7966 lines
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7966 lines
158 KiB
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{
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"cube":{
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"one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"even though they worked in adjoining cubes , the two coworkers rarely acknowledged one another's existence"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cubbyhole",
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"pigeonhole",
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"snuggery",
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"alcove",
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"niche",
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"nook",
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"recess",
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"cabinet",
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"drawer",
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"locker",
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"cavity",
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"hole",
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"hollow",
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"booth",
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"box",
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"crib",
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"loge",
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"stall",
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"bunker",
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"crypt",
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"vault"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bay",
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"cabin",
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"cell",
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"chamber",
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"compartment",
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"cubicle"
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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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"cuckoo":{
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"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"one cuckoo at the campground tried to boil soup in a plastic cup"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"related":[
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"daredevil",
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"madman",
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dumbbell",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"goon",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"moron",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"pinhead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schlump",
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"schnook",
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"stock",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"butt",
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"dupe",
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"laughingstock",
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"mockery",
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"monkey",
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"chump",
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"loser",
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"schlemiel",
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"shlemiel",
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crackbrain",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"kook",
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"oddball",
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"screwball",
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"weirdo"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"berk",
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"booby",
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"charlie",
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"charley",
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"ding-a-ling",
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"ding-dong",
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"dingbat",
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"dipstick",
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"doofus",
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"featherhead",
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"fool",
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"git",
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"goose",
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"half-wit",
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"jackass",
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"lunatic",
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"mooncalf",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"simp",
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"simpleton",
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"turkey",
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"yo-yo"
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]
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},
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"a silly flighty person":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"didn't want to be among those cuckoos who race around the mall the day before Christmas"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"fool",
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"goose",
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"silly",
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"simpleton"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birdbrain",
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"ditz",
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"featherbrain",
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"featherhead",
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"flibbertigibbet",
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"nitwit",
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"rattlebrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"softhead"
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]
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},
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"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
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"uncrazy"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a cuckoo woman who wandered around town carefully gathering up useless trash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"lucid",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"judicious",
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"sensible",
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"wise",
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"healthy",
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"normal",
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"well-adjusted",
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"unneurotic"
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],
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"related":[
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"dotty",
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"fey",
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"loopy",
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"off",
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"potty",
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"teched",
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"tetched",
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"touched",
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"aberrant",
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"delirious",
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"delusional",
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"delusionary",
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"disordered",
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"disturbed",
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"neurotic",
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"obsessive-compulsive",
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"paranoiac",
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"paranoic",
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"paranoid",
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"paranoidal",
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"schizoid",
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"schizophrenic",
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"sociopathic",
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"eccentric",
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"odd",
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"oddball",
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"pixilated",
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"pixillated",
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"queer",
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"strange",
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"foolish",
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"senseless",
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"witless",
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"irrational",
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"unreasonable",
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"amok",
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"amuck",
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"ape",
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"ballistic",
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"bananas",
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"berserk",
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"nuclear",
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"depressed",
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"distracted",
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"distraught",
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"frantic",
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"frenzied",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"raving",
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"wigged-out",
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"fixated",
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"monomaniac",
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"monomaniacal",
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"obsessed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"barmy",
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"bats",
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"batty",
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"bedlam",
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"bonkers",
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"brainsick",
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"bughouse",
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"certifiable",
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"crackbrained",
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"cracked",
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"crackers",
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"crackpot",
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"cranky",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"fruity",
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"gaga",
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"haywire",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loco",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"loony tunes",
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"looney tunes",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac",
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"mental",
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"meshuga",
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"meshugge",
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"meshugah",
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"meshuggah",
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"moonstruck",
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"non compos mentis",
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"nuts",
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"nutty",
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"psycho",
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"psychotic",
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"scatty",
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"screwy",
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"unbalanced",
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"unhinged",
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"unsound",
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"wacko",
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"whacko",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"wud"
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]
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},
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"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
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"antonyms":[
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"judicious",
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"prudent",
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"sagacious",
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"sage",
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"sane",
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"sapient",
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"sensible",
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"sound",
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"wise"
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],
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"examples":[
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"offered a completely cuckoo suggestion for using the defunct strip mall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brainy",
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"bright",
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"clever",
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"intelligent",
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"smart",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"valid",
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"well-advised"
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],
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"related":[
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"airheaded",
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"birdbrained",
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"boobish",
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"brain-dead",
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"chowderheaded",
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"chuckleheaded",
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"clueless",
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"dense",
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"dim",
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"dim-witted",
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"doltish",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"dorky",
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"dull",
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"dumb",
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"dunderheaded",
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"empty-headed",
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"feebleminded",
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"gormless",
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"idiotic",
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"idiotical",
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"imbecile",
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"imbecilic",
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"knuckleheaded",
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"lamebrain",
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"lamebrained",
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"mindless",
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"moronic",
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"oafish",
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"obtuse",
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"opaque",
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"pinheaded",
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"simple",
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"slow",
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"slow-witted",
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"soft",
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"softheaded",
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"thoughtless",
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"thick",
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"thickheaded",
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"unintelligent",
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"vacuous",
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"fallacious",
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"illogical",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"nonrational",
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"surd",
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"unreasonable",
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"unreasoning",
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"unsound",
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"weak",
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"farcical",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"notional",
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"buffoonish",
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"clownish",
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"ill-advised",
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"unconsidered",
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"unreasoned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"balmy",
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"brainless",
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"bubbleheaded",
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"cockeyed",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"dippy",
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"dotty",
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"fatuous",
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"featherheaded",
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"fool",
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"foolish",
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"half-baked",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"inept",
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"insane",
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"jerky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"lunatic",
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"lunkheaded",
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"mad",
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"nonsensical",
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"nutty",
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"preposterous",
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"sappy",
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"screwball",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"tomfool",
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"unwise",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"weak-minded",
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"witless",
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"zany"
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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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"cudgel":{
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"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"blackjack",
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"knobkerrie",
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"mace",
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"birch",
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"crabstick",
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"hickory",
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"rattan",
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"stave",
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"switch",
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"beetle",
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"gavel",
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"hammer",
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"mallet",
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"maul",
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"sledgehammer",
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"crook",
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"crosier",
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"crozier",
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"walking stick",
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"whangee"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastinado",
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"bastinade",
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"bat",
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"baton",
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"billy",
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"billy club",
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"bludgeon",
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"cane",
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"club",
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"nightstick",
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"rod",
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"rung",
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"sap",
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"shillelagh",
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"shillalah",
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"staff",
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"truncheon",
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"waddy"
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]
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},
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cudgeled":{
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"as in whacked , thwacked":{
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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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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cudgeling":{
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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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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cudgels":{
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"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"blackjacks",
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"knobkerries",
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"maces",
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"birches",
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"crabsticks",
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"hickories",
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"rattans",
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"staves",
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"switches",
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"beetles",
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"gavels",
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"hammers",
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"mallets",
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"mauls",
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"sledgehammers",
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"crooks",
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"crosiers",
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"croziers",
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"walking sticks",
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"whangees"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bastinadoes",
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"bastinades",
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"batons",
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"bats",
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"billies",
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"billy clubs",
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"bludgeons",
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"canes",
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"clubs",
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"nightsticks",
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"rods",
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"rungs",
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"saps",
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"shillelaghs",
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"shillalahs",
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"staffs",
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"staves",
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"truncheons",
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"waddies"
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]
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},
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"as in whacks , thwacks":{
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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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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cue":{
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"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the cue to get tickets to the concert moved with agonizing slowness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"echelon",
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"rank",
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"row",
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"tier",
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"chain",
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"progression",
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"sequence",
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"succession",
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"array"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"column",
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"file",
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"line",
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"queue",
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"range",
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"string",
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"train"
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]
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},
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"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"taking a cue from nature, scientists are developing safe and effective insecticides using insect hormones"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"answer",
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"solution"
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],
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"related":[
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"breath",
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"flicker",
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"glimmer",
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"glimpse",
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"mention",
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"scent",
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"whiff",
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"wind",
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"hunch",
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"idea",
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"inspiration",
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"notion",
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"allusion",
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"implication",
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"inference",
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"innuendo",
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"insinuation",
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"denotation",
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"evidence",
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"guidepost",
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"key",
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|
"mark",
|
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"overtone",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-off",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"intuition",
|
|
"premonition",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"foreshadower",
|
|
"foretaste",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prefigurement",
|
|
"presage",
|
|
"symptom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clue",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"suggestion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cued":{
|
|
"as in lined , lined up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cul-de-sacs":{
|
|
"a street that is designed to connect to another street only at one end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Our house is located on a quiet cul-de-sac ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cull":{
|
|
"something separated from a group or lot for not being as good as the others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unbruised apples will be packed in bags, and the culls will be used for cider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"white elephant",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"second"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"take"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culled":{
|
|
"as in screened , winnowed (out)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"took"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culling":{
|
|
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culled the best short stories from the author's body of writings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preselecting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culprit":{
|
|
"a person who has committed a crime":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police caught the culprit a mere two blocks from the scene of the crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"lawman"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"misdemeanant",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"gallows bird",
|
|
"misdoer",
|
|
"misfeasor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"blackhander",
|
|
"button man",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"enforcer",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"gunsel",
|
|
"hit man",
|
|
"triggerman",
|
|
"backslider",
|
|
"recidivist",
|
|
"relapser",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arrestee",
|
|
"defendant",
|
|
"detainee",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"offender"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultivate":{
|
|
"to come to have gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"sluff",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"form"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"inhibit"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"underwrite",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"agitate (for)",
|
|
"campaign (for)",
|
|
"work (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"incubate",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"hoe",
|
|
"sharecrop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farm",
|
|
"tend",
|
|
"till"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultivates":{
|
|
"to come to have gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a taste for opera in order to fit in with his new circle of friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"sluffs",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"forms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to help the growth or development of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"inhibits"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cultivated a passion for learning among his students over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends (with)",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"shackles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"underwrites",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
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"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
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"plugs",
|
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"publicizes",
|
|
"touts",
|
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"agitates (for)",
|
|
"campaigns (for)",
|
|
"works (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"encourages",
|
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"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
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"furthers",
|
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"incubates",
|
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"nourishes",
|
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"nurses",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in an attempt to produce New World counterparts of the wines that he had enjoyed in Europe, Jefferson cultivated several varieties of grapes at Monticello"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ought to cultivate the field out back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"harrows",
|
|
"hoes",
|
|
"sharecrops"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farms",
|
|
"tends",
|
|
"tills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cultures":{
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a study of ancient Anasazi culture as it existed in the canyons of the American Southwest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"traditions",
|
|
"subcultures",
