3731 lines
74 KiB
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3731 lines
74 KiB
JSON
{
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"efface":{
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"to destroy all traces of":{
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"examples":[
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"when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abolish",
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"annihilate",
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"black out",
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"blot out",
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"cancel",
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"clean (up)",
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"eradicate",
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"erase",
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"expunge",
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"exterminate",
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"extirpate",
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"liquidate",
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"obliterate",
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"root (out)",
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"rub out",
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"snuff (out)",
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"stamp (out)",
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"sweep (away)",
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"wipe out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decimate",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"ravage",
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"dismantle",
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"flatten",
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"mow (down)",
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"raze",
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"tear down",
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"ruin",
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"total",
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"waste",
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"wreck",
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"blast",
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"blow up",
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"dash",
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"dynamite",
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"smash",
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"atomize",
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"consume",
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"devour",
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"dissolve",
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"fragment",
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"powder",
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"pulverize",
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"shatter",
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"splinter",
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"doom",
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"finish",
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"kill",
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"kill off",
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"terminate",
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"zap",
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"cut",
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"discard",
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"ditch",
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"eject",
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"excise",
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"expel",
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"jettison",
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"oust",
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"throw out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conserve",
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"preserve",
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"protect",
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"save",
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"build",
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"construct",
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"create",
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"fabricate",
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"fashion",
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"forge",
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"form",
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"frame",
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"make",
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"manufacture",
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"shape",
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"fix",
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"mend",
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"patch",
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"rebuild",
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"recondition",
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"reconstruct",
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"renew",
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"renovate",
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"repair",
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"restore",
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"revamp"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"effacing":{
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"to destroy all traces of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conserving",
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"preserving",
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"protecting",
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"saving",
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"building",
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"constructing",
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"creating",
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"fabricating",
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"fashioning",
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"forging",
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"forming",
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"framing",
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"making",
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"manufacturing",
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"shaping",
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"fixing",
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"mending",
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"patching",
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"rebuilding",
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"reconditioning",
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"reconstructing",
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"renewing",
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"renovating",
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"repairing",
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"restoring",
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"revamping"
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],
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"related":[
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"decimating",
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"demolishing",
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"destroying",
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"devastating",
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"ravaging",
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"dismantling",
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"flattening",
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"mowing (down)",
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"razing",
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"tearing down",
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"ruining",
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"totaling",
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"totalling",
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"wasting",
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"wrecking",
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"blasting",
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"blowing up",
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"dashing",
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"dynamiting",
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"smashing",
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"atomizing",
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"consuming",
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"devouring",
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"dissolving",
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"fragmenting",
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"powdering",
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"pulverizing",
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"shattering",
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"splintering",
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"dooming",
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"finishing",
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"killing",
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"killing off",
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"terminating",
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"zapping",
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"cutting",
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"discarding",
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"ditching",
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"ejecting",
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"excising",
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"expelling",
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"jettisoning",
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"ousting",
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"throwing out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abolishing",
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"annihilating",
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"blacking out",
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"blotting out",
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"canceling",
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"cancelling",
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"cleaning (up)",
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"eradicating",
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"erasing",
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"expunging",
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"exterminating",
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"extirpating",
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"liquidating",
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"obliterating",
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"rooting (out)",
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"rubbing out",
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"snuffing (out)",
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"stamping (out)",
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"sweeping (away)",
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"wiping out"
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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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"effectively":{
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"in an effective manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"She used a visual aid to effectively communicate her point."
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],
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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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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"effectually":{
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"in an effective manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Her essay effectually communicates the need for new infrastructure.",
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"Their vacation was effectually ruined by the storm."
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],
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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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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"effete":{
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"having lost forcefulness, courage, or spirit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the soft, effete society that marked the final years of the Roman empire"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"overrefined",
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"precious",
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"decaying",
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"declining",
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"dying",
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"failing",
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"waning",
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"debilitated",
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"enervate",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"languid",
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"sapped",
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"soft",
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"wasted",
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"weak",
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"weakened",
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"wimpy",
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"dissolute",
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"immoral",
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"debased",
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"debauched",
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"degraded",
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"demoralized",
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"depraved",
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"dissipated",
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"dissolute"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"decadent",
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"decayed",
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"degenerate",
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"overripe",
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"washed-up"
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]
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},
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"lacking bodily strength":{
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"antonyms":[
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"mighty",
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"powerful",
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"rugged",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"strong"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the outdoor adventure program takes effete youths and turns them into hardy campers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"athletic",
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"beefy",
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"brawny",
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"fit",
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"husky",
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"muscular",
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"sinewy",
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"strapping",
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"virile",
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"hard",
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"hardy",
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"lusty",
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"red-blooded",
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"robust",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"fortified",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"strengthened",
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"toughened",
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"energetic",
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"energized",
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"invigorated",
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"vigorous",
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"vitalized",
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"hale",
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"healthy",
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"sound",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"convalescing",
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"recovering",
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"recuperating"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenged",
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"disabled",
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"incapacitated",
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"invalid",
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"paralyzed",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"impotent",
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"powerless",
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"breakable",
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"flimsy",
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"fragile",
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"dizzy",
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"groggy",
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"rocky",
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"unsteady",
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"woozy",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"flagging",
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"tired",
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"weary",
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"worn-out",
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"damaged",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"lame",
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"unsound",
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"resistless",
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"susceptible",
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"unresistant",
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"vulnerable",
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"yielding"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"asthenic",
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"debilitated",
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"delicate",
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"down-and-out",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"faint",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"infirm",
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"languid",
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"low",
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"prostrate",
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"prostrated",
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"sapped",
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"slight",
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"soft",
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"softened",
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"tender",
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"unsubstantial",
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"wasted",
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"weak",
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"weakened",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy"
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]
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},
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"lacking strength of will or character":{
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"antonyms":[
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"backboned",
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"firm",
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"hard",
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"strong",
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"tough"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the governor is too effete to take on the powerful special interests that really run this state"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ethical",
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"good",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"right",
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"righteous",
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"upright",
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"virtuous",
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"determined",
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"mettlesome",
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"resolute",
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"unrelenting",
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"courageous",
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"stalwart",
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"stouthearted"
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],
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"related":[
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"flabby",
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"flaccid",
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"forceless",
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"ineffective",
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"ineffectual",
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"impotent",
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"impuissant",
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"powerless",
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"emasculated",
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"unnerved",
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"lamblike",
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"meek",
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"pliable",
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"submissive",
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"corrupt",
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"dastardly",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous",
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"villainous",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"fainthearted",
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"lily-livered",
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"nebbishy",
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"poltroon",
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"pusillanimous",
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"sissy",
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"timid",
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"infirm",
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"irresolute",
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"vacillating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"characterless",
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"frail",
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"invertebrate",
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"limp-wristed",
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"milk-and-water",
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"namby-pamby",
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"nerveless",
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"soft",
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"spineless",
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"weak",
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"weak-kneed",
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"weakened",
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"weakling",
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"wet",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy",
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"wishy-washy"
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]
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},
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"of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women":{
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"antonyms":[
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"manlike",
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"manly",
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"mannish",
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"masculine",
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"virile"
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],
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"examples":[
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"wore a slightly more effete style of clothing in those days"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"feminine",
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"girlish",
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"girlie",
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"girly",
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"womanlike",
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"womanly",
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"old-maidish",
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"overnice",
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"prissy",
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"spinsterish",
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"dandyish",
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"dudish",
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"foppish",
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"sappy",
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"camp",
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"campy",
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"antimacho"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"effeminate",
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"epicene",
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"sissified",
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"sissy",
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"unmanly",
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"womanish"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"effeteness":{
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"as in effeminacy":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"effeminacy",
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"femaleness",
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"girlishness",
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"girlhood",
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"maidenhood",
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"femininity",
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"feminity",
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"muliebrity",
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"womanhood",
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"womanishness",
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"womanliness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"manhood",
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"manliness",
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"masculinity",
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"virility",
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"androgyny",
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"boyishness",
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"mannishness",
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"tomboyishness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in tenderness , softness":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"softness",
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"tenderness",
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"defenselessness",
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"helplessness",
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"impotence",
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"impuissance",
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"powerlessness",
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"disablement",
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"incapacitation",
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"invalidism",
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"exhaustion",
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"fatigue",
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"lassitude",
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"weariness",
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"damage",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impairment",
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"injury",
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"breakdown",
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"collapse",
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"prostration",
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"decay",
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"decrepitude",
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"asthenia",
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"debilitation",
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"debility",
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"delicacy",
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"enervation",
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"enfeeblement",
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"faintness",
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"feebleness",
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"fragility",
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"frailness",
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"frailty",
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"infirmity",
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"languidness",
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"languor",
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"listlessness",
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"lowness",
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"weakness",
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"wimpiness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hardihood",
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"hardiness",
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"robustness",
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"strength",
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"vigor",
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"energy",
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"vitality",
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"brawniness",
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"fitness",
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"heftiness",
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"huskiness",
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"lustiness",
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"muscularity",
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"virility",
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"hardness",
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"ruggedness",
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"stoutness",
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"sturdiness",
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"toughness",
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"health",
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"healthiness",
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"soundness",
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"wellness"
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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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"efflorescing":{
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"to produce flowers":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drying up",
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"fading",
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"shriveling",
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"shrivelling",
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"wilting",
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"withering",
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"dropping",
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"dying",
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"expiring",
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"perishing"
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],
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"related":[
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"leafing",
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"leaving",
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"budding",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effort":{
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the finished parade float was well worth the effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inaction",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"quiescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"work"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efforts":{
|
|
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the finished parade float was well worth the effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilities",
|
|
"fluencies",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"inactions",
|
|
"inactivities",
|
|
"indolences",
|
|
"inertias",
|
|
"languors",
|
|
"quiescences"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"energies",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"mights",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"puissances",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elbow grease",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"expenditures",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"works"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effulgence":{
|
|
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exceptional effulgence of the harvest moon is always a striking sight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"brilliancy",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"lambency",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"lustrousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"refulgence",
|
|
"splendor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"shininess",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"colorlessness",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"shadowiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"duskiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effulgent":{
|
|
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unbright",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stars always seem more effulgent when viewed in the country, far away from the distracting lights of the big city"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"coruscant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"superbright",
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"sheeny",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"splendid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effuse":{
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"emote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"enthuse",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"slobber"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effuses":{
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pundits who should have known better effused endlessly about this idealistic but naive senator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"enthuses",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"rhapsodizes",
|
|
"slobbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"emotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efflorescence":{
|
|
"as in flowering , blooming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtime",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effectuates":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hope that the greater social interaction between members of the different classes will effectuate greater school spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"brings on",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"draws on",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effervescently":{
|
|
"as in racily , springily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"racily",
|
|
"springily",
|
|
"friskily",
|
|
"gamesomely",
|
|
"playfully",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"sportively",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"cockily",
|
|
"dapperly",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"jauntily",
|
|
"airily",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"animately",
|
|
"bouncily",
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
|
"livelily",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perkily",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sparkily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"trippingly",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"agilely",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"spryly",
|
|
"allegro"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"lethargically",
|
|
"slothfully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"inactively",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effected":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought on",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"caused",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drew on",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"occasioned",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"resulted (in)",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"translated (into)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduced (to)",
|
|
"contributed (to)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
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"launched",
|
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"pioneered",
|
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"set",
|
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"set up",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
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"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effacements":{
|
|
"as in eradications , dismantlements":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dismantlements",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"breakups",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"disintegrations",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"depredations",
|
|
"despoilments",
|
|
"despoliations",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"demolishments",
|
|
"demolitions",
|
|
"desolations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"extinctions",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"mincemeats",
|
|
"obliterations",
|
|
"ruinations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"wreckages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buildings",
|
|
"constructions",
|
|
"erections",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvages",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"preservations",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effrontery":{
|
|
"shameless boldness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little squirt had the effrontery to deny eating any cookies, even with the crumbs still on his lips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brass",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"chutzpah",
|
|
"chutzpa",
|
|
"hutzpah",
|
|
"hutzpa",
|
|
"crust",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"nerviness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"sanguinity",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courteousness",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"mannerliness",
|
|
"manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efficiencies":{
|
|
"the power to produce a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proven efficiency of meditation in reducing stress within the company's workforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficacity",
|
|
"efficacy",
|
|
"productiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effectuated":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hope that the greater social interaction between members of the different classes will effectuate greater school spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought on",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"caused",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drew on",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"occasioned",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"resulted (in)",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"translated (into)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effectiveness":{
|
|
"the capacity to persuade":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the \"guilty\" verdict was all the proof needed of the effectiveness of the prosecutor's closing argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"conclusiveness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"suasiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"believability",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"seductiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invalidity",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusiveness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to produce a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge upsurge in sales pretty much demonstrated the effectiveness of the new ad campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficacity",
|
|
"efficacy",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"productiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"your writing lacks effectiveness because practically every sentence is in the passive voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"punch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fascination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efficiency apartment":{
|
|
"as in duplex apartment , garden apartment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bed-sitter",
|
|
"bedsit",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousing",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"duplex apartment",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"flatlet",
|
|
"floor-through",
|
|
"garden apartment",
|
|
"granny flat",
|
|
"maisonette",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"railroad flat",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"studio apartment",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"gallery",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"apartment building",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"tenement house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"effeminate":{
|
|
"of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had a high and somewhat effeminate voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"epicene",
|
|
"sissified",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"womanish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"girlie",
|
|
"girly",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"overnice",
|
|
"prissy",
|
|
"spinsterish",
|
|
"dandyish",
|
|
"dudish",
|
|
"foppish",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"antimacho"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"manlike",
|
|
"manly",
|
|
"mannish",
|
|
"masculine",
|
|
"virile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effloresce":{
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"unfold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"open"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effecting":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"bringing on",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"causing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drawing on",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effect":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"better health is always one of the effects of improved hygiene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"backwash",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"fate",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"resultant",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramification",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"implication",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"afterclap",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aftershock",
|
|
"blowback",
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"fallout",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"spin-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"causation",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to bring about a result on another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"religion has a profound effect on our lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"domination",
|
|
"dominion",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"sovereignty",
|
|
"sovranty",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family packed up its household effects and moved to Florida"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"personal effects",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"fixtures",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tangibles",
|
|
"collateral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immovables",
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"draw on",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"result (in)",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"translate (into)",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduce (to)",
|
|
"contribute (to)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"quench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effluvia":{
|
|
"discarded or useless material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the effluvia from local sewage treatment plants polluting the river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"scrap heap",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effloresces":{
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"created an artificial environment in which plants grew and effloresced regardless of season"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"opens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effigies":{
|
|
"a depiction of a person":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"carbons",
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"duplications",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"look-alikes",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"mirror images",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"spitting images",
|
|
"twins",
|
|
"Chinese copies",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"equivalents",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"parallels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efficient":{
|
|
"producing or capable of producing a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that manual lawn mower is not a very efficient tool for doing a huge yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficacious",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"productive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperefficient",
|
|
"ultraefficient",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"counterproductive",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"abortive",
|
|
"bootless",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"unavailing",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efflorescences":{
|
|
"as in flowerings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days",
|
|
"springtimes",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effaces":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
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"kills off",
|
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"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
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|
"ejects",
|
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"excises",
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"expels",
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"jettisons",
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"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
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"protects",
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"saves",
|
|
"builds",
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"constructs",
|
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"creates",
|
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"fabricates",
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|
"fashions",
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"forges",
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|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
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|
"makes",
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"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effective":{
|
|
"producing or capable of producing a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an effective treatment of the once-dreaded disease",
|
|
"gave an effective speech that won over many undecided voters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficacious",
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|
"efficient",
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"fruitful",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"productive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperefficient",
|
|
"ultraefficient",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"counterproductive",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"abortive",
|
|
"bootless",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"unavailing",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having the power to persuade":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made an effective argument in favor of the proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"persuasive",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"relevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unpersuasive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing in fact and not merely as a possibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made the mistake of confusing the plant's production capacity with its effective output"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"de facto",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"sure-enough",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"inescapable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real-life",
|
|
"real-world",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"certified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"symbolic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"virtual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"platonic",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"suppositional",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effluents":{
|
|
"as in distributaries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distributaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affluents",
|
|
"bayous",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"confluents",
|
|
"feeders",
|
|
"influents",
|
|
"tributaries",
|
|
"backwaters",
|
|
"brooklets",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"creeks",
|
|
"rills",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streamlets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efficacy":{
|
|
"the power to produce a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"questioned the efficacy of the alarms in actually preventing auto theft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficacity",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"productiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effaced":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the supply ship finally arrived, it discovered that virtually all evidence of the colony at Roanoke had been effaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effectualness":{
|
|
"the power to produce a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the effectualness of that new cancer treatment has yet to be proven"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficacity",
|
|
"efficacy",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"productiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effigy":{
|
|
"a depiction of a person":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"look-alike",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"mirror image",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spitting image",
|
|
"twin",
|
|
"Chinese copy",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"analogue",
|
|
"analog",
|
|
"parallel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antithesis",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efficiency apartments":{
|
|
"as in duplex apartments , garden apartments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bed-sitters",
|
|
"bedsits",
|
|
"bed-sitting-room",
|
|
"cohousings",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"condos",
|
|
"duplex apartments",
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"efficiencies",
|
|
"flatlets",
|
|
"floor-throughs",
|
|
"garden apartments",
|
|
"granny flats",
|
|
"maisonettes",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"railroad flats",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"studio apartments",
|
|
"studios",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"walk-ups",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"tenements",
|
|
"galleries",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"apartment buildings",
|
|
"apartment houses",
|
|
"tenement houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"efficiency":{
|
|
"the power to produce a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proven efficiency of meditation in reducing stress within the company's workforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficacity",
|
|
"efficacy",
|
|
"productiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effusive":{
|
|
"showing feeling freely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"often effusive no matter what the occasion, they are even more so at weddings and funerals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"touchy-feely",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
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"hyperemotional",
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"melodramatic",
|
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"theatrical",
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"theatric",
|
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"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
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"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
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"sentimental",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
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"extroverted",
|
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"extraverted",
|
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"outgoing",
|
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"affectionate",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"candid",
|
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"frank",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"constrained",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"unfriendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effortful":{
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book's abstruse subject matter and dense prose make for effortful reading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effectuate":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hope that the greater social interaction between members of the different classes will effectuate greater school spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"draw on",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"result (in)",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"translate (into)",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduce (to)",
|
|
"contribute (to)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"quench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"efficacity":{
|
|
"the power to produce a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the limited efficacity of the primitive tool as an instrument for cutting raw meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"efficaciousness",
|
|
"efficacy",
|
|
"efficiency",
|
|
"productiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"strength"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficiency"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effeminacy":{
|
|
"as in effeteness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"femaleness",
|
|
"girlishness",
|
|
"girlhood",
|
|
"maidenhood",
|
|
"femininity",
|
|
"feminity",
|
|
"muliebrity",
|
|
"womanhood",
|
|
"womanishness",
|
|
"womanliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"manhood",
|
|
"manliness",
|
|
"masculinity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"androgyny",
|
|
"boyishness",
|
|
"mannishness",
|
|
"tomboyishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"effortfulness":{
|
|
"as in effort , trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"tirelessness",
|
|
"application",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"assiduity",
|
|
"assiduousness",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"industriousness",
|
|
"industry",
|
|
"sedulity",
|
|
"sedulousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"slackness",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |