dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/red_MWT.json
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{
"red-blooded":{
"having active strength of body or mind":{
"antonyms":[
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"examples":[
"a red-blooded rugby player who always plays to win"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"effete",
"enervated",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"wan",
"weak",
"weakened",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"tired",
"indolent",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"lazy",
"invertebrate",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"wimpy",
"ill",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell",
"broken-down",
"debilitated",
"decrepit",
"disabled",
"wasted",
"worn-out"
],
"related":[
"animated",
"brisk",
"dashing",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"punchy",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"firm",
"fortified",
"mettlesome",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"revitalized",
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"burly",
"fit",
"hardy",
"husky",
"muscular",
"robustious",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strapping",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"virile",
"hale",
"healthy",
"hearty",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"flush",
"gingery",
"lusty",
"peppy",
"robust",
"vigorous",
"vital"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redacted":{
"to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records.",
"The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redd (up or out)":{
"to make neat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it's time to redd up the garage and get rid of a lot of the junk we've accumulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"related":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"synonyms":[
"neaten",
"pick up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up or out)",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddened":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloomed",
"blushed",
"colored",
"crimsoned",
"flushed",
"glowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadined",
"rouged",
"ruddled",
"abashed",
"chagrined",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"humiliated",
"mortified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddening":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blushing",
"coloring",
"crimsoning",
"flushing",
"glowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadining",
"rouging",
"ruddling",
"abashing",
"chagrining",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redecorated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeemer":{
"one that saves from danger or destruction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the rescued hostages profusely thanked their camouflage-clad redeemers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"custodian",
"defender",
"guard",
"guardian",
"keeper",
"lookout",
"protector",
"sentinel",
"sentry",
"warden",
"warder",
"watch",
"watcher",
"watchman",
"ransomer",
"salvager",
"salvor"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliverer",
"rescuer",
"saver",
"savior",
"saviour"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redefined":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"learning that he had been adopted forced him to completely redefine his identity"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reanalyzed",
"reconceived",
"reconsidered",
"reevaluated",
"re-evaluated",
"reexamined",
"re-examined",
"reexplored",
"re-explored",
"rethought",
"reviewed",
"revisited",
"reweighed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reheard",
"reconceptualized",
"reenvisioned",
"re-envisioned",
"reimagined",
"reappraised",
"reassessed",
"reinvestigated",
"restudied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"revised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"defended",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeliver":{
"as in recommit , retransmit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redelivers":{
"as in recommits , retransmits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommits",
"retransfers",
"retransmits",
"furnishes",
"supplies",
"advances",
"lends",
"loans",
"bequeaths",
"hands down",
"hands on",
"wills",
"hands in",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"yields",
"assigns",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"disperses",
"distributes",
"divides",
"confers",
"grants",
"commends",
"commits",
"confides",
"consigns",
"delegates",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"gives over",
"hands",
"hands over",
"leaves",
"passes",
"recommends",
"reposes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"trusts",
"turns over",
"vests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holds",
"keeps",
"retains",
"detains",
"holds back",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"accepts",
"receives",
"takes in",
"occupies",
"takes",
"takes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redemption":{
"freedom from guilt or blame for having done something wrong":{
"examples":[
"Redemption for your actions will only come after a lot of apologizing."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grace",
"salvation",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"restoration",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"acquittal",
"clearance",
"clearing",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"atonement",
"expiation",
"cleansing",
"purification",
"sanctification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"profanation",
"violation",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"perversion",
"contamination",
"pollution",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of releasing (someone) from servitude to another":{
"examples":[
"The redemption of slaves was a major issue in the Civil War."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deliverance",
"salvation",
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondage",
"serfdom",
"servitude",
"thralldom",
"thraldom",
"yoke",
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"conquest",
"subjugation",
"enslavement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redesign":{
"to change the design of (something)":{
"examples":[
"The book's cover has been redesigned for the new edition.",
"We're redesigning our kitchen.",
"a newly redesigned website"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"accustom",
"condition",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"season",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in overhaul , revamping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overhaul",
"reconstruction",
"reconversion",
"redo",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"reformation",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"shift",
"transition",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"tweak",
"deformation",
"disfigurement",
"distortion",
"mutation",
"transmutation",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"supplantation",
"changeover",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redetermined":{
"as in rejudged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rejudged",
"concluded",
"resolved",
"found (for or against)",
"prosecuted",
"tried",
"mediated",
"moderated",
"negotiated",
"sized up",
"considered",
"deemed",
"deliberated",
"heard",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"arbitrated",
"decided",
"determined",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"settled",
"umpired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redistributed":{
"to divide (something) among a group in a different way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states.",
"We need to redistribute the duties among ourselves; some of us are working too hard, and others are hardly working at all."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redness":{
"as in pinkness , rosiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pinkness",
"reddishness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"flush"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redoes":{
"to make different in some way":{
"antonyms":[
"fixes",
"freezes",
"sets",
"stabilizes"
],
"examples":[
"desperately wanted to redo the red living room in soothing shades of green"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deforms",
"metamorphoses",
"mutates",
"regenerates",
"revolutionizes",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes",
"commutes",
"converts",
"exchanges",
"rejiggers",
"retools"
],
"synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"varies"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the conductor kept asking the violinist to redo that passage until he was completely satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"recreates",
"reenacts",
"reinvents"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicates",
"reduplicates",
"reiterates",
"remakes",
"renews",
"repeats",
"replicates",
"reprises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redoubled":{
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"moderated"
],
"examples":[
"rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened"
],
"related":[
"broadened",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"emphasized",
"pointed (up)",
"sharpened",
"stressed",
"augmented",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"restrengthened",
"supplemented",
"maximized",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)",
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"amped (up)",
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stepped up",
"strengthened"
]
},
"to make twice as great or as many":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"compounded",
"multiplied",
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built (up)",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubled",
"duplicated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redoubles":{
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"examples":[
"rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuates",
"amplifies",
"amps (up)",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"steps up",
"strengthens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadens",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"accelerates",
"hastens",
"quickens",
"emphasizes",
"points (up)",
"sharpens",
"stresses",
"augments",
"enforces",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"restrengthens",
"supplements",
"maximizes",
"enlivens",
"jazzes (up)",
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"moderates"
]
},
"to make twice as great or as many":{
"examples":[
"if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone"
],
"synonyms":[
"doubles",
"duplicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compounds",
"multiplies",
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds (up)",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redraft":{
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"if you redraft that paper and include more recent data, I think we could publish it"
],
"synonyms":[
"edit",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"subedit",
"reedit",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redraws":{
"as in revises , rewrites":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redresses":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the new skis were certainly an adequate redress for the lost snowboard"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenges",
"requites",
"retaliates",
"revenges",
"venges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigates",
"fixes",
"gets",
"penalizes",
"punishes",
"scourges",
"chastens",
"chastises",
"corrects",
"disciplines",
"rights",
"compensates",
"pays (back)",
"recompenses",
"repays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolves",
"condones",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"reduce":{
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"bust",
"degrade",
"demote",
"disrate",
"downgrade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"can",
"cashier",
"dismiss",
"downsize",
"fire",
"lay off",
"sack",
"abase",
"debase",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hire"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"elevate",
"promote",
"raise"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decrease",
"dent",
"deplete",
"diminish",
"downscale",
"downsize",
"drop",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"nick",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle",
"deflate",
"shrink",
"minimize",
"moderate",
"modify",
"modulate",
"qualify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"add (to)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"raise"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"break",
"cheapen",
"depreciate",
"depress",
"devaluate",
"devalue",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"sink",
"write down",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debase",
"demonetize",
"underestimate",
"underprice",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"abridge",
"compress",
"contract",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"moderate",
"shrink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloat",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"overestimate",
"overprice",
"overrate",
"overvalue",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"compound",
"dilate",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell",
"up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reduplication":{
"something that is made to look exactly like something else":{
"antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype"
],
"examples":[
"that old-looking colonial mansion is actually a 20th-century reduplication of the original, which was destroyed many years ago"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"knockoff",
"phony",
"phoney",
"rip-off",
"rubber stamp",
"sham",
"miniature",
"mock-up",
"simulation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"image",
"likeness",
"semblance",
"shadow",
"impression",
"imprint",
"print",
"approximation",
"reincarnation",
"version",
"extra",
"reserve",
"spare"
],
"synonyms":[
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dummy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"mock",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
]
},
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"ever since I was forced to do a reduplication of a day's work, I've been more conscientious about hitting my computer's \"save\" button"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rebroadcast",
"rerun",
"recitation",
"rehearsal"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplication",
"iteration",
"redo",
"reiteration",
"renewal",
"repeat",
"repetition",
"replay",
"replication",
"reprise"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redolent":{
"having a pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"my grandmother's house always seemed to be redolent with the aroma of baking bread"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"pungent",
"spicy",
"odiferous",
"odored",
"odoriferous",
"odorous",
"clean",
"fresh",
"pure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"odorless",
"unscented",
"fusty",
"musty",
"stale",
"gamy",
"gamey"
],
"antonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"malodorous",
"noisome",
"putrid",
"rancid",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"skunky",
"smelly",
"stenchful",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redeeming":{
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"examples":[
"the Little League coach redeemed his promise to take the players out for ice cream if they improved their fielding over the season"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"completing",
"complying (with)",
"filling",
"fulfilling",
"keeping",
"meeting",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"perfecting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing about",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting",
"committing",
"compassing",
"discharging",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"making",
"performing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defaulting (on)",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"transgressing",
"violating"
]
},
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"examples":[
"the government has consistently refused to redeem hostages captured by terrorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"ransoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emancipating",
"liberating",
"getting back",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"retrieving",
"releasing",
"buying",
"salvaging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
"examples":[
"the belief that sinners are redeemed by their faith in God"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivering",
"saving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reclaiming",
"reforming",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"consecrating",
"purifying",
"sanctifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"the unfaithful husband made a determined effort to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and children"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitating",
"reclaiming",
"reforming",
"regenerating",
"rehabilitating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducating",
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"restoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abasing",
"cankering",
"corrupting",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"lowering",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"subverting",
"warping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"quickly redeemed the offending remark with a sincere and unconditional apology"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoning (for)",
"expiating",
"mending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensating",
"recompensing",
"reimbursing",
"remunerating",
"repaying",
"amending",
"correcting",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"propitiating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-penciled":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print"
],
"synonyms":[
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"remedied"
],
"related":[
"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewrote",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"cleaned (up)",
"expurgated",
"laundered"
],
"related":[
"cleansed",
"purged",
"purified",
"abbreviated",
"blue-penciled",
"edited",
"shortened",
"bleeped",
"blipped",
"cut (out)",
"deleted",
"excised",
"expunged",
"gutted",
"x-ed (out)",
"x'd (out)",
"xed (out)",
"blacked out",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"examined",
"reviewed",
"screened",
"scrutinized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"authorized",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeveloping":{
"as in revamping , revising":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recasting",
"redesigning",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"contemporizing",
"modernizing",
"streamlining",
"updating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuilding , reconstructing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"reedifying",
"retrofitting",
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redecorate":{
"as in redo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redo",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"boss",
"chase",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"doll up",
"do up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil",
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reduplicated":{
"as in reproduced , transcribed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"photocopied",
"reproduced",
"transcribed",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mock",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"backup",
"copied",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"formulaic",
"imitative",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"slavish",
"unoriginal",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"perfunctory",
"routine",
"uninspired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"classic",
"ideal",
"model"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"rendered",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"forged",
"knocked off",
"ripped off",
"mimicked",
"simulated",
"reconstructed",
"re-created",
"recreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"created",
"imagined",
"initiated",
"invented"
],
"antonyms":[
"originated"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicated",
"redid",
"reiterated",
"remade",
"renewed",
"repeated",
"replicated",
"reprised"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreated",
"reenacted",
"reinvented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"redistribute":{
"to divide (something) among a group in a different way":{
"examples":[
"Unused federal funds will be redistributed to other states.",
"We need to redistribute the duties among ourselves; some of us are working too hard, and others are hardly working at all."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint",
"misallocate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redressed":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"the belief that redressing a murder with another murder, even if carried out by the state, is not morally justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenged",
"requited",
"retaliated",
"revenged",
"venged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigated",
"fixed",
"got",
"penalized",
"punished",
"scourged",
"chastened",
"chastised",
"corrected",
"disciplined",
"righted",
"compensated",
"paid (back)",
"recompensed",
"repaid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolved",
"condoned",
"excused",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"remitted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rediscovery":{
"as in discovery , unearthing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"detection",
"discovery",
"finding",
"spotting",
"unearthing",
"disclosure",
"exposure",
"revelation",
"uncovering",
"unveiling",
"creation",
"invention",
"awareness",
"espial",
"notice",
"exploration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearance",
"loss",
"concealment",
"hiding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redoing":{
"the act, process, or result of making different":{
"examples":[
"some residents objected to the redoing of the historic school building"
],
"synonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"difference",
"modification",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"review",
"revise",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction",
"rectification",
"reform",
"conversion",
"deformation",
"distortion",
"metamorphosis",
"mutation",
"transfiguration",
"transformation",
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"shift",
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"adjustment",
"modulation",
"regulation",
"tweak",
"redesign",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixation",
"stabilization"
]
},
"to make different in some way":{
"examples":[
"desperately wanted to redo the red living room in soothing shades of green"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"varying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforming",
"metamorphosing",
"mutating",
"regenerating",
"revolutionizing",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting",
"commuting",
"converting",
"exchanging",
"rejiggering",
"retooling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fixing",
"freezing",
"setting",
"stabilizing"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"the conductor kept asking the violinist to redo that passage until he was completely satisfied"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicating",
"reduplicating",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"redesigning":{
"to change the design of (something)":{
"examples":[
"The book's cover has been redesigned for the new edition.",
"We're redesigning our kitchen.",
"a newly redesigned website"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"seasoning",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redrawing":{
"as in revising , rewriting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafting",
"restyling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"rewriting",
"amending",
"correcting",
"debugging",
"emending",
"rectifying",
"red-penciling",
"reforming",
"remedying",
"blue-penciling",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"redressing",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"adjusting",
"modulating",
"regulating",
"altering",
"changing",
"modifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"aggravating",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redraw":{
"as in revise , rewrite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"rectify",
"red-pencil",
"reform",
"remedy",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
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"retransferring",
"retransmitting",
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"supplying",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
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"turning in",
"yielding",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
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"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"conferring",
"granting",
"commending",
"committing",
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"delivering",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
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"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
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"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining",
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
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"verb"
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"examples":[
"a massive stone redoubt at the entrance of the bay guarded the city"
],
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"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"strongholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend"
],
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"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"render",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
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"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forge",
"knock off",
"rip off",
"mimic",
"simulate",
"reconstruct",
"re-create"
],
"near antonyms":[
"create",
"imagine",
"initiate",
"invent"
],
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"originate"
]
},
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"found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what"
],
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"duplicate",
"redo",
"reiterate",
"remake",
"renew",
"repeat",
"replicate",
"reprise"
],
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"recreate",
"reenact",
"reinvent"
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"verb"
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"examples":[
"the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue"
],
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"fanatics",
"ideologues",
"idealogues",
"militants",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"true believers",
"zealots"
],
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"activists",
"dreamers",
"idealists",
"visionaries",
"cultists",
"disciples",
"followers",
"hangers-on",
"idolizers",
"votaries",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"bugs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fanciers",
"fans",
"fiends",
"fools",
"freaks",
"habitu\u00e9s",
"habitues",
"heads",
"hounds",
"junkies",
"lovers",
"maniacs",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"nuts",
"suckers",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"stalwarts",
"supporters",
"boosters",
"rooters",
"well-wishers",
"faddists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmilitants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red meats":{
"as in games , variety meats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"games",
"poultries",
"variety meats",
"flesh",
"meats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redolences":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"breathed in the redolence of the apple orchard"
],
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"aromas",
"attars",
"ottos",
"balms",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"incenses",
"perfumes",
"scents",
"spices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essences",
"odors"
],
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"antonyms":[
"fetors",
"malodors",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks"
]
},
"the quality of a thing that makes it perceptible to the sense organs in the nose":{
"examples":[
"the redolence of fir trees always reminds me of Christmas"
],
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"aromas",
"odors",
"scents",
"smells",
"sniffs"
],
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"whiffs",
"attars",
"ottos",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"perfumes",
"ambrosias",
"savors",
"savours",
"spices",
"tangs",
"fetors",
"funks",
"malodors",
"rancidities",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks",
"aromaticities",
"incenses",
"musks"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in revamps , revises":{
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"recasts",
"redesigns",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"contemporizes",
"modernizes",
"streamlines",
"updates"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuilds , reconstructs":{
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"reassembles",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"reedifies",
"retrofits",
"assembles",
"builds",
"confects",
"constructs",
"erects",
"fabricates",
"makes",
"makes up",
"pieces",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
],
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"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"knocks down",
"strikes",
"takes down",
"tears down"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information":{
"examples":[
"Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records.",
"The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released."
],
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"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"cleans (up)",
"expurgates",
"launders",
"red-pencils",
"blue-pencils",
"cancels",
"crosses (out)",
"deles",
"deletes",
"edits (out)",
"elides",
"kills",
"scratches (out)",
"strikes (out)",
"strokes (out)",
"x's (out)",
"blots out",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"wipes out",
"bleeps",
"blips",
"clips",
"cuts",
"excises",
"removes",
"abbreviates",
"crops",
"shortens",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redescribing":{
"as in reimaging":{
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"reimaging",
"summarizing",
"summing up",
"touching off",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"silhouetting",
"tracing",
"vignetting",
"hinting",
"suggesting",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"showing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling",
"demonstrating",
"illustrating",
"characterizing",
"defining",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"qualifying",
"representing",
"delineating",
"depicting",
"describing",
"drawing",
"imaging",
"limning",
"painting",
"picturing",
"portraying",
"rendering",
"setting out",
"sketching"
],
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"coloring",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"misdescribing",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redesigned":{
"to change the design of (something)":{
"examples":[
"The book's cover has been redesigned for the new edition.",
"We're redesigning our kitchen.",
"a newly redesigned website"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"accustomed",
"conditioned",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"seasoned",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redirects":{
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"examples":[
"upon hearing the noise, he redirected his gaze to the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflects",
"diverts",
"swings",
"turns",
"veers",
"wheels",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averts",
"deviates",
"moves",
"rechannels",
"shifts",
"shunts",
"sidetracks",
"swerves",
"switches",
"transfers",
"swivels",
"twists",
"whirls",
"zigzags",
"bends",
"curves",
"sways",
"reverses",
"turns back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redos":{
"the act of saying or doing over again":{
"examples":[
"as a way of celebrating our silver wedding anniversary, we're planning a redo of the trip we took on our honeymoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplications",
"iterations",
"reduplications",
"reiterations",
"renewals",
"repeats",
"repetitions",
"replays",
"replications",
"reprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rebroadcasts",
"reruns",
"recitations",
"rehearsals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redoubtable":{
"causing fear":{
"examples":[
"his next opponent, the reigning champion, would be by far the most redoubtable adversary the young boxer had ever faced"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"scary",
"shocking",
"spine-chilling",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"startling",
"threatening",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unnerving",
"bone-chilling",
"creepy",
"eerie",
"eery",
"weird",
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"nonintimidating",
"nonthreatening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"a surprising discovery by one of the most redoubtable figures in Egyptian archaeology"
],
"synonyms":[
"astral",
"bright",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"luminous",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"superior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrated",
"exalted",
"famed",
"famous",
"glorious",
"honored",
"renowned",
"reputable",
"infamous",
"notorious",
"dominant",
"paramount",
"predominant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificant",
"minor",
"unimportant",
"average",
"inferior",
"mediocre",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unsung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redescribe":{
"as in reimage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reimage",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"touch off",
"draft",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"trace",
"vignette",
"hint",
"suggest",
"display",
"exhibit",
"show",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell",
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"characterize",
"define",
"label",
"qualify",
"represent",
"delineate",
"depict",
"describe",
"draw",
"image",
"limn",
"paint",
"picture",
"portray",
"render",
"set out",
"sketch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"color",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"misdescribe",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reds":{
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
"examples":[
"the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin"
],
"synonyms":[
"commies",
"communists",
"comrades",
"socialists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"pinkos",
"pinkoes",
"pinks",
"social democrats",
"Bolsheviks",
"Bolsheviki",
"Leninists",
"Leninites",
"Maoists",
"Marxists",
"Stalinists",
"Trotskyists",
"Trotskyites",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"capitalists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red in tooth and claw":{
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-hearted",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"unfeeling",
"fell",
"ferocious",
"grim",
"bloodthirsty",
"cutthroat",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"catty",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vindictive",
"draconian",
"draconic",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"charitable",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"pitying",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"redescribed":{
"as in reimaged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reimaged",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"touched off",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"traced",
"vignetted",
"hinted",
"suggested",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"showed",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told",
"demonstrated",
"illustrated",
"characterized",
"defined",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"qualified",
"represented",
"delineated",
"depicted",
"described",
"drew",
"imaged",
"limned",
"painted",
"pictured",
"portrayed",
"rendered",
"set out",
"sketched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"garbled",
"misdescribed",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redact":{
"to make changes to (something written) so as to remove or obscure information":{
"examples":[
"Because the victims were minors, their full names were redacted from public court records.",
"The declassified documents were heavily redacted before they were released."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"clean (up)",
"expurgate",
"launder",
"red-pencil",
"blue-pencil",
"cancel",
"cross (out)",
"dele",
"delete",
"edit (out)",
"elide",
"kill",
"scratch (out)",
"strike (out)",
"stroke (out)",
"x (out)",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"wipe out",
"bleep",
"blip",
"clip",
"cut",
"excise",
"remove",
"abbreviate",
"crop",
"shorten",
"black out",
"repress",
"silence",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redrafts":{
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"if you redraft that paper and include more recent data, I think we could publish it"
],
"synonyms":[
"edits",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"copyedits",
"reads",
"subedits",
"subs",
"reedits",
"amends",
"annotates",
"corrects",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"fact-checks",
"anthologizes",
"collects",
"compiles",
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"abridges",
"blue-pencils",
"redacts",
"red-pencils",
"engrosses",
"recopies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-pencil":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"redraw",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"clean (up)",
"expurgate",
"launder"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purge",
"purify",
"abbreviate",
"blue-pencil",
"edit",
"shorten",
"bleep",
"blip",
"cut (out)",
"delete",
"excise",
"expunge",
"gut",
"x (out)",
"black out",
"repress",
"silence",
"suppress",
"censure",
"condemn",
"denounce",
"examine",
"review",
"screen",
"scrutinize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"authorize",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red meat":{
"as in game , variety meat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"game",
"poultry",
"variety meat",
"flesh",
"meat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redrafted":{
"to prepare for publication by correcting, rewriting, or updating":{
"examples":[
"if you redraft that paper and include more recent data, I think we could publish it"
],
"synonyms":[
"edited",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"subedited",
"reedited",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redrawn":{
"as in revised , rewritten":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafted",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewritten",
"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"emended",
"rectified",
"red-penciled",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redecorates":{
"as in redoes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"redoes",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"bosses",
"chases",
"brightens",
"freshens",
"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
"adorns",
"arrays",
"beautifies",
"bedecks",
"bedizens",
"blazons",
"caparisons",
"decks",
"decorates",
"does",
"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
"embellishes",
"emblazes",
"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
"fancifies",
"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils",
"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red giants":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red":{
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"examples":[
"the merry, red , smiling face of Santa Claus"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan"
]
},
"having a notably high temperature":{
"examples":[
"the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sultry",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
]
},
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government"
],
"synonyms":[
"insurgent",
"insurrectionary",
"insurrectionist",
"mutineer",
"rebel",
"revolter",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"defier",
"insubordinate",
"oppositionist",
"recusant",
"refuser",
"resistant",
"resister",
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"discontent",
"extremist",
"malcontent",
"radical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"supporter",
"counterinsurgent",
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
"examples":[
"the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin"
],
"synonyms":[
"commie",
"communist",
"comrade",
"socialist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leftist",
"lefty",
"pink",
"pinko",
"social democrat",
"Bolshevik",
"Leninist",
"Leninite",
"Maoist",
"Marxist",
"Stalinist",
"Trotskyist",
"Trotskyite",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"capitalist"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"redefine":{
"to consider again especially with the possibility of change or reversal":{
"examples":[
"learning that he had been adopted forced him to completely redefine his identity"
],
"synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reanalyze",
"reconceive",
"reconsider",
"reevaluate",
"reexamine",
"reexplore",
"rethink",
"review",
"revisit",
"reweigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rehear",
"reconceptualize",
"reenvision",
"reimagine",
"reappraise",
"reassess",
"reinvestigate",
"restudy",
"amend",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remedy",
"revise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assert",
"defend",
"maintain",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red stars":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reduced":{
"as in discounted , lowered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discount",
"discounted",
"fire-sale",
"lowered",
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"wholesale",
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable",
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in diminished , compressed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed",
"sunken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant",
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"degraded",
"demoted",
"disrated",
"downgraded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canned",
"cashiered",
"dismissed",
"downsized",
"fired",
"laid off",
"sacked",
"abased",
"debased",
"demeaned",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hired"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"elevated",
"promoted",
"raised"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"dented",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"downscaled",
"downsized",
"dropped",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"nicked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled",
"deflated",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"minimized",
"moderated",
"modified",
"modulated",
"qualified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"added (to)",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"redoubled"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"raised"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"redeem":{
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"examples":[
"the Little League coach redeemed his promise to take the players out for ice cream if they improved their fielding over the season"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"complete",
"comply (with)",
"fill",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"keep",
"meet",
"satisfy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"finish",
"perfect",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring about",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"effect",
"commit",
"compass",
"discharge",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"make",
"perform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"default (on)",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
]
},
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"examples":[
"the government has consistently refused to redeem hostages captured by terrorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"ransom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save",
"emancipate",
"liberate",
"get back",
"recover",
"regain",
"retrieve",
"release",
"buy",
"salvage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
"examples":[
"the belief that sinners are redeemed by their faith in God"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliver",
"save"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reclaim",
"reform",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive",
"bless",
"hallow",
"consecrate",
"purify",
"sanctify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make better in behavior or character":{
"examples":[
"the unfaithful husband made a determined effort to redeem himself in the eyes of his wife and children"
],
"synonyms":[
"habilitate",
"reclaim",
"reform",
"regenerate",
"rehabilitate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reeducate",
"amend",
"improve",
"refine",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"restore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abase",
"canker",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"lower",
"pervert",
"poison",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make up for (an offense)":{
"examples":[
"quickly redeemed the offending remark with a sincere and unconditional apology"
],
"synonyms":[
"atone (for)",
"expiate",
"mend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compensate",
"recompense",
"reimburse",
"remunerate",
"repay",
"amend",
"correct",
"rectify",
"redress",
"propitiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redounds":{
"to have a particular result \u2014 used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something \u2014 + to":{
"examples":[
"It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pans out",
"results",
"acts",
"operates",
"performs",
"takes",
"works",
"behaves",
"reacts",
"responds",
"affects",
"influences",
"sways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfires",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redding (up or out)":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"it's time to redd up the garage and get rid of a lot of the junk we've accumulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"neatening",
"picking up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up or out)",
"tidying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"mussing",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"tumbling",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redelivered":{
"as in recommitted , retransmitted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recommitted",
"retransferred",
"retransmitted",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"conferred",
"granted",
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over",
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"held",
"kept",
"retained",
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
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"verb"
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"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
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"rescuers redoubled their efforts to reach the people buried in the rubble after unexpectedly hearing someone call for help"
],
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"accentuating",
"amping (up)",
"amplifying",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
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"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"stepping up",
"strengthening"
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"enlarging",
"expanding",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"accelerating",
"hastening",
"quickening",
"emphasizing",
"pointing (up)",
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"stressing",
"augmenting",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"restrengthening",
"supplementing",
"maximizing",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)",
"aggravating",
"exacerbating"
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"near antonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"letting up (on)",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"weakening",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"subsiding",
"tapering (off)",
"waning",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lightening"
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"abating",
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]
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"to make twice as great or as many":{
"examples":[
"if we redouble the recipe, we'll have enough cookies for everyone"
],
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"doubling",
"duplicating"
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"compounding",
"multiplying",
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building (up)",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"there's a redundancy of high-priced restaurants in the area"
],
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"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
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"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
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"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
]
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"several dozen employees at the London office were lost to redundancy"
],
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"axes",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"furloughs",
"layoffs"
],
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"pink slips",
"birds",
"boots",
"bum's rushes",
"firings",
"heave-hos",
"sacks",
"closings",
"shutdowns",
"shakeouts",
"shake-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callbacks",
"recalls",
"reemployments",
"re-employments",
"rehires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red dwarf":{
"as in neutron star , white dwarf":{
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"binary star",
"brown dwarf",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"nova",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red giant",
"red star",
"subdwarf",
"supercluster",
"supergiant",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"redwares":{
"as in porcelains , chinas":{
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"near synonyms":[
"chinas",
"ironstone chinas",
"porcelains",
"ceramics",
"crockeries",
"earthenwares",
"potteries",
"stonewares"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
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"breaks",
"busts",
"degrades",
"demotes",
"disrates",
"downgrades"
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"cans",
"cashiers",
"dismisses",
"downsizes",
"fires",
"lays off",
"sacks",
"abases",
"debases",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hires"
],
"antonyms":[
"advances",
"elevates",
"promotes",
"raises"
]
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"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
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"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dents",
"depletes",
"diminishes",
"downscales",
"downsizes",
"drops",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
"lowers"
],
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"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
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"abridges",
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"docks",
"nicks",
"pares",
"prunes",
"retrenches",
"shortens",
"slashes",
"trims",
"truncates",
"whittles",
"deflates",
"shrinks",
"minimizes",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"modulates",
"qualifies"
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"near antonyms":[
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles"
],
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"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"raises"
]
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"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade"
],
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"attenuates",
"breaks",
"cheapens",
"depreciates",
"depresses",
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"devalues",
"downgrades",
"lowers",
"marks down",
"sinks",
"writes down",
"writes off"
],
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"debases",
"demonetizes",
"underestimates",
"underprices",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"abridges",
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"contracts",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"moderates",
"shrinks"
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"bloats",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"overestimates",
"overprices",
"overrates",
"overvalues",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
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"augments",
"balloons",
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"escalates",
"expands",
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"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells",
"ups"
],
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"appreciates",
"enhances",
"marks up",
"upgrades"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redescribes":{
"as in reimages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"reimages",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"touches off",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"traces",
"vignettes",
"hints",
"suggests",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"shows",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells",
"demonstrates",
"illustrates",
"characterizes",
"defines",
"labels",
"qualifies",
"represents",
"delineates",
"depicts",
"describes",
"draws",
"images",
"limns",
"paints",
"pictures",
"portrays",
"renders",
"sets out",
"sketches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colors",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"misdescribes",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redeemable":{
"capable of being corrected":{
"examples":[
"you made several mistakes in your report, but they're all redeemable"
],
"synonyms":[
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"fixable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"redds (up or out)":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"it's time to redd up the garage and get rid of a lot of the junk we've accumulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"neatens",
"picks up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up or out)",
"tidies (up)",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"discomposes",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"disorganizes",
"disrupts",
"disturbs",
"jumbles",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"musses",
"rumples",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"tousles",
"tumbles",
"upsets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redundant":{
"being over what is needed":{
"examples":[
"this area is already chockablock with shopping malls; another one would be redundant"
],
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"extra",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"supernumerary",
"surplus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"additional",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"de trop",
"dispensable",
"extraneous",
"gratuitous",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"short",
"shortish",
"skimpy",
"sparse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"red-eye":{
"as in rotgut , bathtub gin":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bathtub gin",
"rotgut",
"bootleg",
"moonshine",
"mountain dew",
"white lightning",
"alcohol",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"potable",
"rum",
"spirits",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redirecting":{
"to change the course or direction of (something)":{
"examples":[
"upon hearing the noise, he redirected his gaze to the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"swinging",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averting",
"deviating",
"moving",
"rechanneling",
"shifting",
"shunting",
"sidetracking",
"swerving",
"switching",
"transferring",
"swiveling",
"swivelling",
"twisting",
"whirling",
"zigzagging",
"bending",
"curving",
"swaying",
"reversing",
"turning back"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redound":{
"to have a particular result \u2014 used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something \u2014 + to":{
"examples":[
"It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pan out",
"result",
"act",
"operate",
"perform",
"take",
"work",
"behave",
"react",
"respond",
"affect",
"influence",
"sway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backfire",
"fizzle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"red-eyes":{
"as in rotguts , bathtub gins":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bathtub gins",
"rotguts",
"bootlegs",
"moonshines",
"mountain dews",
"white lightnings",
"alcohols",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"potables",
"rums",
"spirits",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red star":{
"as in neutron star , white dwarf":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary star",
"brown dwarf",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"nova",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red dwarf",
"red giant",
"subdwarf",
"supercluster",
"supergiant",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"reddishness":{
"as in redness , sanguineness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pinkness",
"redness",
"rosiness",
"ruddiness",
"sanguineness",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"glow",
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"flush"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paleness",
"pallidness",
"pallor",
"pastiness",
"wanness",
"whiteness",
"greenishness",
"greenness",
"sallowness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"redevelop":{
"as in revamp , revise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recast",
"redesign",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"contemporize",
"modernize",
"streamline",
"update"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rebuild , reconstruct":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reducing":{
"as in shrinking , lessening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"shortening",
"shrinking",
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compression",
"condensation",
"contraction",
"curtailment",
"abruptness",
"brusqueness",
"curtness",
"brevity",
"briefness",
"conciseness",
"shortness",
"compendiousness",
"crispness",
"laconism",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"tautness",
"terseness",
"littleness",
"minuteness",
"smallness",
"tininess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthiness",
"extensiveness",
"elongating",
"elongation",
"extending",
"extension",
"prolongation",
"prolonging",
"protraction",
"stretching",
"expansion",
"growth",
"spread",
"diffuseness",
"garrulousness",
"long-windedness",
"prolixity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"volubility",
"wordiness",
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"was reduced from team captain to team member as punishment for his misbehavior on the court"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"busting",
"degrading",
"demoting",
"disrating",
"downgrading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canning",
"cashiering",
"dismissing",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"laying off",
"sacking",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"elevating",
"promoting",
"raising"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to reduce the amount of money you spend on unnecessary purchases if you want to have any money left for retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"denting",
"depleting",
"diminishing",
"downscaling",
"downsizing",
"dropping",
"dwindling",
"easing",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"nicking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling",
"deflating",
"shrinking",
"minimizing",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"modulating",
"qualifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"raising"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"a mortgage crisis that reduced homes to their lowest level in a decade"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuating",
"breaking",
"cheapening",
"depreciating",
"depressing",
"devaluating",
"devaluing",
"downgrading",
"lowering",
"marking down",
"sinking",
"writing down",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debasing",
"demonetizing",
"underestimating",
"underpricing",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"abridging",
"compressing",
"contracting",
"de-escalating",
"deflating",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"moderating",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloating",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"overestimating",
"overpricing",
"overrating",
"overvaluing",
"adding",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"ballooning",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"dilating",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"maximizing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"enhancing",
"marking up",
"upgrading"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Red":{
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"examples":[
"the merry, red , smiling face of Santa Claus"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy",
"sanguine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
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"noun"
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"in",
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"now",
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"kaputt",
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"musty",
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"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
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"snowy",
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"wintery",
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"cooled",
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"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
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"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
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"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
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"red-hot calls to action from both supporters and opponents of the war"
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"glowing",
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"torrid",
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"warm",
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"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
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"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
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"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
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"overexcited",
"overheated"
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"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
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"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
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"unemotional"
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"examples":[
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"faddy",
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"hot",
"in",
"large",
"modish",
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"popular",
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"selected",
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"wanted",
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"famous",
"noted",
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"fabulous",
"legendary",
"leading",
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"important",
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"washed-up",
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"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"rejected",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"indistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"unknown",
"inconspicuous"
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"unpopular"
]
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"examples":[
"the inflammatory language favored by the red hots is simply polarizing voters and stifling all dialogue"
],
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"crusader",
"fanatic",
"ideologue",
"idealogue",
"militant",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"true believer",
"zealot"
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"activist",
"dreamer",
"idealist",
"visionary",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"idolizer",
"votary",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
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"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"patron",
"promoter",
"stalwart",
"supporter",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dabbler",
"dilettante"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmilitant"
]
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"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
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"as in reallocations , reapportionments":{
"examples":[],
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"reallocations",
"reapportionments",
"redivisions",
"repartitions",
"admeasurements",
"allocations",
"allotments",
"apportionments",
"disbursements",
"dispensations",
"distributions",
"divisions",
"issuances",
"partitions",
"separations"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"redresser":{
"as in righter":{
"examples":[],
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"revenger",
"requiter",
"avenger",
"castigator",
"chastiser",
"nemesis",
"punisher",
"scourge",
"vigilante"
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"near antonyms":[
"ransomer",
"redeemer",
"vindicator"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"something that tells of approaching danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"the reporter took her glower as a red light and stopped asking questions"
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"cautions",
"red flags",
"tip-offs",
"tocsins",
"wake-up calls",
"warnings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"omens",
"portents",
"premonitions",
"presages",
"notices",
"notifications",
"buoys",
"indicators",
"knells",
"signals",
"signs",
"foretastes",
"foretokens",
"announcements",
"declarations"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"something that is or may be subtracted":{
"examples":[
"there was a sizable reduction in her weekly pay when she decided to buy health insurance"
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"abatement",
"deduction",
"discount"
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"giveback",
"kickback",
"rebate",
"dent",
"depreciation",
"decline",
"decrement",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"forfeit",
"forfeiture",
"penalty"
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"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
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"antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition"
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"examples":[
"saw an 11% reduction in the number of students applying to the school"
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"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
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"dent",
"depletion",
"depression",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"loss",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction",
"downturn",
"slip",
"slump",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback",
"retrenchment",
"shortening"
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"near antonyms":[
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addition",
"supplement",
"continuation",
"extension",
"upswing",
"uptrend",
"upturn"
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"antonyms":[
"boost",
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"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
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},
"the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rank":{
"examples":[
"the captain was punished with a reduction to lieutenant"
],
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"bump",
"demotion"
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"near synonyms":[
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"dismissal",
"firing",
"layoff",
"sacking",
"abasement",
"debasement",
"humiliation"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"Reds":{
"a person who rises up against authority":{
"examples":[
"the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government"
],
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"insurgents",
"insurrectionaries",
"insurrectionists",
"mutineers",
"rebels",
"revolters",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
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"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"defiers",
"insubordinates",
"oppositionists",
"recusants",
"refusers",
"resistants",
"resisters",
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"discontents",
"extremists",
"malcontents",
"radicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"supporters",
"counterinsurgents",
"counterrevolutionaries",
"counterrevolutionists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
"examples":[
"the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin"
],
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"commies",
"communists",
"comrades",
"socialists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"pinkos",
"pinkoes",
"pinks",
"social democrats",
"Bolsheviks",
"Bolsheviki",
"Leninists",
"Leninites",
"Maoists",
"Marxists",
"Stalinists",
"Trotskyists",
"Trotskyites",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"capitalists"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"redounded":{
"to have a particular result \u2014 used especially to describe how something affects someone or something or affects the opinion that people have about someone or something \u2014 + to":{
"examples":[
"It redounds to his credit that he worked so hard to prevent this crisis."
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"acted",
"operated",
"performed",
"took",
"worked",
"wrought",
"behaved",
"reacted",
"responded",
"affected",
"influenced",
"swayed"
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"near antonyms":[
"backfired",
"fizzled"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"one that saves from danger or destruction":{
"examples":[
"the rescued hostages profusely thanked their camouflage-clad redeemers"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliverers",
"rescuers",
"savers",
"saviors",
"saviours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"custodians",
"defenders",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"protectors",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen",
"ransomers",
"salvagers",
"salvors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"red-carpet":{
"as in ceremonial , ceremonious":{
"examples":[],
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"ceremonial",
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"civilized",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gentlemanlike",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"couth",
"formal",
"smooth",
"suave",
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"deferential",
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"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
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"comme il faut",
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"fit",
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"meet",
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"right",
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"affable",
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"friendly",
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"pleasant",
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"graceful"
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"near antonyms":[
"discourteous",
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"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
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"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"casual",
"informal",
"unceremonious",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"uncalled-for",
"unrespectable",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"conceited",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious"
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
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},
"reduplicating":{
"to make an exact likeness of":{
"examples":[
"reduplicate a recording of the concert for my friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"cloning",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"rendering",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"forging",
"knocking off",
"ripping off",
"mimicking",
"simulating",
"reconstructing",
"re-creating",
"recreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"creating",
"imagining",
"initiating",
"inventing"
],
"antonyms":[
"originating"
]
},
"to make or do again":{
"examples":[
"found out halfway through the project that I was reduplicating another team member's efforts, so we had to figure out who was going to do what"
],
"synonyms":[
"duplicating",
"redoing",
"reiterating",
"remaking",
"renewing",
"repeating",
"replicating",
"reprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recreating",
"reenacting",
"reinventing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddens":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blushes",
"colors",
"crimsons",
"flushes",
"glows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadines",
"rouges",
"ruddles",
"abashes",
"chagrins",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"humiliates",
"mortifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"redden":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"examples":[
"his face reddened when she flashed him a dazzling smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blush",
"color",
"crimson",
"flush",
"glow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incarnadine",
"rouge",
"ruddle",
"abash",
"chagrin",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"humiliate",
"mortify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"reddish":{
"as in red , crimson":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodred",
"carmine",
"crimson",
"incarnadine",
"red",
"ruby",
"sanguine",
"sanguineous",
"bloodstained",
"bloody",
"gory",
"sanguinary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"red alert":{
"the state of being constantly attentive and responsive to signs of opportunity, activity, or danger":{
"examples":[
"the paparazzi were on red alert for sightings of the hot new Hollywood couple"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"alertness",
"attentiveness",
"qui vive",
"vigilance",
"watch",
"watchfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aliveness",
"awareness",
"consciousness",
"mindfulness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"sensitivity",
"care",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"chariness",
"heedfulness",
"wariness",
"preparation",
"readiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absentmindedness",
"abstraction",
"daydreaming",
"daze",
"distraction",
"absorption",
"engrossment",
"obliviousness",
"preoccupation",
"unawareness",
"unconsciousness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"inobservance",
"unwariness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"red-pencils":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the magazine claims that every article is red-penciled by a team of fact checkers before it ever sees the light of print"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"corrects",
"debugs",
"emends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"remedies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafts",
"redraws",
"restyles",
"revises",
"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"fixes",
"mends",
"repairs",
"adjusts",
"modulates",
"regulates",
"alters",
"changes",
"modifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
"examples":[
"a television script that had been heavily red-penciled in abject surrender to political correctness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"cleans (up)",
"expurgates",
"launders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"purifies",
"abbreviates",
"blue-pencils",
"edits",
"shortens",
"bleeps",
"blips",
"cuts (out)",
"deletes",
"excises",
"expunges",
"guts",
"x's (out)",
"blacks out",
"represses",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"censures",
"condemns",
"denounces",
"examines",
"reviews",
"screens",
"scrutinizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"authorizes",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}