5337 lines
104 KiB
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5337 lines
104 KiB
JSON
{
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"bought":{
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"made beforehand in large numbers":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bespoke",
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"bespoken",
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"custom",
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"customized",
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"custom-made",
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"tailored",
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"tailor-made"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a bought dress that looked like a high-end designer item"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"handcrafted",
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"handmade",
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"homemade"
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],
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"related":[
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"ready-to-wear",
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"commercial",
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"prefab",
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"prefabricated",
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"hand-me-down"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mass-produced",
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"off-the-peg",
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"off-the-rack",
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"off-the-shelf",
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"ready-made",
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"store",
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"store-bought"
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]
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},
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"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dealt (in)",
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"marketed",
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"merchandised",
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"merchandized",
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"retailed",
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"sold",
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"vended"
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],
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"related":[
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"acquired",
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"gained",
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"garnered",
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"got",
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"obtained",
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"procured",
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"secured",
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"won",
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"financed",
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"paid (for)",
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"sprang (for)",
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"sprung (for)",
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"bartered (for)",
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"dealt (for)",
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"dickered (over)",
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"exchanged (for)",
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"haggled (for)",
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"negotiated (about)",
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"traded (for)",
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"bargained (with)",
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"chaffered (with)",
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"horse-traded (with)",
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"paltered (with)",
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"bade",
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"bid",
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"offered",
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"rebought",
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"repurchased"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"copped",
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"picked up",
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"purchased",
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"took"
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]
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},
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"to influence someone with a bribe":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"fixed",
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"tampered (with)",
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"abased",
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"debased",
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"debauched",
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"defiled",
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"degraded",
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"demeaned",
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"depraved",
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"dishonored",
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"perverted",
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"poisoned",
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"profaned",
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"prostituted",
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"subverted",
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"tainted",
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"warped",
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"allured",
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"baited",
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"beguiled",
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"enticed",
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"led on",
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"lured",
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"seduced",
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"tempted",
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"motivated",
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"provoked",
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"spurred",
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"stimulated",
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"goaded",
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"induced",
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"flattered",
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"persuaded",
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"snared",
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"trapped"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bribed",
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"corrupted",
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"had",
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"paid off",
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"squared"
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]
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},
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"to regard as right or true":{
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"antonyms":[
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"disbelieved",
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"discredited",
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"rejected"
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],
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"examples":[
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"if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"distrusted",
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"doubted",
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"misdoubted",
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"mistrusted",
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"questioned",
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"suspected",
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"challenged",
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"disputed"
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],
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"related":[
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"accounted",
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"accredited",
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"understood",
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"assumed",
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"presumed",
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"supposed",
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"concluded",
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"deduced",
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"inferred"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"believed",
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"credited",
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"swallowed",
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"took",
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"trusted"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bought (back)":{
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"as in won (back) , redeemed":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"redeemed",
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"won (back)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hocked",
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"pawned",
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"pledged",
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"deposited",
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"mortgaged",
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"bonded"
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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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"boundary":{
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"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{
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"examples":[
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"parents have to set boundaries for their children, and the children want them to"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bound",
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"cap",
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"ceiling",
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"confines",
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"end",
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"extent",
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"limit",
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"limitation",
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"line",
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"termination"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extremity",
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"fag end",
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"terminus",
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"border",
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"brim",
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"edge",
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"margin",
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"rim",
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"verge",
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"outside",
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"bar",
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"barrier",
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"fence",
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"hedge",
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"restraint",
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"stop",
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"wall"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
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"examples":[
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"that chalk line marks the boundary of our playing field"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"border",
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"borderline",
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"bound",
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"brim",
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"circumference",
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"compass",
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"confines",
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"edge",
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"edging",
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"end",
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"frame",
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"fringe",
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"hem",
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"margin",
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"perimeter",
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"periphery",
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"rim",
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"skirt",
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"skirting",
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"verge"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ambit",
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"brink",
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"crest",
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"curb",
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"cusp",
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"lip",
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"ceiling",
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"maximum",
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"demarcation",
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"extent",
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"limitation",
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"measure",
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"mere",
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"restriction",
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"termination",
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"borderland",
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"frontier",
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"march",
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"outskirts",
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"pale",
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"selvage",
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"lap",
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"shore"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"center",
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"core",
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"heart",
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"inner",
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"inside",
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"interior",
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"middle",
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"within"
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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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"bounteous":{
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"being more than enough without being excessive":{
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"examples":[
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"offered a bounteous reward for finding the lost ring"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundant",
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"ample",
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"aplenty",
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"bountiful",
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"comfortable",
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"cornucopian",
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"galore",
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"generous",
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"liberal",
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"plenteous",
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"plentiful",
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"plenty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extra",
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"supernumerary",
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"surplus",
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"abounding",
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"blooming",
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"overflowing",
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"plump",
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"replete",
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"rich",
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"rife",
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"teeming",
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"wealthy",
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"adequate",
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"enough",
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"sufficient",
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"fat",
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"fecund",
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"fertile",
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"fruitful",
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"luxuriant",
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"prodigal",
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"prolific",
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"copious",
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"fulsome",
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"lavish",
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"profuse"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deficient",
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"inadequate",
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"insufficient",
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"lacking",
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"wanting",
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"meager",
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"meagre",
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"niggardly",
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"stingy",
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"skimpy",
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"least",
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"minimum",
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"light",
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"slight",
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"small",
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"barren",
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"infertile",
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"sterile",
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"unfruitful",
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"unproductive"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bare",
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"minimal",
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"scant",
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"spare"
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]
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},
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"giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{
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"examples":[
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"a bounteous king who made sure all his subjects were well-fed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bighearted",
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"bountiful",
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"charitable",
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"free",
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"freehanded",
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"freehearted",
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"fulsome",
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"generous",
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"liberal",
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"munificent",
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"open",
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"openhanded",
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"unselfish",
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"unsparing",
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"unstinting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extravagant",
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"handsome",
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"lavish",
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"overgenerous",
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"profuse",
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"altruistic",
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"beneficent",
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"benevolent",
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"hospitable",
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"humanitarian",
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"philanthropic",
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"philanthropical",
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"big",
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"greathearted",
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"largehearted",
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"magnanimous",
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"openhearted",
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"compassionate",
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"good-hearted",
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"kind",
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"kindly",
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"samaritan",
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"sympathetic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"mean",
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"petty",
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"small",
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"frugal",
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"spare",
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"sparing",
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"thrifty",
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"chary",
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"stinting",
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"acquisitive",
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"avaricious",
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"avid",
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"coveting",
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"covetous",
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"desirous",
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"grasping",
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"hoggish",
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"itchy",
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"mercenary",
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"rapacious",
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"begrudging",
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"envious",
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"grudging",
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"resentful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"close",
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"closefisted",
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"costive",
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"illiberal",
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"mingy",
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"miserly",
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"niggardly",
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"parsimonious",
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"penurious",
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"selfish",
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"stingy",
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"stinting",
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"tight",
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"tightfisted",
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"uncharitable",
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"ungenerous"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"bounteously":{
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"in a generous manner":{
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"examples":[
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"our host handed us bounteously -filled plates and invited us to sit out by the pool"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amply",
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"bountifully",
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"freehandedly",
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"freeheartedly",
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"generously",
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"handsomely",
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"lavishly",
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"liberally",
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"munificently",
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"openhandedly",
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"unstintingly",
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"well"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"considerately",
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"courteously",
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"hospitably",
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"kindly",
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"nicely",
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"reasonably",
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"sweetly",
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"thoughtfully",
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"affably",
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"amiably",
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"cheerfully",
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"cheerily",
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"congenially",
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"cordially",
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"friendlily",
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"genially",
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"good-heartedly",
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"good-naturedly",
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"graciously",
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"selflessly",
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"ungrudgingly",
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"unselfishly",
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"altruistically",
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"beneficently",
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"benevolently",
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"bigheartedly",
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"charitably",
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"humanely",
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"kindheartedly",
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"magnanimously",
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"philanthropically"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"contemptuously",
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"disdainfully",
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"rudely",
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"scornfully",
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"obnoxiously",
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"provocatively",
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"coldly",
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"coolly",
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"cooly",
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"frigidly",
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"hostilely",
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"angrily",
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"belligerently",
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"begrudgingly",
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"grudgingly"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"parsimoniously",
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"stingily",
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"ungenerously"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"bounties":{
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"something offered or given in return for a service performed":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a bounty was offered for information leading to the capture of the criminal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"bonuses",
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"lagniappes",
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"premiums",
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"bonanzas",
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"jackpots",
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"treasure troves",
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"awards",
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"decorations",
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"distinctions",
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"honors",
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"plumes",
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"prizes",
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"trophies",
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"gratuities",
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"tips",
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"deserts",
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"wages"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"prices",
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"rewards"
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]
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},
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"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the record-breaking bounty from this year's corn harvest"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deductions",
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"losses",
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"subtractions"
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],
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"related":[
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"bags",
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"earnings",
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"gains",
|
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"grosses",
|
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"incomes",
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"nets",
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"payoffs",
|
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"proceeds",
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"profits",
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"receipts",
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"returns",
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"revenues",
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"winnings",
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"booties",
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"loots",
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"plunders",
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"spoils",
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"swags",
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"appropriations",
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"collections"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catches",
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"hauls",
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"takes",
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"yields"
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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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"bountiful":{
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"being more than enough without being excessive":{
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"examples":[
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"a bountiful supply of apples for the harvest festival"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundant",
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"ample",
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"aplenty",
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"bounteous",
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"comfortable",
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"cornucopian",
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"galore",
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"generous",
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"liberal",
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"plenteous",
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"plentiful",
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"plenty"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extra",
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"supernumerary",
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"surplus",
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"abounding",
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"blooming",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bountiful host who makes sure that everyone has plenty to eat at his dinners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"largehearted",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"samaritan",
|
|
"sympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"costive",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounty":{
|
|
"something offered or given in return for a service performed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bounty was offered for information leading to the capture of the criminal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"price",
|
|
"reward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"desert(s)",
|
|
"wages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being generous":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her bounty at Halloween was known throughout the neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the record-breaking bounty from this year's corn harvest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"winnings",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouquets":{
|
|
"a bunch of flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought my wife a nice bouquet for her birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this wine has a good bouquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aromas",
|
|
"attars",
|
|
"ottos",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"fragrances",
|
|
"fragrancies",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"perfumes",
|
|
"redolences",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"spices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"odors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetors",
|
|
"malodors",
|
|
"reeks",
|
|
"stenches",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an admiring personal remark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an evening dress of daring design that attracted bouquets as well as brickbats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"kudos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"valentines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeoisie":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bournes":{
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still searching for the bourne that would give his life meaning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"ambitions",
|
|
"aspirations",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"goals",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"objectives",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"pretensions",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"targets",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grails",
|
|
"holy grails",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"destinations",
|
|
"termini",
|
|
"terminuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bout":{
|
|
"a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"undoubtedly the team's best wrestler, he hasn't lost a bout yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matchup",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournament",
|
|
"tourney"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"semifinal",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"heptathlon",
|
|
"pentathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"rubber",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"sudden death",
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"classic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's currently suffering from a bout of the flu"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"eclampsia",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"remission"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeoning":{
|
|
"as in flourishing , flowering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"embryonic",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"ephebic",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"subadult",
|
|
"teenage",
|
|
"teenaged",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"overgrowing",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"shooting up",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"fruiting",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"seeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"efflorescing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeoned":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriated",
|
|
"overgrew",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"shot up",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"fruited",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"seeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"effloresced",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"unfolded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafed",
|
|
"leaved",
|
|
"budded",
|
|
"opened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouquet":{
|
|
"a bunch of flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought my wife a nice bouquet for her birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this wine has a good bouquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"attar",
|
|
"otto",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"fragrance",
|
|
"fragrancy",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"perfume",
|
|
"redolence",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"spice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"odor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetor",
|
|
"malodor",
|
|
"reek",
|
|
"stench",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an admiring personal remark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an evening dress of daring design that attracted bouquets as well as brickbats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"kudo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounds":{
|
|
"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the language in the novel really is beyond the bounds of decency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extremities",
|
|
"fag ends",
|
|
"termini",
|
|
"terminuses",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"verges",
|
|
"outsides",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"colored outside the bounds of the drawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"selvages",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"withins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of leaping into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kangaroo took one giant bound and was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"gambadoes",
|
|
"gambados",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the country is bounded by water on two sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"delimits",
|
|
"demarcates",
|
|
"demarks",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"marks (off)",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"describes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being bounded on all sides by the Alps has helped Switzerland maintain its neutrality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"delineates",
|
|
"demarcates",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child giggled and bounded off to play with her friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"lollops",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"skitters",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rabbit bounded down the garden path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"skyrockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounders":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good-for-nothing bounder who always leaves it to someone else to pick up the tab"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounce":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bar doesn't hesitate to bounce customers for getting rowdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of my shots bounce off the rim of the basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carom",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"ricochet",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"contact",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"kiss",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"sideswipe",
|
|
"reflect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll bounce you if I catch you talking that way again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"chuck (out)",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"recruit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we bounced several script suggestions off the producers, but they weren't interested in any of them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"move",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"trot out",
|
|
"file",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"chart",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girl bounced excitedly alongside her parents as they hurried toward the entrance to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"lollop",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"active strength of body or mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new pop group has real bounce that serves them well in their videos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"brio",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"dynamism",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"esprit",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"get-up-and-go",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vinegar",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animal spirits",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"snappiness",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"\u00e9lan",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"inanition",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bountifulness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being generous":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of the restaurant owner's bountifulness , a number of homeless people were fed that day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeon":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriate",
|
|
"overgrow",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"shoot up",
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"sprout",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"effloresce",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"unfold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouncing (back)":{
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the cleanup from the hurricane is completed, business owners are hoping that tourism quickly bounces back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coming back",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"snapping back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounteousness":{
|
|
"as in bountifulness , openhandedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"satisfaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commercialism",
|
|
"materialism",
|
|
"possessiveness",
|
|
"acquisitiveness",
|
|
"avarice",
|
|
"avariciousness",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"avidness",
|
|
"covetousness",
|
|
"cupidity",
|
|
"graspingness",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"greediness",
|
|
"mercenariness",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"gluttonousness",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"piggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouleversements":{
|
|
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bouleversement in the print media since the rise of the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"earthquakes",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insurgencies",
|
|
"insurrections",
|
|
"mutinies",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
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"overturns",
|
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"rebellions",
|
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"revolts",
|
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"revolutions",
|
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"subversions",
|
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"uprisings",
|
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"upsets",
|
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"fits",
|
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"seizures",
|
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"spasms",
|
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"eruptions",
|
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"flare-ups",
|
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"outbreaks",
|
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"outbursts",
|
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"bluster",
|
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"bobberies",
|
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"bustles",
|
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"coils",
|
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"commotions",
|
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"furores",
|
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"furors",
|
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"fusses",
|
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"hubbubs",
|
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"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
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"pandemoniums",
|
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"routs",
|
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"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
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"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
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"shindies",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
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"to-dos",
|
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"turmoils",
|
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"welters",
|
|
"williwaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"bounced":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the bar doesn't hesitate to bounce customers for getting rowdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"turfed (out)",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"defenestrated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of my shots bounce off the rim of the basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caromed",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"ricocheted",
|
|
"ricochetted",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"skipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"nudged",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"contacted",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"kissed",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"sideswiped",
|
|
"reflected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll bounce you if I catch you talking that way again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"excessed",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"chucked (out)",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"separated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reemployed",
|
|
"re-employed",
|
|
"rehired",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"subcontracted",
|
|
"recruited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"signed (up or on)",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we bounced several script suggestions off the producers, but they weren't interested in any of them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"voted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"tendered",
|
|
"trotted out",
|
|
"filed",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"charted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"mapped",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"plotted",
|
|
"shaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girl bounced excitedly alongside her parents as they hurried toward the entrance to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"lolloped",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"skittered",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"vaulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boundlessness":{
|
|
"as in timelessness , limitlessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endlessness",
|
|
"interminableness",
|
|
"limitlessness",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"permanency",
|
|
"timelessness",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"foreverness",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"perpetuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ephemerality",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"temporariness",
|
|
"transience",
|
|
"transitoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourne":{
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still searching for the bourne that would give his life meaning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"aspiration",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"goal",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grail",
|
|
"holy grail",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hope",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"wish",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"destination",
|
|
"terminus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouncing":{
|
|
"enjoying health and vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bouncing new baby in the family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"well-conditioned",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"uncrippled",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"clean-cut",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sickened",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakly",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"poorly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bouncing dance routine that should be good for an aerobics class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bar doesn't hesitate to bounce customers for getting rowdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extruding",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"turfing (out)",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforcing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expatriating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"reading out",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"defenestrating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of my shots bounce off the rim of the basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caroming",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"ricocheting",
|
|
"ricochetting",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"raking",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"contacting",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"kissing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"sideswiping",
|
|
"reflecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll bounce you if I catch you talking that way again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"excessing",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"chucking (out)",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"recruiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we bounced several script suggestions off the producers, but they weren't interested in any of them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"propounding",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"voting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"tendering",
|
|
"trotting out",
|
|
"filing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"mapping",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"shaping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girl bounced excitedly alongside her parents as they hurried toward the entrance to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"lolloping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"skittering",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"vaulting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boulevards":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterials",
|
|
"arteries",
|
|
"avenues",
|
|
"carriageways",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"expressways",
|
|
"freeways",
|
|
"high roads",
|
|
"highways",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"roads",
|
|
"roadways",
|
|
"routes",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"streets",
|
|
"thoroughfares",
|
|
"thruways",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"turnpikes",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeways",
|
|
"autobahns",
|
|
"autoroutes",
|
|
"autostradas",
|
|
"autostrade",
|
|
"dual carriageways",
|
|
"interstates",
|
|
"motorways",
|
|
"superhighways",
|
|
"beltways",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"parkways",
|
|
"ring roads",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"culs-de-sac",
|
|
"cul-de-sacs",
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"corridors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bought the farm":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After years of ignoring his health problems, the old man finally bought it ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeois":{
|
|
"belonging to the class of people of middle social or economic rank":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The neighborhood was occupied primarily by bourgeois families."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"middle-class",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"working-class",
|
|
"d\u00e9class\u00e9",
|
|
"down-market",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowborn",
|
|
"lower-class",
|
|
"low-life",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"lumpen",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"plebeian",
|
|
"prole",
|
|
"proletarian",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"blue-blooded",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"highborn",
|
|
"highbred",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"upper-class",
|
|
"upper-crust",
|
|
"wellborn",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"prominent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounder":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good-for-nothing bounder who always leaves it to someone else to pick up the tab"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boutonnieres":{
|
|
"as in corsages":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boughs":{
|
|
"a major outgrowth from the main stem of a woody plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tree bough fell on my car during the windstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"limbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"branchlets",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprigs",
|
|
"twigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourbon":{
|
|
"as in neoconservative , neocon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"diehard",
|
|
"neocon",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"traditionalist",
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"stuffed shirt",
|
|
"old hand",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"standpatter",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"fogy",
|
|
"fogey",
|
|
"fossil",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernist",
|
|
"ultramodernist",
|
|
"neophiliac",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in square , Colonel Blimp":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"stuffed shirt",
|
|
"diehard",
|
|
"standpatter",
|
|
"neocon",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"traditionalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"left-winger",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"reformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounces":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bar doesn't hesitate to bounce customers for getting rowdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"extrudes",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"turfs (out)",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforces",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"reads out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"defenestrates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of my shots bounce off the rim of the basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caroms",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"ricochets",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"skips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"bumps",
|
|
"contacts",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"kisses",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"sideswipes",
|
|
"reflects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll bounce you if I catch you talking that way again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"chucks (out)",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reemploys",
|
|
"rehires",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"subcontracts",
|
|
"recruits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"signs (up or on)",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we bounced several script suggestions off the producers, but they weren't interested in any of them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"propounds",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"trots out",
|
|
"files",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"charts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"shapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the girl bounced excitedly alongside her parents as they hurried toward the entrance to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"lollops",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"skitters",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeons":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriates",
|
|
"overgrows",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"shoots up",
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"effloresces",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"opens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bound":{
|
|
"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the language in the novel really is beyond the bounds of decency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"fag end",
|
|
"terminus",
|
|
"border",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"verge",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"colored outside the bounds of the drawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"circumference",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of leaping into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kangaroo took one giant bound and was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriole",
|
|
"gambado",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"pounce",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the country is bounded by water on two sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"delimit",
|
|
"demarcate",
|
|
"demark",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"mark (off)",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"describe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being bounded on all sides by the Alps has helped Switzerland maintain its neutrality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"delineate",
|
|
"demarcate",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child giggled and bounded off to play with her friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"lollop",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"skitter",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rabbit bounded down the garden path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"leapfrog",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriole",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"pounce",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"skyrocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"fully committed to achieving a goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am bound and determined to write a novel before I turn 30"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"do-or-die",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hell-bent (on or upon)",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unresolved",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"weak-kneed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourns":{
|
|
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"idyllic days that were spent rambling the length of the bourn that flowed through that peaceful vale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"becks",
|
|
"brooklets",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"creeks",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"rills",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"runlets",
|
|
"runnels",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streamlets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arroyos",
|
|
"billabongs",
|
|
"freshes",
|
|
"freshets",
|
|
"runoffs",
|
|
"bayous",
|
|
"coulees",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"slues",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"cutoffs",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"millraces",
|
|
"millstreams",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways",
|
|
"affluents",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"confluents",
|
|
"distributaries",
|
|
"influents",
|
|
"tributaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounden":{
|
|
"being under obligation for a favor or gift":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rugged individualist who refused to be bounden to any man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholden",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"thankful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounces (back)":{
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the cleanup from the hurricane is completed, business owners are hoping that tourism quickly bounces back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comes back",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"snaps back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounced (back)":{
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once the cleanup from the hurricane is completed, business owners are hoping that tourism quickly bounces back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"came back",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"snapped back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"worsened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounded":{
|
|
"having distinct or certain limits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their paintings the Impressionists played down bounded figures and concentrated on the subtle, fleeting effects of light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plenitudinous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"dimensionless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unmeasured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark the limits of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the country is bounded by water on two sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"delimited",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"demarked",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"marked (off)",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"described"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a border for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being bounded on all sides by the Alps has helped Switzerland maintain its neutrality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bordered",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"margined",
|
|
"rimmed",
|
|
"skirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"demarcated",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"silhouetted",
|
|
"sketched",
|
|
"traced",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a light springing step":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child giggled and bounded off to play with her friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"lolloped",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"skittered",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"vaulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rabbit bounded down the garden path"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vaulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"leapfrogged",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"caprioled",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"pounced",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"skyrocketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouleversement":{
|
|
"a violent disturbance (as of the political or social order)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bouleversement in the print media since the rise of the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"earthquake",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insurgency",
|
|
"insurrection",
|
|
"mutiny",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"subversion",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"trembling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boulevard":{
|
|
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city is celebrated for its broad, tree-lined boulevards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arterial",
|
|
"artery",
|
|
"avenue",
|
|
"carriageway",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"expressway",
|
|
"freeway",
|
|
"high road",
|
|
"highway",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"road",
|
|
"roadway",
|
|
"route",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"street",
|
|
"thoroughfare",
|
|
"thruway",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"turnpike",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"causeway",
|
|
"autobahn",
|
|
"autoroute",
|
|
"autostrada",
|
|
"dual carriageway",
|
|
"interstate",
|
|
"motorway",
|
|
"superhighway",
|
|
"beltway",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"parkway",
|
|
"ring road",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"cul-de-sac",
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"corridor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouncily":{
|
|
"in a quick and spirited manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"came bouncily into the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airily",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"animately",
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
|
"livelily",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perkily",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sparkily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"trippingly",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"friskily",
|
|
"gamesomely",
|
|
"playfully",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"sportively",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"effervescently",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"racily",
|
|
"springily",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"cockily",
|
|
"dapperly",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"jauntily",
|
|
"agilely",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"spryly",
|
|
"allegro"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"lethargically",
|
|
"slothfully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"inactively",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bountifully":{
|
|
"in a generous manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Grandma makes sure that everyone in the family is bountifully supplied with her hand-knit sweaters and scarves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"bounteously",
|
|
"freehandedly",
|
|
"freeheartedly",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"liberally",
|
|
"munificently",
|
|
"openhandedly",
|
|
"unstintingly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"hospitably",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"congenially",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"selflessly",
|
|
"ungrudgingly",
|
|
"unselfishly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"beneficently",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"bigheartedly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"philanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"provocatively",
|
|
"coldly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"frigidly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"angrily",
|
|
"belligerently",
|
|
"begrudgingly",
|
|
"grudgingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"parsimoniously",
|
|
"stingily",
|
|
"ungenerously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bought it":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After years of ignoring his health problems, the old man finally bought it ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
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"ended",
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"exited",
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"expired",
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"fell",
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"flatlined",
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"kicked in",
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"kicked off",
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"parted",
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"passed away",
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"passed (on)",
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"pegged out",
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"perished",
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"popped off",
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"stepped out",
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"succumbed",
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"went"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"predeceased",
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"consumed",
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"disappeared",
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"dried up",
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"faded",
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"failed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"came to",
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"revived",
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"lingered",
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"existed",
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"subsisted",
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"was",
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"flourished",
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"prospered",
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"thrived",
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"throve"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"breathed",
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"lived"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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}
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} |