dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/cau_MWT.json
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{
"caucus":{
"to meet as a group to decide on something":{
"examples":[
"Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates."
],
"synonyms":[],
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"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet",
"rendezvous",
"reassemble",
"reconvene",
"regather",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cabinet , synod":{
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"cabinet",
"conclave",
"synod",
"assembly",
"congress",
"convention",
"convocation",
"council",
"gathering",
"get-together",
"huddle",
"meeting",
"clinic",
"workshop",
"demonstration",
"rally",
"confab",
"conversation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discourse",
"discussion",
"palaver",
"talk",
"negotiation",
"parley",
"summit",
"conference",
"forum",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium",
"audience",
"interview",
"session"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in movement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"movement",
"schism",
"scission",
"denomination",
"persuasion",
"crew",
"gang",
"pack",
"team",
"splinter",
"split",
"bloc",
"block",
"body",
"coalition",
"faction",
"party",
"sect",
"set",
"side",
"wing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"caucused":{
"to meet as a group to decide on something":{
"examples":[
"Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates."
],
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"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"consolidated",
"consorted",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"federated",
"ganged up",
"joined",
"merged",
"united",
"assembled",
"clustered",
"collected",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"conglomerated",
"congregated",
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"converged",
"forgathered",
"foregathered",
"gathered",
"met",
"rendezvoused",
"reassembled",
"reconvened",
"regathered",
"remet"
],
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"left",
"took off",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caucuses":{
"to meet as a group to decide on something":{
"examples":[
"Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
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"merges",
"unites",
"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
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"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cabinets , synods":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"cabinets",
"conclaves",
"synods",
"assemblies",
"congresses",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"councils",
"gatherings",
"get-togethers",
"huddles",
"meetings",
"clinics",
"workshops",
"demonstrations",
"rallies",
"confabs",
"conversations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discourses",
"discussions",
"palavers",
"talks",
"negotiations",
"parleys",
"summits",
"conferences",
"forums",
"fora",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"audiences",
"interviews",
"sessions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in movements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"movements",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"denominations",
"persuasions",
"crews",
"gangs",
"packs",
"teams",
"splinters",
"splits",
"blocks",
"blocs",
"bodies",
"coalitions",
"factions",
"parties",
"sects",
"sets",
"sides",
"wings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"caulking":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"causes":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the ice storm caused a massive power outage"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"catalyzes",
"creates",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"engenders",
"generates",
"induces",
"invokes",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"results (in)",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"extinguishes",
"liquidates",
"quenches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something responsible for a result":{
"examples":[
"the much-debated causes of the war"
],
"synonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causalities",
"causations",
"occasions",
"reasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considerations",
"determinants",
"factors",
"alpha and omegas",
"be-all and end-alls",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"stimuli",
"mothers",
"origins",
"roots",
"sources",
"springs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ramifications",
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"repercussions",
"conclusions",
"ends",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"side effects",
"side reactions"
],
"antonyms":[
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"effects",
"fates",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"products",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots"
]
},
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"joined the freedom fighters' cause as a young man"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandwagons",
"blitzes",
"campaigns",
"crusades",
"drives",
"juggernauts",
"movements",
"pushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"maneuvers",
"marches",
"offensives",
"actions",
"bids",
"enterprises",
"initiatives",
"missions",
"projects",
"undertakings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"caution":{
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"the doctor cautioned that I should still be careful using my sprained wrist for the next several days"
],
"synonyms":[
"advise",
"alert",
"forewarn",
"wake",
"warn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augur",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"harbinger",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"apprise",
"inform",
"notify",
"tip (off)",
"admonish",
"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"foreshadow",
"foretoken",
"portend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperil",
"risk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a close attentiveness to avoiding danger":{
"examples":[
"the extreme caution with which the zookeeper handled the snake"
],
"synonyms":[
"alertness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"chariness",
"circumspection",
"gingerliness",
"guardedness",
"heedfulness",
"prudence",
"wariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentiveness",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"providence",
"calculation",
"canniness",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"shrewdness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abruptness",
"hastiness",
"impetuousness",
"precipitousness",
"rashness",
"suddenness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"brashness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"recklessness",
"unwariness"
]
},
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
"examples":[
"how she manages to drive her car without destroying the neighborhood is a caution"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash",
"marvel",
"miracle",
"phenomenon",
"portent",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"splendor",
"wonder"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curiosity",
"sight",
"spectacle",
"beauty",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"apparition",
"appearance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that tells of approaching danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"this is just a caution that the following paragraph practically gives away the entire plot of the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"red flag",
"red light",
"tip-off",
"tocsin",
"wake-up call",
"warning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"omen",
"portent",
"premonition",
"presage",
"notice",
"notification",
"buoy",
"indicator",
"knell",
"sign",
"signal",
"foretaste",
"foretoken",
"announcement",
"declaration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"we heeded the police officer's caution about the road ahead"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"forewarning",
"heads-up",
"notice",
"warning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auguring",
"augury",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"premonition",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"prophesying",
"apprising",
"informing",
"notification",
"notifying",
"tip-off",
"advice",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"tip",
"announcement",
"declaration"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a measure taken to preclude loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the standard caution of donning surgical gloves before performing any kind of dental work"
],
"synonyms":[
"fail-safe",
"palladium",
"precaution",
"preventive",
"safeguard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armor",
"cover",
"guard",
"protection",
"screen",
"shield",
"wall",
"ward"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cautioning":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"serving as or offering a warning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a cautioning story about how envy can destroy a friendship"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"didactic",
"moralistic",
"moralizing",
"advisory",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"punishing",
"punitive"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"exemplary",
"monitory",
"premonitory",
"warning"
]
},
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the doctor cautioned that I should still be careful using my sprained wrist for the next several days"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"risking"
],
"related":[
"auguring",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"harbingering",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"apprising",
"informing",
"notifying",
"tipping (off)",
"admonishing",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"foreshadowing",
"foretokening",
"portending"
],
"synonyms":[
"advising",
"alerting",
"forewarning",
"waking",
"warning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cautiously":{
"as in carefully , deliberately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"carefully",
"deliberately",
"purposefully",
"laggardly",
"leisurely",
"pokily",
"slow",
"slowly",
"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"heavily",
"ploddingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"meteorically",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"immediately",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"readily",
"soon",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"caucusing":{
"to meet as a group to decide on something":{
"examples":[
"Republicans caucused last week to choose their candidates."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"clustering",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing",
"reassembling",
"reconvening",
"regathering",
"remeeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"causeway":{
"as in parkway , expressway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"through street"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caught up":{
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times"
],
"synonyms":[
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entoiled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"netted",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"birdlimed",
"captured",
"collared",
"embroiled",
"implicated",
"involved",
"mired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"extricated",
"cleared",
"freed",
"liberated"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"untangled"
]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrested",
"bedazzled",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"thrilled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"charmed",
"absorbed",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"involved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of":{
"examples":[
"so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"bemused",
"busied",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"enthralled",
"enwrapped",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"immersed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"involved",
"occupied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allured",
"attracted",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"obsessed",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"distracted",
"preoccupied",
"hogged",
"monopolized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"palled",
"tired",
"wearied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give information to":{
"examples":[
"catch me up on what's been happening at the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquainted",
"advised",
"apprised",
"briefed",
"cleared",
"clued (in)",
"enlightened",
"familiarized",
"filled in",
"hipped",
"informed",
"instructed",
"told",
"versed",
"wised (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"alerted",
"notified",
"announced (to)",
"disclosed (to)",
"assured",
"certified",
"convinced",
"reassured",
"warranted",
"educated",
"lectured",
"schooled",
"taught",
"tutored",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"undeceived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinformed",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre":{
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"a cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre from some reality TV show whose fame hadn't even lasted the proverbial 15 minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"celeb",
"celebrity",
"figure",
"icon",
"ikon",
"light",
"luminary",
"megastar",
"name",
"notability",
"notable",
"notoriety",
"personage",
"personality",
"somebody",
"standout",
"star",
"superstar",
"VIP"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"heartthrob",
"hero",
"idol",
"demigod",
"dignitary",
"eminence",
"immortal",
"monument",
"pillar",
"worthy",
"baron",
"big shot",
"bigwig",
"kahuna",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"panjandrum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"mediocrity",
"has-been"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"noncelebrity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caused":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the ice storm caused a massive power outage"
],
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"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"generated",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
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"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres":{
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"a cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre from some reality TV show whose fame hadn't even lasted the proverbial 15 minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"celebrities",
"celebs",
"figures",
"icons",
"ikons",
"lights",
"luminaries",
"megastars",
"names",
"notabilities",
"notables",
"notorieties",
"personages",
"personalities",
"somebodies",
"standouts",
"stars",
"superstars",
"VIPs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorites",
"heartthrobs",
"heroes",
"idols",
"demigods",
"dignitaries",
"eminences",
"immortals",
"monuments",
"pillars",
"worthies",
"barons",
"big shots",
"bigwigs",
"kahunas",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"panjandrums",
"panjandra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"mediocrities",
"has-beens"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobodies",
"noncelebrities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caulked":{
"as in sealed , chinked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinked",
"sealed",
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed (off)",
"clotted",
"congested",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"repacked",
"restuffed",
"blocked",
"bunged",
"dammed",
"filled",
"packed",
"plugged",
"stopped",
"stuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"shoveled",
"shovelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caulk":{
"as in seal , chink":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chink",
"seal",
"choke",
"clog",
"close (off)",
"clot",
"congest",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"repack",
"restuff",
"block",
"bung",
"dam",
"fill",
"pack",
"plug",
"stop",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"shovel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cauldron":{
"a large open container that is usually used for cooking":{
"examples":[
"They filled the cauldron with what seemed like an endless amount of clams."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kettle",
"pot",
"bucket",
"pail",
"canteen",
"flagon",
"jar",
"jug",
"pitcher",
"bail",
"hod",
"tank",
"tub",
"vat",
"holder",
"receptacle",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"causing":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"the ice storm caused a massive power outage"
],
"synonyms":[
"begetting",
"breeding",
"bringing",
"bringing about",
"bringing on",
"catalyzing",
"creating",
"doing",
"drawing on",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"engendering",
"generating",
"inducing",
"invoking",
"making",
"occasioning",
"producing",
"prompting",
"resulting (in)",
"spawning",
"translating (into)",
"working",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conducing (to)",
"contributing (to)",
"deciding",
"determining",
"beginning",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"instituting",
"introducing",
"launching",
"pioneering",
"setting",
"setting up",
"starting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"developing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"enacting",
"rendering",
"turning out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"dampening",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"arresting",
"checking",
"controlling",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"retarding",
"canning",
"killing",
"snuffing (out)",
"stilling",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"extinguishing",
"liquidating",
"quenching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cautionary":{
"serving as or offering a warning":{
"examples":[
"the story of King Midas is a cautionary tale about the perils of wishing for something\u2014you just might get it"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautioning",
"exemplary",
"monitory",
"premonitory",
"warning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"didactic",
"moralistic",
"moralizing",
"advisory",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"punishing",
"punitive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"causeways":{
"as in parkways , expressways":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways",
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"superhighways",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"through streets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cause celebre":{
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"a cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre from some reality TV show whose fame hadn't even lasted the proverbial 15 minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"celeb",
"celebrity",
"figure",
"icon",
"ikon",
"light",
"luminary",
"megastar",
"name",
"notability",
"notable",
"notoriety",
"personage",
"personality",
"somebody",
"standout",
"star",
"superstar",
"VIP"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"heartthrob",
"hero",
"idol",
"demigod",
"dignitary",
"eminence",
"immortal",
"monument",
"pillar",
"worthy",
"baron",
"big shot",
"bigwig",
"kahuna",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"panjandrum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"mediocrity",
"has-been"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"noncelebrity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cauldrons":{
"a large open container that is usually used for cooking":{
"examples":[
"They filled the cauldron with what seemed like an endless amount of clams."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kettles",
"pots",
"buckets",
"pails",
"canteens",
"flagons",
"jars",
"jugs",
"pitchers",
"bails",
"hods",
"tanks",
"tubs",
"vats",
"holders",
"receptacles",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cauterize":{
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"time had cauterized his bitterness, and he was willing to let bygones be bygones"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumb",
"blunt",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"numb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffle",
"mute",
"tone (down)",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"let up (on)",
"lower",
"reduce",
"subdue",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"weaken",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"subside",
"taper (off)",
"wane",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten",
"abate",
"moderate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"consolidate",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"redouble",
"step up",
"strengthen",
"animate",
"arouse",
"stimulate"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpen",
"whet"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caustically":{
"as in obnoxiously , venomously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"causerie":{
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
"examples":[
"the monthly departmental causeries did much to foster a sense of community"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"cackle",
"chat",
"chatter",
"chin music",
"chin-wag",
"chitchat",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"gab",
"gabfest",
"gossip",
"jangle",
"jaw",
"natter",
"palaver",
"patter",
"rap",
"schmooze",
"small talk",
"table talk",
"talk",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquy",
"conference",
"discourse",
"parley",
"symposium",
"debate",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"exchange",
"give-and-take",
"crosstalk",
"happy talk",
"yak",
"yack",
"yammer",
"yap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caught on":{
"as in went , worked out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"cooked",
"percolated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"washed out",
"languished",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"cratered",
"crumbled",
"flamed out",
"choked",
"cracked up",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"fell down",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cauterized":{
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"time had cauterized his bitterness, and he was willing to let bygones be bygones"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbed",
"blunted",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"numbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffled",
"muted",
"toned (down)",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"let up (on)",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"debilitated",
"enfeebled",
"weakened",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"subsided",
"tapered (off)",
"waned",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"abated",
"moderated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"consolidated",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"redoubled",
"stepped up",
"strengthened",
"animated",
"aroused",
"stimulated"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpened",
"whetted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caulks":{
"as in seals , chinks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chinks",
"seals",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"closes (off)",
"clots",
"congests",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"repacks",
"restuffs",
"blocks",
"bungs",
"dams",
"fills",
"packs",
"plugs",
"stops",
"stuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"shovels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"causality":{
"someone or something responsible for a result":{
"examples":[
"a supreme being is a being that, by definition, has no causality of its own"
],
"synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"alpha and omega",
"be-all and end-all",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ramification",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"repercussion",
"conclusion",
"end",
"by-product",
"side effect",
"side reaction"
],
"antonyms":[
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"caudillo":{
"as in warlord , overlord":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overlord",
"warlord",
"authoritarian",
"Big Brother",
"paramount",
"potentate",
"totalitarian",
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"dominator",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"overlord",
"ruler",
"autarch",
"autocrat",
"monocrat",
"king",
"lord",
"monarch",
"prince",
"queen",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"caesar",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"oppressor",
"pharaoh",
"strongman",
"tyrannizer",
"tyrant",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"tycoon",
"disciplinarian",
"discipliner",
"enforcer",
"martinet",
"taskmaster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cauterizes":{
"to reduce or weaken in strength or feeling":{
"examples":[
"time had cauterized his bitterness, and he was willing to let bygones be bygones"
],
"synonyms":[
"benumbs",
"blunts",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"numbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muffles",
"mutes",
"tones (down)",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"lets up (on)",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"weakens",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"subsides",
"tapers (off)",
"wanes",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens",
"abates",
"moderates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifies",
"augments",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"consolidates",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"redoubles",
"steps up",
"strengthens",
"animates",
"arouses",
"stimulates"
],
"antonyms":[
"sharpens",
"whets"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"causal":{
"as in creative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"creative",
"constructive",
"formative",
"productive",
"consequential",
"influential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonconstructive",
"nonproductive",
"unproductive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cautioned":{
"to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk":{
"examples":[
"the doctor cautioned that I should still be careful using my sprained wrist for the next several days"
],
"synonyms":[
"advised",
"alerted",
"forewarned",
"warned",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"augured",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"harbingered",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"apprised",
"informed",
"notified",
"tipped (off)",
"admonished",
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"foreshadowed",
"foretokened",
"portended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"risked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caught fire":{
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"It is rare when a product catches fire with consumers and exceeds all expectations."
],
"synonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caught on",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"cooked",
"percolated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languished",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"cratered",
"crumbled",
"flamed out",
"choked",
"cracked up",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"fell down",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"washed out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"caught up (with)":{
"to move fast enough to get even with":{
"examples":[
"I walked faster to catch up with my friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught",
"overhauled",
"overtook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chased",
"pursued",
"gained",
"reached",
"passed",
"surpassed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"caustic":{
"marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{
"examples":[
"caustic movie reviews that serve mainly to show how clever the reviewer is"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"tartish",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}