dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/en_mwt.json
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{
"enabled":{
"to give official or legal power to":{
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
],
"examples":[
"a law that would enable the authorities to inspect food preparation areas for health code violations"
],
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"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"related":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
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"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"empowered",
"invested",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"vested",
"warranted"
]
},
"to make able or possible":{
"antonyms":[
"prevented"
],
"examples":[
"my new glasses enable me to read the fine print"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"precluded",
"disallowed",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited"
],
"related":[
"fitted",
"fit",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"readied",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"conditioned",
"equipped"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"empowered",
"let",
"permitted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enacted":{
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"antonyms":[
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked"
],
"examples":[
"Congress enacts all laws relating to foreign trade and immigration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"invalidated",
"killed",
"nullified",
"overturned",
"reversed",
"voided"
],
"related":[
"reenacted",
"repassed",
"brought about",
"effected",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"decreed",
"dictated",
"proclaimed",
"administered",
"executed",
"approved",
"confirmed",
"ratified"
],
"synonyms":[
"constituted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"made",
"ordained",
"passed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enactment":{
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as a result of an enactment by Congress, this breathtaking canyon will be permanently protected from development"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"command",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"ruling",
"bylaw",
"ground rule",
"regulation",
"rule",
"amendment",
"legislation",
"common law",
"martial law",
"blue law",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"restriction",
"canon",
"capitulary",
"encyclical"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"bill",
"constitution",
"law",
"ordinance",
"statute"
]
},
"the doing of an action":{
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
],
"examples":[
"the enactment of the crime is suggested but never actually shown on screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"administration",
"direction",
"handling",
"management",
"application",
"operation",
"practice",
"practise"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"commission",
"discharge",
"execution",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"performance",
"perpetration",
"prosecution",
"pursuance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enamored":{
"as in infatuated , enraptured":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"encamping":{
"to live in a camp or the outdoors":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sleeping out",
"tenting",
"bedding (down)",
"backpacking",
"caravanning",
"caravaning"
],
"synonyms":[
"bivouacking",
"camping (out)"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
"related":[
"ensconcing",
"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"bestowing",
"billeting",
"bivouacking",
"boarding",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"putting up",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering",
"taking in"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encampment":{
"a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"canvas",
"canvass",
"tentage",
"colony",
"plantation",
"settlement",
"Hooverville",
"jungle",
"shantytown",
"concentration camp",
"prison camp",
"barracks",
"cantonment",
"installation",
"laager",
"leaguer",
"post"
],
"synonyms":[
"bivouac",
"camp",
"campground",
"campsite",
"hutment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"encampments":{
"a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a recreational area that will serve as this year's encampment for the Scouts' jamboree"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"tentages",
"colonies",
"plantations",
"settlements",
"Hoovervilles",
"jungles",
"shantytowns",
"concentration camps",
"prison camps",
"barracks",
"cantonments",
"installations",
"laagers",
"leaguers",
"posts"
],
"synonyms":[
"bivouacs",
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"campsites",
"hutments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"encapsulated":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"can you encapsulate the speech in about a paragraph?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"related":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapitulated",
"recapped",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encapsules":{
"as in ensheathes , enspheres":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encased":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fear of the outside world can encase a person just as surely as stone walls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"closeted",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enchant":{
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
"examples":[
"the child actress enchanted audiences with her bubbly personality"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"fascinate",
"kill",
"magnetize",
"wile",
"witch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disarm",
"draw",
"entice",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"arrest",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"beckon",
"court",
"invite",
"solicit",
"woo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgust",
"offend",
"repel",
"revolt",
"annoy",
"displease",
"irk",
"bore",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cast a spell on":{
"examples":[
"out of spite, the jealous queen enchanted her chief rival for the title of the fairest one of all"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitch",
"charm",
"ensorcell",
"ensorcel",
"hex",
"overlook",
"spell",
"strike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curse",
"jinx",
"possess",
"voodoo",
"attract",
"beguile",
"captivate",
"fascinate",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind",
"entice",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the tales about the young wizard have enchanted children around the globe"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"thrill",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"charm",
"absorb",
"engage",
"engross",
"involve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encircle":{
"to form a circle around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumscribe",
"close in",
"cordon (off)",
"fence (in)",
"hem (in)",
"wall",
"beset",
"besiege",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"invest",
"swarm"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"environ",
"gird",
"girdle",
"ring",
"surround",
"wreathe"
]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"communication satellites encircling the earth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumambulate",
"cross",
"perambulate",
"traverse"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"circuit",
"circumnavigate",
"circumvent",
"compass",
"girdle",
"orbit",
"ring",
"round"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encircling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"immediately after announcing their engagement, the couple was encircled by their applauding friends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumscribing",
"closing in",
"cordoning (off)",
"fencing (in)",
"hemming (in)",
"walling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"investing",
"swarming"
],
"synonyms":[
"circling",
"compassing",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"environing",
"girding",
"girdling",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"wreathing"
]
},
"to travel completely around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"communication satellites encircling the earth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumambulating",
"crossing",
"perambulating",
"traversing"
],
"synonyms":[
"circling",
"circuiting",
"circumnavigating",
"circumventing",
"compassing",
"girdling",
"orbiting",
"ringing",
"rounding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enclasp":{
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"reached around and enclasped all four children at once"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clamp",
"cling",
"cradle",
"grab",
"grip",
"hold",
"bosom",
"embosom",
"encircle",
"entwine",
"envelop",
"enwind",
"fold",
"lock",
"twine",
"wrap",
"cuddle",
"fondle",
"nestle",
"nuzzle",
"pat",
"pet",
"snuggle",
"stroke"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hug",
"clasp",
"crush",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"grasp",
"hug",
"strain"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enclasping":{
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
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"examples":[
"reached around and enclasped all four children at once"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clamping",
"clinging",
"cradling",
"grabbing",
"gripping",
"holding",
"bosoming",
"embosoming",
"encircling",
"entwining",
"enveloping",
"enwinding",
"folding",
"locking",
"twining",
"wrapping",
"cuddling",
"fondling",
"nestling",
"nuzzling",
"patting",
"petting",
"snuggling",
"stroking"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugging",
"clasping",
"crushing",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"straining"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encloses":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"dogs who spend the day enclosed in small cages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bounds",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enframes",
"enlaces",
"frames",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"armors",
"cocoons",
"encapsulates",
"encapsules",
"encysts",
"ensheathes",
"enspheres",
"enwombs"
],
"synonyms":[
"boxes (in)",
"cages",
"closets",
"coops (up)",
"corrals",
"encages",
"encases",
"envelops",
"fences (in)",
"hedges",
"hems (in)",
"houses",
"immures",
"includes",
"mews (up)",
"pens",
"walls (in)"
]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in a show of support, the women rushed to enclose their distraught friend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumscribes",
"closes in",
"cordons (off)",
"fences (in)",
"hems (in)",
"walls",
"besets",
"besieges",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"invests",
"swarms"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"compasses",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girds",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"wreathes"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the house was enclosed by a high hedge that shielded it from public view"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"related":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encomia":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the encomiums bestowed on a teacher at her retirement ceremonies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"indictments",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"admonitions",
"corrections",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"related":[
"awards",
"decorations",
"dedications",
"honors",
"prizes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"laudations",
"applauses",
"plaudits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hallelujahs",
"kudos",
"approvals",
"cachets",
"compliments",
"recommendations"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"dithyrambs",
"eulogia",
"eulogiums",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"hymns",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"encompass":{
"to form a circle around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a necklace of sapphire-blue lakes encompasses the town"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumscribe",
"close in",
"cordon (off)",
"fence (in)",
"hem (in)",
"wall",
"beset",
"besiege",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"invest",
"swarm"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"environ",
"gird",
"girdle",
"ring",
"surround",
"wreathe"
]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
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"exclude",
"leave (out)",
"miss out",
"omit"
],
"examples":[
"textbooks on American history are now likely to encompass its social history as well as its political and military history"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"eliminate",
"except",
"rule out",
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"related":[
"comprise",
"consist (of)",
"bracket",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"admit",
"receive",
"compose",
"constitute",
"form",
"make",
"assimilate",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
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"carry",
"comprehend",
"contain",
"embrace",
"entail",
"include",
"involve",
"number",
"subsume",
"take in"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a fog of mystery has long encompassed this fraternal organization, which is known for its secret rituals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"related":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encountered":{
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"quite unexpectedly encountered our next-door neighbor while vacationing in Europe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook",
"shunned"
],
"related":[
"accosted",
"confronted",
"faced",
"greeted",
"saluted",
"collided (with)",
"crashed (into)",
"crisscrossed",
"crossed",
"passed",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (upon)",
"lighted (upon)",
"tumbled (to)",
"reencountered",
"re-encountered",
"remet"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught",
"chanced (upon)",
"happened (upon)",
"met",
"stumbled (upon)"
]
},
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
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"examples":[
"we encountered a host of unforeseen problems during the restoration of our 200-year-old house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lucked (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronted",
"faced",
"discovered",
"struck",
"turned up"
],
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"chanced (upon)",
"found",
"happened (on or upon)",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (on or upon)",
"lighted (on or upon)",
"met",
"pitched (upon)",
"stumbled (on or onto)",
"tumbled (upon)"
]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the troops encountered bands of guerrilla fighters as they made their way across the desert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"retreated"
],
"related":[
"emulated",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"contended",
"fought",
"opposed"
],
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"battled",
"engaged",
"faced",
"met",
"took on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encourage":{
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"daunt",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"examples":[
"a pep talk that encouraged the team to get out there and win"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralize",
"depress",
"sadden",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"hamstring",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"intimidate",
"psych (out)"
],
"related":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"assure",
"reassure",
"boost",
"energize",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"rally",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear up",
"buck up",
"buoy (up)",
"cheer (up)",
"chirk (up)",
"embolden",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"inspirit",
"steel"
]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
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"discourage",
"frustrate",
"hinder",
"inhibit"
],
"examples":[
"asserted that the government should be encouraging small businesses, not smothering them with regulations"
],
"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)"
],
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"advance",
"cultivate",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"incubate",
"nourish",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"promote"
]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
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"examples":[
"the movie's cheap special effects will not encourage audiences to sit on the edge of their seats but to roll in the aisles with laughter"
],
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"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
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"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"rev (up)",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir"
]
},
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
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"examples":[
"the pastor continues to encourage the couple to work out their problems in hopes of saving their marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"brake",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"hold back",
"inhibit",
"restrain"
],
"related":[
"drive",
"propel",
"spur",
"stimulate",
"hurry",
"hustle",
"push",
"rush",
"adjure",
"beseech",
"implore",
"importune",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"soft-soap",
"wheedle",
"high-pressure",
"nag",
"needle",
"pressure",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"egg (on)",
"exhort",
"goad",
"nudge",
"press",
"prod",
"prompt",
"urge"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encourages":{
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
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"daunts",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"examples":[
"a pep talk that encouraged the team to get out there and win"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"depresses",
"saddens",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"hamstrings",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"intimidates",
"psychs (out)"
],
"related":[
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"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"assures",
"reassures",
"boosts",
"energizes",
"excites",
"galvanizes",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"rallies",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears up",
"bucks up",
"buoys (up)",
"cheers (up)",
"chirks (up)",
"emboldens",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"inspirits",
"steels"
]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
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"discourages",
"frustrates",
"hinders",
"inhibits"
],
"examples":[
"asserted that the government should be encouraging small businesses, not smothering them with regulations"
],
"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",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"publicizes",
"touts",
"agitates (for)",
"campaigns (for)",
"works (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"cultivates",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"incubates",
"nourishes",
"nurses",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
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"examples":[
"the movie's cheap special effects will not encourage audiences to sit on the edge of their seats but to roll in the aisles with laughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"soothes",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates"
],
"related":[
"fans",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"triggers",
"activates",
"animates",
"drives",
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"induces",
"inspires",
"keys (up)",
"motivates",
"motives",
"pumps up",
"quickens",
"sets off",
"vitalizes",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"raises",
"whips (up)",
"angers",
"enrages",
"maddens",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"taunts",
"teases",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouses",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"impassions",
"incites",
"instigates",
"moves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"revs (up)",
"sparks",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
]
},
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
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"examples":[
"the pastor continues to encourage the couple to work out their problems in hopes of saving their marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"holds back",
"inhibits",
"restrains"
],
"related":[
"drives",
"propels",
"spurs",
"stimulates",
"hurries",
"hustles",
"pushes",
"rushes",
"adjures",
"beseeches",
"implores",
"importunes",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"soft-soaps",
"wheedles",
"high-pressures",
"nags",
"needles",
"pressures",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"eggs (on)",
"exhorts",
"goads",
"nudges",
"presses",
"prods",
"prompts",
"urges"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encouraging":{
"having qualities which inspire hope":{
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desperate",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"downbeat",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"pessimistic",
"unencouraging",
"unlikely",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
],
"examples":[
"encouraging signs that the economy is improving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"bearish",
"grim",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"funereal",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"miserable",
"wretched"
],
"related":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"soothing",
"assured",
"confident",
"decisive",
"doubtless",
"positive",
"sure",
"unhesitating",
"beamish",
"bullish",
"eupeptic",
"favorable",
"good"
],
"synonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"likely",
"optimistic",
"promising",
"propitious",
"rose-colored",
"roseate",
"rosy",
"upbeat"
]
},
"making one feel good inside":{
"antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"examples":[
"the encouraging story of a young girl who overcame great social and physical obstacles to become an outstanding athlete"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerless",
"disappointing",
"disgruntling",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"saddening",
"discomforting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting",
"cold",
"unfeeling",
"unfriendly",
"unkind",
"unloving",
"unpleasant"
],
"related":[
"affecting",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"edifying",
"elevating",
"uplifting",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"kind",
"kindly",
"loving",
"warm",
"animating",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"thrilling",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"welcoming"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"fulfilling",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"heartening",
"heartwarming",
"rewarding",
"satisfying"
]
},
"pointing toward a happy outcome":{
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious"
],
"examples":[
"we're off to an encouraging start on this project"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unfortunate",
"unhappy",
"unlucky",
"calamitous",
"catastrophic",
"disastrous",
"fatal",
"ruinous",
"baleful",
"dark",
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"gloomy",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"related":[
"fortunate",
"fortuitous",
"happy",
"lucky",
"providential",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"profitable",
"prosperous",
"salutary"
],
"synonyms":[
"auspicious",
"bright",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"examples":[
"a pep talk that encouraged the team to get out there and win"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"hamstringing",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)"
],
"related":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing up",
"bucking up",
"buoying (up)",
"cheering (up)",
"chirking (up)",
"emboldening",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"steeling"
]
},
"to help the growth or development of":{
"antonyms":[
"discouraging",
"frustrating",
"hindering",
"inhibiting"
],
"examples":[
"asserted that the government should be encouraging small businesses, not smothering them with regulations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repressing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"halting",
"retarding",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hobbling",
"impeding",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling"
],
"related":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"publicizing",
"touting",
"agitating (for)",
"campaigning (for)",
"working (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"incubating",
"nourishing",
"nursing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the movie's cheap special effects will not encourage audiences to sit on the edge of their seats but to roll in the aisles with laughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
"related":[
"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"pumping up",
"quickening",
"setting off",
"vitalizing",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"synonyms":[
"arousing",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"impassioning",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"revving (up)",
"sparking",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
]
},
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pastor continues to encourage the couple to work out their problems in hopes of saving their marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"braking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding back",
"inhibiting",
"restraining"
],
"related":[
"driving",
"propelling",
"spurring",
"stimulating",
"hurrying",
"hustling",
"pushing",
"rushing",
"adjuring",
"beseeching",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"soft-soaping",
"wheedling",
"high-pressuring",
"nagging",
"needling",
"pressuring",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"egging (on)",
"exhorting",
"goading",
"nudging",
"pressing",
"prodding",
"prompting",
"urging"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"encroached":{
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"snaked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"impinged",
"infringed",
"intruded",
"invaded",
"overpassed",
"overran",
"overreached",
"overshot",
"overstepped"
],
"synonyms":[
"crept",
"inched",
"wormed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encroaching":{
"to advance gradually beyond the usual or desirable limits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"each year the sea continues to encroach upon the island's beaches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"snaking",
"sneaking",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"impinging",
"infringing",
"intruding",
"invading",
"overpassing",
"overreaching",
"overrunning",
"overshooting",
"overstepping"
],
"synonyms":[
"creeping",
"inching",
"worming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endamaging":{
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
"antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
],
"examples":[
"a thoughtless indiscretion that endamaged a reputation that took a lifetime to build"
],
"near antonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"rectifying",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying",
"editing",
"remodeling",
"revising",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"refining"
],
"related":[
"deteriorating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
"blighting",
"tarnishing",
"denting",
"dinging",
"dinting",
"botching",
"gumming (up)",
"queering",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"annihilating",
"banging up",
"bashing",
"battering",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"dashing",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wrecking"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishing",
"bloodying",
"breaking",
"compromising",
"crabbing",
"crippling",
"crossing (up)",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"vitiating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endangerments":{
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
"antonyms":[
"safeness",
"safety",
"secureness",
"security"
],
"examples":[
"I didn't think I would be subject to any endangerment if I simply dangled my legs over the rock ledge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preservation",
"salvation",
"defense",
"protection",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"inviolability",
"invulnerability"
],
"related":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"vulnerability",
"precariousness",
"threat",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"synonyms":[
"danger",
"distress",
"harm's way",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
]
},
"to place in danger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protect",
"shelter",
"shield",
"preserve",
"resume",
"save"
],
"related":[
"intimidate",
"threaten",
"expose",
"subject",
"chance",
"wager"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endear":{
"to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)":{
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"examples":[
"They endeared themselves to the whole town."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endearment":{
"as in enticement , beguilement":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endears":{
"to cause (someone) to be loved or admired by (someone or something)":{
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"examples":[
"They endeared themselves to the whole town."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endears (to)":{
"as in ingratiates":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endeavor":{
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hope that this latest endeavor will yield much information about the atmosphere of the planet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"striving",
"struggle",
"throes",
"undertaking",
"trial and error"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"bash",
"bid",
"crack",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"offer",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack",
"whirl"
]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
]
},
"to make an effort to do":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drop",
"give up",
"quit"
],
"related":[
"fight",
"strain",
"struggle",
"toil",
"trouble",
"work",
"aim",
"aspire",
"hope",
"assume",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"synonyms":[
"assay",
"attempt",
"essay",
"seek",
"strive",
"try"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endeavors":{
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hope that this latest endeavor will yield much information about the atmosphere of the planet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"strivings",
"struggles",
"throes",
"undertakings",
"trial and errors"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"attempts",
"bashes",
"bids",
"cracks",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"offers",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks",
"whirls"
]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks",
"eases (up)",
"lets up",
"slackens",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"footles",
"goldbricks",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"shirks",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"dabbles",
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"related":[
"applies (oneself)",
"buckles (down)",
"digs in",
"hammers (away)",
"knuckles down",
"pitches in",
"attacks",
"drives",
"essays",
"tries",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"overexerts",
"overworks",
"ekes out",
"grinds (out)",
"puts out",
"scrabbles",
"scratches",
"trudges",
"wades"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs away",
"beavers (away)",
"digs (away)",
"drudges",
"fags",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"tugs",
"works"
]
},
"to make an effort to do":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops",
"gives up",
"quits"
],
"related":[
"fights",
"strains",
"struggles",
"toils",
"troubles",
"works",
"aims",
"aspires",
"hopes",
"assumes",
"takes up",
"undertakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"assays",
"attempts",
"essays",
"seeks",
"strives",
"tries"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ending":{
"as in passing , closing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the last part of a process or action":{
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
],
"examples":[
"the plagiarism scandal was a disgraceful ending to a once-promising academic career"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"related":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
],
"examples":[
"the best part about any dental procedure is its ending"
],
"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",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
]
},
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"inaugurating",
"opening",
"starting"
],
"examples":[
"let's end the meeting with a short prayer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"climaxing",
"crowning",
"consummating",
"perfecting",
"halting",
"stopping",
"suspending"
],
"synonyms":[
"closing",
"closing out",
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, an argument ended their date, and they're still not speaking to each other"
],
"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",
"cutting out",
"desisting (from)",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"giving over",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"leaving off",
"packing (up or in)",
"quitting",
"shutting off",
"stopping"
]
},
"to come to an end":{
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"hanging on",
"persisting"
],
"examples":[
"a book so good that you hate to see it end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing out",
"extending",
"prolonging",
"protracting"
],
"related":[
"desisting (from)",
"laying off (of)",
"refraining (from)",
"giving over",
"knocking off",
"packing (up or in)",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"cutting out",
"stalling",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abating",
"petering (out)",
"winding down"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"dead-ending",
"determining",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"elapsing",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"going",
"halting",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"letting up",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"winking (out)"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
],
"examples":[
"a great general, who ended on the field of battle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"related":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"popping off",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endless":{
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
"antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"finite",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"examples":[
"from the promontory visitors can look out over an endless sea"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fathomable",
"measurable",
"depthless",
"shallow",
"superficial"
],
"related":[
"abysmal",
"countless",
"incalculable",
"incomputable",
"inestimable",
"innumerable",
"unmeasured",
"exhaustless",
"inexhaustible",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"immense",
"vast"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottomless",
"boundless",
"fathomless",
"horizonless",
"illimitable",
"immeasurable",
"immensurable",
"indefinite",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"measureless",
"unbounded",
"unfathomable",
"unlimited"
]
},
"lasting forever":{
"antonyms":[
"impermanent",
"mortal",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"examples":[
"the endless roar is what I remember most about Niagara Falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ephemeral",
"evanescent",
"fleeting",
"fugacious",
"fugitive",
"momentary",
"passing",
"short-lived",
"transitory",
"interim",
"provisional",
"short-term"
],
"related":[
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"persistent",
"stubborn",
"imperishable",
"indefeasible",
"indefectible",
"indelible",
"indestructible",
"indissoluble",
"inexpungible",
"timeless",
"abiding",
"stable",
"standing",
"steadfast",
"steady",
"unfailing",
"unfaltering",
"continual",
"continuing",
"continuous",
"incessant",
"unbroken",
"unceasing",
"uninterrupted",
"unremitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceaseless",
"dateless",
"deathless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"permanent",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unending"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"endorsees":{
"as in choices , picks":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endorsement":{
"a person's name written in their own handwriting on the back of a check":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The bank teller politely reminded me that the check needed my endorsement ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"an indication that someone or something is favorable, acceptable, or satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"An endorsement from a star athlete made the sneaker brand more popular than ever before."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endue":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"professional soldiers endued with an ironclad sense of duty and honor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"divest",
"strip",
"clear",
"empty",
"eliminate",
"remove",
"take (away)"
],
"related":[
"animate",
"charge",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"leaven",
"implant",
"instill",
"plant",
"impregnate",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"saturate",
"deluge",
"drown",
"fill",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"submerge"
],
"synonyms":[
"imbue",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
]
},
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's always been endued with an unquenchable optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip",
"deplete",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"related":[
"equip",
"provide",
"supply",
"bestow (on or upon)",
"clothe",
"confer (on)",
"cover",
"accord",
"award",
"grant",
"empower",
"enable",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"heighten",
"bequeath",
"will"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"endow",
"favor",
"gift",
"invest"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enduring":{
"having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"science fiction's enduring fascination with worlds beyond our own"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"obsolete",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"related":[
"ceaseless",
"endless",
"permanent",
"changeless",
"constant",
"stable",
"stationary",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"unvarying"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"ageless",
"continuing",
"dateless",
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"ongoing",
"perennial",
"perpetual",
"timeless",
"undying"
]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"assimilating",
"digesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"having",
"knowing",
"passing",
"seeing",
"suffering",
"sustaining",
"tasting",
"undergoing",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at some point we all have to endure the loss of a beloved pet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"related":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
]
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"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
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"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
],
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"the fashion business is built on change, since nobody expects a particular clothing style to endure"
],
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"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"related":[
"lingering",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"carrying through",
"prevailing",
"surviving"
],
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"biding",
"continuing",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill"
],
"examples":[
"a teacher who knows how to energize history lessons with little-known but interesting facts about long-ago people"
],
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"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"harass",
"kayo",
"knock out",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"wash out",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"jade",
"quell",
"quench",
"repress",
"restrain",
"slow",
"still",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"related":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"raise",
"rouse",
"stir",
"wake (up)",
"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"motivate",
"motive",
"move",
"propel",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"enkindle",
"excite",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"set off",
"spark",
"trigger",
"turn on",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"infuse",
"inspire",
"lift",
"rally",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"reinvigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"restimulate",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"enliven",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"spike",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in enervated , enfeebled":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
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"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
],
"examples":[
"a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul"
],
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"arouse",
"rouse",
"stir",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"excite",
"ferment",
"fire",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"spark",
"trigger",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"lift",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"related":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"geld",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
],
"examples":[
"the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energize",
"invigorate",
"recruit",
"rejuvenate",
"vitalize",
"harden",
"season",
"toughen"
],
"related":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"deplete",
"depress",
"exhaust",
"impoverish",
"unman",
"wash out",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"invalid",
"lay up",
"break down",
"grind (down)",
"wear down",
"wear out",
"paralyze"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enfeeble",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enervated":{
"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
"antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"animated",
"energetic",
"enterprising",
"motivated"
],
"examples":[
"as the heat wave wore on, everyone really started to feel enervated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"dynamic",
"industrious",
"kinetic",
"avid",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"lively",
"pumped",
"vivacious",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"perky",
"up",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"dapper",
"open-eyed",
"sleepless",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"related":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"slothful",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"logy",
"loggy",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"tired",
"weary",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"unwary",
"inactive",
"inert"
],
"synonyms":[
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless"
]
},
"lacking bodily strength":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"months of recovery in the hospital had rendered the soldiers enervated and unfit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"antonyms":[
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified"
],
"examples":[
"a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"roused",
"stirred",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fired",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"related":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"wore",
"wore out",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"devitalized",
"gelded",
"lobotomized",
"petrified"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"antonyms":[
"beefed (up)",
"fortified",
"strengthened"
],
"examples":[
"the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energized",
"invigorated",
"recruited",
"rejuvenated",
"vitalized",
"hardened",
"seasoned",
"toughened"
],
"related":[
"crippled",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"incapacitated",
"depleted",
"depressed",
"exhausted",
"impoverished",
"unmanned",
"washed out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"invalided",
"laid up",
"broke down",
"ground (down)",
"wore down",
"wore out",
"paralyzed"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"devitalized",
"enfeebled",
"etiolated",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"wasted",
"weakened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enervating":{
"as in exhausting , fatiguing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"antonyms":[
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying"
],
"examples":[
"a lifetime of working in dreary jobs had enervated his very soul"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"firing",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"related":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"devitalizing",
"gelding",
"lobotomizing",
"petrifying"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"antonyms":[
"beefing (up)",
"fortifying",
"strengthening"
],
"examples":[
"the surgery really enervated me for weeks afterwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"recruiting",
"rejuvenating",
"vitalizing",
"hardening",
"seasoning",
"toughening"
],
"related":[
"crippling",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"incapacitating",
"depleting",
"depressing",
"exhausting",
"impoverishing",
"unmanning",
"washing out",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"invaliding",
"laying up",
"breaking down",
"grinding (down)",
"wearing down",
"wearing out",
"paralyzing"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"devitalizing",
"enfeebling",
"etiolating",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"wasting",
"weakening"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enfeeble":{
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
],
"examples":[
"long periods of being confined to a hospital bed will enfeeble anyone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energize",
"invigorate",
"recruit",
"rejuvenate",
"vitalize",
"harden",
"season",
"toughen"
],
"related":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"deplete",
"depress",
"exhaust",
"impoverish",
"unman",
"wash out",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"invalid",
"lay up",
"break down",
"grind (down)",
"wear down",
"wear out",
"paralyze"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enfettering":{
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"unfettering",
"unshackling"
],
"examples":[
"enfettered by debt, she was in no position to take early retirement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"detaching",
"disengaging"
],
"related":[
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"ironing",
"lashing",
"securing",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"joining",
"linking",
"confining",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"entangling",
"tangling"
],
"synonyms":[
"binding",
"chaining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"gyving",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"pinioning",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enflaming":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing"
],
"examples":[
"the newspaper editorial inflamed her enough to inspire her to dash off a letter to the editor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"soothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"calming",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"settling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"enchanting"
],
"related":[
"affronting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"burning (up)",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"getting",
"huffing",
"irritating",
"miffing",
"nettling",
"offending",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming"
],
"synonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"madding",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"ticking off"
]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"antonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"examples":[
"a carelessly tossed cigarette inflamed the papers in the trash can"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choking",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"stamping (out)",
"blackening",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring"
],
"related":[
"immolating",
"deflagrating",
"charring",
"frizzling",
"scorching",
"baking",
"broiling",
"cooking",
"ashing",
"cremating",
"incinerating",
"kilning",
"setting off",
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"radiating",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"searing",
"reigniting",
"rekindling",
"relighting",
"banking",
"stoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"burning",
"enkindling",
"firing",
"igniting",
"kindling",
"lighting",
"torching"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enfolds":{
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the winner enfolded the huge bouquet of roses in her arms and thanked the judges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clamps",
"clings",
"cradles",
"grabs",
"grips",
"holds",
"bosoms",
"embosoms",
"encircles",
"entwines",
"envelops",
"enwinds",
"folds",
"locks",
"twines",
"wraps",
"cuddles",
"fondles",
"nestles",
"nuzzles",
"pats",
"pets",
"snuggles",
"strokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugs",
"clasps",
"crushes",
"embraces",
"enclasps",
"grasps",
"hugs",
"strains"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"darkness began to enfold the lonely house on the hill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"related":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enforce":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the duty of the police is to enforce the law"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"related":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"discharge",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"render",
"cite",
"invoke",
"enact",
"legislate",
"honor",
"observe",
"uphold",
"prosecute",
"promulgate"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"apply",
"execute",
"implement"
]
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"verb"
]
},
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"the duty of the police is to enforce the law"
],
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"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"related":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"discharging",
"fulfilling",
"rendering",
"citing",
"invoking",
"enacting",
"legislating",
"honoring",
"observing",
"upholding",
"prosecuting",
"promulgating"
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"applying",
"executing",
"implementing"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
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"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
],
"examples":[
"in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time"
],
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"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"related":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in empowered":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
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"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"restrained"
],
"examples":[
"in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time"
],
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"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"committed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"locked (up)",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"related":[
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"paroled",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disembarrassed",
"disencumbered",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"unshackled"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharged",
"disenthralled",
"disenthraled",
"emancipated",
"enlarged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enfranchising":{
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
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"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"restraining"
],
"examples":[
"in a way, modern labor-saving appliances enfranchised people, giving them much more leisure time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"committing",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"locking (up)",
"conquering",
"enslaving",
"subduing",
"subjugating"
],
"related":[
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"paroling",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"disembarrassing",
"disencumbering",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"unshackling"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharging",
"disenthralling",
"disenthraling",
"emancipating",
"enlarging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"engage":{
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
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"examples":[
"the daring young captain was eager to engage the enemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"retreat"
],
"related":[
"emulate",
"rival",
"contend",
"fight",
"oppose"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"encounter",
"face",
"meet",
"take on"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the challenging jigsaw puzzle engaged us all evening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary"
],
"related":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"obsess",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"distract",
"preoccupy",
"hog",
"monopolize"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"bemuse",
"busy",
"catch up",
"engross",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"enwrap",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"immerse",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involve",
"occupy"
]
},
"to obligate by prior agreement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we can't go to the dance because we're already engaged to attend a piano recital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"renege"
],
"related":[
"affiance",
"betroth",
"plight",
"promise",
"swear",
"vow",
"contract",
"enlist",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"sign on",
"sign up",
"overcommit"
],
"synonyms":[
"commit",
"mortgage",
"pledge",
"troth"
]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
],
"examples":[
"the wealthy couple are looking to engage a handyman to take care of the estate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"related":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"employ",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my sister and her boyfriend have engaged a chauffeured limousine for the prom"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sublease",
"sublet",
"check out",
"arrange (for)",
"bespeak",
"book",
"contract (for)",
"order",
"reserve",
"sign up (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"charter",
"hire",
"lease",
"rent"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"engagement":{
"an agreement to be present at a specified time and place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a lifelong practice of marking all of my engagements on a weekly calendar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"arrangement",
"invitation",
"interview",
"get-together",
"meeting",
"call",
"visit",
"schedule"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointment",
"assignation",
"date",
"rendezvous",
"tryst"
]
},
"the act or state of being engaged to be married":{
"antonyms":[
"disengagement"
],
"examples":[
"the fun couple recently announced their engagement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"betrothal",
"espousal",
"troth"
]
},
"the state of being provided with a paying job":{
"antonyms":[
"joblessness",
"nonemployment",
"unemployment"
],
"examples":[
"his engagement as a caddie at the golf club was his first work experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boot",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"firing",
"removal",
"sack",
"severance",
"demotion",
"suspension",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"leave",
"liberty",
"retirement"
],
"related":[
"appointment",
"assignment",
"conscription",
"enlistment",
"recruitment",
"incumbency",
"tenure",
"occupation",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"employ",
"employment",
"hire"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"engenders":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a suggestion to go out for pizza that didn't seem to engender any interest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"extinguishes",
"liquidates",
"quenches"
],
"related":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"catalyzes",
"causes",
"creates",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"generates",
"induces",
"invokes",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"results (in)",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
]
},
"to come into existence":{
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"ends",
"stops"
],
"examples":[
"feelings of confidence and independence that were only just beginning to engender within her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concludes",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"finishes",
"halts",
"quits",
"terminates",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evaporates",
"vanishes",
"departs",
"dies",
"expires",
"passes away",
"perishes"
],
"related":[
"breathes",
"exists",
"is",
"lives",
"subsists",
"arrives",
"comes on",
"emerges",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"shapes (up)",
"continues",
"endures",
"lasts",
"persists",
"survives"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"appears",
"arises",
"begins",
"breaks",
"commences",
"dawns",
"forms",
"materializes",
"originates",
"sets in",
"springs",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"engineer":{
"a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the engineer of a movement to eradicate hunger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"captain",
"commander",
"director",
"handler",
"leader",
"manager",
"quarterback",
"contriver",
"designer",
"formulator",
"originator",
"spawner",
"arranger",
"hatcher",
"organizer",
"planner",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"finagler",
"machinator",
"maneuverer",
"developer",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"inspirer",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"pioneer"
],
"synonyms":[
"architect",
"mastermind"
]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mayor engineered an agreement to have a major league team play in our city"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gum (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff"
],
"related":[
"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"angle (for)",
"compass",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"connive",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"hatch",
"captain",
"command",
"conduct",
"direct",
"handle",
"manage",
"quarterback",
"run",
"gerrymander"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrive",
"finagle",
"finesse",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"engirdle":{
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"antonyms":[
"ungird",
"unwrap"
],
"examples":[
"the cloud- engirdled peaks of the Andes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbind",
"unlash",
"unshackle",
"untie",
"unwind"
],
"related":[
"tie up",
"truss",
"circle",
"enwreathe",
"loop",
"wind",
"wreathe",
"bandage",
"enswathe",
"swathe",
"chain",
"cord",
"enchain",
"lash",
"rope",
"shackle",
"tape",
"wire"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"begird",
"belt",
"engird",
"enwind",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"engraved":{
"to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"engraved the birth and death dates on the tombstone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carved",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"sculpted",
"sculptured",
"chased",
"grooved",
"indented",
"notched",
"scored",
"traced",
"affixed",
"impressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"etched",
"graved",
"incised",
"inscribed",
"insculped"
]
},
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a scar that forever engraved the killer's face in the witness's mind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blotted out",
"erased",
"expunged",
"obliterated"
],
"related":[
"enrooted",
"imbued",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"instilled",
"fixed",
"set",
"stamped"
],
"synonyms":[
"branded",
"etched",
"impressed",
"imprinted",
"infixed",
"ingrained",
"engrained"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"engulf":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"antonyms":[
"drain"
],
"examples":[
"high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch"
],
"related":[
"avalanche",
"smother",
"overcome",
"overrun",
"flow",
"flush",
"gush",
"pour",
"sluice",
"spout",
"spurt",
"stream",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"wet"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"flood",
"gulf",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse",
"swamp"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"engulfs":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"antonyms":[
"drains"
],
"examples":[
"high waves from the hurricane engulfed large areas of the coastal community"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
"related":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"floods",
"gulfs",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"submerses",
"swamps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enhance":{
"to make better":{
"antonyms":[
"worsen"
],
"examples":[
"some shrubbery would really enhance the curb appeal of that house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"endamage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"spoil",
"tarnish",
"vitiate",
"blemish",
"blight",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"flaw",
"mar",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce"
],
"related":[
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"reform",
"remediate",
"remedy",
"edit",
"fine-tune",
"redraft",
"refurbish",
"rehab",
"rehabilitate",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"fortify",
"intensify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"fine",
"hone",
"polish",
"retouch",
"touch up"
],
"synonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enrich",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"refine",
"upgrade"
]
},
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"moderate"
],
"examples":[
"the right makeup would enhance the beauty of her eyes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten"
],
"related":[
"broaden",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"accelerate",
"hasten",
"quicken",
"emphasize",
"point (up)",
"sharpen",
"stress",
"augment",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"restrengthen",
"supplement",
"maximize",
"enliven",
"jazz (up)",
"aggravate",
"exacerbate"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuate",
"amp (up)",
"amplify",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen"
]
},
"to make more desirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"leather seats and a state-of-the-art stereo system enhance the sedan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ameliorate",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"embellish",
"soup up",
"trick",
"cosmeticize",
"doll up",
"spruce"
],
"synonyms":[
"candy",
"dress up",
"sweeten"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enjoined":{
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"related":[
"asked",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"requested",
"wanted",
"cried (for)",
"necessitated",
"needed",
"required",
"took",
"warranted",
"requisitioned",
"imposed",
"badgered",
"dunned",
"harassed",
"hounded"
],
"synonyms":[
"called (for)",
"claimed",
"clamored (for)",
"commanded",
"demanded",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"pressed (for)",
"quested",
"stipulated (for)"
]
},
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
"antonyms":[
"minded",
"obeyed"
],
"examples":[
"undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complied (with)",
"followed",
"kept",
"observed"
],
"related":[
"asked",
"petitioned",
"requested",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"entreated",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"warned",
"appointed",
"assigned",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"led",
"managed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjured",
"bade",
"bid",
"bossed (around)",
"charged",
"commanded",
"directed",
"instructed",
"ordered",
"told"
]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"suffered"
],
"examples":[
"Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"warranted",
"abetted",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"supported",
"bade",
"bid",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated"
],
"related":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"halted",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"embargoed",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"debarred",
"deprived",
"disallowed",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"vetoed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"synonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enjoying":{
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"antonyms":[
"lacking",
"wanting"
],
"examples":[
"a country where the people enjoy the highest living standards in the world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"ceding",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"needing",
"requiring"
],
"related":[
"keeping",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"boasting",
"showing off",
"sporting"
],
"synonyms":[
"commanding",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"retaining"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"TV and DVDs are OK, but we still enjoy seeing movies on the big screen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"related":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enjoyments":{
"the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal":{
"antonyms":[
"nonpossession"
],
"examples":[
"a scenic walkway along the ocean shore that is intended for the enjoyment of all"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"surrendering",
"transferal"
],
"related":[
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power",
"repossession",
"retention",
"claiming",
"collaring",
"commandeering",
"confiscation",
"procurement"
],
"synonyms":[
"control",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession"
]
},
"the feeling experienced when one's wishes are met":{
"antonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontentedness",
"discontentment",
"displeasure",
"dissatisfaction",
"unhappiness"
],
"examples":[
"this new video game should provide countless hours of enjoyment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misery",
"sadness",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness",
"anguish",
"desolation",
"joylessness",
"sorrow",
"woe",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"gloom",
"melancholy",
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"pique",
"vexation",
"anger",
"fury",
"rage",
"agitation",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"discomfort",
"restlessness",
"uneasiness"
],
"related":[
"afterglow",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"joy",
"pleasance",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"exhilaration",
"exultation",
"intoxication",
"ecstasy",
"euphoria",
"heaven",
"rapture",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"exuberance",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jollity",
"joyfulness",
"jubilation",
"joie de vivre",
"comfort",
"ease",
"restfulness"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"delectation",
"delight",
"gladness",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure",
"relish",
"satisfaction"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enkindled":{
"to set (something) on fire":{
"antonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"examples":[
"see if you can enkindle some paper in the fireplace while I look for logs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"smothered",
"suffocated",
"stamped (out)",
"blackened",
"darkened",
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured"
],
"related":[
"immolated",
"deflagrated",
"charred",
"frizzled",
"scorched",
"baked",
"broiled",
"cooked",
"ashed",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"kilned",
"set off",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"radiated",
"scalded",
"scathed",
"seared",
"reignited",
"rekindled",
"relit",
"relighted",
"banked",
"stoked"
],
"synonyms":[
"burned",
"burnt",
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"torched"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enlaced":{
"to cause to twine about one another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enlaced the strips of leather to create a decorative headband"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"uncoiled",
"untangled",
"untwined",
"unwound"
],
"related":[
"braided",
"plaited",
"platted",
"pleached",
"blended",
"blent",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"mixed"
],
"synonyms":[
"entwined",
"implicated",
"interlaced",
"intertwined",
"intertwisted",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"inwove",
"inweaved",
"laced",
"plied",
"twisted",
"wove",
"weaved",
"wreathed",
"writhed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enlarges":{
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
],
"examples":[
"as the number of people with cell phones enlarges , more transmission towers will have to be built"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"surges",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
],
"examples":[
"with a new member of the family on the way, maybe we should consider enlarging the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"related":[
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects",
"follows up",
"parlays"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups"
]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains"
],
"examples":[
"like a wild animal enlarged from a leghold trap, the freed prisoner raced about"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"related":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"paroles",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enlightening":{
"providing useful information or knowledge":{
"antonyms":[
"unenlightening",
"unilluminating",
"uninformative",
"uninstructive"
],
"examples":[
"an enlightening pamphlet about the major changes that consumers can expect from their cable and Internet service providers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"unhelpful",
"unusable",
"useless"
],
"related":[
"comprehensive",
"copious",
"detailed",
"full",
"communicatory",
"edifying",
"elucidative",
"explanatory",
"chatty",
"gossipy",
"newsy",
"availing",
"beneficial",
"constructive",
"helpful",
"profitable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"worthwhile"
],
"synonyms":[
"educational",
"educative",
"illuminating",
"informational",
"informative",
"informatory",
"instructional",
"instructive"
]
},
"to give information to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the lecturer at the planetarium enlightened us about the latest astronomical discoveries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
"related":[
"advertising",
"alerting",
"notifying",
"announcing (to)",
"disclosing (to)",
"assuring",
"certifying",
"convincing",
"reassuring",
"warranting",
"educating",
"lecturing",
"schooling",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning",
"undeceiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"catching up",
"clearing",
"clueing (in)",
"cluing (in)",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"hipping",
"informing",
"instructing",
"telling",
"versing",
"wising (up)"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"many people around the world have been enlightened by the teachings of Gautama Buddha"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"beclouding",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"obscuring"
],
"related":[
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"enriching",
"ensouling",
"lifting",
"uplifting",
"bettering",
"improving",
"regenerating",
"renewing",
"transforming",
"exalting",
"glorifying",
"transfiguring"
],
"synonyms":[
"edifying",
"educating",
"illuminating",
"illuming",
"illumining",
"inspiring",
"nurturing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enlightenment":{
"the process by which one gains a greater understanding of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The teacher's supplementary notes did provide some enlightenment on the difficult material.",
"Those seeking enlightenment on Eastern philosophy should sign up for the class."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enlightenments":{
"the process by which one gains a greater understanding of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The teacher's supplementary notes did provide some enlightenment on the difficult material.",
"Those seeking enlightenment on Eastern philosophy should sign up for the class."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enlivened":{
"as in animated , exhilarated":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"killed"
],
"examples":[
"in most instances it's a good idea to enliven a speech with a joke or two"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"harassed",
"kayoed",
"knocked out",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"washed out",
"weakened",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"jaded",
"quelled",
"quenched",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"slowed",
"stilled",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"related":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"raised",
"roused",
"stirred",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)",
"activated",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"motivated",
"motived",
"moved",
"propelled",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"enkindled",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"set off",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"rallied",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"restimulated",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"synonyms":[
"amped (up)",
"animated",
"braced",
"energized",
"filliped",
"fired",
"gingered (up)",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"juiced up",
"jump-started",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"spiked",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified",
"zipped (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enlivening":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"killing"
],
"examples":[
"in most instances it's a good idea to enliven a speech with a joke or two"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fagging",
"fatiguing",
"harassing",
"kayoing",
"knocking out",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"washing out",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"jading",
"quelling",
"quenching",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"slowing",
"stilling",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"related":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"raising",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"waking (up)",
"activating",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"enkindling",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"infusing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"rallying",
"steeling",
"strengthening",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"reinvigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"restimulating",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"synonyms":[
"amping (up)",
"animating",
"bracing",
"energizing",
"filliping",
"firing",
"gingering (up)",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"juicing up",
"jump-starting",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"spiking",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying",
"zipping (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enmities":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
"antonyms":[
"amity"
],
"examples":[
"enmity had existed between the two families for generations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"related":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"bitterness",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ennoble":{
"to assign a high status or value to":{
"antonyms":[
"abase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate"
],
"examples":[
"the heroic actions of firefighters during the terrorist attack did much to ennoble the profession of fire fighting in the public mind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"disparage",
"minimize"
],
"related":[
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"idealize",
"romanticize",
"sanitize",
"sugarcoat",
"acclaim",
"extol",
"extoll",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"magnify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"purity"
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"hellishness",
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"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
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"just",
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"marginally",
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"I can play the piano well enough , but I have no hope for a musical career"
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"deadly",
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"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
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"mightily",
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"halfway",
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"partially",
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"partway"
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"something",
"somewhat",
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"adverb",
"noun"
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"pleases"
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"the fact that the auto garage bungled the repair and then overcharged him simply enraged the customer"
],
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"relieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"soothes",
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"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"calms",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"settles",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
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"charms",
"disarms",
"enchants"
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"burns (up)",
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"miffs",
"nettles",
"offends",
"peeves",
"piques",
"provokes",
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"ruffles",
"vexes",
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"envenoms"
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"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"mads",
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"rankles",
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"roils",
"steams up",
"ticks off"
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"quits",
"withdraws"
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"reenters",
"rejoins",
"re-ups",
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"signs on (for)",
"signs up (for)"
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"everyone remembers that special teacher who enrooted within them a love of learning"
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"hammer",
"pound",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"lodge",
"root",
"imbue",
"infuse",
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"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
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"infix",
"inseminate",
"instill",
"plant",
"sow"
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"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
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"root (out)",
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"eradicate",
"eject",
"expel",
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disengage",
"remove"
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"related":[
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"infuse",
"instill",
"beat (into)",
"drive (into)",
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"place",
"put",
"settle",
"stick"
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"embed",
"imbed",
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"fix",
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"implant",
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"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
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},
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"verb"
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"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
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"hammered",
"pounded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"imbued",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
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"suffused"
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"infixed",
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"instilled",
"planted",
"sowed"
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"rooted (out)",
"uprooted"
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"eradicated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disengaged",
"removed"
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"related":[
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"infused",
"instilled",
"beat (into)",
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"placed",
"put",
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"stuck"
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"embedded",
"imbedded",
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"intrenched",
"fixed",
"impacted",
"implanted",
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"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted"
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"verb"
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"as in glorifying , exalting":{
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"to assign a high status or value to":{
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"abasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating"
],
"examples":[
"some teachers tend to enshrine their personal preferences as sacred rules of English grammar"
],
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"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"related":[
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"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing",
"sanitizing",
"sugarcoating",
"acclaiming",
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"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising"
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"enskying",
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"magnifying"
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"type":[
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"verb"
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"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
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"bare",
"disclose",
"display",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
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"examples":[
"the criminal organization uses a strictly enforced vow of silence to enshroud its villainous doings"
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"bring out",
"present",
"clarify",
"illuminate",
"advertise",
"air",
"broadcast",
"get out",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"publish",
"spread"
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"related":[
"bury",
"camouflage",
"cover (up)",
"smother",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"block",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
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"belie",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
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"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occult",
"paper over",
"screen",
"shroud",
"suppress",
"veil"
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"a dense fog enshrouded the bridge spanning the harbor"
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"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
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"related":[
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"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
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"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
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"examples":[
"the criminal organization uses a strictly enforced vow of silence to enshroud its villainous doings"
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"brings out",
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"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
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"proclaims",
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"related":[
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"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"suppresses",
"veils"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a dense fog enshrouded the bridge spanning the harbor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"related":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
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"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
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"embraces",
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"incloses",
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"enfolds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"ensouls":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"to make sure, certain, or safe":{
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"examples":[
"regulations that ensure the wholesomeness of our food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enfeebling",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"related":[
"attesting",
"certifying",
"vouching",
"warranting",
"witnessing",
"pledging",
"promising",
"swearing"
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"cinching",
"guaranteeing",
"guarantying",
"icing",
"insuring",
"securing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"entente cordiale":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"antonyms":[
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"terminate"
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"examples":[
"a series of counseling sessions intended to help young couples about to enter into the trials and tribulations of marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cease",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"quit",
"stop",
"close",
"complete",
"abandon",
"forsake",
"leave",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"phase out"
],
"related":[
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"take up",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"pioneer",
"set up",
"spawn",
"get around (to)",
"get down (to)",
"get round (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"embark (on or upon)",
"fall (to)",
"get off",
"kick off",
"launch",
"lead off",
"open",
"start",
"strike (into)"
]
},
"type":[]
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"entering (into or upon)":{
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"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating"
],
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"a series of counseling sessions intended to help young couples about to enter into the trials and tribulations of marriage"
],
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"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"related":[
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"getting around (to)",
"getting down (to)",
"getting round (to)"
],
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"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"falling (to)",
"getting off",
"kicking off",
"launching",
"leading off",
"opening",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
]
},
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},
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"as in performer , player":{
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"bore",
"bummer",
"downer",
"drag"
],
"examples":[
"what do you do for entertainment in this town?"
],
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"killjoy",
"party pooper"
],
"related":[
"escape",
"pastime",
"time killer",
"binge",
"fling",
"frolic",
"gambol",
"lark",
"revel",
"rollick",
"romp",
"spree",
"frolicking",
"rollicking",
"carousing",
"conviviality",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"hilarity",
"jollification",
"jollity",
"merrymaking",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"revelry",
"whoopee",
"picnic",
"laugh",
"riot",
"scream",
"activity",
"game"
],
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"delight",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"divertissement",
"fun",
"pleasure",
"recreation"
]
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"the act or activity of providing pleasure or amusement especially for the public":{
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"examples":[
"we didn't stay for the featured entertainment because we don't care for comedy acts",
"the film is purely for entertainment and not meant to be taken seriously"
],
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"nightlife",
"show business",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"joy",
"mirth",
"gratification",
"relaxation",
"relief",
"satisfaction",
"exhibition",
"performance",
"presentation",
"presentment",
"production",
"show",
"spectacle",
"escapism"
],
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"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"recreation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"entertains":{
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
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"examples":[
"entertain the kids while I go and prepare dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"drains",
"enervates",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"tires",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"piques",
"upsets",
"vexes"
],
"related":[
"absorbs",
"busies",
"distracts",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"immerses",
"interests",
"involves",
"occupies",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"delights",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"intrigues",
"mesmerizes",
"coddles",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"spoils",
"appeases",
"comforts",
"conciliates",
"consoles",
"contents",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"soothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuses",
"disports",
"diverts",
"regales",
"solaces"
]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
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"examples":[
"have you ever entertained the thought that you could be wrong?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects"
],
"related":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"reminisces",
"analyzes",
"explores",
"reviews",
"concludes",
"reasons",
"second-guesses",
"speculates (about)",
"broods (about or over)",
"dwells (on or upon)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"frets (about or over)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"believes",
"conceives",
"opines",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)"
]
},
"to keep in one's mind or heart":{
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"examples":[
"I don't entertain the hope of ever getting a girl like that to go out with me"
],
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"disregards",
"drops",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"abjures",
"declines",
"denies",
"disdains",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"scorns",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discards",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"parts (with)",
"quits",
"renounces",
"throws out",
"erases",
"expunges"
],
"related":[
"cultivates",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"supports",
"sustains",
"carries",
"keeps",
"maintains",
"preserves",
"remembers",
"retains",
"treasures",
"cleaves (to)",
"clings (to)",
"hugs",
"sticks (to)",
"broods (about or over)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"obsesses (about or over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"cherishes",
"harbors",
"has",
"holds",
"nurses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enthralled":{
"having the mind fixed on something":{
"antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"distracted",
"inattentive",
"inobservant",
"unabsorbed",
"unfocused",
"unfocussed"
],
"examples":[
"gave her speech to several hundred enthralled listeners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daydreaming",
"dreamy",
"faraway",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"lost",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"remote",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested"
],
"related":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"alert",
"alive",
"conscious",
"open-eyed",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"attentive",
"deep",
"engrossed",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"observant",
"rapt"
]
},
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"elated",
"excited",
"exhilarated",
"stirred"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried away",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"rapped",
"raptured",
"ravished",
"transported"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a play that will enthrall you for two hours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"related":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"obsessed",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"hogged",
"monopolized"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"bemused",
"busied",
"caught up",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"enwrapped",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"immersed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"occupied"
]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"thrilled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"charmed",
"absorbed",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"involved"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrested",
"bedazzled",
"caught up",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enthralls":{
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for years these master magicians have been enthralling audiences with their astounding illusions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates",
"elates",
"excites",
"exhilarates",
"stirs"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries away",
"enraptures",
"entrances",
"raps",
"raptures",
"ravishes",
"transports"
]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a play that will enthrall you for two hours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies"
],
"related":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"obsesses",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"distracts",
"preoccupies",
"hogs",
"monopolizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"bemuses",
"busies",
"catches up",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"enwraps",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"immerses",
"interests",
"intrigues",
"involves",
"occupies"
]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enthralled by the flickering fire in the hearth, we lost all track of time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"enraptures",
"entrances",
"thrills",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"charms",
"absorbs",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"involves"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrests",
"bedazzles",
"catches up",
"enchants",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"spellbinds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enthrones":{
"to assign a high status or value to":{
"antonyms":[
"abases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates"
],
"examples":[
"the literary world has enthroned Shakespeare for so long that his preeminence among writers seems unassailable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"related":[
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes",
"sanitizes",
"sugarcoats",
"acclaims",
"extols",
"extolls",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"exalts",
"glorifies",
"magnifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enticed":{
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"warded (off)",
"warned",
"drove (away or off)",
"repulsed",
"turned away"
],
"related":[
"drew in",
"inveigled",
"persuaded",
"roped (in)",
"snowed",
"caught",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"magnetized",
"wiled"
],
"synonyms":[
"allured",
"baited",
"beguiled",
"betrayed",
"decoyed",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"solicited",
"tempted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"entices":{
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"every commercial seemed to be for some tempting snack specifically designed to entice me from my diet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerts",
"cautions",
"forewarns",
"wards (off)",
"warns",
"drives (away or off)",
"repulses",
"turns away"
],
"related":[
"draws in",
"inveigles",
"persuades",
"ropes (in)",
"snows",
"catches",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"snares",
"tangles",
"traps",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates",
"magnetizes",
"wiles"
],
"synonyms":[
"allures",
"baits",
"beguiles",
"betrays",
"decoys",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"solicits",
"tempts"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"entire":{
"not divided or scattered among several areas of interest or concern":{
"antonyms":[
"diffuse",
"divided",
"scattered"
],
"examples":[
"this matter is important, so please give me your entire attention"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"halfway",
"incomplete",
"partial"
],
"related":[
"absolute",
"complete",
"full",
"lump",
"teetotal",
"thorough",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"comprehensive",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"unbroken"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"concentrated",
"exclusive",
"focused",
"focussed",
"undivided",
"whole"
]
},
"not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it":{
"antonyms":[
"imperfect",
"incomplete",
"partial"
],
"examples":[
"the entire team needs to be present for the photograph"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"cut",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"related":[
"unabridged",
"uncut",
"undiminished",
"all-out",
"exhaustive",
"extensive",
"maximal",
"full-blooded",
"full-blown",
"full-bore",
"full-fledged",
"full-on",
"full-out",
"full-scale"
],
"synonyms":[
"compleat",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"full",
"grand",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"plenary",
"total",
"whole"
]
},
"to a full extent or degree":{
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
],
"examples":[
"a shocking revelation that would destroy entire the false little world that she had carefully constructed for herself"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"related":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"entirety":{
"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
"antonyms":[
"imperfection",
"imperfectness",
"incompleteness",
"unsoundness"
],
"examples":[
"I wish that I could find a card for Valentine's Day that expresses the entirety of my love"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"limitedness",
"narrowness",
"patchiness",
"sketchiness"
],
"related":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"indefectibility",
"perfection",
"all-inclusiveness",
"comprehensiveness",
"exhaustiveness",
"extensiveness",
"inclusiveness",
"soundness",
"thoroughness"
],
"synonyms":[
"absoluteness",
"completeness",
"entireness",
"fullness",
"perfectness",
"wholeness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"entitle":{
"to give a name to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"brand",
"stigmatize",
"tag",
"denote",
"specify",
"miscall",
"misname",
"mistitle",
"code-name",
"nickname",
"rechristen",
"relabel",
"rename",
"surname"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptize",
"call",
"christen",
"clepe",
"denominate",
"designate",
"dub",
"label",
"name",
"nominate",
"style",
"term",
"title"
]
},
"to give a right to":{
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
],
"examples":[
"the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify"
],
"related":[
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"recharter",
"revalidate"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorize",
"privilege",
"qualify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"entitles":{
"to give a name to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"brands",
"stigmatizes",
"tags",
"denotes",
"specifies",
"miscalls",
"misnames",
"mistitles",
"code-names",
"nicknames",
"rechristens",
"relabels",
"renames",
"surnames"
],
"synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"calls",
"christens",
"clepes",
"denominates",
"designates",
"dubs",
"labels",
"names",
"nominates",
"styles",
"terms",
"titles"
]
},
"to give a right to":{
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
],
"examples":[
"the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies"
],
"related":[
"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"accredits",
"certificates",
"certifies",
"charters",
"ratifies",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recertifies",
"recharters",
"revalidates"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorizes",
"privileges",
"qualifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"entitling":{
"to give a name to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"apart from the obvious, she couldn't decide what to entitle her painting of a vase with flowers"
],
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"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"rechristening",
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"surnaming"
],
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"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling"
]
},
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"disqualifying"
],
"examples":[
"the card entitles my grandmother to the discount for senior citizens"
],
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"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"related":[
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"revalidating"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorizing",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"entourage":{
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"the gaggle of hangers-on that passes for the rock star's entourage"
],
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"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"following",
"posse",
"retinue",
"suite",
"tail",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crew",
"personnel",
"staff",
"court",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"helper",
"retainer"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"entrance":{
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
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"examples":[
"entrance to the club is by invitation only"
],
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"discharge",
"dismissal",
"ejection",
"expulsion",
"ouster",
"rejection",
"removal"
],
"related":[
"approval",
"authorization",
"certification",
"permission",
"qualification",
"open door",
"welcome mat"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"accession",
"admission",
"admittance",
"door",
"doorway",
"entr\u00e9e",
"entree",
"entry",
"gateway",
"ingress",
"key",
"passport",
"ticket"
]
},
"the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure":{
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"examples":[
"when you come, use the entrance on the right side of the building"
],
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"related":[
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"hatchway"
],
"synonyms":[
"door",
"doorway",
"gate",
"gateway",
"way"
]
},
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
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"examples":[
"a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences"
],
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"related":[
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"elate",
"excite",
"exhilarate",
"stir"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry away",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"rap",
"rapture",
"ravish",
"transport"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"entranceway":{
"the entrance room of a building":{
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"examples":[
"the visitor thoughtfully removed her snow-covered hat and gloves in the entranceway"
],
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"related":[
"antechamber",
"anteroom",
"lounge",
"waiting room",
"door",
"doorway",
"entrance",
"portal",
"threshold"
],
"synonyms":[
"entry",
"entryway",
"foyer",
"hall",
"hallway",
"lobby",
"vestibule"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"entrancing":{
"having an often mysterious or magical power to attract":{
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
],
"examples":[
"travelers to India say that it has an entrancing beauty that is hard to describe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"irksome",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"wearisome",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"distasteful",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"odious",
"offensive",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous"
],
"related":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"galvanic",
"gripping",
"hypnotic",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"riveting",
"spellbinding",
"enticing",
"tantalizing",
"tempting",
"exciting",
"haunting",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"titillating",
"beckoning",
"inviting",
"winning",
"darling",
"delightful",
"pleasant",
"pleasing"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
]
},
"to fill with overwhelming emotion (as wonder or delight)":{
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"examples":[
"a production of The Nutcracker ballet that will entrance audiences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"elating",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"stirring"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying away",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"rapping",
"rapturing",
"ravishing",
"transporting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"entreating":{
"asking humbly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it was hard to refuse such an amusingly entreating panhandler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"begging",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"persistent"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseeching",
"imploring",
"pleading",
"prayerful",
"soliciting",
"suppliant",
"supplicant",
"supplicating",
"supplicatory"
]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she began her letter by entreating me to forgive the belatedness of her reply"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"related":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"soliciting",
"supplicating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"entrenching":{
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"antonyms":[
"dislodging",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
],
"examples":[
"a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disengaging",
"removing"
],
"related":[
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"beating (into)",
"driving (into)",
"establishing",
"placing",
"putting",
"settling",
"sticking"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"enrooting",
"fixing",
"impacting",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"entrusting":{
"to give a task, duty, or responsibility to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we entrusted our financial adviser with the investment of all of our savings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"conferring",
"imposing",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"recommending",
"relegating",
"reposing",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"authorizing",
"empowering",
"investing"
],
"synonyms":[
"assigning",
"charging",
"commissioning",
"tasking",
"trusting"
]
},
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
"antonyms":[
"holding",
"keeping",
"retaining"
],
"examples":[
"we entrusted our pets to the care of our neighbor while we went on vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaining",
"holding back",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"occupying",
"taking",
"taking over"
],
"related":[
"conferring",
"granting",
"assigning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"distributing",
"dividing",
"handing in",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"submitting",
"surrendering",
"turning in",
"yielding",
"bequeathing",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"willing",
"advancing",
"lending",
"loaning",
"furnishing",
"supplying",
"recommitting",
"redelivering",
"retransferring",
"retransmitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"commending",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"delegating",
"delivering",
"giving",
"giving over",
"handing",
"handing over",
"leaving",
"passing",
"recommending",
"reposing",
"transferring",
"transmitting",
"trusting",
"turning over",
"vesting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"entrustment":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"entr\u00e9es":{
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"ejections",
"expulsions",
"ousters",
"rejections",
"removals"
],
"related":[
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"certifications",
"permissions",
"qualifications",
"open doors",
"welcome mats"
],
"synonyms":[
"accesses",
"accessions",
"admissions",
"admittances",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entries",
"gateways",
"ingresses",
"keys",
"passports",
"tickets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"entwining":{
"to cause to twine about one another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"marveled at how the vines had delicately and intricately entwined themselves on the trellis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangling",
"uncoiling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"unwinding"
],
"related":[
"braiding",
"plaiting",
"platting",
"pleaching",
"blending",
"fusing",
"joining",
"linking",
"mixing"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlacing",
"implicating",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"intertwisting",
"interweaving",
"inweaving",
"lacing",
"plying",
"twisting",
"weaving",
"wreathing",
"writhing"
]
},
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the quick-growing vine was soon entwining around the fence post"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening"
],
"related":[
"arching",
"arcing",
"bending",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"sweeping",
"swerving",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"swirling",
"whirling",
"circling",
"encircling",
"looping",
"enlacing",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"lacing",
"bowing",
"bulging",
"meandering",
"weaving",
"zigzagging"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiling",
"corkscrewing",
"curling",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"twining",
"twisting",
"winding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enunciate":{
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a paper that enunciates the goals of the environmental organization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"blabber",
"bolt",
"blurt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"purr",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"formulize",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"rip (out)",
"snarl"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"bring out",
"pass",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"today the President enunciated a new foreign policy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"related":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"release",
"sound",
"trumpet"
]
},
"to utter clearly and distinctly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enunciate your words, and then you won't have to repeat them so often"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falter",
"grunt",
"halt",
"hesitate",
"maunder",
"splutter",
"sputter",
"stammer",
"stumble",
"stutter",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper",
"breathe",
"drawl",
"gasp"
],
"related":[
"express",
"pronounce",
"say",
"speak",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"voice",
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enunciated":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a paper that enunciates the goals of the environmental organization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed"
],
"related":[
"aired",
"discussed",
"gave",
"looked",
"shared",
"sounded",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced",
"blabbered",
"blurted",
"bolted",
"got off",
"shot",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"lipped",
"mouthed",
"murmured",
"purred",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"spouted",
"whispered",
"clothed",
"clad",
"couched",
"formulated",
"formulized",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded",
"commented",
"piped up (with)",
"remarked",
"ripped (out)",
"snarled"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulated",
"brought out",
"passed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"today the President enunciated a new foreign policy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"related":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
]
},
"to utter clearly and distinctly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"enunciate your words, and then you won't have to repeat them so often"
],
"near antonyms":[
"faltered",
"grunted",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"maundered",
"spluttered",
"sputtered",
"stammered",
"stumbled",
"stuttered",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered",
"breathed",
"drawled",
"gasped"
],
"related":[
"expressed",
"pronounced",
"said",
"spoke",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"voiced",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enure":{
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
"antonyms":[
"soften"
],
"examples":[
"the hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emasculate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"sap",
"weaken",
"cripple",
"debilitate",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"sensitize"
],
"related":[
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"anneal",
"temper",
"invigorate",
"vitalize",
"immunize",
"bolster",
"boost",
"brace",
"buttress",
"enforce",
"forearm",
"prop (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"support",
"break in",
"limber (up)",
"train",
"accustom",
"condition",
"habituate",
"naturalize"
],
"synonyms":[
"fortify",
"harden",
"indurate",
"season",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"toughen"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"envenom":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thoughtless, self-indulgent antics that only managed to envenom his teammates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"assuage",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"sweeten"
],
"related":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange",
"set (against)",
"curdle",
"sour"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"empoison"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enviable":{
"causing envy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The company is in the enviable position of having no real competitors.",
"She has an enviable reputation for honesty."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"environments":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the joys of growing up in the environment that a small town offers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"locations",
"places",
"positions",
"spaces",
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"elements",
"situations",
"statuses",
"geographies",
"habitats",
"microenvironments"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambients",
"atmospheres",
"climates",
"climes",
"contexts",
"contextures",
"environs",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"settings",
"surroundings",
"surrounds",
"terrains"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envy":{
"a painful awareness of another's possessions or advantages and a desire to have them too":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their envy of their neighbor's fancy home threatened to wreck their friendship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolence",
"goodwill",
"kindness",
"sympathy"
],
"related":[
"animosity",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"ill will",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"spitefulness"
],
"synonyms":[
"covetousness",
"enviousness",
"green-eyed monster",
"invidiousness",
"jealousy",
"resentment"
]
},
"to have a resentful awareness of and desire for (another's possessions or advantages) or to feel resentment toward (someone) over possessions or advantages":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"her coworkers envied her chummy relationship with the senior vice president",
"they envied him because he didn't have to work for a living"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)",
"salivate"
],
"synonyms":[
"begrudge",
"resent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"enwreathed":{
"as in wound , circled":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encage":{
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
"examples":[
"employees who felt encaged in their cubicles"
],
"synonyms":[
"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"related":[
"bound",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enframe",
"enlace",
"frame",
"ring",
"surround",
"armor",
"cocoon",
"encapsulate",
"encapsule",
"encyst",
"ensheathe",
"ensphere",
"enwomb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encounter":{
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"quite unexpectedly encountered our next-door neighbor while vacationing in Europe"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"chance (upon)",
"happen (upon)",
"meet",
"stumble (upon)"
],
"related":[
"accost",
"confront",
"face",
"greet",
"salute",
"collide (with)",
"crash (into)",
"crisscross",
"cross",
"pass",
"hit (upon)",
"light (upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"reencounter",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"shake",
"shun"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"we encountered a host of unforeseen problems during the restoration of our 200-year-old house"
],
"synonyms":[
"chance (upon)",
"find",
"happen (on or upon)",
"hit (upon)",
"light (on or upon)",
"meet",
"pitch (upon)",
"stumble (on or onto)",
"tumble (upon)"
],
"related":[
"luck (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confront",
"face",
"discover",
"strike",
"turn up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"the troops encountered bands of guerrilla fighters as they made their way across the desert"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"engage",
"face",
"meet",
"take on"
],
"related":[
"emulate",
"rival",
"contend",
"fight",
"oppose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"retreat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a brief clash between enemies or rivals":{
"examples":[
"survived an encounter with the school bully at the local park"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush",
"hassle",
"run-in",
"scrape",
"skirmish"
],
"related":[
"argument",
"fight",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"battle",
"brawl",
"fray",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"endanger":{
"to place in danger":{
"examples":[
"a reckless use of fireworks that endangered the lives of many people"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopard",
"jeopardize",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"related":[
"intimidate",
"threaten",
"expose",
"subject",
"chance",
"wager"
],
"near antonyms":[
"guard",
"protect",
"shelter",
"shield",
"preserve",
"resume",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"entrees":{
"the means or right of entering or participating in":{
"examples":[
"entr\u00e9e to the country club is through sponsorship by someone who is already a member"
],
"synonyms":[
"accesses",
"accessions",
"admissions",
"admittances",
"doors",
"doorways",
"entrances",
"entries",
"gateways",
"ingresses",
"keys",
"passports",
"tickets"
],
"related":[
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"certifications",
"permissions",
"qualifications",
"open doors",
"welcome mats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"ejections",
"expulsions",
"ousters",
"rejections",
"removals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enchanting":{
"having an often mysterious or magical power to attract":{
"examples":[
"visitors have long found the Highlands of Scotland to be an enchanting place"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charismatic",
"charming",
"elfin",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"luring",
"magnetic",
"seductive"
],
"related":[
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"galvanic",
"gripping",
"hypnotic",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"riveting",
"spellbinding",
"enticing",
"tantalizing",
"tempting",
"exciting",
"haunting",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"titillating",
"beckoning",
"inviting",
"winning",
"darling",
"delightful",
"pleasant",
"pleasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"irksome",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"wearisome",
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"distasteful",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"odious",
"offensive",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous"
],
"antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repelling",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"unalluring"
]
},
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
"examples":[
"the child actress enchanted audiences with her bubbly personality"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"fascinating",
"killing",
"magnetizing",
"wiling",
"witching"
],
"related":[
"disarming",
"drawing",
"enticing",
"luring",
"pulling",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"arresting",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"appealing (to)",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"beckoning",
"courting",
"inviting",
"soliciting",
"wooing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgusting",
"offending",
"repelling",
"revolting",
"annoying",
"displeasing",
"irking",
"boring",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cast a spell on":{
"examples":[
"out of spite, the jealous queen enchanted her chief rival for the title of the fairest one of all"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitching",
"charming",
"ensorcelling",
"ensorceling",
"hexing",
"overlooking",
"spelling",
"striking"
],
"related":[
"cursing",
"jinxing",
"possessing",
"voodooing",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"captivating",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"enticing",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the tales about the young wizard have enchanted children around the globe"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bedazzling",
"catching up",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding"
],
"related":[
"enrapturing",
"entrancing",
"thrilling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"involving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"enfolding":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"darkness began to enfold the lonely house on the hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"related":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"the winner enfolded the huge bouquet of roses in her arms and thanked the judges"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugging",
"clasping",
"crushing",
"embracing",
"enclasping",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"straining"
],
"related":[
"clamping",
"clinging",
"cradling",
"grabbing",
"gripping",
"holding",
"bosoming",
"embosoming",
"encircling",
"entwining",
"enveloping",
"enwinding",
"folding",
"locking",
"twining",
"wrapping",
"cuddling",
"fondling",
"nestling",
"nuzzling",
"patting",
"petting",
"snuggling",
"stroking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"endmost":{
"as in extreme , utmost":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ensconce":{
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"the kids had contentedly ensconced themselves on the couch before the TV",
"happily ensconced in her new home"
],
"synonyms":[
"install",
"lodge",
"nestle",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle"
],
"related":[
"deploy",
"emplace",
"fix",
"locate",
"park",
"plant",
"position",
"set",
"situate",
"station",
"anchor",
"bivouac",
"camp",
"camp (out)",
"burrow",
"curl up",
"dig in",
"harbor",
"house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a hiding place":{
"examples":[
"ensconced the spare house key in a place where no intruder would think to look"
],
"synonyms":[
"bury",
"cache",
"conceal",
"hide",
"secrete"
],
"related":[
"hoard",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"entomb",
"inter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil",
"unwrap",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"show off",
"disinter",
"unearth"
],
"antonyms":[
"display",
"exhibit"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"end-run":{
"as in bluff , feint":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluff",
"feint",
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile",
"contrivance",
"maneuver",
"ruse",
"subterfuge",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in evade , avoid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"outflank",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"beat",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"get around",
"shortcut",
"sidestep",
"skirt",
"disobey",
"disregard",
"flout",
"ignore",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"obey",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"assent (to)",
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"encumbrance":{
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"without the encumbrance of a heavy backpack, I could sprint along the trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"embarrassment",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"entombment":{
"the act or ceremony of putting a dead body in its final resting place":{
"examples":[
"the entombment of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery"
],
"synonyms":[
"burial",
"burying",
"entombing",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embalmment",
"funeral",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"reburial",
"reinterment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cremation"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"envyingly":{
"as in obnoxiously , caustically":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"encroachment":{
"as in invasion , intrusion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"intrusion",
"invasion",
"breach",
"contravention",
"impingement",
"infraction",
"infringement",
"obtrusion",
"transgression",
"trespass",
"violation",
"descent",
"foray",
"incursion",
"inroad",
"irruption",
"raid",
"misconduct",
"misdemeanor",
"misfeasance",
"misprision",
"offense",
"offence",
"sin",
"wrong",
"disregard",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"nonobservance",
"overlooking",
"delinquency",
"dereliction",
"neglect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"respecting",
"upholding",
"noninfringement",
"observance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enshrouded":{
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the criminal organization uses a strictly enforced vow of silence to enshroud its villainous doings"
],
"synonyms":[
"belied",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"hid",
"masked",
"obscured",
"occulted",
"papered over",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"suppressed",
"veiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buried",
"camouflaged",
"covered (up)",
"smothered",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blocked",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
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"brought out",
"presented",
"clarified",
"illuminated",
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"got out",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"published",
"spread"
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"bared",
"disclosed",
"displayed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
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"examples":[
"a dense fog enshrouded the bridge spanning the harbor"
],
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"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
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"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
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"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
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},
"type":[
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]
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"enwreathe":{
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"circle",
"loop",
"wind",
"wreathe",
"tie up",
"truss",
"bandage",
"enswathe",
"swathe",
"band",
"begird",
"belt",
"engird",
"engirdle",
"enwind",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap",
"chain",
"cord",
"enchain",
"lash",
"rope",
"shackle",
"tape",
"wire"
],
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"ungird",
"unwrap",
"unbind",
"unlash",
"unshackle",
"untie",
"unwind"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"encomium":{
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"examples":[
"the encomiums bestowed on a teacher at her retirement ceremonies"
],
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"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"eulogium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"salutation",
"tribute"
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"decoration",
"dedication",
"honor",
"prize",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"laudation",
"applause",
"plaudit(s)",
"bravo",
"hallelujah",
"kudo",
"approval",
"cachet",
"compliment",
"recommendation"
],
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"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"indictment",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"admonition",
"correction",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"encompasses":{
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"examples":[
"a necklace of sapphire-blue lakes encompasses the town"
],
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"compasses",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girds",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"wreathes"
],
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"circumscribes",
"closes in",
"cordons (off)",
"fences (in)",
"hems (in)",
"walls",
"besets",
"besieges",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"invests",
"swarms"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"textbooks on American history are now likely to encompass its social history as well as its political and military history"
],
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"carries",
"comprehends",
"contains",
"embraces",
"entails",
"includes",
"involves",
"numbers",
"subsumes",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"brackets",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"admits",
"receives",
"composes",
"constitutes",
"forms",
"makes",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"rules out",
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"excludes",
"leaves (out)",
"misses out",
"omits"
]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"a fog of mystery has long encompassed this fraternal organization, which is known for its secret rituals"
],
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"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"enwombed":{
"as in ensheathed , ensphered":{
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"armored",
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"closeted",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"encyclopedias":{
"a reference work that contains information about many different subjects or a lot of information about a particular subject":{
"examples":[
"The school library's encyclopedia occupied much of the bookshelf.",
"an encyclopedia of literature"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"cyclopedias",
"cyclopaedias",
"dictionaries",
"books",
"tomes",
"volumes",
"hardbacks",
"hardcovers",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"papers",
"pocket books",
"pocket editions",
"softbacks",
"softcovers",
"trade books",
"trade editions",
"folios",
"quartos",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"manuals",
"monographs",
"primers",
"textbooks",
"texts",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"novelettes",
"novels",
"pulps",
"albums",
"almanacs",
"anthologies",
"casebooks",
"chapbooks",
"omnibuses",
"picture books"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endures":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"an elderly couple who have endured the ups and downs of a half century of married life"
],
"synonyms":[
"experiences",
"feels",
"has",
"knows",
"passes",
"sees",
"suffers",
"sustains",
"tastes",
"undergoes",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounters",
"meets",
"accepts",
"receives",
"assimilates",
"digests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"at some point we all have to endure the loss of a beloved pet"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"the fashion business is built on change, since nobody expects a particular clothing style to endure"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"bides",
"continues",
"holds on",
"holds up",
"keeps up",
"lasts",
"perdures",
"persists",
"remains",
"runs on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingers",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"carries through",
"prevails",
"survives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"desists",
"dies",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"lapses",
"leaves off",
"passes",
"quits",
"stops",
"terminates",
"winds up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"engirded":{
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"examples":[
"her forehead engirded with a band of gold"
],
"synonyms":[
"banded",
"begirt",
"begirded",
"belted",
"engirdled",
"enwound",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"girted",
"girthed",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tied up",
"trussed",
"circled",
"enwreathed",
"looped",
"wound",
"winded",
"wreathed",
"bandaged",
"enswathed",
"swathed",
"chained",
"corded",
"enchained",
"lashed",
"roped",
"shackled",
"taped",
"wired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbound",
"unlashed",
"unshackled",
"untied",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungirded",
"unwrapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"engrained":{
"being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing":{
"examples":[
"her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority"
],
"synonyms":[
"built-in",
"constitutional",
"constitutive",
"essential",
"hardwired",
"immanent",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"indigenous",
"ingrain",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"native",
"natural"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basic",
"deep-rooted",
"elemental",
"fundamental",
"congenital",
"hereditary",
"inherited",
"inmost",
"inner",
"interior",
"internal",
"characteristic",
"distinctive",
"peculiar",
"habitual",
"inveterate",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreign",
"accidental",
"coincidental",
"incidental",
"acquired",
"adscititious",
"superficial",
"surface",
"exterior",
"external"
],
"antonyms":[
"adventitious",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic"
]
},
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession"
],
"synonyms":[
"endued",
"indued",
"imbued",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted",
"impregnated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"saturated",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"filled",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"eliminated",
"removed",
"took (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce a vivid impression of":{
"examples":[
"the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory"
],
"synonyms":[
"branded",
"engraved",
"etched",
"impressed",
"imprinted",
"infixed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrooted",
"imbued",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"instilled",
"fixed",
"set",
"stamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blotted out",
"erased",
"expunged",
"obliterated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"tried to ingrain traditional values in their children"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"enrooted",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"impacted",
"implanted",
"lodged",
"rooted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbued",
"infused",
"instilled",
"beat (into)",
"drove (into)",
"established",
"placed",
"put",
"settled",
"stuck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disengaged",
"removed"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodged",
"rooted (out)",
"uprooted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"encasements":{
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"an encasement of several inches of silt had helped to preserve the sunken remains of the historic ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enshrinements":{
"as in enthronements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enthronements",
"aggrandizements",
"ennoblements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications",
"magnifications",
"acclamations",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"raves",
"rhapsodies",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"toasts",
"tributes",
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"applauses",
"bays",
"commendations",
"credits",
"distinctions",
"homages",
"honors",
"kudos",
"lauds",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clames",
"recommendations",
"suns",
"advancements",
"ascents",
"creations",
"elevations",
"preferences",
"preferments",
"promotions",
"rises",
"upgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depositions",
"dethronements",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"expulsions",
"impeachments",
"ousters",
"overthrows",
"removals",
"suspensions",
"downfalls",
"falls",
"abasements",
"comedowns",
"degradations",
"demotions",
"downgrades",
"reductions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"endowments":{
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"it's a sin to waste one's God-given endowments"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"gifts",
"heads",
"knacks",
"talents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affinities",
"biases",
"dispositions",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"ears",
"eyes",
"minds",
"noses",
"feels",
"hangs",
"instincts",
"touches",
"ways",
"capabilities",
"competences",
"facilities",
"proficiencies",
"skills",
"capacities",
"potentials",
"powers",
"fortes",
"specialisms",
"specialities",
"specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disabilities",
"handicaps",
"inabilities",
"incapacities",
"shortcomings",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"entered (into or upon)":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"embarked (on or upon)",
"fell (to)",
"got off",
"kicked off",
"launched",
"led off",
"opened",
"started",
"struck (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"created",
"generated",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"invented",
"originated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"took up",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"pioneered",
"set up",
"spawned",
"got around (to)",
"got down (to)",
"got round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceased",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"closed",
"completed",
"abandoned",
"forsook",
"left",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"phased out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"terminated"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"encomiums":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"examples":[
"the encomiums bestowed on a teacher at her retirement ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"dithyrambs",
"eulogia",
"eulogiums",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"hymns",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"salutations",
"tributes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awards",
"decorations",
"dedications",
"honors",
"prizes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"laudations",
"applauses",
"plaudits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hallelujahs",
"kudos",
"approvals",
"cachets",
"compliments",
"recommendations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"indictments",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"admonitions",
"corrections",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enumeration":{
"a long list of things one after another":{
"examples":[
"We were provided with an exhaustive enumeration of the inventory, ordered by amount currently on hand."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"litany",
"recital",
"recitation",
"iteration",
"repetition",
"account",
"narration",
"report",
"story",
"catalog",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"index",
"inventory"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"enthusiastic":{
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"as soon as the gates to the concert area opened, enthusiastic fans rushed to get the best seats"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"excited",
"geeked",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"en passant":{
"by way of interjection or digression":{
"examples":[
"she mentioned en passant that she'd been to New York"
],
"synonyms":[
"apropos",
"incidentally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digressively",
"excursively",
"interjectionally",
"parenthetically",
"secondarily",
"tangentially"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"ennobling":{
"to assign a high status or value to":{
"examples":[
"the heroic actions of firefighters during the terrorist attack did much to ennoble the profession of fire fighting in the public mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"dignifying",
"elevating",
"enshrining",
"enskying",
"enthroning",
"exalting",
"glorifying",
"magnifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boosting",
"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing",
"sanitizing",
"sugarcoating",
"acclaiming",
"extolling",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"abasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"entangle":{
"to twist together into a usually confused mass":{
"examples":[
"in the process of taking down the Christmas tree, we managed to entangle the string of lights into a hopeless mess of wires"
],
"synonyms":[
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"intertwist",
"interweave",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jumble",
"scrabble",
"scramble",
"braid",
"enlace",
"entwine",
"entwist",
"inweave",
"plait",
"twine",
"weave",
"wind",
"wreathe",
"writhe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unknot",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"unweave"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"untwist"
]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"the young runaway gradually became entangled in a web of lies"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"net",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"birdlime",
"capture",
"collar",
"embroil",
"implicate",
"involve",
"mire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"extricate",
"clear",
"free",
"liberate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"untangle"
]
},
"to make complex or difficult":{
"examples":[
"the history of Alexander the Great is entangled by variant accounts of his exploits"
],
"synonyms":[
"complex",
"complexify",
"complicate",
"embarrass",
"perplex",
"sophisticate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develop",
"elaborate",
"expand",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"cut",
"shorten",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"unravel",
"untangle",
"oversimplify"
],
"antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}