4694 lines
94 KiB
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4694 lines
94 KiB
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{
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"Napoleon":{
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"a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"started out as a small-time banker but ultimately became a Napoleon of finance"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"half-pint",
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"lightweight",
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"small-timer",
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"inferior",
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"subordinate",
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"underling",
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"nobody",
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"nothing",
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"zero"
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],
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"related":[
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"big boy",
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"big cheese",
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"bigfoot",
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"biggie",
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"big gun",
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"big shot",
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"big wheel",
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"bigwig",
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"fat cat",
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"figure",
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"heavy",
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"heavyweight",
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"honcho",
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"kahuna",
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"main man",
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"mover and shaker",
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"nabob",
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"nawab",
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"notable",
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"personage",
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"pooh-bah",
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"poo-bah",
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"supremo",
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"VIP",
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"celebrity",
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"personality",
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"star",
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"superstar",
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"deity",
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"demigod",
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"god"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baron",
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"captain",
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"czar",
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"tsar",
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"tzar",
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"king",
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"lion",
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"lord",
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"magnate",
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"mogul",
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"monarch",
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"prince",
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"tycoon"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nadirs":{
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"the lowest part, place, or point":{
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"antonyms":[
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"heads",
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"tops",
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"vertices",
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"vertexes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"got into the stock market when it was at its nadir and then watched prices soar"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acmes",
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"apexes",
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"apices",
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"climaxes",
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"crests",
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"culminations",
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"heights",
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"meridians",
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"peaks",
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"pinnacles",
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"summits",
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"tips",
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"tip-tops",
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"zeniths"
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],
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"related":[
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"bases",
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"bedrocks",
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"beds",
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"foundations",
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"grounds",
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"groundworks",
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"keystones",
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"seats",
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"underpinnings"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"basements",
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"bases",
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"bottoms",
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"feet",
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"foot",
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"rock bottoms"
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]
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},
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"the lowest point or level":{
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"antonyms":[
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"acmes",
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"apexes",
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"apices",
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"climaxes",
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"crowns",
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"culminations",
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"heads",
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"heights",
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"high-water marks",
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"meridians",
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"peaks",
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"pinnacles",
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"summits",
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"tip-tops",
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"tops",
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"zeniths"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the discussion really reached its nadir when people resorted to name-calling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blooms",
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"flood tides",
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"flowers",
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"glories",
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"heydays",
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"crescendos",
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"crescendoes",
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"crescendi",
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"highs",
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"caps",
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"ceilings",
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"crests",
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"roofs"
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],
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"related":[
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"abysses",
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"armpits",
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"pits"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bedrocks",
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"bottoms",
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"depths",
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"rock bottoms",
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"zeros",
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"zeroes"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"nagged":{
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crowed",
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"delighted",
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"rejoiced"
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],
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"examples":[
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"if all you can do is nag , then you are of no use to this organization at all"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"bore",
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"countenanced",
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"endured",
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"tolerated",
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"took",
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"applauded",
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"cheered",
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"commended"
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],
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"related":[
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"objected (to)",
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"protested",
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"quarreled (with)",
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"quarrelled (with)",
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"caviled",
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"cavilled",
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"quibbled",
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"fretted",
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"stewed",
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"worried",
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"blubbered",
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"cried",
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"sobbed",
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"bemoaned",
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"bewailed",
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"deplored",
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"lamented"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefed",
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"bellyached",
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"bitched",
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"bleated",
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"carped",
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"caterwauled",
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"complained",
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"crabbed",
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"croaked",
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"fussed",
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"griped",
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"grizzled",
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"grouched",
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"groused",
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"growled",
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"grumbled",
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"grumped",
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"hollered",
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"inveighed",
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"keened",
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"kicked",
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"kvetched",
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"maundered",
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"moaned",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"repined",
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"screamed",
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"squawked",
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"squealed",
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"wailed",
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"whimpered",
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"whined",
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"whinged",
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"yammered",
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"yawped",
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"yauped",
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"yowled"
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]
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},
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"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"complimented",
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"commended",
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"lauded",
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"praised",
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"recommended",
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"touted",
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"acclaimed",
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"applauded",
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"built up",
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"eulogized",
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"extolled"
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],
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"related":[
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"carped (at)",
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"fussed (about or over)",
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"nitpicked",
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"annoyed",
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"badgered",
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"baited",
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"bothered",
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"bugged",
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"chivied",
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"chivvied",
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"harassed",
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"harried",
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"hassled",
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"irked",
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"pestered",
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"plagued",
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"rode",
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"rid",
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"vexed",
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"vext",
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"yapped (at)",
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"egged",
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"goaded",
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"incited",
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"prodded",
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"prompted",
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"spurred",
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"urged",
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"exhorted",
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"insisted",
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"pressed",
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"pressured",
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"pushed",
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"blandished",
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"cajoled",
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"coaxed",
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"wheedled",
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"begged",
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"importuned",
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"pleaded",
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"pled",
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"plead"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dogged",
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"henpecked",
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"hounded",
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"needled",
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"pecked (at)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"nags":{
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"a large hoofed domestic animal that is used for carrying or drawing loads and for riding":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a poor farmer who could only afford one old nag"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"equids",
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"colts",
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"fillies",
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"foals",
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"geldings",
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"mares",
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"stallions",
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"broncos",
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"bronchos",
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"mustangs",
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"ponies",
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"chargers",
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"coursers",
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"cow ponies",
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"cutting horses",
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"gallopers",
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"hackneys",
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"hacks",
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"mounts",
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"packhorses",
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"prancers",
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"quarter horses",
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"racehorses",
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"saddle horses",
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"trotters",
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"warhorses",
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"workhorses",
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"bays",
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"blacks",
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"buckskins",
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"chestnuts",
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"duns",
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"palominos",
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"pintos",
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"pintoes",
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"roans",
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"skewbalds",
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"sorrels",
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"cobs",
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"dobbins",
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"jades",
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"plugs",
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"skates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"equines",
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"horses",
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"horse",
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"steeds"
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]
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},
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"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
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"antonyms":[
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"crows",
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"delights",
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"rejoices"
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],
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"examples":[
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"if all you can do is nag , then you are of no use to this organization at all"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepts",
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"bears",
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"countenances",
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"endures",
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"takes",
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"tolerates",
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"applauds",
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"cheers",
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"commends"
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],
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"related":[
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"objects (to)",
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"protests",
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"quarrels (with)",
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"cavils",
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"quibbles",
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"frets",
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"stews",
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"worries",
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"blubbers",
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"cries",
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"sobs",
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"bemoans",
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"bewails",
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"deplores",
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"laments"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beefs",
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"bellyaches",
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"bitches",
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"bleats",
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"carps",
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"caterwauls",
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"complains",
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"crabs",
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"croaks",
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"fusses",
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"gripes",
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"grizzles",
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"grouches",
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"grouses",
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"growls",
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"grumbles",
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"grumps",
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"hollers",
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"inveighs",
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"keens",
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"kicks",
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"kvetches",
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"maunders",
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"moans",
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"murmurs",
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"mutters",
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"repines",
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"screams",
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"squawks",
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"squeals",
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"wails",
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"whimpers",
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"whines",
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"whinges",
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"yammers",
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"yawps",
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"yaups",
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"yowls"
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]
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},
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"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she kept nagging him to fix the furnace before the weather got any colder"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compliments",
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"commends",
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"lauds",
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"praises",
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"recommends",
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"touts",
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"acclaims",
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"applauds",
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"builds up",
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"eulogizes",
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"extols",
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"extolls"
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],
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"related":[
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"carps (at)",
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"fusses (about or over)",
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"nitpicks",
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"annoys",
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"badgers",
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"baits",
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"bothers",
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"bugs",
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"chivies",
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"chivvies",
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"harasses",
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"harries",
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"hassles",
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"irks",
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"pesters",
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"plagues",
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"rides",
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"vexes",
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"yaps (at)",
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"eggs",
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"goads",
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"incites",
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"prods",
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"prompts",
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"spurs",
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"urges",
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"exhorts",
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"insists",
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"presses",
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"pressures",
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"pushes",
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"blandishes",
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"cajoles",
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"coaxes",
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"wheedles",
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"begs",
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"importunes",
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"pleads"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dogs",
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"henpecks",
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"hounds",
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"needles",
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"pecks (at)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"naif":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cosmopolitan",
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"experienced",
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"knowing",
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"sophisticated",
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"worldly",
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"worldly-wise"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the senator, newly elected and still na\u00eff , will learn soon enough how Washington really works"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"critical",
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"cynical",
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"doubting",
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"incredulous",
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"skeptical",
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"suspecting",
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"suspicious",
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"unconvinced",
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"careful",
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"cautious",
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"guarded",
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"leery",
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"leary",
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"wary",
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"watchful",
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"down-to-earth",
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"hardheaded",
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"pragmatic",
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"pragmatical",
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"realistic",
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"sober",
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"street-smart",
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"streetwise"
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],
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"related":[
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"callow",
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"childish",
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"immature",
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"inexperienced",
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"raw",
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"childlike",
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"idealistic",
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"impractical",
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"unrealistic",
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"believing",
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"credulous",
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"gullible",
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"gullable",
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"susceptible",
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"trustful",
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"trusting",
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"unguarded",
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"beguiled",
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"duped",
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"gulled",
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"tricked",
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"careless",
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"heedless",
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"thoughtless"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aw-shucks",
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"dewy",
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"dewy-eyed",
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"green",
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"ingenuous",
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"innocent",
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"naive",
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"na\u00efve",
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"primitive",
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"simple",
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"simpleminded",
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"uncritical",
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"unknowing",
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"unsophisticated",
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"unsuspecting",
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"unsuspicious",
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"unwary",
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"unworldly",
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"wide-eyed"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"naive":{
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"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
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"antonyms":[
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"affected",
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"artful",
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"artificial",
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"assuming",
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"dishonest",
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulating",
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"fake",
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"false",
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"guileful",
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"insincere",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretentious"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the young girl gave honest and naive answers to the social worker's probing questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"manipulative",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"strained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"persuasible",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a first-time buyer who was so naive that he believed the salesman's spiel and paid good money for the rusty and broken-down car"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"incredulous",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"leery",
|
|
"leary",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"street-smart",
|
|
"streetwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aw-shucks",
|
|
"dewy",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"na\u00eff",
|
|
"naif",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"readily taken advantage of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we get piles of junk mail because you are naive enough to keep entering these dumb contests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"street-smart",
|
|
"streetwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"overcredulous",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"fictile",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"deceivable",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"wide-eyed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naively":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she naively admitted to the job interviewer that she actually had little work experience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"matter-of-factly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"naivete":{
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naivet\u00e9s":{
|
|
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"skepticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unwariness",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"simpleness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"cynicism",
|
|
"knowingness",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"worldliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"artificiality",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"suspiciousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"street smarts",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"pessimism",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unaffectedness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"inexperience",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"insularity",
|
|
"parochialism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"credulity",
|
|
"credulousness",
|
|
"gullibility",
|
|
"impressionability",
|
|
"idealism",
|
|
"impracticality",
|
|
"optimism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"innocence",
|
|
"naiveness",
|
|
"naivety",
|
|
"na\u00efvety",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"unworldliness",
|
|
"viridity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"named":{
|
|
"as in known , specified":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they finally named a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"waffled",
|
|
"wavered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"adjudged",
|
|
"adjudicated",
|
|
"arbitrated",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"judged",
|
|
"refereed",
|
|
"ruled (on)",
|
|
"umpired",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"opted",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't like my offer? Just name your price"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselected",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"took"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you name the date and I'll make sure I'm there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pinned (down)",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"orchestrated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"published"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to name her new puppy \"Bubbles\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"branded",
|
|
"stigmatized",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"miscalled",
|
|
"misnamed",
|
|
"mistitled",
|
|
"code-named",
|
|
"nicknamed",
|
|
"rechristened",
|
|
"relabeled",
|
|
"relabelled",
|
|
"renamed",
|
|
"surnamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"baptised",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"cleped",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"entitled",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"styled",
|
|
"termed",
|
|
"titled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"hinted (at)",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"pointed (out)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"spelled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was named the provost of the university"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"deposed",
|
|
"dethroned",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"uncrowned",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"unseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"deputed",
|
|
"deputized",
|
|
"anointed",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"inducted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"enthroned",
|
|
"throned",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"voted (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"placed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"names":{
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to get several names to appear at the restaurant's opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heartthrobs",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"dignitaries",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"immortals",
|
|
"monuments",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"worthies",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"panjandrums",
|
|
"panjandra"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a word or combination of words by which a person or thing is regularly known":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"introduced himself and then asked what my name was"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baptismal names",
|
|
"Christian names",
|
|
"first names",
|
|
"forenames",
|
|
"given names",
|
|
"family names",
|
|
"maiden names",
|
|
"middle names",
|
|
"surnames",
|
|
"matronymics",
|
|
"patronymics",
|
|
"bynames",
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"hypocorisms",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"cryptonyms",
|
|
"noms de guerre",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms",
|
|
"binomials",
|
|
"monomials",
|
|
"trivial names",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"misnomers",
|
|
"brand names",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"trademarks",
|
|
"trade names"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"appellatives",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"compellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"monikers",
|
|
"monickers",
|
|
"nomenclatures",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quit calling her names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"outward and often deceptive indication":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrity who is the head of the charitable organization in name only"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"resemblances",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"make-belief",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"representations",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"exteriors",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"patinas",
|
|
"patinae",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"outwards",
|
|
"seemings",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has a good name among fellow marine biologists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"personae",
|
|
"personas",
|
|
"admirations",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"reverences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"odors",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reps",
|
|
"reputations",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they finally named a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"vacillates",
|
|
"waffles",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"adjudges",
|
|
"adjudicates",
|
|
"arbitrates",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"referees",
|
|
"rules (on)",
|
|
"umpires",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"opts",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't like my offer? Just name your price"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"accepts",
|
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"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
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"espouses",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you name the date and I'll make sure I'm there"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pins (down)",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"orchestrates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to name her new puppy \"Bubbles\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"stigmatizes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"miscalls",
|
|
"misnames",
|
|
"mistitles",
|
|
"code-names",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"rechristens",
|
|
"relabels",
|
|
"renames",
|
|
"surnames"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"christens",
|
|
"clepes",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"hints (at)",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"points (out)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"spells out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"fires"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was named the provost of the university"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballs",
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"dethrones",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"uncrowns",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"unseats"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputes",
|
|
"deputizes",
|
|
"anoints",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"inducts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
"thrones",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"destines",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"votes (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"places"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nap":{
|
|
"a short sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so tired that she needed to take a refreshing nap before soccer practice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"high-quality suede has a good, even nap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"floss",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"fuzz",
|
|
"lint",
|
|
"pile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm just going to nap the entire afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"drowse (off)",
|
|
"nod off",
|
|
"oversleep",
|
|
"sleep in",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hibernate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"waken"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"lull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"napped":{
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"drowsed",
|
|
"kipped",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"lulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm just going to nap the entire afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"slept",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropped off",
|
|
"drowsed (off)",
|
|
"nodded off",
|
|
"overslept",
|
|
"slept in",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"hibernated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"napping":{
|
|
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"wake",
|
|
"wakefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people think that napping in the afternoon will keep you from sleeping well at night"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"rapid eye movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"shut-eye",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing",
|
|
"z's",
|
|
"zs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being in a state of suspended consciousness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the napping children looked so peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"comatose",
|
|
"semiconscious",
|
|
"sleepwalking",
|
|
"somnambulant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a state of sleep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm just going to nap the entire afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"waking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dropping off",
|
|
"drowsing (off)",
|
|
"nodding off",
|
|
"oversleeping",
|
|
"sleeping in",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"hibernating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to let the kids nap for a few more minutes before waking them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"lulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"drowsing",
|
|
"kipping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nappy":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narcissistic":{
|
|
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"self-forgetful",
|
|
"self-forgetting",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to raise the social consciousness of the normally narcissistic Hollywood community"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"self-giving",
|
|
"self-sacrificing",
|
|
"other-directed",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-flagellating",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflective"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inner-directed",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-oriented",
|
|
"self-preoccupied",
|
|
"self-regarding",
|
|
"self-seeking",
|
|
"self-serving",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"solipsistic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nark":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he began to suspect that there was a nark in his organization who was tipping off Scotland Yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war some of the British were narked by their American allies, who were perceived as arrogant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bullyrag",
|
|
"ballyrag",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrating":{
|
|
"to give an oral or written account of in some detail":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a CD of the best-selling children's story that happened to be narrated by the author herself"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"reeling off",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"itemizing",
|
|
"particularizing",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"chronicling",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"recounting",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"narrow (down)":{
|
|
"to reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decompress",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to narrow down the scope of the investigation into the government scandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"boil down",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"capsulize",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"constringe",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"telescope"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nastily":{
|
|
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the musicians were nastily harassed on social media by a string of anonymous commenters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"spitefully",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natters":{
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a section of the park in which nannies like to gather for a relaxed natter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchats",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfests",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could sit for hours nattering about nothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"chins",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"natty":{
|
|
"being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a natty woman, she's usually impeccably dressed in tailored clothing from Europe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"spiffed-up",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spruce"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalize":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalized":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nations":{
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American people became one nation when they adopted the Constitution in 1789"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"states"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
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"superpowers",
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|
"world powers",
|
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"welfare states"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a people having a common language, culture, and body of traditions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an international organization dedicated to upholding the basic human rights of people from all nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"ethnicities",
|
|
"nationalities",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"tribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturals":{
|
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"a stupid person":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a character depicted as a natural in the novel as indicated by his unsophisticated speech habits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
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"boneheads",
|
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"bubbleheads",
|
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"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
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"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nailed":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"nailed (down)",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"insured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reveal the true nature of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"undressed",
|
|
"unmasked"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pulled in",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"seized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
|
|
"jugged",
|
|
"locked (up)",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"rearrested",
|
|
"remanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unchained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"spirited (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nappies":{
|
|
"as in beers , brews":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nab":{
|
|
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the officer nabbed the purse snatcher before he could escape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"seize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"rearrest",
|
|
"remand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unchain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pickpocket nabbed my wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"spirit (away or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nay":{
|
|
"not merely this but also":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was angry\u2014 nay , furious\u2014at the way they were treating that poor dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"verily",
|
|
"yea"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"incontestably",
|
|
"incontrovertibly",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"undeniably",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a vote or decision against something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the votes were tallied, it was 241 yeas and 54 nays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"non placet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"con",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"negation",
|
|
"refusal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"grace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"yea",
|
|
"yes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unwillingness to grant something asked for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"nonacceptance",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"turndown"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"signature",
|
|
"stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nabobs":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dressed conservatively so as to make a good impression with the nabobs on the co-op's board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big leaguers",
|
|
"bigs",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big-timers",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavy hitters",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"high-muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"high-muckety-mucks",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"muckety-mucks",
|
|
"muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"mucky-mucks",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naming":{
|
|
"as in nomination , assignment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided to name her new puppy \"Bubbles\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizing",
|
|
"baptising",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"christening",
|
|
"cleping",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"labeling",
|
|
"labelling",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"styling",
|
|
"terming",
|
|
"titling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branding",
|
|
"stigmatizing",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"miscalling",
|
|
"misnaming",
|
|
"mistitling",
|
|
"code-naming",
|
|
"nicknaming",
|
|
"rechristening",
|
|
"relabeling",
|
|
"relabelling",
|
|
"renaming",
|
|
"surnaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't want to name anyone in particular, but someone in this room fiddled with my car's radio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"hinting (at)",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"pointing (out)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"spelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was named the provost of the university"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"detailing",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"placing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"deputing",
|
|
"deputizing",
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
"throning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"destining",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"voting (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"dethroning",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"uncrowning",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"unseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"firing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't like my offer? Just name your price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"preselecting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you name the date and I'll make sure I'm there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"pinning (down)",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"orchestrating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they finally named a date for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"opting",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"adjudging",
|
|
"adjudicating",
|
|
"arbitrating",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"refereeing",
|
|
"ruling (on)",
|
|
"umpiring",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"waffling",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"nativities":{
|
|
"the act or instance of being born":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my father and grandparents were proud observers of my nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"births",
|
|
"genitures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"accouchements",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"childbearings",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"parturitions",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"parentings",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"fatherhoods",
|
|
"maternities",
|
|
"motherhoods",
|
|
"parenthoods",
|
|
"paternities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abortions",
|
|
"miscarriages",
|
|
"stillbirths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"naturalizes":{
|
|
"as in domesticates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domesticates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"borrows",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"arrogates",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"usurps",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
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"abjures",
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"abnegates",
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"disowns",
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"rejects",
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"renounces",
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"repudiates",
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"spurns",
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"discards",
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"jettisons",
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"junks",
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"throws away",
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"throws out"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in accustoms , familiarizes":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accustoms",
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"familiarizes",
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"habituates",
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"acclimates",
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"acclimatizes",
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"accommodates",
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"adapts",
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"adjusts",
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"breaks in",
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"orientates",
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"orients",
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"shapes",
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"fortifies",
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"hardens",
|
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"inures",
|
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"shapes up",
|
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"steels",
|
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"strengthens",
|
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"toughens",
|
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"fits",
|
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"habilitates",
|
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"prepares",
|
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"readies",
|
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"conditions",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"navvy":{
|
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"as in hack , laborer":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"drudge",
|
|
"gandy dancer",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"jobber",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"cog",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"nine-to-fiver",
|
|
"wage earner",
|
|
"wage slave",
|
|
"wageworker",
|
|
"workingman",
|
|
"workingwoman",
|
|
"workman",
|
|
"workwoman",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"jobholder",
|
|
"retainer",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"coworker",
|
|
"temp",
|
|
"temporary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |