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{
"Croesus":{
"a wealthy person":{
"antonyms":[
"have-not",
"pauper"
],
"examples":[
"if you have to ask the price, you're not the Croesus for whom this palatial yacht is intended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"beggar"
],
"related":[
"moneymaker",
"money-spinner",
"magnate",
"nabob",
"tycoon",
"billionaire",
"gazillionaire",
"millionaire",
"multibillionaire",
"multimillionaire",
"multimillionairess",
"zillionaire",
"heir",
"heiress",
"jet-setter",
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalist",
"deep pocket",
"fat cat",
"have",
"money",
"moneybags",
"plutocrat",
"silk stocking"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crabs":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're always such a crab in the morning!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"related":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
]
},
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"crows",
"delights",
"rejoices"
],
"examples":[
"their two-year-old whined and crabbed for the whole car trip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"bears",
"countenances",
"endures",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"applauds",
"cheers",
"commends"
],
"related":[
"objects (to)",
"protests",
"quarrels (with)",
"cavils",
"quibbles",
"frets",
"stews",
"worries",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"sobs",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"bleats",
"carps",
"caterwauls",
"complains",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grizzles",
"grouches",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"grumps",
"hollers",
"inveighs",
"keens",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"maunders",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"nags",
"repines",
"screams",
"squawks",
"squeals",
"wails",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"whinges",
"yammers",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls"
]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"antonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"examples":[
"crabbed the blossoming romance by becoming moody and demanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"helps",
"rectifies",
"rehabilitates",
"remedies",
"edits",
"remodels",
"revises",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines"
],
"related":[
"deteriorates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"erodes",
"scours",
"washes out",
"wears (away)",
"blights",
"tarnishes",
"dents",
"dings",
"dints",
"botches",
"gums (up)",
"queers",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"disables",
"hamstrings",
"lames",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates",
"torments",
"tortures",
"annihilates",
"bangs up",
"bashes",
"batters",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"dashes",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"does in",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruins",
"scourges",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wrecks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"bloodies",
"breaks",
"compromises",
"cripples",
"crosses (up)",
"damages",
"defaces",
"disfigures",
"endamages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"vitiates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crack":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a disciplinary crack on the hand with a ruler was once common in schoolrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tree fell with a sharp crack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"thunk",
"wham",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"knock",
"rap",
"tap",
"blare",
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crash",
"pop",
"report",
"slam",
"smash",
"snap",
"thunderclap",
"thwack",
"whack",
"whomp",
"whump"
]
},
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that conspiracy theorist has been labeled a crack by the ballistics experts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformer",
"conformist",
"follower",
"sheep"
],
"related":[
"bohemian",
"maverick",
"nonconformist",
"quixote",
"coot",
"geezer",
"curio",
"rarity",
"freak",
"fantast",
"fantastico"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"flake",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"kook",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"weirdo",
"zany"
]
},
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this is my first crack at painting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
]
},
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a pebble struck the car's windshield and left a spidery crack in it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crevasse",
"craze",
"hairline",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"breach",
"gap",
"opening",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"slit"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
]
},
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"examples":[
"known as one of the college's crack tennis players"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"related":[
"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"sure-handed",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso"
]
},
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a whispered crack made the whole back row start laughing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"funning",
"joking",
"wisecracking",
"knee-slapper",
"panic",
"riot",
"scream",
"thigh-slapper",
"antic",
"buffoonery",
"caper",
"leg-pull",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"practical joke",
"prank",
"trick",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"mock",
"mockery",
"parody",
"put-on",
"riff",
"banter",
"kidding",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee",
"drollness",
"facetiousness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"comedy",
"humor",
"wit",
"wordplay"
],
"synonyms":[
"boff",
"boffo",
"boffola",
"drollery",
"funny",
"gag",
"giggle",
"jape",
"jest",
"joke",
"josh",
"laugh",
"nifty",
"one-liner",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"rib",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"yuk",
"yuck",
"yak",
"yock"
]
},
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tree branch unexpectedly cracked under our weight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rend",
"rive",
"split",
"crackle",
"hiss",
"sizzle",
"sputter",
"burst",
"explode",
"shatter",
"clack",
"clatter",
"click"
],
"synonyms":[
"pop",
"snap"
]
},
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cracked by years in solitary confinement, the prisoner could only maunder incoherently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"quiet",
"relax",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"related":[
"agitate",
"bother",
"confuse",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distract",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"annoy",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"craze",
"derange",
"frenzy",
"loco",
"madden",
"unbalance",
"unhinge",
"unstring"
]
},
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
"antonyms":[
"cipher",
"code",
"encipher",
"encode",
"encrypt"
],
"examples":[
"the United States military used the Navajo language as a code during World War II, and the enemy never cracked it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"garble",
"jumble (up)",
"mix (up)"
],
"related":[
"descramble",
"unscramble",
"render",
"translate",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"decipher",
"decode",
"decrypt"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cracked the bow of the ship with a champagne bottle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been mulling this riddle, but I just can't crack it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"break",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"choke"
],
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"flip (out)",
"freak (out)",
"melt down",
"wig (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crack (on)":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"the postman cracked on in an effort to get the mail delivered on time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"related":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crack up":{
"a mental or nervous collapse":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a crack-up required him to take a year off from work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"self-possession",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"related":[
"frazzle",
"freak-out",
"meltdown",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"apprehension",
"disquiet",
"excitability",
"nervousness",
"disturbance",
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation",
"basket case"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"nervous breakdown",
"tailspin"
]
},
"the violent coming together of two bodies into destructive contact":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"two people were injured in a serious crack-up on the interstate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accident",
"pileup",
"demolishment",
"destruction",
"ruin"
],
"synonyms":[
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"smash",
"smashup",
"wreck"
]
},
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"antonyms":[
"knock",
"pan",
"slam"
],
"examples":[
"that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down",
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"admonish",
"chide",
"criticize",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"skewer",
"slag",
"vilify"
],
"related":[
"bravo",
"clap",
"rise (to)",
"ballyhoo",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"root (for)",
"support",
"celebrate",
"emblazon",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"sing",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"deify",
"idolize"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accredit",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
]
},
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"magnify",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize",
"advance",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"boost",
"herald",
"offer",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"assert",
"aver",
"claim",
"declare",
"lay down",
"make out",
"proclaim",
"pronounce"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"blow up",
"cry up",
"glorify",
"tout",
"trumpet",
"tub-thump"
]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"try not to crack up at your own punch lines\u2014it's funnier if you keep a straight face"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"weep",
"howl",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"related":[
"grin",
"smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"hee-haw",
"laugh",
"roar",
"scream",
"snicker",
"titter",
"twitter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cracked":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"examples":[
"are you completely cracked ?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"related":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
]
},
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tree branch unexpectedly cracked under our weight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rent",
"rended",
"rived",
"split",
"crackled",
"hissed",
"sizzled",
"sputtered",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"shattered",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"clicked"
],
"synonyms":[
"popped",
"snapped"
]
},
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cracked by years in solitary confinement, the prisoner could only maunder incoherently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"related":[
"agitated",
"bothered",
"confused",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distracted",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"annoyed",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"synonyms":[
"crazed",
"deranged",
"frenzied",
"locoed",
"maddened",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unstrung"
]
},
"to change (as a secret message) from code into ordinary language":{
"antonyms":[
"ciphered",
"coded",
"enciphered",
"encoded",
"encrypted"
],
"examples":[
"the United States military used the Navajo language as a code during World War II, and the enemy never cracked it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"garbled",
"jumbled (up)",
"mixed (up)"
],
"related":[
"descrambled",
"unscrambled",
"rendered",
"translated",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"decrypted"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cracked the bow of the ship with a champagne bottle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
]
},
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been mulling this riddle, but I just can't crack it"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded"
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"broke",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"solved",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
]
},
"to yield to mental or emotional stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after hours of tough questioning the suspect finally cracked and blurted out a confession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"choked"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke down",
"broke up",
"flipped (out)",
"freaked (out)",
"melted down",
"wigged (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"crackers":{
"a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cracker who had broken into the intelligence agency's database attempted to leak the classified information"
],
"near antonyms":[
"computerphobes",
"technophobes"
],
"related":[
"computerists",
"gearheads",
"geeks",
"techies",
"technocrats",
"technophiles",
"phishers"
],
"synonyms":[
"cyberpunks",
"hackers"
]
},
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"examples":[
"he spends too much time working on his inventions and I think he's gone a little crackers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"related":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
]
},
"someone who boasts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you're a fool if you believe half of what that cracker says"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blusterers",
"cocks",
"self-advertisers",
"self-dramatizers",
"self-promoters"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowers",
"blowhards",
"boasters",
"braggadocios",
"braggarts",
"braggers",
"brags",
"cockalorums",
"gasconaders",
"gascons",
"swaggerers",
"vaunters"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"crackle":{
"to make a series of short, sharp noises":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The logs crackled in the fire.",
"The leaves crackled under our feet.",
"a crackling fire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crackled":{
"to make a series of short, sharp noises":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The logs crackled in the fire.",
"The leaves crackled under our feet.",
"a crackling fire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cradled":{
"as in held , gripped":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in watched , cared (for)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crafting":{
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spent hours crafting the perfect letter of recommendation for her prize student"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"molding",
"sculpturing",
"shaping",
"couching",
"expressing",
"phrasing",
"stating",
"verbalizing",
"wording",
"authoring",
"inditing",
"penning",
"writing",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"devising",
"building",
"constructing",
"making",
"assembling",
"compounding",
"piecing (together)",
"redrafting",
"reformulating",
"reframing"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"composing",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"formulating",
"framing",
"preparing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"craftswomen":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crafty":{
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
],
"examples":[
"a crafty real estate broker who got people to sell their property at bargain prices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"open",
"patent",
"plain",
"public",
"unconcealed",
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"honest",
"natural",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"straightforward",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"unvarnished",
"childlike",
"impressionable",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"related":[
"astute",
"facile",
"glib",
"sharp",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"insinuating",
"knavish",
"Machiavellian",
"oblique",
"serpentine",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"unscrupulous",
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"circuitous",
"circular",
"roundabout",
"clandestine",
"concealed",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"calculating",
"plotting"
],
"synonyms":[
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crags":{
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a menacing crag overhangs the hiking trail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"buttes",
"cuestas",
"hogbacks",
"tors",
"bulwarks",
"embankments",
"declivities",
"drop-offs",
"pitches"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"escarpments",
"palisades",
"precipices",
"scarps",
"scars"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cramped":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped"
],
"examples":[
"having to constantly entertain guests at the summer cottage was really cramping my writing efforts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"made way",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"related":[
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied",
"arrested",
"braked",
"delayed",
"retained",
"retarded",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"roadblocked",
"bogged (down)",
"mired",
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"stumped",
"thwarted",
"derailed",
"disrupted",
"sabotaged",
"muzzled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"confined",
"hedged (in)",
"hemmed (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogged",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"crane":{
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
"antonyms":[
"drop",
"lower"
],
"examples":[
"craned her head to see the roof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"descend",
"dip",
"fall",
"pitch",
"plunge",
"slip",
"bear",
"depress",
"press",
"push",
"sink",
"submerge"
],
"related":[
"ascend",
"mount",
"rise",
"rear",
"upend"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"raise",
"take up",
"up",
"uphold",
"uplift",
"upraise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crank (up)":{
"to cause to function":{
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off"
],
"examples":[
"crank up the CD player so we can dance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick",
"stop",
"decelerate",
"repress",
"slow",
"stunt",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"kick over",
"turn over",
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge",
"arouse",
"excite",
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"ignite",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"stir up",
"accelerate",
"catalyze",
"speed (up)",
"step up"
],
"synonyms":[
"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"move",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crank out":{
"as in turn out , churn out":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cranks":{
"a person of odd or whimsical habits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's a bit of a crank , but still a good-hearted person"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformers",
"conformists",
"followers",
"sheep"
],
"related":[
"bohemians",
"mavericks",
"nonconformists",
"quixotes",
"coots",
"geezers",
"curios",
"rarities",
"freaks",
"fantasticoes",
"fantasts"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"eccentrics",
"flakes",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"kooks",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"weirdos",
"zanies"
]
},
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
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"examples":[
"his endless and unpredictable cranks made spending time with him exhausting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"impetuosities",
"whimsicalities",
"conceits",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"images",
"impressions",
"mind's eyes",
"pictures",
"thoughts",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"synonyms":[
"bees",
"caprices",
"fancies",
"freaks",
"humors",
"kinks",
"maggots",
"megrims",
"notions",
"vagaries",
"vagrancies",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys"
]
},
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's always a crank until he has his morning coffee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"related":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"sourpusses",
"whiners"
]
},
"as in reels , winds":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crapulous":{
"given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages":{
"antonyms":[
"temperate"
],
"examples":[
"a crapulous wastrel who went through the family's once-fabulous fortune in less than a decade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearheaded",
"sober",
"straight",
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"teetotal"
],
"related":[
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"drunk",
"high",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"loaded",
"soused",
"tipsy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibulous",
"drunken",
"intemperate",
"sottish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crass":{
"lacking in refinement or good taste":{
"antonyms":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"smooth",
"tasteful",
"ultrarefined",
"well-bred"
],
"examples":[
"a loudmouthed jerk given to rude jokes and crass comments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"courtly",
"patrician",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"restrained",
"considerate",
"gracious",
"sensitive",
"thoughtful",
"citified",
"sophisticated",
"urbane"
],
"related":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"ungentlemanly",
"clumsy",
"lubberly",
"lumpish",
"oafish",
"inconsiderate",
"indelicate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"unsophisticated",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"animallike",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"uncivilized",
"mannerless",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarse",
"common",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"illiberal",
"incult",
"insensible",
"low",
"lowbred",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"roughneck",
"rude",
"rugged",
"tasteless",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crater":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"examples":[
"a time when businesses were cratering left and right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"related":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"spike",
"up"
],
"examples":[
"the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"related":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (down)",
"diminish",
"droop",
"dwindle",
"ebb",
"lessen",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"taper off",
"wane",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"lower",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"sink",
"skid",
"tumble"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cratered":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"antonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
],
"examples":[
"a time when businesses were cratering left and right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
"related":[
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
],
"examples":[
"the stock price cratered when the company filed for Chapter 11"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"related":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"fell",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"tumbled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crawl":{
"as in delay , slowdown":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"something must be up, as city hall is crawling with reporters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"burst",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"hum",
"overflow",
"pullulate",
"swarm",
"teem"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"examples":[
"the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"related":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"synonyms":[
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"speed",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"examples":[
"the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"glide",
"sail",
"hurry",
"tear"
],
"related":[
"lumber",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"tramp",
"trudge"
],
"synonyms":[
"creak (along)",
"creep",
"drag",
"inch",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"poke",
"slouch",
"snail"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouch",
"squat",
"edge",
"inch",
"nose",
"skulk",
"sneak",
"steal",
"tiptoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"creep",
"grovel",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crawled":{
"to be copiously supplied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"something must be up, as city hall is crawling with reporters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lacked",
"needed",
"wanted"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"abounded",
"brimmed",
"bristled",
"bulged",
"burst",
"bursted",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"hummed",
"overflowed",
"pullulated",
"swarmed",
"teemed"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"bolted",
"careered",
"coursed",
"dashed",
"flew",
"hastened",
"hotfooted (it)",
"hurried",
"raced",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"scooted",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
],
"examples":[
"the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowled",
"breezed",
"darted",
"humped",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"scrambled",
"stampeded",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"ran",
"run",
"sprinted",
"trotted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook"
],
"related":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"ambled",
"eased",
"inched",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)",
"filibustered",
"procrastinated",
"stalled",
"temporized"
],
"synonyms":[
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"diddled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"lollygagged",
"lallygagged",
"moped",
"poked",
"shilly-shallied",
"tarried"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"flew",
"raced",
"sped",
"speeded",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
],
"examples":[
"the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"glided",
"sailed",
"hurried",
"tore"
],
"related":[
"lumbered",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"tramped",
"trudged"
],
"synonyms":[
"creaked (along)",
"crept",
"dragged",
"inched",
"limped",
"nosed",
"oozed",
"plodded",
"poked",
"slouched",
"snailed"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouched",
"squatted",
"edged",
"inched",
"nosed",
"skulked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"stole",
"tiptoed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellied",
"crept",
"groveled",
"grovelled",
"slid",
"slithered",
"snaked",
"wormed",
"wriggled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crawling":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
],
"examples":[
"the crawling pace of the narrative is really frustrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"related":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"synonyms":[
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
]
},
"to be copiously supplied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"something must be up, as city hall is crawling with reporters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lacking",
"needing",
"wanting"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"brimming",
"bristling",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"overflowing",
"pullulating",
"swarming",
"teeming"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
],
"examples":[
"the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"related":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"flying",
"racing",
"speeding",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
],
"examples":[
"the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"gliding",
"sailing",
"hurrying",
"tearing"
],
"related":[
"lumbering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"tramping",
"trudging"
],
"synonyms":[
"creaking (along)",
"creeping",
"dragging",
"inching",
"limping",
"nosing",
"oozing",
"plodding",
"poking",
"slouching",
"snailing"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouching",
"squatting",
"edging",
"inching",
"nosing",
"skulking",
"sneaking",
"stealing",
"tiptoeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellying",
"creeping",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"sliding",
"slithering",
"snaking",
"worming",
"wriggling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"crazily":{
"as in desperately , uncontrollably":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"crazing":{
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"horses crazed by the barn fire kicked out their stall doors as they tried to escape"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"related":[
"agitating",
"bothering",
"confusing",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distracting",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"annoying",
"irritating",
"vexing"
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"frenzying",
"locoing",
"maddening",
"unbalancing",
"unhinging",
"unstringing"
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},
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"verb"
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"an environmental issue that brought together a crazy quilt of people from all points on the political spectrum"
],
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"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
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"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
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"botch",
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"collage",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"to move slowly":{
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"fly",
"race",
"speed",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
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"the line at the registry of motor vehicles was just creaking along"
],
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"float",
"glide",
"sail",
"hurry",
"tear"
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"shamble",
"shuffle",
"tramp",
"trudge"
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"creep",
"drag",
"inch",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"poke",
"slouch",
"snail"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
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"examples":[
"the school accepts only the cream of the world's young violinists"
],
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"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
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"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
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"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
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"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant"
],
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"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp",
"create",
"invent",
"assemble",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"bring about",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"restore"
],
"related":[
"beat",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"scotch",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"blast",
"blow up",
"break",
"cripple",
"damage",
"deface",
"deteriorate",
"disfigure",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"dynamite",
"harm",
"impair",
"injure",
"mangle",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"erode",
"scour",
"sweep (away)",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"dilapidate",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"gut",
"take down",
"unbuild",
"undo",
"unmake",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out",
"despoil",
"havoc",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"trample",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"assassinate",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"dispatch",
"execute",
"fell",
"kill",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"murder",
"slaughter",
"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
"the novice player was creamed in her first tennis tournament"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
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"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"created":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
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"examples":[
"it was your negligence that created this mess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"related":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creates":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
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"examples":[
"it was your negligence that created this mess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"extinguishes",
"liquidates",
"quenches"
],
"related":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"catalyzes",
"causes",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"engenders",
"generates",
"induces",
"invokes",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"results (in)",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creating":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
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"examples":[
"it was your negligence that created this mess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"dampening",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"retarding",
"canning",
"killing",
"snuffing (out)",
"stilling",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"extinguishing",
"liquidating",
"quenching"
],
"related":[
"conducing (to)",
"contributing (to)",
"deciding",
"determining",
"beginning",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"setting",
"setting up",
"starting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"developing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"turning out"
],
"synonyms":[
"begetting",
"breeding",
"bringing",
"bringing about",
"bringing on",
"catalyzing",
"causing",
"doing",
"drawing on",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"engendering",
"generating",
"inducing",
"invoking",
"making",
"occasioning",
"producing",
"prompting",
"resulting (in)",
"spawning",
"translating (into)",
"working",
"yielding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creation":{
"a raising or a state of being raised to a higher rank or position":{
"antonyms":[
"abasement",
"comedown",
"degradation",
"demotion",
"disrating",
"downgrade",
"reduction"
],
"examples":[
"the creation of an unprecedented number of new cardinals by the pope"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deposition",
"dethronement",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"expulsion",
"impeachment",
"ouster",
"overthrow",
"removal",
"suspension",
"unmaking",
"unseating",
"downfall",
"fall"
],
"related":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancement",
"ascent",
"elevation",
"preference",
"preferment",
"promotion",
"rise",
"upgrade",
"upgrading"
]
},
"something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Dr. Frankenstein was divinely proud of his creation , at least at first"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"copy",
"dupe",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"imitation",
"reduplication",
"replica",
"replication",
"reproduction"
],
"related":[
"contraption",
"device",
"gadget",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"novelty",
"design",
"product",
"work",
"dream",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"picture",
"vision",
"conception",
"imagining",
"origination"
],
"synonyms":[
"brainchild",
"coinage",
"concoction",
"contrivance",
"innovation",
"invention",
"wrinkle"
]
},
"the whole body of things observed or assumed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an unshakable belief in a primal source, a fount of all creation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nothingness",
"void"
],
"related":[
"existence",
"reality"
],
"synonyms":[
"cosmos",
"macrocosm",
"nature",
"universe",
"world"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creators":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"although some people see Freud as the creator of psychology, that isn't really true"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciples",
"followers",
"pupils",
"students",
"supporters"
],
"related":[
"cocreators",
"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"organizers",
"promoters",
"encouragers",
"galvanizers",
"inspirations",
"inspirers"
],
"synonyms":[
"authors",
"begetters",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creatural":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"credentialling":{
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"credentials":{
"a skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she certainly has the credentials for the position"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"command",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"mastership",
"mastery",
"proficiency",
"ability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"facility",
"faculty",
"aptitude",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"forte",
"long suit",
"m\u00e9tier",
"metier",
"specialism",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"strong suit",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"makings",
"potentiality"
],
"synonyms":[
"capability",
"goods",
"qualification",
"stuff"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She was credentialed as a speech pathologist in August."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creditability":{
"as in credibility , creditableness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creditably":{
"in a satisfactory way":{
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
],
"examples":[
"he performed the part creditably even though he had no experience acting on stage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
"related":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"so-so",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"crediting":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blaming",
"charging",
"fathering (on)",
"imputing (to)",
"pinning (on)",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"ascribing",
"attributing",
"chalking up",
"imputing",
"laying",
"putting down"
]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"antonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
],
"examples":[
"I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"challenging",
"disputing"
],
"related":[
"accounting",
"accrediting",
"understanding",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"buying",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"trusting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creep":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally found the creep who kept throwing his trash in the woods"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"related":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
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"examples":[
"water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"snake",
"sneak",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"impinge",
"infringe",
"intrude",
"invade",
"overpass",
"overreach",
"overrun",
"overshoot",
"overstep"
],
"synonyms":[
"encroach",
"inch",
"worm"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"examples":[
"that Friday afternoon we were just creeping , waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"related":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"speed",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"examples":[
"the class hour seems to creep by"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"glide",
"sail",
"hurry",
"tear"
],
"related":[
"lumber",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"tramp",
"trudge"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creak (along)",
"drag",
"inch",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"poke",
"slouch",
"snail"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the kitten crept silently across the floor before suddenly pouncing on the mouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouch",
"squat",
"edge",
"inch",
"nose",
"skulk",
"sneak",
"steal",
"tiptoe"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"crawl",
"grovel",
"slide",
"slither",
"snake",
"worm",
"wriggle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creeping":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
],
"examples":[
"at this creeping pace of progress we'll never have the float ready for the parade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"related":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"snaking",
"sneaking",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"impinging",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"overpassing",
"overreaching",
"overrunning",
"overshooting",
"overstepping"
],
"synonyms":[
"encroaching",
"inching",
"worming"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
],
"examples":[
"that Friday afternoon we were just creeping , waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"related":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"flying",
"racing",
"speeding",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
],
"examples":[
"the class hour seems to creep by"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floating",
"gliding",
"sailing",
"hurrying",
"tearing"
],
"related":[
"lumbering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"tramping",
"trudging"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creaking (along)",
"dragging",
"inching",
"limping",
"nosing",
"oozing",
"plodding",
"poking",
"slouching",
"snailing"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the kitten crept silently across the floor before suddenly pouncing on the mouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouching",
"squatting",
"edging",
"inching",
"nosing",
"skulking",
"sneaking",
"stealing",
"tiptoeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellying",
"crawling",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"sliding",
"slithering",
"snaking",
"worming",
"wriggling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"creeps":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally found the creep who kept throwing his trash in the woods"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"related":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
]
},
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"water crept slowly over the top of the tub and onto the floor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"impinges",
"infringes",
"intrudes",
"invades",
"overpasses",
"overreaches",
"overruns",
"overshoots",
"oversteps"
],
"synonyms":[
"encroaches",
"inches",
"worms"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
],
"examples":[
"that Friday afternoon we were just creeping , waiting for the bell to sound so that we could start the long weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"related":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"antonyms":[
"flies",
"races",
"speeds",
"whizzes",
"zips"
],
"examples":[
"the class hour seems to creep by"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"glides",
"sails",
"hurries",
"tears"
],
"related":[
"lumbers",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"tramps",
"trudges"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creaks (along)",
"drags",
"inches",
"limps",
"noses",
"oozes",
"plods",
"pokes",
"slouches",
"snails"
]
},
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the kitten crept silently across the floor before suddenly pouncing on the mouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crouches",
"squats",
"edges",
"inches",
"noses",
"skulks",
"sneaks",
"steals",
"tiptoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellies",
"crawls",
"grovels",
"slides",
"slithers",
"snakes",
"worms",
"wriggles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crepuscle":{
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"antonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
],
"examples":[
"from the deck of our sloop we watched as the island slowly faded from sight in the golden crepuscule of a beautiful Caribbean day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"day",
"daytime",
"light",
"forenoon"
],
"related":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"nighttime"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusk",
"eve",
"evenfall",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset",
"twilight"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crepuscular":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crestal":{
"as in high , highest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crestfallenly":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"cretin":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the captain finally had to deal with the cretin in the back of the plane"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"related":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
]
},
"a stupid person":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"in discussions anyone who disagrees with her is inevitably called a cretin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"related":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crevice":{
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"steam escaped from a long crevice in the volcano"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crevasse",
"craze",
"hairline",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"breach",
"gap",
"opening",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"slit"
],
"synonyms":[
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"fissure",
"rift",
"split"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crewman":{
"as in deckhand , shipmate":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"as in deckhands , shipmates":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crews":{
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
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"examples":[
"when one boy turned informant, the police were able to nab the drug kingpin and the rest of his crew"
],
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"related":[
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"sets",
"juntas",
"oligarchies"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabals",
"conspiracies",
"gangs",
"Mafias",
"mobs",
"rings",
"syndicates"
]
},
"a group of people working together on a task":{
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"examples":[
"we'll need the whole crew to stay late tomorrow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battalions",
"corps",
"troops",
"forces",
"hosts",
"posses",
"stables",
"troupes",
"administrations",
"departments",
"help",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"bands",
"brigades",
"companies",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"platoons",
"squads",
"teams"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cried (out)":{
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
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"examples":[
"\"I can't stand it!\" he cried out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blundered",
"leaked",
"bellowed",
"bleated",
"crowed",
"hollered",
"hooted",
"howled",
"roared",
"shouted",
"whooped",
"yowled",
"aahed",
"ahed",
"oohed",
"interjected"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatted",
"blurted (out)",
"bolted",
"ejaculated",
"exclaimed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
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"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
],
"examples":[
"she cried down any party to which she wasn't invited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"related":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cried off":{
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
"antonyms":[
"continued",
"kept"
],
"examples":[
"their film deal had been abruptly cried off , and now the filmmakers were back to square one"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"began",
"commenced",
"initiated",
"started",
"took on",
"took up",
"undertook"
],
"related":[
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"countermanded",
"reversed",
"rolled back",
"broke off",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"held back",
"interrupted",
"suspended",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"scrapped",
"scrubbed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"criers":{
"as in announcers , advertisers":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cries":{
"a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cry of despair arose when the smoke of the bomb blast cleared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"gasps",
"whimpers",
"whispers"
],
"related":[
"ejaculations",
"interjections",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"shrills",
"squalls",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"yelps",
"bawls",
"bellows",
"clamors",
"outcries",
"roars",
"caterwauls",
"plaints",
"wails"
],
"synonyms":[
"hollers",
"hoots",
"howls",
"shouts",
"whoops",
"yells",
"yowls"
]
},
"a natural vocal sound made by an animal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the lonesome cry of a coyote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"barks",
"bays",
"bellows",
"blats",
"bleats",
"brays",
"cackles",
"callings",
"caterwauls",
"caws",
"cheeps",
"chirps",
"clucks",
"coos",
"crakes",
"croaks",
"crows",
"grunts",
"honks",
"hoots",
"howls",
"lows",
"meows",
"miaows",
"mews",
"moos",
"neighs",
"oinks",
"peeps",
"quacks",
"roars",
"screeches",
"squalls",
"squawks",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"trumpets",
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
"twitters",
"whinnies",
"yaps",
"yelps",
"yips",
"yowls"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"notes"
]
},
"a sudden short emotional utterance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cries of disbelief greeted the announcement of the surprise winner for best picture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aahs",
"ahs",
"oohs",
"hollers",
"hoots",
"howls",
"shouts",
"whoops",
"yells",
"yelps",
"yowls",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeaks",
"squeals"
],
"synonyms":[
"ejaculations",
"exclamations",
"interjections"
]
},
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\"A chance to change America\" was the cry on which the candidate was hoping to win the White House"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"expressions",
"idioms",
"catchwords",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"maxims",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"battle cries",
"war cries"
],
"synonyms":[
"banners",
"catchphrases",
"shibboleths",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"watchwords"
]
},
"an earnest request":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the king was deaf to their cries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"applications",
"requisitions",
"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjurations",
"appeals",
"conjurations",
"desires",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"pleas",
"prayers",
"solicitations",
"suits",
"suppliances",
"supplications"
]
},
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"greets",
"grieves",
"keens",
"laments",
"mourns",
"howls",
"screams",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"bleats",
"mewls",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"blubs",
"sobs",
"weeps"
]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mother crying for help"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathes",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers"
],
"related":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"shrills",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"caterwauls",
"howls",
"ululates",
"wails",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"hails",
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawls",
"bays",
"bellows",
"calls",
"hollers",
"hollos",
"halloos",
"roars",
"shouts",
"sounds off",
"thunders",
"vociferates",
"yells"
]
},
"to utter one's distinctive animal sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we knew that we were getting very close to the ocean when we could hear sea gulls crying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"sings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cries (for)":{
"as in asks , clamors (for)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in weeps , moans":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"criminal":{
"a person who has committed a crime":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"car thieves, pickpockets, burglars, and other criminals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"related":[
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug",
"enforcer",
"gun",
"gunman",
"gunsel",
"hit man",
"triggerman",
"backslider",
"recidivist",
"relapser",
"repeater",
"accused",
"arrestee",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"suspect"
],
"synonyms":[
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender"
]
},
"contrary to or forbidden by law":{
"antonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate"
],
"examples":[
"people should know with certainty that criminal behavior will be punished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"just",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous",
"allowed",
"permitted",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"supported",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"related":[
"bad",
"evil",
"immoral",
"shameful",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"banned",
"barred",
"contraband",
"criminalized",
"disallowed",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"adulterine",
"bootleg",
"unauthorized",
"unlicensed",
"unsanctioned",
"under-the-counter",
"under-the-table",
"corrupt",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous"
],
"synonyms":[
"felonious",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"crimping":{
"as in folding , creasing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in tweaking":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crimps":{
"a small fold in a soft and otherwise smooth surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a small crimp in the dollar bill prevented it from being accepted by the bill changer",
"made a tiny little crimp in the corner of the Queen of Spades"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"corrugations",
"layers",
"loops",
"plaits",
"pleats",
"plies",
"puckers",
"seams",
"tucks",
"crow's-feet",
"crow's feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"creases",
"crinkles",
"furrows",
"wrinkles"
]
},
"as in folds , creases":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in tweaks":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the strike could put a real crimp in the production schedule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"related":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"bars",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"embarrassments",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crimpy":{
"as in wavy , crisp":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crimsoning":{
"to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he crimsoned the minute he realized the foolishness of what he'd said"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"incarnadining",
"rouging",
"ruddling",
"abashing",
"chagrining",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"blushing",
"coloring",
"flushing",
"glowing",
"reddening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cripple":{
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the car crash may have crippled two people for life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rejuvenate",
"renew",
"repair",
"restore"
],
"related":[
"dismember",
"hamstring",
"hobble",
"paralyze",
"batter",
"bruise",
"bung up",
"mangle",
"maul",
"rough (up)",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wing",
"wound",
"disfigure",
"scar",
"kneecap",
"break",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"bash",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"drub",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"paste",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"thump",
"bang",
"box",
"hit",
"punch",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thrash",
"thwack",
"whack",
"flog",
"lash",
"wallop",
"whip",
"kill",
"murder",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"synonyms":[
"disable",
"incapacitate",
"lame",
"maim",
"mutilate"
]
},
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"examples":[
"the collision so severely crippled the ship that it had to be towed into port"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"help",
"rectify",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"remodel",
"revise",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine"
],
"related":[
"deteriorate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"erode",
"scour",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"blight",
"tarnish",
"dent",
"ding",
"dint",
"botch",
"gum (up)",
"queer",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"lame",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate",
"torment",
"torture",
"annihilate",
"bang up",
"bash",
"batter",
"clobber",
"crush",
"dash",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wreck"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"bloody",
"break",
"compromise",
"crab",
"cross (up)",
"damage",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"endamage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"vitiate"
]
},
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a wave of strikes crippled that nation's steel industry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energize",
"galvanize",
"invigorate",
"vitalize",
"fortify",
"strengthen",
"empower",
"freshen",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"restore",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"related":[
"attenuate",
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"tire",
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"hobble",
"lame",
"maim",
"mutilate",
"knock out"
],
"synonyms":[
"disable",
"hamstring",
"immobilize",
"incapacitate",
"paralyze",
"prostrate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cripples":{
"to cause severe or permanent injury to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the car crash may have crippled two people for life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cures",
"heals",
"rehabilitates",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rejuvenates",
"renews",
"repairs",
"restores"
],
"related":[
"dismembers",
"hamstrings",
"hobbles",
"paralyzes",
"batters",
"bruises",
"bungs up",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"roughs (up)",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wings",
"wounds",
"disfigures",
"scars",
"kneecaps",
"breaks",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"bashes",
"beats",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"drubs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"pastes",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"thumps",
"bangs",
"boxes",
"hits",
"punches",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thrashes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"flogs",
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"scarring",
"kneecapping",
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"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
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"licking",
"pasting",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thumping",
"banging",
"boxing",
"hitting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thrashing",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"killing",
"murdering",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
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"incapacitating",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mutilating"
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"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
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"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
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"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
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"healing",
"helping",
"rectifying",
"rehabilitating",
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"editing",
"remodeling",
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"enriching",
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"perfecting",
"refining"
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"enfeebling",
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"scouring",
"washing out",
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"dinging",
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"botching",
"gumming (up)",
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"wounding",
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"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
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"torturing",
"annihilating",
"banging up",
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"battering",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"dashing",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
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"doing in",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wrecking"
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"bloodying",
"breaking",
"compromising",
"crabbing",
"crossing (up)",
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"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"endamaging",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"vitiating"
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},
"to render powerless, ineffective, or unable to move":{
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"a wave of strikes crippled that nation's steel industry"
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"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"vitalizing",
"fortifying",
"strengthening",
"empowering",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
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"related":[
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"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"tiring",
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"hobbling",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mutilating",
"knocking out"
],
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"hamstringing",
"immobilizing",
"incapacitating",
"paralyzing",
"prostrating"
]
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"noun",
"verb"
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"as in":{
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"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
],
"examples":[
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],
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"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic"
],
"related":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"neat",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed"
]
},
"having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure":{
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"examples":[
"the bag of crisp cookies had a lot of crumbs on the bottom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elastic",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"resilient",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough"
],
"related":[
"crackly",
"crisped",
"crispened",
"crunchy",
"crusty",
"breakable",
"delicate",
"fragile"
],
"synonyms":[
"brickle",
"brittle",
"crispy",
"crumbly",
"embrittled",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
]
},
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
],
"examples":[
"a crisp suggestion about what they could do with their boom box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pleonastic",
"redundant",
"repetitious",
"tautological",
"tautologous",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"inflated"
],
"related":[
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"short",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"meaty",
"substantial",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"well-turned"
],
"synonyms":[
"aphoristic",
"apothegmatic",
"brief",
"capsule",
"compact",
"compendious",
"concise",
"curt",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"monosyllabic",
"pithy",
"sententious",
"succinct",
"summary",
"telegraphic",
"terse",
"thumbnail"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"criterion":{
"something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{
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"examples":[
"one criterion for grading these essays will be their conformity to the rules of traditional grammar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aberration",
"abnormality",
"deviation"
],
"related":[
"case",
"example",
"instance",
"average",
"norm",
"rule",
"acme",
"apex",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"barometer",
"benchmark",
"gold standard",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"metric",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an exceptionally high degree of physical risk is the preeminent criterion of an extreme sport"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"fingerprint",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"criticasters":{
"as in hairsplitters , quibblers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"antonyms":[
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"examples":[
"people who criticize every single idea that the principal has for improving the school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"recommended",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
"skewered",
"tweaked",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"blasted",
"clobbered",
"slammed",
"slashed",
"nicked (at)",
"sniped (at)",
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"carped",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"niggled",
"quibbled",
"whined",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"drubbed",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"berated",
"castigated",
"crucified",
"excoriated",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"hammered",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"pilloried",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"derided",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"denounced",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"slagged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"critter":{
"one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's so fond of every kind of critter that she ought to be a veterinarian"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blastie",
"varmint",
"vermin",
"biped",
"quadruped",
"carnivore",
"herbivore",
"insectivore",
"invertebrate",
"vertebrate",
"domestic animal",
"pet",
"feral",
"livestock",
"stock"
],
"synonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"creature"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crocodiles":{
"as in alligators , ostriches":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crony":{
"a person frequently seen in the company of another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the criminal's cronies were also closely questioned about the illegal gambling operation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"colleague",
"coworker",
"equal",
"peer",
"workmate",
"accomplice",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"half",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"confidant",
"familiar",
"friend",
"hearty",
"intimate",
"pal",
"countryman",
"classmate",
"housemate",
"messmate",
"playfellow",
"playmate",
"roommate",
"roomie",
"schoolmate",
"shipmate",
"teammate",
"attendant",
"escort",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite"
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"cohort",
"companion",
"compatriot",
"compeer",
"comrade",
"fellow",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"running mate"
]
},
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
"antonyms":[
"enemy",
"foe"
],
"examples":[
"only my cronies can call me by my nickname"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"competitor",
"opponent",
"rival",
"archenemy",
"nemesis"
],
"related":[
"acquaintance",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"companion",
"fellow",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"partner",
"peer",
"sport",
"blood brother",
"brother",
"main man",
"sister",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"confederate",
"pen pal",
"benefactor",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher",
"friendly"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"amigo",
"buddy",
"chum",
"compadre",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"confidante",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crooked":{
"given to or marked by cheating and deception":{
"antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"honest",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"the common belief that gambling casinos are often crooked businesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conscientious",
"decent",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"just",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"forthright",
"straightforward"
],
"related":[
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"false",
"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"wily",
"defrauding",
"devious",
"furtive",
"slippery",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"treacherous"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"double-dealing",
"duplicitous",
"fast",
"fraudulent",
"guileful",
"rogue",
"shady",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
]
},
"inclined or twisted to one side":{
"antonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"the photo on that wall is crooked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ordered",
"orderly",
"regular",
"uniform",
"balanced",
"symmetrical",
"symmetric"
],
"related":[
"asymmetrical",
"asymmetric",
"unbalanced",
"unsymmetrical",
"contorted",
"disordered",
"distorted",
"irregular"
],
"synonyms":[
"askew",
"aslant",
"atilt",
"awry",
"cock-a-hoop",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"listing",
"lopsided",
"oblique",
"off-kilter",
"pitched",
"skewed",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"slantwise",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
]
},
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
"antonyms":[
"straight",
"straightaway"
],
"examples":[
"a long, crooked line of people had formed in front of the ticket booth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"direct",
"linear"
],
"related":[
"zigzag",
"zigzagging",
"circling",
"coiled",
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"looping",
"spiral",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"swirling",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"uneven"
],
"synonyms":[
"bending",
"crazy",
"curled",
"curling",
"curved",
"curving",
"curvy",
"devious",
"serpentine",
"sinuous",
"tortuous",
"twisted",
"twisting",
"winding",
"windy"
]
},
"marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
"antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"honest",
"truthful"
],
"examples":[
"a crooked scheme to bill the government for medical services never performed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"legitimate",
"true",
"valid"
],
"related":[
"beguiling",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"duplicitous",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"specious",
"spurious"
],
"synonyms":[
"deceitful",
"defrauding",
"dishonest",
"double-dealing",
"false",
"fraudulent"
]
},
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
"antonyms":[
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
],
"examples":[
"crooked a finger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"arced",
"rounded",
"incurvated",
"incurved",
"inflected",
"reflected",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"entwined",
"kinked",
"swirled",
"turned",
"twined",
"twisted",
"veered",
"warped",
"coiled",
"curled",
"enrolled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"dented",
"dimpled",
"meandered",
"waved",
"weaved",
"wound",
"winded",
"declined",
"inclined",
"sloped"
],
"synonyms":[
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"curved",
"hooked",
"swerved"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"antonyms":[
"straightened"
],
"examples":[
"the road suddenly crooked to the left"
],
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"related":[
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"coiled",
"curled",
"curlicued",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"turned",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"deviated",
"veered"
],
"synonyms":[
"arced",
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"curved",
"fell off",
"hooked",
"rounded",
"swept",
"swerved",
"trended",
"wheeled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"crookedness":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"for sheer crookedness it would be hard to beat the used-car dealer who sold me that lemon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crookeries":{
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
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"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars"
],
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"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cross-examination":{
"as in challenge , grilling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cross-questioned":{
"as in examined , bombarded":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cross-questioning":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crossbred":{
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a puppy that was clearly a crossbred of a beagle and a dachshund"
],
"near antonyms":[
"full-blood",
"pureblood",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"related":[
"mule",
"outcross",
"half-bred"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"crossbreed",
"hybrid",
"intercross",
"mongrel"
]
},
"being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
"antonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"examples":[
"a beautiful crossbred dog who had the pleading eyes of a beagle and the body of a greyhound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"inbred",
"linebred",
"straightbred"
],
"related":[
"grade",
"half-bred",
"dihybrid",
"trihybrid",
"crossed",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-blooded",
"coldblood",
"cross",
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"crossroad(s)":{
"a place where roads meet":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cloverleaf",
"interchange",
"overpass",
"underpass",
"circle",
"rotary",
"roundabout",
"traffic circle"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrefour",
"corner",
"crossing",
"crossway(s)",
"intersection",
"junction"
]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we've come to a crossroads , and we have to make a decision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"contingency",
"possibility",
"climax",
"turning point",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"last ditch",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot",
"eleventh hour",
"last minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crosstalk":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crossway(s)":{
"a place where roads meet":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"carolers assembling at the village crossways on Christmas Eve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cloverleaf",
"interchange",
"overpass",
"underpass",
"circle",
"rotary",
"roundabout",
"traffic circle"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrefour",
"corner",
"crossing",
"crossroad",
"intersection",
"junction"
]
},
"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lengthwise",
"longitudinally"
],
"related":[
"across"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"bias",
"cornerways",
"cornerwise",
"crosswise",
"diagonally",
"kitty-corner",
"catty-corner",
"catercorner",
"kitty-cornered",
"catty-cornered",
"catercornered",
"obliquely",
"transversely"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"crozier":{
"as in crook , walking stick":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crucible":{
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"soldiers who had withstood the crucible of war"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"baptism",
"initiation",
"adversity",
"affliction",
"asperity",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"privation",
"tragedy",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"vicissitude",
"woe",
"acid test",
"litmus test",
"challenge",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"grief",
"grievance",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"annoyance",
"discomfort",
"inconvenience",
"nuisance"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"fire",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"ordeal",
"trial"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crucified":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cruddy":{
"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
"antonyms":[
"admirable",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"laudable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"examples":[
"her cruddy treatment of her now-destitute parents, who had put her through medical school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"high-minded",
"honest",
"honorable",
"noble",
"principled",
"redoubtable",
"reputable",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"upright",
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"virtuous"
],
"related":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"condemnable",
"detestable",
"execrable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"disgusting",
"reptilian",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"shameful",
"base",
"ignoble",
"low",
"shabby",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"vile",
"blamable",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"reproachable",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"contemptible",
"deplorable",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"grubby",
"lame",
"lousy",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"ratty",
"scabby",
"scummy",
"scurvy",
"sneaking",
"sorry",
"wretched"
]
},
"not clean":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"examples":[
"the refrigerator's cruddy shelves were a sign that the interior had never been cleaned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"related":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crudely":{
"as in awkwardly , clumsily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"crudity":{
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shocked by the crudity of the youngster's language"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"related":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste":{
"antonyms":[
"cultivation",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"polish",
"refinement",
"tastefulness"
],
"examples":[
"appalled by the crudity of the way her nephews referred to women"
],
"near antonyms":[
"courtliness",
"urbanity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"graciousness",
"consideration",
"sensitivity",
"thoughtfulness"
],
"related":[
"boorishness",
"brutishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"loutishness",
"rowdiness",
"rusticity",
"uncouthness",
"artlessness",
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"unsophistication",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"thoughtlessness",
"kitsch",
"tackiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"coarseness",
"commonness",
"crassness",
"crudeness",
"grossness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"raffishness",
"rawness",
"roughness",
"rudeness",
"tastelessness",
"vulgarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cruel":{
"difficult to endure":{
"antonyms":[
"easy",
"light",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"the cruel climate of the Arctic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"luxurious",
"snug",
"agreeable",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"peaceful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"painless",
"tolerable",
"balmy",
"calm",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"related":[
"austere",
"bleak",
"comfortless",
"discomforting",
"forbidding",
"inhospitable",
"spartan",
"uncomfortable",
"biting",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"wild",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"agonizing",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"painful",
"wretched",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"overwhelming",
"wearing",
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"harrowing",
"tortuous",
"bad",
"disagreeable",
"hostile",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitter",
"brutal",
"burdensome",
"excruciating",
"grievous",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy",
"inhuman",
"murderous",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rugged",
"searing",
"severe",
"stiff",
"tough",
"trying"
]
},
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
"antonyms":[
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"sweet"
],
"examples":[
"the cruel situation of being orphaned at an early age"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"livable",
"liveable",
"sufferable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"allowable",
"reasonable"
],
"related":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"ghastly",
"horrible",
"miserable",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"severe",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflicting",
"agonizing",
"bitter",
"excruciating",
"galling",
"grievous",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"heartrending",
"hurtful",
"painful",
"tormenting",
"torturous"
]
},
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
],
"examples":[
"the bully was fond of making cruel little jabs at his victim's sore points"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"related":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitchy",
"catty",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious",
"virulent"
]
},
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
],
"examples":[
"a cruel dictator who tortured anyone who dared to speak out against him",
"cruel and unusual punishments are forbidden by the U.S. Constitution"
],
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"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"charitable",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"pitying",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"vicious",
"wanton"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cruise":{
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
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"examples":[
"took a luxury cruise for their first wedding anniversary"
],
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"synonyms":[
"crossing",
"passage",
"sail",
"voyage"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the girls happily cruised around the mall for hours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"examples":[
"she's been cruising through her daily physical therapy with remarkable ease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"stumble",
"trudge",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"labor",
"toil"
],
"related":[
"fly",
"race",
"rush",
"speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"brush",
"coast",
"drift",
"flow",
"glide",
"roll",
"sail",
"skim",
"slide",
"slip",
"stream",
"sweep",
"whisk"
]
},
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"cruised to the Bahamas in their yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"canoe",
"kayak",
"yacht",
"coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"boat",
"ferry",
"navigate",
"sail",
"ship (out)",
"voyage"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crunch":{
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"antonyms":[
"abundance",
"adequacy",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"sufficiency",
"wealth"
],
"examples":[
"a severe energy crunch that resulted in long lines at the gas pumps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"absence",
"omission",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"synonyms":[
"dearth",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"drought",
"drouth",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"lacuna",
"paucity",
"pinch",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want"
]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a player who's always good in a crunch , like when we need a goal to win the soccer match"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"contingency",
"possibility",
"climax",
"turning point",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"last ditch",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot",
"eleventh hour",
"last minute"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
]
},
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I could hear the bicycle gears crunch as I shifted the derailleur"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"creak",
"groan",
"moan",
"rasp",
"scratch",
"whine",
"clash",
"collide",
"jangle",
"jar"
],
"synonyms":[
"gnash",
"grate",
"grind",
"grit",
"scrape",
"scrunch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crunched":{
"to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I could hear the bicycle gears crunch as I shifted the derailleur"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"creaked",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"rasped",
"scratched",
"whined",
"clashed",
"collided",
"jangled",
"jarred"
],
"synonyms":[
"gnashed",
"grated",
"gritted",
"ground",
"scraped",
"scrunched"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cruse":{
"as in vessel , beaker":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crusher":{
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crusher was that we would be out of town that weekend in any event"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"confutation",
"deathblow",
"knockout",
"determinant",
"factor"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"clincher",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"topper"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crushes":{
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the huge crush in the store must have far exceeded safety limits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"masses",
"millions",
"rabblements",
"rabbles",
"riffraffs",
"gaggles",
"heaps",
"mountains",
"piles",
"jams",
"logjams"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"bikes",
"crams",
"crowds",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"masses",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"routs",
"scrums",
"swarms",
"throngs"
]
},
"a strong but often short-lived liking for another person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fondly remembers the crush that she had on a boy one summer long ago"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fixations",
"obsessions",
"affections",
"devotions",
"loves",
"crazes",
"fads",
"rages",
"vogues"
],
"synonyms":[
"infatuations",
"mashes",
"passions"
]
},
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after crushing the grapes, let the skins soak in the juice in order to extract some color"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reams",
"pulps",
"purees",
"pur\u00e9es",
"extracts",
"extrudes"
],
"synonyms":[
"expresses",
"mashes",
"presses",
"squeezes"
]
},
"to cause to become a pulpy mass":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dark-colored grapes that will be crushed to make red wine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"presses",
"squeezes",
"beats",
"pounds",
"powders",
"pulverizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"mashes",
"pulps",
"squashes"
]
},
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the desperate refugees were crushed into the back of the truck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fills",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"loads",
"packs"
],
"synonyms":[
"crams",
"crowds",
"jams",
"rams",
"sandwiches",
"shoehorns",
"squeezes",
"stuffs",
"wedges"
]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the government is doing everything to crush the latest guerrilla uprising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"related":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she tearfully crushed the child to her breast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clamps",
"clings",
"cradles",
"grabs",
"grips",
"holds",
"bosoms",
"embosoms",
"encircles",
"entwines",
"envelops",
"enwinds",
"folds",
"locks",
"twines",
"wraps",
"cuddles",
"fondles",
"nestles",
"nuzzles",
"pats",
"pets",
"snuggles",
"strokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugs",
"clasps",
"embraces",
"enclasps",
"enfolds",
"grasps",
"hugs",
"strains"
]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"crushed the baby's medicine tablet and mixed it with applesauce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"grates",
"kibbles",
"crumbles",
"crunches",
"breaks",
"busts",
"dashes",
"fractures",
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"micronizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizes",
"beats",
"brays",
"comminutes",
"disintegrates",
"grinds",
"mills",
"mulls",
"pounds",
"powders",
"pulverizes"
]
},
"to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the terrible news of her death simply crushed the entire family"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"sinks",
"confutes",
"defeats",
"refutes",
"breaks",
"demoralizes",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"rocks",
"shatters",
"staggers",
"throws",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"upsets"
],
"synonyms":[
"devastates",
"floors",
"grinds (down)",
"oppresses",
"overcomes",
"overmasters",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"prostrates",
"snows under",
"swamps",
"whelms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crustiness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crusty":{
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"mealymouthed"
],
"examples":[
"a crusty old fisherman who doesn't care to have his picture taken with silly tourists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"diplomatic",
"gracious",
"polite",
"politic",
"smooth",
"suave",
"tactful",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"voluble",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"verbose",
"courtly",
"cultivated",
"gallant",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"related":[
"gruff",
"rough",
"snappish",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"point-blank",
"straightforward",
"straight-out",
"artless",
"discourteous",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"rude",
"tactless",
"undiplomatic",
"brief",
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"terse",
"tight-lipped",
"earnest",
"honest",
"sincere",
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"low",
"uncouth",
"vulgar"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"downright",
"short",
"short-spoken",
"snippy",
"unceremonious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crystal gazings":{
"as in astrologies , oneiromancies":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credence":{
"firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"I'm afraid I don't put much credence in common gossip"
],
"synonyms":[
"confidence",
"faith",
"stock",
"trust"
],
"related":[
"acceptance",
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"surety",
"credit",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"hope",
"reliance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"dubiousness",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrustfulness",
"nonconfidence",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty",
"disenchantment",
"disillusion",
"disillusionment"
],
"antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust"
]
},
"mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon":{
"examples":[
"a foolish theory that, incredibly, once had wide credence among educated people"
],
"synonyms":[
"belief",
"credit",
"faith"
],
"related":[
"axiom",
"law",
"precept",
"principle",
"tenet",
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"confidence",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance",
"trust",
"hope",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"philosophy",
"dogmatism",
"fanaticism",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelief",
"discredit",
"doubt",
"nonbelief",
"unbelief"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"criminal lawyers":{
"as in public defenders , trial lawyers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crazed":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"the inmate's crazed and disturbing stare"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"related":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"to cause to go insane or as if insane":{
"examples":[
"horses crazed by the barn fire kicked out their stall doors as they tried to escape"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracked",
"deranged",
"frenzied",
"locoed",
"maddened",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unstrung"
],
"related":[
"agitated",
"bothered",
"confused",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distracted",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"annoyed",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cramp one's style":{
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"His little brother was always cramping his style when he wanted to hang out with his friends."
],
"synonyms":[
"clog",
"cramp",
"embarrass",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"stymie",
"tie up",
"trammel"
],
"related":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress",
"confine",
"hedge (in)",
"hem (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"crusade":{
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"a grassroots crusade for spending more money on our public schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandwagon",
"blitz",
"campaign",
"cause",
"drive",
"juggernaut",
"movement",
"push"
],
"related":[
"assault",
"attack",
"maneuver",
"march",
"offensive",
"action",
"bid",
"enterprise",
"initiative",
"mission",
"project",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cracking up":{
"to declare enthusiastic approval of":{
"examples":[
"that sports car isn't all it's cracked up to be"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"accrediting",
"applauding",
"cheering",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"related":[
"bravoing",
"clapping",
"rising (to)",
"ballyhooing",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"rooting (for)",
"supporting",
"celebrating",
"emblazoning",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"singing",
"adulating",
"belauding",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"deifying",
"idolizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"skewering",
"slagging",
"vilifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming"
]
},
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"the movie is being cracked up as the blockbuster of the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooing",
"blowing up",
"crying up",
"glorifying",
"touting",
"trumpeting",
"tub-thumping"
],
"related":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing",
"advancing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"boosting",
"heralding",
"offering",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"laying down",
"making out",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
"examples":[
"try not to crack up at your own punch lines\u2014it's funnier if you keep a straight face"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking up",
"cackling",
"chortling",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"hee-hawing",
"laughing",
"roaring",
"screaming",
"snickering",
"tittering",
"twittering"
],
"related":[
"grinning",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sobbing",
"weeping",
"howling",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cried":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"some kids started to cry even before the doctor had given them their shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawled",
"blubbed",
"blubbered",
"sobbed",
"wept"
],
"related":[
"greeted",
"grieved",
"keened",
"lamented",
"mourned",
"howled",
"screamed",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"mewled",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter one's distinctive animal sound":{
"examples":[
"we knew that we were getting very close to the ocean when we could hear sea gulls crying"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"sang",
"sung"
],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"a mother crying for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"hollered",
"holloed",
"hallooed",
"roared",
"shouted",
"sounded off",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled"
],
"related":[
"crowed",
"whooped",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"hailed",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"creep up":{
"as in sneak up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cribs":{
"to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else":{
"examples":[
"She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cradles , bassinets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in call houses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in boxes , booths":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"creeps up":{
"as in sneaks up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cross fire":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"viewers tune in to witness the weekly cross fire between the liberal and conservative commentators"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"related":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crumbs":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"a neglected dog who is desperate for any crumb of affection he might get from strangers"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"related":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minima",
"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"eating pretzels in bed got crumbs between the sheets"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"related":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"if I ever start behaving as obnoxiously as those crumbs , be sure to give me a good slap on the kisser"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"related":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"creepers":{
"as in snails , crawlers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crowns":{
"a decorative band or wreath worn about the head as a symbol of victory or honor":{
"examples":[
"the crown of laurel leaves that is traditionally placed on the winner of the marathon"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaplets",
"coronals",
"coronels",
"coronets",
"diadems"
],
"related":[
"anadems",
"tiaras",
"garlands",
"laurels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the position occupied by the one who comes in first in a competition":{
"examples":[
"his lifelong dream of someday winning the heavyweight boxing crown"
],
"synonyms":[
"championships",
"titles"
],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"covered in mud from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crests",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"related":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
"examples":[
"the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"caps (off)",
"climaxes",
"culminates"
],
"related":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"wraps up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"croak":{
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
"examples":[
"the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something"
],
"synonyms":[
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"bleat",
"carp",
"caterwaul",
"complain",
"crab",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grizzle",
"grouch",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"grump",
"holler",
"inveigh",
"keen",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"maunder",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"nag",
"repine",
"scream",
"squawk",
"squeal",
"wail",
"whimper",
"whine",
"whinge",
"yammer",
"yawp",
"yaup",
"yowl"
],
"related":[
"object (to)",
"protest",
"quarrel (with)",
"cavil",
"quibble",
"fret",
"stew",
"worry",
"blubber",
"cry",
"sob",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"bear",
"countenance",
"endure",
"take",
"tolerate",
"applaud",
"cheer",
"commend"
],
"antonyms":[
"crow",
"delight",
"rejoice"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother \" croaked \""
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out",
"succumb"
],
"related":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"\"I croaked the old bugger,\" he bragged"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry off",
"claim",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"kill",
"slay",
"take"
],
"related":[
"bump off",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"finish",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"scrag",
"snuff",
"take out",
"waste",
"whack",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow",
"slaughter",
"smite",
"assassinate",
"execute",
"martyr",
"terminate",
"euthanize",
"euthanatize",
"put down",
"suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"nurture"
],
"antonyms":[
"animate"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"related":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in howl , screech":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cross section":{
"a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{
"examples":[
"a television ratings service that monitors the viewing of a representative cross section of the general population"
],
"synonyms":[
"sample",
"sampler",
"sampling",
"selection",
"slice"
],
"related":[
"case",
"example",
"exemplar",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"instance",
"representative",
"specimen",
"archetype",
"classic",
"locus classicus",
"paradigm",
"prototype",
"microcosm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crisscrossed":{
"as in decussated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crannies":{
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
"examples":[
"one climbing shoe got wedged into a cranny on the face of the cliff"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks",
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crevices",
"fissures",
"rifts",
"splits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crevasses",
"crazes",
"hairlines",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"breaches",
"gaps",
"openings",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incisions",
"slits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cross":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstab",
"betray",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"give away",
"inform (on)",
"peach",
"rat (on)",
"shop",
"snitch (on)",
"split (on)",
"tell (on)",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"save",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"stand by"
]
},
"to divide by passing through or across":{
"examples":[
"there's a light where that street crosses Main Street"
],
"synonyms":[
"bisect",
"cut",
"intersect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crisscross",
"decussate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
"examples":[
"you may have to cross some woods on the way"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"cover",
"cut (across)",
"follow",
"go",
"navigate",
"pass (over)",
"perambulate",
"peregrinate",
"proceed (along)",
"track",
"transit",
"travel",
"traverse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hike",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"tread",
"walk",
"ride",
"run",
"crisscross"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter the mind of":{
"examples":[
"the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg"
],
"synonyms":[
"come (to)",
"dawn (on)",
"occur (to)",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recall",
"recollect",
"remember",
"reminisce",
"con",
"learn",
"memorize",
"appear",
"arrive",
"emerge",
"materialize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forget",
"unlearn",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
"examples":[
"dyslexia is just my cross to bear, and I accepted it long ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"crucible",
"fire",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"ordeal",
"trial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptism",
"initiation",
"adversity",
"affliction",
"asperity",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"privation",
"tragedy",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"vicissitude",
"woe",
"acid test",
"litmus test",
"challenge",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"grief",
"grievance",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"annoyance",
"discomfort",
"inconvenience",
"nuisance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
"examples":[
"the mare is an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross"
],
"synonyms":[
"crossbred",
"crossbreed",
"hybrid",
"intercross",
"mongrel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mule",
"outcross",
"half-bred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"full-blood",
"pureblood",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera":{
"examples":[
"raises both purebred and cross lambs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cold-blooded",
"coldblood",
"crossbred",
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grade",
"half-bred",
"dihybrid",
"trihybrid",
"crossed",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"inbred",
"linebred",
"straightbred"
],
"antonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"purebred",
"thoroughbred"
]
},
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
"examples":[
"she was cross all day because of a nagging headache"
],
"synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"crotchety",
"fiery",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"cross-grained",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"snarly",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"huffy",
"pouty",
"sensitive",
"short",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy",
"hot-blooded",
"passionate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"companionable",
"cordial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"sweet",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"patient",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"tolerant",
"uncomplaining",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"crumpling":{
"to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{
"examples":[
"crumpled the piece of paper and angrily threw it in the wastebasket"
],
"synonyms":[
"crinkling",
"rumpling",
"scrunching",
"wrinkling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corrugating",
"creasing",
"crimping",
"folding",
"pleating",
"puckering",
"rucking",
"crisping",
"rippling",
"ruffling",
"contracting",
"furrowing",
"knitting",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"ironing",
"pressing",
"straightening",
"unfolding",
"neatening",
"tidying"
],
"antonyms":[
"flattening",
"ironing out",
"smoothening",
"smoothing",
"uncrumpling"
]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the box crumpled when I accidentally dropped a brick on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"foundering",
"giving",
"going",
"going out",
"imploding",
"tumbling",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflating",
"flattening",
"melting",
"melting down",
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"dying",
"failing",
"giving out",
"stalling",
"bursting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"splitting",
"cracking",
"crumbling",
"popping",
"snapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflating",
"rising",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"credibility":{
"the quality of being believed or accepted as true, real, or honest":{
"examples":[
"The new evidence lends credibility to their theory.",
"The scandal damaged her credibility as an honest politician.",
"They doubted the credibility of the witness's story."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"believability",
"plausibility",
"plausibleness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"verity",
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"artlessness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"accuracy",
"objectivity",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"genuineness",
"truth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibility",
"incredibility",
"incredibleness",
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"credited":{
"as in recognized , honored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"esteemed",
"honored",
"prized",
"recognized",
"regarded",
"rewarded",
"valued",
"appreciated",
"creditable",
"meritorious",
"praiseworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"thankless",
"unappreciated",
"ungrateful",
"uncredited",
"underappreciated",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"unnoticed",
"unrecognized",
"unrewarded",
"unsung",
"unvalued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"has to credit his success in picking winning lottery numbers to pure luck"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"ascribed",
"attributed",
"chalked up",
"imputed",
"laid",
"put down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blamed",
"charged",
"fathered (on)",
"imputed (to)",
"pinned (on)",
"assigned",
"referred",
"associated",
"attached",
"connected",
"linked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to regard as right or true":{
"examples":[
"I simply cannot credit that story about the boy who was supposedly raised by wolves"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"bought",
"swallowed",
"took",
"trusted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounted",
"accredited",
"understood",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"supposed",
"concluded",
"deduced",
"inferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"challenged",
"disputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited",
"rejected"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"crests":{
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"at that point the filmmaker was at the crest of his critical acclaim, which included winning an Oscar for best picture"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge":{
"examples":[
"the hiking party reached the crest of the mountain just as it began to thunder"
],
"synonyms":[
"ridges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"divides",
"backbones",
"ridgepoles",
"spines",
"eminences",
"peaks",
"prominences",
"promontories",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in peaks , surges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peaks",
"surges",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"rockets",
"shoots (up)",
"skyrockets",
"soars",
"zooms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"slumps",
"tumbles",
"collapses",
"falls",
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"drops",
"lessens",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cried up":{
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"in exchange for his hefty endorsement fee, the basketball player is expected to cry up that brand of sneaker at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooed",
"blew up",
"cracked up",
"glorified",
"touted",
"trumpeted",
"tub-thumped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized",
"advanced",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"boosted",
"heralded",
"offered",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"asserted",
"averred",
"claimed",
"declared",
"laid down",
"made out",
"proclaimed",
"pronounced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crowning":{
"as in highest , high":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apical",
"apogean",
"crestal",
"culminating",
"high",
"highest",
"meridian",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"climacteric",
"climactic",
"critical",
"crossover",
"crucial",
"fateful",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"vital",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"earthshaking",
"epochal",
"momentous",
"deciding",
"decisive",
"payoff",
"pivotal",
"watershed",
"go-no-go",
"make-or-break"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticlimactic",
"anticlimactical",
"inconsequential",
"indecisive",
"insignificant",
"noncritical",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a triumphant conclusion":{
"examples":[
"the Olympic Games were crowned by spectacular closing ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"capping (off)",
"climaxing",
"culminating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"wrapping up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"creamy":{
"as in heavy , thickened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heavy",
"slushy",
"thickened",
"thickish",
"turbid",
"undiluted",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"syrupy",
"thick",
"viscid",
"viscous",
"semifluid",
"semiliquid",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"sticky",
"gelatinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"jellylike",
"concentrated",
"condensed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"runny",
"soupy",
"thin",
"watery",
"flowing",
"fluid",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"liquid",
"watered-down",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in soft , velvety":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cottony",
"downy",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silklike",
"silky",
"soft",
"velvetlike",
"velvety",
"chiffon",
"delicate",
"fine",
"slick",
"ultrasoft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scratchy",
"bumpy",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"grainy",
"granular",
"gritty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cremates":{
"as in incinerates , ashes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ashes",
"incinerates",
"kilns",
"burns",
"enkindles",
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights",
"torches",
"immolates",
"deflagrates",
"chars",
"frizzles",
"scorches",
"bakes",
"broils",
"cooks",
"sets off",
"scalds",
"scathes",
"sears",
"reignites",
"rekindles",
"relights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stamps (out)",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crispy":{
"having a texture that readily breaks into little pieces under pressure":{
"examples":[
"the crispy potato chips snapped satisfyingly in my mouth"
],
"synonyms":[
"brickle",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crumbly",
"embrittled",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crackly",
"crisped",
"crispened",
"crunchy",
"crusty",
"breakable",
"delicate",
"fragile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elastic",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"resilient",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"crested":{
"as in peaked , surged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peaked",
"surged",
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"rocketed",
"shot (up)",
"skyrocketed",
"soared",
"zoomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"slumped",
"tumbled",
"collapsed",
"fell",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dropped",
"lessened",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"crates":{
"a dilapidated old automobile":{
"examples":[
"he keeps sinking money into that old crate"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"jalopies",
"junkers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flivvers",
"hulks",
"wrecks",
"lemons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"crying up":{
"to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively":{
"examples":[
"in exchange for his hefty endorsement fee, the basketball player is expected to cry up that brand of sneaker at every opportunity"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooing",
"blowing up",
"cracking up",
"glorifying",
"touting",
"trumpeting",
"tub-thumping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing",
"advancing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"boosting",
"heralding",
"offering",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"laying down",
"making out",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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