7330 lines
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7330 lines
145 KiB
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{
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"cast (up)":{
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"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
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"examples":[
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"had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"add",
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"foot (up)",
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"sum",
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"summate",
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"tot (up)",
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"total",
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"totalize",
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"tote (up)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"calculate",
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"cipher",
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"compute",
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"figure",
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"reckon",
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"table",
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"tabulate",
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"tally",
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"work out",
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"divide",
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"multiply",
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"subtract",
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"count",
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"enumerate",
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"number",
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"tell",
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"recompute",
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"refigure"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cast about":{
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"as in look , reach":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"castigate":{
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"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approve",
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"endorse",
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"indorse",
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"sanction",
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"extol",
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"extoll",
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"laud",
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"praise"
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],
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"related":[
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"admonish",
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"chide",
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"remonstrate (with)",
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"reprove",
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"abuse",
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"assail",
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"attack",
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"bad-mouth",
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"blame",
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"blast",
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"censure",
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"condemn",
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"criticize",
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"crucify",
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"denounce",
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"dis",
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"diss",
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"excoriate",
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"fault",
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"harangue",
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"knock",
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"lace (into)",
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"lash",
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"pan",
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"reprehend",
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"revile",
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"scourge",
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"slam",
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"vituperate",
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"belittle",
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"disparage",
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"mock",
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"put down",
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"ridicule",
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"scoff",
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"scorn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baste",
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"bawl out",
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"berate",
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"call down",
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"chastise",
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"chew out",
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"dress down",
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"flay",
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"hammer",
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"jaw",
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"keelhaul",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"lecture",
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"rag",
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"rail (at or against)",
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"rant (at)",
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"rate",
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"ream (out)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproach",
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"scold",
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"score",
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"tongue-lash",
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"upbraid"
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]
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},
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaim",
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"commend",
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"compliment",
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"hail",
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"laud",
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"praise"
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],
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"related":[
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"berate",
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"harangue",
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"harass",
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"harry",
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"revile",
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"scold",
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"whip",
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"blaspheme",
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"curse",
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"execrate",
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"imprecate",
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"profane",
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"affront",
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"insult",
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"slur",
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"asperse",
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"bad-mouth",
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"belittle",
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"blackguard",
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"disparage",
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"put down",
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"libel",
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"slander",
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"traduce",
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"vilify",
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"chastise",
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"chide",
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"criticize",
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"lace (into)",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"fulminate",
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"lash (out)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abuse",
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"assail",
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"attack",
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"bash",
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"belabor",
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"blast",
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"excoriate",
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"jump (on)",
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"lambaste",
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"lambast",
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"potshot",
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"savage",
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"scathe",
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"slam",
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"trash",
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"vituperate"
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]
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},
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"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
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"antonyms":[
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"excuse",
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"pardon",
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"spare"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forfeit",
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"get off",
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"ransom",
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"release",
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"commute",
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"reprieve",
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"absolve",
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"acquit",
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"exculpate",
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"exonerate",
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"vindicate"
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],
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"related":[
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"assess",
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"charge",
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"dock",
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"fine",
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"impose",
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"levy",
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"mulct",
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"convict",
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"sentence",
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"condemn",
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"damn",
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"denounce",
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"criticize",
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"keelhaul",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reprove",
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"wreak"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chasten",
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"chastise",
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"correct",
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"discipline",
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"penalize",
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"punish"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"castigations":{
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"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
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"examples":[
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"the loss of his father's trust was the harshest castigation that the boy could have possibly received for having told the lie"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chastisements",
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"comeuppances",
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"corrections",
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"deserts",
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"disciplines",
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"nemeses",
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"penalties",
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"punishments",
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"wraths"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reprisals",
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"retaliations",
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"retributions",
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"revenges",
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"vengeances",
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"assessments",
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"charges",
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"fines",
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"mulcts",
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"examples",
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"sentences",
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"confinements",
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"imprisonments",
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"incarcerations",
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"condemnations",
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"damnations",
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"denouncements",
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"censures",
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"criticisms",
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"rebukes",
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"reprimands",
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"reproofs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amnesties",
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"indemnities",
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"pardons",
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"paroles",
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"acquittals",
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"exculpations",
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"exonerations",
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"vindications",
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"exemptions",
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"immunities",
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"impunities",
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"releases",
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"commutations",
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"reprieves",
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"absolutions",
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"remissions",
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"remitments",
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"condonations",
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"disregards"
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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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"castigator":{
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"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
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"examples":[
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"even Broadway's most famously caustic castigator liked the play"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carper",
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"caviler",
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"caviller",
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"censurer",
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"critic",
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"criticizer",
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"disparager",
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"faultfinder",
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"hypercritic",
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"knocker",
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"niggler",
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"nitpicker"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"condemner",
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"condemnor",
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"denouncer",
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"belittler",
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"decrier",
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"denigrator",
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"derider",
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"detractor",
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"assailant",
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"attacker",
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"crucifier",
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"criticaster",
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"hairsplitter",
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"pettifogger",
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"quibbler",
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"admonisher",
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"haranguer",
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"railer",
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"ranter",
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"rebuker",
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"reproacher",
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"reprover",
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"scold",
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"upbraider",
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"bellyacher",
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"complainer",
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"crybaby",
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"fusser",
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"griper",
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"grouch",
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"grouser",
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"grumbler",
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"whiner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commender",
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"praiser"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
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"examples":[
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"the principal seems to enjoy his role as the tireless castigator of classroom pranksters"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"avenger",
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"chastiser",
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"nemesis",
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"punisher",
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"scourge",
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"vigilante"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"revenger",
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"redresser",
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"righter",
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"requiter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ransomer",
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"redeemer",
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"vindicator"
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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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"castle in the air":{
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"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
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"examples":[
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"He would work tirelessly to prove to his father that his dreams of becoming a professional painter were more than a castle in the air ."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chimera",
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"conceit",
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"daydream",
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"delusion",
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"dream",
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"fancy",
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"fantasy",
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"figment",
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"hallucination",
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"illusion",
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"nonentity",
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"phantasm",
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"fantasm",
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"pipe dream",
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"unreality",
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"vision"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ignis fatuus",
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"mirage",
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"will-o'-the-wisp",
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"brainchild",
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"idea",
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"concoction",
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"fable",
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"fabrication",
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"fiction",
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"invention",
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"envisaging",
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"imaging",
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"visualization",
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"cloud-cuckoo-land",
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"cloudland",
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"Shangri-la",
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"utopia",
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"daymare",
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"nightmare"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"actuality",
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"fact",
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"reality"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"castrating":{
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"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
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"examples":[
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"a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dampening",
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"damping",
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"deadening",
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"dehydrating",
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"desiccating",
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"devitalizing",
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"enervating",
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"gelding",
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"lobotomizing",
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"petrifying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"burning out",
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"debilitating",
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"doing in",
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"draining",
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"enfeebling",
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"exhausting",
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"fatiguing",
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"sapping",
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"tuckering (out)",
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"undermining",
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"weakening",
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"wearing",
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"wearing out",
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"daunting",
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"demoralizing",
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"discouraging",
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"disheartening",
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"dispiriting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arousing",
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"rousing",
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"stirring",
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"charging",
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"electrifying",
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"galvanizing",
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"exciting",
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"fermenting",
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"firing",
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"fomenting",
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"inciting",
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"inflaming",
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"enflaming",
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"instigating",
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"kindling",
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"provoking",
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"sparking",
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"triggering",
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"whipping (up)",
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"abetting",
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"boosting",
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"buoying",
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"cheering",
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"emboldening",
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"fortifying",
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"heartening",
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"inspiring",
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"lifting",
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"reactivating",
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"reanimating",
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"reawakening",
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"reawaking",
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"recharging",
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"reenergizing",
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"re-energizing",
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"refreshing",
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"regenerating",
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"rejuvenating",
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"rekindling",
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"renewing",
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"resurrecting",
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"resuscitating",
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"revitalizing",
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"reviving"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bracing",
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"energizing",
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"enlivening",
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"invigorating",
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"quickening",
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"stimulating",
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"vitalizing",
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"vivifying"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"casualness":{
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"lack of interest or concern":{
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"examples":[
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"her casualness distressed everyone who took the issue seriously"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apathy",
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"complacence",
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"disinterestedness",
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"disregard",
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"incuriosity",
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"incuriousness",
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"indifference",
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"insouciance",
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"nonchalance",
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"torpor",
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"unconcern"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"halfheartedness",
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"lukewarmness",
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"tepidity",
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"tepidness",
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"carelessness",
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"heedlessness",
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"recklessness",
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"unawareness",
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"lethargy",
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"listlessness",
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"aloofness",
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"coldness",
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"cool",
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"detachment",
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"dispassion",
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"callosity",
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"callousness",
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"hard-heartedness",
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"hardness",
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"insensitivity",
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"bloodlessness",
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"impassiveness",
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"impassivity",
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"phlegm",
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"stoicism",
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"stolidity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"attention",
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"attentiveness",
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"awareness",
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"conscientiousness",
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"curiosity",
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"heedfulness",
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"keenness",
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"sensitivity",
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"warmheartedness",
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"bias",
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"partiality",
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"prejudice",
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"ardor",
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"desire",
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"fervency",
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"passion",
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"vehemence",
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"warmth",
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"zeal"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"concern",
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"interest",
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"regard"
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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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"casuistical":{
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"as in misleading , specious":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cask":{
|
|
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casks of wine that had been in the castle for many years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"firkin",
|
|
"hogshead",
|
|
"keg",
|
|
"kilderkin",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"puncheon",
|
|
"rundlet",
|
|
"runlet",
|
|
"tun"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"cistern",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"vat",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"drum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast":{
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spermaceti candles, made from whale oil, are known to cast an exceptionally bright light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"send (out)",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"excrete",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"outpour",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"soak (up)",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"train"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"orient",
|
|
"steer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"detour",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"rechannel",
|
|
"shunt",
|
|
"sidetrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"prepare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"sculpture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"author",
|
|
"indite",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"piece (together)",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"reformulate",
|
|
"reframe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast a rock into the stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stock market analysts offered an optimistic cast for the coming year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"bodement",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"prediction",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosis",
|
|
"prognostic",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prognostication",
|
|
"prophecy",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"vaticination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prevision",
|
|
"prospectus",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"anticipation",
|
|
"foreknowledge",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"surmise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls had a slight yellowish cast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"hue",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overtone",
|
|
"undertone",
|
|
"primary color",
|
|
"secondary color",
|
|
"tertiary color",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"chroma",
|
|
"chromaticity",
|
|
"contrast",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"saturation",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"coloration",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"colorway",
|
|
"pigmentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mischievous cast in his eye when we asked what our destination would be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"side-glance",
|
|
"squinny",
|
|
"squint",
|
|
"coup d'oeil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his face took on a somewhat sad cast when we asked how his ill wife was faring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"visage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"presence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lovely cast of the baby's features"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"configuration",
|
|
"conformation",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"geometry",
|
|
"shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contour",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"silhouette",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skeleton",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"format",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"raw material",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigates":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bawls out",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"calls down",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chews out",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rails (at or against)",
|
|
"rants (at)",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"reams (out)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tongue-lashes",
|
|
"upbraids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"remonstrates (with)",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"scorns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"potshots",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"trashes",
|
|
"vituperates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"reviles",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"vilifies",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"laces (into)",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"lashes (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"punishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"wreaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"spares"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast about (for)":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast about for an answer to the question of why so many people had ignored the victim's cries for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast around (for)",
|
|
"chase (down)",
|
|
"forage (for)",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"shop (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"root (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casebook":{
|
|
"as in sourcebook":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sourcebook",
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"ana",
|
|
"analects",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"corpus",
|
|
"library",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"album",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"collectanea",
|
|
"compendium",
|
|
"compilation",
|
|
"florilegium",
|
|
"miscellany",
|
|
"reader"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case history":{
|
|
"as in case study":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case study",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"chronology",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"narration",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"version",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"blog",
|
|
"diary",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"logbook",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"saga",
|
|
"gest",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"romance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast out":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast them out of the tribe for violating sacred traditions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casting (up)":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adding",
|
|
"footing (up)",
|
|
"summating",
|
|
"summing",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"totalizing",
|
|
"toting (up)",
|
|
"totting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"tabling",
|
|
"tabulating",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"subtracting",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"enumerating",
|
|
"numbering",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"recomputing",
|
|
"refiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casually":{
|
|
"as in carelessly , indiscriminately":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"spottily",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casuistic":{
|
|
"as in misleading , specious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eristic",
|
|
"eristical",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"sophistic",
|
|
"sophistical",
|
|
"specious",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"inconsequent",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"unarticulated",
|
|
"unscientific",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconvincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"well-grounded",
|
|
"a posteriori",
|
|
"a priori",
|
|
"syllogistic",
|
|
"cognitive",
|
|
"empirical",
|
|
"empiric"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casks":{
|
|
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casks of wine that had been in the castle for many years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"firkins",
|
|
"hogsheads",
|
|
"kegs",
|
|
"kilderkins",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"puncheons",
|
|
"rundlets",
|
|
"runlets",
|
|
"tuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"cisterns",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"vats",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"drums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cash in (on)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"capitalize (on)",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"impose (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverage",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"pimp",
|
|
"play (on or upon)",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk around",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"commercialize",
|
|
"commodify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cascading":{
|
|
"as in running , streaming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"swooshing",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"fountaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in falling , depending":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depending",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"extending (out)",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"stringing",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"pinning",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"swinging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case study":{
|
|
"a published piece of writing about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a case study of prisoners",
|
|
"case studies of patients with the rare disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case history",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"chronology",
|
|
"commentary",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"narration",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"version",
|
|
"deposition",
|
|
"documentation",
|
|
"testament",
|
|
"testimonial",
|
|
"testimony",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"blog",
|
|
"diary",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"logbook",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"saga",
|
|
"gest",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"romance",
|
|
"recital",
|
|
"recitation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casbah":{
|
|
"as in alcazar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"blockhouse",
|
|
"garrison house",
|
|
"bunker",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"battlement",
|
|
"breastwork",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"earthwork",
|
|
"embattlement",
|
|
"parapet",
|
|
"rampart",
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"citadel",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortification",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castor":{
|
|
"as in bonnet , baseball cap":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast-iron":{
|
|
"not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost weight only after a cast-iron adherence to his diet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"uncompromising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"undeviating",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"unappeasable",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"ironbound",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"slack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has a cast-iron faith in his innate ability to overcome any adversity that life might throw against him"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"vigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"leathery",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"annealed",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"perishable",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"nonhardy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castrate":{
|
|
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"devitalize",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"geld",
|
|
"lobotomize",
|
|
"petrify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casings":{
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the egg of this bird has an unusually hard casing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"encasements",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"cassettes",
|
|
"casettes",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"crusts",
|
|
"carapaces",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"panoplies",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platings",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cuticles",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"envelopes",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"wrappers",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"coatings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"facings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casts about (for)":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast about for an answer to the question of why so many people had ignored the victim's cries for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts around (for)",
|
|
"chases (down)",
|
|
"forages (for)",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"shops (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"roots (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cased":{
|
|
"as in encompassed , enclosed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"boasted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"held"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casts (up)":{
|
|
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adds",
|
|
"foots (up)",
|
|
"summates",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalizes",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"totes (up)",
|
|
"tots (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"tabulates",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"subtracts",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"enumerates",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"recomputes",
|
|
"refigures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Casanova":{
|
|
"a man given to seducing women":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to hear him tell it, he was his college's number one Casanova"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Don Juan",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"lothario",
|
|
"lounge lizard",
|
|
"masher",
|
|
"philanderer",
|
|
"satyr",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"womanizer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amorist",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"ladies' man",
|
|
"lady's man",
|
|
"lady-killer",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"paramour",
|
|
"Romeo",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"whoremaster",
|
|
"whoremonger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigators":{
|
|
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even Broadway's most famously caustic castigator liked the play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"criticizers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"disparagers",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"hypercritics",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"nigglers",
|
|
"nitpickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemners",
|
|
"condemnors",
|
|
"denouncers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"decriers",
|
|
"denigrators",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"crucifiers",
|
|
"criticasters",
|
|
"hairsplitters",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"admonishers",
|
|
"haranguers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"ranters",
|
|
"rebukers",
|
|
"reproachers",
|
|
"reprovers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraiders",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commenders",
|
|
"praisers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the principal seems to enjoy his role as the tireless castigator of classroom pranksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avengers",
|
|
"chastisers",
|
|
"nemeses",
|
|
"punishers",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"vigilantes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"revengers",
|
|
"redressers",
|
|
"righters",
|
|
"requiters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ransomers",
|
|
"redeemers",
|
|
"vindicators"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castles":{
|
|
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastions",
|
|
"citadels",
|
|
"fortifications",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"strongholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battlements",
|
|
"breastworks",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"earthworks",
|
|
"embattlements",
|
|
"parapets",
|
|
"ramparts",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"dugouts",
|
|
"blockhouses",
|
|
"garrison houses",
|
|
"alcazars",
|
|
"casbahs",
|
|
"kasbahs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large impressive residence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mining tycoon built a magnificent castle on the hill overlooking the town"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"manses",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"villas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"showplaces",
|
|
"abodes",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"dwellings",
|
|
"habitations",
|
|
"hearths",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residencies",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"great houses",
|
|
"country houses",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"aeries",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"town houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castaway":{
|
|
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one theory is that Easter Island was first settled by castaways from Polynesia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"leper",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"outcast",
|
|
"pariah",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"untouchable",
|
|
"outsider",
|
|
"deportee",
|
|
"exile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insider"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in absent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"irrecoverable",
|
|
"irretrievable",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cash-strapped":{
|
|
"as in low , short":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case in point":{
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Action films tend to draw the biggest audiences, and this CGI extravaganza is a case in point ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"cross section",
|
|
"microcosm",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case-harden":{
|
|
"as in temper , anneal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anneal",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"calcify",
|
|
"crystallize",
|
|
"crystalize",
|
|
"ossify",
|
|
"petrify",
|
|
"rigidify",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"callus",
|
|
"encrust",
|
|
"incrust",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"firm (up)",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"soften",
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"thaw",
|
|
"unfreeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Casanovas":{
|
|
"a man given to seducing women":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to hear him tell it, he was his college's number one Casanova"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Don Juans",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"lotharios",
|
|
"lounge lizards",
|
|
"mashers",
|
|
"philanderers",
|
|
"satyrs",
|
|
"wolves",
|
|
"womanizers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amorists",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"ladies' men",
|
|
"lady's men",
|
|
"lady-killers",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"paramours",
|
|
"Romeos",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"whoremasters",
|
|
"whoremongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cassette":{
|
|
"as in cartridge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridge",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"casing",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"encasement",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"hull",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"carapace",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"panoply",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"plating",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cuticle",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"envelope",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"wrapper",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castoffs":{
|
|
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a castoff who later became a famous poet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castaways",
|
|
"lepers",
|
|
"offscourings",
|
|
"outcasts",
|
|
"pariahs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"untouchables",
|
|
"outsiders",
|
|
"deportees",
|
|
"exiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insiders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cashiered":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"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 get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company is giving away a clutter of computers that have recently been cashiered for obsolescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"deep-sixed",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"eighty-sixed",
|
|
"86'd",
|
|
"exorcised",
|
|
"exorcized",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"tossed",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"abdicated",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"utilized",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castles in the air":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He would work tirelessly to prove to his father that his dreams of becoming a professional painter were more than a castle in the air ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"pipe dreams",
|
|
"unrealities",
|
|
"visions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignes fatui",
|
|
"mirages",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisps",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
|
|
"cloudlands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"daymares",
|
|
"nightmares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casitas":{
|
|
"as in cabins , cottages":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"ranch houses",
|
|
"saltboxes",
|
|
"semis",
|
|
"split levels",
|
|
"townhomes",
|
|
"town houses",
|
|
"tract houses",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"farmhouses",
|
|
"granges",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"homesteads",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"McMansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"manses",
|
|
"parsonages",
|
|
"rectories",
|
|
"vicarages",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"residencies",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"apartment houses",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"condos",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"tenement houses",
|
|
"tenements",
|
|
"walk-ups",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"suites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cascaded":{
|
|
"as in ran , streamed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"swooshed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"fountained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fell , depended":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depended",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"poised",
|
|
"extended (out)",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"strung",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"pinned",
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"dangled",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"swung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casts":{
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spermaceti candles, made from whale oil, are known to cast an exceptionally bright light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sends (out)",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"excretes",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"outpours",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"soaks (up)",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"steers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"diverts",
|
|
"rechannels",
|
|
"shunts",
|
|
"sidetracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"prepares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"sculptures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"indites",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"pieces (together)",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"reformulates",
|
|
"reframes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast a rock into the stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"lobs",
|
|
"lofts",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"slings",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flips",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stock market analysts offered an optimistic cast for the coming year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"bodements",
|
|
"forecasts",
|
|
"predictions",
|
|
"prognoses",
|
|
"prognostications",
|
|
"prognostics",
|
|
"prophecies",
|
|
"prophesies",
|
|
"soothsayings",
|
|
"vaticinations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"previsions",
|
|
"prospectuses",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"anticipations",
|
|
"foreknowledges",
|
|
"foresights",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"surmises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls had a slight yellowish cast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"hues",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints",
|
|
"tones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"undertones",
|
|
"primary colors",
|
|
"secondary colors",
|
|
"tertiary colors",
|
|
"chromas",
|
|
"chromaticities",
|
|
"contrasts",
|
|
"saturations",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"colorations",
|
|
"colorings",
|
|
"colorways",
|
|
"pigmentations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achromatisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mischievous cast in his eye when we asked what our destination would be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"leers",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"side-glances",
|
|
"squinnies",
|
|
"squints",
|
|
"coups d'oeil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his face took on a somewhat sad cast when we asked how his ill wife was faring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"visages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"smiles",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"demeanors",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"miens",
|
|
"presences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lovely cast of the baby's features"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"configurations",
|
|
"conformations",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"geometries",
|
|
"shapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contours",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"profiles",
|
|
"silhouettes",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"frameworks",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skeletons",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"formats",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"makeups",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"materials",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"raw materials",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cashing in (on)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"capitalizing (on)",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"imposing (on or upon)",
|
|
"leveraging",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"playing (on or upon)",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerking around",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"commercializing",
|
|
"commodifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castle in Spain":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They would spend long evenings in front of the fire, drinking wine and building castles in Spain about their future."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignis fatuus",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisp",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
|
|
"cloudland",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"daymare",
|
|
"nightmare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casting (off)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"deep-sixing",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"eighty-sixing",
|
|
"86ing",
|
|
"exorcising",
|
|
"exorcizing",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"sloughing (off)",
|
|
"sluffing (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abdicating",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casino":{
|
|
"a freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on summer evenings dance bands would perform in the seaside casino"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcove",
|
|
"belvedere",
|
|
"gazebo",
|
|
"kiosk",
|
|
"pavilion",
|
|
"summerhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trellis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cash flow":{
|
|
"the movement of money in and out of a business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We were able to maintain a steady cash flow ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shirt",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"exchequer",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"purse",
|
|
"treasury",
|
|
"financing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debts",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"indebtedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cashes in (on)":{
|
|
"to take unfair advantage of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"capitalizes (on)",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"imposes (on or upon)",
|
|
"leverages",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"pimps",
|
|
"plays (on or upon)",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks around",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"commercializes",
|
|
"commodifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast-off":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
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"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a castoff who later became a famous poet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"leper",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"outcast",
|
|
"pariah",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"untouchable",
|
|
"outsider",
|
|
"deportee",
|
|
"exile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insider"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in discarded , junked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"untended",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"idle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"retrieved",
|
|
"salvaged",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"repeopled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casette":{
|
|
"as in cartridge":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridge",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"casing",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"encasement",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"hull",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"carapace",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"panoply",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"plating",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cuticle",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"envelope",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"wrapper",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case-hardens":{
|
|
"as in tempers , anneals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anneals",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"calcifies",
|
|
"crystallizes",
|
|
"crystalizes",
|
|
"ossifies",
|
|
"petrifies",
|
|
"rigidifies",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"coagulates",
|
|
"gelates",
|
|
"gelatinizes",
|
|
"gels",
|
|
"jellies",
|
|
"jells",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"thickens",
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"calluses",
|
|
"encrusts",
|
|
"incrusts",
|
|
"concretes",
|
|
"congeals",
|
|
"firms (up)",
|
|
"freezes",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"indurates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"solidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefies",
|
|
"liquifies",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"deliquesces",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"thaws",
|
|
"unfreezes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case studies":{
|
|
"a published piece of writing about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a case study of prisoners",
|
|
"case studies of patients with the rare disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case histories",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"chronicles",
|
|
"chronologies",
|
|
"commentaries",
|
|
"histories",
|
|
"narrations",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"depositions",
|
|
"documentations",
|
|
"testaments",
|
|
"testimonials",
|
|
"testimonies",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"blogs",
|
|
"diaries",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"logbooks",
|
|
"logs",
|
|
"memoirs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"sagas",
|
|
"gests",
|
|
"gestes",
|
|
"romances",
|
|
"recitals",
|
|
"recitations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigation":{
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the loss of his father's trust was the harshest castigation that the boy could have possibly received for having told the lie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastisement",
|
|
"comeuppance",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"desert(s)",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"nemesis",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"punishment",
|
|
"wrath"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reprisal",
|
|
"retaliation",
|
|
"retribution",
|
|
"revenge",
|
|
"vengeance",
|
|
"assessment",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"sentence",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denouncement",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproof"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesty",
|
|
"indemnity",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"acquittal",
|
|
"exculpation",
|
|
"exoneration",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"absolution",
|
|
"forgiveness",
|
|
"remission",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"condonation",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cassettes":{
|
|
"as in cartridges":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"casings",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"encasements",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"crusts",
|
|
"carapaces",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"panoplies",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platings",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cuticles",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"envelopes",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"wrappers",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"coatings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"facings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casebooks":{
|
|
"as in sourcebooks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sourcebooks",
|
|
"almanacs",
|
|
"ana",
|
|
"anas",
|
|
"analects",
|
|
"chapbooks",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"archives",
|
|
"corpora",
|
|
"libraries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"anthologies",
|
|
"compendiums",
|
|
"compendia",
|
|
"compilations",
|
|
"florilegia",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"readers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigating":{
|
|
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a castigating task that succeeds in doing nothing more than making the lives of the inmates miserable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"correctional",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"disciplinary",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penal",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retaliative",
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"retributive",
|
|
"retributory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compensatory",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpunitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belaboring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"jumping (on)",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"savaging",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vituperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"blaspheming",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"imprecating",
|
|
"profaning",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"blackguarding",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"fulminating",
|
|
"lashing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"convicting",
|
|
"sentencing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"wreaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"sparing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cashier":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"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 get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company is giving away a clutter of computers that have recently been cashiered for obsolescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casting":{
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spermaceti candles, made from whale oil, are known to cast an exceptionally bright light"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sending (out)",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"excreting",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aiming",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"steering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"rechanneling",
|
|
"shunting",
|
|
"sidetracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"preparing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"sculpturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"inditing",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"piecing (together)",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"reformulating",
|
|
"reframing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast a rock into the stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"lofting",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flipping",
|
|
"gunning",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casts around (for)":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast around for a last minute replacement for the lead actor in the movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts about (for)",
|
|
"chases (down)",
|
|
"forages (for)",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks",
|
|
"shops (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"roots (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casual":{
|
|
"not designed to be worn only on special occasions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a restaurant where people in casual clothes are always welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"workaday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"sporty",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"best",
|
|
"Sunday",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"semiformal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"noncasual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"happening by chance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a casual meeting with the next-door neighbors on a beach in Hawaii"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unwitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coincidental",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unforeseeable",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"foreseeable",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"preordained",
|
|
"prescribed",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"freewill",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"volunteer",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"set"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a casual examination of the bicycle before buying it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"perfunctory",
|
|
"pococurante",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uncurious",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"unimpressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a casual attendance at their son's hockey games"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aperiodic",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spastic",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-and-miss",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casinos":{
|
|
"a freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on summer evenings dance bands would perform in the seaside casino"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"belvederes",
|
|
"gazebos",
|
|
"kiosks",
|
|
"pavilions",
|
|
"summerhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trellises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castes":{
|
|
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a member of the upper caste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"gentries",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"strata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"tiers",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"food chains",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"hierarchies",
|
|
"stratifications",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"tribes",
|
|
"subcastes",
|
|
"sub-castes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cashiers":{
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"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 get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company is giving away a clutter of computers that have recently been cashiered for obsolescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts (off)",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"deep-sixes",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"eighty-sixes",
|
|
"86es",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casing":{
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the egg of this bird has an unusually hard casing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"encasement",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"hull",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridge",
|
|
"cassette",
|
|
"casette",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"carapace",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"panoply",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"plating",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cuticle",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"envelope",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"wrapper",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in encompassing , enclosing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"holding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case":{
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those binoculars come with their own case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"capsule",
|
|
"casing",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"encasement",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"hull",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"jacket",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"sheath",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridge",
|
|
"cassette",
|
|
"casette",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"carapace",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"mail",
|
|
"panoply",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"plating",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"cuticle",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"envelope",
|
|
"package",
|
|
"wrapper",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"coverture",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a handy little cosmetics case that matches the rest of her luggage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bin",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"caddy",
|
|
"casket",
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"locker",
|
|
"trunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carton",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"footlocker",
|
|
"sea chest",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"lockbox",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"safe-deposit box",
|
|
"strongbox",
|
|
"coffin",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"canteen",
|
|
"caisson",
|
|
"hope chest",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8re",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"hatbox",
|
|
"jewel box",
|
|
"snuffbox",
|
|
"tinderbox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her doctor wishes that all of his cases were as cooperative as she is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"patient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inpatient",
|
|
"outpatient",
|
|
"rehabilitant",
|
|
"sufferer",
|
|
"victim",
|
|
"convalescent",
|
|
"nursling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this is a perfect case of people jumping to the wrong conclusion before all the facts are known"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"cross section",
|
|
"microcosm",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that actually exists":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this has never been the case before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"inevitability",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"occurrence",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"probability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"illusion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll get a chance to make your case , but unless you're very convincing, your request will be denied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"accounting",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"explanation",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alibi",
|
|
"apologia",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretext",
|
|
"rationalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young boy suffering from a case of chicken pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that might happen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it may be the case that the cause of the fire will forever remain a mystery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contingence",
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"contingent",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"possibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that requires thought and skill for resolution":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a tough case to solve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"Gordian knot",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"glitch",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"conundrum",
|
|
"enigma",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"stumper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullet",
|
|
"silver bullet",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"panacea"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in encompass , enclose":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"boast",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"hold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castigated":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basted",
|
|
"bawled out",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"called down",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chewed out",
|
|
"dressed down",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"railed (at or against)",
|
|
"ranted (at)",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reamed (out)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"tongue-lashed",
|
|
"upbraided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"remonstrated (with)",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"vituperated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"scorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belabored",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"jumped (on)",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"savaged",
|
|
"scathed",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vituperated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"reviled",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"blasphemed",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"imprecated",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"blackguarded",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"libeled",
|
|
"libelled",
|
|
"slandered",
|
|
"traduced",
|
|
"vilified",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"laced (into)",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"lashed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"complimented",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
"chastised",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"penalized",
|
|
"punished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"levied",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"sentenced",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"wreaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"commuted",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"spared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cast (off)":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lay by",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a castoff who later became a famous poet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"leper",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"outcast",
|
|
"pariah",
|
|
"reject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"untouchable",
|
|
"outsider",
|
|
"deportee",
|
|
"exile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insider"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in discarded , junked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castaway",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"untended",
|
|
"godforsaken",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"vacant",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"idle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"retrieved",
|
|
"salvaged",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"rehabbed",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"repeopled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"caste":{
|
|
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a member of the upper caste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"class",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"folk",
|
|
"gentry",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"food chain",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"hierarchy",
|
|
"stratification",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"tribe",
|
|
"subcaste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"castaways":{
|
|
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one theory is that Easter Island was first settled by castaways from Polynesia"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castoffs",
|
|
"lepers",
|
|
"offscourings",
|
|
"outcasts",
|
|
"pariahs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"untouchables",
|
|
"outsiders",
|
|
"deportees",
|
|
"exiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insiders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casques":{
|
|
"as in helmets , shakos":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball caps",
|
|
"berets",
|
|
"billycocks",
|
|
"birettas",
|
|
"boaters",
|
|
"bonnets",
|
|
"bowlers",
|
|
"calottes",
|
|
"capuches",
|
|
"castors",
|
|
"cloches",
|
|
"cocked hats",
|
|
"cowboy hats",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"fedoras",
|
|
"fezzes",
|
|
"fezes",
|
|
"garrison caps",
|
|
"hard hats",
|
|
"helmets",
|
|
"helms",
|
|
"high hats",
|
|
"homburgs",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"kepis",
|
|
"k\u00e9pis",
|
|
"kufis",
|
|
"leghorns",
|
|
"miters",
|
|
"mitres",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"opera hats",
|
|
"overseas caps",
|
|
"panamas",
|
|
"picture hats",
|
|
"pillboxes",
|
|
"plug hats",
|
|
"porkpie hats",
|
|
"service caps",
|
|
"shakos",
|
|
"shakoes",
|
|
"silk hats",
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"skullcaps",
|
|
"sombreros",
|
|
"sou'westers",
|
|
"Stetsons",
|
|
"stocking caps",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"sunbonnets",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanters",
|
|
"tams",
|
|
"ten-gallon hats",
|
|
"top hats",
|
|
"toppers",
|
|
"toques",
|
|
"tricornes",
|
|
"tricorns",
|
|
"turbans",
|
|
"zucchettos",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"chapeaus",
|
|
"chapeaux",
|
|
"hats",
|
|
"headdresses",
|
|
"headgears",
|
|
"headpieces",
|
|
"lids",
|
|
"warbonnets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case-hardened":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a case-hardened homicide detective who has seen it all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affectless",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"desensitized",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"inhumane",
|
|
"insensate",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"ironhearted",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"pachydermatous",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"slash-and-burn",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"stony",
|
|
"stoney",
|
|
"stonyhearted",
|
|
"take-no-prisoners",
|
|
"thick-skinned",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boorish",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy-handed",
|
|
"ironfisted",
|
|
"ironhanded",
|
|
"jackbooted",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"ungentle",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brutish",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"evil-minded",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frosty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"merciful",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"softhearted",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tempered , annealed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annealed",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"calcified",
|
|
"crystallized",
|
|
"crystalized",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"petrified",
|
|
"rigidified",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"coagulated",
|
|
"gelated",
|
|
"gelatinized",
|
|
"gelled",
|
|
"jelled",
|
|
"jellied",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"thickened",
|
|
"caked",
|
|
"callused",
|
|
"encrusted",
|
|
"incrusted",
|
|
"concreted",
|
|
"congealed",
|
|
"firmed (up)",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefied",
|
|
"liquified",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"deliquesced",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fluxed",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"thawed",
|
|
"unfroze"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Cassandra":{
|
|
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"more than one Cassandra on Wall Street had warned that the market was overdue for a major correction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Chicken Little",
|
|
"doomsayer",
|
|
"doomsdayer",
|
|
"doomster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"fatalist",
|
|
"naysayer",
|
|
"negativist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"handwringer",
|
|
"worrier",
|
|
"worrywart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casting about (for)":{
|
|
"to go in search of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cast about for an answer to the question of why so many people had ignored the victim's cries for help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting around (for)",
|
|
"chasing (down)",
|
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"foraging (for)",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"shopping (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"rooting (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casque":{
|
|
"as in helmet , shako":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"opera hat",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casseroles":{
|
|
"as in bowls , plates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"cups",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platters",
|
|
"salvers",
|
|
"saucers",
|
|
"servers",
|
|
"trays",
|
|
"waiters",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"vessels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casts about":{
|
|
"as in looks , reaches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"seeks (out)",
|
|
"grabbles",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gropes",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"digs (through)",
|
|
"dredges",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"ransacks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"scours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"case goods":{
|
|
"as in gear , goods":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"cabinetwork",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"furniture",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"built-ins",
|
|
"fixtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"casualty":{
|
|
"a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the real casualties in the war against drugs are millions of innocent children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fatality",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"prey",
|
|
"victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"underdog",
|
|
"martyr",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"collateral damage",
|
|
"murderee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gainer",
|
|
"victor",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"harmer",
|
|
"injurer",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"murderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casualties at sea that sometimes resulted in great losses of men or even of entire ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"mischance",
|
|
"mishap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calamity",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"cropper",
|
|
"deathblow",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"tragedy",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"misadventure",
|
|
"misfortune",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"crack-up",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"smashup",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"miracle",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"serendipity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the uncertain course of events":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believes finding one's true love is too important a matter to be left to mere casualty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accident",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"luck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fortuitousness",
|
|
"fortuity",
|
|
"haphazardry",
|
|
"randomness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"fluke",
|
|
"happenchance",
|
|
"happenstance",
|
|
"destiny",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cases":{
|
|
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those binoculars come with their own case"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"casings",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"encasements",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"hulls",
|
|
"husks",
|
|
"jackets",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"sheaths",
|
|
"shells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartridges",
|
|
"cassettes",
|
|
"casettes",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"crusts",
|
|
"carapaces",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"panoplies",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platings",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cuticles",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"envelopes",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"wrappers",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"coatings",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"facings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a handy little cosmetics case that matches the rest of her luggage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bins",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"caddies",
|
|
"caskets",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"trunks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartons",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"footlockers",
|
|
"sea chests",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"lockboxes",
|
|
"safe-deposit boxes",
|
|
"safes",
|
|
"strongboxes",
|
|
"coffins",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"canteens",
|
|
"caissons",
|
|
"hope chests",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8res",
|
|
"bandboxes",
|
|
"hatboxes",
|
|
"jewel boxes",
|
|
"snuffboxes",
|
|
"tinderboxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her doctor wishes that all of his cases were as cooperative as she is"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"patients"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inpatients",
|
|
"outpatients",
|
|
"rehabilitants",
|
|
"sufferers",
|
|
"victims",
|
|
"convalescents",
|
|
"nurslings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this is a perfect case of people jumping to the wrong conclusion before all the facts are known"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"specimens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"cross sections",
|
|
"microcosms",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that actually exists":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this has never been the case before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"materialities",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"inevitabilities",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"occurrences",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eventualities",
|
|
"possibilities",
|
|
"potentialities",
|
|
"probabilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"illusions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll get a chance to make your case , but unless you're very convincing, your request will be denied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accountings",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"explanations",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologiae",
|
|
"apologias",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"rationalizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young boy suffering from a case of chicken pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"eclampsias",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"prostrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"remissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that might happen":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it may be the case that the cause of the fire will forever remain a mystery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contingences",
|
|
"contingencies",
|
|
"contingents",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"eventualities",
|
|
"possibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"probabilities",
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"risks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that requires thought and skill for resolution":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a tough case to solve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"Gordian knots",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"glitches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"conundrums",
|
|
"enigmas",
|
|
"mysteries",
|
|
"puzzlements",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"stumpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"magic bullets",
|
|
"silver bullets",
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"panaceas"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in encompasses , encloses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"harbors",
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"houses",
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"lodges",
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"shelters",
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"bears",
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"boasts",
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"contains",
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"holds"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"caskets":{
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"a boxlike container for holding a dead body":{
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"examples":[
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"bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"biers",
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"boxes",
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"coffins",
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"palls",
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"sarcophagi",
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"sarcophaguses"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"charnels",
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"charnel houses",
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"crypts",
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"sepulchres",
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"sepulchers",
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"sepultures",
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"tombs",
|
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"vaults",
|
|
"urns",
|
|
"body bags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a small casket of jewels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bins",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"caddies",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"trunks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cartons",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"footlockers",
|
|
"sea chests",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"lockboxes",
|
|
"safe-deposit boxes",
|
|
"safes",
|
|
"strongboxes",
|
|
"coffins",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"canteens",
|
|
"caissons",
|
|
"hope chests",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8res",
|
|
"bandboxes",
|
|
"hatboxes",
|
|
"jewel boxes",
|
|
"snuffboxes",
|
|
"tinderboxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |