6231 lines
122 KiB
JSON
6231 lines
122 KiB
JSON
{
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"weak":{
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"lacking bodily strength":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mighty",
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"powerful",
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"rugged",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"strong"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the little boy was simply too weak to lift the box"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"athletic",
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"beefy",
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"brawny",
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"fit",
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"husky",
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"muscular",
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"sinewy",
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"strapping",
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"virile",
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"hard",
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"hardy",
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"lusty",
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"red-blooded",
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"robust",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"fortified",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"strengthened",
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"toughened",
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"energetic",
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"energized",
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"invigorated",
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"vigorous",
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"vitalized",
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"hale",
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"healthy",
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"sound",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"convalescing",
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"recovering",
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"recuperating"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenged",
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"disabled",
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"incapacitated",
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"invalid",
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"paralyzed",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"impotent",
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"powerless",
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"breakable",
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"flimsy",
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"fragile",
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"dizzy",
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"groggy",
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"rocky",
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"unsteady",
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"woozy",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"flagging",
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"tired",
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"weary",
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"worn-out",
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"damaged",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"lame",
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"unsound",
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"resistless",
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"susceptible",
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"unresistant",
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"vulnerable",
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"yielding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"asthenic",
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"debilitated",
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"delicate",
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"down-and-out",
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"effete",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"faint",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"infirm",
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"languid",
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"low",
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"prostrate",
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"prostrated",
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"sapped",
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"slight",
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"soft",
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"softened",
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"tender",
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"unsubstantial",
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"wasted",
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"weakened",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy"
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]
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},
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"lacking strength of will or character":{
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"antonyms":[
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"backboned",
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"firm",
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"hard",
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"strong",
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"tough"
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],
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"examples":[
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"I was too weak to resist the free doughnuts in the office break room"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ethical",
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"good",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"right",
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"righteous",
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"upright",
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"virtuous",
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"determined",
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"mettlesome",
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"resolute",
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"unrelenting",
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"courageous",
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"stalwart",
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"stouthearted"
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],
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"related":[
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"flabby",
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"flaccid",
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"forceless",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"impotent",
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"impuissant",
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"powerless",
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"emasculated",
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"unnerved",
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"lamblike",
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"meek",
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"pliable",
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"submissive",
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"corrupt",
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"dastardly",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous",
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"villainous",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"fainthearted",
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"lily-livered",
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"nebbishy",
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"poltroon",
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"pusillanimous",
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"sissy",
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"timid",
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"infirm",
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"irresolute",
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"vacillating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"characterless",
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"effete",
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"frail",
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"invertebrate",
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"limp-wristed",
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"milk-and-water",
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"namby-pamby",
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"nerveless",
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"soft",
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"spineless",
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"weakened",
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"weak-kneed",
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"weakling",
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"wet",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy",
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"wishy-washy"
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]
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},
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"not containing very much of some important element":{
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"antonyms":[
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"full-bodied",
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"rich",
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"strong"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the coffee came out too weak because I didn't use enough ground beans"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"enriched",
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"fortified",
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"concentrated",
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"condensed",
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"evaporated"
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],
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"related":[
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"adulterated",
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"watered-down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dilute",
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"diluted",
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"thin",
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"thinned",
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"washy",
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"watery",
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"weakened"
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]
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},
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"not using or following good reasoning":{
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"antonyms":[
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"reasonable",
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"sound",
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"valid",
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"well-founded",
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"well-grounded"
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],
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"examples":[
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"your argument is weak"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commonsense",
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"sane",
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"sensible",
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"sober",
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"wise",
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"enlightened",
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"informed",
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"just",
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"justified",
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"reasoned",
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"ordered",
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"organized",
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"clear",
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"cogent",
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"compelling",
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"convincing",
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"credible",
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"persuasive",
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"plausible",
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"satisfying",
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"solid",
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"certain",
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"sure",
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"true",
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"confirmed",
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"corroborated",
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"demonstrated",
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"established",
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"substantiated",
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"validated"
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],
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"related":[
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"eristic",
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"eristical",
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"misleading",
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"sophistic",
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"sophistical",
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"specious",
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"half-baked",
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"ill-advised",
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"misguided",
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"unconsidered",
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"unreasoned",
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"inconsistent",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"foolish",
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"meaningless",
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"nonsensical",
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"preposterous",
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"reasonless",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
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"Kafkaesque",
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"odd",
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"peculiar",
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"strange",
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"surreal",
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"unusual",
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"weird",
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"insane",
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"mad",
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"nutty",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"disordered",
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"disorganized",
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"rambling",
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"random",
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"unconvincing",
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"inexplicable",
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"unaccountable",
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"unexplainable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fallacious",
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"illegitimate",
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"illogical",
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"inconsequent",
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"inconsequential",
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"invalid",
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"irrational",
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"nonrational",
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"unreasonable",
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"unreasoning",
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"unsound"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"unable to act or achieve one's purpose":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mighty",
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"potent",
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"powerful",
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"puissant",
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"strong"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the vice president is a relatively weak official"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"able",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"effective",
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"efficient",
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"authoritarian",
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"autocratic",
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"autocratical",
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"despotic",
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"dictatorial",
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"magisterial",
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"tyrannical",
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"tyrannic",
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"dominant",
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"dynamic",
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"energetic",
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"forceful",
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"robust",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"vigorous",
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"important",
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"major",
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"significant",
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"high-level",
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"senior",
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"top"
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],
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"related":[
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"incapable",
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"incompetent",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"inept",
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"unfit",
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"useless",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"infirm",
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"passive",
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"spineless",
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"supine",
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"unaggressive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hamstrung",
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"handcuffed",
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"helpless",
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"high and dry",
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"hog-tied",
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"impotent",
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"impuissant",
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"paralyzed",
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"powerless"
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]
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}
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},
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"weakened":{
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"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
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"antonyms":[
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"fine",
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"pure",
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"ultrapure",
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"unadulterated",
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"unalloyed",
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"uncontaminated",
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"uncut",
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"undiluted",
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"unmixed",
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"unpolluted",
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"untainted"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the pharmacist, motivated by pure greed, would pass off the weakened drugs to unsuspecting customers, some of whom had life-threatening illnesses"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clarified",
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"filtered",
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"purified",
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"refined",
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"ultrarefined",
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"neat",
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"plain",
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"straight",
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"concentrated",
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"strong",
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"uncombined",
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"pasteurized",
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"sterile",
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"sterilized",
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"clean",
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"immaculate",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"unsoiled",
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"unsullied"
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],
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"related":[
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"unclarified",
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"unfiltered",
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"unrefined",
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"befouled",
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"begrimed",
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"bemired",
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"besmirched",
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"corrupted",
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"debased",
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"defiled",
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"dirtied",
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"fouled",
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"maculate",
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"maculated",
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"soiled",
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"spoiled",
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"sullied",
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"blended",
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"commingled",
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"incorporated",
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"intermingled",
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"intermixed",
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"merged",
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"mingled",
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"mixed",
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"coalesced",
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"combined",
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"compounded",
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"cheapened",
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"doctored"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adulterate",
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"adulterated",
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"alloyed",
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"contaminated",
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"dilute",
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"diluted",
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"impure",
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"polluted",
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"tainted",
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"thinned"
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]
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},
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"lacking bodily strength":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mighty",
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"powerful",
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"rugged",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"strong"
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],
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"examples":[
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"left weakened by a prolonged illness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"athletic",
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"beefy",
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"brawny",
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"fit",
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"husky",
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"muscular",
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"sinewy",
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"strapping",
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"virile",
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"hard",
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"hardy",
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"lusty",
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"red-blooded",
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"robust",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"fortified",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"strengthened",
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"toughened",
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"energetic",
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"energized",
|
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"invigorated",
|
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"vigorous",
|
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"vitalized",
|
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"hale",
|
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"healthy",
|
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"sound",
|
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"capable",
|
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"competent",
|
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"convalescing",
|
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"recovering",
|
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"recuperating"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenged",
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"disabled",
|
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"incapacitated",
|
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"invalid",
|
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"paralyzed",
|
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
|
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"impotent",
|
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"powerless",
|
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"breakable",
|
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"flimsy",
|
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"fragile",
|
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"dizzy",
|
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"groggy",
|
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"rocky",
|
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"unsteady",
|
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"woozy",
|
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"drained",
|
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"exhausted",
|
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"flagging",
|
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"tired",
|
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"weary",
|
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"worn-out",
|
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"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"lame",
|
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"unsound",
|
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"resistless",
|
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"susceptible",
|
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"unresistant",
|
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"vulnerable",
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"yielding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"asthenic",
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"debilitated",
|
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"delicate",
|
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"down-and-out",
|
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"effete",
|
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"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"faint",
|
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"feeble",
|
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"frail",
|
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"infirm",
|
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"languid",
|
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"low",
|
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"prostrate",
|
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"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"wasted",
|
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"weak",
|
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"wimpish",
|
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"wimpy"
|
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]
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},
|
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"lacking strength of will or character":{
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"antonyms":[
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"backboned",
|
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"firm",
|
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"hard",
|
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"strong",
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"tough"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the nation's people, weakened by years of tyranny, tended to automatically obey anyone with an authoritative manner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ethical",
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"good",
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"moral",
|
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"principled",
|
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"right",
|
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"righteous",
|
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"upright",
|
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"virtuous",
|
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"determined",
|
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"mettlesome",
|
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"resolute",
|
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"unrelenting",
|
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"courageous",
|
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"stalwart",
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"stouthearted"
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],
|
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"related":[
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"flabby",
|
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"flaccid",
|
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"forceless",
|
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"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
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"impotent",
|
|
"impuissant",
|
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"powerless",
|
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"emasculated",
|
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"unnerved",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"pliable",
|
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"submissive",
|
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"corrupt",
|
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"dastardly",
|
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"unprincipled",
|
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"unscrupulous",
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"villainous",
|
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"cowardly",
|
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"craven",
|
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"fainthearted",
|
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"lily-livered",
|
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"nebbishy",
|
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"poltroon",
|
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"pusillanimous",
|
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"sissy",
|
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"timid",
|
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"infirm",
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"irresolute",
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"vacillating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"limp-wristed",
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weak-kneed",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not containing very much of some important element":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"full-bodied",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some experts recommend that runners drink a weakened mixture of juice and water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"evaporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"watered-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"washy",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"richened",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weakened the juice with too much water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilized",
|
|
"larded",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"leached",
|
|
"pasteurized",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"condensed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"envenomed",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"infected",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"misrepresented",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"thinned",
|
|
"watered down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weeks of hardship in the desert had greatly weakened them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"recruited",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"invalided",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"ground (down)",
|
|
"wore down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"paralyzed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"devitalized",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"prostrated",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bodybuilder weakened once she eased off on her workouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesced",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"gained"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weakening":{
|
|
"a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"snapback"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the all-too-apparent weakening of our grandfather was hard on our mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"rejuvenation",
|
|
"rejuvenescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"enfeeblement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in debilitating , exhausting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"richening",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weakened the juice with too much water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilizing",
|
|
"larding",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"pasteurizing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"condensing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"envenoming",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"attenuating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"tempering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"sophisticating",
|
|
"thinning",
|
|
"watering down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weeks of hardship in the desert had greatly weakened them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"recruiting",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"incapacitating",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"invaliding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"grinding (down)",
|
|
"wearing down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"paralyzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"devitalizing",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"etiolating",
|
|
"prostrating",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bodybuilder weakened once she eased off on her workouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"gaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"running down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"emaciating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weaknesses":{
|
|
"a defect in character":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his one weakness is his cockeyed optimism about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"perfections",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"moralities",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"imperfections",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"Achilles' heels",
|
|
"soft spots",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"immoralities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demerits",
|
|
"derelictions",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"foibles",
|
|
"frailties",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"vices",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wealths":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wealth of advice from all quarters on how they should spend their lottery winnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
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"buckets",
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"bunches",
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"bundles",
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"bushels",
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"carloads",
|
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"chunks",
|
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"deals",
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"dozens",
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"dozen",
|
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"fistfuls",
|
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"gobs",
|
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"good deals",
|
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"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
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"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
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"pecks",
|
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"piles",
|
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"platefuls",
|
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"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wealthy":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wealthy man who likes to collect antique cars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weapon":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is used to produce a result":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Poetry was her weapon of choice in the writing contest."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in equip , reequip":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something used to defend":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Concealed weapons were not allowed in the building."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wear down":{
|
|
"as in break down , wear out":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wearisome":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wearisome lecture on civic responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wearisomeness":{
|
|
"as in boredom , weariness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weaseled (out of)":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you won't be able to weasel out of your share of the work by feigning illness"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"finessed",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"scaped",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuffled (out of)",
|
|
"shunned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weave":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as they have for the past two centuries, crafters continue to weave osiers into the distinctive baskets that are the island's trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"uncoil",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"untwine",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"pleach",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"mix"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"implicate",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"intertwist",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"inweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ply",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"writhe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a van weaving through traffic with reckless speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"parry",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"jink",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"slalom",
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a political commentator who slyly weaves lies into the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"intermingle",
|
|
"mingle",
|
|
"mix",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"juxtapose",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"commingle",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"merge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"interweave",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"thread",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weaves":{
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as they have for the past two centuries, crafters continue to weave osiers into the distinctive baskets that are the island's trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"uncoils",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"pleaches",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"mixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"implicates",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"intertwists",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"inweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"writhes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a van weaving through traffic with reckless speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"parries",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"jinks",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"slaloms",
|
|
"zigzags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a political commentator who slyly weaves lies into the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"intermingles",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"alternates",
|
|
"juxtaposes",
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"commingles",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"merges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"wreathes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weaving":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to twine about one another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as they have for the past two centuries, crafters continue to weave osiers into the distinctive baskets that are the island's trademark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"uncoiling",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"plaiting",
|
|
"platting",
|
|
"pleaching",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mixing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"implicating",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"intertwisting",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"inweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a van weaving through traffic with reckless speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"parrying",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"jinking",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"slaloming",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a political commentator who slyly weaves lies into the truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"intermingling",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"alternating",
|
|
"juxtaposing",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"commingling",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"merging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"interweaving",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"salting",
|
|
"threading",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wedged":{
|
|
"firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"loose"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pebble in the heel of his shoe was pretty well wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unsecured",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"tight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"crowded",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"sandwiched",
|
|
"shoehorned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuffed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wee":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"very small in size":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wee baby"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomic",
|
|
"bitsy",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"itty-bitty",
|
|
"itsy-bitsy",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"weeny",
|
|
"weensy"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"weeded (out)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weekend bags":{
|
|
"as in weekenders , overnight bags":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weenie":{
|
|
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an inner-directed individual who could have cared less if others stuck the dreaded \" weenie \" label on him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof-off",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"underachiever",
|
|
"lowbrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"double-dome",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"bookman",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"gearhead",
|
|
"techie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bookworm",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"nerd",
|
|
"swot",
|
|
"wonk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weensy":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"very small in size":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stumbled upon a weeny frog in the front yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomic",
|
|
"bitsy",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"itty-bitty",
|
|
"itsy-bitsy",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"weeping":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with its long, weeping fronds, this plant makes a nice ornamental"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"stooping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weeping song about a long-lost love"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dirgelike",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"triste",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolesome",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water weeping through the basement wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"giving off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"springing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"transuding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child was weeping over the death of his dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"mewling",
|
|
"puling",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"snivelling",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"blubbing",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weigh":{
|
|
"to be of importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"evidence that will weigh heavily against the defendant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weighed the options for weeks before making a decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"muse (upon)",
|
|
"reflect (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"explore",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"second-guess",
|
|
"speculate (about)",
|
|
"brood (about or over)",
|
|
"dwell (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)",
|
|
"fret (about or over)",
|
|
"obsess (about or over)",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"opine",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"cogitate",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"mull (over)",
|
|
"perpend",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"revolve",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"think (about or over)",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wrestle (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weight":{
|
|
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those books are a heavy weight to have to carry around all day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"consignment",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"carload",
|
|
"shipload",
|
|
"trainload",
|
|
"truckload",
|
|
"wagonload",
|
|
"ballast",
|
|
"deadweight",
|
|
"overload",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"bale",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"shipment",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"mass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cargo",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"freight",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"payload"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasis"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put extra weight on the matter by putting it at the top of the agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimization",
|
|
"underemphasis",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"indifference"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"priority",
|
|
"top billing",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"regard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuation",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"underscoring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount that something weighs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of a back condition, I'm not allowed to lift anything with a weight of over 10 pounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"poundage",
|
|
"tonnage",
|
|
"deadweight",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality",
|
|
"substantialness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoirdupois",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"leanness",
|
|
"reediness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"svelteness",
|
|
"thinness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally decided to do something about his weight and began a rigorous program of diet and exercise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"trimness",
|
|
"gauntness",
|
|
"scrawniness",
|
|
"skinniness",
|
|
"weediness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"burliness",
|
|
"endomorphy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adiposity",
|
|
"chubbiness",
|
|
"corpulence",
|
|
"corpulency",
|
|
"embonpoint",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatness",
|
|
"fattiness",
|
|
"fleshiness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"obesity",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"portliness",
|
|
"pudginess",
|
|
"pursiness",
|
|
"rotundity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the weight of the evidence supports my conclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"side"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"quantum",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"brunt",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"staple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a critic he has great weight in the theater world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterinfluence",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"scepter",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"mark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being important":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a matter of little weight that is a preoccupation solely of the news media"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"paltriness",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"substantiveness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"worthiness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"centrality",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"essentialness",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"momentousness",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place a weight or burden on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unlade",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"relieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mound",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"tax",
|
|
"overburden",
|
|
"overload",
|
|
"overtax",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"oppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"freight",
|
|
"lade",
|
|
"laden",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weight lifting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weights":{
|
|
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those books are a heavy weight to have to carry around all day"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"consignments",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"trainloads",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"wagonloads",
|
|
"ballasts",
|
|
"deadweights",
|
|
"overloads",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"bales",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"packets",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"shipments",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"masses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cargoes",
|
|
"cargos",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"ladings",
|
|
"loadings",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"payloads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphases"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put extra weight on the matter by putting it at the top of the agenda"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizations",
|
|
"underemphases",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"indifferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"concentrations",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"significances",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"worths",
|
|
"precedences",
|
|
"primacies",
|
|
"priorities",
|
|
"top billings",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"regards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuations",
|
|
"emphases",
|
|
"stresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the weight of the evidence supports my conclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"entireties",
|
|
"quanta",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum totals",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"brunts",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"staples"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a critic he has great weight in the theater world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impotences",
|
|
"impotencies",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"counterinfluences",
|
|
"counter-influences",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"scepters",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"importances",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"impacts",
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"marks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"ins",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place a weight or burden on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unlades",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"relieves"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"overburdens",
|
|
"overloads",
|
|
"overtaxes",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"oppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"freights",
|
|
"ladens",
|
|
"lades",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"saddles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weir":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weird":{
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always has a somewhat weird opinion of what's happening in the news"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weird sounds from the woods just beyond our campsite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"predictable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"ghoulish",
|
|
"spectral",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"spookish",
|
|
"spooky",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"unearthly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-styled, contemporary witch, she sells herbal mixtures that she claims are weird potions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"spellbound",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"wiling",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"paranormal",
|
|
"supernormal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magical",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"occult"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weird little plant that we found growing in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"newsworthy",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weirded out":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a curious observer, he was weirded out by the fact that members of the sect seemed to have no life outside of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weirding out":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a curious observer, he was weirded out by the fact that members of the sect seemed to have no life outside of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcome mat":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welds":{
|
|
"as in combines , fuses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welfare":{
|
|
"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the social worker was pleased at the improvement in the child's welfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"prosperousness",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"successfulness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"well-being"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welfare state":{
|
|
"as in country , state":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-advised":{
|
|
"as in prudent , judicious":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-done":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-fixed":{
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was always hitting up her well-fixed relatives for \"loans\""
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-groomed":{
|
|
"being clean and in good order":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the famously well-groomed farms of the Amish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"unsystematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"taut",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"systematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trig",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-grounded":{
|
|
"according to the rules of logic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"counsel for the defense presented a well-grounded case for acquittal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casuistic",
|
|
"casuistical",
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sophistic",
|
|
"sophistical",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"unarticulated",
|
|
"unscientific",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconvincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"a posteriori",
|
|
"a priori",
|
|
"syllogistic",
|
|
"cognitive",
|
|
"empirical",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"defendable",
|
|
"defensible",
|
|
"justifiable",
|
|
"maintainable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tenable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-known":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"widely known":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unfamous",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an anchorwoman so well-known that she passes for a local celebrity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unpopular"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-name",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"visible"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"well-read":{
|
|
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any well-read person would recognize the quotation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable",
|
|
"uninstructed",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"undereducated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"didactical",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"self-educated",
|
|
"self-instructed",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"overeducated",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-rounded":{
|
|
"having many different skills, abilities, or areas of knowledge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was a well-rounded student having studied everything from physics to fine art."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wellspring":{
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an abundant source":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gossip who is a wellspring of juicy information about the latest goings-on around town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black hole",
|
|
"sinkhole"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"armory",
|
|
"repository",
|
|
"stockpot",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"storehouse",
|
|
"treasure-house",
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"stash",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"Golconda",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"honeypot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argosy",
|
|
"cornucopia",
|
|
"gold mine",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"mother lode",
|
|
"treasure trove"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welts":{
|
|
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll hand ye a few welts with me stick and then we'll see how ye feel!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"stingers",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"strokes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wend":{
|
|
"to move from one place to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We wended through the narrow streets."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"went (for)":{
|
|
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"frowned (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope they go for my proposal."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacklisted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"depreciated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reprobated",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"dissented (from)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"opposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"saluted",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"concurred (in)",
|
|
"stood by",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"liked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"approved (of)",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"subscribed (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a price of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those cars go for $25,000"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"listed (for)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"asked",
|
|
"demanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"fetched",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sold (for)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could go for a cold beer right about now."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"ate (up)",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"feasted (on)",
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"cottoned (to)",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"indulged (in)",
|
|
"luxuriated (in)",
|
|
"wallowed (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"got off (on)",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"rejoiced (in)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"went down":{
|
|
"to take place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when's the drug deal supposed to go down ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"came up",
|
|
"cropped (up)",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"sprang (up)",
|
|
"sprung (up)",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"resulted",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befell",
|
|
"betided",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"came about",
|
|
"came down",
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"happened",
|
|
"occurred",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"went on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"went one better":{
|
|
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The two siblings were always trying to go one better than the other."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"one-upped",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outraced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"outcompeted",
|
|
"outperformed",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"outbalanced",
|
|
"outweighed",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"trumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outclassed",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outgunned",
|
|
"outmatched",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"towered (over)",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welling (up)":{
|
|
"as in running over , boiling over":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weepy":{
|
|
"given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm weepy enough that I even cry at happy endings to movies and books"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"teary"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"giggling",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-informed":{
|
|
"having information especially as a result of study or experience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"patients considering LASIK surgery should be well-informed about the risks and possible complications"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abreast",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"au courant",
|
|
"conversant",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"versed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sentient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"unheeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"unacquainted",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weakliness":{
|
|
"as in weakness , infirmity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-adjusted":{
|
|
"able to deal with one's own life and with other people in a normal or healthy way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He is now a happy, well-adjusted adult."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"went back on":{
|
|
"to break a promise or agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He went back on his decision to move to the west coast."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backed off",
|
|
"backed out",
|
|
"copped out",
|
|
"finked out",
|
|
"reneged"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"wimped out",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"forswore",
|
|
"foreswore",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"begged off",
|
|
"cried off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"complied (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She went back on the group and took up with a better-funded one."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defected (from)",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"ratted (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"abjured",
|
|
"apostatized",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"reneged",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adhered (to)",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"stuck (to or with)",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She suspected that he had gone back on her during her time away."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"informed (on)",
|
|
"peached",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"shopped",
|
|
"snitched (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"told (on)",
|
|
"turned in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"shielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stood by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcome mats":{
|
|
"as in open doors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weasels (out of)":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you won't be able to weasel out of your share of the work by feigning illness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"finesses",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"scapes",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuffles (out of)",
|
|
"shuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"incurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weakling":{
|
|
"lacking strength of will or character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"argues that in a time of war, the country can't afford to have a weakling president"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"limp-wristed",
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weak-kneed",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"forceless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"impuissant",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"nebbishy",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"vacillating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stouthearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backboned",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had been a weakling until high school, when he started working out to put on muscle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"softy",
|
|
"softie",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"wuss",
|
|
"wussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"milksop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"powerhouse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person without strength of character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a weakling would be willing to lie to save himself from punishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doormat",
|
|
"jellyfish",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"reed",
|
|
"wimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"mouse",
|
|
"nebbish",
|
|
"nervous Nellie",
|
|
"nervous Nelly",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"wuss",
|
|
"wussy",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mensch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stalwart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"went on":{
|
|
"to take place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what in the world is going on in there?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befell",
|
|
"betided",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"came about",
|
|
"came down",
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"happed",
|
|
"happened",
|
|
"occurred",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"went down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"came up",
|
|
"cropped (up)",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"sprang (up)",
|
|
"sprung (up)",
|
|
"intervened",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"resulted",
|
|
"turned out",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blathered (on)",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"digressed",
|
|
"strayed",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"sidetracked",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wedge":{
|
|
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"sandwich",
|
|
"shoehorn",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"pack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"well-beings":{
|
|
"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're only doing this for your own well-being"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"good",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"prosperity",
|
|
"prosperousness",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"successfulness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness",
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ill-being"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"welcome":{
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the eager recruits welcomed every new project with which they were presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"eat (up)",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"lap (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"greet",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"decide (on)",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"demur (to)",
|
|
"object (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a welcome chance to rest after a long journey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
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"joyous",
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"elating",
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"exhilarating",
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"intoxicating",
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"ecstatic",
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"euphoric",
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"nirvanic",
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"rapturous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abominable",
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"ghastly",
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"god-awful",
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"hellish",
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"horrid",
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"miserable",
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"wretched",
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"bilious",
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"disgusting",
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"distasteful",
|
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"obnoxious",
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"offensive",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
|
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"revulsive",
|
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"unsavory",
|
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"vile",
|
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"yucky",
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"yukky",
|
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"abhorrent",
|
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"detestable",
|
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"hateful",
|
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"odious",
|
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"boring",
|
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"commonplace",
|
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"dull",
|
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"flat",
|
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"insipid",
|
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"irksome",
|
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"stale",
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"tedious",
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"displeasing",
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"dissatisfying",
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"depressing",
|
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"disheartening",
|
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"dismal",
|
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"dreary",
|
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"gloomy",
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"heartbreaking",
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"heartrending",
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"joyless",
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"lachrymose",
|
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"sad",
|
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"unhappy",
|
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"deplorable",
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"doleful",
|
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"dolorous",
|
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"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
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"mournful",
|
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"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered a warm welcome to the stranger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"hello",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"salute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ave",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civilities",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adieu",
|
|
"bon voyage",
|
|
"cong\u00e9",
|
|
"congee",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"Godspeed",
|
|
"good-bye",
|
|
"good-by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"went like clockwork":{
|
|
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Once we figured out what to do, the job went like clockwork ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caught on",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"percolated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"fell down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"westerlies":{
|
|
"as in winds , gales":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"sea breezes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"airflows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"calms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"weirs":{
|
|
"as in barrages , stanks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barrages",
|
|
"milldams",
|
|
"stanks",
|
|
"floodgates",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"breastworks",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"breakwaters",
|
|
"jetties",
|
|
"seawalls",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"dikes",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"levees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |