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9382 lines
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{
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"liaison":{
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"the fact or state of having something in common":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a variety of political factions are attracted to that presidential contender, but there doesn't appear to be much of a liaison between them and the candidate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"variability",
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"variance",
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"incompatibility",
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"incongruence",
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"incongruity",
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"incongruousness"
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],
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"related":[
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"correlation",
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"interrelation",
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"materiality",
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"pertinence",
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"relevance",
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"bond",
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"link",
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"tie",
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"affiliation",
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"alliance",
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"union",
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"identicalness",
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"sameness",
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"alikeness",
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"community",
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"likeness",
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"resemblance",
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"similarity",
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"accordance",
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"agreement",
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"conformity",
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"congruity",
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"correspondence"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affinity",
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"association",
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"bearing",
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"connection",
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"kinship",
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"linkage",
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"relation",
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"relationship"
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]
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},
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"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disaffiliation",
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"dissociation"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the strong liaison between the parents and teachers is based on the fact that both have the students' best interests at heart"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"breakup",
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"dissolution",
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"disunion",
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"division",
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"parting",
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"separation",
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"severance",
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"split",
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"alienation",
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"divorce",
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"estrangement"
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],
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"related":[
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"business",
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"dealings",
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"interaction",
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"exchange",
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"interconnection",
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"interrelation",
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"mutualism",
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"reciprocity",
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"symbiosis",
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"incorporation",
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"integration",
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"merger",
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"unification",
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"affinity",
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"attachment",
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"closeness",
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"intimacy",
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"rapport",
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"sympathy",
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"kinship",
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"oneness",
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"solidarity",
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"togetherness",
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"unity",
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"colleagueship",
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"companionship",
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"company",
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"fellowship",
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"bed",
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"cahoots",
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"league"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affiliation",
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"alliance",
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"association",
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"collaboration",
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"confederation",
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"connection",
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"cooperation",
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"hookup",
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"linkup",
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"partnership",
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"relation",
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"relationship",
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"tie-up",
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"union"
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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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"libel":{
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"the making of false statements that damage another's reputation":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the governor's office issued a statement accusing the state's largest newspaper of libel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaim",
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"accolade",
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"applause",
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"commendation",
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"praise",
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"esteem",
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"honor",
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"respect",
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"adulation",
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"flattery",
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"adoration",
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"reverence",
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"veneration",
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"worship"
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],
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"related":[
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"aspersion",
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"innuendo",
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"muck",
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"mud",
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"smear",
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"backbiting",
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"detraction",
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"abuse",
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"invective",
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"vituperation",
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"attack",
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"censure",
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"criticism",
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"denunciation",
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"hatchet job",
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"contempt",
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"disdain",
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"scorn",
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"belittlement",
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"denigration",
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"disparagement",
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"cattiness",
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"despite",
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"hatefulness",
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"malevolence",
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"malice",
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"maliciousness",
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"malignancy",
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"malignity",
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"meanness",
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"nastiness",
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"spite",
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"spitefulness",
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"spleen",
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"venom",
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"viciousness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aspersing",
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"blackening",
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"calumniation",
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"calumny",
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"character assassination",
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"defamation",
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"defaming",
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"libeling",
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"libelling",
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"maligning",
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"slander",
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"smearing",
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"traducing",
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"vilification",
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"vilifying"
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]
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},
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"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the court decided that the newspaper's reportage of the former mayor, while irresponsible, did not constitute an effort to libel him"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"exalt",
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"glorify",
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"honor",
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"acclaim",
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"applaud",
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"commend",
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"praise",
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"esteem",
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"respect",
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"admire",
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"regard",
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"adore",
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"revere",
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"venerate",
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"worship"
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],
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"related":[
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"belittle",
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"denigrate",
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"detract",
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"disparage",
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"discredit",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"shame",
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"abase",
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"debase",
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"degrade",
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"humble",
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"humiliate",
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"disdain",
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"scorn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"asperse",
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"blacken",
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"calumniate",
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"defame",
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"malign",
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"slander",
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"smear",
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"traduce",
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"vilify"
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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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"libelist":{
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"as in defamer , libeler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"libelled":{
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"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the court decided that the newspaper's reportage of the former mayor, while irresponsible, did not constitute an effort to libel him"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"exalted",
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"glorified",
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"honored",
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"acclaimed",
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"applauded",
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"commended",
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"praised",
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"esteemed",
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"respected",
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"admired",
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"regarded",
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"adored",
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"revered",
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"venerated",
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"worshipped",
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"worshiped"
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],
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"related":[
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"belittled",
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"denigrated",
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"detracted",
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"disparaged",
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"discredited",
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"disgraced",
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"dishonored",
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"shamed",
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"abased",
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"debased",
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"degraded",
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"humbled",
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"humiliated",
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"disdained",
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"scorned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aspersed",
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"blackened",
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"calumniated",
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"defamed",
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"maligned",
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"slandered",
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"smeared",
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"traduced",
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"vilified"
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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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"liberality":{
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"the quality or state of being generous":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cheapness",
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"closeness",
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"meanness",
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"miserliness",
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"parsimony",
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"penuriousness",
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"pinching",
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"selfishness",
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"stinginess",
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"tightness",
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"ungenerosity"
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],
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"examples":[
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"already known for his liberality , the billionaire continued to give away record amounts of money"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conserving",
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"economizing",
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"economy",
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"frugality",
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"husbandry",
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"providence",
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"scrimping",
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"skimping",
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"thrift",
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"conservation",
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"saving",
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"husbanding",
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"managing",
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"scraping",
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"cutting back"
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],
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"related":[
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"beneficence",
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"charity",
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"kindliness",
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"selflessness",
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"kindness",
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"gift",
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"gratuity",
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"lagniappe",
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"tribute",
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"extravagance",
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"improvidence",
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"lavishness",
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"prodigality",
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"wastefulness",
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"spendthrift",
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"dissipating",
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"squandering"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bigheartedness",
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"bountifulness",
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"bounty",
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"generosity",
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"generousness",
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"largesse",
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"largess",
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"munificence",
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"openhandedness",
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"openheartedness",
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"philanthropy",
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"unselfishness"
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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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"liberation":{
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"the act of setting free from slavery":{
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"antonyms":[
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"enslavement"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bondage",
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"serfdom",
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"servitude",
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"thralldom",
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"thraldom",
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"yoke",
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"captivity",
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"enchainment",
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"imprisonment",
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"incarceration",
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"internment",
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"conquest",
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"subjugation"
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],
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"related":[
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"deliverance",
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"redemption",
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"salvation",
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"autonomy",
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"freedom",
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"independence",
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"independency",
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"liberty",
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"self-government",
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"sovereignty",
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"sovranty"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"emancipation",
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"enfranchisement",
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"freeing",
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"manumission"
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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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"liberations":{
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"the act of setting free from slavery":{
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"antonyms":[
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"enslavements"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the liberation of the slaves was one of the key results of the Civil War"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bondages",
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"serfdoms",
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"servitudes",
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"thralldoms",
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"thraldoms",
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"yokes",
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"captivities",
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"enchainments",
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"imprisonments",
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"incarcerations",
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"internments",
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"conquests",
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"subjugations"
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],
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"related":[
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"deliverances",
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"redemptions",
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"salvations",
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"autonomies",
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"freedoms",
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"independences",
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"independencies",
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"liberties",
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"sovereignties",
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"sovranties"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"emancipations",
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"enfranchisements",
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"manumissions"
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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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"libidinous":{
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"having a strong sexual desire":{
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"antonyms":[
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"frigid",
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"undersexed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a novel about a libidinous lawyer who becomes an abject slave to his sexual addiction"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"celibate",
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"chaste",
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"decent",
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"immaculate",
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"modest",
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"moral",
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"pure",
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"virtuous",
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"monastic",
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"monkish",
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"maidenly",
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"virginal",
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"innocent",
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"lily-white",
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"priggish",
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"prim",
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"prudish",
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"puritanical",
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"straitlaced",
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"straightlaced",
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"Victorian"
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],
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"related":[
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"aroused",
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"excited",
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"easy",
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"fast",
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"loose",
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"promiscuous",
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"dissipated",
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"dissolute",
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"libertine",
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"corrupt",
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"debased",
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"debauched",
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"decadent",
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"degenerate",
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"degraded",
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"demoralized",
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"depraved",
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"dissipated",
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"dissolute",
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"immoral",
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"indecent"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concupiscent",
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"goatish",
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"horny",
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"hot",
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"hypersexual",
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"itchy",
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"lascivious",
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"lecherous",
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"lewd",
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"licentious",
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"lubricious",
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"lubricous",
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"lustful",
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"oversexed",
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"passionate",
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"randy",
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"salacious",
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"satyric",
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"wanton"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"licence":{
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"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
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"antonyms":[
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"interdiction",
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"prohibition",
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"proscription"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the company is seeking license to operate several more power plants in the state"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"denial",
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"refusal",
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"rejection",
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"revocation",
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"taboo",
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"tabu",
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"injunction",
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"veto",
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"deterrence",
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"discouragement",
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"repression",
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"suppression",
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"ban",
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"embargo",
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"exclusion"
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],
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"related":[
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"imprimatur",
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"seal",
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"signature",
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"stamp",
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"accreditation",
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"certification",
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"liberty",
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"pass",
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"concession",
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"patent",
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"permit",
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"tolerance",
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"toleration",
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"acceptance",
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"acquiescence",
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"agreement",
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"assent",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"accord",
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"grant"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allowance",
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"authorization",
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"clearance",
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"concurrence",
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"consent",
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"granting",
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"green light",
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"leave",
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"permission",
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"sanction",
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"sufferance",
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"warrant"
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]
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},
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"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a restaurant owner has to get a license to serve food and drink"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"commendation",
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"consignment",
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"entrustment",
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"facilitation",
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"fostering",
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"promotion",
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"commanding",
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"directing",
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"ordering"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accreditation",
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"authorization",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"delegation",
|
|
"empowerment",
|
|
"mandate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the right to act or move freely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"military commanders on the ground must be granted considerable license , as wars cannot be micromanaged by people back in Washington"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"mandate",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"free hand",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"run"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official or legal power to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disbar",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"disenfranchise",
|
|
"disfranchise",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"credential",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate",
|
|
"swear in",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"privilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"licensing":{
|
|
"as in license , consent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official or legal power to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a state statute licenses county sheriffs to choose their own deputies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disbarring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disenfranchising",
|
|
"disfranchising",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"credentialing",
|
|
"credentialling",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"swearing in",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"privileging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"licit":{
|
|
"permitted by law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"law enforcement agencies are demanding stricter regulation of the sale of licit medications that can later be used in the home manufacture of illicit drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"guilty",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"under-the-counter",
|
|
"under-the-table",
|
|
"nonconstitutional",
|
|
"unconstitutional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"noncriminal",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"justifiable",
|
|
"warrantable",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"de jure",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"statutory",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legit",
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lie":{
|
|
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would I lie to you about that?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"prevaricate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"perjure",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"palter",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"testify",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the train tracks lie just over that hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy a place or location":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I left the book lying on the counter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"sit",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"await",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"reside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain out of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"paparazzi were lying in wait outside the restaurant, a well-known celebrity hangout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"hole up",
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"skulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slink",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"evade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he wanted to deny the accusation, but he couldn't tell a lie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"perjury",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"falsification",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fraudulence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lieutenants":{
|
|
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drug lord has a pair of brutal lieutenants who do most of his dirty work for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attendants",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"maidservants",
|
|
"scullions",
|
|
"servants",
|
|
"auxiliaries",
|
|
"legmen",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"swampers",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"gal Fridays",
|
|
"girl Fridays",
|
|
"man Fridays",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"aides-de-camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"adjutants",
|
|
"aides",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"coadjutors",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sidekicks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lifelike":{
|
|
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnatural",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"unrealistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eyes of the lifelike portrait seem to follow visitors around the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"verisimilar",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"living",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"photo-realistic",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"three-dimensional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lifestyles":{
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"retirees enjoying a more casual, stress-free lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"folklores",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"traditions",
|
|
"subcultures",
|
|
"subsocieties",
|
|
"sub-societies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civilizations",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"societies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lift":{
|
|
"a means of getting to a destination in a vehicle driven by another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll need a lift to work while my car is in the shop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"conveyance",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"transportation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's senior vice president gave his son a much-needed lift up the corporate ladder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"patronage",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"sponsorship",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"attendance",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"hand-holding",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"palliation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hand",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall (off)",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the sun started to cut through the morning fog, the colorful hot-air balloons began to lift off from the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upheave",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"blast off",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uprear",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she turned her back for just a moment, and somebody lifted her purse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"carjack",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"shoplift",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"filch",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"misappropriate",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pilfer",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"purloin",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thieve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lifting":{
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I needed help lifting the heavy globe back up to the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upending"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the sun started to cut through the morning fog, the colorful hot-air balloons began to lift off from the field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upheaving",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she turned her back for just a moment, and somebody lifted her purse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"presenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"spiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"heisting",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thieving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ligature":{
|
|
"a uniting or binding force or influence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a common language is often the ligature that unites the people of a nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unfettering",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"emancipation",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"release"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"hookup",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"tie-up",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"cement",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surgeon tied a ligature around the tube to keep it in place"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handcuff(s)",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"manacle(s)",
|
|
"shackle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ligatures":{
|
|
"a uniting or binding force or influence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a common language is often the ligature that unites the people of a nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"partings",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"fastenings",
|
|
"hookups",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"linkages",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"tie-ups",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"sympathies",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surgeon tied a ligature around the tube to keep it in place"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light bulb":{
|
|
"a glass bulb or tube that produces light when it is supplied with electricity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"change a light bulb that has burned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light into":{
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She lit into the intern for deleting an important file."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"imprecate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"vilify",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"lash (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scathe",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vituperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to start work on energetically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We lit into the new project right away."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"buckle (down to)",
|
|
"concentrate (on)",
|
|
"focus (on)",
|
|
"knuckle down (to)",
|
|
"zero (in on)",
|
|
"fall (to)",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"plunge (in)",
|
|
"settle (down)",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"undertake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"dive (into)",
|
|
"tackle",
|
|
"wade (in or into)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He lit into the punching bag as though it were his worst enemy."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bum-rush",
|
|
"gang up (on)",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"waylay",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannon",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"bang away (at)",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"flank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"bushwhack",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"descend (on or upon)",
|
|
"go in (on)",
|
|
"jump (on)",
|
|
"pounce (on or upon)",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"set on",
|
|
"sic",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light-foot":{
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the light-footed cat crept silently through the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightens":{
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"saddens"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despairs",
|
|
"desponds",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"mopes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"heartens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"bucks up",
|
|
"cheers (up)",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"perks (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"enhaloes",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lights"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightheartedness":{
|
|
"carefree freedom from constraint":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he approaches his medical duties with a lightheartedness that some patients find disturbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zealotry",
|
|
"zealousness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unself-consciousness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"offhandedness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"permissiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche",
|
|
"free hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"spontaneity",
|
|
"spontaneousness",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighthouse":{
|
|
"a tower that is built on or near the shore and that has a powerful illuminated signal to guide ships away from danger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The sailor spotted the lighthouse in the distance."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lighting (up)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without difficulty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're not going to get off lightly if they catch you!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"lightness":{
|
|
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the inappropriate lightness of the anchorman's tone while he was reading the story of the freak accident in which people had died"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sullenness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"childishness",
|
|
"goofiness",
|
|
"puerility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-headedness",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"silliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"duskiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the photographer was concerned that the lightness of the background would cast the main subject into shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"colorlessness",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"shadowiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"shininess",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"brilliancy",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"lambency",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"lustrousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"refulgence",
|
|
"splendor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of having little weight":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first thing I noticed about the little bird was its lightness ; I could hardly tell I was holding it in my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solidity",
|
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"solidness",
|
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"substantiality"
|
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],
|
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"related":[
|
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"airiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"ethereality",
|
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"etherealness",
|
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"flimsiness",
|
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"fluffiness",
|
|
"insubstantiality"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"weightlessness"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"lightproof":{
|
|
"as in waterproof , soundproof":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightship":{
|
|
"as in warship , steamship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"lightsome":{
|
|
"filled with much light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"lightless",
|
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"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a lovely and lightsome room with huge windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"lightproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lighthearted lovers skipping along the beach with a lightsome gait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"canty",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set off on his grand tour of Europe with a lightsome heart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"overburdened",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"debonair",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still lightsome despite her advancing years, the cat continued to ignore orders not to leap onto the kitchen table"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likability":{
|
|
"as in attractiveness , likableness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likable":{
|
|
"easy to like; having pleasant or appealing qualities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Detective Grant is the most likeable character in the novel.",
|
|
"She seems like a friendly, likable young woman."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likableness":{
|
|
"as in enjoyableness , pleasingness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likeable":{
|
|
"easy to like; having pleasant or appealing qualities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Detective Grant is the most likeable character in the novel.",
|
|
"She seems like a friendly, likable young woman."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liked":{
|
|
"as in wanted , desirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to see fit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feel free to order whatever you like from the menu"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ached (for)",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"hankered (for)",
|
|
"hungered (for)",
|
|
"itched (for)",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"lusted (for or after)",
|
|
"panted (after)",
|
|
"pined (for)",
|
|
"repined (for)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"wished"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I like romantic comedies more than action movies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"misliked",
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"cottoned (to)",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"biassed",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"inclined (toward)",
|
|
"tended (to)",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"leaned (toward or towards)",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an adventuresome young woman who likes skydiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"ate (up)",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"feasted (on)",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"cottoned (to)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"indulged (in)",
|
|
"luxuriated (in)",
|
|
"wallowed (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"got off (on)",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"rejoiced (in)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wish to have":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd like another slice of pizza, but I've already eaten more than I should have"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"wanted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likened":{
|
|
"to describe as similar":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he generally likened a root canal to some horrible form of torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"alluded",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"paralleled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analogized",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"bracketed",
|
|
"compared",
|
|
"equated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard or represent as equal or comparable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that we can liken the two pianists, at least in terms of natural talent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"differentiated",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"discriminated",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"correlated",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"lumped (together)",
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"categorized",
|
|
"classed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"sorted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compared",
|
|
"equated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likeness":{
|
|
"a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wealthy businessman hired a leading artist to paint his likeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"delineation",
|
|
"depiction",
|
|
"representation",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"finger painting",
|
|
"etching",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"watercolor",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"photograph",
|
|
"hieroglyph",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"ideogram",
|
|
"ideograph",
|
|
"pictograph",
|
|
"diagram"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"picture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why, you're the very likeness of your mother!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antithesis",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"Chinese copy",
|
|
"effigy",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"analogue",
|
|
"analog",
|
|
"parallel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"look-alike",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"mirror image",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spitting image",
|
|
"twin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"dissimilitude",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the forgery was difficult to detect due to the pinpoint likeness it bore to the original"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"polarity",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"nonconformity",
|
|
"differentiability",
|
|
"discriminability",
|
|
"distinguishability",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"dichotomy",
|
|
"disproportion",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"nonequivalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"analogousness",
|
|
"equation",
|
|
"equivalence",
|
|
"equivalency",
|
|
"par",
|
|
"parity",
|
|
"identicalness",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"correlation",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"exchangeability",
|
|
"interchangeability",
|
|
"accordance",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"congruity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alikeness",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"comparability",
|
|
"correspondence",
|
|
"parallelism",
|
|
"resemblance",
|
|
"similarity",
|
|
"similitude"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limitations":{
|
|
"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bridge has a weight limitation that bars heavy trucks from crossing it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"fag ends",
|
|
"termini",
|
|
"terminuses",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"verges",
|
|
"outsides",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that limits one's freedom of action or choice":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state has some fairly strict limitations on the sale and use of alcoholic beverages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"latitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"provisos",
|
|
"provisoes",
|
|
"qualifications",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"stipulations",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"circumscriptions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"strictures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the limitation on the number of vehicles allowed on the island does not sit well with year-round residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"containments",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"segregations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscriptions",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limited":{
|
|
"having a limit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"competition for limited resources among growing populations is often a source of international conflict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unconfined",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"undefinable",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"unfathomable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"measurable",
|
|
"mensurable",
|
|
"numerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having distinct or certain limits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"dimensionless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unmeasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to avoid overcrowding, the number of tickets to the outdoor concerts is limited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives limit the meanings of nouns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"described"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"delimited",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"demarked",
|
|
"marked (off)",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exceeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"limit the note to a few words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadened",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"widened",
|
|
"overextended",
|
|
"overreached"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"narrowed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"tightened",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"numbered",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"held down",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limiting":{
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"adjectives limit the meanings of nouns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"delineating",
|
|
"describing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"delimiting",
|
|
"demarcating",
|
|
"demarking",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set bounds or an upper limit for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"exceeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"limit the note to a few words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"widening",
|
|
"overextending",
|
|
"overreaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"narrowing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"tightening",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"holding down",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limousine":{
|
|
"as in sedan , coupe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limousines":{
|
|
"as in sedans , coupes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limpidness":{
|
|
"the state or quality of being easily seen through":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness",
|
|
"turbidity",
|
|
"turbidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the limpidness of the water allows visitors to actually see fish swimming along the bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"milkiness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"murkiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"definition",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"apparentness",
|
|
"observability",
|
|
"visibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"limpidity",
|
|
"lucency",
|
|
"translucence",
|
|
"translucency",
|
|
"transparency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limps":{
|
|
"to move slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"tears"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creaks (along)",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"snails"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the damaged boat limped back into port"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"kilts",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"muddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk while favoring one leg":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"strides"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she limped all day after stubbing her toe on the lawn sprinkler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"sails"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"wavers",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles",
|
|
"dodders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"hobbles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liners":{
|
|
"as in airliners , air taxis":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lines":{
|
|
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"pedigrees"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blended families",
|
|
"nuclear families",
|
|
"extended families",
|
|
"households",
|
|
"kiths",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"clansmen",
|
|
"kinsmen",
|
|
"kinswomen",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"dynasties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"tribes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she owns a line of limousines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"argosies",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"flotillas",
|
|
"navies",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"corteges",
|
|
"cort\u00e8ges",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"processions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armadas",
|
|
"caravans",
|
|
"cavalcades",
|
|
"fleets",
|
|
"motorcades",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he made sure to bring extra fishing line in case a fish broke free"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"halyards",
|
|
"lanyards",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"bungee cords",
|
|
"bungees",
|
|
"whipcords"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cables",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lacings",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"wires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the workers rushed to fix the leak in the gas line"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"smokestacks",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"standpipes",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"tiles",
|
|
"waste pipes",
|
|
"waterspouts",
|
|
"pipages",
|
|
"pipeages",
|
|
"pipelines",
|
|
"pipings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"penstocks",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"tubes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you really crossed the line with that outrageous display of bad behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"fag ends",
|
|
"termini",
|
|
"terminuses",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"verges",
|
|
"outsides",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"advanced mathematics is a little outside of my line , but I'll see what I can do to help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"turfs",
|
|
"turves",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"kens",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"subfields",
|
|
"subspecialties",
|
|
"sub-specialties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bailiwicks",
|
|
"baronies",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"firmaments",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"walks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the line for tickets stretched around the block"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"tiers",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"arrays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a way of acting or proceeding":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since the election, the president has taken a very conservative line"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"pathways",
|
|
"tacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"methodologies",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"programs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lines up , aligns":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in surrounds , embraces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my line of business is \"pre-owned\" vehicles, and have I got a deal for you!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocations",
|
|
"hobbies",
|
|
"pursuits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"livelihoods",
|
|
"livings",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"workloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"works"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the direction along which something or someone moves":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the airplane took a southerly line toward the capital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"flight paths",
|
|
"trajectories",
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"descents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"paths",
|
|
"pathways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"routeways",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he comes from a noble line that goes back several centuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"heredities",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodlines",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"extractions",
|
|
"family trees",
|
|
"genealogies",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"parentages",
|
|
"pedigrees",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"linguist":{
|
|
"as in novelist , essayist":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lining":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"linings":{
|
|
"as in quiltings , interlinings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"link (up)":{
|
|
"the state of having shared interests or efforts (as in social or business matters)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disaffiliation",
|
|
"dissociation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the linkup of the two art museums has proved beneficial to both institutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"alienation",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"estrangement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"business",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"interaction",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"interconnection",
|
|
"interrelation",
|
|
"mutualism",
|
|
"reciprocity",
|
|
"symbiosis",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"integration",
|
|
"merger",
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"intimacy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"oneness",
|
|
"solidarity",
|
|
"togetherness",
|
|
"unity",
|
|
"colleagueship",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"cahoots",
|
|
"league"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"collaboration",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"cooperation",
|
|
"hookup",
|
|
"liaison",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"relation",
|
|
"relationship",
|
|
"tie-up",
|
|
"union"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come together to form a single unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"unlink"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carbon atoms link up to form a diamond crystal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disaffiliate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"splice",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"constellate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"recombine",
|
|
"reconnect",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"reunify",
|
|
"reunite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"interfuse",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"marry",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"linking (with)":{
|
|
"as in connecting (with) , attaching (to)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"links":{
|
|
"a rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I like to put maple syrup on my breakfast links"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bolognas",
|
|
"frankfurters",
|
|
"franks",
|
|
"hot dogs",
|
|
"kielbasas",
|
|
"kielbasy",
|
|
"knockwursts",
|
|
"knackwursts",
|
|
"liver sausages",
|
|
"liver puddings",
|
|
"liverwursts",
|
|
"pepperonis",
|
|
"salamis",
|
|
"Vienna sausages",
|
|
"weenies",
|
|
"wieners",
|
|
"weiners",
|
|
"wienerwursts",
|
|
"blood sausages",
|
|
"blood puddings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangers",
|
|
"sausages",
|
|
"wursts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a uniting or binding force or influence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those old love letters were her only remaining link with her late grandparents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"partings",
|
|
"separations",
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"releases"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"connections",
|
|
"fastenings",
|
|
"hookups",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"linkages",
|
|
"linkups",
|
|
"nexuses",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"tie-ups",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"sympathies",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"ligatures",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unhitches",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she linked the flowers together to form a long chain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"sunders"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"interlocks",
|
|
"intermeshes",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"wires",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"welds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catenates",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"concatenates",
|
|
"conjugates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"interconnects",
|
|
"interlinks",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"yokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to think of (something) in combination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since childhood I have always linked trips to the beach with the discomforts of sunburn and sand in my clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"differentiates",
|
|
"discriminates",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sets off"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compares",
|
|
"equates",
|
|
"likens",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"lumps (together)",
|
|
"ties (together)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"correlates",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"relates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"linty":{
|
|
"as in fluffy , fuzzy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lionization":{
|
|
"as in adoration , adulation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lionize":{
|
|
"to treat (someone) as a very important and famous person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lionized":{
|
|
"to treat (someone) as a very important and famous person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was lionized everywhere after her novel won the Pulitzer Prize."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lip":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"part of the ritual of the awards ceremony is the nominee's lip praise for the performances of his or her competitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"heart-to-heart",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"self-righteous",
|
|
"simon-pure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the waves, reflecting the red glow of the sunset, gently lipped the prow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bubble",
|
|
"gurgle",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"slosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lips":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the waves, reflecting the red glow of the sunset, gently lipped the prow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"sloshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liqueur":{
|
|
"as in whiskey , vodka":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liquify":{
|
|
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the steel liquefied in the intense heat of the forge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"thicken"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"found",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"thaw"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liquor":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't order liquor in a bar until you're 21 years old"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liquored up":{
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the men liquored up at the roadhouse and then thought it would be a good idea to go hunting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"nipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbed",
|
|
"boozed",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"lushed (up)",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liquors (up)":{
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the men liquored up at the roadhouse and then thought it would be a good idea to go hunting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"nips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibs",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"lushes (up)",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"list":{
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"shave a thin list from the side of the board"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slat",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"swatch",
|
|
"swath",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"tape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a record of a series of items (as names or titles) usually arranged according to some system":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we put eggs, sour cream, tomatoes, roast beef, and cheddar cheese on the shopping list"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agenda",
|
|
"bibliography",
|
|
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"compilation",
|
|
"directory",
|
|
"docket",
|
|
"enumeration",
|
|
"glossary",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"payroll",
|
|
"calendar",
|
|
"chronology",
|
|
"timetable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"checklist",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"menu",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"registry",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"roll call",
|
|
"roster",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"table"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the extreme list of the racing yacht made it hard for the untried crew to keep their balance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"nod"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our grandfather is listed among the war dead honored by the memorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"check off",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"impanel",
|
|
"induct",
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"wait-list",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"check in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"matriculate",
|
|
"register"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a list of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coach listed the people on the team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"check (off)",
|
|
"tick (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"itemize",
|
|
"numerate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her number isn't listed in the phone book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delete"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"book",
|
|
"card",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"compile",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"reschedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"enroll",
|
|
"enrol",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"index",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"slate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden shift of the load in the hull listed the ship badly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to specify one after another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do I need to list all of the reasons why your idea won't work?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"tabulate",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"inventory",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"graph",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"enumerate",
|
|
"itemize",
|
|
"numerate",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"reel off",
|
|
"rehearse",
|
|
"tick (off)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"listlessness":{
|
|
"physical or mental inertness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"following a couple of big mistakes early in the game, the team sank into an uncharacteristic listlessness and was never able to recover the lead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"enterprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"malaise",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"narcosis",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hebetude",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"stupor",
|
|
"torpor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"general listlessness is often a side effect of chemotherapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being bored":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we searched desperately for something to jar us out of our listlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beguilement",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"captivation",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"enlivenment",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"stimulation",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheerlessness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"monotony",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blahs",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"weariness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"literality":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lithesome":{
|
|
"able to bend easily without breaking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiffened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stretching exercises designed to make the athlete's limbs more lithesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"fragile"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"semiflexible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bendy",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lithesome panther moved effortlessly and noiselessly through the rain forest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"litigant":{
|
|
"someone who brings a legal action against another person or against whom a legal action is brought":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Both litigants chose to represent themselves in court."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"litter":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a litter of magazines covered the bedroom floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"catchall",
|
|
"admixture",
|
|
"alloy",
|
|
"amalgam",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"commixture",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"intermixture",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"bollix",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"dog's breakfast",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerate",
|
|
"agglomeration",
|
|
"alphabet soup",
|
|
"assortment",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"collage",
|
|
"crazy quilt",
|
|
"farrago",
|
|
"gallimaufry",
|
|
"grab bag",
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"hodgepodge",
|
|
"hotchpotch",
|
|
"jambalaya",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"jungle",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doine",
|
|
"medley",
|
|
"m\u00e9lange",
|
|
"menagerie",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"mixed bag",
|
|
"montage",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"olio",
|
|
"olla podrida",
|
|
"omnium-gatherum",
|
|
"pastiche",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"patchwork quilt",
|
|
"potpourri",
|
|
"ragbag",
|
|
"ragout",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"salad",
|
|
"salmagundi",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"smorgasbord",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"discarded or useless material":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you get caught throwing your litter on the sidewalk, you'll get slapped with a fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"scrap heap",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"litterateurs":{
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"versifiers",
|
|
"bloggers",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"paragraphers",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"scriveners",
|
|
"writers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"littered":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there any wonder that you can never find anything in your littered desk?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unsullied",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"manicured",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"upside-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"litters":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a litter of magazines covered the bedroom floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in kids , pups":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"littlest":{
|
|
"being the least in amount, number, or size possible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"biggest",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatest",
|
|
"hugest",
|
|
"largest",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the littlest kitten in the litter was also the cutest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"highest"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fewer",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"subminimal",
|
|
"ultramicro",
|
|
"irreducible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fewest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"minutest",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"smallest",
|
|
"tiniest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liturgical":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"livable":{
|
|
"suitable for living in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uninhabitable",
|
|
"unlivable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after we added some furniture and painted the walls, the apartment was livable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"habitable",
|
|
"inhabitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"live-box":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liveable":{
|
|
"suitable for living in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uninhabitable",
|
|
"unlivable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after we added some furniture and painted the walls, the apartment was livable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"habitable",
|
|
"inhabitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liveliness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"lifelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were surprised by the liveliness of the crowd at the nightclub despite the early hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"anemia",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"spiritlessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"vapidity",
|
|
"vapidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"springiness",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"chirpiness",
|
|
"effervescence",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"ebullience",
|
|
"ebulliency",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"playfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liven (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"kill"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bandleader tried to liven up the party by playing more energetic music so people would dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"enkindle",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"refreshen",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"reinvigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restimulate",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ginger (up)",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"juice up",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify",
|
|
"zip (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"livened (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"killed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bandleader tried to liven up the party by playing more energetic music so people would dance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"enkindled",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"re-energized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshened",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"reinvigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restimulated",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"filliped",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"gingered (up)",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"juiced up",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified",
|
|
"zipped (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liverwursts":{
|
|
"as in salamis , bolognas":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"livery":{
|
|
"the distinctive clothing worn by members of a particular group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the limousine chauffeur was easily distinguished from the cab drivers by his livery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"full dress",
|
|
"regimentals",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"regalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"uniform"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lives with":{
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was forced to live with the mistakes she had made."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"reconciles (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees (with or to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bides",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"sweats out",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"wears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lividness":{
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their employer's titanic lividness over the situation had them all wondering if they'd all get fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"birse",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"living":{
|
|
"as in business , field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being in effective operation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"nonactivated",
|
|
"nonfunctional",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"nonoperating",
|
|
"nonoperational",
|
|
"nonoperative"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a living tradition of the holiday season",
|
|
"a living culture that has survived a number of foreign invasions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"decommissioned",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"stagnating",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"vegetating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnatural",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"unrealistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an outdoor museum that is a living re-creation of a typical New England village circa 1840"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"verisimilar",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"photo-realistic",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"three-dimensional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having being at the present time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"nonextant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are fewer than a dozen living former presidents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonliving"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is your hamster still living ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"stillborn",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"ghosty",
|
|
"zombielike",
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"extant",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"resurrected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"quick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a home":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he lives next door to the hospital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"hanging (at)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"visiting",
|
|
"cohabiting",
|
|
"inhabiting",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"peopling",
|
|
"populating",
|
|
"leasing",
|
|
"renting",
|
|
"subletting",
|
|
"tenanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"residing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have life":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"livings":{
|
|
"as in businesses , fields":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liabilities":{
|
|
"something (as money) which is owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your liabilities total about $200,000"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrearage",
|
|
"arrears",
|
|
"debt",
|
|
"indebtedness",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"score"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bond",
|
|
"debit",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"default",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"insolvency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quietus",
|
|
"quittance",
|
|
"repayment",
|
|
"asset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light heavyweight":{
|
|
"as in heavyweight , featherweight":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs":{
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Washington Irving is generally credited as the first American litterateur to gain a reputation in Britain and on the Continent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"scriveners",
|
|
"writers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"versifiers",
|
|
"bloggers",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"paragraphers",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lifestyle":{
|
|
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"retirees enjoying a more casual, stress-free lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"civilization",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"society"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"folklore",
|
|
"heritage",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"subculture",
|
|
"subsociety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lit up":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he finally wandered in at 3:00 a.m., obviously lit up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lily-livered":{
|
|
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pacifist was mistakenly accused of being a lily-livered coward"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limey":{
|
|
"as in lime-juicer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lightened":{
|
|
"as in brightened , brilliant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sunlit",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"hazed",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"sunless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in eased , alleviated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy-duty",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the patient lightened when he heard the disease responds well to treatment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"bucked up",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"perked (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"heartened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despaired",
|
|
"desponded",
|
|
"brooded",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"moped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"saddened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the room was gradually lightened by the rising sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"beaconed",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"illumed",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"beat (down)",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"enhaloed",
|
|
"haloed",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incinerated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lights":{
|
|
"the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he read poetry to her by the light of the moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"fluorescences",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"incandescences",
|
|
"luminescences",
|
|
"radiances",
|
|
"shines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"scintillations",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"moonlights",
|
|
"sunlights",
|
|
"sunshines",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sunbeams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"sheens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides illumination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"turn off the light when you go to bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candelabras",
|
|
"candles",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"electrics",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"girandoles",
|
|
"headlights",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"lanterns",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lighthouses",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a leading light in the acting profession"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heartthrobs",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"dignitaries",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"immortals",
|
|
"monuments",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"worthies",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"panjandrums",
|
|
"panjandra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the coming of light we could see all the damage that the storm had caused"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"cockcrows",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"daybreaks",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"morns",
|
|
"sunrises",
|
|
"suns",
|
|
"sunups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daytimes",
|
|
"forenoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"midnights",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"nighttimes",
|
|
"afternoons",
|
|
"middays",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"evenings",
|
|
"eventides",
|
|
"gloamings",
|
|
"twilights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nightfalls",
|
|
"sundowns",
|
|
"sunsets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (something) on fire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"torches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immolates",
|
|
"deflagrates",
|
|
"chars",
|
|
"frizzles",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kilns",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"reignites",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"relights",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"stokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"suffocates",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to supply with light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"illumes",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illumines",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"beats (down)",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"enhaloes",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dims",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bird lit on the branch and began to sing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"touches down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-lands",
|
|
"crash-lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasts off",
|
|
"takes off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alights",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disembarks",
|
|
"dismounts",
|
|
"gets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplanes",
|
|
"detrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"climbs (aboard)",
|
|
"gets in",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"enplanes",
|
|
"emplanes",
|
|
"entrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"liquidates":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a decisive act that liquidated all doubts and fears about his governing abilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to death deliberately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his first act as absolute ruler was to liquidate his opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used our lottery winnings to liquidate our debts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antes (up)",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"limbers (up)":{
|
|
"as in trains , breaks in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks in",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"forearms",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"immunizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"anneals",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"toughens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"emasculates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"incapacitates",
|
|
"sensitizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lifeboat":{
|
|
"as in yawl , launch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"inboard",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"outboard",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"bateau",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"coracle",
|
|
"curragh",
|
|
"currach",
|
|
"dhow",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dory",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"flatboat",
|
|
"garvey",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"johnboat",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"paddleboat",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"pirogue",
|
|
"pontoon",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"rowboat",
|
|
"rowing boat",
|
|
"sampan",
|
|
"scow",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skiff",
|
|
"surfboat",
|
|
"umiak",
|
|
"wherry",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"seiner",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"watercraft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"literal":{
|
|
"restricted to or based on fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a literal account of the explorer's adventures is actually a lot less interesting than his own exaggerated stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"documentary",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"nonfictional",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"true"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"confirmable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"demonstrable",
|
|
"provable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"undoubted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"apocryphal",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"undocumented",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"unsupportable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictionalized",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"nondocumentary",
|
|
"nonfactual",
|
|
"nonhistorical",
|
|
"unhistorical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"light-minded":{
|
|
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie was a light-minded take on the biblical story of Noah and the Flood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"giggly",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lionhearted":{
|
|
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traditionally young Masai men are consigned to a period of isolation in the bush in order to turn them into strong, lionhearted warriors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"gutty",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lingos":{
|
|
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical missionaries struggling to learn the lingo of the African tribe that they were treating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"mother tongues",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"tongues",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrolects",
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"idiolects",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shorthand medical lingo that the hospital staffers use with one another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"shoptalk",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"bureaucrateses",
|
|
"computereses",
|
|
"cyberspeaks",
|
|
"educationeses",
|
|
"governmenteses",
|
|
"journaleses",
|
|
"technobabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lingers":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since they were charging by the hour, the house painters lingered in finishing up their work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
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"mopes",
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"pokes",
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"shilly-shallies",
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"tarries"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fiddles (around)",
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"fools around",
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"messes around",
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"monkeys (around)",
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"plays",
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"potters (around)",
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"putters (around)",
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"trifles",
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"hangs (around or out)",
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"idles",
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"loafs",
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"lolls",
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"lounges",
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"ambles",
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"eases",
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"inches",
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"lumbers",
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"plods",
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"saunters",
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"shuffles",
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"staggers",
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"strolls",
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"decelerates",
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"slows (down or up)",
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"filibusters",
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"procrastinates",
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"stalls",
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"temporizes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bowls",
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"breezes",
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"darts",
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"humps",
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"hurtles",
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"hustles",
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"scrambles",
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"stampedes",
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"gallops",
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"jogs",
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"runs",
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"sprints",
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"trots",
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"accelerates",
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"quickens",
|
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"speeds (up)",
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"catches up",
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"fast-forwards",
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"outpaces",
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"outruns",
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"outstrips",
|
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"overtakes"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"barrels",
|
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"bolts",
|
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"careers",
|
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"courses",
|
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"dashes",
|
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"flies",
|
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"hastens",
|
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"hotfoots (it)",
|
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"hurries",
|
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"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
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"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lints":{
|
|
"a soft airy substance or covering":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's important to clean the lint out of the dryer every time you use it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"flosses",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"fuzzes",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"piles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |