",
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"twin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coordinate",
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"coequal",
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"counterpart",
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"equal",
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"equivalent",
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"like",
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"parallel",
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"peer",
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"rival",
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"carbon copy",
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"double",
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"duplicate",
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"facsimile",
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"identical twin",
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"likeness",
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"mirror image",
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"replica",
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"ringer",
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"analogue",
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"analog",
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"similarity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antipode",
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"antithesis",
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"contrary",
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"converse",
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"opposite",
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"reverse"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value":{
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"examples":[
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"for a wife he wants a woman who will be his match in every aspect of their lives"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coequal",
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"compeer",
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"coordinate",
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"counterpart",
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"equal",
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"equivalent",
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"fellow",
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"like",
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"parallel",
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"peer",
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"rival"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"analogue",
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"analog",
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"double",
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"half",
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"mate",
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"twin",
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"associate",
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"colleague",
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"companion",
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"copartner",
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"partner",
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"competitor"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
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"examples":[
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"Erin is so nearly my exact match you'd think she must be my twin and not just my cousin"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alter ego",
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"carbon",
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"carbon copy",
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"clone",
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"counterpart",
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"doppelg\u00e4nger",
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"doppelganger",
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"double",
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"duplicate",
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"duplication",
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"facsimile",
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"fetch",
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"image",
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"likeness",
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"look-alike",
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"mirror image",
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"picture",
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"replica",
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"ringer",
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"spit",
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"spitting image",
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"twin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"Chinese copy",
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"effigy",
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"portrait",
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"portrayal",
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"companion",
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"fellow",
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"mate",
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"equal",
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"equivalent",
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"analogue",
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"analog",
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"parallel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antithesis",
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"converse",
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"opposite",
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"reverse"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
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"examples":[
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"the discussion soon degenerated into a pointless shouting match"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ball game",
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"battle",
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"combat",
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"competition",
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"conflict",
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"confrontation",
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"contention",
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"contest",
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"dogfight",
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"duel",
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"face-off",
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"grapple",
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"rivalry",
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"strife",
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"struggle",
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"sweepstakes",
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"sweep-stake",
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"tug-of-war",
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"war",
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"warfare"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"horse race",
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"nail-biter",
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"showdown",
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"clash",
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"collision",
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"discord",
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"friction",
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"argument",
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"controversy",
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"debate",
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"disagreement",
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"disputation",
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"dispute",
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"dissension",
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"dissention",
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"quarrel",
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"row",
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"wrangle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"concord",
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"harmony",
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"peace"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be the exact counterpart of":{
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"examples":[
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"does this handbag's shade of blue match my navy blue pants?",
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"the rare blood type that exactly matched that of the transplant recipient"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"correspond (to)",
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"equal",
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"parallel"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blend (with)",
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"conform (to)",
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"coordinate (with)",
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"go (with)",
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"harmonize (with)",
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"complement",
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"supplement",
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"counterbalance",
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"counterpoise",
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"echo",
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"image",
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"mirror",
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"repeat",
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"add up (to)",
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"amount (to)",
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"approach",
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"come (to)",
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"near",
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"measure (up)",
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"partake (of)",
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"rival",
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"suggest"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to give in marriage":{
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"examples":[
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"they were happy to match their daughter to a man from a good family"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"espouse",
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"marry",
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"wed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"commit",
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"engage",
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"affiance",
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"betroth",
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"pledge",
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"promise"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)":{
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"examples":[
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"no one has ever been able to match that novel for its portrayal of the horrors of war"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equal",
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"meet",
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"tie"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beat",
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"better",
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"eclipse",
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"excel",
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"outdistance",
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"outdo",
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"outshine",
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"outstrip",
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"overtop",
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"surpass",
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"top",
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"transcend",
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"amount (to)",
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"approach",
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"touch",
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"approximate",
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"keep up",
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"measure up (to)",
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"parallel",
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"rival",
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"stack up (against or with)"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"mate":{
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"either of a pair matched in one or more qualities":{
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"examples":[
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"have you seen the mate to this glove anywhere?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"companion",
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"fellow",
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"half",
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"match",
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"twin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coordinate",
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"coequal",
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"counterpart",
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"equal",
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"equivalent",
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"like",
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"parallel",
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"peer",
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"rival",
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"carbon copy",
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"double",
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"duplicate",
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"facsimile",
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"identical twin",
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"likeness",
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"mirror image",
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"replica",
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"ringer",
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"analogue",
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"analog",
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"similarity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"antipode",
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"antithesis",
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"contrary",
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"converse",
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"opposite",
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"reverse"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person frequently seen in the company of another":{
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"examples":[
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"that lout and his mates are known troublemakers in the neighborhood"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"associate",
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"cohort",
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"companion",
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"compatriot",
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"compeer",
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"comrade",
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"crony",
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"fellow",
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"hobnobber",
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"running mate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"colleague",
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"coworker",
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"equal",
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"peer",
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"workmate",
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"accomplice",
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"affiliate",
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"ally",
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"collaborator",
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"confederate",
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"half",
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"partner",
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"buddy",
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"chum",
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"confidant",
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"familiar",
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"friend",
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"hearty",
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"intimate",
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"pal",
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"countryman",
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"classmate",
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"housemate",
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"messmate",
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"playfellow",
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"playmate",
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"roommate",
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"roomie",
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"schoolmate",
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"shipmate",
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"teammate",
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"attendant",
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"escort",
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"hanger-on",
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"leech",
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"parasite"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
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"examples":[
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"a plumber and his mate showed up to fix the sink in our London hotel room"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adjunct",
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"adjutant",
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"aid",
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"aide",
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"apprentice",
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"assistant",
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"coadjutor",
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"deputy",
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"helper",
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"helpmate",
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"helpmeet",
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"lieutenant",
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"sidekick"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"attendant",
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"handmaiden",
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"handmaid",
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"maid",
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"maidservant",
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"scullion",
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"servant",
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"auxiliary",
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"legman",
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"subordinate",
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"underling",
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"employee",
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"employe",
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"hand",
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"help",
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"hireling",
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"laborer",
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"swamper",
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"worker",
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"gal Friday",
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"girl Friday",
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"man Friday",
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"right hand",
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"aide-de-camp"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the person to whom another is married":{
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"examples":[
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"they vowed to each other that they would remain mates for life"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"better half",
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"consort",
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"partner",
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"significant other",
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"spouse"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"soul mate",
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"domestic partner",
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"bridegroom",
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"groom",
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"hubby",
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"husband",
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"man",
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"mister",
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"old man",
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"bride",
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"helpmate",
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"helpmeet",
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"lady",
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"wife"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ex",
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"single",
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"bachelor",
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"bachelorette",
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"maid",
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"maiden",
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"spinster"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
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"examples":[
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"spent the weekend in London with some of his mates from Oxford"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alter ego",
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"amigo",
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"buddy",
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"chum",
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"compadre",
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"comrade",
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"confidant",
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"confidante",
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"crony",
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"familiar",
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"friend",
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"intimate",
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"musketeer",
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"pal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acquaintance",
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"associate",
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"cohort",
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"colleague",
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"companion",
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"fellow",
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"hearty",
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"hobnobber",
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"partner",
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"peer",
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"sport",
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"blood brother",
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"brother",
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"main man",
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"sister",
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"abettor",
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"abetter",
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"accomplice",
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"ally",
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"collaborator",
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"confederate",
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"pen pal",
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"benefactor",
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"supporter",
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"sympathizer",
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"well-wisher",
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"friendly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"adversary",
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"antagonist",
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"competitor",
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"opponent",
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"rival",
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"archenemy",
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"nemesis"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"enemy",
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"foe"
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]
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},
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"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
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"examples":[
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"cats conceive almost every time they mate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breed",
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"copulate",
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"sleep"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fool around",
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"fornicate"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"material":{
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"the basic elements from which something can be developed":{
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"examples":[
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"she's clearly movie star material"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"making",
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"raw material",
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"stuff",
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"substance",
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"timber"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"possibility",
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"potential",
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"potentiality",
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"matter",
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"metal"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"I have all the materials to build the mobile"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"accoutrements",
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"accouterments",
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"apparatus",
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"equipment",
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"gear",
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"hardware",
|
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"kit",
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"mat\u00e9riel",
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"materiel",
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"outfit",
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"paraphernalia",
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"stuff",
|
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"tackle"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"accessories",
|
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"appurtenances",
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"attachments",
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"fittings",
|
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"baggage",
|
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"belongings",
|
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"impedimenta",
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"appliances",
|
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"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"relating to or composed of matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's no material evidence, such as a dead body, that a murder has been committed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
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"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"embodied",
|
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"fleshly",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"seeable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"touchable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"discarnate",
|
|
"disembodied",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"wispish",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"spiritual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's no material difference between the two designs for the skyscraper: one's as bad as the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"earth-shattering",
|
|
"earthshaking",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tectonic",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"strategic",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"crucial",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"seminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having to do with life on earth especially as opposed to that in heaven":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who worry more about material concerns than about spiritual ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"earthborn",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"sublunary",
|
|
"temporal",
|
|
"terrene",
|
|
"terrestrial",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"unspiritual",
|
|
"anthropic",
|
|
"anthropical",
|
|
"anthropocentric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"Elysian",
|
|
"empyreal",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"devotional",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacred",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"nontemporal",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"unworldly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having to do with the matter at hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that information, while fascinating, is not material to our discussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"apposite",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"germane",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"relevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"admissible",
|
|
"allowable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"inadmissible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"pointless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to the human body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"material needs such as food and warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"somatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anatomic",
|
|
"anatomical",
|
|
"physiological",
|
|
"physiologic",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"hand-to-hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"psychological",
|
|
"psychologic",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materialistic":{
|
|
"having or marked by interest in material possessions as opposed to intellectual or spiritual things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His essay criticises the materialistic culture of today's world."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materialization":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since no one lived in the attic, the landlord suggested that the new tenant might have seen the materialization of a woman once murdered there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materialized":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"started"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into view":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evanesced",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"melted (away)",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"went (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the train station materialized through the fog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reappeared",
|
|
"resurfaced",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"loomed",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"debuted",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"bobbed (up)",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke out",
|
|
"cropped (up)",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"outcropped",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"shot (up)",
|
|
"sprang (up)",
|
|
"sprung (up)",
|
|
"surfaced",
|
|
"happened",
|
|
"occurred",
|
|
"reappeared",
|
|
"rematerialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up",
|
|
"unfolded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"came about",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"happened",
|
|
"occurred",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"went off",
|
|
"went (on)",
|
|
"interfered",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"intruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"came up",
|
|
"cropped (up)",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"sprang (up)",
|
|
"sprung (up)",
|
|
"surfaced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disembodied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statue of a grieving woman that seems to materialize the very concept of grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"concretized",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"exemplified",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"objectified",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"typified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodied",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"externalized",
|
|
"incarnated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"instantiated",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"personalized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"substantiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mates":{
|
|
"either of a pair matched in one or more qualities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have you seen the mate to this glove anywhere?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"twins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"coequals",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"equivalents",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"identical twins",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"mirror images",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"similarities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antipodes",
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"contraries",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person frequently seen in the company of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that lout and his mates are known troublemakers in the neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"compatriots",
|
|
"compeers",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"running mates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"coworkers",
|
|
"co-workers",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"workmates",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"pals",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"classmates",
|
|
"housemates",
|
|
"messmates",
|
|
"playfellows",
|
|
"playmates",
|
|
"roommates",
|
|
"roomies",
|
|
"schoolmates",
|
|
"shipmates",
|
|
"teammates",
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a plumber and his mate showed up to fix the sink in our London hotel room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"adjutants",
|
|
"aides",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"lieutenants",
|
|
"sidekicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"maidservants",
|
|
"scullions",
|
|
"servants",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"legmen",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"swampers",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"gal Fridays",
|
|
"girl Fridays",
|
|
"man Fridays",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"aides-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person to whom another is married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they vowed to each other that they would remain mates for life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"spouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"domestic partners",
|
|
"bridegrooms",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"hubbies",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"wives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exes",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"bachelors",
|
|
"bachelorettes",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"spinsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the weekend in London with some of his mates from Oxford"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"amigos",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"compadres",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"confidantes",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"pals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaintances",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"blood brothers",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"pen pals",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"friendlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"opponents",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"archenemies",
|
|
"nemeses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cats conceive almost every time they mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"copulates",
|
|
"sleeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fornicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"math":{
|
|
"the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I did the math , and we can't afford to keep spending like this"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arithmetic",
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"calculus",
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"computation",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"mathematics",
|
|
"number crunching",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"reckoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"multiplication",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"calibration",
|
|
"measurement",
|
|
"mensuration",
|
|
"appraisal",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"evaluation",
|
|
"valuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matriarchal":{
|
|
"as in matronly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"matronly",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"parental",
|
|
"maternal",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"motherly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in venerable , senior":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"unyoung",
|
|
"pensioned",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"centenarian",
|
|
"nonagenarian",
|
|
"octogenarian",
|
|
"septuagenarian",
|
|
"sexagenarian",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overaged",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"middle-aged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"ageless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matrimony":{
|
|
"a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we intend to be joined in matrimony until \"death do us part\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conjugality",
|
|
"connubiality",
|
|
"marriage",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"wedlock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monogamy",
|
|
"bigamy",
|
|
"polyandry",
|
|
"polygamy",
|
|
"polygyny",
|
|
"intermarriage",
|
|
"miscegenation",
|
|
"mixed marriage",
|
|
"remarriage",
|
|
"cohabitation",
|
|
"common-law marriage",
|
|
"civil union",
|
|
"domestic partnership",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"betrothal",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"espousal",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"troth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mats":{
|
|
"as in dims":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"etiolates",
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"bleaches",
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"decolorizes",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"whitens",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"silvers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"embrowns",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"checkers",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"polychromes",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"striates",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"variegates",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pigments",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints",
|
|
"burnishes",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"shines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeezes , crushes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"bloats",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"refills",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"reloads",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"replenishes",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"overfills",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"honeycombs",
|
|
"penetrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matter of course":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Once the apprentice finishes training, a license to practice is granted as a matter of course ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"afterclap",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aftershock",
|
|
"blowback",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"fallout",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"maturations":{
|
|
"the process of becoming mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flower's maturation from bud to full bloom can take weeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"coming-of-age",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matures":{
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young figure skater whose talent is still maturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"grows up",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"ripens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellows",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on",
|
|
"grays",
|
|
"greys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"regresses",
|
|
"retrogresses",
|
|
"reverts",
|
|
"backslides",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matt":{
|
|
"lacking a surface luster or gloss":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I chose a paint with a matte finish so the walls wouldn't be too shiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lusterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"lacquered",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sleek"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matriarchs":{
|
|
"a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even though she was 87, the matriarch of the family knew everything that was going on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dames",
|
|
"dowagers",
|
|
"grandes dames",
|
|
"grande dames",
|
|
"matrons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grandams",
|
|
"grandames",
|
|
"headmistresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"materfamiliases",
|
|
"mamas",
|
|
"mammas",
|
|
"mommas",
|
|
"mammies",
|
|
"mas",
|
|
"moms",
|
|
"mothers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matting":{
|
|
"as in dimming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"decolorizing",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"whitening",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"silvering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"embrowning",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"polychroming",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"variegating",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"pigmenting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tincturing",
|
|
"tingeing",
|
|
"tinging",
|
|
"tinting",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeezing , crushing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowding",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"bloating",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"refilling",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"reloading",
|
|
"repacking",
|
|
"replenishing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"overfilling",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"brimming",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"jam-packing",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"honeycombing",
|
|
"penetrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materialize":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the train station materialized through the fog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"unfold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reappear",
|
|
"resurface",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"loom",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"bob (up)",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break out",
|
|
"crop (up)",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcrop",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"shoot (up)",
|
|
"spring (up)",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"happen",
|
|
"occur",
|
|
"reappear",
|
|
"rematerialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evanesce",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"go (away)",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"vanish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"come up",
|
|
"crop (up)",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"spring (up)",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come about",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"go (on)",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happen",
|
|
"occur",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"transpire",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"intervene",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statue of a grieving woman that seems to materialize the very concept of grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"externalize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"instantiate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"personalize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"substantiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"concretize",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"typify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materializing":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"setting in",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming on",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the train station materialized through the fog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reappearing",
|
|
"resurfacing",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"looming",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"debuting",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"bobbing (up)",
|
|
"breaking",
|
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"breaking out",
|
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"cropping (up)",
|
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"emerging",
|
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"erupting",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"outcropping",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"shooting (up)",
|
|
"springing (up)",
|
|
"surfacing",
|
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"happening",
|
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"occurring",
|
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"reappearing",
|
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"rematerializing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
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"evanescing",
|
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"evaporating",
|
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"fading",
|
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"going (away)",
|
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"melting (away)",
|
|
"vanishing"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"cropping (up)",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"springing (up)",
|
|
"surfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"going (on)",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"occurring",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"transpiring",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statue of a grieving woman that seems to materialize the very concept of grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodying",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"externalizing",
|
|
"incarnating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"instantiating",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"personalizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"substantiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"concretizing",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"objectifying",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"typifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matchup":{
|
|
"a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boxing matchup that promises to be a sportswriter's dream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournament",
|
|
"tourney"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"semifinal",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"heptathlon",
|
|
"pentathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"rubber",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"sudden death",
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"classic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materialist":{
|
|
"a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a materialist who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Babbitt",
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mattress":{
|
|
"a cloth case that is filled with material and used as something on which to sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They bought a new mattress with the intention of getting a more restful night's sleep."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedstead",
|
|
"futon",
|
|
"pallet",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"doss",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"bunk bed",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"daybed",
|
|
"feather bed",
|
|
"four-poster",
|
|
"hammock",
|
|
"Murphy bed",
|
|
"shakedown",
|
|
"sleigh bed",
|
|
"sofa",
|
|
"sofa bed",
|
|
"studio couch",
|
|
"trundle bed",
|
|
"water bed",
|
|
"bassinet",
|
|
"carry-cot",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"crib"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matey":{
|
|
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pub keeper adopted a matey tone with me, as if he were my dearest chum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"bonhomous",
|
|
"buddy-buddy",
|
|
"chummy",
|
|
"collegial",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hail-fellow",
|
|
"hail-fellow-well-met",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"palsy-walsy",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"approachable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"fraternal",
|
|
"sisterly",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mat\u00e9riel":{
|
|
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the army is running short of clothing and other mat\u00e9riel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutrements",
|
|
"accouterments",
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"hardware",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"material(s)",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"tackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"fittings",
|
|
"baggage",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"impedimenta",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"material(s)":{
|
|
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have all the materials to build the mobile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutrements",
|
|
"accouterments",
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"hardware",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"mat\u00e9riel",
|
|
"materiel",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"tackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"fittings",
|
|
"baggage",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"impedimenta",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matured":{
|
|
"fully grown or developed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a matured plant in full bloom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"ripened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"mellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young figure skater whose talent is still maturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"grew up",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"ripened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mellowed",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"grayed",
|
|
"greyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"regressed",
|
|
"retrogressed",
|
|
"reverted",
|
|
"backslid",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"maternity":{
|
|
"motherly character or qualities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had such maternity at such a young age that all her classmates went to her for comfort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"motherliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"fertileness",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"productivity",
|
|
"richness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materials":{
|
|
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have all the materials to build the mobile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutrements",
|
|
"accouterments",
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"hardware",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"mat\u00e9riel",
|
|
"materiel",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"tackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"fittings",
|
|
"baggage",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"impedimenta",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"matronly":{
|
|
"as in matriarchal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"parental",
|
|
"maternal",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"motherly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matters":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that is not relevant to the matter under discussion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subject matters",
|
|
"talking points",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"grists",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"quicks",
|
|
"staples",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"debates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asides",
|
|
"digressions",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"interjections",
|
|
"parentheses",
|
|
"tangents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something to be dealt with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must take care of this matter before it becomes a real problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"flash points",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits",
|
|
"zero hours",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first-class matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"parcel posts",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"snail mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"airposts",
|
|
"certified mails",
|
|
"registered mails",
|
|
"rural deliveries",
|
|
"rural free deliveries",
|
|
"special deliveries",
|
|
"special handlings",
|
|
"direct mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mailers",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"postcards",
|
|
"printed matters",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"shipments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that requires thought and skill for resolution":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I've been thinking about the matter all night, and I believe I have a solution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"Gordian knots",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"conundrums",
|
|
"enigmas",
|
|
"mysteries",
|
|
"puzzlements",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"stumpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullets",
|
|
"silver bullets",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"panaceas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she believes that doing well in school really does matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matched":{
|
|
"as in matching , coordinated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"cohesive",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"proportioned",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"symmetrical",
|
|
"symmetric",
|
|
"Apollinian",
|
|
"Apollonian",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"congruous",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"eurythmic",
|
|
"eurhythmic",
|
|
"harmonic",
|
|
"harmonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asymmetrical",
|
|
"asymmetric",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"skewed",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"uneven",
|
|
"unsymmetrical",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"disharmonic",
|
|
"disharmonious",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"inharmonic",
|
|
"inharmonious",
|
|
"unbalanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mated , espoused":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"mated",
|
|
"conjugal",
|
|
"connubial",
|
|
"marital",
|
|
"married",
|
|
"matrimonial",
|
|
"nuptial",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"bridal",
|
|
"prenuptial",
|
|
"spousal",
|
|
"wifely",
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the exact counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"does this handbag's shade of blue match my navy blue pants?",
|
|
"the rare blood type that exactly matched that of the transplant recipient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corresponded (to)",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"paralleled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blended (with)",
|
|
"blent (with)",
|
|
"conformed (to)",
|
|
"coordinated (with)",
|
|
"harmonized (with)",
|
|
"went (with)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"counterpoised",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"mirrored",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"measured (up)",
|
|
"partook (of)",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give in marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were happy to match their daughter to a man from a good family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"married",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one has ever been able to match that novel for its portrayal of the horrors of war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"tied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"approximated",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"measured up (to)",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"rivaled",
|
|
"rivalled",
|
|
"stacked up (against or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matins":{
|
|
"as in vespers , evensong":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evensong",
|
|
"vespers",
|
|
"orison",
|
|
"prayer",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"litany",
|
|
"requiescat",
|
|
"thanksgiving",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"imploring",
|
|
"petition",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"request",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"suit",
|
|
"supplication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matriculated":{
|
|
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college matriculated 1000 students for the fall semester"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enrolled",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"registered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"impaneled",
|
|
"impanelled",
|
|
"empaneled",
|
|
"empanelled",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"conscripted",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"mustered",
|
|
"wait-listed",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"scheduled",
|
|
"checked in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"checked off",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"maturation":{
|
|
"the process of becoming mature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a flower's maturation from bud to full bloom can take weeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"evolvement",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"coming-of-age",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mathematics":{
|
|
"the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't do the mathematics in my head, so I'll need a pen and paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arithmetic",
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"calculus",
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"computation",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"math",
|
|
"number crunching",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"reckoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"multiplication",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"calibration",
|
|
"measurement",
|
|
"mensuration",
|
|
"appraisal",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"evaluation",
|
|
"valuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mat":{
|
|
"as in dim":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"whiten",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"silver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"embrown",
|
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"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
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"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeeze , crush":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"bloat",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"refill",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"reload",
|
|
"repack",
|
|
"replenish",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"overfill",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"honeycomb",
|
|
"penetrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draw (off)",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"maternal":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her maternal instincts told her that something was wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"motherly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parental",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"matronly",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matte":{
|
|
"lacking a surface luster or gloss":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I chose a paint with a matte finish so the walls wouldn't be too shiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lusterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"lacquered",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"satin",
|
|
"satiny",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sleek"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"maternities":{
|
|
"motherly character or qualities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had such maternity at such a young age that all her classmates went to her for comfort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"motherliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"fertileness",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"productivity",
|
|
"richness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matronymics":{
|
|
"as in patronymics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patronymics",
|
|
"family names",
|
|
"maiden names",
|
|
"middle names",
|
|
"surnames",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"hypocorisms",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"baptismal names",
|
|
"Christian names",
|
|
"first names",
|
|
"forenames",
|
|
"given names",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"appellatives",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"compellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"monikers",
|
|
"monickers",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"nomenclatures",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"cryptonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms",
|
|
"binomials",
|
|
"monomials",
|
|
"trivial names",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"misnomers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matronymic":{
|
|
"as in patronymic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"patronymic",
|
|
"family name",
|
|
"maiden name",
|
|
"middle name",
|
|
"surname",
|
|
"byname",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"hypocorism",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"baptismal name",
|
|
"Christian name",
|
|
"first name",
|
|
"forename",
|
|
"given name",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"appellative",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"compellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"moniker",
|
|
"monicker",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nomenclature",
|
|
"title",
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"cryptonym",
|
|
"nom de guerre",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym",
|
|
"binomial",
|
|
"monomial",
|
|
"trivial name",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"misnomer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mated":{
|
|
"as in paired":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paired",
|
|
"binary",
|
|
"bipartite",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-barreled",
|
|
"double-edged",
|
|
"dual",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"twin",
|
|
"twofold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unpaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in matched , espoused":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"conjugal",
|
|
"connubial",
|
|
"marital",
|
|
"married",
|
|
"matrimonial",
|
|
"nuptial",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"bridal",
|
|
"prenuptial",
|
|
"spousal",
|
|
"wifely",
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cats conceive almost every time they mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"copulated",
|
|
"slept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fornicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matriculates":{
|
|
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college matriculated 1000 students for the fall semester"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enrolls",
|
|
"enrols",
|
|
"inscribes",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enlists",
|
|
"impanels",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"conscripts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"wait-lists",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"schedules",
|
|
"checks in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"checks off",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materiality":{
|
|
"something that actually exists":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"preferred a single materiality to a slew of hypotheticals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"inevitability",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"occurrence",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"probability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"illusion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fact or state of being pertinent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the materiality of that fact is not in dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appositeness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"fittingness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"infelicity",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"uselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extraneousness",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance",
|
|
"irrelevancy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality of being actual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seems to question the very materiality of the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"factuality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authenticity",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"fictitiousness",
|
|
"dreaminess",
|
|
"surreality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"irreality",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matter-of-factly":{
|
|
"as in frankly , candidly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally",
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matricides":{
|
|
"as in patricides , fratricides":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filicides",
|
|
"fratricides",
|
|
"parricides",
|
|
"patricides",
|
|
"regicides",
|
|
"uxoricides",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"rubouts",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"chance-medleys",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"assisted suicides",
|
|
"euthanasias",
|
|
"mercy killings",
|
|
"physician-assisted suicides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matriculate":{
|
|
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college matriculated 1000 students for the fall semester"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"register"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"impanel",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"wait-list",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"check in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"check off",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matted":{
|
|
"as in dimmed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"silvered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeezed , crushed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"refilled",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"reloaded",
|
|
"repacked",
|
|
"replenished",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"brimmed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"honeycombed",
|
|
"penetrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materiel":{
|
|
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the army is running short of clothing and other mat\u00e9riel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutrements",
|
|
"accouterments",
|
|
"apparatus",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"hardware",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"material(s)",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"tackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"appurtenances",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"fittings",
|
|
"baggage",
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"impedimenta",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machinery",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"habiliments",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"armamentarium",
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"arsenal",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matrimonies":{
|
|
"a union representing a special kind of social and legal partnership between two people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we intend to be joined in matrimony until \"death do us part\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conjugalities",
|
|
"connubialities",
|
|
"marriages",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"wedlocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monogamies",
|
|
"bigamies",
|
|
"polyandries",
|
|
"polygamies",
|
|
"polygynies",
|
|
"intermarriages",
|
|
"miscegenations",
|
|
"mixed marriages",
|
|
"remarriages",
|
|
"cohabitations",
|
|
"common-law marriages",
|
|
"civil unions",
|
|
"domestic partnerships",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"relationships",
|
|
"betrothals",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"espousals",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"troths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"annulments",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"separations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matchlocks":{
|
|
"as in muskets , shotguns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"breechloaders",
|
|
"culverins",
|
|
"fieldpieces",
|
|
"firelocks",
|
|
"flintlocks",
|
|
"harquebuses",
|
|
"arquebuses",
|
|
"muskets",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"smoothbores",
|
|
"twenty-twos",
|
|
".22s",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"firearms",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"small arms",
|
|
"derringers",
|
|
"forty-fives",
|
|
".45s",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"handguns",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"revolvers",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"roscoes",
|
|
"sidearms",
|
|
"six-guns",
|
|
"six-shooters",
|
|
"zip guns",
|
|
"self-loaders",
|
|
"semiautomatics",
|
|
"AK-47s",
|
|
"assault rifles",
|
|
"assault weapons",
|
|
"automatics",
|
|
"carbines",
|
|
"machine guns",
|
|
"machine pistols",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"submachine guns",
|
|
"tommy guns",
|
|
"spearguns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matrons":{
|
|
"a dignified usually elderly woman of some rank or authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the matron firmly ordered the rowdy little boys back to their seats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dames",
|
|
"dowagers",
|
|
"grandes dames",
|
|
"grande dames",
|
|
"matriarchs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grandams",
|
|
"grandames",
|
|
"headmistresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"materfamiliases",
|
|
"mamas",
|
|
"mammas",
|
|
"mommas",
|
|
"mammies",
|
|
"mas",
|
|
"moms",
|
|
"mothers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matchless":{
|
|
"having no equal or rival for excellence or desirability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the matchless beauty and grandeur of Yosemite Valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"inimitable",
|
|
"nonpareil",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unexampled",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unrivaled",
|
|
"unrivalled",
|
|
"unsurpassable",
|
|
"unsurpassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"household",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"worse",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matter-of-fact":{
|
|
"restricted to or based on fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a matter-of-fact recitation of the events of the last week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"documentary",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"nonfictional",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"confirmable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"demonstrable",
|
|
"provable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"undoubted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"apocryphal",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"undocumented",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"unsupportable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictionalized",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"nondocumentary",
|
|
"nonfactual",
|
|
"nonhistorical",
|
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"unhistorical"
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a matter-of-fact woman who didn't worry about \"what ifs\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"idealless",
|
|
"philistine",
|
|
"utilitarian",
|
|
"commonsensical",
|
|
"grounded",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"bottom-line",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unromantic",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"disillusioned",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blue-sky",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"matching":{
|
|
"having qualities in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was fond of dressing the twins in matching outfits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"cognate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"connate",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"corresponding",
|
|
"ditto",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"resemblant",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"suchlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commensurate",
|
|
"proportionate",
|
|
"tantamount",
|
|
"virtual",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"congeneric",
|
|
"congenerous",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"connatural",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relatable",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"approximating",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"coextensive",
|
|
"coincident",
|
|
"conformable",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"fungible",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"interchangeable",
|
|
"me-too",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"selfsame",
|
|
"substitutable",
|
|
"synonymous",
|
|
"twin",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"homogeneous",
|
|
"homogenous",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unvaried",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinguishable",
|
|
"nonequivalent",
|
|
"noninterchangeable",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"unrelated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"different",
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"unakin",
|
|
"unlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the exact counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"does this handbag's shade of blue match my navy blue pants?",
|
|
"the rare blood type that exactly matched that of the transplant recipient"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corresponding (to)",
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"paralleling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blending (with)",
|
|
"conforming (to)",
|
|
"coordinating (with)",
|
|
"going (with)",
|
|
"harmonizing (with)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"counterpoising",
|
|
"echoing",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"mirroring",
|
|
"repeating",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"measuring (up)",
|
|
"partaking (of)",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give in marriage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were happy to match their daughter to a man from a good family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"marrying",
|
|
"wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"affiancing",
|
|
"betrothing",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one has ever been able to match that novel for its portrayal of the horrors of war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"approximating",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"measuring up (to)",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"stacking up (against or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materialists":{
|
|
"a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a materialist who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lowbrows",
|
|
"philistines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Babbitts",
|
|
"capitalists",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"maturities":{
|
|
"the state of being fully grown or developed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people are legally considered to have reached maturity at the age of 18 in the United States"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulthoods",
|
|
"majorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"manhoods",
|
|
"womanhoods",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"middle ages",
|
|
"midlifes",
|
|
"midlives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babyhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"toddlerhoods",
|
|
"adolescences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immaturities",
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"nonages"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"materializes":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the business speculator promised profits that never seemed to materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"sets in",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes on",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"shapes (up)",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the train station materialized through the fog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reappears",
|
|
"resurfaces",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"looms",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"bobs (up)",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks out",
|
|
"crops (up)",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcrops",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"shoots (up)",
|
|
"springs (up)",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"happens",
|
|
"occurs",
|
|
"reappears",
|
|
"rematerializes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evanesces",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"goes (away)",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"vanishes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an unforeseen problem with this project seems to have materialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"comes up",
|
|
"crops (up)",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"springs (up)",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"comes about",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"goes (on)",
|
|
"happens",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"occurs",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"intervenes",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statue of a grieving woman that seems to materialize the very concept of grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"externalizes",
|
|
"incarnates",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"instantiates",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"personalizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"substantiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"concretizes",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"exemplifies",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"objectifies",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"typifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |