dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/aut_MWT.json
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{
"author":{
"a person who creates a written work":{
"antonyms":[
"nonauthor"
],
"examples":[
"a brilliant novel by a first-time author"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"auteur",
"belletrist",
"belle-lettrist",
"stylist",
"wordsmith",
"coauthor",
"coscenarist",
"cowriter",
"ghostwriter",
"hack",
"hatchet man",
"scribbler",
"wordmonger",
"biographer",
"hagiographer",
"autobiographer",
"memoirist",
"memorialist",
"fabulist",
"fictioneer",
"fictionist",
"novelist",
"romancer",
"storyteller",
"essayist",
"pamphleteer",
"satirist",
"dramatist",
"playwright",
"scenarist",
"screenwriter",
"scriptwriter",
"prosaist",
"prosateur",
"proser",
"bard",
"poet",
"rhymer",
"versifier",
"blogger",
"columnist",
"journalist",
"newspaperman",
"paragrapher",
"reporter",
"sportswriter"
],
"synonyms":[
"litterateur",
"litt\u00e9rateur",
"pen",
"penman",
"scribe",
"scrivener",
"writer"
]
},
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
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"examples":[
"the author of modern genetics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciple",
"follower",
"pupil",
"student",
"supporter"
],
"related":[
"cocreator",
"cofounder",
"conceiver",
"contriver",
"designer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"spawner",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"developer",
"pioneer",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"organizer",
"promoter",
"encourager",
"galvanizer",
"inspiration",
"inspirer"
],
"synonyms":[
"begetter",
"creator",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"founding father",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire"
]
},
"the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"let us thank the Author of our being for all the blessings He has bestowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"Allah",
"Almighty",
"Creator",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Eternal",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Supreme Being",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
]
},
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cast",
"compose",
"craft",
"draft",
"draw up",
"formulate",
"frame",
"prepare",
"recast",
"redraft",
"revise",
"rewrite",
"letter",
"print",
"type",
"typewrite",
"record",
"take down",
"transcribe",
"autograph",
"pencil (in)",
"register",
"sign",
"couch",
"express",
"phrase",
"put",
"word"
],
"synonyms":[
"pen",
"scratch (out)",
"scribble",
"write"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"authoring":{
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"examples":[
"authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson"
],
"synonyms":[
"penning",
"scratching (out)",
"scribbling",
"writing"
],
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"casting",
"composing",
"crafting",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"formulating",
"framing",
"preparing",
"recasting",
"redrafting",
"revising",
"rewriting",
"lettering",
"printing",
"typewriting",
"typing",
"recording",
"taking down",
"transcribing",
"autographing",
"penciling (in)",
"pencilling (in)",
"registering",
"signing",
"couching",
"expressing",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"wording"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"authoritativeness":{
"as in bossiness , high-handedness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in definitiveness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"authority":{
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"the leading authority on neural anatomy"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"fiend",
"geek",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pro",
"professional",
"consultant",
"hired gun",
"specialist",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"craftsman",
"journeyman",
"all-rounder",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance man",
"mistress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentice",
"beginner",
"neophyte",
"novice",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"layman",
"nonprofessional"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
]
},
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
"examples":[
"the sheriff had authority over the whole county"
],
"synonyms":[
"administration",
"governance",
"government",
"jurisdiction",
"regime",
"r\u00e9gime",
"regimen",
"rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reign",
"dominion",
"power",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"sway",
"command",
"leadership",
"direction",
"management",
"regulation",
"superintendence",
"supervision",
"autocracy",
"dictatorship",
"domination",
"hegemony",
"mastery",
"oppression",
"subjugation",
"tyranny"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"examples":[
"speaks with a persuasive authority on matters of public health"
],
"synonyms":[
"clout",
"credit",
"heft",
"in",
"influence",
"juice",
"leverage",
"pull",
"sway",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterinfluence",
"command",
"dominance",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"reign",
"scepter",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"consequence",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"impact",
"impress",
"impression",
"imprint",
"mark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"by the authority vested in me, I now pronounce you married"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"death grip",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"power",
"reign",
"rein(s)",
"sway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clout",
"influence",
"leverage",
"pull",
"voice",
"weight",
"jurisdiction",
"direction",
"management",
"dominance",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"I had good authority to believe that the information was correct"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"grounds",
"motive",
"reason",
"subject",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information":{
"examples":[
"the Bible is the sole authority for his impassioned defense of creationism"
],
"synonyms":[
"reference",
"source"
],
"near synonyms":[
"citation",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"quotation",
"caption",
"cross-reference",
"footnote",
"note"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the capacity to persuade":{
"examples":[
"a strict grammarian whose pronouncements carried plenty of authority with my third-grade English teacher"
],
"synonyms":[
"cogency",
"conclusiveness",
"convincingness",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"persuasion",
"persuasiveness",
"suasiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impact",
"might",
"power",
"punch",
"strength",
"weight",
"believability",
"credibility",
"soundness",
"validity",
"authoritativeness",
"definitiveness",
"influence",
"sway",
"appeal",
"seductiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invalidity",
"shakiness",
"unsoundness",
"feebleness",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconclusiveness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"authorize":{
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"certify",
"charter",
"commission",
"empower",
"enable",
"invest",
"license",
"licence",
"qualify",
"vest",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approve",
"clear",
"credential",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"affirm",
"confirm",
"validate",
"inaugurate",
"induct",
"initiate",
"install",
"instate",
"swear in",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"enfranchise",
"entitle",
"privilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disbar",
"discourage",
"disenfranchise",
"disfranchise",
"exclude",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"prevent",
"shut out",
"stop",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
]
},
"to give a right to":{
"examples":[
"this pass will authorize you to go backstage"
],
"synonyms":[
"entitle",
"privilege",
"qualify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empower",
"enable",
"enfranchise",
"license",
"licence",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"accredit",
"certificate",
"certify",
"charter",
"ratify",
"legitimize",
"sanction",
"validate",
"warrant",
"reaccredit",
"reapprove",
"recertify",
"recharter",
"revalidate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disable",
"disempower",
"disenfranchise",
"decertify",
"disallow",
"forbid",
"proscribe",
"delegitimize",
"invalidate",
"nullify"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualify"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"a system for sound reproduction that has been authorized as meeting the electronic industry's highest standards"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"approbate",
"approve",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"sanction",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"autobahns":{
"as in interstates , motorways":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autoroute":{
"as in motorway , autobahn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autobahn",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"causeway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autos":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the auto gave people a level of mobility that they had never known before"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiles",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autostrade":{
"as in motorways , autobahns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"superhighways",
"causeways",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"through streets",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autochthonous":{
"belonging to a particular place by birth or origin":{
"examples":[
"an illegally introduced Asian fish that has virtually wiped out the lake's autochthonous species"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboriginal",
"born",
"domestic",
"endemic",
"indigenous",
"native"
],
"related":[
"local",
"regional",
"original"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imported",
"introduced",
"transplanted",
"alien",
"exotic",
"foreign",
"strange",
"expatriate",
"immigrant"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonindigenous",
"nonnative"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"autohypnosis":{
"as in self-hypnosis , automatism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"automatism",
"autosuggestion",
"self-hypnosis",
"self-suggestion",
"hypnosis",
"hypnotism",
"mesmerism",
"bewitchment",
"enchantment",
"spellbinding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autogiro":{
"as in tilt-rotor , gyroplane":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autocracy":{
"a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power":{
"examples":[
"the Magna Carta is historically important because it signified the British rejection of autocracy and constituted the first formal restraining of the power of the monarch"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolutism",
"autarchy",
"authoritarianism",
"Caesarism",
"czarism",
"tsarism",
"tzarism",
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"totalism",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monarchism",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"Big Brother",
"Big Brotherism",
"Communism",
"fascism",
"Nazism",
"domination",
"oppression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"authorizations":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"you will need the authorization of the council before you can act"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
]
},
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"his authorization to go ahead with the project was finally given"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditations",
"commissions",
"delegations",
"empowerments",
"licenses",
"licences",
"mandates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendations",
"consignments",
"entrustments",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"orderings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right to act or move freely":{
"examples":[
"granted authorization to enter the military facility"
],
"synonyms":[
"freedoms",
"free hands",
"latitudes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"runs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"dominions",
"grips",
"holds",
"mandates",
"masteries",
"powers",
"sways",
"ranges",
"room",
"spaces",
"blank checks",
"cartes blanches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autochthons":{
"a member of the first people to inhabit a region":{
"examples":[
"the remains of a settlement once occupied by the island's autochthons are much older than previously thought"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboriginals",
"aborigines",
"indigenes",
"indigens",
"natives"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"aliens",
"foreigners"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonnatives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autonomies":{
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
"examples":[
"the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"choices",
"free wills",
"volitions",
"wills"
],
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"elections",
"preferences",
"selections",
"bents",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"alternatives",
"discretions",
"options",
"picks",
"ways"
],
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"coercions",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"duresses",
"forces",
"pressures"
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"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
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"finding the mother country's treatment of them oppressive and intolerable, the 13 British colonies made the momentous decision to seek autonomy"
],
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"freedoms",
"independences",
"independencies",
"liberties",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
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"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"releases"
],
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"captivities",
"enchainments",
"enslavements",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"subjugations"
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"dependences",
"dependances",
"heteronomies",
"subjections",
"unfreedoms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"not being under the rule or control of another":{
"examples":[
"Native American nations are regarded as autonomous in many respects and thus not subject to a number of state and local laws"
],
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"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
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"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unconquered",
"unruled",
"unsupervised",
"empowered",
"enfranchised",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
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"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"subject",
"unfree"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"automation":{
"the process of putting an apparatus, operation, or system under the control or regulation of mechanical or electronic devices":{
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"feared that automation would add millions to the ranks of the unemployed"
],
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"mechanization",
"robotization"
],
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"computerization",
"cybernation",
"electrification",
"motorization"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"automobile":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"browsed online for used automobiles for sale"
],
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"auto",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motor vehicle",
"motorcar",
"wheels"
],
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"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet"
],
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"drive",
"motor",
"tool"
],
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"roll",
"wheel",
"joyride",
"chauffeur",
"hack",
"taxi",
"ride",
"drag",
"race"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"authored":{
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
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"authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson"
],
"synonyms":[
"penned",
"scratched (out)",
"scribbled",
"wrote"
],
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"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"formulated",
"framed",
"prepared",
"recast",
"redrafted",
"revised",
"rewrote",
"lettered",
"printed",
"typed",
"typewrote",
"recorded",
"took down",
"transcribed",
"autographed",
"penciled (in)",
"pencilled (in)",
"registered",
"signed",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"authentication":{
"as in verification":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"verification",
"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"proof",
"substantiation",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"validation",
"voucher",
"witness",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"(the) goods",
"certificate",
"document",
"exhibit",
"paper",
"demonstration",
"illustration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"charge",
"assumption",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presumption",
"surmise",
"suspicion",
"disproof"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autoerotic":{
"as in fetishistic , lewd":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"lustful",
"obscene",
"prurient",
"racy",
"spicy",
"suggestive",
"titillating",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"indecent",
"nasty",
"pornographic",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"amatory",
"amorous",
"aphrodisiac",
"aphrodisiacal",
"erogenous",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"erotogenic",
"sexy",
"steamy",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"fetishistic",
"perversive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonerotic",
"unerotic",
"unsexy",
"clean",
"decent",
"decorous",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"authoritarians":{
"as in disciplinarians , sticklers":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disciplinarians",
"discipliners",
"martinets",
"sticklers",
"micromanagers",
"taskmasters",
"taskmistresses",
"perfectionists",
"purists",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dictators , tyrants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants",
"Caesars",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultans",
"suzerains",
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"authenticate":{
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
"examples":[
"a jeweler authenticated the diamond as real"
],
"synonyms":[
"attest",
"avouch",
"certify",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"profess",
"vow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"we require more than simply your word to authenticate this story"
],
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"argue",
"attest",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouch",
"back (up)",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"authenticating":{
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
"examples":[
"a jeweler authenticated the diamond as real"
],
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"attesting",
"avouching",
"certifying",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"professing",
"vowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"we require more than simply your word to authenticate this story"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"attesting",
"bearing out",
"certifying",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"supporting",
"validating",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouching",
"backing (up)",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"professing",
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"gainsaying",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"autograph":{
"a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent":{
"examples":[
"she added her autograph to the joint tax return"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand",
"John Hancock",
"signature"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frank",
"mark",
"countersign",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"asked the baseball player to autograph the bill of his cap"
],
"synonyms":[
"ink",
"sign",
"subscribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sign up",
"cosign",
"countersign",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"register",
"sign on",
"inscribe",
"author",
"pen",
"pencil (in)",
"scratch (out)",
"scrawl",
"scribble",
"notarize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"automatically":{
"as in haphazardly , glancingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"glancingly",
"haphazardly",
"headfirst",
"headily",
"hotheadedly",
"impatiently",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"impromptu",
"spontaneously",
"cursorily",
"hastily",
"headlong",
"hotfoot",
"hurriedly",
"pell-mell",
"precipitately",
"precipitously",
"rashly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"offhand",
"offhandedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliberately",
"studiedly",
"calculatingly",
"circumspectly",
"designedly",
"falteringly",
"haltingly",
"hesitantly",
"hesitatingly",
"tentatively",
"leisurely",
"slowly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"autogyro":{
"as in tilt-rotor , gyroplane":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convertiplane",
"convertaplane",
"gyroplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"rotary-wing aircraft",
"rotorcraft",
"slick",
"chopper",
"copter",
"eggbeater",
"helicopter",
"helo",
"whirlybird"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"authorization":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"you will need the authorization of the council before you can act"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"his authorization to go ahead with the project was finally given"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditation",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"license",
"licence",
"mandate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"facilitation",
"fostering",
"promotion",
"commanding",
"directing",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right to act or move freely":{
"examples":[
"granted authorization to enter the military facility"
],
"synonyms":[
"free hand",
"freedom",
"latitude",
"license",
"licence",
"run"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mandate",
"mastery",
"power",
"sway",
"range",
"room",
"space",
"blank check",
"carte blanche"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autarchy":{
"a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power":{
"examples":[
"having just thrown off the yoke of Great Britain, the American Founding Fathers were adamantly opposed to establishing some form of homegrown autarchy"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolutism",
"authoritarianism",
"autocracy",
"Caesarism",
"czarism",
"tsarism",
"tzarism",
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"totalism",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monarchism",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"Big Brother",
"Big Brotherism",
"Communism",
"fascism",
"Nazism",
"domination",
"oppression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autarch":{
"as in autocrat , monocrat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autocrat",
"monocrat",
"caesar",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"oppressor",
"pharaoh",
"strongman",
"tyrannizer",
"tyrant",
"authoritarian",
"Big Brother",
"paramount",
"potentate",
"totalitarian",
"caudillo",
"overlord",
"warlord",
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"dominator",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"overlord",
"ruler",
"king",
"lord",
"monarch",
"prince",
"queen",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"tycoon",
"disciplinarian",
"discipliner",
"enforcer",
"martinet",
"taskmaster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"automobiles":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"browsed online for used automobiles for sale"
],
"synonyms":[
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"drives",
"motors",
"tools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rolls",
"wheels",
"joyrides",
"chauffeurs",
"hacks",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"rides",
"drags",
"races"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"autocratic":{
"exercising power or authority without interference by others":{
"examples":[
"democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"arbitrary",
"czarist",
"tsarist",
"tzarist",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monocratic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"jackbooted",
"oppressive",
"totalitarian",
"antidemocratic",
"antirepublican",
"high-handed",
"magisterial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"autonomous",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"unconditional",
"unlimited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"constitutional",
"lawful",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"antonyms":[
"limited"
]
},
"fond of ordering people around":{
"examples":[
"an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"authoritative",
"bossy",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"peremptory",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"dictating",
"regimental",
"arbitrary",
"high-handed",
"imperial",
"directorial",
"magisterial",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"self-assertive",
"imperative",
"conceited",
"narcissistic",
"pompous",
"vain",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"firm",
"stern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"amenable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"tractable",
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"kaiser",
"khan",
"khedive",
"king",
"lord",
"mikado",
"mogul",
"prince",
"queen",
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"shah",
"sultan",
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"Big Brother",
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"noun"
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"the director agreed to make the film only on the condition that she be given complete autonomy for the casting"
],
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"self-determination",
"volition",
"will"
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"selection",
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"devices",
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"leaning",
"partiality",
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"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"alternative",
"discretion",
"option",
"pick",
"way"
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"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"force",
"pressure"
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"finding the mother country's treatment of them oppressive and intolerable, the 13 British colonies made the momentous decision to seek autonomy"
],
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"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-determination",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
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"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
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"captivity",
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"enslavement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"subjugation"
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"dependence",
"dependance",
"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"autopsies":{
"examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death":{
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"the autopsy revealed an advanced stage of cancer"
],
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"necropsies",
"postmortem examinations",
"postmortems"
],
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"dissections"
],
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"biopsies",
"vivisections"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a member of the first people to inhabit a region":{
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"the remains of a settlement once occupied by the island's autochthons are much older than previously thought"
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"aborigine",
"indigene",
"indigen",
"native"
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"alien",
"foreigner"
],
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"nonnative"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in valid , validated":{
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"established",
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"de facto",
"effective",
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"incontrovertible",
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"inescapable",
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"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
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"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
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"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
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"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
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"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual"
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"a jeweler authenticated the diamond as real"
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"avouched",
"certified",
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"vouched (for)",
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"asserted",
"averred",
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"professed",
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"we require more than simply your word to authenticate this story"
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"argued",
"attested",
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"confirmed",
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"substantiated",
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"verified",
"vindicated"
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"demonstrated",
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"reenforced"
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"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
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"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
]
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"authors":{
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"a brilliant novel by a first-time author"
],
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"litterateurs",
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
"penmen",
"pens",
"scribes",
"scriveners",
"writers"
],
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"auteurs",
"belletrists",
"belle-lettrists",
"stylists",
"wordsmiths",
"coauthors",
"co-authors",
"coscenarists",
"co-scenarists",
"cowriters",
"co-writers",
"ghostwriters",
"hacks",
"hatchet men",
"scribblers",
"wordmongers",
"biographers",
"hagiographers",
"autobiographers",
"memoirists",
"memorialists",
"fabulists",
"fictioneers",
"fictionists",
"novelists",
"romancers",
"storytellers",
"essayists",
"pamphleteers",
"satirists",
"dramatists",
"playwrights",
"scenarists",
"screenwriters",
"scriptwriters",
"prosaists",
"prosateurs",
"prosers",
"bards",
"poets",
"rhymers",
"versifiers",
"bloggers",
"columnists",
"journalists",
"newspapermen",
"paragraphers",
"reporters",
"sportswriters"
],
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"nonauthors"
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"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"the author of modern genetics"
],
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"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires"
],
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"cocreators",
"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"organizers",
"promoters",
"encouragers",
"galvanizers",
"inspirations",
"inspirers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciples",
"followers",
"pupils",
"students",
"supporters"
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"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
"examples":[
"authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson"
],
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"scratches (out)",
"scribbles",
"writes"
],
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"composes",
"crafts",
"drafts",
"draws up",
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"frames",
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"revises",
"rewrites",
"letters",
"prints",
"types",
"typewrites",
"records",
"takes down",
"transcribes",
"autographs",
"pencils (in)",
"registers",
"signs",
"couches",
"expresses",
"phrases",
"puts",
"words"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots"
],
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"accredits",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"empowers",
"enables",
"invests",
"licenses",
"licences",
"qualifies",
"vests",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disbars",
"discourages",
"disenfranchises",
"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
]
},
"to give a right to":{
"examples":[
"this pass will authorize you to go backstage"
],
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"entitles",
"privileges",
"qualifies"
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"empowers",
"enables",
"enfranchises",
"licenses",
"licences",
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"endorses",
"indorses",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"accredits",
"certificates",
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"charters",
"ratifies",
"legitimizes",
"sanctions",
"validates",
"warrants",
"reaccredits",
"reapproves",
"recertifies",
"recharters",
"revalidates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disables",
"disempowers",
"disenfranchises",
"decertifies",
"disallows",
"forbids",
"proscribes",
"delegitimizes",
"invalidates",
"nullifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifies"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"a system for sound reproduction that has been authorized as meeting the electronic industry's highest standards"
],
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"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"sanctions",
"warrants"
],
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"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"exercising power or authority without interference by others":{
"examples":[
"democracy is supposed to protect the people against the rise of autocratic rulers"
],
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"absolute",
"arbitrary",
"czarist",
"tsarist",
"tzarist",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monocratic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"jackbooted",
"oppressive",
"totalitarian",
"antidemocratic",
"antirepublican",
"high-handed",
"magisterial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"autonomous",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"unconditional",
"unlimited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"constitutional",
"lawful",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"antonyms":[
"limited"
]
},
"fond of ordering people around":{
"examples":[
"an autocratic Boy Scout leader who is under the delusion that he's still an army colonel"
],
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"authoritarian",
"authoritative",
"bossy",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"peremptory",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"dictating",
"regimental",
"arbitrary",
"high-handed",
"imperial",
"directorial",
"magisterial",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"self-assertive",
"imperative",
"conceited",
"narcissistic",
"pompous",
"vain",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"firm",
"stern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"amenable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"tractable",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"passive",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"authorities":{
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"the leading authority on neural anatomy"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"artists",
"cognoscenti",
"connoisseurs",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dab hands",
"dabs",
"experts",
"fiends",
"geeks",
"gurus",
"hands",
"hotshots",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"meisters",
"past masters",
"proficients",
"scholars",
"sharks",
"sharps",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"professionals",
"pros",
"consultants",
"hired guns",
"specialists",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"craftsmen",
"journeymen",
"all-rounders",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance men",
"mistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentices",
"beginners",
"neophytes",
"novices",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"laymen",
"nonprofessionals"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateurs",
"inexperts",
"nonexperts"
]
},
"lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation)":{
"examples":[
"the sheriff had authority over the whole county"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrations",
"governances",
"governments",
"jurisdictions",
"regimens",
"regimes",
"r\u00e9gimes",
"rules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reigns",
"dominions",
"powers",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"sways",
"commands",
"leaderships",
"directions",
"managements",
"regulations",
"superintendences",
"supervisions",
"autocracies",
"dictatorships",
"dominations",
"hegemonies",
"masteries",
"oppressions",
"subjugations",
"tyrannies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
"examples":[
"speaks with a persuasive authority on matters of public health"
],
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"clouts",
"credits",
"hefts",
"influences",
"ins",
"juices",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"sways",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterinfluences",
"counter-influences",
"commands",
"dominances",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"reigns",
"scepters",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"consequences",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"marks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"by the authority vested in me, I now pronounce you married"
],
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"arms",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"death grips",
"dominions",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"powers",
"reigns",
"reins",
"sways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clouts",
"influences",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"voices",
"weights",
"jurisdictions",
"directions",
"managements",
"dominances",
"imperiums",
"predominances",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"rights",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotences",
"impotencies"
]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"I had good authority to believe that the information was correct"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"grounds",
"motives",
"reasons",
"subjects",
"wherefores",
"whys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"occasions",
"stimuli"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something mentioned in a text as providing related and especially supporting information":{
"examples":[
"the Bible is the sole authority for his impassioned defense of creationism"
],
"synonyms":[
"references",
"sources"
],
"near synonyms":[
"citations",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"quotations",
"captions",
"cross-references",
"footnotes",
"notes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autobiographer":{
"as in biographer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"biographer",
"annalist",
"chronicler",
"historian",
"archivist",
"chronologist",
"genealogist",
"hagiographer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autostrada":{
"as in motorway , autobahn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"causeway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"automobilists":{
"a person who travels by automobile":{
"examples":[
"with the introduction of affordable, mass-produced cars, more and more people left their horses at home and became automobilists"
],
"synonyms":[
"drivers",
"motorists",
"wheelmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operators",
"codrivers",
"co-drivers",
"chauffeurs",
"carpoolers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autopsy":{
"examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death":{
"examples":[
"the autopsy revealed an advanced stage of cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"necropsy",
"postmortem",
"postmortem examination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"biopsy",
"vivisection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"authoritarianism":{
"a system of government in which the ruler has unlimited power":{
"examples":[
"a critical period that saw a number of third-world countries abandon authoritarianism for democracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolutism",
"autarchy",
"autocracy",
"Caesarism",
"czarism",
"tsarism",
"tzarism",
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"totalism",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monarchism",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"Big Brother",
"Big Brotherism",
"Communism",
"fascism",
"Nazism",
"domination",
"oppression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"automatic":{
"done instantly and without conscious thought or decision":{
"examples":[
"Carl's automatic use of the brakes narrowly averted a collision"
],
"synonyms":[
"instinctive",
"instinctual",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"mechanic",
"mechanical",
"robotic",
"spontaneous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conditioned",
"natural",
"Pavlovian",
"reactive",
"reflex",
"simple",
"subliminal",
"unconscious",
"unforced",
"visceral",
"blind",
"inadvertent",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unwilling",
"unwitting",
"abrupt",
"quick",
"ready",
"sudden",
"ad-lib",
"extemporaneous",
"extempore",
"impromptu",
"improvised",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"off-the-cuff",
"snap",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"unconsidered",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unprepared",
"unprompted",
"unreasoned",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"haphazard",
"hasty",
"hit-or-miss",
"impetuous",
"impulsive",
"mindless",
"random",
"rash"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"designed",
"intended",
"intentional",
"predetermined",
"prepared",
"projected",
"refined",
"rehearsed",
"volitional",
"voluntary",
"willed",
"willful",
"wilful",
"advised",
"aforethought",
"careful",
"considered",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"measured",
"meticulous",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thoughtful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{
"examples":[
"liked the ease of an automatic floor cleaner"
],
"synonyms":[
"automated",
"laborsaving",
"robotic",
"self-acting",
"self-operating",
"self-regulating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanical",
"motorized",
"nonmanual",
"computerized",
"aiding",
"helping",
"easing",
"relieving",
"time-saving",
"semiautomatic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonautomated",
"nonautomatic"
]
},
"as in assault weapon , machine gun":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"speargun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"autarchs":{
"as in autocrats , monocrats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autocrats",
"monocrats",
"caesars",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"oppressors",
"pharaohs",
"strongmen",
"tyrannizers",
"tyrants",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"paramounts",
"potentates",
"totalitarians",
"caudillos",
"overlords",
"warlords",
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"dominators",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"overlords",
"rulers",
"kings",
"lords",
"monarchs",
"princes",
"queens",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"tycoons",
"disciplinarians",
"discipliners",
"enforcers",
"martinets",
"taskmasters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autographs":{
"a person's name written in their own handwriting often given to indicate awareness or consent":{
"examples":[
"she added her autograph to the joint tax return"
],
"synonyms":[
"hands",
"John Hancocks",
"signatures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"franks",
"marks",
"countersigns",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"asked the baseball player to autograph the bill of his cap"
],
"synonyms":[
"inks",
"signs",
"subscribes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signs up",
"cosigns",
"countersigns",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"registers",
"signs on",
"inscribes",
"authors",
"pencils (in)",
"pens",
"scratches (out)",
"scrawls",
"scribbles",
"notarizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"authoritarian":{
"fond of ordering people around":{
"examples":[
"grew up with an authoritarian older sister who thought she was queen of the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"authoritative",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"bossy",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"peremptory",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"dictating",
"regimental",
"arbitrary",
"high-handed",
"imperial",
"directorial",
"magisterial",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"self-assertive",
"imperative",
"conceited",
"narcissistic",
"pompous",
"vain",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"firm",
"stern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"amenable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"tractable",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"passive",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint":{
"examples":[
"an authoritarian coach who runs football practice like it's boot camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"flinty",
"hard",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ramrod",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"tough"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"exacting",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"callous",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"hard-line",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"merciless",
"ossified",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"rock-ribbed",
"stiff",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"dour",
"gruff",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"determined",
"firm",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"unflinching",
"dogged",
"intractable",
"obstinate",
"relentless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding",
"charitable",
"kind",
"merciful",
"mild",
"patient",
"soft",
"softhearted",
"accepting",
"compromising",
"yielding",
"responsive",
"willing",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"clement",
"forbearing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"lax",
"lenient",
"tolerant"
]
},
"as in disciplinarian , stickler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disciplinarian",
"discipliner",
"martinet",
"stickler",
"micromanager",
"taskmaster",
"taskmistress",
"perfectionist",
"purist",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"criticizer",
"disparager",
"faultfinder",
"hypercritic",
"knocker",
"niggler",
"nitpicker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dictator , tyrant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Big Brother",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"monocrat",
"overlord",
"paramount",
"tyrant",
"Caesar",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"emir",
"amir",
"ameer",
"emperor",
"empress",
"kaiser",
"khan",
"khedive",
"king",
"lord",
"mikado",
"mogul",
"prince",
"queen",
"satrap",
"shah",
"sultan",
"suzerain",
"coruler",
"autocrat",
"monarch",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"authentically":{
"in actual fact":{
"examples":[
"people are surprised to learn that he is an authentically certified graduate of clown college"
],
"synonyms":[
"actually",
"certifiably",
"genuinely",
"really",
"truly",
"veritably",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accurately",
"exactly",
"just",
"precisely",
"right",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely",
"almost",
"nearly",
"practically",
"virtually",
"literally",
"positively",
"simply"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparently",
"ostensibly",
"outwardly",
"plausibly",
"seemingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"professedly",
"supposedly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"autographing":{
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"asked the baseball player to autograph the bill of his cap"
],
"synonyms":[
"inking",
"signing",
"subscribing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signing up",
"cosigning",
"countersigning",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"registering",
"signing on",
"inscribing",
"authoring",
"penciling (in)",
"pencilling (in)",
"penning",
"scratching (out)",
"scrawling",
"scribbling",
"notarizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"autocrats":{
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
"examples":[
"European autocrats once commonly believed that they had received the right to rule directly from God"
],
"synonyms":[
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"Caesars",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultans",
"suzerains",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autographed":{
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"asked the baseball player to autograph the bill of his cap"
],
"synonyms":[
"inked",
"signed",
"subscribed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signed up",
"cosigned",
"countersigned",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"registered",
"signed on",
"inscribed",
"authored",
"penciled (in)",
"pencilled (in)",
"penned",
"scratched (out)",
"scrawled",
"scribbled",
"notarized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"authorizing":{
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"only the school nurse is authorized to give any necessary shots"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"empowering",
"enabling",
"investing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"vesting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"credentialing",
"credentialling",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
]
},
"to give a right to":{
"examples":[
"this pass will authorize you to go backstage"
],
"synonyms":[
"entitling",
"privileging",
"qualifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empowering",
"enabling",
"enfranchising",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"accrediting",
"certificating",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"ratifying",
"legitimizing",
"sanctioning",
"validating",
"warranting",
"reaccrediting",
"reapproving",
"recertifying",
"rechartering",
"revalidating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disabling",
"disempowering",
"disenfranchising",
"decertifying",
"disallowing",
"forbidding",
"proscribing",
"delegitimizing",
"invalidating",
"nullifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"a system for sound reproduction that has been authorized as meeting the electronic industry's highest standards"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"approbating",
"approving",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"finalizing",
"formalizing",
"homologating",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"ratifying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"acknowledging",
"affirming",
"certifying",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"validating",
"blessing",
"canonizing",
"sanctifying",
"initialing",
"initialling",
"rubber-stamping",
"signing",
"signing off (on)",
"allowing",
"enabling",
"legalizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"passing",
"permitting",
"reapproving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"illegalizing",
"interdicting",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"rebuffing",
"rebutting",
"refusing",
"spurning"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"turning down",
"vetoing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"authenticity":{
"as in truth , genuineness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"genuineness",
"truth",
"verity",
"actuality",
"fact",
"factuality",
"materiality",
"reality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irreality",
"unreality",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"fictitiousness",
"dreaminess",
"surreality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in grittiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grittiness",
"photo-realism",
"literalism",
"naturalism",
"realism",
"representationalism",
"verisimilitude",
"verismo"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autosuggestion":{
"as in self-hypnosis , automatism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autohypnosis",
"automatism",
"self-hypnosis",
"self-suggestion",
"hypnosis",
"hypnotism",
"mesmerism",
"bewitchment",
"enchantment",
"spellbinding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autogiros":{
"as in tilt-rotors , gyroplanes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convertiplanes",
"convertaplanes",
"gyroplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"rotary-wing aircrafts",
"rotorcraft",
"slicks",
"choppers",
"copters",
"eggbeaters",
"helicopters",
"helos",
"whirlybirds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"authentications":{
"as in verifications":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"verifications",
"attestations",
"confirmations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"evidences",
"proofs",
"substantiations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"validations",
"vouchers",
"witnesses",
"identifications",
"manifestations",
"(the) goods",
"certificates",
"documents",
"exhibits",
"papers",
"demonstrations",
"illustrations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"accusations",
"allegations",
"charges",
"assumptions",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumptions",
"surmises",
"suspicions",
"disproofs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"autodidactic":{
"having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training":{
"examples":[
"an autodidactic painter, John Singleton Copley learned his craft from books purchased from England"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-educated",
"self-instructed",
"self-taught"
],
"near synonyms":[
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"natural",
"unschooled",
"untutored",
"amateur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"educated",
"lettered",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"automobiled":{
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"would rather automobile across the country than fly over it at 35,000 feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"drove",
"motored",
"tooled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rolled",
"wheeled",
"joyrode",
"chauffeured",
"hacked",
"taxied",
"rode",
"rid",
"dragged",
"raced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"autobahn":{
"as in interstate , motorway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"causeway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"automobilist":{
"a person who travels by automobile":{
"examples":[
"with the introduction of affordable, mass-produced cars, more and more people left their horses at home and became automobilists"
],
"synonyms":[
"driver",
"motorist",
"wheelman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operator",
"codriver",
"chauffeur",
"carpooler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}