1462 lines
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1462 lines
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{
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"anchorage":{
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"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
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"examples":[
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"sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"harbor",
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"harborage",
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"haven",
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"port"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"basin",
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"dock",
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"marina",
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"moorage",
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"mooring",
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"arm",
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"bay",
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"bight",
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"cove",
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"creek",
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"embayment",
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"estuary",
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"firth",
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"fjord",
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"fiord",
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"gulf",
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"inlet",
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"lagoon",
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"loch",
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"lough",
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"narrow",
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"roads",
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"roadstead",
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"canal",
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"channel",
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"sound",
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"strait",
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"containerport",
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"home port",
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"seaport"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anchorwoman":{
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"as in anchorman , coanchor":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anchor":{
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"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
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"examples":[
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"the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"anchorperson",
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"newscaster",
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"newsreader"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchorman",
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"anchorwoman",
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"coanchor",
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"announcer",
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"broadcaster",
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"commentator",
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"linkman",
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"telecaster",
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"correspondent",
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"foreign correspondent",
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"interviewer",
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"journalist",
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"newshound",
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"newsie",
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"newsman",
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"newsperson",
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"newswoman",
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"reporter",
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"stringer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
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"examples":[
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"my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buttress",
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"dependence",
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"dependance",
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"mainstay",
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"pillar",
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"reliance",
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"standby"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"backbone",
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"sinew(s)",
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"spine",
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"right hand",
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"bolsterer",
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"crutch",
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"handmaiden",
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"handmaid",
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"prop",
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"stay",
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"anchorage",
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"harbor",
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"refuge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
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"examples":[
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"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catch",
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"clamp",
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"fasten",
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"fix",
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"hitch",
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"moor",
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"secure",
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"set"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embed",
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"imbed",
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"entrench",
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"intrench",
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"implant",
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"ingrain",
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"engrain",
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"lodge",
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"stuff",
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"wedge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"extract",
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"prize",
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"pry",
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"pull",
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"root (out)",
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"tear (out)",
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"uproot",
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"wrest",
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"yank"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"loose",
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"loosen",
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"unfasten",
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"unfix",
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"unloose",
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"unloosen"
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]
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},
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"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
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"examples":[
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"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dock",
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"land"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berth",
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"moor",
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"tie up",
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"beach",
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"ground",
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"harbor",
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"arrive",
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"reach",
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"show up",
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"turn up",
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"debark",
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"disembark"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"embark",
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"launch",
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"sail"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"anchoring":{
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"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
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"examples":[
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"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catching",
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"clamping",
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"fastening",
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"fixing",
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"hitching",
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"mooring",
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"securing",
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"setting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embedding",
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"imbedding",
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"entrenching",
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"intrenching",
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"implanting",
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"ingraining",
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"engraining",
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"lodging",
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"stuffing",
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"wedging"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"extracting",
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"prizing",
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"prying",
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"pulling",
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"rooting (out)",
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"tearing (out)",
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"uprooting",
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"wresting",
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"yanking"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"loosening",
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"loosing",
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"unfastening",
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"unfixing",
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"unloosening",
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"unloosing"
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]
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},
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"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
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"examples":[
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"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"docking",
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"landing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berthing",
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"mooring",
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"tying up",
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"tieing up",
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"beaching",
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"grounding",
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"harboring",
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"arriving",
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"reaching",
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"showing up",
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"turning up",
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"debarking",
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"disembarking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"embarking",
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"launching",
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"sailing"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"ancestries":{
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"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
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"examples":[
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"a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"births",
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"blood",
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"bloodlines",
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"breedings",
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"descents",
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"extractions",
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"family trees",
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"genealogies",
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"lineages",
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"lines",
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"origins",
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"parentages",
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"pedigrees",
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"stocks",
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"strains"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heredities",
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"successions",
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"families",
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"houses",
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"kindreds",
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"kins",
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"relations",
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"relatives",
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"races"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"offspring",
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"offsprings",
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"children",
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"heirs",
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"inheritors",
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"sons",
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"successors"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"issues",
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"posterities",
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"progenies",
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"seed",
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"seeds"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anchorpeople":{
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"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
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"examples":[
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"the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"anchors",
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"newscasters",
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"newsreaders"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchormen",
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"anchorwomen",
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"coanchors",
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"co-anchors",
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"announcers",
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"broadcasters",
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"commentators",
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"linkmen",
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"telecasters",
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"correspondents",
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"foreign correspondents",
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"interviewers",
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"journalists",
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"newshounds",
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"newsies",
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"newsmen",
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"newspeople",
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"newswomen",
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"reporters",
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"stringers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anchorman":{
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"as in anchorwoman , coanchor":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchorwoman",
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"coanchor",
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"anchor",
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"anchorperson",
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"newscaster",
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"newsreader",
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"announcer",
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"broadcaster",
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"commentator",
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"linkman",
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"telecaster",
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"correspondent",
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"foreign correspondent",
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"interviewer",
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"journalist",
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"newshound",
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"newsie",
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"newsman",
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"newsperson",
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"newswoman",
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"reporter",
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"stringer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anchorite":{
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"a person who lives away from others":{
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"examples":[
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"many Christian saints were anchorites who removed themselves from the world to focus on their spirituality"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"eremite",
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"hermit",
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"isolate",
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"recluse",
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"solitary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"homebody",
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"shut-in"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"socialite",
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"socializer"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"ancillary":{
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"as in inferior":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"inferior",
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"secondary",
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"subordinate",
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"subservient",
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"subsidiary",
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"accessorial",
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"accessory",
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"appurtenant",
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"auxiliary",
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"marginal",
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"peripheral",
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"supplemental",
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"supplementary",
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"backup",
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"makeshift",
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"substitute",
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"added",
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"additional",
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"another",
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"further",
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"complementary",
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"contributory",
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"adjuvant",
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"assistant",
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"assisting",
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"helping",
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"supportive",
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"tributary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"all-important",
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"essential",
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"imperative",
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"indispensable",
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"integral",
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"necessary",
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"needed",
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"needful",
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"required",
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"requisite",
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"vital",
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"basic",
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"fundamental",
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"primary",
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"prime",
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"chief",
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"main",
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"principal"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"ancestor":{
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"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
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"examples":[
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"Bridie's Irish ancestors immigrated to the United States in the 19th century during the Great Potato Famine"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"father",
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"forebear",
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"forbear",
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"forebearer",
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"forefather",
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"grandfather",
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"primogenitor",
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"progenitor"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"antecessor",
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"predecessor",
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"ancestress",
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"foremother",
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"grandmother",
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"matriarch",
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"grandsire",
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"patriarch",
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"sire",
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"ancestry",
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"antecedents",
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"roots"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"children",
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"family",
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"issue",
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"lineage",
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"offspring",
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"posterity",
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"progeny",
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"seed",
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"stock",
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"daughter",
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"heir",
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"inheritor",
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"scion",
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"son",
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"successor"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"descendant",
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"descendent"
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]
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},
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"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
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"examples":[
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"pinball machines\u2014the ancestors of today's video games\u2014go back to the 19th century"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antecedent",
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"archetype",
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"daddy",
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"foregoer",
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"forerunner",
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"granddaddy",
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"grandaddy",
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"precursor",
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"predecessor",
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"prototype"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"model",
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"original",
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"originator",
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"sire",
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"father",
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"mother"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"by-product",
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"derivative",
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"offshoot",
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"outgrowth",
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"spin-off",
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"daughter",
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"son"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"descendant",
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"descendent"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anchorages":{
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"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
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"examples":[
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"sailed into a quiet anchorage to wait out the storm"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"harborages",
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"harbors",
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"havens",
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"ports"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"basins",
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"docks",
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"marinas",
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"moorages",
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"moorings",
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"arms",
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"bays",
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"bights",
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"coves",
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"creeks",
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"embayments",
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"estuaries",
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"firths",
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"fjords",
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"fiords",
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"gulfs",
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"inlets",
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"lagoons",
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"lochs",
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"loughs",
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"narrows",
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"roads",
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"roadsteads",
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"canals",
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"channels",
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"sounds",
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"straits",
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"containerports",
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"home ports",
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"seaports"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"anchorwomen":{
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"as in anchormen , coanchors":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchormen",
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"coanchors",
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"co-anchors",
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"anchorpeople",
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"anchors",
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"newscasters",
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"newsreaders",
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"announcers",
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"broadcasters",
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"commentators",
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"linkmen",
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"telecasters",
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"correspondents",
|
|
"foreign correspondents",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsies",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchormen":{
|
|
"as in anchorwomen , coanchors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"coanchors",
|
|
"co-anchors",
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"newscasters",
|
|
"newsreaders",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"linkmen",
|
|
"telecasters",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"foreign correspondents",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsies",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancientness":{
|
|
"the state of being an old person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if nothing else, the patriarch had achieved a degree of ancientness worthy of veneration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"elderliness",
|
|
"maturity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"venerableness",
|
|
"anecdotage",
|
|
"anility",
|
|
"caducity",
|
|
"dotage",
|
|
"second childhood",
|
|
"senescence",
|
|
"senility",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"infirmity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"youthfulness",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"nonage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngness",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being something old":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancientness of the papyrus was authenticated by carbon dating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"hoariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquation",
|
|
"datedness",
|
|
"obsolescence",
|
|
"obsoleteness",
|
|
"old-fashionedness",
|
|
"fustiness",
|
|
"agelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"currentness",
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"modernity",
|
|
"modernness",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"recentness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"newness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchors":{
|
|
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news anchor coordinated the reports of the correspondents from around the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorpeople",
|
|
"newscasters",
|
|
"newsreaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchormen",
|
|
"anchorwomen",
|
|
"coanchors",
|
|
"co-anchors",
|
|
"announcers",
|
|
"broadcasters",
|
|
"commentators",
|
|
"linkmen",
|
|
"telecasters",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"foreign correspondents",
|
|
"interviewers",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newshounds",
|
|
"newsies",
|
|
"newsmen",
|
|
"newspeople",
|
|
"newswomen",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"stringers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my best friend has been my anchor throughout this crisis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"mainstays",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"reliances",
|
|
"standbys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"sinews",
|
|
"spines",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"bolsterers",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"refuges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embeds",
|
|
"imbeds",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracts",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"tears (out)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop at or near a place along the shore":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"moors",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"beaches",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"debarks",
|
|
"disembarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarks",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"sails"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancresses":{
|
|
"as in mother superior , Reverend Mother":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abbesses",
|
|
"cloistresses",
|
|
"conventuals",
|
|
"mother superior",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"prioresses",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"Reverend Mother",
|
|
"votaries",
|
|
"nuns",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"high priestesses",
|
|
"priestesses",
|
|
"friars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"monastics",
|
|
"monks",
|
|
"oblates",
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
|
"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"abbots",
|
|
"archbishops",
|
|
"archpriests",
|
|
"bishops",
|
|
"deans",
|
|
"diocesans",
|
|
"monsignors",
|
|
"monsignori",
|
|
"popes",
|
|
"prelates",
|
|
"presbyters",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"abb\u00e9s",
|
|
"curates",
|
|
"cur\u00e9s",
|
|
"parsons",
|
|
"pastors",
|
|
"rectors",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"vicars",
|
|
"chaplains",
|
|
"confessors",
|
|
"sky pilots",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"missionaries",
|
|
"missioners",
|
|
"missionizers",
|
|
"revivalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"laypeople",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchorperson":{
|
|
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new anchorperson did an admirable job of dealing with the late-breaking news story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"newscaster",
|
|
"newsreader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anchorman",
|
|
"anchorwoman",
|
|
"coanchor",
|
|
"announcer",
|
|
"broadcaster",
|
|
"commentator",
|
|
"linkman",
|
|
"telecaster",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"foreign correspondent",
|
|
"interviewer",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newshound",
|
|
"newsie",
|
|
"newsman",
|
|
"newsperson",
|
|
"newswoman",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"stringer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancient":{
|
|
"dating or surviving from the distant past":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rome's ancient ruins remain carefully preserved even in the midst of the bustle of the modern city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"immemorial",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"archaistic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"medieval",
|
|
"mediaeval",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"Noachian",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"time-honored",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"time-tested",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primordial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"vernal",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"untried",
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"unworn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being of advanced years and especially past middle age":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used to think that age 40 was ancient until I turned 40 myself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"unyoung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"centenarian",
|
|
"nonagenarian",
|
|
"octogenarian",
|
|
"septuagenarian",
|
|
"sexagenarian",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"pensioned",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"relating to or occurring near the beginning of a process, series, or time period":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ancient Inca built a vast network of roads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"embryonic",
|
|
"germinal",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"prehistoric",
|
|
"prehistorical",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"full-scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"late"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of advanced years":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ancients in the tribe are accorded great respect and valued for their wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"whitebeard",
|
|
"beldam",
|
|
"beldame",
|
|
"dowager",
|
|
"grandam",
|
|
"grandame",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"dotard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ancestral":{
|
|
"as in historic , old-world":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
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"ancient",
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"antediluvian",
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"hoary",
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"old",
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"venerable",
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"authentic",
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"established",
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"fixed",
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"historical",
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"ageless",
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"dateless",
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"immemorial",
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"timeless",
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"classical",
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"conventional",
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"customary",
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"prescriptive",
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"traditional"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"nontraditional",
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"unconventional",
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"uncustomary",
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"untraditional",
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"contemporary",
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"current",
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"modern",
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"modernized",
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"new",
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"new age",
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"present-day",
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"updated",
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"up-to-date",
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"futuristic",
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"high-tech",
|
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"hi-tech",
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"hot",
|
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"latest",
|
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"mod",
|
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"modernistic",
|
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"newfangled",
|
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"new-fashioned",
|
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"red-hot",
|
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"space-age",
|
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"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
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"ultramodern",
|
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"nonconformist",
|
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"nonorthodox",
|
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"original",
|
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"progressive",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
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"unorthodox",
|
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"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"ancestress":{
|
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"as in grandmother , matriarch":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"foremother",
|
|
"grandmother",
|
|
"matriarch",
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"forebear",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forebearer",
|
|
"forefather",
|
|
"grandfather",
|
|
"primogenitor",
|
|
"progenitor",
|
|
"antecessor",
|
|
"predecessor",
|
|
"grandsire",
|
|
"patriarch",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"ancestry",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"daughter",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"inheritor",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"son",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"anchorites":{
|
|
"a person who lives away from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many Christian saints were anchorites who removed themselves from the world to focus on their spirituality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eremites",
|
|
"hermits",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"recluses",
|
|
"solitaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"homebodies",
|
|
"shut-ins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"socialites",
|
|
"socializers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |