26458 lines
518 KiB
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26458 lines
518 KiB
JSON
{
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"stability":{
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"the ability to withstand force or stress without being distorted, dislodged, or damaged":{
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"antonyms":[
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"insecurity",
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"instability",
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"precariousness",
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"shakiness",
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"unstableness",
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"unsteadiness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the bridge was designed with such great stability that it supposedly will not collapse even under the harshest weather conditions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"insubstantiality",
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"unsoundness",
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"unsubstantiality",
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"weakness"
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],
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"related":[
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"dependability",
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"durability",
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"reliability",
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"solidity",
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"solidness",
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"cohesion",
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"toughness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"firmness",
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"soundness",
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"strength",
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"sturdiness"
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]
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},
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"the state of continuing without change":{
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"antonyms":[
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"capriciousness",
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"changeability",
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"changeableness",
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"fickleness",
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"instability",
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"mutability",
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"unpredictability",
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"unsteadiness",
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"variability",
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"variableness",
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"volatileness",
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"volatility"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the stability of the regime is in jeopardy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aperiodicity",
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"inconsistence",
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"inconsistency",
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"irregularity",
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"unevenness",
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"caducity",
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"evanescence",
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"impermanence"
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],
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"related":[
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"consistency",
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"regularity",
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"sameness",
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"uniformity",
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"durability",
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"enduringness",
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"lastingness",
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"permanence"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"changelessness",
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"constancy",
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"fixedness",
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"immutability",
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"immutableness",
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"invariability",
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"steadiness",
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"unchangeableness"
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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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"stabilize":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"stabled":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"stack":{
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"a considerable amount":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"handful",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"mouthful",
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"peanuts",
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"pinch",
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"pittance",
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"scruple",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"speck",
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"spot",
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"sprinkle",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"tad",
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"taste",
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"touch",
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"trace"
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],
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"examples":[
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"earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"atom",
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"crumb",
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"dot",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"fragment",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"modicum",
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"molecule",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"particle",
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"ray",
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"scintilla",
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"scrap",
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"shred",
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"tittle",
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"whit",
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"smatter",
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"smattering",
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"dash",
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"drop",
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"morsel",
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"shot",
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"piece",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"absence",
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"dearth",
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"famine",
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"lack",
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"paucity",
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"poverty",
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"scarceness",
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"scarcity",
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"shortage",
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"undersupply",
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"want",
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"deficiency",
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"deficit",
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"inadequacy",
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"insufficiency",
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"meagerness",
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"scantiness",
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"scantness",
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"skimpiness"
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],
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"related":[
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"epidemic",
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"plague",
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"rash",
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"bonanza",
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"embarrassment",
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"excess",
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"overabundance",
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"overage",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupply",
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"plethora",
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"redundancy",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"deluge",
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"flood",
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"overflow",
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"army",
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"bevy",
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"cram",
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"crowd",
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"crush",
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"drove",
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"flock",
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"herd",
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"horde",
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"host",
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"legion",
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"mob",
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"multitude",
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"press",
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"score",
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"sea",
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"swarm",
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"throng",
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"gazillion",
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"jillion",
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"kazillion",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillion",
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"zillion"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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]
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},
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"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a stack of playing cards"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bank",
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"bar",
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"drift",
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"embankment",
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"bed",
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"layer",
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"mow",
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"pyramid",
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"rick",
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"barrow",
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"cairn",
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"pyre",
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"accumulation",
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"aggregate",
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"array",
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"assemblage",
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"collection",
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"conglomeration",
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"gathering",
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"grouping",
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"hoard",
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"huddle",
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"jumble",
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"knot",
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"pileup"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cock",
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"heap",
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"hill",
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"mound",
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"mountain",
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"pile"
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]
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},
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"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"stacked the split logs by the house"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bank",
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"layer",
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"pyramid",
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"accumulate",
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"amass",
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"assemble",
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"collect",
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"concentrate",
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"garner",
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"gather",
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"group",
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"mass",
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"bunch",
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"clump",
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"lump"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"heap",
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"mound",
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"pile"
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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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"stacking (up)":{
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"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dispersing",
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"dissipating",
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"scattering"
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],
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"related":[
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"agglutinating",
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"clumping",
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"lumping",
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"banking",
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"drifting",
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"ridging"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accreting",
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"accumulating",
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"amassing",
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"building up",
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"collecting",
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"concentrating",
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"conglomerating",
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"gathering",
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"massing",
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"piling (up)"
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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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"staffer":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"stage-managed":{
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"as in micromanaged":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"staggeringly":{
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"to a large extent or degree":{
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"antonyms":[
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"little",
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"negligibly",
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"nominally",
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"slightly"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a staggeringly inappropriate comment to make at a funeral"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"modestly",
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"fractionally",
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"imperceptibly",
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"infinitesimally",
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"insignificantly",
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"invisibly",
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"microscopically",
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"minutely",
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely"
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],
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"related":[
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"appreciably",
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"noticeably",
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"significantly",
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"abundantly",
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"amply",
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"copiously",
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"healthily",
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"plentifully"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astronomically",
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"big-time",
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"broadly",
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"colossally",
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"considerably",
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"enormously",
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"extensively",
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"greatly",
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"highly",
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"hugely",
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"largely",
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"massively",
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"monstrously",
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"monumentally",
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"much",
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"sizably",
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"stupendously",
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"tremendously",
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"utterly",
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"vastly"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"stain":{
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"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the stain of this cowardly act would haunt him for the rest of his career"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"award",
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"credit",
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"honor",
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"chasteness",
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"chastity",
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"modesty",
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"purity",
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"stainlessness",
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"good",
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"right",
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"honesty",
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"integrity",
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"legitimacy",
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"probity",
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"rectitude",
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"scrupulousness",
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"uprightness",
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"goodness",
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"righteousness",
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"virtuousness",
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"fame",
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"glory",
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"renown",
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"repute"
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],
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"related":[
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"black eye",
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"discredit",
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"disesteem",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"disrepute",
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"guilt",
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"ignominy",
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"infamy",
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"obloquy",
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"odium",
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"opprobrium",
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"reproach",
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"shame",
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"corruption",
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"debauchery",
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"depravity",
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"immorality",
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"iniquity",
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"licentiousness",
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"sin",
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"unscrupulousness",
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"vice"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blot",
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"brand",
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"onus",
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"slur",
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"smirch",
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"smudge",
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"spot",
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"stigma",
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"taint"
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]
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},
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"a substance used to color other materials":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"applied several coats of stain to the wood"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"tint",
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"toner",
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"cast",
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"hue",
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"shade",
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"tinge"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"color",
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"colorant",
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"coloring",
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"dye",
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"dyestuff",
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"pigment"
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]
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},
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"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cleanse",
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"purify",
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"dignify",
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"elevate",
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"ennoble",
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"enshrine",
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"glorify",
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"hallow",
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"magnify",
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"uplift"
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],
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"related":[
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"begrime",
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"besmear",
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"besmirch",
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"blacken",
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"blur",
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"cloud",
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"dirty",
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"discolor",
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"pollute",
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"smear",
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"smirch",
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"smudge",
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"smut",
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"soil",
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"sully",
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"tar",
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"abase",
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"cheapen",
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"debase",
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"degrade",
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"demean",
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"discredit",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"foul",
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"lower",
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"shame",
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"sink",
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"bastardize",
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"corrupt",
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"debauch",
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"demoralize",
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"deprave",
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"pervert",
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"subvert",
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"color",
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"distort",
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"twist"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blemish",
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"darken",
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"mar",
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"poison",
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"spoil",
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"taint",
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"tarnish",
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"touch",
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"vitiate"
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]
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},
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"to give color or a different color to":{
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stained the table to look like cherry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"embrown",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"variegate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bepaint",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil stained his work pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"draggle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"crock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stained":{
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always seen wearing stained clothes, which he apparently hoped would mark him as an antibourgeois bohemian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"besmeared",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"smeared",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tarred",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"twisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give color or a different color to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stained the table to look like cherry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"embrowned",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bepainted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil stained his work pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"distained",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"gaumed",
|
|
"grimed",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stainlessness":{
|
|
"as in purity , modesty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stains":{
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stain of this cowardly act would haunt him for the rest of his career"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"chastities",
|
|
"modesties",
|
|
"purities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"legitimacies",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"black eyes",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"guilts",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"vices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"onuses",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a substance used to color other materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"applied several coats of stain to the wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tints",
|
|
"toners",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"hues",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"tinges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colorants",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"dyestuffs",
|
|
"pigments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"besmears",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smuts",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"tars",
|
|
"tarres",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give color or a different color to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stained the table to look like cherry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"bleaches",
|
|
"whitens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"embrowns",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"checkers",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"polychromes",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"striates",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"variegates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bepaints",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pigments",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil stained his work pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"draggles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"collies",
|
|
"crocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"bemires",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"distains",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"gaums",
|
|
"grimes",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stale":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sequel is basically a stale remake of the first movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite",
|
|
"well-worn"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"staleness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalking":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lions stalking gazelles on the plains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"ferreting",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"spooring",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"trailing",
|
|
"gunning (for)",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"culling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"hunting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the irate customer stalked off in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"tiptoeing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"promenading",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"pacing",
|
|
"striding",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"sashaying",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"swaggering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalks":{
|
|
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lions stalking gazelles on the plains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"ferrets",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails",
|
|
"guns (for)",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"culls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"hunts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the irate customer stalked off in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stall":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"fetch up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pull up",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"start (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"malfunction",
|
|
"jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalled":{
|
|
"as in arrested , stopped":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"started (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"malfunctioned",
|
|
"jammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"gave out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamp (out)":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"working to stamp out racism in this country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stampedes":{
|
|
"a large group of animals or people moving together in a quick and disordered way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"During the morning rush hour, the coffee shop gets hit with a stampede of customers."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stampeding":{
|
|
"to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamps":{
|
|
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"prints"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"virtually without exception Van Gogh's portraits bear the stamp of genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"fingerprints",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stamping around in oversized boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stamped the grass down in a circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"runs over",
|
|
"steps (on)",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"hoofs",
|
|
"kicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"champs",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stance":{
|
|
"a general way of holding the body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slightly aggressive stance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"station"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanchion":{
|
|
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stanchion of an arch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caryatid",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"flying buttress",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"obelisk",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"piling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pier",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"post"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand by":{
|
|
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our old standby in times of trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"sinew(s)",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"right hand",
|
|
"bolsterer",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"refuge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"mainstay",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"reliance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"reconsider",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleave (to)",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"hew (to)",
|
|
"keep (to)",
|
|
"stick (to or with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standard-bearer":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standards":{
|
|
"the code of good conduct for an individual or group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a life guided by high standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"tenets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"ethos",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"morals",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standpat":{
|
|
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the standpat chefs were having none of this low-calorie stuff that the food police were pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"blimpish",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"ultraright",
|
|
"ultrarightist",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"fogyish",
|
|
"fogeyish",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"antiliberal",
|
|
"antimodern",
|
|
"antiprogressive",
|
|
"antireform",
|
|
"antirevolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"button-down",
|
|
"buttoned-down",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starch":{
|
|
"active strength of body or mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a middle-aged woman who has retained the starch of youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"inanition",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animal spirits",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"snappiness",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"\u00e9lan",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"brio",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"dynamism",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"esprit",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"get-up-and-go",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vinegar",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stare daggers":{
|
|
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"sulk",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"snigger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"scowl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starkers":{
|
|
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"room service in one London hotel informs its employees to get used to the idea of walking in on guests who are starkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"decent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seminude",
|
|
"topless",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au naturel",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"mother-naked",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starlike":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starlit":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"started":{
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"phased out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started the impressionist movement in art"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"refounded",
|
|
"reinitiated",
|
|
"reinstituted",
|
|
"relaunched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to start the car on a frigid morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fight started when one child tripped the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frightened horses with starting eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"stood out",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I started from my chair when I heard the sudden scream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"quailed",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"squinched",
|
|
"winced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"reacted",
|
|
"responded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"startled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"phased out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"got around (to)",
|
|
"got down (to)",
|
|
"got round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"embarked (on or upon)",
|
|
"entered (into or upon)",
|
|
"fell (to)",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"led off",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"struck (into)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"state-of-the-art":{
|
|
"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a medical center that prides itself on being a leader in state-of-the-art microsurgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"trailblazing",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"avant",
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"cutting-edge",
|
|
"progressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spent a boatload of money on a state-of-the-art home theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statics":{
|
|
"as in arguments , conflicts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"station":{
|
|
"a general way of holding the body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the palace guards are required to maintain a rigid station"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"stance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a regular stopping place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the historic house was once a station on the Underground Railroad, the network that helped slaves reach freedom in the North"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depot",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"layover",
|
|
"stopover",
|
|
"outstation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"way station"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers remained at their station even though a huge enemy force was approaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"quarter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in colonial America, women occupied the lowest station in society and were not allowed to take part in public life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"reach(es)",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stationed guards around the perimeter of the encampment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"post"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statute":{
|
|
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new antilittering statute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"fiat",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"bylaw",
|
|
"ground rule",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"martial law",
|
|
"blue law",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"capitulary",
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"ordinance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staunches":{
|
|
"as in suppresses , represses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stave":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staved off":{
|
|
"to drive back":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to stave off the invaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"stood off",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat off",
|
|
"fended (off)",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"turned away",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"checkmated",
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"fended (off)",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"forestalled",
|
|
"headed off",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stay":{
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a free press is one of the principal stays of a democratic society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mother-in-law is coming for a brief stay next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"field trip",
|
|
"homestay",
|
|
"sleepover",
|
|
"layover",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stopover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sojourn",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must work without stay if we are ever to reach our goal of equal rights for everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stay the trial until this new evidence has been processed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"fetch up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pull up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"await",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"outstay",
|
|
"overstay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"underlie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"undergird",
|
|
"underpin",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"stand by",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"watch (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"await",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"reside"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"come over",
|
|
"drop by",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"step in",
|
|
"stop (by)",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"inhabit",
|
|
"occupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"sojourn",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stay clear of":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He adroitly changed the subject to stay clear of having to admit what he'd done."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"incur"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"parry",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"debar",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"rule out",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"outfox",
|
|
"outsmart",
|
|
"outwit",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"thwart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"scape",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shuffle (out of)",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"weasel (out of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steadies":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steal (from)":{
|
|
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"little wonder that the store went out of business, as its employees had been stealing from it for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"stick up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"burgle",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"take off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stealing":{
|
|
"the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in those days the stealing of a horse was a very serious crime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"housebreaking",
|
|
"embezzlement",
|
|
"embezzling",
|
|
"graft",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misappropriation",
|
|
"peculation",
|
|
"petit larceny",
|
|
"petty larceny",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"abduction",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"rapine",
|
|
"spoliation",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"black marketeering",
|
|
"smuggling",
|
|
"banditry",
|
|
"piracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"larceny",
|
|
"robbery",
|
|
"theft",
|
|
"thievery"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teenagers were able to steal past a security guard and enter the fairgrounds without paying admission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"ghosting",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"mousing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slinking",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"sneaking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guy who tried to steal my car was sentenced to a year in jail"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thieving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steamed up":{
|
|
"feeling or showing anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angerless",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm really steamed up over his latest outrageous behavior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unembittered",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"worked up",
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"soreheaded",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"inflammable",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"querulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"cheesed off",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"horn-mad",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"ireful",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"riley",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shirty",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"ticked",
|
|
"wrathful",
|
|
"wroth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make angry":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"lulled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"enchanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"envenomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"ired",
|
|
"madded",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"ticked off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steamer":{
|
|
"as in steamship , barge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steaming up":{
|
|
"to make angry":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finding yet another mistaken charge on his hospital bill really steamed him up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"enchanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"huffing",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"embittering",
|
|
"envenoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"iring",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"madding",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"ticking off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steeling":{
|
|
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hoped that his inspirational talk would steel the youths in the pursuit of their dreams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"psyching (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing up",
|
|
"bucking up",
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
|
"chirking (up)",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"inspiriting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"softening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of running a farm had steeled the hard-bitten woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"incapacitating",
|
|
"sensitizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"annealing",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"immunizing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"forearming",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"breaking in",
|
|
"limbering (up)",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"indurating",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"toughening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had spent the previous night steeling himself for the moment when he would demand a raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undercutting",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arming",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying (up)",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"cheering (up)",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"forearming",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"nerving",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"psyching (up)",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steer":{
|
|
"to operate or control the course of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first needed to learn how to steer her personal watercraft before going out on the crowded lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commandeer",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conn",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"pilot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man in the train station was able to steer us in the right direction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tailgate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precede",
|
|
"accompany",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"chaperone",
|
|
"chaperon",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"manage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"usher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steered clear of":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After several disastrous family gatherings, she steered clear of any talk about hosting holiday celebrations."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"incurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"parried",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"outfoxed",
|
|
"outsmarted",
|
|
"outwitted",
|
|
"overreached",
|
|
"thwarted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"finessed",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"scaped",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuffled (out of)",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"weaseled (out of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steers":{
|
|
"to operate or control the course of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first needed to learn how to steer her personal watercraft before going out on the crowded lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commandeers",
|
|
"hijacks",
|
|
"highjacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conns",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"pilots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the man in the train station was able to steer us in the right direction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tailgates",
|
|
"tails"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precedes",
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"manages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"ushers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steers clear of":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After several disastrous family gatherings, she steered clear of any talk about hosting holiday celebrations."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"incurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"parries",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"outfoxes",
|
|
"outsmarts",
|
|
"outwits",
|
|
"overreaches",
|
|
"thwarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"finesses",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"scapes",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuffles (out of)",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"weasels (out of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stemmed":{
|
|
"to stop the progress or spread of (something)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"efforts to stem the dramatic decline of an endangered species"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stepped aside (from)":{
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stayed (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a newscaster who knew when it was time to step aside from the anchor desk and let a younger person take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"dropped out (of)",
|
|
"threw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"resigned (from)",
|
|
"retired (from)",
|
|
"stepped down (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prime minister was compelled to step aside from his office when it was demonstrated that he had violated the public trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"arrogated",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"confiscated",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"took over",
|
|
"usurped",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"secured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"demitted",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"vacated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"stepped down (from)",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"stepping down":{
|
|
"as in leave , retirement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stepping up":{
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidates stepping up their campaigns as election day draws near",
|
|
"stepped up the pace to catch up with the others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"amping (up)",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"restrengthening",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up (on)",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steps (on)":{
|
|
"as in runs over , runs down":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steps out":{
|
|
"to be sexually unfaithful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if she catches him stepping out on her, she'll divorce him without a moment's hesitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cats (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fornicates",
|
|
"plays (around)",
|
|
"tomcats (around)",
|
|
"womanizes",
|
|
"copulates",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"lusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"philanders",
|
|
"screws around"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my greedy relatives are only being nice to me because they expect me to step out any time now"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predeceases",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flatlines",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"pegs out",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"pops off",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take part in social activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waited until a year after her husband's death before stepping out again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"circulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"fraternizes",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"hobnobs",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"socializes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stevedore":{
|
|
"one who loads and unloads ships at a port":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"docker",
|
|
"dockhand",
|
|
"dockworker",
|
|
"longshoreman",
|
|
"roustabout",
|
|
"rouster"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stevedores":{
|
|
"one who loads and unloads ships at a port":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on the wharves, stevedores were unloading cargo from the far corners of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dockers",
|
|
"dockhands",
|
|
"dockworkers",
|
|
"longshoremen",
|
|
"roustabouts",
|
|
"rousters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stew":{
|
|
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a red-light district full of down and dirty stews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"call house",
|
|
"crib",
|
|
"massage parlor",
|
|
"harem",
|
|
"seraglio"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagnio",
|
|
"bawdy house",
|
|
"bordello",
|
|
"brothel",
|
|
"cathouse",
|
|
"disorderly house",
|
|
"sporting house",
|
|
"whorehouse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many in town are in a stew about the proposed plan to close at least one of the elementary schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"nervous breakdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"swelter",
|
|
"swivet",
|
|
"tizzy",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the audience went into a stew when the evacuation order was announced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the documentary looks at the stew of conspiracy theories inspired by the assassination"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stew the chicken till tender, and then remove the meat from the bones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scald",
|
|
"braise",
|
|
"fricassee",
|
|
"pressure-cook",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"reboil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"parboil",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"simmer"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop stewing over that game and just try to do better next time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"pine",
|
|
"yearn",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stewardship":{
|
|
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"generally the dean left the day-to-day stewardship of the college to the assistant dean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"leadership",
|
|
"rulership",
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safekeeping",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"logistics",
|
|
"machination",
|
|
"manipulation",
|
|
"coadministration",
|
|
"codirection",
|
|
"comanagement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"governance",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"intendance",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"presidency",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"supervision"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she believes that stewardship of the environment is everyone's responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"monitoring",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"policing",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"hand(s)",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"leadership",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"trusteeship",
|
|
"tutelage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"headship",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"supervision",
|
|
"surveillance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stick (to":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stick up":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stick up for":{
|
|
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is known for always sticking up for what is right."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"plead",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"underline",
|
|
"underscore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stuck up for his colleague during the debate."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"side (with)",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"talk up",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"plump (for)",
|
|
"plunk (for)",
|
|
"plonk (for)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stickers":{
|
|
"as in spikes , snags":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in stamps , badges":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sticks":{
|
|
"the open rural area outside of big towns and cities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"grew up in the sticks and is used to traveling miles just to get a loaf of bread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conurbation",
|
|
"megalopolis",
|
|
"urban sprawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exurbia",
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boondocks",
|
|
"boonies",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"nowhere"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can stick that box in the corner until I figure out where to put everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"rearranges",
|
|
"reorders",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"plunks down",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"wedges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"situates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold to something firmly as if by adhesion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those magnets are strong enough to stick to the refrigerator without any problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"clings",
|
|
"hews"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"could hardly feel the needle when the nurse stuck my arm with it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she got stuck by an unscrupulous seller while using the online auction site"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stiff":{
|
|
"a dead body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the mortician, a stiff was a stiff and they were all pretty much alike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mummy",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"carrion",
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"decedent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"cadaver",
|
|
"carcass",
|
|
"corpse",
|
|
"corpus",
|
|
"corse",
|
|
"relics",
|
|
"remains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one lucky stiff will get the biggest jackpot in the lottery's history"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing that the customer was more than a little stiff , the bartender offered to call a cab for him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"difficult to endure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stiff winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposeful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
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"moderate",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't you think that's a pretty stiff fine for such a minor infraction?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spongy",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stir two cups of flour with the remaining ingredients to make a stiff dough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"ultrasoft"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"ramrod",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"nonporous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incapable of or highly resistant to bending":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"use a stiff piece of paper for the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"semiflexible",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"semisoft",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"arthritic",
|
|
"rheumatic",
|
|
"nonelastic",
|
|
"nonmalleable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"felt stiff and ill-at-ease whenever she was introduced to her parents' friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lubberly",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stiff politeness with which I was greeted suggested that they weren't truly happy to see me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"red-carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"starchy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stilted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have a stiff climb to actually reach the summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actress has a reputation for stiffing the press at red-carpet events"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"shrug off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"stiff-arm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"customers who were too embarrassed to admit that they had been stiffed by an Internet company claiming to sell designer handbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stiff-arming":{
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"shrugging off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"stiffing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stiff-arms":{
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his sad and lonely old age, he stiff-armed even once-beloved friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"shrugs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"stiffs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stiffness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stifle":{
|
|
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"garrote",
|
|
"garotte",
|
|
"throttle",
|
|
"asphyxiate",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"slay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suffocate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deaden the sound of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmuffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he stifled a cough with his hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"soundproof",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"smother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"mute"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stifled a yawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"express",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"bottle up",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"squelch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choke (back)",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stifling":{
|
|
"lacking fresh air":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"unstuffy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lecture hall was stifling until we opened several windows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"ventilated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airless",
|
|
"unventilated",
|
|
"fuggy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"suffocating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"garroting",
|
|
"garotting",
|
|
"throttling",
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"slaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"suffocating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deaden the sound of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unmuffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he stifled a cough with his hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"soundproofing",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"smothering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"muting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stifled a yawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"bottling up",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"squelching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking (back)",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"swallowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stigma":{
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in \"The Scarlet Letter,\" Hester Prynne bore the stigma of adultery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"award",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"stainlessness",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"black eye",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"onus",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stigmas":{
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in \"The Scarlet Letter,\" Hester Prynne bore the stigma of adultery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"chastities",
|
|
"modesties",
|
|
"purities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"legitimacies",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"black eyes",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"guilts",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"vices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"onuses",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stillness":{
|
|
"a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dozing in the warm stillness of a summer afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"restfulness",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"soothingness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"informality",
|
|
"laid-backness",
|
|
"relaxedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"racket"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from the couple's tense stillness I sensed that they had been quarreling just before I arrived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"muteness",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"speechlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulacy",
|
|
"inarticulateness",
|
|
"voicelessness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"reticency",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"volubility",
|
|
"chattiness",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"loquaciousness",
|
|
"loquacity",
|
|
"talkativeness",
|
|
"talkiness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only thing that broke the stillness of the garden was the droning of a bee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"babel",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unquietness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stilted":{
|
|
"lacking social grace and assurance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the conversation was somewhat stilted as we didn't seem to share any interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-possessed",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"lubberly",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rustic",
|
|
"rustical",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"wooden"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stilted letter of apology that was written and accepted with equal measures of insincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"red-carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"starchy",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-necked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stimulant":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always take a bottle of stimulant along on trips, for emergencies like plane crashes or earthquakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the relaxed zoning regulations should serve as a stimulant for development in the area"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stimulate":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"kill"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"research into alternative energy sources has been stimulated by this funding increase"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify",
|
|
"zip (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government crackdown has only stimulated the citizenry to more acts of violence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"key (up)",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"impassion",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rev (up)",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stimuli":{
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing a Broadway play for the first time was the stimulus for her career in the theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stinginess":{
|
|
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refusing to tip poorly paid restaurant servers is a particularly petty form of stinginess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"cheeseparing",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"tightfistedness",
|
|
"tightness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stinkers":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some stinker nearly crashed his SUV into me because he was yakking on his cell phone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stinking":{
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warned her husband not to come home stinking \u2014or he'd be sleeping on the couch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
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"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came home from their trip to find stinking garbage that had been left in the kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"woodsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
"odorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge, showy house that screams, \"We're stinking rich!\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their team really stinks this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"smelling",
|
|
"sucking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give off an extremely unpleasant smell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog stinks because she tangled with a skunk again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"smelling",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"revolting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reeking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stinky":{
|
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stinky plant that attracts certain insects and then devours them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"woodsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
"odorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stipend":{
|
|
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stipend you'll receive as an intern will just barely cover your housing costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"living wage",
|
|
"minimum wage",
|
|
"nominal wages",
|
|
"take-home pay",
|
|
"double time",
|
|
"overtime",
|
|
"time and a half",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"remittance",
|
|
"remuneration",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"recoupment",
|
|
"redress",
|
|
"reparation",
|
|
"restitution",
|
|
"reimbursement",
|
|
"repayment",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"takings",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emolument",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay envelope",
|
|
"paycheck",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"salary",
|
|
"wage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stipends":{
|
|
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stipend you'll receive as an intern will just barely cover your housing costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"living wages",
|
|
"minimum wages",
|
|
"nominal wages",
|
|
"take-home pays",
|
|
"double times",
|
|
"overtimes",
|
|
"time and a halfs",
|
|
"compensations",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"remittances",
|
|
"remunerations",
|
|
"requitals",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"recoupments",
|
|
"redresses",
|
|
"reparations",
|
|
"restitutions",
|
|
"reimbursements",
|
|
"repayments",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"profits",
|
|
"takings",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emoluments",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"paychecks",
|
|
"pay envelopes",
|
|
"payments",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"salaries",
|
|
"wages"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stipulated":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stipulated (for)":{
|
|
"to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the contract stipulates for a renegotiation of the terms after two years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"pleaded (for)",
|
|
"pled (for)",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"cried (for)",
|
|
"necessitated",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"requisitioned",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dunned",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called (for)",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted (on)",
|
|
"pressed (for)",
|
|
"quested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stirs":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mule had just got out of stir and was being followed by the feds, who had their sights set on the kingpin of the operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull pens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"glasshouses",
|
|
"guardhouses",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"gulags",
|
|
"labor camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"stalags",
|
|
"work camps",
|
|
"dungeons",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"oubliettes",
|
|
"reformatories",
|
|
"reform schools",
|
|
"training schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastilles",
|
|
"big houses",
|
|
"bridewells",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"calabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"guardrooms",
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"hoosegows",
|
|
"jailhouses",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"lockups",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"penitentiaries",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pokeys",
|
|
"prisons",
|
|
"quods",
|
|
"slammers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"tolbooths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plane's first jolt caused a stir among the passengers, and by the third one they were in a panic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were warned that the slightest stir would scare the mother bird so we hardly dared to breathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobilities",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dislocations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"relocations",
|
|
"locomotions",
|
|
"mobilities",
|
|
"motilities",
|
|
"motivities",
|
|
"fiddlings",
|
|
"squirms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"motions",
|
|
"movements",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"stirrings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the recipe says to stir the mixture carefully until it's properly blended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"churns",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change one's position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat stirred , then opened its eyes and slowly got to its feet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"stabilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"squiggles",
|
|
"squirms",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wriggles",
|
|
"writhes",
|
|
"rouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"locomotes",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"news coverage of the fire stirred many to send donations to a fund for the families who had lost their homes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"fires (up)",
|
|
"impassions",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"revs (up)",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stitch":{
|
|
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to drop out of the race when the stitch in his side became too painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"soreness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"inflammation",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injury",
|
|
"backache",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"charley horse",
|
|
"colic",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"earache",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"stomachache",
|
|
"toothache"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"tingle",
|
|
"twinge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"cross-stitch",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"crochet",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"quilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"sew",
|
|
"suture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stock cars":{
|
|
"as in muscle cars , turbocars":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stockrooms":{
|
|
"as in caches , storerooms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stocks":{
|
|
"a group of persons who come from the same ancestor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bride comes from good stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"tribes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just sat there like a stock , staring at me blankly whenever I asked him a question"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ranges":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in stores":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his family is of mixed northern European stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"parentages",
|
|
"pedigrees",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new study adds to the general stock of knowledge about genetic disorders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"refills",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"purses",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"mines",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"budgets",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"repertoires",
|
|
"reservoirs",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stockyard":{
|
|
"as in yard , feedlot":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoked":{
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're pretty stoked about the upcoming benefit concert featuring a galaxy of rock stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"bumped (up)",
|
|
"ratcheted (up)",
|
|
"racheted (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"followed up",
|
|
"parlayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stole (from)":{
|
|
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"little wonder that the store went out of business, as its employees had been stealing from it for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"broke in",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"mugged",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"stuck up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"burgled",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"took off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stolen":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teenagers were able to steal past a security guard and enter the fairgrounds without paying admission"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"ghosted",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurked",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"moused",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slunk",
|
|
"slinked",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guy who tried to steal my car was sentenced to a year in jail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"carjacked",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"poached",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shoplifted",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"filched",
|
|
"heisted",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"misappropriated",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pilfered",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"purloined",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thieved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stomach":{
|
|
"a need or desire for food":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inappetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cake looks delicious, but I'm afraid that I have no stomach for sweets right now"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"repleteness",
|
|
"repletion",
|
|
"satiation",
|
|
"satiety",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"voraciousness",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"malnutrition",
|
|
"starvation",
|
|
"undernourishment",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"sweet tooth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hunger strike",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"gourmandism",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"hoggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"famishment",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"munchies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please don't lean on my stomach \u2014I just had a big meal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midriff",
|
|
"waist",
|
|
"paunch",
|
|
"potbelly",
|
|
"thorax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abdomen",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"breadbasket",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"solar plexus",
|
|
"tummy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could no longer stomach working for such a petty tyrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"reconcile (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (with or to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stomped":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came stomping up the stairs and tossed her backpack on the bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stomping the burning leaves in a vain attempt to put out the fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overrode",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"ran over",
|
|
"stepped (on)",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"pulped",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"hoofed",
|
|
"kicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"champed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"tromped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stone":{
|
|
"a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an engraved stone identified the grave as that of a man who had died in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"plaque",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tablet",
|
|
"monolith",
|
|
"obelisk",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"shrine",
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"tomb"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gravestone",
|
|
"headstone",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"tombstone"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in absolutely , plain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stone stupidity of the senator's statements embarrassed even her staffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make sharp or sharper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"dull"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the diorama showed a villager stoning a scythe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"smooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"file"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"hone",
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"strop",
|
|
"whet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoney":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoniness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stony":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stood out":{
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the relief figures stand out from the wall quite strikingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoolies":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told the mule that if he ever turned stoolie , he'd end up spilling his guts in more ways than one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"leakers",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stooping":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rested under the stooping branches of the willow tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to descend to a level that is beneath one's dignity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debate would be more enlightening if both sides didn't stoop to name-calling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rising"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"deigning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoops":{
|
|
"a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stoop at the front entrance is just big enough to shield a resident from the elements as he fumbles for his keys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"galilees",
|
|
"porticoes",
|
|
"porticos",
|
|
"sleeping porches",
|
|
"solaria",
|
|
"solariums",
|
|
"sunporches",
|
|
"sunrooms",
|
|
"sun parlors",
|
|
"porte cocheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"lanais",
|
|
"piazzas",
|
|
"piazze",
|
|
"porches",
|
|
"verandas",
|
|
"verandahs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to descend to a level that is beneath one's dignity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the debate would be more enlightening if both sides didn't stoop to name-calling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condescends",
|
|
"deigns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stop":{
|
|
"a brief halt in a journey":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our guide called for a stop at the trail hut so we could eat and rest a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"layover",
|
|
"stopover"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a regular stopping place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had lunch on a picnic table at a shady rest stop along the highway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depot",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"layover",
|
|
"stopover",
|
|
"outstation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"station",
|
|
"way station"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pulled out all the stops and presented the most spectacular show ever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"brick wall",
|
|
"stone wall",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cumber",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"reef",
|
|
"adversity",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"hardship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"holdback",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put a stop to this nonsense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were eventually stopped by the best team in the league"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do down",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"fetch up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pull up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I stopped the mouse hole with plaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"shovel"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"close (off)",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"caulk",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"repack",
|
|
"restuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the music stopped but we kept on dancing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stopcocks":{
|
|
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mechanical engineer who designs industrial valves and stopcocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"petcocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"faucets",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"spigots",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"valves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stopgap":{
|
|
"a temporary replacement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coach we have now was only hired as a stopgap until someone with more experience is found"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"quick fix",
|
|
"recourse",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"standby",
|
|
"stand-in",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"understudy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"makeshift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stopped":{
|
|
"as in prevented , precluded":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were eventually stopped by the best team in the league"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"did down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"kiboshed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"clamped down",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"snuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shut off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I stopped the mouse hole with plaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"shoveled",
|
|
"shovelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"closed (off)",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"caulked",
|
|
"calked",
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"sealed",
|
|
"repacked",
|
|
"restuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the music stopped but we kept on dancing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stopped (by)":{
|
|
"as in ran in , stepped in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stopping (by or in)":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop by on your way to the game so we can go there together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"bopping (into)",
|
|
"happening (by)",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"hanging (at)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"resorting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"coming over",
|
|
"dropping by",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"popping (in)",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"running (over)",
|
|
"stepping in",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stops":{
|
|
"a brief halt in a journey":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our guide called for a stop at the trail hut so we could eat and rest a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"rests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"layovers",
|
|
"stopovers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a regular stopping place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had lunch on a picnic table at a shady rest stop along the highway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"depots",
|
|
"terminals",
|
|
"layovers",
|
|
"stopovers",
|
|
"outstations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"way stations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pulled out all the stops and presented the most spectacular show ever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put a stop to this nonsense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"prolongations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-ups",
|
|
"phaseouts",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"letups",
|
|
"moratoriums",
|
|
"moratoria",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"suspensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrestments",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"closedowns",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"cutoffs",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"discontinuations",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"offsets",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were eventually stopped by the best team in the league"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does down",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the manufacturer will stop selling the toy and will immediately recall all the units that have already been sold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"goes along",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"wends",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"chokes off",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"fetches up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"pulls up",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I stopped the mouse hole with plaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"shovels"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"closes (off)",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"caulks",
|
|
"calks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"restuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"stuffs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the music stopped but we kept on dancing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"store-bought":{
|
|
"made beforehand in large numbers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"tailor-made"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he served store-bought biscuits and airily pretended he had baked them himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"homemade"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ready-to-wear",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"prefab",
|
|
"prefabricated",
|
|
"hand-me-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"off-the-peg",
|
|
"off-the-rack",
|
|
"off-the-shelf",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"store"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"storeroom":{
|
|
"as in cache , stockroom":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"storing":{
|
|
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we decided to store the lawn mower in the shed instead of the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cellaring",
|
|
"garaging",
|
|
"hangaring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"warehousing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"repositing",
|
|
"stowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"squirrels commonly store nuts in the hollows of trees and other places to prepare for the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"using up",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up",
|
|
"scraping (together)",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"coffering",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying away",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"laying in",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"putting by",
|
|
"salting away",
|
|
"squirreling (away)",
|
|
"squirrelling (away)",
|
|
"stashing",
|
|
"stockpiling",
|
|
"stowing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"storm":{
|
|
"a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a winter storm bringing about six inches of snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blizzard",
|
|
"ice storm",
|
|
"snowstorm",
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"hailstorm",
|
|
"rainsquall",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"thundershower",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"weather",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"northeaster",
|
|
"nor'easter",
|
|
"norther",
|
|
"southeaster",
|
|
"southwester",
|
|
"cyclone",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"typhoon",
|
|
"sandstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tempest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a heavy fall of objects":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police had to endure a storm of rocks and bricks hurled by the rioters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"shower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the army's spokesperson faced a storm of questions from reporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"earful",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumbeat",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a few minutes of calm before the storm , when the store would open its doors on the busiest day of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the storm caused major damage to our barn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"thundershower",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"weather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a storm of indignation and demands for his resignation arose when the mayor's dishonesty was exposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"tantrum",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"firestorm",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"ebullition",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"civil wars and other storms of unrest swept through the African continent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insurgency",
|
|
"insurrection",
|
|
"mutiny",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"subversion",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"trembling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouleversement",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"earthquake",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"convulse",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boil",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"sizzle",
|
|
"steam"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express one's anger usually violently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"choke (back)",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"flip (out)",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"rampage",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"smolder",
|
|
"smoulder",
|
|
"steam",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bristle",
|
|
"fume",
|
|
"rage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"rain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"storms":{
|
|
"a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a winter storm bringing about six inches of snow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"ice storms",
|
|
"snowstorms",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"hailstorms",
|
|
"rainsqualls",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"thundershowers",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"weathers",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"nor'easters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"cyclones",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"typhoons",
|
|
"sandstorms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a heavy fall of objects":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police had to endure a storm of rocks and bricks hurled by the rioters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"showers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the army's spokesperson faced a storm of questions from reporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"earfuls",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"blitzkriegs",
|
|
"bombardments",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"drumbeats",
|
|
"drumfires",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"fusillades",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salvos",
|
|
"salvoes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"volleys"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a few minutes of calm before the storm , when the store would open its doors on the busiest day of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the storm caused major damage to our barn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"thundershowers",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"weathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downpours",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a storm of indignation and demands for his resignation arose when the mayor's dishonesty was exposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"tantrums",
|
|
"ecstasies",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"firestorms",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"ebullitions",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"civil wars and other storms of unrest swept through the African continent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insurgencies",
|
|
"insurrections",
|
|
"mutinies",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"rebellions",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"revolutions",
|
|
"subversions",
|
|
"uprisings",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"williwaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouleversements",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"earthquakes",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"convulses",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"shakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boils",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"steams"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express one's anger usually violently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"chokes (back)",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"cools",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"flips (out)",
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"rampages",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"smolders",
|
|
"smoulders",
|
|
"steams",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bristles",
|
|
"fumes",
|
|
"rages"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"rains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bum-rushes",
|
|
"gangs up (on)",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays",
|
|
"blitzes",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"nukes",
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"cannonades",
|
|
"cannons",
|
|
"bangs away (at)",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"forays",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"flanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"bushwhacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"goes in (on)",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"sets on",
|
|
"sics",
|
|
"sicks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"turns (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoutly":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a settler stoutly defending his right to be on the land"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoutness":{
|
|
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even in the face of insurmountable odds, the troops displayed a stoutness of heart that was inspiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pluckiness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"daringness",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heroism",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"pecker",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stow":{
|
|
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stow the extra life jackets in the chest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cellar",
|
|
"garage",
|
|
"hangar",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"warehouse",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"shelve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"reposit",
|
|
"store"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stowed candy bars, which were forbidden at the summer camp, under a board in the cabin's floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"use up",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"round up",
|
|
"scrape (together)",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lay in",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"put by",
|
|
"salt away",
|
|
"squirrel (away)",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"stockpile",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straddle the fence":{
|
|
"to avoid giving a definite answer or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd straddle the fence long enough and it was time to make a decision."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flip-flop",
|
|
"yo-yo",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"straddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tergiversate",
|
|
"waffle",
|
|
"weasel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straggle":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straggler":{
|
|
"someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speedster"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"by three o'clock, only a few stragglers were still making their painful way to the marathon's finish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scrambler",
|
|
"hurrier",
|
|
"rusher",
|
|
"speeder"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"latecomer",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"delayer",
|
|
"procrastinator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagger",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"plodder",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straight":{
|
|
"conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a store owner known and trusted for his straight dealings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"fallen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"menschy",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"incorrupt",
|
|
"incorrupted",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unobjectionable",
|
|
"angelic",
|
|
"angelical",
|
|
"lily-white",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"moralistic",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"rectitudinous",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"self-righteous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following one after another without others coming in between":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsecutive",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"nonconsecutive",
|
|
"nonsequential"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was awake for two straight days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"uninterrupted",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"later",
|
|
"next",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"subsequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back-to-back",
|
|
"consecutive",
|
|
"sequent",
|
|
"sequential",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"successional",
|
|
"successive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from added matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"alloyed",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"mixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you like that whiskey straight or with soda?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unclarified",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"blended",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"commingled",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"intermingled",
|
|
"intermixed",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"watered-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"uncombined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"undiluted",
|
|
"unmixed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from irregularities or digressions in course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the wide, open spaces of the West some rural roads are incredibly straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled",
|
|
"untwisted",
|
|
"undeviating",
|
|
"unswerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"uncandid",
|
|
"unforthcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should be straight with your boss and tell him that you're not happy with the current situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"close-mouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"unsubtle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"up-front"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going straight to the point clearly and firmly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who can never give a straight answer to questions about his positions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"two-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"truthful",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a direct line or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when we got to the airport, we went straight to the baggage claim area"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"veeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in an honest and direct manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we gave it to him straight : his performance would have to improve\u2014or he was out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"long-windedly",
|
|
"verbosely",
|
|
"wordily",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"diplomatically",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"tactfully",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"mendaciously",
|
|
"untruthfully",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"fallaciously",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"ambiguously",
|
|
"circuitously",
|
|
"equivocally",
|
|
"evasively",
|
|
"indirectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baldly",
|
|
"bluffly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"unguardedly",
|
|
"unreservedly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"bluntly",
|
|
"brusquely",
|
|
"curtly",
|
|
"gruffly",
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"tactlessly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"veraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"forthrightly",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"straightforwards",
|
|
"straightforwardly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having one's mind affected by alcohol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"boozy",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunken",
|
|
"fried",
|
|
"gassed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"inebriated",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lit up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"pickled",
|
|
"pie-eyed",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"potted",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"sottish",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll drive the car, since I seem to be the only one of us who is straight at the moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"sober"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straight arrow":{
|
|
"as in prude , fuddy-duddy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straight shooters":{
|
|
"as in square shooters":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straightaway":{
|
|
"done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her first novel was a straightaway success"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"delayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hit-and-run",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"instantaneous",
|
|
"split-second"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from irregularities or digressions in course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doomed ship was headed on a straightaway course in the path of the iceberg"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"wavy",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled",
|
|
"untwisted",
|
|
"undeviating",
|
|
"unswerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without delay":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he got to the hospital, and straightaway he was admitted and given intravenous fluids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slowly",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"anon",
|
|
"momentarily",
|
|
"shortly",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"unexpectedly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"opportunely",
|
|
"punctually",
|
|
"seasonably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"forthwith",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"incontinently",
|
|
"instantaneously",
|
|
"instanter",
|
|
"instantly",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"PDQ",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"presently",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right away",
|
|
"right now",
|
|
"right off",
|
|
"straight off",
|
|
"straightway"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"straighten":{
|
|
"to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curve"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"straighten that extension cord\u2014it should be just long enough to reach the wall outlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"uncoil",
|
|
"unroll",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untwine",
|
|
"untwist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl",
|
|
"unkink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straightened":{
|
|
"as in straight , uncurled":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to follow a line that is without bends or curls":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curved"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"straighten that extension cord\u2014it should be just long enough to reach the wall outlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"kinked",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiraled",
|
|
"spiralled",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"uncoiled",
|
|
"unrolled",
|
|
"unwound",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"untwined",
|
|
"untwisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled",
|
|
"unkinked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straightjacket":{
|
|
"a jacket that has long arms which can be tied together behind someone's back and that is used to control the movement (as of a violent prisoner or patient)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The magician struggled to free his arms from the straitjacket and escape from the tank of water he was submerged in."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straightness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strain":{
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"writes mystery novels of a more sophisticated strain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"model",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"genre",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"variety"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strain of an old Irish ballad rose up from the revelers downstairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discant",
|
|
"cadence",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"rhythm",
|
|
"ballad",
|
|
"ditty",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"madrigal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"melody",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"tune",
|
|
"warble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"detected a strain of panic in her voice when she asked if the substance was poisonous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family's constant moving is putting a real strain on the children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"load",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"persecution",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"descended from a strain of Irish seafarers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"heredity",
|
|
"succession",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"kindred",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"race"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodline",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"extraction",
|
|
"family tree",
|
|
"genealogy",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"parentage",
|
|
"pedigree",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole department is straining to complete the project before the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"ease (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"veg out",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apply (oneself)",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"hammer (away)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"overexert",
|
|
"overwork",
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"wade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw tight":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slacken"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog strained its leash trying to get to the cat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relax"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"constrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"tauten",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"tighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put the cooked fruit in a cheesecloth bag and let the juice strain into a pan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"give off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"transude",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in order to lift something heavy, squat down and lift with your legs, or you'll strain your back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"wrench"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pass through a filter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"better strain that coffee thoroughly to get all the grounds out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"percolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"screen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman tenderly strained to her breast the child that she had long ago given up for dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"cling",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"embosom",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"lock",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"wrap",
|
|
"cuddle",
|
|
"fondle",
|
|
"nestle",
|
|
"nuzzle",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"snuggle",
|
|
"stroke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear-hug",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclasp",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"hug"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strained her memory but the name just wouldn't come to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get (to)",
|
|
"gnaw (at)",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"try"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strands":{
|
|
"the usually sandy or gravelly land bordering a body of water":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wishful dream of living an indolent, idyllic existence on some far-off strand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seaboards",
|
|
"seacoasts",
|
|
"seashores",
|
|
"seasides",
|
|
"coastlands",
|
|
"coastlines",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"shorelines",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"oceanfronts",
|
|
"shorefronts",
|
|
"waterfronts",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"riverbanks",
|
|
"riverfronts",
|
|
"riversides",
|
|
"esplanades",
|
|
"littorals",
|
|
"lidos",
|
|
"plages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"beachfronts",
|
|
"sands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ghostly remains of ships that had been stranded by the reef"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"salvages"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"scuttles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"shipwrecks",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he just drove off, stranding her in some dinky town with just a few bucks and the clothes she was wearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"takes off (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"withdraws (from)",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strangled":{
|
|
"as in strained , choked":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gull got tangled in a piece of fishing line on the beach and was strangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"garroted",
|
|
"garotted",
|
|
"throttled",
|
|
"asphyxiated",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"slew"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suffocated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy complained that he was being strangled by his tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asphyxiated",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"scragged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"garroted",
|
|
"garotted",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"throttled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"unleashed",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"bottled up",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"squelched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choked (back)",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"swallowed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strangling":{
|
|
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gull got tangled in a piece of fishing line on the beach and was strangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"garroting",
|
|
"garotting",
|
|
"throttling",
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"slaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suffocating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy complained that he was being strangled by his tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asphyxiating",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"scragging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"garroting",
|
|
"garotting",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"throttling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"strangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"bottling up",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"squelching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choking (back)",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"swallowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strapped":{
|
|
"as in wired , roped":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strapping":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a strong and sturdy constitution":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a strapping young man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strategies":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statewide strategy to raise students' achievement test scores over the next three years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"counterplans",
|
|
"counterstrategies",
|
|
"counter-strategies",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"projets",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"specifications",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"master plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"road maps",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need a better strategy than just knocking on doors if you want to sell that many magazines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"modes",
|
|
"modi operandi",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"expedients",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"policies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"hows",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"methodologies",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"systems",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strategy":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statewide strategy to raise students' achievement test scores over the next three years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"specification(s)",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"system"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need a better strategy than just knocking on doors if you want to sell that many magazines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"modus operandi",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"how",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"methodology",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stray":{
|
|
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"nonrandom",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stray sightings of UFO's, none of which have been rigorously analyzed by scientists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"orchestrated",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"chancy",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"scattershot",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"directionless",
|
|
"objectless",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"indiscriminate",
|
|
"unsystematic",
|
|
"undirected",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"undiscriminating",
|
|
"unselective"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"catch-as-catch-can",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit an offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our straying son swears he's returned to the straight and narrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"repent",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"backslide",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"mess up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"err",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stray (into)":{
|
|
"as in wander (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wander (into)",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"gate-crash",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"breeze (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"waltz (in)",
|
|
"access",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"streaks":{
|
|
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flower has white petals with red streaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"crossbars",
|
|
"pinstripes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"stripes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's just a streak of stubbornness in that child"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make stripes on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"light from the setting sun streaked the clouds in brilliant bands of pink and orange"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"stripes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"street-smart":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"streetwise":{
|
|
"as in shrewd , street-smart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strenuously":{
|
|
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"feebly",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"softly",
|
|
"weakly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"argued strenuously in favor of easing the academic requirements for participation in school sports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicately",
|
|
"faintly",
|
|
"frailly",
|
|
"shakily",
|
|
"bloodlessly",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"impotently",
|
|
"ineffectively",
|
|
"ineffectually",
|
|
"lamely",
|
|
"nervelessly",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"uncertainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"hammer and tongs",
|
|
"robustly",
|
|
"roughshod",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"violently",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"lustily",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"decidedly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"emphatically",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixedly",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"rigidly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"solidly",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"aggressively",
|
|
"assertively",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"potently"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"explosively",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"forcefully",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"muscularly",
|
|
"powerfully",
|
|
"roundly",
|
|
"stiffly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"strongly",
|
|
"sturdily",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"with great effort or determination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the IT staff worked strenuously to get the network back online"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lackadaisically",
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"languidly",
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"lazily",
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"listlessly",
|
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"shiftlessly",
|
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"sluggishly",
|
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"spiritlessly",
|
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"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"actively",
|
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"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
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"busily",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
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"feverishly",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"zealously",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
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"steadfastly",
|
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"steadily",
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
|
"unremittingly",
|
|
"ardently",
|
|
"attentively",
|
|
"conscientiously",
|
|
"earnestly",
|
|
"exhaustively",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"tirelessly",
|
|
"unflaggingly",
|
|
"untiringly",
|
|
"wearilessly",
|
|
"obstinately",
|
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"stubbornly",
|
|
"willfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"amain",
|
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"arduously",
|
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"assiduously",
|
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"determinedly",
|
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"diligently",
|
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"doggedly",
|
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"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
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"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"slavishly"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"stressful":{
|
|
"full of or causing stress; making you feel worried or anxious":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had a stressful day at work today.",
|
|
"a stressful situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stretch":{
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow stretch of beach below the cliffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"expanse",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"nonelastic",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stretch fabrics that don't wrinkle or sag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"crumbly",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"flakey",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"moldable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rubberlike",
|
|
"rubbery",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretchable",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"whippy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a cardinal at our bird feeder for a short stretch last spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"perpetuity",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"while"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stories were written over a considerable stretch of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapason",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the longest stretch of the drive without any place to get gas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"altitude",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"clearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"spacing",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"way"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was stretching the truth to say she'd been in the movies: she was once an extra whose scene was cut in the final version"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"play down",
|
|
"understate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"gussy up",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overemphasize",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"overstate",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"satirize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"elaborate (on)",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"hyperbolize",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw tight":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slacken"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the canvas isn't properly stretched over the frame, there will be sagging over time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relax"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"constrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tauten",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"tighten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I stretched a back muscle, and the pain is killing me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"wrench"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"thicken"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drag (out)",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your whining is stretching my patience to the limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get (to)",
|
|
"gnaw (at)",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"test",
|
|
"try"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stretch (out)":{
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't stretch out your legs to the point where you're blocking the aisle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"unfurl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stretching":{
|
|
"the act of making longer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviation",
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"excessive stretching can cause the fabric to tear or lose its elasticity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"prolonging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meiosis",
|
|
"understatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your constant stretching of the truth is going to get you in trouble someday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"poor-mouthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amplification",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"puffery",
|
|
"superlative"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"elaboration",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"embroidery",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"magnification",
|
|
"overstatement",
|
|
"padding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was stretching the truth to say she'd been in the movies: she was once an extra whose scene was cut in the final version"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"understating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overdrawing",
|
|
"overemphasizing",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"satirizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"elaborating (on)",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"hyperbolizing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to draw tight":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the canvas isn't properly stretched over the frame, there will be sagging over time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"relaxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"constricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"tautening",
|
|
"tensing",
|
|
"tightening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to injure by overuse, misuse, or pressure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I stretched a back muscle, and the pain is killing me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fraying",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"wrenching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the time it would take to fix the car got stretched from three hours to two days when the part we needed had to be ordered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"thickening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"thinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging (out)",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"outstretching",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your whining is stretching my patience to the limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting (to)",
|
|
"gnawing (at)",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stretching (out)":{
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"folding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't stretch out your legs to the point where you're blocking the aisle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overspreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"fanning (out)",
|
|
"flaring (out)",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"outspreading",
|
|
"outstretching",
|
|
"spreading (out)",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"unfurling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stridency":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strike":{
|
|
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"plus"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids born into poverty already have a strike against them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"vantage",
|
|
"head start",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debit",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"disbenefit",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"incommodity",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"negative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the strike of a hammer against a nail always has a satisfying sound when you're building something yourself"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"concussion",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impingement",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"jounce",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"wallop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a work stoppage by a body of workers intended to force an employer to meet their demands":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nurses will go on strike tomorrow unless they're finally given a pay raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sympathetic strike",
|
|
"sympathy strike",
|
|
"go-slow",
|
|
"job action",
|
|
"sick-out",
|
|
"sit-down",
|
|
"sit-in",
|
|
"slowdown",
|
|
"lockout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"walkout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's made one strike after another since she began speculating in real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fluke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or action of setting upon with force or violence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first strike was directed at a munitions warehouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"defensive",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"opposition",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"counteraggression",
|
|
"counterassault",
|
|
"counterattack",
|
|
"counteroffensive",
|
|
"counterstrike",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"envelopment",
|
|
"flanking",
|
|
"breakthrough",
|
|
"foray",
|
|
"incursion",
|
|
"invasion",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"air raid",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"coup de main",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
"raid",
|
|
"rush"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we were struck by the willingness of total strangers to go out of their way to help us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"underwhelm"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carry away",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"touch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only way that she's going to get a man is if she strikes one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"spellbind",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"ensorcell",
|
|
"ensorcel",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thump of hailstones striking the cars in the parking lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collide",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impinge",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the driver of the car behind me applied his brakes too late and struck my car from the rear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"bunt",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"stroke",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"knee",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"rabbit-punch",
|
|
"sucker punch",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"sledge",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"bean",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"skull"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"biff",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"bonk",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clock",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to enter the mind of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it struck her later that no one at the bank had asked for identification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"unlearn",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollect",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"memorize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"come (to)",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"dawn (on)",
|
|
"occur (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to work in order to force an employer to meet demands":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the union is calling for its members to strike until the mining company agrees to meet safety standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sit in",
|
|
"lock out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take apart":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"construct"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stagehands struck the sets the morning after the play closed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disaggregate",
|
|
"disarticulate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"demount",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"dismember",
|
|
"dismount",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"take down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rattlesnake strikes its prey with lightning speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"turn (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strikes (out)":{
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out , and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struck out all references to indecent matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"crosses (out)",
|
|
"deles",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"edits (out)",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"strokes (out)",
|
|
"x's (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strikes out":{
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out , and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struck out all references to indecent matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"redacts",
|
|
"red-pencils",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"crosses (out)",
|
|
"deles",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"edits (out)",
|
|
"elides",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"strokes (out)",
|
|
"x's (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"striking (out)":{
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out , and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"tanking",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struck out all references to indecent matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"striking down":{
|
|
"to put an end to by formal action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"legalizing",
|
|
"legitimating",
|
|
"legitimizing",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"mandating",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"prescribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"overruling",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"writing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"disannulling",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"nulling",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stringent":{
|
|
"not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"slack"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stringent rules against unauthorized persons being in the building"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"undeviating",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"unappeasable",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"ironbound",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"cast-iron",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"uncompromising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stringy":{
|
|
"resembling or having the texture of a mass of strings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stringy hair that clearly needs a good washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"ropy",
|
|
"ropey",
|
|
"thready",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"wiry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fibrous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strip":{
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now tear the paper into strips and fold them up carefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slat",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"swatch",
|
|
"swath",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"tape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"list",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"slip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cartoonist who uses his daily strip to make his political points"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comic book",
|
|
"funny paper(s)",
|
|
"graphic novel",
|
|
"animated cartoon",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"caricature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comic strip",
|
|
"funny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove clothing from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"gown",
|
|
"robe"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"garment",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"rig (out)",
|
|
"vest",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disrobe",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take something away from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"clean (out)",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"disfurnish",
|
|
"impoverish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"bereave",
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"divest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"striped":{
|
|
"having stripes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the zebra is a black-and-white striped animal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"tabby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make stripes on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stripping":{
|
|
"as in ejection , dispossession":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove clothing from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"gowning",
|
|
"robing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nurse told the nervous mother to strip her screaming baby down to his diaper for the exam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appareling",
|
|
"apparelling",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"attiring",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"costuming",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"garbing",
|
|
"garmenting",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"rigging (out)",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"swaddling",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"accoutring",
|
|
"accoutering",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"outfitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"skinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disrobing",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take something away from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an indiscretion that resulted in her being stripped of her authority"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"disfurnishing",
|
|
"impoverishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"bereaving",
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"divesting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strolled":{
|
|
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who like to stroll along the beach would seem to be well-represented among the clientele for dating services"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"trekked",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"power walked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strong suits":{
|
|
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"languages are definitely the diplomat's strong suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bailiwicks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"long suits",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"things"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strong-arms":{
|
|
"to make timid or fearful by or as if by threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"developers trying to strong-arm homeowners into selling their houses at below-market prices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"persuades"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"trash-talks",
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"terrorizes",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"dragoons",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"pushes around",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"bogarts",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"bullyrags",
|
|
"ballyrags",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"hectors",
|
|
"intimidates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"struggles":{
|
|
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a performer's long struggle to achieve success"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"warfares",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"throes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was a struggle between the armed robber and the shopkeeper, and the gun went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"truces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pitched battles",
|
|
"rough-and-tumbles",
|
|
"affrays",
|
|
"battles royal",
|
|
"battle royals",
|
|
"battles royale",
|
|
"battle royales",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"donnybrooks",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"fistfights",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"punch-outs",
|
|
"punch-ups",
|
|
"slugfests",
|
|
"confrontations",
|
|
"duels",
|
|
"face-offs",
|
|
"jousts",
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"argle-bargles",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversies",
|
|
"cross fires",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"kickups",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"spats",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles",
|
|
"catfights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"dustups",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scrimmages",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"tussles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her staunchest supporters in her struggle for the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concords",
|
|
"harmonies",
|
|
"peaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"horse races",
|
|
"nail-biters",
|
|
"showdowns",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"collisions",
|
|
"discords",
|
|
"frictions",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"controversies",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputations",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball games",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"confrontations",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"dogfights",
|
|
"duels",
|
|
"face-offs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"rivalries",
|
|
"strifes",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tugs-of-war",
|
|
"warfares",
|
|
"wars"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each week I would struggle through my piano lesson, keenly aware that I wasn't getting any better"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"struggling":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the financially strapped couple struggled to make ends meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"easing (up)",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"doodling",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"fribbling",
|
|
"goofing (around)",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applying (oneself)",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"hammering (away)",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"essaying",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"overexerting",
|
|
"overworking",
|
|
"eking out",
|
|
"grinding (out)",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"scrabbling",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"wading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging away",
|
|
"beavering (away)",
|
|
"digging (away)",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"endeavoring",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging (away)",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"tugging",
|
|
"working"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"each week I would struggle through my piano lesson, keenly aware that I wasn't getting any better"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"kilting",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"weltering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"muddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stubborn":{
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's just being stubborn , refusing even to try the new toothpaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stud":{
|
|
"a physically attractive man":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she promised her friend that the blind date would be a real stud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"grotesquerie",
|
|
"grotesquery",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dreamboat",
|
|
"eye candy",
|
|
"eyeful",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"stunner",
|
|
"lady-killer",
|
|
"sheik",
|
|
"womanizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefcake",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"pretty boy",
|
|
"superstud"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in set , intersperse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studding":{
|
|
"as in setting , interspersing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbled":{
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"stood (up)",
|
|
"uprose"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"flumped",
|
|
"keeled",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"slumped (over)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"free-fell",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"miscalculated",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"miscounted",
|
|
"miscued",
|
|
"misdeemed",
|
|
"misgauged",
|
|
"misgaged",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"boobed",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"slipped up",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled twice while she was reciting the \"Gettysburg Address\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"kilted",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"weltered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"muddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbles":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was his hurtful remark a regrettable stumble , or was it made with artful intention?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has bones so brittle that a minor stumble could result in a serious break"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"free-falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"stands (up)",
|
|
"uprises"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"slumps (over)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"free-falls",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"screws up",
|
|
"slips up",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled twice while she was reciting the \"Gettysburg Address\""
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumped":{
|
|
"to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved",
|
|
"outfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"wafted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"hauled",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumper":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunned":{
|
|
"affected with sudden and great wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"realizing that they had been left out of the will, the billionaire's relatives just sat there, stunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blas\u00e9",
|
|
"blase",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unruffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"agape",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"widemouthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awestruck",
|
|
"awestricken",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"dumbstruck",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering from mental confusion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loud noise left her momentarily stunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"muddleheaded",
|
|
"muzzy",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"punch-drunk",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"raddled",
|
|
"shell-shocked",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"spacey",
|
|
"spacy",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news of their boss's termination stunned the staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blindsided",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"shook up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"thunderstruck"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make senseless or dizzy by a blow":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a powerful uppercut to the jaw stunned the boxer and sent him crashing to the canvas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"numbed",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"rocked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stunt":{
|
|
"an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"performs mental stunts , such as pronouncing words backwards as soon as you say them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"performance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"tour de force",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, an unusually dry summer seems to have permanently stunted the tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupefy":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stupefied by the ruling that he could not compete because he missed the qualifying age by two days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"blindside",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"shake up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"thunderstrike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sturdiness":{
|
|
"the ability to withstand force or stress without being distorted, dislodged, or damaged":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unstableness",
|
|
"unsteadiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"demonstrated the suitcase's sturdiness by dropping it from a third-floor window"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insubstantiality",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"unsubstantiality",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"durability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"cohesion",
|
|
"toughness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stygian":{
|
|
"being without light or without much light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost in the stygian reaches of the deep forest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"style":{
|
|
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I correctly identified the quotation because I recognized Mark Twain's inimitable style"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"delivery",
|
|
"elocution",
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"regionalism",
|
|
"acceptation",
|
|
"connotation",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"idiom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"phraseology",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents who were very relieved when the style for having one's nose pierced faded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"standard"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nine days' wonder",
|
|
"nine day wonder",
|
|
"new wave",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"bandwagon",
|
|
"crusade",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"wrinkle",
|
|
"caprice",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"whim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"craze",
|
|
"dernier cri",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fad",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hot ticket",
|
|
"last word",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"ton",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"vogue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, the club president's usual style is to make decisions without asking anyone's advice or approval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"modus operandi",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"policy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"how",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"methodology",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a name to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"stigmatize",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"miscall",
|
|
"misname",
|
|
"mistitle",
|
|
"code-name",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"rechristen",
|
|
"relabel",
|
|
"rename",
|
|
"surname"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"christen",
|
|
"clepe",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"entitle",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"title"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stymie":{
|
|
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"make way",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"leash",
|
|
"tether",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"roadblock",
|
|
"bog (down)",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"hedge (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hog-tie",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"short-circuit",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stainless":{
|
|
"free from dirt or stain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing less than a perfectly stainless sheet of parchment would do for a diploma"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands by":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"hews (to)",
|
|
"keeps (to)",
|
|
"sticks (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleaves (to)",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"reconsiders",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defects (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"streamlet":{
|
|
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the raging brook of last spring is a mere streamlet now that it's July"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"brooklet",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"rill",
|
|
"rivulet",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"runlet",
|
|
"runnel"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"billabong",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"freshet",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"millrace",
|
|
"millstream",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"confluent",
|
|
"distributary",
|
|
"influent",
|
|
"tributary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"star":{
|
|
"a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's difficult to see the stars at night in the middle of the city because of all the streetlights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"galaxy",
|
|
"binary star",
|
|
"brown dwarf",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"fixed star",
|
|
"gasser",
|
|
"giant star",
|
|
"lodestar",
|
|
"loadstar",
|
|
"neutron star",
|
|
"nova",
|
|
"pulsar",
|
|
"quasar",
|
|
"red dwarf",
|
|
"red giant",
|
|
"red star",
|
|
"subdwarf",
|
|
"supercluster",
|
|
"supergiant",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"variable star",
|
|
"white dwarf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the star of the school play came down with the flu on opening night, her understudy got to go on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"headliner",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"principal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"star turn",
|
|
"coprincipal",
|
|
"costar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"supernumerary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the public's endless fascination with stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to the stars":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"star observations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astral",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"stellar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"intergalactic",
|
|
"interstellar",
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"astrophysical",
|
|
"astronautic",
|
|
"astronautical",
|
|
"starlike",
|
|
"star-spangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher's star pupil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astral",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"widely known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for star actors to play the leads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-name",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"well-known"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"supereminent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"estimable",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"redoubtable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unpopular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unfamous",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stimulation":{
|
|
"as in stimulus , incentive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"state aids":{
|
|
"as in reliefs , foreign aids":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sterilizing":{
|
|
"as in spaying , castrating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"streaking":{
|
|
"to make stripes on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"light from the setting sun streaked the clouds in brilliant bands of pink and orange"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"striping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stupes":{
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with stupes like that, no wonder city hall is a mess"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"started (up)":{
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I started from my chair when I heard the sudden scream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"startled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"quailed",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"squinched",
|
|
"winced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"reacted",
|
|
"responded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started the impressionist movement in art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"refounded",
|
|
"reinitiated",
|
|
"reinstituted",
|
|
"relaunched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"phased out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to start the car on a frigid morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
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"drove",
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"moved",
|
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"ran",
|
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"run",
|
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"set off",
|
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"sparked",
|
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"touched off",
|
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"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
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"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fight started when one child tripped the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frightened horses with starting eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"stood out",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"embarked (on or upon)",
|
|
"entered (into or upon)",
|
|
"fell (to)",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"led off",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"struck (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"got around (to)",
|
|
"got down (to)",
|
|
"got round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"phased out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew from the start of the game that he would win easily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drawing board",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"infancy",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"windup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sty":{
|
|
"a dirty or messy place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"That house is such a sty that I'm never setting foot in there again,\" she said with a shudder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"hellhole",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"pigpen",
|
|
"pigsty",
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"mare's nest",
|
|
"snake pit",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"mishmash",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strings along":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"streetwalkers":{
|
|
"a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the streetwalkers and adult movie theaters that once populated the tenderloin have been replaced by upscale shoppers and expensive restaurants and boutiques"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawds",
|
|
"call girls",
|
|
"cocottes",
|
|
"courtesans",
|
|
"drabs",
|
|
"hookers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"sex workers",
|
|
"tarts",
|
|
"whores"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"madames",
|
|
"mesdames",
|
|
"madams",
|
|
"chippies",
|
|
"doxies",
|
|
"floozies",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"hussies",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"minxes",
|
|
"coquettes",
|
|
"flirts",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"tempters",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"vamps",
|
|
"wenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"striated":{
|
|
"having lines, bands, or grooves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"striated muscle tissue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in striped , speckled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straps":{
|
|
"a narrow and usually flat piece of a material that is used for fastening, holding together, or wrapping something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She had the nervous habit of fiddling with the strap of her watch."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wires , ropes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stone-blind":{
|
|
"lacking the power of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's so oblivious to everything around him that you'd think he was stone-blind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"eyeless",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"visionless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"blindfold",
|
|
"blindfolded",
|
|
"unsighted",
|
|
"gravel-blind",
|
|
"purblind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted",
|
|
"gimlet-eyed",
|
|
"lynx-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"sharp-sighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stumbled (on or onto)":{
|
|
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chanced (upon)",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"happened (on or upon)",
|
|
"hit (upon)",
|
|
"lit (on or upon)",
|
|
"lighted (on or upon)",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"pitched (upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lucked (out, on, onto, or into)",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands on":{
|
|
"to place reliance or trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She plans to be standing on her own by this time next month."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"depends",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"relies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"suspects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoking":{
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
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"boosting",
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"building up",
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"compounding",
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"enlarging",
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"escalating",
|
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"expanding",
|
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"extending",
|
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"hyping",
|
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"increasing",
|
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"multiplying",
|
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"pumping up",
|
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"raising",
|
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"supersizing",
|
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"swelling",
|
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"upping"
|
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],
|
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"related":[
|
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"booming",
|
|
"jumping",
|
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"skyrocketing",
|
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"spiking",
|
|
"bumping (up)",
|
|
"ratcheting (up)",
|
|
"racheting (up)",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
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"dilating",
|
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"distending",
|
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"inflating",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
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"elongating",
|
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"fleshing (out)",
|
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"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
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"protracting",
|
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"stretching",
|
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"developing",
|
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"enhancing",
|
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"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
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"magnifying",
|
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"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
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"beefing (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
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"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
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"collecting",
|
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"following up",
|
|
"parlaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
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"abridging",
|
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"curtailing",
|
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"shortening",
|
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"compressing",
|
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"condensing",
|
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"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"retrenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"minifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing off":{
|
|
"as in fighting , resisting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stokes":{
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hopefully, offering stock options will stoke workers' commitment to the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"storages":{
|
|
"a building for storing goods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in colonial times the granary was one of the community's most important storages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depositories",
|
|
"depots",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"repositories",
|
|
"storehouses",
|
|
"warehouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"stockrooms",
|
|
"storerooms",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bins",
|
|
"containers",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"safe-deposit boxes",
|
|
"strongboxes",
|
|
"arsenals",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"stowages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanches":{
|
|
"as in suppresses , represses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staggered":{
|
|
"as in overwhelmed , stunned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was so tired last night that I just staggered upstairs to bed without eating dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"clomped",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a daunting problem that would make even the most decisive person stagger just a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"dithered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"hung back",
|
|
"scrupled",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"continued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dived (in)",
|
|
"dove (in)",
|
|
"plunged (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"step on it":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were going to have to step on it if they wanted to make it before the bank closed."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Stone Age":{
|
|
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Stone Age attitudes about the raising of children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"demoded",
|
|
"fossilized",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moribund",
|
|
"mossy",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"neolithic",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"rusty",
|
|
"superannuated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"obsolescent",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"atavistic",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"refurbished",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"steamy":{
|
|
"of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a steamy scene that earned the movie an R rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amatory",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"aphrodisiac",
|
|
"aphrodisiacal",
|
|
"erogenous",
|
|
"erotic",
|
|
"erotical",
|
|
"erotogenic",
|
|
"sexy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"autoerotic",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"lustful",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"fetishistic",
|
|
"perversive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonerotic",
|
|
"unerotic",
|
|
"unsexy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"structured":{
|
|
"following a set method, arrangement, or pattern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The course is arranged in a series of structured lessons that allow the subject material to be easily learned."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in built , constructed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"striking out":{
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"struck out all references to indecent matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their joint venture in Las Vegas struck out , and they hurriedly dissolved the partnership"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"tanking",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"working out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stitched":{
|
|
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor stitched the wound so adroitly that the scar was barely visible after the stitches were removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darned",
|
|
"sewed",
|
|
"sutured"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"cross-stitched",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"crocheted",
|
|
"knit",
|
|
"knitted",
|
|
"quilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strolls":{
|
|
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we arrived early and took a stroll through the park before dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"constitutionals",
|
|
"perambulations",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"paseos",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traversals",
|
|
"traverses",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"walkabouts",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"safaris"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who like to stroll along the beach would seem to be well-represented among the clientele for dating services"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"roves",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"traverses",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"power walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"step-down":{
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a huge step-down in income when she switched from a law career to one in social work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straighten (out)":{
|
|
"as in smooth":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stead":{
|
|
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a summer internship will stand you in good stead when applying to college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"catbird seat",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"high ground",
|
|
"inside track",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"vantage",
|
|
"whip hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"head start",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"odds",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence",
|
|
"transcendency",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"seniority",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"unevenness",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stabling":{
|
|
"as in securing , shedding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standings":{
|
|
"the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tradition of long standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"durations",
|
|
"life spans",
|
|
"lifetimes",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"times"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"tenures",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"half-lifes",
|
|
"half-lives",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"longevities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my standing in the class at the time of graduation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"strata"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stacks (up)":{
|
|
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinates",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"ridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalwart":{
|
|
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stalwart soldiers in the army of Alexander the Great, who willingly followed him to the ends of the known world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"gutty",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having muscles capable of exerting great physical force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stalwart yet lithe athlete"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"masculine",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"unathletic",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stalwart walls of the castle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombproof",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"unbreakable",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"cohesive",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in supporter , activist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activist",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"crusader",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"red hot",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"demonstrator",
|
|
"marcher",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"picketer",
|
|
"protester",
|
|
"protestor",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"nonmilitant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stingers":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the eighth round he delivered a stinger that knocked his opponent flat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haymakers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"larrups",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"welts",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblows",
|
|
"counter-blows",
|
|
"counterpunches",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"counterstrokes",
|
|
"counter-strokes",
|
|
"body blows",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"knees",
|
|
"lefts",
|
|
"one-twos",
|
|
"rabbit punches",
|
|
"right-handers",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"roundhouses",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"sidewinders",
|
|
"sucker punches",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"uppercuts",
|
|
"crunchers",
|
|
"kayos",
|
|
"knockdowns",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batterings",
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"pastings",
|
|
"thrashings",
|
|
"wallopings",
|
|
"whippings",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stared":{
|
|
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"gawped",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"rubbernecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"gloated",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"leered",
|
|
"ogled",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"outfaced",
|
|
"outstared",
|
|
"stared down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peeked",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped (into)",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"winked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stroke of luck":{
|
|
"an unexpected benefit or advantage resulting from the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"It was a complete stroke of luck that he ended up moving to the same city as his long lost twin."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stage-manage":{
|
|
"as in micromanage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"micromanage",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"codirect",
|
|
"comanage",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"administrate",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"striping":{
|
|
"to make stripes on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stolid":{
|
|
"not expressing any emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the butler responded to the duchess's constant demands with stolid indifference"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"catatonic",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"expressionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"vacant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"unresponsive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"gestic",
|
|
"gesticulant",
|
|
"gesticulative",
|
|
"gesticulatory",
|
|
"gestural",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"expressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's turn as a stolid , impersonal bureaucrat was an interesting departure from his more impassioned roles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"passionless",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"unmoved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"expressionless",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"stone-faced",
|
|
"straight-faced",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"warm-blooded",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"reactive",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"vehement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stringing along":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sticks up for":{
|
|
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She is known for always sticking up for what is right."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"pleads",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"underlines",
|
|
"underscores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stuck up for his colleague during the debate."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"studs":{
|
|
"a physically attractive man":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she promised her friend that the blind date would be a real stud"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefcakes",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"pretty boys",
|
|
"superstuds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"dreamboats",
|
|
"eye candies",
|
|
"eyefuls",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"stunners",
|
|
"lady-killers",
|
|
"sheiks",
|
|
"womanizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"grotesqueries",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sets , intersperses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stood off":{
|
|
"as in fought , resisted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"beat off",
|
|
"fended (off)",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"staved off",
|
|
"turned away",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sternness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's new president has a reputation for granitelike sternness and monkish austerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exactingness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"severity",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"stringency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"pitilessness",
|
|
"dourness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"asceticism",
|
|
"austereness",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"monasticism",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"stubbornness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"lenience",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stiffens":{
|
|
"to make more harsh, uncompromising, or severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to further stiffen the already onerous requirements for admission to the elite military unit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"harshens",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"toughens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"eases"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds":{
|
|
"a person with old-fashioned ideas":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the committee is dominated by old stick-in-the-muds who have little interest in bringing new ideas to the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antediluvians",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"fogies",
|
|
"fogeys",
|
|
"fossils",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"fuds",
|
|
"mossbacks",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"Tories",
|
|
"mandarins",
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"old maids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liberals",
|
|
"progressives",
|
|
"radicals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hipsters",
|
|
"moderns",
|
|
"trendies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stare":{
|
|
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gawp",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"goggle",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"rubberneck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gloat",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"fixate",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"outface",
|
|
"outstare",
|
|
"stare down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fixed intent look":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"scrutiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"perusal",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"stime",
|
|
"oeillade",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stubbing":{
|
|
"as in stamping (out) , blowing out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snubbing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stickup":{
|
|
"as in hold up , rob":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"break in",
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"burgle",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in burglary , holdup":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break-in",
|
|
"burglary",
|
|
"holdup",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stuck (to)":{
|
|
"as in hugged , clung (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaved (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"hugged",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Sturm und Drang":{
|
|
"a disturbed or uneasy state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in a year filled with corporate Sturm und Drang , the company was headed by no fewer than three different CEOs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"fermentation",
|
|
"restiveness",
|
|
"restlessness",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"unquietness",
|
|
"unrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"tumultuousness",
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"unsettlement",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"inquietude",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"anarchy",
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"welter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stone's throws":{
|
|
"a very small distance or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cottage is a stone's throw from the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"hairbreadths",
|
|
"hairsbreadths",
|
|
"hairlines",
|
|
"hairs",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"necks",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"light-years"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"country miles",
|
|
"long hauls",
|
|
"miles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stoical":{
|
|
"accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after waiting six years for permission to immigrate to the U.S., the family is stoic about a six-month postponement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unresponsive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"fed up",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"kvetchy",
|
|
"protesting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not feeling or showing emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at her husband's funeral she remained stoic , and only a few imagined the depth of her grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"passionless",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"unmoved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"deadpan",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"expressionless",
|
|
"inexpressive",
|
|
"stone-faced",
|
|
"straight-faced",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"warm-blooded",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overemotional",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"perfervid",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"reactive",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passional",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"vehement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stakes":{
|
|
"a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"shares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"co-ownerships",
|
|
"ownerships",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the money or thing risked on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost his entire stake with a single roll of the dice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaterals",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"pots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrolls",
|
|
"capitalizes",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"underwrites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grubstakes",
|
|
"cofinances",
|
|
"refinances",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"sponsors",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"defrays",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"refunds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defunds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd stake a year's salary that she'll win the general election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"ventures",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"straightening (up)":{
|
|
"as in making up , tidying (up)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"unscrambling",
|
|
"aligning",
|
|
"alining",
|
|
"cuing",
|
|
"cueing",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"alphabetizing",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"hierarchizing",
|
|
"prioritizing",
|
|
"sequencing",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"setting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deranging",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mussing (up)",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stockings":{
|
|
"a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thick wool stockings designed to be worn with hiking boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"socks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hosieries",
|
|
"support hoses",
|
|
"anklets",
|
|
"bobby socks",
|
|
"bootees",
|
|
"kneesocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stenography":{
|
|
"as in shorthand , steno":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"phonography",
|
|
"shorthand",
|
|
"steno",
|
|
"lettering",
|
|
"calligraphy",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"longhand",
|
|
"manuscript",
|
|
"penmanship",
|
|
"script"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"print",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"typewriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stint":{
|
|
"a fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"signed up for a three-year stint in the army"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"tenure",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"tour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"duration",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"time",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of keeping something (as an activity) within certain boundaries":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his parents have always supported him without stint , no matter what interests he has chosen to pursue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscription",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"restriction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"containment",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"segregation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in keep , retain":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"begrudge",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"deprive (of)",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"arrogate",
|
|
"confiscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"ration",
|
|
"admeasure",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate",
|
|
"share (out)",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in skimp":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"bestow (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"confer (on)",
|
|
"cover"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |