3356 lines
65 KiB
JSON
3356 lines
65 KiB
JSON
{
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"Potemkin village":{
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"as in Trojan horse , fig leaf":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fig leaf",
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"Trojan horse",
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"blind",
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"concealer",
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"screen",
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"shield",
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"camouflage",
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"disguise",
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"facade",
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"fa\u00e7ade",
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"face",
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"veneer",
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"blanket",
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"cloak",
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"cope",
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"cover",
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"covering",
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"coverture",
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"cover-up",
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"curtain",
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"hood",
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"mantle",
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"mask",
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"pall",
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"penumbra",
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"robe",
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"shroud",
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"veil",
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"wraps",
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"gloss",
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"varnish"
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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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"pot":{
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"a considerable amount":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"handful",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"mouthful",
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"peanuts",
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"pinch",
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"pittance",
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"scruple",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"speck",
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"spot",
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"sprinkle",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"tad",
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"taste",
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"touch",
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"trace"
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],
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"examples":[
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"made a pot of money in the real estate market"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"atom",
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"crumb",
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"dot",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"fragment",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"modicum",
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"molecule",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"particle",
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"ray",
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"scintilla",
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"scrap",
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"shred",
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"tittle",
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"whit",
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"smatter",
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"smattering",
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"dash",
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"drop",
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"morsel",
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"shot",
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"piece",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"absence",
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"dearth",
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"famine",
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"lack",
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"paucity",
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"poverty",
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"scarceness",
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"scarcity",
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"shortage",
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"undersupply",
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"want",
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"deficiency",
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"deficit",
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"inadequacy",
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"insufficiency",
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"meagerness",
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"scantiness",
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"scantness",
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"skimpiness"
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],
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"related":[
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"epidemic",
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"plague",
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"rash",
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"bonanza",
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"embarrassment",
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"excess",
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"overabundance",
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"overage",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupply",
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"plethora",
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"redundancy",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"deluge",
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"flood",
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"overflow",
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"army",
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"bevy",
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"cram",
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"crowd",
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"crush",
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"drove",
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"flock",
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"herd",
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"horde",
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"host",
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"legion",
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"mob",
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"multitude",
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"press",
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"score",
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"sea",
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"swarm",
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"throng",
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"gazillion",
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"jillion",
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"kazillion",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillion",
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"zillion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"stack",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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]
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},
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"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"vowed that he would never get a pot , that telltale sign of middle age"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"breadbasket",
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"stomach",
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"tummy",
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"chubbiness",
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"corpulence",
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"fat",
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"fatness",
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"fleshiness",
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"obesity",
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"overweight",
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"paunchiness",
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"plumpness",
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"portliness",
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"pudginess",
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"chunkiness",
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"heaviness",
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"stoutness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bay window",
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"beer belly",
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"belly",
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"corporation",
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"gut",
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"paunch",
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"potbelly"
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]
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},
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"the total of the bets at stake at one time":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"fund",
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"kitty",
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"bet",
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"stake",
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"wager"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"jack",
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"jackpot",
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"pool"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"potent":{
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"having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)":{
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"examples":[
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"a potent tea that is the perfect morning pick-me-up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big",
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"concentrated",
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"full",
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"full-bodied",
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"heady",
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"lusty",
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"muscular",
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"plush",
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"rich",
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"robust",
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"strong"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heavy",
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"straight",
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"undiluted",
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"unmixed",
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"high-octane",
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"high-test",
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"enriched",
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"fortified"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dilute",
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"diluted",
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"watered-down",
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"watery"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"delicate",
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"light",
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"mild",
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"thin",
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"thinned",
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"weak",
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"weakened"
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]
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},
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"having great power or influence":{
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"examples":[
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"a potent argument for expanding our program of space exploration"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"heavy",
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"heavy-duty",
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"important",
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"influential",
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"mighty",
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"powerful",
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"puissant",
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"significant",
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"strong"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"high-level",
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"senior",
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"top",
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"able",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"effective",
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"efficient",
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"authoritarian",
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"autocratic",
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"autocratical",
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"despotic",
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"dictatorial",
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"magisterial",
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"tyrannical",
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"tyrannic",
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"celebrated",
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"distinguished",
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"dominant",
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"eminent",
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"famed",
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"famous",
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"great",
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"illustrious",
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"noble",
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"notable",
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"noteworthy",
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"notorious",
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"outstanding",
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"preeminent",
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"prestigious",
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"prominent",
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"renowned",
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"dynamic",
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"energetic",
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"forceful",
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"high-powered",
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"robust",
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"vigorous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"feeble",
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"flimsy",
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"frail",
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"infirm",
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"anonymous",
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"nameless",
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"obscure",
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"uncelebrated",
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"unknown",
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"incapable",
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"incompetent",
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"ineffective",
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"inept",
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"inexpert",
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"unfit",
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"unqualified",
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"unskilled",
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"unskillful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"helpless",
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"impotent",
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"insignificant",
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"little",
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"powerless",
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"unimportant",
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"weak"
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]
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},
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"producing or capable of producing a desired result":{
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"examples":[
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"potent medicine that can be obtained through a doctor's prescription"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"effective",
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"effectual",
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"efficacious",
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"efficient",
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"fruitful",
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"operative",
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"productive"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hyperefficient",
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"ultraefficient",
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"adequate",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"accomplished",
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"adept",
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"consummate",
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"experienced",
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"expert",
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"masterly",
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"practiced",
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"practised",
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"proficient",
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"skilled",
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"skillful",
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"versed",
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"veteran",
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"virtuoso",
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"cogent",
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"convincing",
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"killer",
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"sound",
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"striking",
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"telling",
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"valid",
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"active",
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"dynamic",
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"useful",
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"working",
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"applicable",
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"feasible",
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"functional",
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"practicable",
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"practical",
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"realizable",
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"usable",
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"useable",
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"workable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"counterproductive",
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"incapable",
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"incompetent",
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"inexperienced",
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"inexpert",
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"unqualified",
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"unseasoned",
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"unskilled",
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"unskillful",
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"abortive",
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"bootless",
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"futile",
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"vain",
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"empty",
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"hollow",
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"idle",
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"pointless",
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"unavailing",
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"unprofitable",
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"unsuccessful",
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"inoperative",
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"worthless"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"fruitless",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"inefficient",
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"inoperative",
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"unfruitful",
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"unproductive",
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"useless"
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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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"potful":{
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"a considerable amount":{
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"examples":[
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"visitors to the theme park will have a potful of fun"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"stack",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"epidemic",
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"plague",
|
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"rash",
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"bonanza",
|
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"embarrassment",
|
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"excess",
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"overabundance",
|
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"overage",
|
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"overkill",
|
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"overmuch",
|
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"oversupply",
|
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"plethora",
|
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"redundancy",
|
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"superabundance",
|
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"superfluity",
|
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"surfeit",
|
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"surplus",
|
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"deluge",
|
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"flood",
|
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"overflow",
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"army",
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"bevy",
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"cram",
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"crowd",
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"crush",
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"drove",
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"flock",
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"herd",
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"horde",
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"host",
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"legion",
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"mob",
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"multitude",
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"press",
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"score",
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"sea",
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"swarm",
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"throng",
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"gazillion",
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"jillion",
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"kazillion",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillion",
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"zillion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"atom",
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"crumb",
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"dot",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"fragment",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"modicum",
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"molecule",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"particle",
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"ray",
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"scintilla",
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"scrap",
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"shred",
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"tittle",
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"whit",
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"smatter",
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"smattering",
|
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"dash",
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"drop",
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"morsel",
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"shot",
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"piece",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"absence",
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"dearth",
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"famine",
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"lack",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"skimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pothers":{
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always in a pother over the state of her garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"swelters",
|
|
"swivets",
|
|
"tizzies",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"dudgeons",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"nervous breakdowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pother of city traffic that commuters face every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potion":{
|
|
"a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a potion that is supposed to improve health",
|
|
"The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess.",
|
|
"medical potions",
|
|
"sleeping potions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"drug",
|
|
"medicament",
|
|
"medication",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"pharmaceutical",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"botanical",
|
|
"patent medicine",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"prescription drug",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"injection",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"embrocation",
|
|
"liniment",
|
|
"lotion",
|
|
"ointment",
|
|
"poultice",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"antibiotic",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"serum",
|
|
"cathartic",
|
|
"purgative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potted":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"work was so awful that I'm just going to go out and get potted tonight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potterer":{
|
|
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"specialist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a camera designed for people who don't pretend to be anything more than potterers at photography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"generalist",
|
|
"general practitioner",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"hobbyist",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonexpert",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"tinkerer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potters (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"sets (to)",
|
|
"settles (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"diddles (with)",
|
|
"tinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potty":{
|
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl announced loudly that she needed to go to the potty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commode",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"jakes",
|
|
"outhouse",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"half bath",
|
|
"powder room",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladies' room",
|
|
"men's room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"bathroom",
|
|
"bog",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"comfort station",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"john",
|
|
"latrine",
|
|
"lavatory",
|
|
"loo",
|
|
"restroom",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"washroom",
|
|
"water closet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a ridiculous woman with pretentious airs and potty pronunciations for everyday words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"democratic",
|
|
"egalitarian",
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"antielitist"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"bigheaded",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swelled-headed",
|
|
"swellheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elitist",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"persnickety",
|
|
"ritzy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"toffee-nosed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potter's field":{
|
|
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"criminals and unidentified people are sometimes buried in a potter's field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneyard",
|
|
"cemetery",
|
|
"God's acre",
|
|
"graveyard",
|
|
"memorial park",
|
|
"necropolis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"churchyard",
|
|
"crypt",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"tomb",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pottered (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodled",
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"fribbled",
|
|
"goofed (around)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"diddled (with)",
|
|
"tinkered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"set (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potluck":{
|
|
"as in barbecue , picnic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"barbecue",
|
|
"barbeque",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cookout",
|
|
"fry",
|
|
"fry-up",
|
|
"luau",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"roast",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"collation",
|
|
"dinner",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"luncheon",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"menu",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"refection",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potentate":{
|
|
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Charles inherited the position of potentate of the Holy Roman Empire from his grandfather, as well that of king of Spain from his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autocrat",
|
|
"monarch",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruler",
|
|
"Caesar",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"emir",
|
|
"amir",
|
|
"ameer",
|
|
"emperor",
|
|
"empress",
|
|
"kaiser",
|
|
"khan",
|
|
"khedive",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"mikado",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"satrap",
|
|
"shah",
|
|
"sultan",
|
|
"suzerain",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"Big Brother",
|
|
"despot",
|
|
"dictator",
|
|
"f\u00fchrer",
|
|
"fuehrer",
|
|
"monocrat",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"tyrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potpourri":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a potpourri of hit songs from the last 10 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"pastiche",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potterers":{
|
|
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a camera designed for people who don't pretend to be anything more than potterers at photography"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"hobbyists",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonexperts",
|
|
"nonprofessionals",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"tinkerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-rounders",
|
|
"generalists",
|
|
"general practitioners",
|
|
"jacks-of-all-trades",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"specialists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potently":{
|
|
"as in aggressively , assertively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potpourris":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a potpourri of hit songs from the last 10 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pottering (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"tinkering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potentiality":{
|
|
"something that can develop or become actual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would like to see a colony on the moon as an actuality and not merely a potentiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"likelihood",
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"potency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"certainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potbellied":{
|
|
"having a large protruding abdomen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old, potbellied cat that now needs a ramp just to get on the sofa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beer-bellied",
|
|
"paunchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potions":{
|
|
"a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a potion that is supposed to improve health",
|
|
"The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess.",
|
|
"medical potions",
|
|
"sleeping potions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potential":{
|
|
"existing only as a possibility and not in fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can see a few potential problems with co-owning a beach house with another couple"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"generable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"thinkable",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"suppositional",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"purported",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"attainable",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that can develop or become actual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time when cloning was merely a potential and the stuff of science fiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"prospect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"likelihood",
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"potency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"certainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Potemkin villages":{
|
|
"as in Trojan horses , fig leafs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fig leafs",
|
|
"fig leaves",
|
|
"Trojan horses",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"concealers",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"copes",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"cover-ups",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"penumbrae",
|
|
"penumbras",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"varnishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potables":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hid the potables in the back hall closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"Dutch courages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a liquid suitable for drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeps the wet bar stocked with an array of top-shelf liquors, mixers, and other fine potables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beverages",
|
|
"drinkables",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"libations",
|
|
"quenchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"soda pops",
|
|
"sodas",
|
|
"soft drinks",
|
|
"nectars",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pothole":{
|
|
"as in basin , floodplain":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"canyon",
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cwm",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"combe",
|
|
"coombe",
|
|
"coomb",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"shut-in",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"nullah",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"wadi",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potter (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"tinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potshots":{
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ended the show with an extended rant in which he potshot an array of personages on the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"lashes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fusillades , salvos":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"drumfires",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"firings",
|
|
"shots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potting":{
|
|
"as in planting , putting in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"putting in",
|
|
"seeding",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"replanting",
|
|
"transplanting",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"overseeding",
|
|
"reseeding",
|
|
"bedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potentialities":{
|
|
"something that can develop or become actual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would like to see a colony on the moon as an actuality and not merely a potentiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capabilities",
|
|
"eventualities",
|
|
"possibilities",
|
|
"potentials",
|
|
"prospects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"likelihoods",
|
|
"probabilities",
|
|
"latencies",
|
|
"potencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"realities",
|
|
"certainties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potentially":{
|
|
"as in likely , possibly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"conclusively",
|
|
"decisively",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"definitively",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"indubitably",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"undeniably",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably",
|
|
"assumably",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"maybe",
|
|
"mayhap",
|
|
"perchance",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"imaginably",
|
|
"plausibly",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"presumedly",
|
|
"supposably",
|
|
"supposedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improbably",
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
"inconceivably",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"unbelievably",
|
|
"unthinkably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potbellies":{
|
|
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he began exercising to get rid of his growing potbelly and to improve his health"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bay windows",
|
|
"beer bellies",
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"corporations",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"paunches",
|
|
"pots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breadbaskets",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"tummies",
|
|
"corpulences",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"obesities",
|
|
"overweights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potter's fields":{
|
|
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"criminals and unidentified people are sometimes buried in a potter's field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneyards",
|
|
"cemeteries",
|
|
"God's acres",
|
|
"graveyards",
|
|
"memorial parks",
|
|
"necropolises",
|
|
"necropoles",
|
|
"necropoleis",
|
|
"necropoli"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"churchyards",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"mausoleums",
|
|
"mausolea",
|
|
"sepulchres",
|
|
"sepulchers",
|
|
"sepultures",
|
|
"tombs",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potable":{
|
|
"suitable for drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"around here, the only potable water comes from wells"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"nonpoisonous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undrinkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hid the potables in the back hall closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a liquid suitable for drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeps the wet bar stocked with an array of top-shelf liquors, mixers, and other fine potables"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beverage",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"drinkable",
|
|
"libation",
|
|
"quencher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potion",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"soda",
|
|
"soda pop",
|
|
"soft drink",
|
|
"nectar",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"mixer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potentates":{
|
|
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Charles inherited the position of potentate of the Holy Roman Empire from his grandfather, as well that of king of Spain from his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"autocrats",
|
|
"monarchs",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corulers",
|
|
"co-rulers",
|
|
"Caesars",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"emirs",
|
|
"amirs",
|
|
"ameers",
|
|
"emperors",
|
|
"empresses",
|
|
"kaisers",
|
|
"khans",
|
|
"khedives",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"mikados",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"satraps",
|
|
"shahs",
|
|
"sultans",
|
|
"suzerains",
|
|
"authoritarians",
|
|
"Big Brothers",
|
|
"despots",
|
|
"dictators",
|
|
"f\u00fchrers",
|
|
"fuehrers",
|
|
"monocrats",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"paramounts",
|
|
"tyrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potties":{
|
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl announced loudly that she needed to go to the potty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathrooms",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"bogs",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cloakrooms",
|
|
"comfort stations",
|
|
"conveniences",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"johns",
|
|
"latrines",
|
|
"lavatories",
|
|
"loos",
|
|
"restrooms",
|
|
"toilets",
|
|
"washrooms",
|
|
"water closets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commodes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"jakes",
|
|
"outhouses",
|
|
"privies",
|
|
"half baths",
|
|
"powder rooms",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladies' rooms",
|
|
"men's rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pother":{
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always in a pother over the state of her garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"swelter",
|
|
"swivet",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"nervous breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pother of city traffic that commuters face every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potholes":{
|
|
"as in basins , floodplains":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"kettles",
|
|
"canyons",
|
|
"cols",
|
|
"couloirs",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"gorges",
|
|
"gulches",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"kloofs",
|
|
"linns",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"ravines",
|
|
"saddles",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"cirques",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"cwms",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"combes",
|
|
"coombes",
|
|
"coombs",
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"shut-ins",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"arroyos",
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"coulees",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"gullies",
|
|
"gulleys",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"nullahs",
|
|
"trenches",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"wadis",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"potency":{
|
|
"the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vitamins of high potency that should be taken only in the proper dosage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"firepower",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"horsepower",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potence",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"sinew",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inaptitude",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapableness",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"paralysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pots":{
|
|
"the total of the bets at stake at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"pools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a pot of money in the real estate market"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
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"pittances",
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"scruples",
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"shades",
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"shadows",
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"smidgens",
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"smidgeons",
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"smidgins",
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"smidges",
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"specks",
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"spots",
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"sprinkles",
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"sprinklings",
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"strains",
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"streaks",
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"suspicions",
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"tastes",
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"touches",
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"traces"
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]
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},
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"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
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"examples":[
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"vowed that he would never get a pot , that telltale sign of middle age"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bay windows",
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"beer bellies",
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"bellies",
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"corporations",
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"guts",
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"paunches",
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"potbellies"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breadbaskets",
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"stomachs",
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"tummies",
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"corpulences",
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"fat",
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"obesities",
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"overweights"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in plants , puts in":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drills",
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"plants",
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"puts in",
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"seeds",
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"sows",
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"replants",
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"transplants",
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"broadcasts",
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"scatters",
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"overseeds",
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"reseeds",
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"beds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"gathers",
|
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"harvests",
|
|
"reaps"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |