dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/ve_mwt.json
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{
"vegged out":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after an exhausting week at work, I just want to spend the weekend vegging out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"ground",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"applied",
"buckled (down)",
"exerted",
"put out"
],
"related":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"messed",
"monkeyed",
"mucked",
"piddled",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"dozed",
"estivated",
"aestivated",
"hibernated",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"swanned",
"furloughed",
"goldbricked",
"malingered",
"truanted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung about",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"kicked around",
"kicked back",
"lazed",
"lazied",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vehement":{
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"despite the vehement opposition of the club's treasurer, the motion was passed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"related":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vicious",
"violent"
]
},
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
"examples":[
"a vehement defender of the rights of minorities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"related":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
]
},
"marked by or uttered with forcefulness":{
"antonyms":[
"nonassertive",
"nonemphatic",
"unemphatic"
],
"examples":[
"vehement complaints about the restaurant's poor service"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guarded",
"mild",
"uncompelling",
"weak",
"wishy-washy",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"halting",
"hesitant",
"understated"
],
"related":[
"decided",
"insistent",
"marked",
"pointed",
"absolute",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clear",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"arresting",
"compelling",
"conspicuous",
"impelling",
"noticeable",
"striking"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"dynamic",
"emphatic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"full-blooded",
"muscular",
"resounding",
"strenuous",
"vigorous",
"violent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"vehicle":{
"something used to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"used organized protests as a vehicle for change"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"determinant",
"expedient",
"factor",
"influence",
"ingredient",
"mechanism",
"tool",
"weapon",
"activator",
"animator",
"catalyst",
"driver",
"energizer",
"executor",
"generator",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"instigator",
"launcher",
"mover",
"power",
"stimulus",
"trigger",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"subagency",
"subagent"
],
"synonyms":[
"agency",
"agent",
"instrument",
"instrumentality",
"machinery",
"means",
"medium",
"ministry",
"organ"
]
},
"something used to carry goods or passengers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bought a larger vehicle after they had a third baby"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carrier",
"hauler",
"mover",
"transit"
],
"synonyms":[
"conveyance",
"transport",
"transportation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"veils":{
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"under the veil of descending darkness the thieves began their operation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Potemkin villages",
"Trojan horses",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"wraps"
]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"examples":[
"a thicket of bushes veils the private beach from the road"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"related":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"suppresses"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"morning fog veiled the fields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"related":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"wraps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"velocipede":{
"a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a museum with an interesting collection of 19th-century velocipedes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"mountain bike",
"tandem bicycle",
"ten-speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bicycle",
"bike",
"cycle",
"push-bike",
"push bicycle",
"two-wheeler"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vendettas":{
"a series of acts done to harm a disliked person or group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He has had a vendetta against her ever since she beat him out for the promotion.",
"The two politicians had long held a personal vendetta against each other."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"venerable":{
"dating or surviving from the distant past":{
"antonyms":[
"modern",
"new",
"recent"
],
"examples":[
"a venerable tradition that colleges have been maintaining for centuries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"vernal",
"young",
"youthful",
"contemporary",
"current",
"latest",
"mod",
"novel",
"present-day",
"ultramodern",
"untested",
"untried",
"brand-new",
"unused",
"unworn"
],
"related":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"mature",
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"archaistic",
"dated",
"fusty",
"geriatric",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moldy",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"old-world",
"retro",
"vintage",
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"ageless",
"hallowed",
"time-honored",
"timeless",
"time-tested",
"timeworn",
"traditional",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"classic",
"classical",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"primeval",
"primordial"
],
"synonyms":[
"age-old",
"aged",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"hoar",
"hoary",
"immemorial",
"old"
]
},
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the venerable old man was a cherished source of advice and wisdom for the villagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"related":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"reverenced",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"revered",
"reverend",
"sacred",
"venerated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"veneration":{
"a feeling or act of great respect, admiration, or devotion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Holy relics are often objects of veneration .",
"They regarded the surrealist painters of the 20th century avant-garde movement with great veneration ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"venery":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"venge":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a romance novel featuring a hotheaded hero who is ever ready to venge every affront to the family's honor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit"
],
"related":[
"castigate",
"fix",
"get",
"penalize",
"punish",
"scourge",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"right",
"compensate",
"pay (back)",
"recompense",
"repay"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenge",
"redress",
"requite",
"retaliate",
"revenge"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ventilates":{
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"antonyms":[
"stifles",
"suppresses"
],
"examples":[
"a person who tends to ventilate opinions without first thinking them through"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"restrains",
"restricts"
],
"related":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"declares",
"enounces",
"enunciates",
"proclaims",
"says",
"broadcasts",
"circulates",
"disseminates",
"publishes",
"describes",
"writes",
"writes up",
"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"chimes in",
"communicates",
"conveys",
"puts across",
"puts over",
"offers",
"submits"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"expounds",
"expresses",
"gives",
"looks",
"raises",
"sounds",
"states",
"vents",
"voices"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"venting":{
"to find emotional release for":{
"antonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"repressing",
"suppressing"
],
"examples":[
"vented her anger and then quickly calmed down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"handling",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"containing",
"curbing",
"holding back",
"pulling in",
"quelling",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"smothering",
"taming",
"allaying",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"stilling",
"choking",
"inhibiting",
"muffling",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"swallowing"
],
"related":[
"acting out",
"airing",
"expressing",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"voicing"
],
"synonyms":[
"loosing",
"releasing",
"taking out",
"unleashing"
]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
],
"examples":[
"vented his opinions freely and loudly at town meetings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"restraining",
"restricting"
],
"related":[
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"enouncing",
"enunciating",
"proclaiming",
"saying",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"publishing",
"describing",
"writing",
"writing up",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"chiming in",
"communicating",
"conveying",
"putting across",
"putting over",
"offering",
"submitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"airing",
"expounding",
"expressing",
"giving",
"looking",
"raising",
"sounding",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"voicing"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a clothes dryer venting steam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"inhaling",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)",
"taking up"
],
"related":[
"eliminating",
"evacuating",
"excreting",
"exuding",
"oozing",
"secreting",
"ejecting",
"erupting",
"gushing",
"jetting",
"outpouring",
"pouring",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spraying",
"spurting",
"squirting"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"discharging",
"emanating",
"emitting",
"evolving",
"exhaling",
"expelling",
"expiring",
"giving out",
"irradiating",
"issuing",
"radiating",
"releasing",
"sending (out)",
"shooting",
"throwing out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"veraciously":{
"as in truthfully":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"veracity":{
"devotion to telling the truth":{
"antonyms":[
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"examples":[
"her innate veracity is beyond question"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy"
],
"related":[
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"artlessness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"accuracy",
"objectivity",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"genuineness",
"truth",
"credibility"
],
"synonyms":[
"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"verity"
]
},
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"roughness"
],
"examples":[
"I challenge the veracity of many of the quotations in his memoirs, for he recreates conversations that occurred decades ago"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approximation",
"roundness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"incorrectness",
"wrongness",
"carelessness",
"guesswork",
"looseness",
"indefiniteness",
"vagueness"
],
"related":[
"correctness",
"fidelity",
"rightness",
"strictness",
"truth",
"definiteness",
"definitiveness",
"definitude",
"determinacy",
"subtlety",
"care",
"carefulness",
"fastidiousness",
"meticulousness",
"persnicketiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"closeness",
"delicacy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"nicety",
"perfection",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"ultraprecision"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"verbalize":{
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"couldn't quite verbalize the cause of his mental distress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"blabber",
"bolt",
"blurt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"purr",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"formulize",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"rip (out)",
"snarl"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"bring out",
"enunciate",
"pass",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
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"drivel",
"gibberish",
"hogwash",
"humbug",
"jabberwocky",
"jazz",
"moonshine",
"nonsense",
"affectedness",
"floweriness",
"grandiosity",
"loftiness",
