5402 lines
106 KiB
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5402 lines
106 KiB
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{
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"mote":{
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"a very small piece":{
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"examples":[
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"there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"atom",
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"bit",
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"crumb",
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"dribble",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"molecule",
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"morsel",
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"nubbin",
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"nugget",
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"particle",
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"patch",
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"scrap",
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"scruple",
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"snip",
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"snippet",
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"speck",
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"tittle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ace",
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"dab",
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"dash",
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"driblet",
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"drop",
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"fraction",
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"haet",
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"halfpenny",
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"ha'penny",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"kenning",
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"lick",
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"minim",
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"mite",
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"modicum",
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"nutshell",
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"ounce",
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"pinch",
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"shred",
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"smatter",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"spot",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"taste",
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"touch",
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"trace",
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"whisper",
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"whit",
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"bite",
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"mouthful",
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"nibble",
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"tidbit",
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"titbit",
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"fragment",
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"part",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"chip",
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"flake",
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"shard",
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"shiver",
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"sliver",
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"splinter",
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"clipping",
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"paring",
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"shaving",
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"smithereens"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"chunk",
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"gob",
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"hunk",
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"lump",
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"slab",
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"bucket",
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"bushel",
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"deal",
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"heaps",
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"loads",
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"mass",
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"mountain",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"pot",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"scads",
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"stack",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"motet":{
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"as in madrigal , aria":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aria",
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"art song",
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"barcarole",
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"barcarolle",
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"blues",
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"chanson",
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"chant",
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"chantey",
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"chanty",
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"shanty",
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"chorus",
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"croon",
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"descant",
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"discant",
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"folk song",
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"glee",
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"lullaby",
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"madrigal",
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"part-song",
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"pop",
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"rocker",
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"round",
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"roundelay",
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"serenade",
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"standard",
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"ballad",
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"ditty",
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"jingle",
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"lay",
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"lyric",
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"solo",
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"song",
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"vocal",
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"anthem",
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"cantata",
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"canticle",
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"carol",
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"chorale",
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"hymn",
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"noel",
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"psalm",
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"spiritual",
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"dirge",
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"lament",
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"requiem",
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"threnody",
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"hallelujah",
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"paean",
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"drinking song",
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"fight song",
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"torch song",
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"cover",
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"medley",
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"remix"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"moth-eaten":{
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"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
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"examples":[
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"moth-eaten scientific theories that no one's believed in ages"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antiquated",
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"archaic",
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"dated",
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"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
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"demoded",
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"fossilized",
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"kaput",
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"kaputt",
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"medieval",
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"mediaeval",
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"moribund",
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"mossy",
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"neolithic",
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"Noachian",
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"obsolete",
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"out-of-date",
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"outdated",
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"outmoded",
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"outworn",
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"pass\u00e9",
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"prehistoric",
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"prehistorical",
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"rusty",
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"Stone Age",
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"superannuated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aging",
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"ageing",
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"obsolescent",
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"discarded",
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"disused",
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"inoperable",
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"unusable",
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"unworkable",
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"useless",
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"dead",
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"defunct",
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"expired",
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"extinct",
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"vanished",
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"dormant",
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"fallow",
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"free",
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"idle",
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"inactive",
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"inert",
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"inoperative",
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"latent",
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"ancient",
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"antediluvian",
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"antique",
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"dateless",
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"fusty",
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"musty",
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"old",
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"oldfangled",
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"old-fashioned",
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"old-time",
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"retro",
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"vintage",
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"aged",
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"age-old",
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"hoary",
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"venerable",
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"atavistic",
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"bygone",
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"erstwhile",
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"former",
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"historic",
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"historical",
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"late",
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"old-world",
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"past"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"contemporary",
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"current",
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"mod",
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"modern",
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"new",
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"newfangled",
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"new-fashioned",
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"present-day",
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"recent",
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"ultramodern",
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"up-to-date",
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"up-to-the-minute",
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"fresh",
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"modernized",
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"refurbished",
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"remodeled",
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"renewed",
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"functional",
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"operable",
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"operational",
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"workable",
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"active",
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"alive",
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"busy",
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"employed",
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"functioning",
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"operating",
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"operative"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
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"examples":[
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"a man who's been wearing the same moth-eaten clothes for decades"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beat-up",
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"bombed-out",
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"dilapidated",
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"dog-eared",
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"down-at-the-heels",
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"down-at-heel",
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"down-at-the-heel",
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"down-at-heels",
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"dumpy",
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"grungy",
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"mangy",
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"mean",
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"miserable",
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"neglected",
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"ratty",
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"run-down",
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"scrubby",
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"scruffy",
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"seedy",
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"shabby",
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"sleazy",
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"tacky",
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"tatterdemalion",
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"tatty",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tumbledown"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abandoned",
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"unkept",
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"desolate",
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"forlorn",
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"godforsaken",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"tired",
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"worn-out",
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"bedraggled",
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"dingy",
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"ragged",
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"tattered",
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"decaying",
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"deteriorated",
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"deteriorating",
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"rackety",
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"ramshackle",
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"rattletrap",
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"rickety",
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"broken",
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"damaged",
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"destroyed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"ruined",
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"wrecked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brand-new",
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"fresh",
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"new",
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"cared-for",
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"kept-up",
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"maintained",
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"mended",
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"patched",
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"rebuilt",
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"reconstructed",
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"smart",
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"spiffy",
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"spruce"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
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"examples":[
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"an uncle who tells the same moth-eaten stories every Thanksgiving"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banal",
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"clich\u00e9",
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"cliche",
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"clich\u00e9d",
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"cobwebby",
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"commonplace",
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"hack",
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"hackney",
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"hackneyed",
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"musty",
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"obligatory",
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"shopworn",
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"stale",
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"stereotyped",
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"threadbare",
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"timeworn",
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"tired",
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"trite",
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"well-worn"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"twice-told",
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"bromidic",
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"platitudinal",
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"platitudinous",
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"canned",
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"cardboard",
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"conventional",
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"cookie-cutter",
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"derivative",
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"imitative",
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"ready-made",
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"tried-and-true",
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"unimaginative",
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"uninspired",
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"unoriginal",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"rote",
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"routine",
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"standard",
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"stock",
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"typical",
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"usual",
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"arid",
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"barren",
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"boring",
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"colorless",
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"drab",
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"dreary",
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"drudging",
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"dry",
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"dull",
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"dusty",
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"flat",
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"heavy",
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"ho-hum",
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"humdrum",
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"jading",
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"jejune",
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"leaden",
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"mind-numbing",
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"monotonous",
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"numbing",
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"old",
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"pedantic",
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"pedestrian",
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"ponderous",
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"prosaic",
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"stodgy",
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"stuffy",
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"tame",
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"tedious",
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"tiresome",
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"tiring",
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"undramatic",
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"uninteresting",
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"vapid",
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"wearisome",
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"weary",
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"wearying",
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"old-fashioned",
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"old hat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"animating",
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"energizing",
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"enlivening",
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"exciting",
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"galvanizing",
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"invigorating",
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"stimulating",
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"absorbing",
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"engaging",
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"engrossing",
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"gripping",
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"interesting",
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"intriguing",
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"involving",
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"riveting",
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"atypical",
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"extraordinary",
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"strange",
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"unaccustomed",
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"uncommon",
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"unfamiliar",
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"unheard-of",
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"unknown",
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"unprecedented",
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"unusual",
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"pathbreaking",
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"pioneering",
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"trailblazing"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"fresh",
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"new",
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"novel",
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"original",
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"unclich\u00e9d",
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"unhackneyed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"mother-naked":{
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"lacking or shed of clothing":{
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"examples":[
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"shocked to find that many of the participants at the spring break bacchanal were mother-naked"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"au naturel",
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"bare",
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"bottomless",
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"disrobed",
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"naked",
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"nude",
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"raw",
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"starkers",
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"stripped",
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"unclad",
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"unclothed",
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"undressed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"seminude",
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"topless",
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"denuded",
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"peeled",
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"unveiled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"covered",
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"veiled",
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"arrayed",
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"caparisoned",
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"decked (out)",
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"rigged (out)",
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"tricked (out)",
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"vested",
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"decent"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"appareled",
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"apparelled",
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"attired",
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"clad",
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"clothed",
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"dressed",
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"garbed",
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"invested",
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"robed",
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"suited"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"mothered":{
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"to bring forth from the womb":{
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"examples":[
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"I hope to mother at least one child"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birthed",
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"bore",
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"delivered",
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"dropped",
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"had",
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"produced"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"labored",
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"bred",
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"multiplied",
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"propagated",
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"reproduced",
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"spawned",
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"begot",
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"begat",
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"fathered",
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"generated",
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"got",
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"sired",
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"calved",
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"kidded",
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"kindled",
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"kittened",
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"littered",
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"pupped",
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"whelped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aborted",
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"lost",
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"miscarried"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
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"examples":[
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"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"administered (to)",
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"cared (for)",
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"ministered (to)",
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"nursed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cured",
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"healed",
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"remedied",
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"doctored",
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"treated",
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"aided",
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"conserved",
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"preserved",
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"provided (for)",
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"supported",
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"babied",
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"coddled",
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"mollycoddled",
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"pampered",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt",
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"catered (to)",
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"humored",
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"indulged"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brushed (aside or off)",
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"forgot",
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"ignored",
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"neglected",
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"overlooked",
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"slighted"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"motherless":{
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"as in fatherless":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fatherless",
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"baseborn",
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"bastard",
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"illegitimate",
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"misbegotten",
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"natural",
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"spurious",
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"supposititious",
|
|
"unfathered",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"orphaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motifs":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asides",
|
|
"digressions",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"interjections",
|
|
"parentheses",
|
|
"tangents"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fabric for the upholstery features a scallop shell motif"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"patterns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motion":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were instructed not to make any sudden motions or we might scare away the deer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"wave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"gesticulate",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signalize",
|
|
"acquaint",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"shrug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motion sickness":{
|
|
"as in morning sickness , altitude sickness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motionlessness":{
|
|
"as in inaction , inertia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"cold storage",
|
|
"deep freeze",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"holding pattern",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"quiescence",
|
|
"suspended animation",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"coma",
|
|
"hibernation",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"recession",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"layoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"recommencement",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"resumption",
|
|
"resuscitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivates":{
|
|
"to rouse to action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
|
|
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motived":{
|
|
"as in inspired , motivated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivity":{
|
|
"as in mobility , locomotion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor":{
|
|
"a device that changes energy into mechanical motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"engine",
|
|
"machine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"converter",
|
|
"transformer",
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle",
|
|
"station wagon",
|
|
"SUV",
|
|
"town car",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
|
"V-8",
|
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
|
"land yacht",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car",
|
|
"hybrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"tool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"chauffeur",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor vehicles":{
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motorcars",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"station wagons",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"muscle cars",
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars",
|
|
"hybrids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motored":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiled",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"tooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"chauffeured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"taxied",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"raced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motormouth":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbler",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"cackler",
|
|
"chatterbox",
|
|
"chatterer",
|
|
"conversationalist",
|
|
"gabbler",
|
|
"gasbag",
|
|
"jabberer",
|
|
"jay",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"prattler",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"windbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"blatherer",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"converser",
|
|
"discourser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motors":{
|
|
"a device that changes energy into mechanical motion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"converters",
|
|
"transformers",
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"equipments",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"mills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"engines",
|
|
"machines"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"station wagons",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"muscle cars",
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars",
|
|
"hybrids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motorcars",
|
|
"motor vehicles",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"chauffeurs",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"taxis",
|
|
"taxies",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"tools"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottling":{
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motives":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal motive of the piece was introduced in the flute section"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decorated with a paisley motive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"patterns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the detective felt that the first suspect didn't have any motive for committing the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"wherefores",
|
|
"whys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"stimuli"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inspires , motivates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"fires (up)",
|
|
"impassions",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"revs (up)",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothballed":{
|
|
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motley":{
|
|
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ship with a motley crew of old salts, young adventurers, and shifty characters of all ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"eclectic",
|
|
"heterogeneous",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"kitchen-sink",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"raggle-taggle",
|
|
"ragtag",
|
|
"varied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"multiple",
|
|
"multiplex",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"divergent",
|
|
"diverse",
|
|
"sundry",
|
|
"various",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"farraginous",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"commixed",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"hybrid",
|
|
"unclassified",
|
|
"unsorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"identical",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"same",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"homogeneous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tropical bird with motley plumage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"various"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"iridescent",
|
|
"opalescent",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"plaid",
|
|
"plaided",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"parti-color",
|
|
"parti-colored",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"bichrome",
|
|
"bicolored",
|
|
"bicolor",
|
|
"dichromatic",
|
|
"trichromatic",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"tricolored",
|
|
"two-tone",
|
|
"two-toned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"monotone",
|
|
"self-colored",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motleys with their colorful outfits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jester"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"merry-andrew",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mummer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a motley of old junk stored in the attic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"alphabet soup",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"crazy quilt",
|
|
"farrago",
|
|
"gallimaufry",
|
|
"grab bag",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jambalaya",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doine",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"menagerie",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"pastiche",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"ragbag",
|
|
"ragout",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"salad",
|
|
"salmagundi",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"catchall",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dog's breakfast",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor homes":{
|
|
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they lived out of their motor home until they found a suitable house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campers",
|
|
"caravans",
|
|
"recreational vehicles",
|
|
"RVs",
|
|
"trailers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"house trailers",
|
|
"mobile homes",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motions":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were instructed not to make any sudden motions or we might scare away the deer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motilities",
|
|
"motivities",
|
|
"fiddlings",
|
|
"squirms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"gestures",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"waves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"gesticulates",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"signalizes",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"shrugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mother tongues":{
|
|
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"lingos",
|
|
"lingoes",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"tongues",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrolects",
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"idiolects",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivities":{
|
|
"as in mobilities , locomotions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motilities",
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"fiddlings",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motif":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subject matter",
|
|
"talking point",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"grist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"digression",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"parenthesis",
|
|
"tangent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fabric for the upholstery features a scallop shell motif"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"pattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mother":{
|
|
"a female human parent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ma",
|
|
"mama",
|
|
"mamma",
|
|
"momma",
|
|
"mammy",
|
|
"mater",
|
|
"mom",
|
|
"mommy",
|
|
"old lady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"materfamilias",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"matron",
|
|
"stepmother",
|
|
"supermom",
|
|
"superwoman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she often offered to babysit for friends, hoping to satisfy her mother urges until she had children of her own"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"maternal",
|
|
"motherly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parental",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"matronly",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope to mother at least one child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"produce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"calve",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"whelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"miscarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administer (to)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"provide (for)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motionless":{
|
|
"not moving":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The deer stood there absolutely motionless , listening attentively."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"expressionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"unbudging",
|
|
"unmovable",
|
|
"unresponsive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"gestic",
|
|
"gesticulant",
|
|
"gesticulative",
|
|
"gesticulatory",
|
|
"gestural",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"expressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Mother Hubbard":{
|
|
"as in sweaterdress , granny dress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chemise",
|
|
"coatdress",
|
|
"granny dress",
|
|
"housedress",
|
|
"jumper",
|
|
"kimono",
|
|
"kirtle",
|
|
"minidress",
|
|
"muumuu",
|
|
"overdress",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shirtdress",
|
|
"shirtwaist",
|
|
"sundress",
|
|
"sweaterdress",
|
|
"tea gown",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"gown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorcars":{
|
|
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a convention for those who love antique motorcars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"motor vehicles",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"station wagons",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"muscle cars",
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars",
|
|
"hybrids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherly":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she showed a sweet motherly tenderness toward the tiny kitten she was taking care of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"maternal",
|
|
"mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parental",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"matronly",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motile":{
|
|
"as in moving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"modular",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"portable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmobile",
|
|
"unmovable",
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorist":{
|
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobilist",
|
|
"driver",
|
|
"wheelman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"codriver",
|
|
"chauffeur",
|
|
"carpooler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motes":{
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"tittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"fractions",
|
|
"haets",
|
|
"halfpence",
|
|
"halfpennies",
|
|
"ha'pennies",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"kennings",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"nutshells",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor home":{
|
|
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they lived out of their motor home until they found a suitable house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"camper",
|
|
"caravan",
|
|
"recreational vehicle",
|
|
"RV",
|
|
"trailer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"house trailer",
|
|
"mobile home",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"van"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mother country":{
|
|
"a place of origin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Greece can boast to being the mother country of democracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthplace",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hometown",
|
|
"Blighty",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"nativity",
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even after decades of living in their adopted nation, they maintained a strong attachment to the mother country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"country",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"motherland",
|
|
"sod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motels":{
|
|
"as in resorts , courts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"motor courts",
|
|
"motor inns",
|
|
"motor lodges",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"tourist courts",
|
|
"youth hostels",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"campgrounds",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"apartment hotels",
|
|
"bunkhouses",
|
|
"dormitories",
|
|
"dorms",
|
|
"B and Bs",
|
|
"bed-and-breakfasts",
|
|
"guesthouses",
|
|
"boardinghouses",
|
|
"lodging houses",
|
|
"rooming houses",
|
|
"auberges",
|
|
"caravansaries",
|
|
"caravanserais",
|
|
"caravanserai",
|
|
"hospices",
|
|
"hostelries",
|
|
"hostels",
|
|
"hotels",
|
|
"inns",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"doss-houses",
|
|
"fleabags",
|
|
"flophouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottled":{
|
|
"having blotches of two or more colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mottled complexion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"calico",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked with spots":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mottled leather upholstery that isn't supposed to look perfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotchy",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"moir\u00e9",
|
|
"moire",
|
|
"veined",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unspotted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherliness":{
|
|
"motherly character or qualities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he cherished his foster parent for her motherliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"maternity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"fertileness",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"productivity",
|
|
"richness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottles":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"canvases covered with streaks and mottles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivating":{
|
|
"serving or likely to arouse action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The biggest motivating factor behind her decision to change jobs was the pay increase.",
|
|
"The positive feedback he received was very motivating ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspirational",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"motivational",
|
|
"motivative",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"instigative",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"noninflammatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
|
|
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"impassioning",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"revving (up)",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"motiving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bribing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorists":{
|
|
"a person who travels by automobile":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobilists",
|
|
"drivers",
|
|
"wheelmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"codrivers",
|
|
"co-drivers",
|
|
"chauffeurs",
|
|
"carpoolers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherhood":{
|
|
"as in maternity , mothering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maternity",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"fatherhood",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"paternity",
|
|
"caregiving",
|
|
"caretaking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upbringing",
|
|
"parenthood",
|
|
"parenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motioned":{
|
|
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beckoned",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"gestured",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"waved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"gesticulated",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"signalized",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"shrugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor ships":{
|
|
"as in aircraft carriers , merchant ships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aircraft carriers",
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"coasters",
|
|
"colliers",
|
|
"containerships",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"destroyers",
|
|
"ferryboats",
|
|
"flagships",
|
|
"freighters",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"ironclads",
|
|
"lightships",
|
|
"liners",
|
|
"men-of-war",
|
|
"men-o'-war",
|
|
"merchantmen",
|
|
"merchant ships",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"steamers",
|
|
"steamships",
|
|
"superliners",
|
|
"supertankers",
|
|
"tankers",
|
|
"traders",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"warships",
|
|
"watercrafts",
|
|
"boats",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"vessels",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"barques",
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"sailboats",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"tall ships",
|
|
"windjammers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottos":{
|
|
"a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Hope for the best and prepare for the worst\" is my motto .",
|
|
"The Scout motto is \"Be prepared.\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"aphorisms",
|
|
"apothegms",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"sententiae",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorcades":{
|
|
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armadas",
|
|
"caravans",
|
|
"cavalcades",
|
|
"fleets",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"flotillas",
|
|
"navies",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"corteges",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ges",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"processions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherland":{
|
|
"a place of origin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthplace",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"mother country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hometown",
|
|
"Blighty",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"nativity",
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all his life he longed to return to his motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"country",
|
|
"fatherland",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"homeland",
|
|
"mother country",
|
|
"sod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"old country",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motleys":{
|
|
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motleys with their colorful outfits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"comics",
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"drolls",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"jokesters",
|
|
"madcaps",
|
|
"merry-andrews",
|
|
"vices",
|
|
"wags",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mummers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a motley of old junk stored in the attic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothball":{
|
|
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"put aside",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"flick (off)",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"chock",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivated":{
|
|
"having a strong desire for personal advancement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was lauded by faculty as an exceptionally hardworking, curious, and motivated student.",
|
|
"The company was looking for motivated self-starters to fill the sales position."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"high-flying",
|
|
"opportunistic",
|
|
"overambitious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"competitive",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"rivalrous",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"go-getting",
|
|
"hard-driving",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"self-seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"unexcited",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"shiftless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"ambitionless",
|
|
"unambitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
|
|
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bribed",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motive":{
|
|
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal motive of the piece was introduced in the flute section"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"content",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subject matter",
|
|
"talking point",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"centerpiece",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"grist",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"keynote",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"pivot",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"debate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"digression",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"parenthesis",
|
|
"tangent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decorated with a paisley motive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"pattern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the detective felt that the first suspect didn't have any motive for committing the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"wherefore",
|
|
"why"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"stimulus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inspire , motivate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"impassion",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rev (up)",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mottoes":{
|
|
"a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"Hope for the best and prepare for the worst\" is my motto .",
|
|
"The Scout motto is \"Be prepared.\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"axioms",
|
|
"precepts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"adages",
|
|
"aphorisms",
|
|
"apothegms",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"maxims",
|
|
"proverbs",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"sayings",
|
|
"sententiae",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"clich\u00e9s",
|
|
"cliches",
|
|
"commonplaces",
|
|
"platitudes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothering":{
|
|
"as in motherhood , maternity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maternity",
|
|
"motherhood",
|
|
"fatherhood",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"paternity",
|
|
"caregiving",
|
|
"caretaking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upbringing",
|
|
"parenthood",
|
|
"parenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope to mother at least one child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"birthing",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"calving",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"kittening",
|
|
"littering",
|
|
"pupping",
|
|
"whelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"miscarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administering (to)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"providing (for)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motormouths":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babblers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"cacklers",
|
|
"chatterboxes",
|
|
"chatterers",
|
|
"conversationalists",
|
|
"gabblers",
|
|
"gasbags",
|
|
"jabberers",
|
|
"jays",
|
|
"magpies",
|
|
"prattlers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"windbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"blatherers",
|
|
"blatherskites",
|
|
"conversers",
|
|
"discoursers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motivation":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fear of failing should be plenty of motivation to study for the test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mothballing":{
|
|
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"putting aside",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"flicking (off)",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"chocking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorboats":{
|
|
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"motorboats are banned on the lake because they are a hazard to swimmers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"speedboats",
|
|
"stinkpots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruisers",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"motor sailers",
|
|
"runabouts",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"sportfishermen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorizations":{
|
|
"as in electrifications":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"electrifications",
|
|
"computerizations",
|
|
"cybernations",
|
|
"automations",
|
|
"mechanizations",
|
|
"robotizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherlands":{
|
|
"a place of origin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthplaces",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"mother countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hometowns",
|
|
"Blighties",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"nativities",
|
|
"old countries",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all his life he longed to return to his motherland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"mother countries",
|
|
"sods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"old countries",
|
|
"communities",
|
|
"neighborhoods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorcade":{
|
|
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armada",
|
|
"caravan",
|
|
"cavalcade",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"flotilla",
|
|
"navy",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"cortege",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ge",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"procession"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor courts":{
|
|
"as in courts , motor inns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"motels",
|
|
"motor inns",
|
|
"motor lodges",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"tourist courts",
|
|
"youth hostels",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"campgrounds",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"apartment hotels",
|
|
"bunkhouses",
|
|
"dormitories",
|
|
"dorms",
|
|
"B and Bs",
|
|
"bed-and-breakfasts",
|
|
"guesthouses",
|
|
"boardinghouses",
|
|
"lodging houses",
|
|
"rooming houses",
|
|
"auberges",
|
|
"caravansaries",
|
|
"caravanserais",
|
|
"caravanserai",
|
|
"hospices",
|
|
"hostelries",
|
|
"hostels",
|
|
"hotels",
|
|
"inns",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"doss-houses",
|
|
"fleabags",
|
|
"flophouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Mother Hubbards":{
|
|
"as in sweaterdresses , granny dresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chemises",
|
|
"coatdresses",
|
|
"granny dresses",
|
|
"housedresses",
|
|
"jumpers",
|
|
"kimonos",
|
|
"kirtles",
|
|
"minidresses",
|
|
"muumuus",
|
|
"overdresses",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"shirtdresses",
|
|
"shirtwaists",
|
|
"sundresses",
|
|
"sweaterdresses",
|
|
"tea gowns",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"gowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motility":{
|
|
"as in mobility , locomotion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locomotion",
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motivity",
|
|
"motion",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"dislocation",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"relocation",
|
|
"fiddling",
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"squirm",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"waving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobility",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"motionlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motorways":{
|
|
"as in interstates , autobahns":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"boulevards",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"corniches",
|
|
"switchbacks",
|
|
"through streets",
|
|
"high streets",
|
|
"Main Streets",
|
|
"backstreets",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"bystreets",
|
|
"byways",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"secondary roads",
|
|
"shunpikes",
|
|
"side roads",
|
|
"side streets",
|
|
"alleys",
|
|
"alleyways",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"lanes",
|
|
"laneways",
|
|
"mews",
|
|
"places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motor lodge":{
|
|
"as in motor inn , motor court":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"court",
|
|
"motel",
|
|
"motor court",
|
|
"motor inn",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"spa",
|
|
"tourist court",
|
|
"youth hostel",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"campground",
|
|
"apartment hotel",
|
|
"bunkhouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"B and B",
|
|
"bed-and-breakfast",
|
|
"guesthouse",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"auberge",
|
|
"caravansary",
|
|
"caravanserai",
|
|
"hospice",
|
|
"hostel",
|
|
"hostelry",
|
|
"hotel",
|
|
"inn",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"doss-house",
|
|
"fleabag",
|
|
"flophouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motilities":{
|
|
"as in mobilities , locomotions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motivities",
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"fiddlings",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"motherhoods":{
|
|
"as in parenthoods , maternities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatherhoods",
|
|
"maternities",
|
|
"parenthoods",
|
|
"paternities",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"parentings",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"bearings",
|
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"childbearings",
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"labors",
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"parturitions",
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"creations",
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"geneses",
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"nascencies",
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"originations",
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"rises",
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"births",
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"genitures",
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"nativities"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abortions",
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"miscarriages",
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"stillbirths"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"mothers":{
|
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"a female human parent":{
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"examples":[
|
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"he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"mamas",
|
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"mammas",
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"mommas",
|
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"mammies",
|
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"mas",
|
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"maters",
|
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"mommies",
|
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"moms",
|
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"old ladies"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"materfamiliases",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"matrons",
|
|
"stepmothers",
|
|
"supermoms",
|
|
"superwomen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope to mother at least one child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"calves",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"miscarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administers (to)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |