6618 lines
131 KiB
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6618 lines
131 KiB
JSON
{
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"fealty":{
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"adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disloyalty",
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"faithlessness",
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"falseness",
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"falsity",
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"inconstancy",
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"infidelity",
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"perfidiousness",
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"perfidy",
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"treachery",
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"unfaithfulness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"as much as I wanted to back my friend up, my fealty to the truth was greater, and I could not lie for him"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alienation",
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"disaffection",
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"estrangement",
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"separation"
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],
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"related":[
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"affection",
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"fondness",
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"determination",
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"firmness",
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"resolution",
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"dependability",
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"reliability",
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"trustability",
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"trustiness",
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"trustworthiness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adhesion",
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"allegiance",
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"attachment",
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"commitment",
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"constancy",
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"dedication",
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"devotedness",
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"devotion",
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"faith",
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"faithfulness",
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"fastness",
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"fidelity",
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"loyalty",
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"piety",
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"steadfastness",
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"troth"
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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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"fearfulness":{
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"the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a vet who was adept at easing the fearfulness of her animal patients"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aplomb",
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"assurance",
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"boldness",
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"confidence",
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"self-assurance",
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"self-confidence",
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"bravery",
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"courage",
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"courageousness",
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"daring",
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"dauntlessness",
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"doughtiness",
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"fearlessness",
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"fortitude",
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"gallantry",
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"hardihood",
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"intrepidity",
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"intrepidness",
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"stoutness",
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"valor",
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"audacity",
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"guts",
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"nerve"
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],
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"related":[
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"phobia",
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"creeps",
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"jitters",
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"nervousness",
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"willies",
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"pang",
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"qualm",
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"twinge",
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"agitation",
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"apprehension",
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"consternation",
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"discomposure",
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"disquiet",
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"funk",
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"perturbation",
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"concern",
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"dismay",
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"worry",
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"cowardice",
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"faintheartedness",
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"timidity",
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"timorousness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alarm",
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"alarum",
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"anxiety",
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"dread",
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"fear",
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"fright",
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"horror",
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"panic",
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"scare",
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"terror",
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"trepidation"
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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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"fearlessness":{
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"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cowardice",
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"cowardliness",
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"cravenness",
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"dastardliness",
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"poltroonery",
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"spinelessness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the admirable fearlessness shown by the pioneers of the civil rights movement"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cold feet",
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"faintheartedness",
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"fearfulness",
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"mousiness",
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"timidity",
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"timorousness",
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"feebleness",
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"softness",
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"weakness",
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"impotence",
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"ineffectualness",
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"hesitation",
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"indecision",
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"indecisiveness",
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"irresolution"
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],
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"related":[
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"backbone",
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"fiber",
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"fortitude",
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"grit",
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"gumption",
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"mettle",
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"pluck",
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"pluckiness",
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"spunk",
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"temper",
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"determination",
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"perseverance",
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"resolution",
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"endurance",
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"stamina",
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"stomach",
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"tenacity",
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"audacity",
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"boldness",
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"brazenness",
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"cheek",
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"cojones",
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"effrontery",
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"gall",
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"temerity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bottle",
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"bravery",
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"courage",
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"courageousness",
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"daring",
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"daringness",
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"dauntlessness",
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"doughtiness",
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"gallantry",
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"greatheartedness",
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"guts",
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"gutsiness",
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"hardihood",
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"heart",
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"heroism",
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"intestinal fortitude",
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"intrepidity",
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"intrepidness",
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"moxie",
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"nerve",
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"pecker",
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"prowess",
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"stoutness",
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"valor",
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"virtue"
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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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"feasts":{
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"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"some 90 Native Americans showed up for the feast put on by the Pilgrims at Plymouth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"chow",
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"messes",
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"repasts",
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"tables",
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"blowouts",
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"carnivals",
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"festivals",
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"fetes",
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"f\u00eates",
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"galas",
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"parties",
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"shindigs",
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"festivities",
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"barbecues",
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"barbeques",
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"clambakes",
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"cookouts",
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"fries",
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"luaus",
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"roasts",
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"buffets",
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"luncheons",
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"smorgasbords"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banquets",
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"dinners",
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"feeds",
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"regales",
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"spreads"
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]
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},
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"a source of great satisfaction":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the colorful Mardi Gras parade is a feast for the senses"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"amusements",
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"diversions",
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"entertainments",
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"fun",
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"recreations",
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"comforts",
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"reliefs",
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"solaces",
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"gratifications",
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"indulgences",
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"ambrosias"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delectations",
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"delights",
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"gases",
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"gasses",
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"joys",
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"kicks",
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"mannas",
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"pleasures",
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"treats"
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]
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},
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"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the returning war heroes were feasted all over the country"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"boards",
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"caters",
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"feeds",
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"provisions",
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"fetes",
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"f\u00eates",
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"honors",
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"recognizes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banquets",
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"dines",
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"junkets",
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"regales"
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]
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},
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"to give satisfaction to":{
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"antonyms":[
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"displeases"
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],
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"examples":[
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"feast your eyes on all the fresh flowers at the farmers' market"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aggravates",
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"annoys",
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"bothers",
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"bugs",
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"chafes",
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"crosses",
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"exasperates",
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"galls",
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"gets",
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"grates",
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"irks",
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"irritates",
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"nettles",
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"peeves",
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"perturbs",
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"piques",
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"puts out",
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"ruffles",
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"vexes",
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"angers",
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"enrages",
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"incenses",
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"inflames",
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"enflames",
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"infuriates",
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"maddens",
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"outrages",
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"rankles",
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"riles",
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"roils",
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"steams up",
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"provokes",
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"rouses",
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"agitates",
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"distresses",
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"disturbs",
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"frets",
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"upsets",
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"harasses",
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"harries",
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"pesters",
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"affronts",
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"insults",
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"offends"
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],
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"related":[
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"appeases",
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"mollifies",
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"pacifies",
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"placates",
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"soothes",
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"assuages",
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"quenches",
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"sates",
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"satiates",
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"excites",
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"tickles",
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"titillates",
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"amuses",
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"diverts",
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"entertains",
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"treats",
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"captivates",
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"charms",
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"galvanizes",
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"thrills",
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"calms",
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"comforts",
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"caters (to)",
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"humors",
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"indulges",
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"coddles",
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"mollycoddles",
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"pampers",
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"spoils"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agrees (with)",
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"contents",
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"delights",
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"gases",
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"gasses",
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"gladdens",
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"glads",
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"gratifies",
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"pleases",
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"pleasures",
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"rejoices",
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"satisfies",
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"suits",
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"warms"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"featherhead":{
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"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"discovered that the sales clerk was not a featherhead , but had made an honest mistake"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"related":[
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"daredevil",
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"madman",
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dumbbell",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"goon",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"moron",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"pinhead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schlump",
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"schnook",
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"stock",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"butt",
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"dupe",
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"laughingstock",
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"mockery",
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"monkey",
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"chump",
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"loser",
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"schlemiel",
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"shlemiel",
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crackbrain",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"kook",
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"oddball",
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"screwball",
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"weirdo"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"berk",
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"booby",
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"charlie",
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"charley",
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"cuckoo",
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"ding-a-ling",
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"ding-dong",
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"dingbat",
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"dipstick",
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"doofus",
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"fool",
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"git",
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"goose",
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"half-wit",
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"jackass",
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"lunatic",
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"mooncalf",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"simp",
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"simpleton",
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"turkey",
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"yo-yo"
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]
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},
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"a silly flighty person":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"too important a diplomatic post to assign to some congenial featherhead"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"fool",
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"goose",
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"silly",
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"simpleton"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"birdbrain",
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"cuckoo",
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"ditz",
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"featherbrain",
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"flibbertigibbet",
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"nitwit",
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"rattlebrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"softhead"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"featured":{
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"to form a mental picture of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I can't feature that guy wearing anything other than his usual jeans and T-shirt"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"daydreamed",
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"stargazed",
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"hallucinated",
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"re-created",
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"recreated",
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"reflected",
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"relived",
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"reminisced",
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"contemplated",
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"meditated",
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"mused",
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"pondered",
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"ruminated",
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"concocted",
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"fabricated",
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"invented",
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"made up",
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"manufactured",
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"planned",
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"projected",
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"foresaw",
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"prefigured"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conceited",
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"conceived",
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"conjured (up)",
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"dreamed",
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"dreamt",
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"envisaged",
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"envisioned",
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"fancied",
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"fantasied",
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"fantasized",
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"ideated",
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"imaged",
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"imagined",
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"pictured",
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"saw",
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"visioned",
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"visualized"
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]
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},
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"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
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"antonyms":[
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"de-emphasized",
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"played down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a restaurant featuring an extensive list of American wines to complement its creative American cuisine"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"toned (down)",
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"underemphasized",
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"understated",
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"belittled",
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"discounted",
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"disparaged",
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"minimized"
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],
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"related":[
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"focused",
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"focussed",
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"identified",
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"pinpointed",
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"spotlighted",
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"spotlit",
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"advertised",
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"boosted",
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"plugged",
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"promoted",
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"publicized",
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"overplayed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accented",
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"accentuated",
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"emphasized",
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"foregrounded",
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"highlighted",
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"illuminated",
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"played up",
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"pointed (up)",
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"pressed",
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"punctuated",
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"stressed"
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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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"features":{
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"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"perhaps the most striking feature of that house is the way it was constructed to fit into its hillside site"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"badges",
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"indications",
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"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"fingerprints",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can't feature that guy wearing anything other than his usual jeans and T-shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"stargazes",
|
|
"hallucinates",
|
|
"re-creates",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"relives",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"muses",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"prefigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"conjures (up)",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"envisages",
|
|
"envisions",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"fantasizes",
|
|
"ideates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visualizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizes",
|
|
"plays down"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant featuring an extensive list of American wines to complement its creative American cuisine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizes",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"overplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"foregrounds",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"points (up)",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"punctuates",
|
|
"stresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"featurette":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"federated":{
|
|
"as in associated , affiliated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the years following World War II, the U.S. and the nations of western Europe made the decision to federate as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"fell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caballed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"ganged up",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"unionized",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"united"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"federation":{
|
|
"an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new organization is a federation of existing organizations that were all dedicated to preserving Civil War battlefields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"syndicate",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"federations":{
|
|
"an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new organization is a federation of existing organizations that were all dedicated to preserving Civil War battlefields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"juntos",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"affiliations",
|
|
"cooperatives",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"conferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feebleminded":{
|
|
"as in cretinous , simpleminded":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feebleness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patient felt a lingering feebleness in the weeks following her heart surgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"muscularity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impuissance",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenia",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeding":{
|
|
"to provide food or meals for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a charity dedicated to feeding the hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"battening",
|
|
"fattening",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"force-feeding",
|
|
"overfeeding",
|
|
"surfeiting",
|
|
"underfeeding",
|
|
"hand-feeding",
|
|
"spoon-feeding",
|
|
"refeeding",
|
|
"reprovisioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"catering",
|
|
"provisioning",
|
|
"victualing",
|
|
"victualling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding (back)",
|
|
"keeping (back)",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all week long colleagues have been feeding me ideas for a magazine article"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"plying (with)",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"transferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a meal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an all-you-can-eat buffet where families can feed heartily and fairly inexpensively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dieting",
|
|
"fasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"repasting",
|
|
"chowing (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"overeating",
|
|
"overfeeding",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"nibbling",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"snacking",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"dining out",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"breakfasting",
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"picnicking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"partaking",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"victualing",
|
|
"victualling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeing":{
|
|
"to provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"sacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the townspeople fee country lasses as housemaids, nurses, and cooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"locking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"reengaging",
|
|
"re-engaging",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"apprenticing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"jobbing",
|
|
"partnering",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"enlisting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"headhunting",
|
|
"scouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"laying on",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feel":{
|
|
"an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the warm feel that fine cashmere gives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feel this blanket and perceive how soft it is"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caress",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"finger",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"hug",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"paw",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"palp",
|
|
"palpate",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"palm",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"flick",
|
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"pat",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"touch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the birth of their first child the couple came to feel true happiness for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"undergo",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it felt like a good idea at the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"resemble",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come across (as)",
|
|
"come off (as)",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"seem",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I feel trouble brewing in the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as an opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I just feel that we haven't explored all of our options for raising funds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"disbelieve",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"depend",
|
|
"rely",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"presuppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"infer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deem",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"think"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden blackout had us feeling around in the dark for a flashlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grabble",
|
|
"cast about",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"seek (out)",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"grope",
|
|
"scrabble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feel (out)":{
|
|
"as in sound (out)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in study , experiment (with)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feel-good":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeler":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling":{
|
|
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an overall feeling of happiness about their new home"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"unfeelingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chord",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an interesting think piece in which the congresswoman expressed her feelings about our nation's most pressing problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"say",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"stance",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"obiter dictum",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"input",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"counterview"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"view"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an indefinite physical response to a stimulus":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that odd feeling of forward movement you get when the parked car next to you backs out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"sense"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"general emotional condition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a remark that thoughtlessly hurt her feelings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heartstrings",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"sensibilities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sorrow or the capacity to feel sorrow for another's suffering or misfortune":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"heartlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rich person without much feeling for those who are less fortunate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condolence",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"warmheartedness",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"largeheartedness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"sympathy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coldheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a woman of great feeling , the princess wanted to use her status and influence to help the needy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanism",
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"largeheartedness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feel this blanket and perceive how soft it is"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caressing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"fingering",
|
|
"fondling",
|
|
"hugging",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"nosing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"nuzzling",
|
|
"pawing",
|
|
"rubbing",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"palpating",
|
|
"palping",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clenching",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"palming",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"dabbing",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"tipping",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"touching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the birth of their first child the couple came to feel true happiness for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"experiencing",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"undergoing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it felt like a good idea at the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming across (as)",
|
|
"coming off (as)",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"seeming",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I feel trouble brewing in the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"scenting",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sensing",
|
|
"smelling",
|
|
"tasting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have as an opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I just feel that we haven't explored all of our options for raising funds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"disbelieving",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"depending",
|
|
"relying",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presupposing",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"inferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deeming",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"thinking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden blackout had us feeling around in the dark for a flashlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grabbling",
|
|
"casting about",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"reaching",
|
|
"seeking (out)",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"digging (through)",
|
|
"dredging",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"scouring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fishing",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"groping",
|
|
"scrabbling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling like":{
|
|
"to wish to have":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"This song makes me feel like dancing!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling up":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feelingly":{
|
|
"as in lovingly , thoughtfully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feels up":{
|
|
"as in paws":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feet":{
|
|
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"vertices",
|
|
"vertexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the foot of the pedestal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"zeniths"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bedrocks",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"keystones",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"underpinnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basements",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs",
|
|
"rock bottoms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feigners":{
|
|
"as in shams , pretenders":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feigning":{
|
|
"as in pretense , hoax":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would never feign illness just to get out of a test"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"feinting",
|
|
"malingering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"passing (for)",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feint":{
|
|
"a quick movement that you make to trick an opponent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The boxer made a feint with his right, then followed with a left hook."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feinted":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feistiness":{
|
|
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a panel of political pundits with a well-earned reputation for unfettered feistiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
"placability"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"captiousness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"fractiousness",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"militance",
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"felicitousness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"infelicity",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unseemliness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"wrongness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"guests remarked on the perfect felicitousness of the rose garden as a site for a June wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"inharmoniousness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance",
|
|
"irrelevancy",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"harmoniousness",
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"justifiability",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"adequateness",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"expedience",
|
|
"expediency",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"serviceableness",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appositeness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"fittingness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fell (to)":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"phased out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"got around (to)",
|
|
"got down (to)",
|
|
"got round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"embarked (on or upon)",
|
|
"entered (into or upon)",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"led off",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck (into)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fell away":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the years went by, the public's interest in the murder case fell away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained (away)",
|
|
"dropped (off)",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"phased down",
|
|
"ratcheted (down)",
|
|
"racheted (down)",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded (away)",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"melted (away)",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"tailed (off)",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"slowed (down)",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fell behind":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fell down":{
|
|
"as in went under":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fellah":{
|
|
"as in peasant , peon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fellowshiping":{
|
|
"as in taking , receiving":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fence (in)":{
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fencing in the yard would keep our dog in as well as keep unwanted stray dogs out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enframe",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"encapsule",
|
|
"encyst",
|
|
"ensheathe",
|
|
"ensphere",
|
|
"enwomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"box (in)",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"coop (up)",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"encage",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"include",
|
|
"mew (up)",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"wall (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fencer":{
|
|
"as in smuggler , trafficker":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feral":{
|
|
"as in animal , critter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a novel that reveals just how thin the veneer of civilization is and how feral we are at bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalistic",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"ferine",
|
|
"subhuman",
|
|
"swinish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"animal experts discourage homeowners from trying to adopt feral animals as pets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"semidomesticated",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"halterbroken",
|
|
"housebroken",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"semicivilized",
|
|
"socialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"undocile",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"uncivilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"undomesticated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ferine":{
|
|
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boxer's ferine ferocity in the ring is legendary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"sadistic",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animalistic",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"subhuman",
|
|
"swinish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ferment":{
|
|
"a disturbed or uneasy state":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city was in ferment as its residents nervously awaited the outcome of the referendum vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"tumultuousness",
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"unsettlement",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"inquietude",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"restiveness",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"Sturm und Drang",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something volatile or intense) into being":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the various social and economic factors that fermented the major cultural change during the U.S. during the 1960s"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"detonate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ferreted (out)":{
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the reporter ferreted out massive evidence of corruption at city hall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"misset",
|
|
"mis-set"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"looked for",
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunted (down or up)",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"routed (out)",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"scouted (up)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ferreting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ferrotype":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ferry":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to support and take from one place to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are shuttle buses to ferry visitors from the parking lots to the fairground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"send",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"shift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"cart",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"lug",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"tote",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're planning to ferry to several islands in the Lesser Antilles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"ship (out)",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fertile":{
|
|
"producing abundantly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fertile mind of Leonardo da Vinci explored art, architecture, engineering, mathematics, and many other fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"generative",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornucopian",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fructuous",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fertilizing":{
|
|
"as in larding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fervency":{
|
|
"depth of feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassiveness",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"insensibility",
|
|
"insensibleness",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guest soloist was able to infuse the familiar hymn with a moving fervency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"collectedness",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"detachedness",
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"phlegm",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"taciturnity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"stoicism",
|
|
"stoniness",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"stiffness",
|
|
"woodenness",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cathexis",
|
|
"emotionalism",
|
|
"emotionality",
|
|
"histrionics",
|
|
"mawkishness",
|
|
"melodrama",
|
|
"sappiness",
|
|
"sentimentality",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"fanaticism",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"torridity",
|
|
"torridness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardency",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"intenseness",
|
|
"intensity",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"passionateness",
|
|
"vehemence",
|
|
"violence",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"white heat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fervid":{
|
|
"having a notably high temperature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fervid sands of the desert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"shivering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmish",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summerlike",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the school board meeting the librarian delivered a fervid speech defending the classic novel against would-be censors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"undemonstrative"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"enamored",
|
|
"infatuated",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"orgiastic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overexcited",
|
|
"overheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"superheated",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fess (up)":{
|
|
"to accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deny"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he fessed up to breaking the antique vase only after his guilt was obvious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"kid (oneself)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"wise (up)",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"own (up to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an acknowledgment of something unpleasant as true or valid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at first he denied everything, but eventually he realized that he had no choice but to fess up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet (down)",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"spill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"cop (to)",
|
|
"own (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"festivities":{
|
|
"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"year-long festivities will mark the 300th anniversary of the city's founding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jamborees",
|
|
"jollifications",
|
|
"jollities",
|
|
"merriments",
|
|
"merrymakings",
|
|
"rejoicings",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"fairs",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"honors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnivals",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"fests",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"fiestas",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"jubilees"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fetches":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his latest fetch to win back his girlfriend smacks of desperation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"end runs",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"chicaneries",
|
|
"cozenages",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"crookeries",
|
|
"cunnings",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"duperies",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"juggleries",
|
|
"legerdemains",
|
|
"skulduggeries",
|
|
"skullduggeries",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"smoke screens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with its standard assortment of chain stores and central food court, the new mall is pretty much the fetch of 1,000 other malls"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"Chinese copies",
|
|
"effigies",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"equivalents",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"parallels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"carbons",
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"duplications",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"look-alikes",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"mirror images",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"spitting images",
|
|
"twins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a price of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lists (for)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"comes (to)",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"demands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"goes (for)",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sells (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fetches up":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the driver fetched up the horse-drawn carriage in front of the church"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"goes along",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"wends",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"chokes off",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"pulls up",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fetching":{
|
|
"having an often mysterious or magical power to attract":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"unalluring"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman's fetching smile has long made the painting a favorite with visitors to the museum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charismatic",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"magnetic",
|
|
"seductive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a price of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those old toys that we tossed away are now fetching big bucks as antiques"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"listing (for)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"asking",
|
|
"demanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"costing",
|
|
"going (for)",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"selling (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a most fetching outfit in which to go skiing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"fete":{
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heiress wanted to do something with her life other than shuttle from fete to fete"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia",
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the island's annual fete is a celebration of the daffodil in all of its springtime beauty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jamboree",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"honors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"fest",
|
|
"festival",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"fiesta",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"jubilee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the returning servicemen and servicewomen were feted with a week's worth of celebrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"boo",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"thank",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"tout",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laureate",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"commemorate",
|
|
"memorialize",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
"felicitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"recognize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fetes":{
|
|
"a social gathering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the heiress wanted to do something with her life other than shuttle from fete to fete"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"proms",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"saturnalias",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
|
"hen parties",
|
|
"house parties",
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"socials",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"stags",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"tea parties",
|
|
"teas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"events",
|
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"functions",
|
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"get-togethers",
|
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"parties",
|
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"receptions",
|
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"shindigs"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the island's annual fete is a celebration of the daffodil in all of its springtime beauty"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"jamborees",
|
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"jollifications",
|
|
"jollities",
|
|
"merriments",
|
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"merrymakings",
|
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"rejoicings",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expositions",
|
|
"fairs",
|
|
"shows",
|
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"exercises",
|
|
"honors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carnivals",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"fests",
|
|
"fiestas",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"jubilees"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show appreciation, respect, or affection for (someone) with a public celebration":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the returning servicemen and servicewomen were feted with a week's worth of celebrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"boos",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"thanks",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"laureates",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"commemorates",
|
|
"memorializes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
"felicitates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"recognizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fetter":{
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time-honored tradition is fine as long as it doesn't become a fetter that prevents us from trying something new"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"latitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exception",
|
|
"proviso",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"stipulation",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check",
|
|
"circumscription",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"stricture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that government regulations are unnecessary fetters that keep him from achieving his business goals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"considered a seat belt a pointless fetter \u2014until one saved his life in an auto accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"enchainment",
|
|
"enslavement",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"entanglement",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"straitjacket",
|
|
"straightjacket",
|
|
"fastener",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold-down",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"bracelet",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cuff(s)",
|
|
"handcuff(s)",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"ligature",
|
|
"manacle(s)",
|
|
"shackle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unfetter",
|
|
"unshackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hog-tie",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"enfetter",
|
|
"gyve",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"pinion",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"make way",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"leash",
|
|
"tether",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"roadblock",
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"hedge (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hog-tie",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"short-circuit",
|
|
"stymie",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fetters":{
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a time-honored tradition is fine as long as it doesn't become a fetter that prevents us from trying something new"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"latitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"provisos",
|
|
"provisoes",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"stipulations",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"circumscriptions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"strictures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claims that government regulations are unnecessary fetters that keep him from achieving his business goals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"considered a seat belt a pointless fetter \u2014until one saved his life in an auto accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"straitjackets",
|
|
"straightjackets",
|
|
"fasteners",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"hold-downs",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"bracelets",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"ligatures",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unfetters",
|
|
"unshackles"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"hog-ties",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"enfetters",
|
|
"gyves",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"pinions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"helps"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"makes way",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"promotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"leashes",
|
|
"tethers",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"roadblocks",
|
|
"bogs (down)",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"hedges (in)",
|
|
"hems (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"hog-ties",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"short-circuits",
|
|
"stymies",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fettle":{
|
|
"a state of being or fitness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a visit to the relatives on the other side of the state revealed them all to be in fine fettle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disrepair"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"kilter",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feud":{
|
|
"a long and angry conflict between two people or two groups":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The workers' feud with management concerns health benefits and pay increases.",
|
|
"Because of a family feud , they did not see each other for a decade."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fever":{
|
|
"a state of wildly excited activity or emotion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the fever of a political campaign a lot of things get said that never should have been said"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"bedlam",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"brouhaha",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"deliriousness",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"feverishness",
|
|
"flap",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an abnormal state that disrupts a plant's or animal's normal bodily functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"health",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before the days of modern medicine, when death remained a mystery, people said that someone died of a fever and left it at that"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contagion",
|
|
"contagious disease",
|
|
"contagium",
|
|
"infection",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"unwellness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"pestilence",
|
|
"plague"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"complication",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distemperature",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"few":{
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a few of the songs on the album are good, but most are forgettable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slather",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"sprinkling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fey":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fend":{
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"learned to use humor to fend herself from criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"forfend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fearless":{
|
|
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skydiving is one sport that tends to attract fearless types"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"gutty",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"Spartan",
|
|
"undeterred",
|
|
"undismayed",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"poor-spirited",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"uncourageous",
|
|
"ungallant",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"weakhearted",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fertility":{
|
|
"as in productivity , fecundity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fearing":{
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her friends feared that she was dating a guy who was all wrong for her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"yearning",
|
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"chafing",
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fetishize":{
|
|
"as in objectify , exemplify":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling (out)":{
|
|
"as in studying , experimenting (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"checking (out)",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"experimenting (with)",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"investigating",
|
|
"researching",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"sampling",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"trying (out)",
|
|
"resampling",
|
|
"retesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sounding (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounding (out)",
|
|
"interrogating",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"circularizing",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"interviewing",
|
|
"polling",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"surveying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fecund":{
|
|
"producing abundantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Franklin stove, bifocals, and the lightning rod are just a few of the inventions that we owe to the fecund creativity of Benjamin Franklin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cornucopian",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fructuous",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"generative",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"felled":{
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a champion boxer who was shockingly felled in the first round"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"prostrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"KO'd",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"threw down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring down by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the settlers began the daunting task of felling the mighty trees that blanketed the island"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chopped (down)",
|
|
"cut (down)",
|
|
"hewed",
|
|
"mowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quest for a cure for malaria, the disease that felled so many during the digging of the Panama Canal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"featherlight":{
|
|
"having little weight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company has designed a strong but featherlight fiber which it hopes to market to manufacturers of body armor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feathery",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"underweight",
|
|
"weightless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"unwieldy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fear":{
|
|
"the emotion experienced in the presence or threat of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sight of the headless horseman filled the schoolmaster with fear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"trepidation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"phobia",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"willies",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"nerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fear for her family's safety drove her to seek help from neighbors she hardly knew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"nervosity",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her friends feared that she was dating a guy who was all wrong for her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"pine",
|
|
"yearn",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"featly":{
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"featly swans gliding silently across the still waters of the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feigns":{
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would never feign illness just to get out of a test"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"passes (for)",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
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"malingers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |