11590 lines
233 KiB
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11590 lines
233 KiB
JSON
{
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"exacerbating":{
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"to make more severe":{
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"antonyms":[
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"allaying",
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"alleviating",
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"assuaging",
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"easing",
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"helping",
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"mitigating",
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"relieving"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a misconceived plan that only exacerbated the city's traffic problem"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorating",
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"bettering",
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"improving"
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],
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"related":[
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"amplifying",
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"deepening",
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"intensifying",
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"magnifying"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aggravating",
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"complicating",
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"worsening"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"exactingness":{
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"the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"flexibility",
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"gentleness",
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"laxness",
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"mildness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"since I was a guest in their home, I was not about to critique the dinner with the exactingness of a professional restaurant reviewer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forbearance",
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"indulgence",
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"kindness",
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"lenience",
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"patience",
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"softness",
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"tenderness",
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"tolerance",
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"responsiveness",
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"willingness",
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"compliance",
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"pliability",
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"pliancy"
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],
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"related":[
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"callousness",
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"hard-heartedness",
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"implacability",
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"obduracy",
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"obdurateness",
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"pitilessness",
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"dourness",
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"gruffness",
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"asceticism",
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"austereness",
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"austerity",
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"monasticism",
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"determination",
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"firmness",
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"resolve",
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"steadfastness",
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"obstinacy",
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"stubbornness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hardness",
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"harshness",
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"inflexibility",
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"rigidity",
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"rigidness",
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"rigor",
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"rigorousness",
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"severity",
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"sternness",
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"strictness",
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"stringency"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"exactitude":{
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"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
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"antonyms":[
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"coarseness",
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"impreciseness",
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"imprecision",
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"inaccuracy",
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"inexactitude",
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"inexactness",
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"roughness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approximation",
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"roundness",
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"falseness",
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"falsity",
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"incorrectness",
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"wrongness",
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"carelessness",
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"guesswork",
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"looseness",
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"indefiniteness",
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"vagueness"
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],
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"related":[
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"correctness",
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"fidelity",
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"rightness",
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"strictness",
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"truth",
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"definiteness",
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"definitiveness",
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"definitude",
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"determinacy",
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"subtlety",
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"care",
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"carefulness",
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"fastidiousness",
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"meticulousness",
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"persnicketiness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accuracy",
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"accurateness",
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"closeness",
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"delicacy",
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"exactness",
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"fineness",
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"nicety",
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"perfection",
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"preciseness",
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"precision",
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"rigor",
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"rigorousness",
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"ultraprecision",
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"veracity"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"exaggerated":{
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"extended beyond normal or realistic bounds":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"loves the exaggerated emotions that are part and parcel of grand opera"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"realistic",
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"reasonable"
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],
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"related":[
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"elaborated",
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"embellished",
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"embroidered",
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"enlarged",
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"hyped-up",
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"magnified",
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"overdone",
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"overemphasized",
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"overplayed",
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"overstated",
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"padded",
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"stretched",
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"grandiose",
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"preposterous",
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"unreal",
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"unrealistic",
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"unreasonable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bloated",
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"hyperbolized",
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"inflated",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"overblown",
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"overdrawn",
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"overweening"
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]
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},
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"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittled",
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"minimized",
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"played down",
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"understated"
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],
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"related":[
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"dressed up",
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"gussied up",
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"amplified",
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"enhanced",
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"enlarged (on or upon)",
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"expanded",
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"fleshed (out)",
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"fudged",
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"hedged",
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"overdid",
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"overdrew",
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"overemphasized",
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"overplayed",
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"overstated",
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"emphasized",
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"played up",
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"stressed",
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"caricatured",
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"satirized"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"colored",
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"elaborated (on)",
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"embellished",
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"embroidered",
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"hyperbolized",
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"magnified",
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"padded",
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"stretched"
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]
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},
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"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
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"antonyms":[
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"understated"
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],
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"examples":[
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"it would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of this entrance exam"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittled",
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"minimized",
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"played down"
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],
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"related":[
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"colored",
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"elaborated",
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"embellished",
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"embroidered",
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"magnified",
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"padded",
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"played up",
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"stretched",
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"fudged",
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"hedged",
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"melodramatized",
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"overemphasized",
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"overplayed",