"pomposity",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
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"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"wind"
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"teachers loathe the verbiage that students resort to in order to pad a paper"
],
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"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"succinctness",
"terseness"
],
"related":[
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"circularity",
"digressiveness",
"pleonasm",
"tautology",
"reiteration",
"repetition",
"repetitiousness",
"repetitiveness",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"overstatement"
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"circumlocution",
"diffuseness",
"diffusion",
"garrulity",
"garrulousness",
"logorrhea",
"long-windedness",
"periphrasis",
"prolixity",
"redundancy",
"verbalism",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordage",
"wordiness"
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"as per the standard verbiage of military reports, the assault was launched at \"0700 hours\""
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"formulation",
"locution",
"enunciation",
"phrase",
"speech",
"style",
"utterance",
"voice"
],
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"diction",
"language",
"phraseology",
"phrasing",
"wording"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"examples":[
"our land verges on a wildlife refuge"
],
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"communicate (with)",
"connect (with)",
"link (with)",
"bound",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence",
"line",
"margin",
"rim",
"surround",
"contact",
"converge",
"meet"
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"adjoin",
"border (on)",
"butt (on or against)",
"flank",
"fringe",
"join",
"march (with)",
"neighbor",
"skirt",
"touch"
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"a comment that verged on an insult"
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"near",
"appear",
"look",
"resemble",
"seem",
"suggest",
"approximate",
"compare (with)",
"measure up (to)",
"stack up (against or with)"
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"touch (on)",
"trench (on)"
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"She asked for verification of his identity."
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
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"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
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"the dispatcher was able to verify the caller's location"
],
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"contradicted",
"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
],
"related":[
"avouched",
"backed (up)",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"declared",
"professed",
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
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"synonyms":[
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"attested",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"certified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated",
"vindicated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"examples":[
"the dispatcher was able to verify the caller's location"
],
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"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"related":[
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"back (up)",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
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"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"support",
"validate",
"vindicate"
]
},
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"verb"
]
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"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
],
"examples":[
"the local tourist bureau is less concerned with the verity of the legend than the fact that it attracts visitors to the area"
],
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"fallaciousness",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"fiction",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"deceit",
"dishonesty",
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"untruthfulness"
],
"related":[
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"actuality",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"dependability",
"reliability"
],
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"facticity",
"factuality",
"sooth",
"trueness",
"truth"
]
},
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"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"dishonesty",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness"
],
"examples":[
"no one is questioning your verity \u2014just your memory of events that happened long ago"
],
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"artifice",
"cozenage",
"crookedness",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"fraudulentness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"two-facedness",
"beguilement",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"furtiveness",
"guile",
"indirection",
"insidiousness",
"oiliness",
"perfidy",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness",
"treacherousness",
"trickery",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"wiliness",
"equivocation",
"prevarication",
"exaggeration",
"inaccuracy"
],
"related":[
"honor",
"honorableness",
"incorruptibility",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"artlessness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"accuracy",
"objectivity",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"genuineness",
"truth",
"credibility"
],
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"honesty",
"integrity",
"probity",
"truthfulness",
"veracity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vertu":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"verve":{
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"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
],
"examples":[
"the actor plays the part of the superhero with tremendous verve and obvious enjoyment"
],
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"indolence",
"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
],
"related":[
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vessels":{
"a large craft for travel by water":{
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"examples":[
"a new ocean liner that claims to be the largest commercial vessel afloat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"keels",
"ships"
]
},
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
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"examples":[
"any vessel that is buoyant and steerable can be entered in the annual race down the river"
],
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"related":[
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis",
"bankers",
"cobles",
"draggers",
"gillnetters",
"hookers",
"luggers",
"scallopers",
"seiners",
"shrimpers",
"trawlers",
"whaleboats",
"whalers",
"workboats",
"cockleshells",
"tubs",
"airboats",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"hovercrafts",
"hydrofoils",
"hydroplanes",
"assault boats",
"PT boats",
"torpedo boats"
],
"synonyms":[
"boats",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"watercrafts"
]
},
"a usually circular utensil for holding something (as food)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"uses a large copper vessel for beating egg whites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bowls",
"casseroles",
"chargers",
"cups",
"plates",
"platters",
"salvers",
"saucers",
"servers",
"trays",
"waiters"
],
"synonyms":[
"dishes"
]
},
"something into which a liquid or smaller objects can be put for storage or transportation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"any watertight vessel can be used for mixing the paints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carriers",
"cartridges",
"baskets",
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cartons",
"cases",
"caskets",
"crates",
"handbaskets",
"lockers",
"trunks",
"bags",
"hampers",
"pockets",
"sacks",
"coolers",
"warmers",
"basins",
"bottles",
"bowls",
"buckets",
"cans",
"jars",
"jugs",
"kegs",
"kettles",
"kits",
"packs",
"pails",
"pitchers",
"pots",
"tubs",
"vats"
],
"synonyms":[
"containers",
"holders",
"receptacles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vested":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
],
"examples":[
"\"By the power vested in me by the state,\" intoned the minister, \"I now pronounce that you are married\""
],
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"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"related":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"enabled",
"invested",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"warranted"
]
},
"to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"nullified",
"voided",
"wrote off",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew"
],
"related":[
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"showed",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"extended",
"offered",
"proffered",
"allocated",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"appointed",
"designated",
"dubbed",
"fixed",
"named",
"set"
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"awarded",
"conferred",
"granted"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"antonyms":[
"held",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"examples":[
"vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detained",
"held back",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"owned",
"possessed",
"accepted",
"received",
"took in",
"occupied",
"took",
"took over"
],
"related":[
"conferred",
"granted",
"assigned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"dispersed",
"distributed",
"divided",
"handed in",
"released",
"relinquished",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"turned in",
"yielded",
"bequeathed",
"handed down",
"handed on",
"willed",
"advanced",
"lent",
"loaned",
"furnished",
"supplied",
"recommitted",
"redelivered",
"retransferred",
"retransmitted"
],
"synonyms":[
"commended",
"committed",
"confided",
"consigned",
"delegated",
"delivered",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"gave",
"gave over",
"handed",
"handed over",
"left",
"passed",
"recommended",
"reposed",
"transferred",
"transmitted",
"trusted",
"turned over"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"vestibule":{
"the entrance room of a building":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"please leave your wet boots in the vestibule"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"antechamber",
"anteroom",
"lounge",
"waiting room",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"portal",
"threshold"
],
"synonyms":[
"entranceway",
"entry",
"entryway",
"foyer",
"hall",
"hallway",
"lobby"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"veto":{
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"antonyms":[
"prescription"
],
"examples":[
"management's veto of our suggestion about allowing casual dress on Fridays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"related":[
"no-no",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"deterrent",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"prevention",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"negation",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"objection",
"protest",
"caveat",
"warning",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"edict",
"injunction",
"mandate"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
"antonyms":[
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"examples":[
"my husband quickly vetoed my suggestion that we adopt the stray dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admit",
"allow",
"approve",
"assent (to)",
"pass",
"sanction",
"elect",
"support"
],
"related":[
"decline",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"blacklist"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackball",
"down",
"kill",
"negative",
"nix",
"shoot down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"vetoed":{
"as in rejected , refused":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"examples":[
"my husband quickly vetoed my suggestion that we adopt the stray dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admitted",
"allowed",
"approved",
"assented (to)",
"passed",
"sanctioned",
"elected",
"supported"
],
"related":[
"declined",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"blacklisted"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"downed",
"killed",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"shot down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"vex":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my coworkers' loud, endless conversations vexed me"
],
"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",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mystery novel that is sure to vex even the canniest readers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"related":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vexations":{
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"add cell phones to the list of vexations that theatergoers have to contend with"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"related":[
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"hang-ups",
"pet peeves",
"problems",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials"
]
},
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the repeated vexations guaranteed that she wouldn't get any work done"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aggros",
"molestations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"persecutions",
"provocations",
"torments",
"tortures",
"devilments",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"mischiefs"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"annoyances",
"bedevilments",
"botherations",
"disturbances",
"harassments",
"importunities"
]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he suppressed his rising vexation and answered as politely as he could"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"pleasures"
],
"related":[
"agitations",
"discomforts",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"upsets",
"irritabilities",
"peeves",
"perturbations",
"pets",
"piques",
"resentments",
"troubles",
"angers",
"chafes",
"danders",
"dudgeons",
"galls",
"huffs",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"umbrages"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"annoyances",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"pips"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vexing":{
"causing annoyance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the constantly changing schedule was somewhat vexing , but I coped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"related":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my coworkers' loud, endless conversations vexed me"
],
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"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting"
]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a mystery novel that is sure to vex even the canniest readers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"satisfying",
"enlightening",
"informing"
],
"related":[
"sticking",
"stumping",
"weirding out",
"abashing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"stunning",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"humbugging",
"misguiding",
"misleading",
"snowing",
"stringing along",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"synonyms":[
"addling",
"baffling",
"bamboozling",
"beating",
"befogging",
"befuddling",
"bemusing",
"bewildering",
"buffaloing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discombobulating",
"disorienting",
"flummoxing",
"foxing",
"fuddling",
"getting",
"graveling",
"gravelling",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"vertebrate":{
"an animal that has a backbone":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ventures":{
"a risky undertaking":{
"examples":[
"their latest business venture failed big-time"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"chances",
"crapshoots",
"enterprises",
"fliers",
"flyers",
"flutters",
"gambles",
"speculations",
"throws"
],
"related":[
"bets",
"hazards",
"stakes",
"wagers",
"liberties",
"dark horses",
"long shots",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"sure things"
]
},
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"don't venture more money than you can afford to lose"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"gambles (with)",
"hazards",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"jeopards",
"menaces",
"perils",
"risks"
],
"related":[
"intimidates",
"threatens",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"chances",
"wagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guards",
"protects",
"shelters",
"shields",
"preserves",
"resumes",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a chance on":{
"examples":[
"ventured to speak plainly at the meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"chances",
"gambles (on)",
"hazards",
"risks",
"tempts"
],
"related":[
"beards",
"braves",
"brazens",
"breasts",
"challenges",
"confronts",
"dares",
"defies",
"faces",
"outbraves",
"compromises",
"endangers",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes",
"menaces",
"exposes",
"subjects",
"bets (on)",
"wagers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"verdict":{
"a position arrived at after consideration":{
"examples":[
"the marketing consultant's verdict was that we were doing just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"award",
"call",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"resolution"
],
"related":[
"behest",
"charge",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"instruction",
"mandate",
"order",
"word",
"last word",
"say-so",
"adjudication",
"disposition",
"doom",
"finding",
"ruling",
"sentence",
"choice",
"option",
"selection",
"consensus",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"mind",
"notion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deadlock",
"draw",
"halt",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"tie"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
"examples":[
"was anxious to hear her best friend's verdict on her new boyfriend"
],
"synonyms":[
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"view"
],
"related":[
"say",
"impression",
"perception",
"take",
"attitude",
"assumption",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"determination",
"deliverance",
"esteem",
"estimate",
"estimation",
"credence",
"credit",
"faith",
"concept",
"conception",
"idea",
"thought",
"position",
"stance",
"stand",
"comment",
"obiter dictum",
"observation",
"reflection",
"remark",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"surmise",
"theory",
"advice",
"input",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"angle",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"counterview"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fact",
"truth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"veracious":{
"being in the habit of telling the truth":{
"examples":[
"he has a reputation for being veracious , so people generally take his word for things"
],
"synonyms":[
"honest",
"truthful"
],
"related":[
"candid",
"direct",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"freehearted",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"believable",
"credible",
"true",
"veritable",
"artless",
"earnest",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"conscientious",
"moral",
"principled",
"scrupulous",
"aboveboard",
"dependable",
"reliable",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fallacious",
"false",
"untrue",
"unbelievable",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unscrupulous",
"untrustworthy",
"bluffing",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"duplicitous",
"equivocating",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"posing",
"pretending",
"artful",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"evasive",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily"
],
"antonyms":[
"dishonest",
"fibbing",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"prevaricating",
"untruthful"
]
},
"following an original exactly":{
"examples":[
"most readers have accepted the book as a veracious account of Samuel Johnson's table talk"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"authentic",
"exact",
"faithful",
"precise",
"right",
"strict",
"true"
],
"related":[
"lifelike",
"realistic",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"meticulous",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"authoritative",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"real",
"veridical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"careless",
"slack",
"slipshod",
"slovenly",
"erroneous",
"incorrect",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"untruthful",
"wrong"
],
"antonyms":[
"corrupt",
"corrupted",
"false",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inauthentic",
"inexact",
"loose",
"unfaithful"
]
},
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
"examples":[
"a novel that presents a fairly veracious and unvarnished picture of the lives of affluent suburbanites"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"bang on",
"correct",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"good",
"on-target",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"so",
"spot-on",
"true"
],
"related":[
"legitimate",
"logical",
"sound",
"valid",
"errorless",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"false",
"improper",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"off",
"untrue",
"wrong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"veneers":{
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
"examples":[
"the veneer of civility that the neighbors had maintained over the years disappeared with the filing of the first lawsuit"
],
"synonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"glosses",
"window dressings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cotton candies",
"fluffs",
"tinsels",
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"charades",
"fronts",
"guises",
"masquerades",
"poses",
"semblances",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an outer part or layer":{
"examples":[
"the top and sides of the desk are overlaid with cherry veneers , while the interior wood is white pine"
],
"synonyms":[
"exteriors",
"faces",
"outsides",
"shells",
"skins",
"surfaces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"fronts",
"tops",
"coverings",
"covers",
"facings",
"appearances",
"disguises",
"guises",
"masks",
"semblances",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"insides",
"interiors"
]
},
"as in finishes , faces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"faces",
"finishes",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"brightens",
"sleeks",
"slicks",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"glosses",
"grinds",
"polishes",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"venerated":{
"deserving honor and respect especially by reason of age":{
"examples":[
"a beloved and venerated professor who has been a fixture on campus for decades"
],
"synonyms":[
"hallowed",
"revered",
"reverend",
"sacred",
"venerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"considered",
"esteemed",
"honored",
"respected",
"reverenced",
"admirable",
"distinguished",
"estimable",
"redoubtable",
"worthy",
"good",
"moral",
"noble",
"righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"dishonorable",
"disreputable",
"ignominious",
"infamous",
"loose",
"notorious",
"shameful",
"immoral",
"seamy",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"sordid",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"wicked",
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"low",
"mean",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to offer honor or respect to (someone) as a divine power":{
"examples":[
"a proper setting in which to venerate God"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"deified",
"glorified",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admired",
"honored",
"loved",
"regarded",
"respected",
"apotheosized",
"canonized",
"dignified",
"exalted",
"lionized",
"magnified",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blasphemed",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"violated",
"affronted",
"dishonored",
"disrespected",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"piqued",
"ridiculed",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"displeased",
"defamed",
"disparaged",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"smeared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"vegetated":{
"to spend time doing things that do not require much thought or effort; to be very lazy or inactive":{
"examples":[
"I just spent the weekend vegetating at home.",
"I'm worried that after I retire I'll just sit at home, watch TV, and vegetate ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bummed",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"vegged out",
"zoned out",
"chilled",
"chilled out",
"decompressed",
"de-stressed",
"loosened up",
"mellowed (out)",
"relaxed",
"unwound",
"wound down",
"winded down",
"unbent",
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"reposed",
"rested",
"alleviated",
"comforted",
"eased",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"composed",
"cooled",
"quieted",
"settled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}