|
|
"subsocieties",
|
|
"sub-societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civilizations",
|
|
"lifestyles",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"culture bacteria in laboratory dishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumulativeness":{
|
|
"as in entirety , completeness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cunning":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cunning , underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skillful with the hands":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"butterfingered",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"handless",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"unhandy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only the most cunning cabinetmaker could have crafted such a beautifully proportioned chest of drawers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"double-jointed",
|
|
"loose-jointed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unmatched cunning of the scout who led them safely through the trackless wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used cunning and subterfuge to lure unwitting victims into the fraudulent scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cunnings":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cunning , underhanded plan to win the election by preying on people's fears and prejudices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cunning with which Tom Sawyer was able to get others to whitewash the fence for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skillful with the hands":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"butterfingered",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"handless",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"unhandy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only the most cunning cabinetmaker could have crafted such a beautifully proportioned chest of drawers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"coordinated",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"double-jointed",
|
|
"loose-jointed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness",
|
|
"maladroitness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unmatched cunning of the scout who led them safely through the trackless wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amateurishness",
|
|
"awkwardness",
|
|
"clumsiness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"klutziness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"handiness",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"expertness",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adeptness",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"artistry",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"skillfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used cunning and subterfuge to lure unwitting victims into the fraudulent scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curbs":{
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"latitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"provisos",
|
|
"provisoes",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"stipulations",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"circumscriptions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"strictures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to curb your curiosity when it comes to your neighbors' business"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"chokes (back)",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"silences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"tames"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cure":{
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"researchers tirelessly working to find a cure for cancer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"nostrum",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"botanical",
|
|
"patent medicine",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"prescription drug",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"potion",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"miracle drug",
|
|
"wonder drug",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"injection",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"embrocation",
|
|
"liniment",
|
|
"lotion",
|
|
"ointment",
|
|
"poultice",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"syrup",
|
|
"sirup",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"antibiotic",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"serum",
|
|
"cathartic",
|
|
"purgative"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drug",
|
|
"medicament",
|
|
"medication",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"pharmaceutical",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fun hobby is always a good cure for boredom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"palliative"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"rectifier",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"therapy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring about recovery from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do you have anything that will cure my headache?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"worsen",
|
|
"misdiagnose",
|
|
"overdiagnose",
|
|
"underdiagnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"palliate",
|
|
"salve",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"diagnose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"remedy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the antibiotic cured the sick boy of the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sicken",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"medicate",
|
|
"minister (to)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"physic",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"repair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curious":{
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a pretty curious coincidence\u2014almost too curious to be believed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"interested in what is not one's own business":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uncurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curious neighbors peered out of their windows as the new people moved in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intrusive",
|
|
"meddlesome",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"officious",
|
|
"inquisitional",
|
|
"inquisitorial",
|
|
"interrogative",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inquisitive",
|
|
"nosy",
|
|
"nosey",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"snoopy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that is one of the most curious paintings I've ever seen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"newsworthy",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curling up":{
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"huddling",
|
|
"hunching",
|
|
"hunkering (down)",
|
|
"scrunching",
|
|
"squatting",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"snugging",
|
|
"snuggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curls":{
|
|
"a length of hair that forms a loop or series of loops":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let her hair grow in its natural curls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"waves",
|
|
"permanents",
|
|
"perms",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"tresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frizzes",
|
|
"frizzles",
|
|
"ringlets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inviting path for joggers curls around the reservoir"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"corkscrews",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curmudgeonliness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"current":{
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the currents of fashion are always changing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"upside",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
|
"countertrend",
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
|
"undertow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accepted, used, or practiced by most people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonstandard",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unpopular",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"current wisdom on parenting favors allowing children lots of self-expression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"uncommon"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"current therapies for treating cancer have success rates that were undreamed of only a few decades ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing or in progress right now":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the current fund-raising effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"unborn",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noncontemporary",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"present-day"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtains that were being lightly lifted by a fresh current from the open window"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"headwind",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"zephyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"currying":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vowed to curry the hide of the person who stole his wallet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"descending (on or upon)",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lamming",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pouncing (on or upon)",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"raiding",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whamming",
|
|
"whomping",
|
|
"blackjacking",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"cowhiding",
|
|
"flagellating",
|
|
"fustigating",
|
|
"horsewhipping",
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"leathering",
|
|
"pistol-whipping",
|
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"rawhiding",
|
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"scourging",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"goring",
|
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"lacerating",
|
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"wounding",
|
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"maiming",
|
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"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"bashing",
|
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"basting",
|
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"battering",
|
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"batting",
|
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"beating",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"birching",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging up",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"lathering",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"paddling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"punching out",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"slating",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tanning",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"whapping",
|
|
"whupping",
|
|
"working over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursing":{
|
|
"as in profanity , swearing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"congratulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"hexing",
|
|
"jinxing",
|
|
"voodooing",
|
|
"danging",
|
|
"darning",
|
|
"durning",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"cussing (out)",
|
|
"fulminating (against)",
|
|
"railing (against)",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"beshrewing",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"succoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"tyrannizing",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"panging",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"martyring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anathematizing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"railing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"reviling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cussing",
|
|
"swearing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"saluting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"maledicting",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curst":{
|
|
"deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that cursed tree fell and blocked the road"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"praiseworthy",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pitiable",
|
|
"pitiful",
|
|
"scabby",
|
|
"scummy",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"deuced",
|
|
"doggone",
|
|
"doggoned",
|
|
"freaking",
|
|
"infernal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to ask a divine power to send harm or evil upon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I curse the guy who had the idea of having annoying salespeople call up innocent people to sell them things they don't want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"congratulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"danged",
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"durned",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"cussed (out)",
|
|
"fulminated (against)",
|
|
"railed (against)",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"beshrewed",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"misfortunes and problems seem to have cursed everyone ever associated with that house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"excruciated",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to put a quarter in the jar every time you curse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anathematized",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"railed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"reviled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"swore"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use profane or obscene language at or about":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursed him for showing up late, when he knew how important it was to be on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"saluted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"maledicted",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curt":{
|
|
"being or characterized by direct, brief, and potentially rude speech or manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"mealymouthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was offended by the curt reply to her well-meaning question"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short-spoken",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on a daily basis she e-mailed to her commanders curt reports on the situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"inflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"meaty",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"apothegmatic",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"monosyllabic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"telegraphic",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"thumbnail"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtail":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"taper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"syncopate",
|
|
"truncate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailing":{
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstracting",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"recapitulating",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"summing up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)",
|
|
"tapering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"syncopating",
|
|
"truncating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailment":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailments":{
|
|
"as in abridgments , condensations":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cuts , cutbacks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtain":{
|
|
"pieces of cloth hung to darken, decorate, or divide a room":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kittens keep climbing the curtains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hanging(s)",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tapestry",
|
|
"window shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drapery",
|
|
"drapes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there has long been a curtain of secrecy surrounding that group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"concealer",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"Potemkin village",
|
|
"Trojan horse",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"varnish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cover-up",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"penumbra",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it'll be curtains for us if we're caught"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtained (off)":{
|
|
"as in screened (off)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushion":{
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a blanket as a cushion between the two tables in the moving van"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"muffler",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"cordon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cushioning",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"sharpen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtund",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"mitigate",
|
|
"relieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"soften"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cushioning":{
|
|
"as in softening , emollient":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that serves as a protective barrier":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put plenty of cushioning around that bottle of wine if you're going to carry it home in your suitcase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"muffler",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"cordon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lessen the shock of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a substantial nest egg helped to cushion the sudden loss of her job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obtunding",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"relieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"gentling",
|
|
"softening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusses":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who has never uttered a single cuss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusswords",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use offensive or indecent language":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little girl clapped her hands over her ears when her brother started cussing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rails",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"swears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custodians":{
|
|
"a person or group that watches over someone or something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"served as custodian of the prisoner until he could be turned over to federal authorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"patrols",
|
|
"spotters",
|
|
"surveillants",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"honor guards",
|
|
"gatekeepers",
|
|
"hacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"minders",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"sentinels",
|
|
"sentries",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"warders",
|
|
"watchers",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"watchmen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who takes care of a property sometimes for an absent owner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custodian made his usual rounds of the building to make sure that everything was OK"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cocurators",
|
|
"co-curators",
|
|
"curators",
|
|
"sextons",
|
|
"stewards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caretakers",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"janitors",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"watchmen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone that protects":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must regard ourselves as custodians of the Earth so that its natural resources may be enjoyed by many generations to come"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"sentinels",
|
|
"sentries",
|
|
"wardens",
|
|
"warders",
|
|
"watchdogs",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"watchmen",
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"harborers",
|
|
"keepers",
|
|
"preservers",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defenders",
|
|
"guardian angels",
|
|
"guardians",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"protectors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customizes":{
|
|
"to change (something) in order to fit the needs or requirements of a person, business, etc.":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The program can be customized to serve different purposes.",
|
|
"customized the car with a unique paint job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut (across)":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut across the field on the way to school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"pass (over)",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut a deal":{
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We managed to cut a deal with the landlord in which we will be allowed to adopt a furry friend in exchange for an increase in rent."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"comparison shop",
|
|
"shop (around)",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dicker",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"palter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut capers":{
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The children cut capers through the garden."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"curvet",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"kite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"sport"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut-back":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut back the bushes a bit so that the house number is visible from the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skive",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"manicure",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"lop (off)",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut back the meeting so everyone could leave early for the long weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"add",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"subtract (from)",
|
|
"taper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"syncopate",
|
|
"truncate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutbacks":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cute":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's very nice, but she's not afraid to get cute when there's something she wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"sincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're having a serious discussion here, so cut the cute remarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-ass",
|
|
"smart-assed",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"wiseass"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cute baby that no one could resist cooing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"cuties":{
|
|
"a lovely woman":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her days as a chorus girl she was a real cutie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"frumps",
|
|
"crones",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belles",
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"bathing beauties",
|
|
"cover girls",
|
|
"pinup girls",
|
|
"houris",
|
|
"cutie-pies",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"femmes fatales",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"beauty queens",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"dolly birds",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"stunners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physically attractive person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a director hoping to find among that crowd of cuties someone who could actually act"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"goddesses",
|
|
"lovelies",
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
"beefcakes",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"superstuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"glamour-pusses",
|
|
"hotties",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"lookers",
|
|
"showstoppers",
|
|
"tens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutoff":{
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a cutoff for funding the war, military operations soon ground to a halt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the majority party cut off debate and forced a vote on the bill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep apart from others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"desegregate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reintegrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog cut off the one sheep that had to be sheared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"seclude",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sequester"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuts ice":{
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Honestly, that jargon doesn't really cut any ice with me."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting":{
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bag full of grass cuttings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cutlet",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a frigid day with a cutting wind that made it seem even colder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"tingling",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stinging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cutting side of the sword blade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clawlike",
|
|
"daggerlike",
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stropped",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her cutting comments serve only one purpose: to make someone cry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"richening",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fruit juice was so cut with water that it was barely a fruit-flavored drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilizing",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"pasteurizing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"condensing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"tempering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snobbish lady cut anyone who didn't meet her standards of wealth and social standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
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"overlooking",
|
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"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"shrugging off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"stiff-arming",
|
|
"stiffing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to depart abruptly from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cut towards the goal, eluding a defender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewing",
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"about-facing",
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"straying",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"sheering",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"yawing",
|
|
"zagging",
|
|
"zigging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long mountain range virtually cuts that country in half"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
|
"decussating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"intersecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to attend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"showing up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a warning that she had been cutting too many classes without valid excuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"skipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whichever way you cut it, we won't be seeing any profits from the business for at least three years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerating",
|
|
"aggregating",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"synthesizing",
|
|
"unifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"diagnosing",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"assorting",
|
|
"cataloging",
|
|
"cataloguing",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"diagramming",
|
|
"diagraming",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"indexing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"schematizing",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"segmenting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"subdividing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"assaying",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"deconstructing",
|
|
"dissecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when you cut the pad, make it a little smaller than the carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skiving",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"lopping (off)",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I cut my hand on a piece of broken glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crosscutting",
|
|
"hacksawing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"sectioning",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"severing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"slitting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shorten the standing leafy plant cover of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to cut the lawn very soon\u2014before it becomes a jungle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"lopping",
|
|
"manicuring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"snipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting (out)":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now cut that out , or I'm turning this car around!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a few minutes of their brainless conversation I was ready to cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"reaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"emigrating",
|
|
"adjourning",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"buggering off",
|
|
"bugging off",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
|
"clearing off",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"peeling off",
|
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"pushing off",
|
|
"pushing on",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"running along",
|
|
"sallying (forth)",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"stepping (along)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"vamoosing",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine abruptly cut out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"malfunctioning",
|
|
"jamming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the place of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this ambitious new friend of hers seems to be cutting out people that she's known for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"preempting",
|
|
"usurping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"displanting",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"substituting",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting down":{
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to cut down that dying tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopping (down)",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"hewing",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting edge":{
|
|
"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his insistent tracking shots and rapid-fire pacing earned him a reputation as a cutting-edge filmmaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"trailblazing",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"avant",
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"state-of-the-art"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"old guard"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"avant-gardist",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"trailblazer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spearhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"front line",
|
|
"leading edge",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting edges":{
|
|
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishments",
|
|
"old guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"undergrounds",
|
|
"avant-gardists",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"trailblazers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avant-gardes",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spearheads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forefronts",
|
|
"front lines",
|
|
"leading edges",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting horse":{
|
|
"as in quarter horse , saddle horse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting in":{
|
|
"to cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stranger cut in with unsolicited advice on how we could fix our relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"horning in",
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"putting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutting-edge":{
|
|
"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his insistent tracking shots and rapid-fire pacing earned him a reputation as a cutting-edge filmmaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"trailblazing",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"avant",
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"state-of-the-art"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"establishment",
|
|
"old guard"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"avant-gardist",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"trailblazer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spearhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"front line",
|
|
"leading edge",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumber":{
|
|
"as in burden , load":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cutlass":{
|
|
"as in saber , rapier":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cursorily":{
|
|
"with excessive or careless speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cursorily glanced over the report before tossing it to one side"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"spontaneously",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"culminations":{
|
|
"the highest part or point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an acting performance that was seen as the culmination of a brilliant career on the stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apogees",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ne plus ultras",
|
|
"noons",
|
|
"noontimes",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"extremes",
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"highspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"feet",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customary":{
|
|
"accepted, used, or practiced by most people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the customary response to the greeting \"How are you?\" is \"Fine, thanks\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"ubiquitous",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"wonted",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"uncommon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonstandard",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unpopular",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the customary toasting of the bride and groom at their wedding reception"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"prescriptive",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"ancestral",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"untraditional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"customs":{
|
|
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"habitudes",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rituals",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"usages",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"deportments",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"jog trots",
|
|
"regimens",
|
|
"regimes",
|
|
"r\u00e9gimes",
|
|
"rotes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"ruts",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"traits",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"tics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"lores",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"lifestyles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curled up":{
|
|
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love to curl up in a big chair with a good book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"snugged",
|
|
"snuggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burrowed",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"huddled",
|
|
"hunched",
|
|
"hunkered (down)",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"squinched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curtailed":{
|
|
"as in shortened , abbreviated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make less in extent or duration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"curtailed the school day because of the stormy weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"elided",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"truncated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"recapitulated",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"summed up",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"subtracted (from)",
|
|
"tapered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"added",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cusswords":{
|
|
"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was reprimanded for teaching his little brother cusswords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"dirty words",
|
|
"expletives",
|
|
"four-letter words",
|
|
"obscenities",
|
|
"profanities",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"swearwords",
|
|
"vulgarisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bawdries",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"scurrilities",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"oaths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cumulations":{
|
|
"a mass or quantity that has piled up or that has been gathered over a period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cumulation of grime on the stove was really disgusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"cumuli",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"congeries",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"mixtures",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"backlogs",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curvy":{
|
|
"having a well-proportioned feminine figure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a curvy brunette with lots of male admirers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curvaceous",
|
|
"curvacious",
|
|
"pneumatic",
|
|
"shapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"callipygian",
|
|
"callipygous",
|
|
"well-turned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shapeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a perilously curvy stretch of a corniche along the Riviera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"custom":{
|
|
"a usual manner of behaving or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it is my custom to have half a bagel and coffee for breakfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"second nature",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"usage",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"jog trot",
|
|
"regime",
|
|
"r\u00e9gime",
|
|
"regimen",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"tic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an inherited or established way of thinking, feeling, or doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the custom around here is that the bride's family pays for the wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ethic",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"norm",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"inheritance",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"lore",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"transactions or economic support provided by customers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that restaurant certainly lost my custom after they were cited for health code violations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"patronage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marketplace",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"free trade",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"wholesaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"made or fitted to the needs or preferences of a specific customer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that business tycoon wears only custom suits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"custom-tailored",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"made-to-order",
|
|
"tailor-made",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"custom-built",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"made-to-measure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"ready-made"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cuttings":{
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bag full of grass cuttings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cutlets",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cur":{
|
|
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"denounced as curs those police officers who deserted their posts during the hurricane and its aftermath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastard",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"sissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"scaramouch",
|
|
"scaramouche"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"valiant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a cur would abandon friends in their time of need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cut loose":{
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Realizing that he could not afford to pay her, she cut him loose by calling off the bet."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"disembarrass",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"untangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unsnarl",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"untwine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroil",
|
|
"entangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"curative":{
|
|
"tending to cure disease or restore health":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some believe that the herb has curative properties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"officinal",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"therapeutic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"sanative",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"tonic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insalubrious",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unhealthful",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"unhygienic",
|
|
"unsanitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the best curative for her depression might be volunteer work at a local animal shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"corrective",
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"cure",
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"rectifier",
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"remedy",
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"therapeutic",
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"therapy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cure-all",
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"elixir",
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"panacea",
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"answer",
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"solution",
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"aid",
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"help",
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"relief",
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"succor",
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"balm",
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"medicinal",
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"medicine",
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"palliative"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
|
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"cutlasses":{
|
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"as in sabers , rapiers":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"broadswords",
|
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"rapiers",
|
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"sabers",
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"sabres",
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"scimitars",
|
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"smallswords",
|
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"blades",
|
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"brands",
|
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"steels",
|
|
"swords"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
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}
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} |