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"sensationalized"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"overdid",
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"overdrew",
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"overstated",
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"put on"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"exaggerator":{
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"as in mythomaniac":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"exaltations":{
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"the act of raising someone or something in importance":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"He criticized our society's exaltation of wealth."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"exalting":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to assign a high status or value to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"abasing",
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"degrading",
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"demeaning",
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"humbling",
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"humiliating"
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],
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"examples":[
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"popular support and media hype have exalted Super Bowl Sunday to the level of a national holiday"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittling",
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"decrying",
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"depreciating",
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"detracting",
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"disparaging",
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"minimizing"
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],
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"related":[
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"boosting",
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"lifting",
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"promoting",
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"raising",
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"upgrading",
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"uplifting",
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"heightening",
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"intensifying",
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"idealizing",
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"romanticizing",
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"sanitizing",
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"sugarcoating",
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"acclaiming",
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"extolling",
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"honoring",
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"lauding",
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"praising"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aggrandizing",
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"canonizing",
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"deifying",
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"dignifying",
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"elevating",
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"ennobling",
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"enshrining",
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"enskying",
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"enthroning",
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"glorifying",
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"magnifying"
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]
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},
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"to proclaim the glory of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"monstrous, gaudy gambling palaces that seem to exalt the very notion of excess"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blaming",
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"censuring",
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"reprehending",
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"reprobating",
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"criticizing",
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"reproving",
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"admonishing",
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"chiding",
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"keelhauling",
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"rebuking",
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"reprimanding",
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"reproaching",
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"castigating",
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"lambasting"
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],
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"related":[
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"adoring",
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"belauding",
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"deifying",
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"idolizing",
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"worshipping",
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"worshiping",
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"acclaiming",
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"applauding",
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"commending",
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"complimenting",
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"hailing",
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"renowning",
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"saluting",
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"chanting",
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"cheering",
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"eulogizing",
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"rhapsodizing",
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"citing",
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"flattering",
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"cracking up",
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"recommending",
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"touting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blessing",
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"caroling",
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"carolling",
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"celebrating",
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"emblazoning",
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"extolling",
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"glorifying",
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"hymning",
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"lauding",
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"magnifying",
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"praising",
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"resounding"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"examines":{
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"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the customer painstakingly examined the antique piece of furniture from top to bottom before purchasing it"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"skims",
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"misses"
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],
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"related":[
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"notices",
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"observes",
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"watches",
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"combs",
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"peruses",
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"pores (over)",
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"analyzes",
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"dissects",
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"parses",
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"delves (into)",
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"explores",
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"investigates",
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"plumbs",
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"probes",
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"researches",
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"studies",
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"categorizes",
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"classifies",
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"picks over",
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"reinspects",
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"rereviews",
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"resurveys"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"audits",
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"checks (out)",
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"cons",
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"inspects",
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"overlooks",
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"oversees",
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"reviews",
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"scans",
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"scrutinizes",
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"surveys",
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"views"
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]
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},
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"to put a series of questions to":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the defense attorney was eager to examine her star witness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"debriefs",
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"cross-examines",
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"cross-questions",
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"annoys",
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"harasses",
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"hounds",
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"pesters",
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"canvasses",
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"canvases",
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"polls"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catechizes",
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"grills",
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"interrogates",
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"pumps",
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"queries",
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"questions",
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"quizzes",
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"sweats"
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]
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},
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"to search through or into":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a groundbreaking study that examined the causes of juvenile delinquency"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"inspects",
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"sifts",
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"studies",
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"views",
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"browses",
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"cruises",
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"peruses",
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"scans",
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"skims (through)",
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"surfs",
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"thumbs (through)",
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"reinvestigates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delves (into)",
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"digs (into)",
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"explores",
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"inquires (into)",
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"investigates",
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"looks (into)",
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"probes",
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"researches"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"examining":{
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"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the customer painstakingly examined the antique piece of furniture from top to bottom before purchasing it"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"skimming",
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"missing"
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],
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"related":[
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"noticing",
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"observing",
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"watching",
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"combing",
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"perusing",
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"poring (over)",
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"analyzing",
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"dissecting",
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"parsing",
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"delving (into)",
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"exploring",
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"investigating",
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"plumbing",
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"probing",
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"researching",
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"studying",
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"categorizing",
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"classifying",
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"picking over",
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"reinspecting",
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"rereviewing",
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"re-reviewing",
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"resurveying"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"auditing",
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"checking (out)",
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"conning",
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"inspecting",
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"overlooking",
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"overseeing",
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"reviewing",
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"scanning",
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"scrutinizing",
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"surveying",
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"viewing"
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]
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},
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"to put a series of questions to":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the defense attorney was eager to examine her star witness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"debriefing",
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"cross-examining",
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"cross-questioning",
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"annoying",
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"harassing",
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"hounding",
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"pestering",
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"canvassing",
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"canvasing",
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"polling"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catechizing",
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"grilling",
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"interrogating",
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"pumping",
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"querying",
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"questioning",
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"quizzing",
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"sweating"
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]
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},
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"to search through or into":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a groundbreaking study that examined the causes of juvenile delinquency"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"inspecting",
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"sifting",
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"studying",
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"viewing",
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"browsing",
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"cruising",
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"perusing",
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"scanning",
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"skimming (through)",
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"surfing",
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"thumbing (through)",
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"reinvestigating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delving (into)",
|
|
"digging (into)",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"inquiring (into)",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"looking (into)",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"researching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exasperating":{
|
|
"causing annoyance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those exasperating details that come with almost any job"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"small children can exasperate their parents with endless questions about why this or that is so"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excavation":{
|
|
"as in cave , trench":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excavations":{
|
|
"as in caves , trenches":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exceed":{
|
|
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her knowledge of French wines exceeds that of anyone else I know"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"one-up",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"outcompete",
|
|
"outperform",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"outbalance",
|
|
"outweigh",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"trump"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outclass",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outgun",
|
|
"outmatch",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"tower (over)",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go beyond the limit of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by resorting to corporal punishment, the teacher had clearly exceeded his authority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overuse",
|
|
"overutilize",
|
|
"overwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"outreach",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"overshoot",
|
|
"overstep",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exceeding":{
|
|
"being out of the ordinary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accepted the apology with exceeding graciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrated",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinaire",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her knowledge of French wines exceeds that of anyone else I know"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"one-upping",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outracing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"outcompeting",
|
|
"outperforming",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"worsting",
|
|
"outbalancing",
|
|
"outweighing",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"trumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"outclassing",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outgunning",
|
|
"outmatching",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"towering (over)",
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go beyond the limit of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by resorting to corporal punishment, the teacher had clearly exceeded his authority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing",
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overusing",
|
|
"overutilizing",
|
|
"overworking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"outreaching",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"overreaching",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"overshooting",
|
|
"overstepping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exceedingly":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the salesclerk was exceedingly patient with one customer who couldn't make up his mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excelled":{
|
|
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the special effects in this new sci-fi extravaganza excel any that we've seen previously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"one-upped",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outraced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"outcompeted",
|
|
"outperformed",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"trumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outclassed",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outgunned",
|
|
"outmatched",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"towered (over)",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excellency":{
|
|
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"disvalue"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that granite has so many excellencies as material for countertops that it is well worth the high price"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defect",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"negative"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"superiority"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cardinal virtue",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exceptionally high quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the excellency of the violins crafted by Stradivarius is beyond dispute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"crumminess",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"first-rateness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excellent":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fast-food fans rate this chain's fries as excellent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excepting":{
|
|
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I must except to your remark that there are no great novelists currently living"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"adhering",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"wrangling",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"demonstrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demurring",
|
|
"expostulating",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"including"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to except members who haven't paid their club dues from voting in the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"unbanning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"blacklisting",
|
|
"excommunicating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"staving off",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"checking off",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"combing (out)",
|
|
"weeding (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"closing out",
|
|
"counting (out)",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"freezing out",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"shutting out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exceptionally":{
|
|
"to a great or unusual degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was an exceptionally talented dancer."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exceptions":{
|
|
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I take strong exception to your assessment of his singing ability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"obediences"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compunctions",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"misgivings",
|
|
"qualms",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"statics",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"defiances",
|
|
"disobediences",
|
|
"rebellions",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"dubieties",
|
|
"dubitations",
|
|
"incertitudes",
|
|
"indeterminations",
|
|
"misdoubts",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"uncertainties",
|
|
"reluctances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"demurrals",
|
|
"demurrers",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is different from what is ordinary or expected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her tardiness today is an exception ; usually she's on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"ordinaries",
|
|
"usuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"singularities",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"bizarreries",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"vagaries",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"mutations",
|
|
"variations",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"inconsistences",
|
|
"inconsistencies",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"contradictions",
|
|
"paradoxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrations",
|
|
"abnormalities",
|
|
"anomalies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"rarities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessive":{
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nerdy hackers who spend an excessive amount of time sitting in front of their computers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessively":{
|
|
"beyond a normal or acceptable limit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"noise from the party was excessively loud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"temperately",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"extortionately",
|
|
"inexcusably",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"unconscionably",
|
|
"unreasonably",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"freakishly",
|
|
"singularly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"uncustomarily",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devilishly",
|
|
"exorbitantly",
|
|
"inordinately",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"overly",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unduly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excised":{
|
|
"as in removed , cut":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in taxed , penalized":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exclamations":{
|
|
"a sudden short emotional utterance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the good news was greeted with a chorus of joyous exclamations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aahs",
|
|
"ahs",
|
|
"oohs",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"ejaculations",
|
|
"interjections"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excogitates":{
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's a master at excogitating reasons not to do her assigned work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"reduplicates",
|
|
"replicates",
|
|
"reproduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coins",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fantasizes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visualizes",
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"extemporizes",
|
|
"improvises"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"drums up",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"trumps up",
|
|
"vamps (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excommunicate":{
|
|
"to not allow (someone) to continue being a member of a group and especially the Roman Catholic church":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was excommunicated from the church for his radical practices."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excommunicated":{
|
|
"to not allow (someone) to continue being a member of a group and especially the Roman Catholic church":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was excommunicated from the church for his radical practices."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excoriated":{
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor had hardly been in office for a month before she was being excoriated for problems of very long standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sore by continued rubbing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the manacles had badly excoriated the prisoner's wrists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scratched",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"skinned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abraded",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"irritated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excretes":{
|
|
"to pass (waste matter) from the body or from an organ in the body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"excrete sweat",
|
|
"The kidneys excrete toxins."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excruciate":{
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has long been excruciated by an undiagnosed pain in her knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"martyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excruciated":{
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has long been excruciated by an undiagnosed pain in her knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excursuses":{
|
|
"a part added at the end of a book or periodical":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forewords",
|
|
"introductions",
|
|
"prefaces",
|
|
"prologues",
|
|
"prologs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine contains an interesting excursus on the status of women in the Middle Ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"codas",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs",
|
|
"postludes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"accompaniments",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"postscripts",
|
|
"follow-ups",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"allonges",
|
|
"riders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"afterwords",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"codicils",
|
|
"supplements"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excusably":{
|
|
"as in fairly , justifiably":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exec":{
|
|
"a person who manages or directs something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"codirector",
|
|
"comanager",
|
|
"co-organizer",
|
|
"middle manager",
|
|
"boardman",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"commissioner",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"president"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administrant",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"archon",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"executed":{
|
|
"to carry out effectively":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"legislated",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"promulgated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"implemented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"implemented",
|
|
"aced",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"engaged (in)",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"worked (at)",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reenacted",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"perpetrated",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"pulled off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"whacked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"executive":{
|
|
"a person who manages or directs something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a program that teaches company executives how to better manage their staffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"codirector",
|
|
"comanager",
|
|
"co-organizer",
|
|
"middle manager",
|
|
"boardman",
|
|
"officer",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"commissioner",
|
|
"minister",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"president"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administrant",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"archon",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"exec",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"supervisor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suited for or relating to the directing of things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmanagerial",
|
|
"nonsupervisory"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the executive skills needed to manage a large business office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bureaucratic",
|
|
"governmental",
|
|
"ministerial",
|
|
"official",
|
|
"parliamentary",
|
|
"regulatory",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administrative",
|
|
"directorial",
|
|
"managerial",
|
|
"supervisory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exegesis":{
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a psychobiography that purports to be the definitive exegesis of the late president's character"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"paraphrase",
|
|
"restatement",
|
|
"translation",
|
|
"annotation",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"epexegesis",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"decoding",
|
|
"disentanglement",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"caveat",
|
|
"warning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarification",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"elucidation",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"explication",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"interpretation",
|
|
"road map"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exemplifications":{
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a futile war that is now regarded as the exemplification of national na\u00efvet\u00e9 and arrogance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"cross sections",
|
|
"microcosms",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exercise":{
|
|
"energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor ordered plenty of fresh air and exercise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"training",
|
|
"warm-up",
|
|
"workout",
|
|
"toning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"aerobics",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"bodybuilding",
|
|
"body mechanics",
|
|
"calisthenics",
|
|
"gymnastics",
|
|
"isometrics",
|
|
"plyometrics",
|
|
"slimnastics",
|
|
"weight lifting",
|
|
"physical therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"exertion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young piano student dutifully going through the standard finger exercises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"homework",
|
|
"lesson",
|
|
"brushup",
|
|
"refresher",
|
|
"review"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"workout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the observation that the best exercise for losing weight is the exercise of one's ability to say no to food"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disuse",
|
|
"nonuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"reuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"usage",
|
|
"use"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a senator who consistently exercises his clout in Congress to get pork barrel projects for his state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"wield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"point (for)",
|
|
"prepare (for)",
|
|
"train (with)",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"work (at or on)",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"run over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"wield",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"cannibalize",
|
|
"recycle",
|
|
"reuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"harness",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhaust":{
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"replace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"clean (out)",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"draw down",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"play out",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"use up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"outwear",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhausted":{
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"replaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"cleaned (out)",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"drew down",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"outwore",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhausting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"replacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"drawing down",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"playing out",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"using up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"outwearing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhaustion":{
|
|
"a complete depletion of energy or strength":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"refreshment",
|
|
"rejuvenation",
|
|
"rejuvenescence",
|
|
"revitalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with all of the work and activity that the holiday season brings, the working couple was on the point of exhaustion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"overfatigue",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burnout",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"tiredness",
|
|
"weariness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhaustively":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"with attention to all aspects or details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the psychic's claims were exhaustively examined by scientific experts and found to be without merit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"imperfectly",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"narrowly",
|
|
"shallowly",
|
|
"sketchily",
|
|
"summarily",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"indeterminately",
|
|
"nebulously",
|
|
"vaguely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"all out",
|
|
"full blast",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"encyclopedically",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"globally",
|
|
"widely",
|
|
"conclusively",
|
|
"consummately",
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"perfectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"comprehensively",
|
|
"detailedly",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"inside out",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"sweepingly",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"exhaustiveness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhibit":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a touring exhibit of national treasures from the Smithsonian Institution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presentment",
|
|
"sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"expo",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"show"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these naturalists take their birds of prey on tour and exhibit them before groups of schoolchildren"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"tell (of)",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhorted":{
|
|
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"dissuaded",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"adjured",
|
|
"beseeched",
|
|
"besought",
|
|
"implored",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"wheedled",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"stirred (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egged (on)",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"nudged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"urged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhorting":{
|
|
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"urging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhorts":{
|
|
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"urges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existed":{
|
|
"to have life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"succumbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"ruled",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exists":{
|
|
"to have life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strive to have a full, rich life rather than merely exist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"survives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exit":{
|
|
"a place or means of going out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"ingress"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the building's exits were being watched by security guards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"entr\u00e9e",
|
|
"entree"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"escape hatch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outlet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie star's quick exit through the back of the hotel went unnoticed by the horde of photographers waiting out front"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"ingress"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"embarkation",
|
|
"embarkment",
|
|
"disembarkation",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"leave-taking",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"determined that his exit be from a place and time of his own choosing, the terminally ill patient opted for suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in case of fire, exit from the building in a calm and orderly fashion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"begone",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"expressed her wish to exit surrounded by family and friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exited":{
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in case of fire, exit from the building in a calm and orderly fashion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"reached"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"emigrated",
|
|
"adjourned",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"bugged off",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buggered off",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"ran along",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"stepped (along)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"expressed her wish to exit surrounded by family and friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exiting":{
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their exiting of the boring party was swiftly and quietly accomplished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"ingress"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"embarkation",
|
|
"embarkment",
|
|
"disembarkation",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"leave-taking",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in case of fire, exit from the building in a calm and orderly fashion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"reaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"emigrating",
|
|
"adjourning",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"buggering off",
|
|
"bugging off",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
|
"clearing off",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"peeling off",
|
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"pushing off",
|
|
"pushing on",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"running along",
|
|
"sallying (forth)",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"stepping (along)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"vamoosing",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"expressed her wish to exit surrounded by family and friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flatlining",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"pegging out",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"popping off",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exorcized":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please exorcise that offensive word from your vocabulary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exotic":{
|
|
"excitingly or mysteriously unusual":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"nonexotic",
|
|
"nonglamorous",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"unexotic",
|
|
"unglamorous",
|
|
"unromantic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gradual disappearance of exotic lands in a culturally homogenized world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something strange or unusual that is an object of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the botanical garden boasts an array of horticultural exotics from around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"found object",
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
"curiosa",
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"rarity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatiates":{
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"soliloquizes",
|
|
"disserts",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"filibusters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expatiating":{
|
|
"as in speaking out , speaking up":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the naturalist is known for her willingness to expatiate on any number of issues relating to wildlife and the environment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reciting",
|
|
"soliloquizing",
|
|
"disserting",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"sermonizing",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"filibustering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expend":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"outlay",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"shell out",
|
|
"spend"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"replace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"clean (out)",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"draw down",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"play out",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"use up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expended":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"redecoration will have to wait, since we've just expended our last dollar in buying the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cached",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"rained",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"outlaid",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"shelled out",
|
|
"spent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"replaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"settlers had to be sure not to expend their supply of firewood before the end of the long winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"cleaned (out)",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"drew down",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expense":{
|
|
"a payment made in the course of achieving a result":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they spared no expense in building the house of their dreams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overhead",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money",
|
|
"price",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tariff",
|
|
"toll"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expert":{
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experts at the crime lab were able to tell the sex, race, and approximate age of the murderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"accomplished with trained ability":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to a serious collector, the expert carving on the duck decoy justifies its high price"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"artistic",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"bravura",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"workmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"amateurish",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people interested in laser eye surgery are advised to seek out an expert practitioner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"unable",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unfitted",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"talentless",
|
|
"ungifted",
|
|
"untalented",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"would-be",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"ham-fisted",
|
|
"ham-handed",
|
|
"heavy-handed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sure-handed",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"talented",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"workmanlike",
|
|
"able",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"habile",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"taught",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"well-rounded",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"multiskilled",
|
|
"multitalented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiation":{
|
|
"as in reparation , atonement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiry":{
|
|
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the expiry of a great empire is always a cataclysmic event"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once upon expiry , her soul entered the abode of the blessed dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explained away":{
|
|
"to give the reason for or cause of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"attributed",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"rationalized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"apologized",
|
|
"atoned",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"soft-pedaled",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"extenuated",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"whitewashed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicates":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"commentates",
|
|
"glosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"demystifies",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"gets across",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"unriddles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicit":{
|
|
"so clearly expressed as to leave no doubt about the meaning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"inexplicit",
|
|
"unspecific",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"explicit instructions about what to do in an emergency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"unintelligible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"well-defined",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"understandable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"univocal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploded":{
|
|
"as in blasted , detonated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
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"detonated",
|
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"broken",
|
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"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
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"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
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"collapsed",
|
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"imploded",
|
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"demolished",
|
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"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
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"ruinate",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
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"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the building was wrecked when a powerful bomb exploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"crumped",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mushroomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bomb was so powerful that it exploded windows in several neighboring buildings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to develop suddenly and violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayor's latest unpopular decision caused long-suppressed resentment to explode into open anger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blazed (up)",
|
|
"broke out",
|
|
"burst (forth)",
|
|
"bursted (forth)",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"flared (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"touched off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploits":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the type of person who exploits a friend's good nature by constantly sponging off of him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"capitalizes (on)",
|
|
"cashes in (on)",
|
|
"imposes (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"pimps",
|
|
"plays (on or upon)",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks around",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"commercializes",
|
|
"commodifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician more than willing to exploit any national tragedy for political gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"plays (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"finagles",
|
|
"jockeys",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"machinates",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"finesses",
|
|
"masterminds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it will be a shame if you don't exploit your artistic talent to the fullest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"wields",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"cannibalizes",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"reuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fanciful exploits of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"tours de force",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"performances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done by someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once famed as an actor, John Wilkes Booth is now remembered for a single exploit , his assassination of Lincoln"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"doings",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"emprises",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"handiworks",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"activities",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"proceedings",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"coactions",
|
|
"co-actions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a memoir recounting three decades of exploits as a roving foreign correspondent for TV news"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"emprises",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"gests",
|
|
"gestes",
|
|
"happenings",
|
|
"times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"doings",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"episodes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"baptisms",
|
|
"ordeals",
|
|
"tests",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"ventures",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"explorations",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"stunts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"drags"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explores":{
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reconnoiters",
|
|
"reconnoitres",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"plumbs",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"searches",
|
|
"skirrs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"skims (through)",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delves (into)",
|
|
"digs (into)",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inquires (into)",
|
|
"investigates",
|
|
"looks (into)",
|
|
"probes",
|
|
"researches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploring":{
|
|
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must continue to explore the depths of the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reconnoitering",
|
|
"reconnoitring",
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"unearthing",
|
|
"fathoming",
|
|
"plumbing",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"prospecting",
|
|
"searching",
|
|
"skirring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search through or into":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"communities must explore new ways of raising money for their cultural institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"skimming (through)",
|
|
"surfing",
|
|
"thumbing (through)",
|
|
"reinvestigating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delving (into)",
|
|
"digging (into)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inquiring (into)",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"looking (into)",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"researching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explosive":{
|
|
"as in bomb":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been an explosive interest in the sport since the Olympics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonviolent",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"peaceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most explosive storms to hit that area of the coast in some time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"nonbelligerent",
|
|
"unaggressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"combustible",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"ruinous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang-bang",
|
|
"blood-and-guts",
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"cyclonic",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hammer-and-tongs",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"paroxysmal",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"volcanic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explosively":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the racehorses explosively broke from the starting gate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exports":{
|
|
"to send a product to be sold in another country":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"countries that export oil to the U.S."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expositions":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an exposition of flying machines from the early days of aviation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"productions",
|
|
"extravaganzas",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presentments",
|
|
"sales"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expos",
|
|
"fairs",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nonstop exposition of the ceremonies by the TV newscasters was both unnecessary and irritating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"write-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"play-by-plays"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement that makes something clear":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the astronomer's exposition of white dwarfs was a little helpful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"restatements",
|
|
"translations",
|
|
"annotations",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"epexegeses",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"disentanglements",
|
|
"analyses",
|
|
"edifications",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"definitions",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"reasonings",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"caveats",
|
|
"warnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifications",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"elucidations",
|
|
"exegeses",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"explications",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"road maps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expostulating":{
|
|
"to present an opposing opinion or argument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the concerned parents tried to expostulate with their daughter when she announced her intention to live on her own in New York City"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"adhering",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"conflicting",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"wrangling",
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"demonstrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demurring",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expostulation":{
|
|
"a feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite the earnest expostulations of her friends, Jessica continued to date the foul-tempered guy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissent",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"distrustfulness",
|
|
"dubiety",
|
|
"dubitation",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"misdoubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"mistrustfulness",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"demur",
|
|
"demurral",
|
|
"demurrer",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"remonstrance",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exposure":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exposure by the local newspaper of a kickback scheme in the public works department"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"cover-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bombshell",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"admission",
|
|
"avowal",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"confession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"divulgence",
|
|
"revelation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people chronically avoid situations in which there is a high level of exposure to germs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"vulnerability"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of facing a particular direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this plant will need to be in a room with a southern exposure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alignment",
|
|
"alinement",
|
|
"arrangement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"frontage",
|
|
"orientation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exposures":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exposure by the local newspaper of a kickback scheme in the public works department"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealments",
|
|
"cover-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bombshells",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"admissions",
|
|
"avowals",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"confessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"divulgences",
|
|
"revelations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or fact of facing a particular direction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this plant will need to be in a room with a southern exposure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alignments",
|
|
"alinements",
|
|
"arrangements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"frontages",
|
|
"orientations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressed":{
|
|
"as in spoken , stated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"pulped",
|
|
"pureed",
|
|
"pur\u00e9ed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"extruded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"squeezed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"symboled",
|
|
"symbolled",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"adverted",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"spelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than \"lousy\"?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"paraphrased",
|
|
"rephrased",
|
|
"restated",
|
|
"reworded",
|
|
"summarized",
|
|
"translated",
|
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"communicated",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
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"spoke",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
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"vocalized",
|
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"described",
|
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"rendered",
|
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"wrote up"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"articulated",
|
|
"clothed",
|
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"clad",
|
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"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"worded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"wrote up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disembodied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"towering spires express in glass and steel the optimism of the age"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"concretized",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"exemplified",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"objectified",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"typified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodied",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"externalized",
|
|
"incarnated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"instantiated",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"personalized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"substantiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressing":{
|
|
"to apply external pressure on so as to force out the juice or contents of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"except as a fun event at festivals, nowadays people do not make wine by expressing grapes with their feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"pulping",
|
|
"pureeing",
|
|
"pur\u00e9eing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"extruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"squeezing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"symboling",
|
|
"symbolling",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"adverting",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"spelling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could you express your opinion of the book in words a little more precise than \"lousy\"?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"paraphrasing",
|
|
"rephrasing",
|
|
"restating",
|
|
"rewording",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"translating",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"writing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"writing up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting across",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"towering spires express in glass and steel the optimism of the age"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"concretizing",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"objectifying",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"typifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodying",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"externalizing",
|
|
"incarnating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"instantiating",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"personalizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"substantiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expropriated":{
|
|
"to end the occupancy or possession of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state will have to expropriate scores of homeowners in order to build the new road"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"disfurnished",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"bereaved",
|
|
"bereft",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disinherited",
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"impounded",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"ousted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissidents were shot, and their lands expropriated under his regime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"annexed",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"impounded",
|
|
"repossessed",
|
|
"sequestered",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"trespassed",
|
|
"embezzled",
|
|
"misapplied",
|
|
"misappropriated",
|
|
"misused",
|
|
"peculated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"pirated",
|
|
"preempted",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans by the city to expropriate entire blocks of houses in order to bulldoze them for expansion of the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"garnisheed",
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"preempted",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"commandeered",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"sequestered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expunge":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"time and the weather have expunged any evidence that a thriving community once existed here"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expurgated":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"blue-penciled",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"bleeped",
|
|
"blipped",
|
|
"cut (out)",
|
|
"deleted",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"x-ed (out)",
|
|
"x'd (out)",
|
|
"xed (out)",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"scrutinized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerized",
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"red-penciled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expurgates":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper had to expurgate the expletive-laden speech that the criminal made upon being sentenced to life imprisonment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"cuts (out)",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"x's (out)",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"scrutinizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"red-pencils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extempore":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after the election both candidates admitted that they had made a number of extempore remarks that they later regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extemporizes":{
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rehearses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"dashes (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"claps (together or up)",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"improvises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extensions":{
|
|
"a smaller structure added to a main building":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new extension will connect the house with what is now a freestanding garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"ells",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"penthouses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of making longer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviations",
|
|
"abridgments",
|
|
"abridgements",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"shortenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the board's extension of the school year drew howls of protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elongations",
|
|
"prolongations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extensively":{
|
|
"to a large extent or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several beaches were extensively damaged by the hurricane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"fractionally",
|
|
"imperceptibly",
|
|
"infinitesimally",
|
|
"insignificantly",
|
|
"invisibly",
|
|
"microscopically",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"healthily",
|
|
"plentifully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"big-time",
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"massively",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"sizably",
|
|
"staggeringly",
|
|
"stupendously",
|
|
"tremendously",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"vastly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extensiveness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exterior":{
|
|
"an outer part or layer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exterior of the tooth consists of very hard enamel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"veneer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"situated on the outside or farther out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"inward"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house's exterior walls badly need to be painted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outlying",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"outward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exterminate":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extermination":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the virtual extermination of the native tribes by the colonizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"reclamation",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"re-creation",
|
|
"refurbishment",
|
|
"regeneracy",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovation",
|
|
"restoration"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"dismantlement",
|
|
"effacement",
|
|
"eradication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extinction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"obliteration",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wastage",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extinct":{
|
|
"no longer existing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"missing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"bypast",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"nonextant",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extinguishes":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"restores"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scotches",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"unbuilds",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmakes",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"despoils",
|
|
"havocs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vandalizes",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"vaporizes",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wracks",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snubs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"stubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbs",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"shushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extinguishing":{
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"scotching",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"unbuilding",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"havocking",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalizing",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"vaporizing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wracking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snubbing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"stubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"shushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extirpate":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extirpates":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extortion":{
|
|
"the exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"six dollars for a cup of coffee is just plain extortion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"highway robbery",
|
|
"overcharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extract":{
|
|
"a part taken from a longer work":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the anthology includes a long extract from the epic poem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"sound bite",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"quotation",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"longueur",
|
|
"purple passage",
|
|
"context",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excerpt",
|
|
"passage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extracted a splinter from my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (out)",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extracurricular":{
|
|
"relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hired a private detective to investigate her husband's extracurricular activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"premarital",
|
|
"promiscuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterine",
|
|
"adulterous",
|
|
"extramarital",
|
|
"two-timing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraordinary":{
|
|
"being out of the ordinary":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marine is being cited for extraordinary courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrated",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinaire",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one noticed anything extraordinary about the airline passenger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"newsworthy",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extrapolate":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"philosophize",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"think",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"find out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"derive",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraverted":{
|
|
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"insociable",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a job in a research lab that is probably not well suited to an extroverted person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extreme":{
|
|
"as in maximum , outside":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tip , extremity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being very far from the center of public opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-of-the-road",
|
|
"nonrevolutionary",
|
|
"unrevolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their extreme political views attracted only a small band of followers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"reactionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultra"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their extreme zeal the members of the cult are willing to do whatever their leader dictates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"most distant from a center":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"nearest"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spacecraft that is specially designed to explore the extreme edge of our solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"medial",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aftermost",
|
|
"rearmost",
|
|
"sternmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exuberance":{
|
|
"the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"lifelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exuberance of the housing market was an encouraging economic indicator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"anemia",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"spiritlessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"vapidity",
|
|
"vapidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"springiness",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"chirpiness",
|
|
"effervescence",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"ebullience",
|
|
"ebulliency",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"playfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exultant":{
|
|
"having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exultant winner of the award for best country artist of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cock-a-hoop",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"victorious",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhort":{
|
|
"to try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speaker exhorted the graduating students to go forth and try to make a difference in the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"egg (on)",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"urge"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dissuade",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explicate":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the physicist did his best to explicate the wave theory of light for the audience of laymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"spell out",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"experimented (with)":{
|
|
"as in studied , investigated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exactitudes":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"accurateness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"ultraprecision",
|
|
"veracity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"definitude",
|
|
"determinacy",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"fastidiousness",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"persnicketiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approximation",
|
|
"roundness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"wrongness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"impreciseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"roughness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existences":{
|
|
"the fact of being or of being real":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the existence of UFO's is something that people continue to argue about"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"corporality",
|
|
"corporeality",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"subsistence",
|
|
"thingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"realness",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"prevalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"virtuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexistence",
|
|
"nonbeing",
|
|
"nonexistence",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excellently":{
|
|
"as in superbly , marvelously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excising":{
|
|
"as in taxing , penalizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"inflicting",
|
|
"wreaking",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"reimposing",
|
|
"relaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"pardoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in removing , cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"yanking",
|
|
"boning",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"transplanting",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"disemboweling",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"eviscerating",
|
|
"gutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expectorations":{
|
|
"as in sputa , salivations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extrapolating":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"deriving",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"construing",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"philosophizing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"finding out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraordinariness":{
|
|
"as in remarkableness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exaggerate":{
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the American colonist John Smith is believed by many historians to have exaggerated his adventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"elaborate (on)",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"hyperbolize",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"overstate",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"satirize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"understate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it would be impossible to exaggerate the importance of this entrance exam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overstate",
|
|
"put on"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"melodramatize",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"sensationalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"understate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exemplars":{
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the village's Congregational church could serve as an exemplar of the white clapboard church with a steeple that is a fixture in old New England towns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"cross sections",
|
|
"microcosms",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"few of history's heroes were quite the exemplars that generations of schoolteachers made them out to be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beau ideals",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"eidolons",
|
|
"eidola",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"nonesuches",
|
|
"nonpareils",
|
|
"paragons",
|
|
"patron saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"mirrors",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"guidelines",
|
|
"principles",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"gauges",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"apotheoses",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the most perfect type or example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the paintings of the French painter Claude Monet are often regarded as exemplars of Impressionism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apotheoses",
|
|
"beau ideals",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"perfections",
|
|
"quintessences"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"nonpareils",
|
|
"paragons",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ultimates",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excerpts":{
|
|
"a part taken from a longer work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he'll read an excerpt from the novel at the book signing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"passages"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"sound bites",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"quotations",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"longueurs",
|
|
"purple passages",
|
|
"contexts",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extortionately":{
|
|
"as in unreasonably , obscenely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exchanged (for)":{
|
|
"as in dealt (for) , traded (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existent":{
|
|
"existing in fact and not merely as a possibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to some people, angels are as existent as aardvarks or astronomers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"de facto",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"sure-enough",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"inescapable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real-life",
|
|
"real-world",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"certified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"symbolic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"virtual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"platonic",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"suppositional",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having being at the present time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coelacanth is one existent fish that was once thought to be entirely extinct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"nonextant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"other worlds are existents that are generally taken for granted in works of science fiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"commodity",
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"integer",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonentity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exploiters":{
|
|
"as in users":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expiration":{
|
|
"the act of ceasing to exist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"directed that upon her expiration her splendid Italian-style villa be given to the public as a museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the expiration of all brain activity there was no point in keeping the patient alive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cancer patient passed away sometime during the night, the exact moment of her expiration not being known"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"great divide",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"martyrdom",
|
|
"self-destruction",
|
|
"self-murder",
|
|
"self-slaughter",
|
|
"suicide",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"rise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"nativity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expertise":{
|
|
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"new dog owners who were seeking someone with expertise in animal obedience"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"skills"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"background",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"conversance",
|
|
"familiarity",
|
|
"intimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"unawareness",
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexperience"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expropriations":{
|
|
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the development of the colony involved expropriation of large tracts of fertile farmland from the natives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"arrogations",
|
|
"detainers",
|
|
"preemptions",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"takeovers",
|
|
"usurpations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annexations",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"confiscations",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"impoundments",
|
|
"repossessions",
|
|
"sequestrations",
|
|
"defalcations",
|
|
"embezzlements",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misappropriations",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"peculations",
|
|
"thefts",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"encroachments",
|
|
"infringements",
|
|
"piracies",
|
|
"invasions",
|
|
"occupancies",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"preoccupancies",
|
|
"trespasses",
|
|
"deforcements",
|
|
"disfurnishments",
|
|
"dispossessions",
|
|
"ejections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exonerated":{
|
|
"as in acquitted , cleared":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"cleanhanded",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inculpable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guilty",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"shamefaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from a charge of wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the results of the DNA fingerprinting finally exonerated the man, but only after he had wasted 10 years of his life in prison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atoned (for)",
|
|
"expiated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"avenged",
|
|
"redressed",
|
|
"revenged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"arraigned",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"convicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"criminated",
|
|
"incriminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excursion":{
|
|
"a short trip for pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our weekend excursions have encompassed virtually all parts of our home state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"spin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"travel(s)",
|
|
"voyage",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"odyssey",
|
|
"safari",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"peregrination",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"pilgrimage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a departure from the subject under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the professor's frequent and sometimes far-ranging excursions in his lectures are the stuff of campus legend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aside",
|
|
"digression",
|
|
"divagation",
|
|
"tangent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excursus",
|
|
"parenthesis",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extenuation":{
|
|
"as in palliation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palliation",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"atonement",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"cop-out",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretext",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"alibi",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"executions":{
|
|
"the doing of an action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the execution of this magic trick must be accomplished in one fluid motion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"fulfillments",
|
|
"fulfilments",
|
|
"implementations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"perpetrations",
|
|
"prosecutions",
|
|
"pursuances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"handlings",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfulfillments",
|
|
"nonperformances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exhibitions":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an exhibition of valuable and fascinating artifacts from a recovered pirate ship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expos",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"fairs",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"productions",
|
|
"extravaganzas",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"auctions",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presentments",
|
|
"sales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an outward and often exaggerated indication of something abstract (as a feeling) for effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the benefit of the crowd, the professional wrestler made a great exhibition of ferocity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrations",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"disclosures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"explosion":{
|
|
"the act or an instance of exploding":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the explosion of the first atomic bomb at Hiroshima"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"detonation",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"airburst",
|
|
"groundburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the explosion of patriotic feeling that the country experienced after that momentous event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"ebullition",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"tantrum",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"firestorm",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
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"furor"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"the tennis player's expletive-enriched explosions on the court tested the patience of officials"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"blowup",
|
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"fireworks",
|
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"fit",
|
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"hissy",
|
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"hissy fit",
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"huff",
|
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"scene",
|
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"tantrum"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"eruption",
|
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"flare-up",
|
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"outburst",
|
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"storm",
|
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"uproar",
|
|
"agitation",
|
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"delirium",
|
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"distraction",
|
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"frenzy",
|
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"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
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"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
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"rage",
|
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"rampage",
|
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"convulsion(s)",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness",
|
|
"reaction",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snit",
|
|
"sulk(s)",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"sullenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"execrate":{
|
|
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leaders from around the world execrated the terrorists responsible for the bomb blast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematize",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"blacklist",
|
|
"excommunicate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"upbraid",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"revile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to dislike strongly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"execrates without apology anyone who would physically abuse children or animals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"love"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"examination":{
|
|
"a set of questions or problems designed to assess knowledge, skills, or intelligence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"applicants to the prep school are required to take a demanding examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exam",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"test"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitude test",
|
|
"intelligence test",
|
|
"placement test",
|
|
"pretest",
|
|
"retest",
|
|
"board(s)",
|
|
"midterm",
|
|
"midyear",
|
|
"catechism",
|
|
"audition",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a systematic search for the truth or facts about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an examination into the extent and causes of juvenile delinquency in the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delving",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"examen",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"inquest",
|
|
"inquiry",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"probing",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"diagnosis",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"feeler",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"poll",
|
|
"questionary",
|
|
"questionnaire",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"cross-examination",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"grilling",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"rehearing",
|
|
"reinvestigation",
|
|
"self-examination",
|
|
"self-exploration",
|
|
"self-questioning",
|
|
"self-reflection",
|
|
"self-scrutiny",
|
|
"soul-searching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even a hasty examination will tell any jeweler that that is not a real diamond"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audit",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"checkup",
|
|
"going-over",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"look-see",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutiny",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analysis",
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"deconstruction",
|
|
"dissection",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"investigation",
|
|
"probe",
|
|
"research",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"interrogation",
|
|
"once-over",
|
|
"perusal",
|
|
"recheck",
|
|
"reinspection",
|
|
"resurvey",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"checkout",
|
|
"test-drive",
|
|
"trial run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |