7307 lines
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7307 lines
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{
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"extempore":{
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"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
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"examples":[
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"after the election both candidates admitted that they had made a number of extempore remarks that they later regretted"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ad hoc",
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"ad-lib",
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"down and dirty",
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"extemporaneous",
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"extemporary",
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"impromptu",
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"improvisational",
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"improvised",
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"off-the-cuff",
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"offhand",
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"offhanded",
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"snap",
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"spur-of-the-moment",
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"unconsidered",
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"unplanned",
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"unpremeditated",
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"unprepared",
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"unrehearsed",
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"unstudied"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"unscripted",
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"automatic",
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"impulsive",
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"instinctive",
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"involuntary",
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"spontaneous",
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"casual",
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"cursive",
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"informal",
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"unauthorized",
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"half-baked",
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"half-cocked",
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"ill-advised"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"deliberate",
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"intended",
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"intentional"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"considered",
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"planned",
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"premeditated",
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"premeditative",
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"prepared",
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"rehearsed"
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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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"extemporizes":{
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"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
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"examples":[
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"a good talk show host has to be able to extemporize the interviews when things don't go as planned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ad-libs",
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"claps (together or up)",
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"fakes",
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"improvises"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"concocts",
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"contrives",
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"cooks (up)",
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"devises",
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"fabricates",
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"hatches",
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"invents",
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"makes up",
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"manufactures",
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"thinks (up)",
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"cobbles (together or up)",
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"dashes (off)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arranges",
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"lays",
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"prepares",
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"readies",
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"considers",
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"contemplates",
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"ponders",
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"studies",
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"exercises",
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"practices",
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"practises",
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"rehearses"
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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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"extensions":{
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"the act of making longer":{
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"examples":[
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"the board's extension of the school year drew howls of protest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"elongations",
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"prolongations"
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],
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"near synonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"abbreviations",
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"abridgments",
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"abridgements",
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"curtailments",
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"cutbacks",
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"shortenings"
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]
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},
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"a smaller structure added to a main building":{
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"examples":[
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"the new extension will connect the house with what is now a freestanding garage"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"additions",
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"annexes",
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"penthouses"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"arms",
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"ells",
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"wings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"extensively":{
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"to a large extent or degree":{
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"antonyms":[
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"little",
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"negligibly",
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"nominally",
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"slightly"
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],
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"examples":[
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"several beaches were extensively damaged by the hurricane"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"modestly",
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"fractionally",
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"imperceptibly",
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"infinitesimally",
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"insignificantly",
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"invisibly",
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"microscopically",
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"minutely",
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely"
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],
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"related":[
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"appreciably",
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"noticeably",
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"significantly",
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"abundantly",
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"amply",
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"copiously",
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"healthily",
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"plentifully"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astronomically",
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"big-time",
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"broadly",
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"colossally",
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"considerably",
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"enormously",
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"greatly",
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"highly",
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"hugely",
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"largely",
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"massively",
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"monstrously",
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"monumentally",
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"much",
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"sizably",
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"staggeringly",
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"stupendously",
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"tremendously",
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"utterly",
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"vastly"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"extensiveness":{
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"as in greatness , bigness":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bigness",
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"greatness",
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"largeness",
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"sizableness",
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"voluminousness",
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"weightiness",
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"enormity",
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"enormousness",
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"giantism",
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"gigantism",
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"hugeness",
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"immenseness",
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"immensity",
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"magnitude",
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"massiveness",
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"prodigiousness",
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"vastitude",
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"vastness",
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"awesomeness",
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"grandness",
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"stupendousness",
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"tremendousness",
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"boundlessness",
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"limitlessness",
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"ampleness",
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"capaciousness",
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"commodiousness",
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"spaciousness",
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"excessiveness",
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"extravagance",
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"extremeness",
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"gaudiness",
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"grandiosity",
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"immoderacy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"diminutiveness",
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"minuteness",
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"tininess",
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"littleness",
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"puniness",
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"smallness",
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"triviality"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in thoroughness , inclusiveness":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"all-inclusiveness",
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"comprehensiveness",
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"exhaustiveness",
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"inclusiveness",
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"soundness",
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"thoroughness",
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"faultlessness",
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"flawlessness",
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"indefectibility",
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"perfection",
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"absoluteness",
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"completeness",
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"entireness",
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"entirety",
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"fullness",
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"perfectness",
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"wholeness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"imperfection",
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"imperfectness",
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"incompleteness",
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"unsoundness",
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness",
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"limitedness",
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"narrowness",
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"patchiness",
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"sketchiness"
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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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"exterior":{
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"an outer part or layer":{
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"antonyms":[
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"inside",
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"interior"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the exterior of the tooth consists of very hard enamel"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"facade",
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"fa\u00e7ade",
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"front",
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"top",
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"cover",
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"covering",
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"facing",
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"appearance",
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"disguise",
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"guise",
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"mask",
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"semblance",
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"show"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"face",
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"outside",
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"shell",
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"skin",
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"surface",
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"veneer"
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]
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},
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"situated on the outside or farther out":{
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"antonyms":[
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"inner",
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"inside",
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"interior",
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"internal",
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"inward"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the house's exterior walls badly need to be painted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inmost",
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"innermost",
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"mid",
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"middle",
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"midmost"
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],
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"related":[
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"outermost",
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"outlying",
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"outmost",
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"superficial",
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"surface"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"external",
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"outer",
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"outside",
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"outward"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"exterminate":{
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"to destroy all traces of":{
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"examples":[
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"hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison"
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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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"efface",
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"eradicate",
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"erase",
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"expunge",
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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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"extermination":{
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"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
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"examples":[
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"the virtual extermination of the native tribes by the colonizers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilation",
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"decimation",
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"demolishment",
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"demolition",
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"desolation",
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"destruction",
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"devastation",
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"extinction",
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"havoc",
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"loss",
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"mincemeat",
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"obliteration",
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"ruin",
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"ruination",
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"wastage",
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"wreckage"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"depredation",
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"despoilment",
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"despoliation",
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"breakup",
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"collapse",
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"disintegration",
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"dissolution",
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"assassination",
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"execution",
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"killing",
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"massacre",
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"slaughter",
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"dismantlement",
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"effacement",
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"eradication"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"rescue",
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"salvage",
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"salvation",
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"saving",
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"conservation",
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"preservation",
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"protection",
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"reclamation",
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"reconstruction",
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"re-creation",
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"refurbishment",
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"regeneracy",
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"remodeling",
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"renovation",
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"restoration"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"building",
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"construction",
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"erection",
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"raising"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"extinct":{
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"no longer existing":{
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"examples":[
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"a few overgrown ruins are all that remain of that once mighty but now extinct civilization"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bygone",
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"bypast",
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"dead",
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"defunct",
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"departed",
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"done",
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"expired",
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"gone",
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"nonextant",
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"vanished"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nonexistent",
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"dying",
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"faded",
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"moribund",
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"collapsed",
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"fallen",
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"overthrown",
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"antiquated",
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"dated",
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"obsolete",
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"pass\u00e9",
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"finished",
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"lapsed",
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"terminated",
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"lost",
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"missing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"active",
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"dynamic",
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"thriving",
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"vibrant"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"alive",
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"existent",
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"existing",
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"extant",
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"living"
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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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"extinguishes":{
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"to cause to cease burning":{
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"examples":[
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"the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blankets",
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"douses",
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"dowses",
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"puts out",
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"quenches",
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"snuffs (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chokes",
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"smothers",
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"suffocates",
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"blows out",
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"rubs out",
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"snubs (out)",
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"stamps (out)",
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"stubs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"fires",
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"ignites",
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"inflames",
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"enflames",
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"kindles",
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"lights"
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]
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},
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"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
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"examples":[
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"a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilates",
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"creams",
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"decimates",
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"demolishes",
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"desolates",
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"destroys",
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"devastates",
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"does in",
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"nukes",
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"pulls down",
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"pulverizes",
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"razes",
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"rubs out",
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"ruins",
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"shatters",
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"smashes",
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"tears down",
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"totals",
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"vaporizes",
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"wastes",
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"wracks",
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"wrecks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"bests",
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"clobbers",
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"conquers",
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"crushes",
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"defeats",
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"drubs",
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"licks",
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"masters",
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"overbears",
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"overcomes",
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"overmatches",
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"prevails (over)",
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"routs",
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"scotches",
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"skunks",
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"subdues",
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"surmounts",
|
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"thrashes",
|
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"trims",
|
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"triumphs (over)",
|
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"trounces",
|
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"wallops",
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"whips",
|
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"wins (against)",
|
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"blasts",
|
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"blows up",
|
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"breaks",
|
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"cripples",
|
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"damages",
|
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"defaces",
|
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"deteriorates",
|
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"disfigures",
|
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"disintegrates",
|
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"dissolves",
|
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"dynamites",
|
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"harms",
|
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"impairs",
|
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"injures",
|
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"mangles",
|
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"mars",
|
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"mutilates",
|
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"spoils",
|
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"vitiates",
|
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"erodes",
|
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"scours",
|
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"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
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"wears (away)",
|
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"dilapidates",
|
|
"disassembles",
|
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"dismantles",
|
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"guts",
|
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"takes down",
|
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"unbuilds",
|
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"undoes",
|
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"unmakes",
|
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"blots out",
|
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"effaces",
|
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"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
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"exterminates",
|
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"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
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"despoils",
|
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"havocs",
|
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"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
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"ravages",
|
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"sacks",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"trashes",
|
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"vandalizes",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
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"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"restores"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"erects",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbs",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"mutes",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quietens",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"shushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extinguishing":{
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snubbing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"stubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"nuking",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"vaporizing",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wracking",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"scotching",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"winning (against)",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"unbuilding",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmaking",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"havocking",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalizing",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"restoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbing",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"muting",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quietening",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"shushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extirpate":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extirpates":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extortion":{
|
|
"the exaction of a grossly excessive charge for goods or services":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"six dollars for a cup of coffee is just plain extortion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"highway robbery",
|
|
"overcharging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extract":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extracted a splinter from my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (out)",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a part taken from a longer work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the anthology includes a long extract from the epic poem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excerpt",
|
|
"passage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"sound bite",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"quotation",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"longueur",
|
|
"purple passage",
|
|
"context",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extracurricular":{
|
|
"relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hired a private detective to investigate her husband's extracurricular activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"premarital",
|
|
"promiscuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterine",
|
|
"adulterous",
|
|
"extramarital",
|
|
"two-timing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraordinary":{
|
|
"being out of the ordinary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marine is being cited for extraordinary courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrated",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinaire",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one noticed anything extraordinary about the airline passenger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"weird"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"newsworthy",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"special"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extrapolate":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"derive",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"philosophize",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"think",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"find out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraverted":{
|
|
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"insociable",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a job in a research lab that is probably not well suited to an extroverted person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extreme":{
|
|
"as in maximum , outside":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tip , extremity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being very far from the center of public opinion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-of-the-road",
|
|
"nonrevolutionary",
|
|
"unrevolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their extreme political views attracted only a small band of followers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"reactionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultra"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in their extreme zeal the members of the cult are willing to do whatever their leader dictates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"most distant from a center":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"nearest"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spacecraft that is specially designed to explore the extreme edge of our solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"medial",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aftermost",
|
|
"rearmost",
|
|
"sternmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extrapolating":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"deriving",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"construing",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"philosophizing",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"finding out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraordinariness":{
|
|
"as in remarkableness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"remarkableness",
|
|
"elaborateness",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"ornateness",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"ritziness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"swankiness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"princeliness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"awesomeness",
|
|
"formidability",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"wonderfulness",
|
|
"wondrousness",
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"superbness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extortionately":{
|
|
"as in unreasonably , obscenely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extenuation":{
|
|
"as in palliation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palliation",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"atonement",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"cop-out",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretext",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"alibi",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extra":{
|
|
"being over what is needed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always has extra food on hand in the event that unexpected company drops by"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"supererogatory",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"additional",
|
|
"supplemental",
|
|
"supplementary",
|
|
"de trop",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
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"unessential",
|
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"unnecessary",
|
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"unneeded",
|
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"unwanted",
|
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"abundant",
|
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"ample",
|
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"bountiful",
|
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"copious",
|
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"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
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"insufficient",
|
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"meager",
|
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"meagre",
|
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"niggardly",
|
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"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
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"scarce",
|
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"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
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"skimpy",
|
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"sparse"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children tried to be extra quiet while their mother was recovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
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"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that portable player runs through batteries incredibly fast, so I always keep plenty of extras on hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"replication",
|
|
"reproduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"prototype"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motel is clean and comfortable, but there are no extras"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"superfluity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accoutrement",
|
|
"accouterment",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"option"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"must",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"requirement"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as an extra , the dealer filled the tank of my new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"dividend",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"gravy",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"perk",
|
|
"perquisite",
|
|
"throw-in",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pension",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"fringe benefit",
|
|
"icing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extant":{
|
|
"having being at the present time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a celebrated author who is generally regarded as America's greatest novelist extant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"around",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defunct",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"extinct",
|
|
"nonextant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing or in progress right now":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when people envisage the future, they often base their predictions on the assumption that extant trends will continue indefinitely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"present-day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"recent",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"supermodern",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"unborn",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noncontemporary",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9",
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extinguish":{
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"snuff (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"suffocate",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snub (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"stub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"nuke",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"vaporize",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scotch",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"disassemble",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"take down",
|
|
"unbuild",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unmake",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vandalize",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"zap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"restore"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quieten",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"shush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exterminating":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extremist":{
|
|
"being very far from the center of public opinion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their extremist views on religious issues set them apart from the rest of the community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"reactionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-of-the-road",
|
|
"nonrevolutionary",
|
|
"unrevolutionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extremists wanted to do away with everything, even though they had no thought-out plan for what to do afterwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"young Turk",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"reformist",
|
|
"anarch",
|
|
"anarchist",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"agitator",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"secessionist",
|
|
"separationist",
|
|
"separatist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"standpatter",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"traditionalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-of-the-roader",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extramarital":{
|
|
"relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had several extramarital affairs with coworkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"adulterine",
|
|
"adulterous",
|
|
"extracurricular",
|
|
"two-timing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"premarital",
|
|
"promiscuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"externally":{
|
|
"as in visibly , outwardly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
"seemingly",
|
|
"supposedly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly",
|
|
"assumably",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"presumedly",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"maybe",
|
|
"mayhap",
|
|
"perchance",
|
|
"perhaps",
|
|
"possibly",
|
|
"professedly",
|
|
"supposably",
|
|
"allegedly",
|
|
"purportedly",
|
|
"reportedly",
|
|
"reputedly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
"manifestly",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"self-evidently",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"surely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implausibly",
|
|
"impossibly",
|
|
"improbably",
|
|
"incredibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraordinarily":{
|
|
"as in unusually , uncommonly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"freakishly",
|
|
"singularly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"uncustomarily",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"extortionately",
|
|
"inexcusably",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"unconscionably",
|
|
"unreasonably",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"devilishly",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"exorbitantly",
|
|
"inordinately",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"overly",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unduly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"temperately",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extravaganzas":{
|
|
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the over-the-top extravaganzas that are usually staged at halftime during the Super Bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuses",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"raree-shows",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"spectaculars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extravagances":{
|
|
"an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the purchase of a fur coat was simply the latest of his wife's extravagances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prodigalities",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"dissipations",
|
|
"profligacies",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"overindulgences",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"immoderacies",
|
|
"overkills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"belt-tightenings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"economies",
|
|
"frugalities",
|
|
"parsimonies",
|
|
"penny-pinchings",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"thrifts",
|
|
"austerities",
|
|
"moderations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"temperances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"externalize":{
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"instantiate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"personalize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"substantiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"concretize",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"typify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exterminated":{
|
|
"as in eradicated , obliterated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extremely":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an extremely hot day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extend":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our guests from out of town extended their visit by a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drag (out)",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"thicken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shorten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple extended an invitation to join them for a get-together at their house after the concert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"give",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"trot out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"hold out",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"approbate",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"homologate",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can extend that chaise longue so that it lies completely flat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"unfurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our backyard extends all the way to that brook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"embarked on a series of wars intended to extend his empire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"follow up",
|
|
"parlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company extends its ice cream with thickeners and other additives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"sophisticate",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"water down",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"load",
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"envenom",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilize",
|
|
"lard",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"leach",
|
|
"pasteurize",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"condense"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"richen",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extravaganza":{
|
|
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the over-the-top extravaganzas that are usually staged at halftime during the Super Bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circus",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"raree-show",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"spectacular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"exposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extrasensory":{
|
|
"as in supersensory , supersensible":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"supersensible",
|
|
"supersensory",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"mystical",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical",
|
|
"spiritistic",
|
|
"spiritualistic",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"otherworldly",
|
|
"paranormal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unearthly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extinction":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the state's population of moose has been replenished, having once been hunted almost to extinction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"mincemeat",
|
|
"obliteration",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wastage",
|
|
"wreckage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"despoliation",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"dismantlement",
|
|
"effacement",
|
|
"eradication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"reclamation",
|
|
"reconstruction",
|
|
"re-creation",
|
|
"refurbishment",
|
|
"regeneracy",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"renovation",
|
|
"restoration"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"building",
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extravagance":{
|
|
"the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Hollywood stars are famous for the extravagance of their parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagancy",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous consumption",
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"overkill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"penny-pinching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the purchase of a fur coat was simply the latest of his wife's extravagances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"wastage",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"profligacy",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"overkill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extenuations":{
|
|
"as in palliations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palliations",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"atonements",
|
|
"confessions",
|
|
"cop-outs",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extracted":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extracted a splinter from my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrewed",
|
|
"pried",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"tore (out)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"yanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mined",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took (out)",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"externship":{
|
|
"a period of undergoing practical instruction in one's job or career":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prior to graduation from the culinary school he had served an externship as a sous chef at a high-end restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprenticeship",
|
|
"internship",
|
|
"practicum",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basic training",
|
|
"boot camp",
|
|
"cadetship",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"candidacy",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extremists":{
|
|
"a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extremists wanted to do away with everything, even though they had no thought-out plan for what to do afterwards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crazies",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"young Turks",
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"reds",
|
|
"progressives",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"reformists",
|
|
"anarchists",
|
|
"anarchs",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"agitators",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"secessionists",
|
|
"separationists",
|
|
"separatists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"standpatters",
|
|
"Tories",
|
|
"traditionalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-of-the-roaders",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exteriors":{
|
|
"an outer part or layer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exterior of the tooth consists of very hard enamel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outsides",
|
|
"shells",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"facings",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extruded":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sort of person who is determined to extrude every last gob of toothpaste from the tube"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"booted (out)",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"turfed (out)",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"defenestrated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extemporization":{
|
|
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a guitar extemporization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improv",
|
|
"improvisation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"wrinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"routine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extricates":{
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've woven such a web of lies that it's hard to see how you can extricate yourself now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"disembarrasses",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"untangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"untwines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"weighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroils",
|
|
"entangles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extortionists":{
|
|
"a person who gets money from another by using force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tortured by a gang of extortionists into revealing the combination for the money vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackmailers",
|
|
"extortioners",
|
|
"racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackhanders",
|
|
"button men",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"gougers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"profiteers",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extradition":{
|
|
"as in deportation , expulsion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banishment",
|
|
"deportation",
|
|
"displacement",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriation",
|
|
"expulsion",
|
|
"relegation",
|
|
"dispossession",
|
|
"ejection",
|
|
"ouster",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"migration",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"ostracism",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"ethnic cleansing",
|
|
"transportation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repatriation",
|
|
"return"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extended (out)":{
|
|
"as in projected , stuck out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"strung",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"pinned",
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"depended",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"dangled",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"slung",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"poised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extol":{
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"campaign literature extolling the candidate's military record"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"emblazon",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"resound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extinguished":{
|
|
"as in dead , doused":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"suffocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflame",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"conflagrant",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"aglow",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to cease burning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fire in the skillet was quickly extinguished by slamming the lid on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"snuffed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"suffocated",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snubbed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"stubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fatal blunder that extinguished all hope that the team would actually win the play-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"nuked",
|
|
"pulled down",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"scotched",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"disintegrated",
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"dissolved",
|
|
"dynamited",
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"harmed",
|
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"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
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|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"gutted",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"unbuilt",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmade",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
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"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stamped (out)",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"havocked",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vandalized",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"restored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her final, telling point extinguished her opponents on the city council"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbed",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"quietened",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"shushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extenuating":{
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't even try to extenuate their vandalism of the cemetery with the old refrain of \"Boys will be boys\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"explaining away",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"palliating",
|
|
"whitewashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoating",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"apologizing",
|
|
"atoning",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"accounting (for)",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"soft-pedaling",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraversion":{
|
|
"as in boldness , brashness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"camaraderie",
|
|
"companionship",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"folksiness",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"neighborliness",
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"gregariousness",
|
|
"sociability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unsociability",
|
|
"unsociableness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"introversion",
|
|
"reclusion",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"retiringness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extoll":{
|
|
"to proclaim the glory of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"campaign literature extolling the candidate's military record"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"emblazon",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"resound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"belaud",
|
|
"deify",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"salute",
|
|
"chant",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"tout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extensive":{
|
|
"having considerable extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rock hound whose extensive reading enables him to identify just about any rock or mineral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"wide-ranging",
|
|
"widespread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"capacious",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy",
|
|
"spacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"narrow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"externalizing":{
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodying",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"incarnating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"instantiating",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"personalizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"substantiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"concretizing",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"objectifying",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"typifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extrasensory perception":{
|
|
"the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clairvoyance",
|
|
"second sight",
|
|
"sixth sense"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foreknowledge",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"prescience",
|
|
"precognition",
|
|
"telepathy",
|
|
"parapsychology"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"externalizations":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bizarre paintings that are the externalization of a very troubled psyche"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"instantiations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"objectifications",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"personifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"concretizations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"personalizations",
|
|
"realizations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"reincarnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extravagancy":{
|
|
"the quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"warned their spendthrift daughter that she would eventually pay the price for her extravagancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous consumption",
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"overkill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"penny-pinching"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extenuated":{
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't even try to extenuate their vandalism of the cemetery with the old refrain of \"Boys will be boys\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"explained away",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"palliated",
|
|
"whitewashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"apologized",
|
|
"atoned",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"soft-pedaled",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extroverted":{
|
|
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a job in a research lab that is probably not well suited to an extroverted person"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"insociable",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extemporaneous":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caught by surprise, I had to make an extemporaneous speech at the awards banquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extremity":{
|
|
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made offers of aid to the refugees, and of asylum in extremity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boiling point",
|
|
"breaking point",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"conjuncture",
|
|
"crisis",
|
|
"crossroad(s)",
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"crunch time",
|
|
"Dunkirk",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"flash point",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"tinderbox",
|
|
"zero hour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contingency",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"turning point",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"landmark",
|
|
"milestone",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"strait",
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"hot water",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"last ditch",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"eleventh hour",
|
|
"last minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the most extreme or advanced point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at its extremity the fever was actually life-threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extractions":{
|
|
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family of Italian extraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"bloodlines",
|
|
"breedings",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"family trees",
|
|
"genealogies",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"parentages",
|
|
"pedigrees",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"strains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heredities",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"relations",
|
|
"relatives",
|
|
"races"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"externships":{
|
|
"a period of undergoing practical instruction in one's job or career":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prior to graduation from the culinary school he had served an externship as a sous chef at a high-end restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apprenticeships",
|
|
"internships",
|
|
"practicums",
|
|
"trainings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basic trainings",
|
|
"boot camps",
|
|
"cadetships",
|
|
"educations",
|
|
"groundings",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"schoolings",
|
|
"tutelages",
|
|
"candidacies",
|
|
"probations",
|
|
"trials"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extort":{
|
|
"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school bully who was used to extorting lunch money from weaker kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"force"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extracts":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extracted a splinter from my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrews",
|
|
"pries",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"tears (out)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"yanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mines",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes (out)",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"wedges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a part taken from a longer work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the anthology includes a long extract from the epic poem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excerpts",
|
|
"passages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"sound bites",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"quotations",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"longueurs",
|
|
"purple passages",
|
|
"contexts",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"exterminates":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hope that the fumigant exterminates the whole colony of cockroaches, for any survivors may be resistant to any poison"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extracting":{
|
|
"to draw out by force or with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extracted a splinter from my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corkscrewing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"tearing (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mining",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking (out)",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"cramming",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extravert":{
|
|
"a gregarious and unreserved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a natural extrovert , he mixes well in any social situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backslapper",
|
|
"glad-hander"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exhibitionist",
|
|
"show-off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"introvert",
|
|
"shrinking violet",
|
|
"wallflower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extras":{
|
|
"an interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that portable player runs through batteries incredibly fast, so I always keep plenty of extras on hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"spares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"replications",
|
|
"reproductions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"prototypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the motel is clean and comfortable, but there are no extras"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"superfluities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"dainties",
|
|
"delicacies",
|
|
"niceties",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"accoutrements",
|
|
"accouterments",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"options"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"basics",
|
|
"essentials",
|
|
"fundamentals",
|
|
"musts",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"requirements"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as an extra , the dealer filled the tank of my new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"cumshaws",
|
|
"dividends",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"gravies",
|
|
"gravy trains",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"perks",
|
|
"perquisites",
|
|
"throw-ins",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pensions",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"premiums",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"fringe benefits",
|
|
"icings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extortioner":{
|
|
"a person who gets money from another by using force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extortioners threatened to beat up the shop owner if he didn't pay the bribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackmailer",
|
|
"extortionist",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackhander",
|
|
"button man",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"gouger",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"profiteer",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraverts":{
|
|
"a gregarious and unreserved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a natural extrovert , he mixes well in any social situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backslappers",
|
|
"glad-handers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exhibitionists",
|
|
"show-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"introverts",
|
|
"shrinking violets",
|
|
"wallflowers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extravagant":{
|
|
"given to spending money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the billionaire's son is the typically extravagant playboy who hasn't earned any of what he spends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"high-rolling",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"wasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"farsighted",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the book doesn't quite merit the extravagant praise that it has received"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"overextravagant",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"plethoric",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unmerciful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unwarranted",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unrestrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minimum"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"commanding a large price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wooed her with an array of extravagant gifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-ticket",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unaffordable",
|
|
"uneconomic",
|
|
"uneconomical",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"discounted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extends":{
|
|
"to make longer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our guests from out of town extended their visit by a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drags (out)",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"thins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"thickens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple extended an invitation to join them for a get-together at their house after the concert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"trots out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"holds out",
|
|
"gives in",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"volunteers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"approbates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"homologates",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can extend that chaise longue so that it lies completely flat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"outspreads",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"spreads (out)",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unfurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"folds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our backyard extends all the way to that brook"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"embarked on a series of wars intended to extend his empire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company extends its ice cream with thickeners and other additives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"sophisticates",
|
|
"thins",
|
|
"waters down",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"envenoms",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"infects",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"attenuates",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"tempers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fertilizes",
|
|
"lards",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"leaches",
|
|
"pasteurizes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"condenses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"richens",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extorts":{
|
|
"to get (as money) by the use of force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school bully who was used to extorting lunch money from weaker kids"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraordinaire":{
|
|
"being out of the ordinary":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sort of chef extraordinaire who can whip up a fantastic meal, regardless of the ingredients on hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrated",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"anomalous",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"externalized":{
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress with an expressive face that wonderfully externalizes a wide range of emotions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodied",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"incarnated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"instantiated",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"personalized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"substantiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"concretized",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"exemplified",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"objectified",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"typified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disembodied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extrapolates":{
|
|
"to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"derives",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"reads",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"philosophizes",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"thinks",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"finds out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extruding":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sort of person who is determined to extrude every last gob of toothpaste from the tube"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"turfing (out)",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforcing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expatriating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"reading out",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"defenestrating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extend (out)":{
|
|
"as in project , stick out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"depend",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"dangle",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"sling",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"poise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extemporizations":{
|
|
"something that is performed, made, or done without preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a guitar extemporization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"impromptus",
|
|
"improvisations",
|
|
"improvs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"wrinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"routines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraditions":{
|
|
"as in deportations , expulsions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banishments",
|
|
"deportations",
|
|
"displacements",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriations",
|
|
"expulsions",
|
|
"relegations",
|
|
"dispossessions",
|
|
"ejections",
|
|
"ousters",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"migrations",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"dispersions",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"ostracisms",
|
|
"evacuations",
|
|
"ethnic cleansings",
|
|
"transportations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repatriations",
|
|
"returns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extended families":{
|
|
"those who live as a family in one house":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their extended family includes a grandmother and widowed aunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"households",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"m\u00e9nages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"kindreds",
|
|
"kinfolks",
|
|
"kins",
|
|
"kinsfolk",
|
|
"kiths",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"nuclear families",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"communities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraneously":{
|
|
"as in senselessly , pointlessly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irrelevantly",
|
|
"meaninglessly",
|
|
"pointlessly",
|
|
"senselessly",
|
|
"fallibly",
|
|
"imperfectly",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"misguidedly",
|
|
"undesirably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"faultily",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inaccurately",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"mistakenly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"wrongly",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"unwisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"infallibly",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"germanely",
|
|
"meaningfully",
|
|
"pertinently",
|
|
"relevantly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"sagely",
|
|
"wisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extraneousness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of not having anything to do with the matter at hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the extraneousness of the commentators' remarks became more pronounced as the broadcast dragged on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inconsequentiality",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"uselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extending (out)":{
|
|
"as in projecting , sticking out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"stringing",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"pinning",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"depending",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"poising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extemporary":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caught red-handed, the would-be embezzler proceeded to give some extemporary and not very convincing explanations for her actions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extortioners":{
|
|
"a person who gets money from another by using force or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"extortioners threatened to beat up the shop owner if he didn't pay the bribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackmailers",
|
|
"extortionists",
|
|
"racketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackhanders",
|
|
"button men",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"gougers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"profiteers",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extirpating":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"sweeping (away)",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"dynamiting",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"atomizing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"powdering",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"dooming",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"zapping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fashioning",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extricating":{
|
|
"to set free from entanglement or difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you've woven such a web of lies that it's hard to see how you can extricate yourself now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"disembarrassing",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"untangling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"disburdening",
|
|
"disencumbering",
|
|
"unburdening",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"unsnarling",
|
|
"untwining",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"burdening",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"loading",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"embroiling",
|
|
"entangling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extrinsic":{
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"not being a vital part of or belonging to something":{
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"examples":[
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"the fact that the ring belonged to your grandmother is extrinsic to its value to a jeweler"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accidental",
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"adventitious",
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"alien",
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"extraneous",
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"external",
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"foreign",
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"supervenient"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"exterior",
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"outside",
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"immaterial",
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"inapplicable",
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"insignificant",
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"irrelevant",
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"nonessential",
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"unessential",
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"unnecessary"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"congenital",
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"deep-seated",
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"inborn",
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"inbred",
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"inside",
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"interior",
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"internal",
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"basic",
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"essential",
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"necessary"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"inherent",
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"innate",
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"intrinsic"
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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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} |