dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/fra_MWT.json
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{
"fractious":{
"given to disagreement or irritation":{
"examples":[
"At the end of what was a fractious campaign, the two former rivals were surprisingly able to settle some of their differences and work together."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feisty",
"surly",
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"controversial",
"disputatious",
"polemical",
"polemic",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"balky",
"contrary",
"ornery",
"perverse",
"restive",
"wayward",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"pigheaded",
"resistant",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"uncooperative",
"unreasonable",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"acidic",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"captious",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"huffy",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"querulous",
"rude",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"splenetic",
"testy",
"touchy",
"waspish",
"battling",
"fighting",
"warring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conciliatory",
"cooperative",
"obliging",
"docile",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"difficult to manage or control":{
"examples":[
"Security guards were overwhelmed by the fractious crowd at the concert."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"noncooperative",
"uncooperative",
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"recusant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"pigheaded",
"resistant",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"uncooperative",
"unreasonable",
"unyielding",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"monkeying",
"monkeyish",
"naughty",
"undisciplined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cooperative",
"deferential",
"obliging",
"yielding",
"behaved",
"disciplined",
"well-bred",
"courteous",
"dutiful",
"polite",
"respectful",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"proper",
"controllable",
"governable",
"manageable",
"trainable",
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"obedient",
"ruly",
"submissive",
"tractable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fracturing":{
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fractured his arm in the fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"healing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renovating",
"repairing"
],
"related":[
"atomizing",
"crushing",
"grinding",
"powdering",
"pulverizing",
"reducing",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"bursting",
"detonating",
"exploding",
"cracking",
"popping",
"shattering",
"shivering",
"smashing",
"chipping",
"slivering",
"splintering",
"splitting",
"imploding",
"destroying",
"ruining",
"wrecking"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking up",
"busting",
"disintegrating",
"dismembering",
"disrupting",
"fragmenting",
"riving"
]
},
"to fail to keep":{
"antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing"
],
"examples":[
"civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deferring (to)",
"serving",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching"
],
"related":[
"disobeying",
"rebelling",
"blowing off",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"flouting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"defying",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"contravening",
"infringing (on or upon)",
"offending",
"traducing",
"transgressing",
"violating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fragmentarily":{
"as in kind of , sort of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enough",
"fairly",
"kindly",
"kind of",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"somewhat",
"sort of",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"partway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"quite",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"absolutely",
"dead",
"downright",
"plain",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"particularly",
"very"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"fragments":{
"a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete":{
"examples":[
"charred fragments of the exploded rocket were scattered over a huge area of ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"bits",
"fractions",
"pieces",
"scraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantles",
"shreds",
"tatters",
"ends",
"leftovers",
"oddments",
"remainders",
"remnants",
"stubs",
"portions",
"sections",
"segments",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shatters",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"you can fragment that peanut brittle easily, but how it breaks is basically up to the brittle"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks up",
"busts",
"disintegrates",
"dismembers",
"disrupts",
"fractures",
"rives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomizes",
"crushes",
"grinds",
"powders",
"pulverizes",
"reduces",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"bursts",
"detonates",
"explodes",
"cracks",
"pops",
"shatters",
"shivers",
"smashes",
"chips",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"splits",
"implodes",
"destroys",
"ruins",
"wrecks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renovates",
"repairs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"frail":{
"easily broken":{
"examples":[
"a frail eggshell"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakable",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frangible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dainty",
"fine",
"gossamer",
"eggshell",
"flimsy",
"slight",
"tenuous",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crispy",
"crumbly",
"crushable",
"embrittled",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"shaky",
"shivery",
"short",
"feeble",
"infirm",
"soft",
"spindly",
"tender",
"weak",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"stiff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"rigid",
"solid",
"substantial",
"unyielding",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"resilient",
"rubberlike",
"rubbery",
"springy",
"stretch",
"stretchable",
"supple"
],
"antonyms":[
"infrangible",
"nonbreakable",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"unbreakable"
]
},
"easily injured without careful handling":{
"examples":[
"be careful with your grandmother, as she's very frail and a fall would be disastrous"
],
"synonyms":[
"delicate",
"fragile",
"sensitive",
"tender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakable",
"brittle",
"crushable",
"eggshell",
"frangible",
"friable",
"feeble",
"flimsy",
"puny",
"slight",
"soft",
"tenuous",
"weak",
"nonhardy",
"perishable",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"durable",
"firm",
"flinty",
"hard",
"hardy",
"resistant",
"robust",
"rugged",
"solid",
"sound",
"stiff",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"infrangible",
"nonbreakable",
"unbreakable",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"tempered",
"toughened"
],
"antonyms":[
"tough"
]
},
"lacking bodily strength":{
"examples":[
"he was frail after a long battle with bronchitis"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
]
},
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"examples":[
"a frail person, easily swayed by others"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakened",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
]
},
"small in degree":{
"examples":[
"a frail hope of success"
],
"synonyms":[
"fragile",
"negligible",
"off",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight",
"slim",
"small"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marginal",
"minimal",
"minor",
"little",
"tiny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"great",
"large",
"distinct",
"significant",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"healthy",
"largish",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy"
],
"antonyms":[
"good"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"frailness":{
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[
"hardihood",
"hardiness",
"robustness",
"strength",
"vigor"
],
"examples":[
"his frailness prevented him from playing football"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energy",
"vitality",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"heftiness",
"huskiness",
"lustiness",
"muscularity",
"virility",
"hardness",
"ruggedness",
"stoutness",
"sturdiness",
"toughness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness"
],
"related":[
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"lassitude",
"weariness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impuissance",
"powerlessness",
"effeteness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"disablement",
"incapacitation",
"invalidism",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"fragility",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"listlessness",
"lowness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character":{
"antonyms":[
"backbone",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"firmness",
"fortitude",
"hardihood",
"mettle",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"resoluteness",
"strength",
"toughness"
],
"examples":[
"don't take advantage of your younger sister's frailness of character and get her to lie for you"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discipline",
"self-discipline",
"goodness",
"integrity",
"morality",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"collapse",
"failing",
"flaw",
"foible",
"peccadillo",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"corruptness"
],
"synonyms":[
"frailty",
"softness",
"spinelessness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness",
"wimpishness",
"wishy-washiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"framed":{
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"framed a unique coffee table from an old, discarded chest of drawers"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"produced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembled",
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"made up",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up",
"structured",
"threw up",
"crafted",
"handcrafted",
"hewed",
"forged",
"molded",
"shaped",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"knocked out",
"patched (together)",
"threw up",
"prefabricated",
"created",
"invented",
"minted",
"originated",
"established",
"fathered",
"instituted",
"organized",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"designed",
"devised",
"imagined",
"thought (up)",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remanufactured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"took apart",
"broke up",
"dismembered",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"flattened",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"a composer framing the structure of a song"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"finessed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"negotiated",
"wangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to frame your argument well if you're going to win the debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"composed",
"crafted",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"formulated",
"prepared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"molded",
"sculptured",
"shaped",
"couched",
"expressed",
"phrased",
"stated",
"verbalized",
"worded",
"authored",
"indited",
"penned",
"wrote",
"conceived",
"concocted",
"devised",
"built",
"constructed",
"made",
"assembled",
"compounded",
"pieced (together)",
"redrafted",
"reformulated",
"reframed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"framed a schedule for the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"blueprinted",
"budgeted",
"calculated",
"charted",
"choreographed",
"designed",
"laid out",
"mapped (out)",
"organized",
"planned",
"prepared",
"projected",
"schemed (out)",
"shaped",
"strategized (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspired",
"contrived",
"devised",
"intrigued",
"machinated",
"plotted",
"put up",
"concerted",
"got up",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"sketched",
"aimed",
"figured",
"had on",
"intended",
"meant",
"contemplated",
"meditated",
"premeditated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a border for":{
"examples":[
"trees framed the walkway"
],
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"bordered",
"bounded",
"edged",
"fringed",
"margined",
"rimmed",
"skirted"
],
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"hemmed",
"trimmed",
"circumscribed",
"defined",
"delineated",
"demarcated",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"sketched",
"traced",
"circled",
"compassed",
"encircled",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"environed",
"girdled",
"girthed",
"looped",
"ringed",
"rounded",
"surrounded",
"walled",
"checked",
"confined",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"limited",
"restrained",
"restricted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fraternized":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't fraternize just with people of the same race, religion, or social background"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
"related":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"ganged",
"got along",
"got on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"befriended",
"friended"
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"chummed",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"palled (around)",
"ran",
"run",
"sorted",
"traveled",
"travelled"
]
},
"to take part in social activities":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a group of kids fraternizing together after school every day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"slighted",
"snubbed"
],
"related":[
"caroused",
"partied",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"circulated"
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"hobnobbed",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"socialized",
"stepped out",
"went out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fraught":{
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"comfortable",
"easy",
"peaceful",
"quiet",
"quieting",
"tranquil"
],
"examples":[
"had a fraught meeting with his estranged wife to discuss a divorce settlement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restful",
"pacific"
],
"related":[
"bothersome",
"troublesome",
"foreboding",
"misgiving",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"strained",
"restive",
"unrestful",
"awkward",
"embarrassing"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"anxious",
"creepy",
"disquieting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"hairy",
"nail-biting",
"nerve-racking",
"nerve-wracking",
"nervous",
"restless",
"tense",
"uneasy",
"unnerving",
"unsettling",
"worrisome"
]
},
"possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"every room in my childhood home is fraught with memories"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"blank",
"devoid",
"empty",
"stark",
"vacant",
"void",
"depleted",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"deficient",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"short"
],
"related":[
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"filled",
"full",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"clogged",
"congested",
"overcrowded",
"overfilled",
"overflowing",
"overfull",
"overladen",
"overloaded",
"overstuffed",
"surfeited",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"humming",
"lively"
],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"abundant",
"awash",
"flush",
"lousy",
"replete",
"rife",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"frazzles":{
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
"examples":[
"years of use have frazzled the cord for the window blinds to the breaking point"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrades",
"chafes",
"corrades",
"erodes",
"frays",
"frets",
"galls",
"rasps",
"rubs",
"wears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"files",
"gnaws",
"grates",
"grazes",
"grinds",
"nibbles",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scuffs",
"shaves",
"erases",
"reduces",
"rubs out",
"wears out",
"wipes (away)",
"bites",
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"chews",
"corrodes",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"eats",
"hones",
"sharpens",
"whets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"trying to hold down two full-time jobs had completely frazzled him"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"burns out",
"busts",
"does in",
"does up",
"drains",
"exhausts",
"fags",
"fatigues",
"harasses",
"kills",
"knocks out",
"outwears",
"tires",
"tuckers (out)",
"washes out",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"saps",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activates",
"energizes",
"invigorates",
"rejuvenates",
"strengthens",
"vitalizes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"an endless series of dietary warnings that had served only to frazzle the general public"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"ails",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"derails",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distempers",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"exercises",
"flurries",
"freaks (out)",
"fusses",
"hagrides",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"riles",
"vexes",
"bedevils",
"haunts",
"plagues",
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"jars",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"shakes up",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"unnerves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms",
"composes",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fragrance":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the fragrance of lilac trees in full bloom"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroma",
"attar",
"otto",
"balm",
"bouquet",
"fragrancy",
"incense",
"perfume",
"redolence",
"scent",
"spice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essence",
"odor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetor",
"malodor",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"frames":{
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"examples":[
"now that the frame has been built, we have a better idea of the size of our new house"
],
"synonyms":[
"architectures",
"armatures",
"cadres",
"configurations",
"edifices",
"fabrics",
"frameworks",
"framings",
"infrastructures",
"shells",
"skeletons",
"structures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cages",
"lattices",
"networks",
"contours",
"figures",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"shapes",
"silhouettes",
"chassis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the type of body that a person has":{
"examples":[
"a tall man with a big frame"
],
"synonyms":[
"builds",
"constitutions",
"figures",
"forms",
"habits",
"physiques",
"shapes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anatomies",
"structures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"a white curtain with a blue frame"
],
"synonyms":[
"borderlines",
"borders",
"boundaries",
"bounds",
"brims",
"circumferences",
"compasses",
"confines",
"edges",
"edgings",
"ends",
"fringes",
"hems",
"margins",
"perimeters",
"peripheries",
"rims",
"skirtings",
"skirts",
"verges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambits",
"brinks",
"crests",
"curbs",
"cusps",
"lips",
"ceilings",
"maxima",
"maximums",
"demarcations",
"extents",
"limitations",
"measures",
"meres",
"restrictions",
"terminations",
"borderlands",
"frontiers",
"marches",
"outskirts",
"pales",
"selvages",
"laps",
"shores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"centers",
"cores",
"hearts",
"inners",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"withins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"framed a unique coffee table from an old, discarded chest of drawers"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"produces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembles",
"builds",
"constructs",
"erects",
"makes up",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up",
"structures",
"throws up",
"crafts",
"handcrafts",
"hews",
"forges",
"molds",
"shapes",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"knocks out",
"patches (together)",
"throws up",
"prefabricates",
"creates",
"invents",
"mints",
"originates",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"designs",
"devises",
"imagines",
"thinks (up)",
"conceives",
"envisages",
"pictures",
"visualizes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remanufactures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"takes apart",
"breaks up",
"dismembers",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"flattens",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"wrecks",
"blows up",
"explodes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"a composer framing the structure of a song"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrives",
"engineers",
"finagles",
"finesses",
"machinates",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"masterminds",
"negotiates",
"wangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"concerts",
"concludes",
"hammers out",
"works out",
"angles (for)",
"compasses",
"intrigues",
"plots",
"schemes",
"connives",
"brews",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"hatches",
"captains",
"commands",
"conducts",
"directs",
"handles",
"manages",
"quarterbacks",
"runs",
"gerrymanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"gums (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to frame your argument well if you're going to win the debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"composes",
"crafts",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"formulates",
"prepares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"molds",
"sculptures",
"shapes",
"couches",
"expresses",
"phrases",
"states",
"verbalizes",
"words",
"authors",
"indites",
"pens",
"writes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"devises",
"builds",
"constructs",
"makes",
"assembles",
"compounds",
"pieces (together)",
"redrafts",
"reformulates",
"reframes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"framed a schedule for the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"blueprints",
"budgets",
"calculates",
"charts",
"choreographs",
"designs",
"lays out",
"maps (out)",
"organizes",
"plans",
"prepares",
"projects",
"schemes (out)",
"shapes",
"strategizes (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspires",
"contrives",
"devises",
"intrigues",
"machinates",
"plots",
"puts up",
"concerts",
"gets up",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"aims",
"figures",
"has on",
"intends",
"means",
"contemplates",
"meditates",
"premeditates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a border for":{
"examples":[
"trees framed the walkway"
],
"synonyms":[
"borders",
"bounds",
"edges",
"fringes",
"margins",
"rims",
"skirts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hems",
"trims",
"circumscribes",
"defines",
"delineates",
"demarcates",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"traces",
"circles",
"compasses",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girths",
"loops",
"rings",
"rounds",
"surrounds",
"walls",
"checks",
"confines",
"controls",
"curbs",
"limits",
"restrains",
"restricts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"franks":{
"as in marks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"marks",
"autographs",
"hands",
"John Hancocks",
"signatures",
"countersigns",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hot dogs , bolognas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bolognas",
"frankfurters",
"hot dogs",
"kielbasas",
"kielbasy",
"knockwursts",
"knackwursts",
"liver sausages",
"liver puddings",
"liverwursts",
"pepperonis",
"salamis",
"Vienna sausages",
"weenies",
"wieners",
"weiners",
"wienerwursts",
"bangers",
"links",
"sausages",
"wursts",
"blood sausages",
"blood puddings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in airmails":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airmails",
"mails",
"posts",
"addresses",
"consigns",
"directs",
"dispatches",
"forwards",
"remits",
"routes",
"ships",
"transmits",
"transports",
"registers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gets",
"receives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"frailties":{
"a defect in character":{
"examples":[
"selfishness is a common human frailty"
],
"synonyms":[
"demerits",
"derelictions",
"failings",
"faults",
"foibles",
"shortcomings",
"sins",
"vices",
"wants",
"weaknesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"spots",
"stains",
"blemishes",
"deficiencies",
"flaws",
"imperfections",
"minuses",
"nits",
"Achilles' heels",
"soft spots",
"corruptions",
"depravities",
"evils",
"immoralities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excellences",
"perfections",
"integrities",
"moralities",
"probities",
"rectitudes"
],
"antonyms":[
"merits",
"virtues"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fractionalization":{
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
"examples":[
"new technology has led to the fractionalization of the product's traditional market"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcation",
"breakup",
"cleavage",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"fractionation",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"separation",
"split",
"sundering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"rupture",
"divorce",
"severance",
"decomposition",
"disassembly",
"dismemberment",
"segmentation",
"subdivision",
"atomization",
"dichotomization",
"polarization",
"diffusion",
"dispersal",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"administration",
"apportionment",
"distribution",
"isolation",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"sequestration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemblage",
"association",
"attachment",
"conjunction",
"connection",
"link",
"linkage",
"linkup",
"aggregation",
"combination",
"consolidation",
"fusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"unification",
"union"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fraternize":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"don't fraternize just with people of the same race, religion, or social background"
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"chum",
"company",
"consociate",
"consort",
"hang (around or out)",
"hobnob",
"hook up",
"mess around",
"pal (around)",
"run",
"sort",
"travel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"attach",
"band",
"bond",
"club",
"collaborate",
"collude",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"connect",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"gang",
"get along",
"get on",
"group",
"interrelate",
"join",
"knot",
"league",
"link",
"mingle",
"mix",
"rally",
"relate",
"side",
"socialize",
"team",
"tie",
"wed",
"befriend",
"friend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"cold-shoulder",
"shun",
"snub",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in social activities":{
"examples":[
"a group of kids fraternizing together after school every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"go out",
"hobnob",
"mingle",
"mix",
"socialize",
"step out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carouse",
"party",
"revel",
"circulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"slight",
"snub"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"frankly":{
"to tell the truth":{
"examples":[
"frankly , I'd rather stay at home than go to the movies tonight"
],
"synonyms":[
"actually",
"admittedly",
"forsooth",
"honestly",
"indeed",
"really",
"truly",
"truthfully",
"verily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"certainly",
"indisputably",
"indubitably",
"positively",
"realistically",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably",
"veritably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"fraternizing":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"don't fraternize just with people of the same race, religion, or social background"
],
"synonyms":[
"associating",
"chumming",
"companying",
"consociating",
"consorting",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hobnobbing",
"hooking up",
"messing around",
"palling (around)",
"running",
"sorting",
"traveling",
"travelling"
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"attaching",
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"bonding",
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"colluding",
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"conjoining",
"connecting",
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"coupling",
"ganging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"grouping",
"interrelating",
"joining",
"knotting",
"leaguing",
"linking",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"rallying",
"relating",
"siding",
"socializing",
"teaming",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding",
"befriending",
"friending"
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"cold-shouldering",
"shunning",
"snubbing",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"disjoining",
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"disuniting",
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"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering"
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"a group of kids fraternizing together after school every day"
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"going out",
"hobnobbing",
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"mixing",
"socializing",
"stepping out"
],
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"carousing",
"partying",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"circulating"
],
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"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"in a confused and reckless manner":{
"examples":[
"the veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster"
],
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"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly"
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"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly",
"chaotically",
"riotously",
"tumultuously",
"turbulently",
"aimlessly",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"topsy-turvy"
],
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"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
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"adverb"
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"bisect",
"cleave",
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"dissect",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
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"trisect",
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
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"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld",
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
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"verb"
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"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"considering her reputation for frankness , I knew she would tell me what she really thought of my dress"
],
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"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"honesty",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"outspokenness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"plumpness",
"straightforwardness",
"unguardedness",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness"
],
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"earnestness",
"sincerity",
"sobriety",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"communicativeness",
"freedom",
"license",
"licence",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circuitousness",
"evasiveness",
"secretiveness",
"inhibition",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"reticence",
"shyness",
"diplomacy",
"tact"
],
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"dissimulation",
"indirection"
]
},
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"noun"
]
},
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"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
"examples":[
"Let's revisit this conversation when we're both in a better frame of mind ."
],
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"cheer",
"feather",
"humor",
"mode",
"mood",
"spirit",
"temper"
],
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"attitude",
"mind-set",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"slant",
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"viewpoint",
"emotion",
"feeling",
"heart",
"passion",
"sentiment",
"strain",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"opinion",
"expression",
"tone",
"vein",
"character",
"disposition",
"identity",
"individuality",
"makeup",
"mettle",
"personality",
"selfhood",
"self-identity",
"temper",
"temperament",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
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"franchise":{
"the right to formally express one's position or will in an election":{
"examples":[
"the Territory of Wyoming granted women the franchise in 1869, a full 51 years before the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in all elections"
],
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"ballot",
"enfranchisement",
"suffrage",
"vote"
],
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"say",
"say-so",
"voice"
],
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"disenfranchisement"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"examples":[
"you've got the framework of the story and just need to fill in the details"
],
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"armatures",
"cadres",
"configurations",
"edifices",
"fabrics",
"frames",
"framings",
"infrastructures",
"shells",
"skeletons",
"structures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cages",
"lattices",
"networks",
"contours",
"figures",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"shapes",
"silhouettes",
"chassis"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fratricides":{
"the crime of purposefully ending the life of your own brother or sister":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"filicides",
"matricides",
"parricides",
"patricides",
"regicides",
"uxoricides",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts",
"slayings",
"chance-medleys",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"bloodsheds",
"butcheries",
"carnages",
"decimations",
"destructions",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"hits",
"assisted suicides",
"euthanasias",
"mercy killings",
"physician-assisted suicides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fragrant":{
"having a pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the balsam fir is a favorite as a Christmas tree because it is so fragrant"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"pungent",
"spicy",
"odiferous",
"odored",
"odoriferous",
"odorous",
"clean",
"fresh",
"pure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"odorless",
"unscented",
"fusty",
"musty",
"stale",
"gamy",
"gamey"
],
"antonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"malodorous",
"noisome",
"putrid",
"rancid",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"skunky",
"smelly",
"stenchful",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fractionating":{
"as in dissecting , subdividing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"subdividing",
"trisecting",
"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"ramifying",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding",
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"frames of mind":{
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
"examples":[
"Let's revisit this conversation when we're both in a better frame of mind ."
],
"synonyms":[
"cheers",
"feathers",
"humors",
"modes",
"moods",
"spirits",
"tempers"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"attitudes",
"mind-sets",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"slants",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"emotions",
"feelings",
"hearts",
"passions",
"sentiments",
"strains",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"opinions",
"expressions",
"tones",
"veins",
"characters",
"dispositions",
"identities",
"individualities",
"makeups",
"mettles",
"personalities",
"selfhoods",
"self-identities",
"temperaments",
"tempers",
"sensibilities",
"sensitivities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"framings":{
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"examples":[
"the framing of the debate will consist of a predetermined order of turns and follow-up comments"
],
"synonyms":[
"architectures",
"armatures",
"cadres",
"configurations",
"edifices",
"fabrics",
"frames",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"shells",
"skeletons",
"structures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cages",
"lattices",
"networks",
"contours",
"figures",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"shapes",
"silhouettes",
"chassis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"franchises":{
"the right to formally express one's position or will in an election":{
"examples":[
"the Territory of Wyoming granted women the franchise in 1869, a full 51 years before the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote in all elections"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballots",
"enfranchisements",
"suffrages",
"votes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"says",
"say-sos",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"disenfranchisements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fraudster":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"bluffer",
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"adventurer",
"fox",
"gamesman",
"knave",
"prankster",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"fast-talker",
"slick",
"slicker",
"slickster",
"slyboots",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"wheeler-dealer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"sneak",
"sneaker",
"blackleg",
"cardsharp",
"cardsharper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fraudulence":{
"as in chicanery , subterfuge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"artifice",
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fragment":{
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"you can fragment that peanut brittle easily, but how it breaks is basically up to the brittle"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break up",
"bust",
"disintegrate",
"dismember",
"disrupt",
"fracture",
"rive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atomize",
"crush",
"grind",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"reduce",
"blast",
"blow up",
"burst",
"detonate",
"explode",
"crack",
"pop",
"shatter",
"shiver",
"smash",
"chip",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"split",
"implode",
"destroy",
"ruin",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete":{
"examples":[
"charred fragments of the exploded rocket were scattered over a huge area of ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"fraction",
"piece",
"scrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantle",
"shred",
"tatter",
"end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"stub",
"portion",
"section",
"segment",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shatter",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"atom",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Frankensteins":{
"as in monsters , horrors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banshees",
"bogeymen",
"bogymen",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"frights",
"imps",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"grotesqueries",
"grotesques",
"monsters",
"monstrosities",
"ogres",
"b\u00eates noires",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"horrors",
"terrors",
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"mutants",
"mutations",
"abnormalities",
"freaks",
"ogresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"frazzle":{
"a complete depletion of energy or strength":{
"examples":[
"months of overtime work have left her worn to a frazzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnout",
"collapse",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"lassitude",
"prostration",
"tiredness",
"weariness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitation",
"debility",
"disablement",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"infirmity",
"weakness",
"overfatigue",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"slumber",
"stupor",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"apathy",
"inertia",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounce",
"dash",
"drive",
"energy",
"ginger",
"go",
"liveliness",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"strength",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity"
],
"antonyms":[
"refreshment",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence",
"revitalization"
]
},
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
"examples":[
"years of use have frazzled the cord for the window blinds to the breaking point"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrade",
"chafe",
"corrade",
"erode",
"fray",
"fret",
"gall",
"rasp",
"rub",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"file",
"gnaw",
"grate",
"graze",
"grind",
"nibble",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scuff",
"shave",
"erase",
"reduce",
"rub out",
"wear out",
"wipe (away)",
"bite",
"break down",
"break up",
"chew",
"corrode",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"eat",
"hone",
"sharpen",
"whet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"trying to hold down two full-time jobs had completely frazzled him"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"burn out",
"bust",
"do in",
"do up",
"drain",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"harass",
"kill",
"knock out",
"outwear",
"tire",
"tucker (out)",
"wash out",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary"
],
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"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"sap",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
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"activate",
"energize",
"invigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"strengthen",
"vitalize",
"relax",
"rest",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"an endless series of dietary warnings that had served only to frazzle the general public"
],
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"agitate",
"ail",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"bother",
"concern",
"derail",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"flurry",
"freak (out)",
"fuss",
"hagride",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"worry"
],
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"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bug",
"chafe",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put off",
"put out",
"rile",
"vex",
"bedevil",
"haunt",
"plague",
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"jar",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"shake up",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"unnerve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"new technology has led to the fractionalization of the product's traditional market"
],
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"bifurcations",
"breakups",
"cleavages",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"fractionations",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"separations",
"splits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"ruptures",
"divorces",
"severances",
"decompositions",
"disassemblies",
"dismemberments",
"segmentations",
"subdivisions",
"atomizations",
"dichotomizations",
"polarizations",
"diffusions",
"dispersals",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"administrations",
"apportionments",
"distributions",
"isolations",
"seclusions",
"segregations",
"sequestrations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemblages",
"associations",
"attachments",
"conjunctions",
"connections",
"linkages",
"links",
"linkups",
"aggregations",
"combinations",
"consolidations",
"fusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"unifications",
"unions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fragmentizes":{
"as in fragments , fragmentates":{
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"fragmentates",
"fragments",
"bifurcates",
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionalizes",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"subdivides",
"trisects",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"cuts off",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"secludes",
"segregates",
"sequesters",
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ramifies",
"resolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
],
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"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites",
"assembles",
"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
"accumulates",
"agglutinates",
"attaches",
"binds",
"cements",
"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fragmentary":{
"lacking some necessary part":{
"examples":[
"the historical record of this pharaoh's life and reign is fragmentary at best"
],
"synonyms":[
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"half",
"halfway",
"incomplete",
"partial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broken",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"impaired",
"imperfect",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"sketchy",
"unassembled",
"uncompleted",
"unfinished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flawless",
"unbroken",
"undamaged",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"completed",
"finished"
],
"antonyms":[
"complete",
"entire",
"full",
"intact",
"integral",
"perfect",
"whole"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"frauleins":{
"as in governesses , mademoiselles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duennas",
"governesses",
"mademoiselles",
"mesdemoiselles",
"mammies",
"au pairs",
"bonnes",
"amahs",
"ayahs",
"babysitters",
"dry nurses",
"nannies",
"nursemaids",
"nursers",
"nurses",
"sitters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"frailty":{
"a defect in character":{
"examples":[
"selfishness is a common human frailty"
],
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"demerit",
"dereliction",
"failing",
"fault",
"foible",
"shortcoming",
"sin",
"vice",
"want",
"weakness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"spot",
"stain",
"blemish",
"deficiency",
"flaw",
"imperfection",
"minus",
"nit",
"Achilles' heel",
"soft spot",
"corruption",
"depravity",
"evil",
"immorality",
"sinfulness",
"wickedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excellence",
"perfection",
"goodness",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"merit",
"virtue"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"frailty doesn't affect all elderly people, for many are indeed healthy and strong"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"fragility",
"frailness",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"listlessness",
"lowness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"lassitude",
"weariness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impuissance",
"powerlessness",
"effeteness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"disablement",
"incapacitation",
"invalidism",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energy",
"vitality",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"heftiness",
"huskiness",
"lustiness",
"muscularity",
"virility",
"hardness",
"ruggedness",
"stoutness",
"sturdiness",
"toughness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardihood",
"hardiness",
"robustness",
"strength",
"vigor"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character":{
"examples":[
"the frailty shown by the apostle Peter when he denied Jesus three times"
],
"synonyms":[
"frailness",
"softness",
"spinelessness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness",
"wimpishness",
"wishy-washiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"failing",
"flaw",
"foible",
"peccadillo",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"corruptness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discipline",
"self-discipline",
"goodness",
"integrity",
"morality",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"backbone",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"firmness",
"fortitude",
"hardihood",
"mettle",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"resoluteness",
"strength",
"toughness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fraudulences":{
"as in dishonesties , deceits":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"perjuries",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truths",
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fractionalizing":{
"as in dissecting , subdividing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionating",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"subdividing",
"trisecting",
"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"ramifying",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding",
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"frazzled":{
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
"examples":[
"years of use have frazzled the cord for the window blinds to the breaking point"
],
"synonyms":[
"abraded",
"chafed",
"corraded",
"eroded",
"frayed",
"fretted",
"galled",
"rasped",
"rubbed",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filed",
"gnawed",
"grated",
"grazed",
"ground",
"nibbled",
"sandblasted",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scuffed",
"shaved",
"erased",
"reduced",
"rubbed out",
"wiped (away)",
"wore out",
"ate",
"bit",
"broke down",
"broke up",
"chewed",
"corroded",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"honed",
"sharpened",
"whetted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"trying to hold down two full-time jobs had completely frazzled him"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"busted",
"bust",
"did in",
"did up",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"harassed",
"killed",
"knocked out",
"outwore",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed out",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activated",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"strengthened",
"vitalized",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"an endless series of dietary warnings that had served only to frazzle the general public"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"ailed",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"derailed",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distempered",
"distracted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"flurried",
"freaked (out)",
"fussed",
"hagrode",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out",
"worried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"angered",
"annoyed",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put off",
"put out",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"bedeviled",
"haunted",
"plagued",
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jarred",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"shook up",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"unnerved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"antonyms":[
"calmed",
"composed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"frantic":{
"feeling overwhelming fear or worry":{
"examples":[
"the frantic parents were searching all over the fairgrounds for their lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"delirious",
"distracted",
"distrait",
"distraught",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alarmed",
"anxious",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"nervous",
"perturbed",
"tense",
"troubled",
"upset",
"worried",
"wrought (up)",
"affrighted",
"aghast",
"alarmed",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"spooked",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"ballistic",
"berserk",
"crazed",
"demented",
"deranged",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"nuclear",
"raging",
"ranting",
"raving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"antonyms":[
"collected",
"composed",
"recollected",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"unhysterical"
]
},
"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
"examples":[
"the holiday season seems to be moving along at a frantic pace"
],
"synonyms":[
"delirious",
"ferocious",
"feverish",
"fierce",
"frenetic",
"frenzied",
"furious",
"mad",
"rabid",
"violent",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concentrated",
"high-pressured",
"intense",
"intensive",
"vehement",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"lavish",
"overmuch",
"overweening",
"unconscionable",
"undue",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"demented",
"deranged",
"insane",
"irrational",
"lunatic",
"maniacal",
"maniac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"subdued",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"untroubled",
"moderate",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"low-pressure",
"balanced",
"sane",
"sound"
],
"antonyms":[
"relaxed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"framework":{
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"examples":[
"you've got the framework of the story and just need to fill in the details"
],
"synonyms":[
"architecture",
"armature",
"cadre",
"configuration",
"edifice",
"fabric",
"frame",
"framing",
"infrastructure",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"structure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cage",
"lattice",
"network",
"contour",
"figure",
"outline",
"profile",
"shape",
"silhouette",
"chassis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fraternizes":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"don't fraternize just with people of the same race, religion, or social background"
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"chums",
"companies",
"consociates",
"consorts",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hobnobs",
"hooks up",
"messes around",
"pals (around)",
"runs",
"sorts",
"travels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"attaches",
"bands",
"bonds",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"connects",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"gangs",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"groups",
"interrelates",
"joins",
"knots",
"leagues",
"links",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"rallies",
"relates",
"sides",
"socializes",
"teams",
"ties",
"weds",
"befriends",
"friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"cold-shoulders",
"shuns",
"snubs",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in social activities":{
"examples":[
"a group of kids fraternizing together after school every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"goes out",
"hobnobs",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"socializes",
"steps out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carouses",
"parties",
"revels",
"circulates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"eschews",
"shuns",
"slights",
"snubs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fractionalizes":{
"as in dissects , subdivides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcates",
"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
"subdivides",
"trisects",
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ramifies",
"resolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes",
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"fragmentates",
"fragmentizes",
"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
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"stoutly",
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"halfway",
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"damaged",
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"unassembled",
"uncompleted",
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"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
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"completed",
"finished"
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"entire",
"full",
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"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
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"parting",
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"separating",
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"sundering",
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"unlinking",
"unyoking",
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"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
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"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding"
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"boards",
"brotherhoods",
"chambers",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"congresses",
"consortia",
"consortiums",
"councils",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"leagues",
"orders",
"organizations",
"societies",
"sodalities"
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"communes",
"communities",
"cooperatives",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"camps",
"coalitions",
"partnerships",
"bodies",
"cadres",
"groups",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"juntas",
"juntos",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"sets",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"branches",
"chapters",
"locals",
"faithfuls",
"folds",
"memberships",
"sisterhoods",
"sororities",
"cabals",
"camarillas",
"camorras",
"confederacies",
"conspiracies",
"bands",
"gangs",
"rings",
"cartels",
"combines",
"syndicates"
],
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],
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"communities",
"corps",
"fellowships",
"sodalities",
"vocations"
],
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"professions",
"associations",
"clubs",
"federations",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"organizations",
"societies"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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},
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"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"fractured his arm in the fall"
],
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"break",
"break up",
"bust",
"disintegrate",
"dismember",
"disrupt",
"fragment",
"rive"
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"atomize",
"crush",
"grind",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"reduce",
"blast",
"blow up",
"burst",
"detonate",
"explode",
"crack",
"pop",
"shatter",
"shiver",
"smash",
"chip",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"split",
"implode",
"destroy",
"ruin",
"wreck"
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"doctor",
"fix",
"heal",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renovate",
"repair"
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"examples":[
"civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions"
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"break",
"contravene",
"infringe (on or upon)",
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"traduce",
"transgress",
"violate"
],
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"disobey",
"rebel",
"blow off",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"flout",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"defy",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
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"defer (to)",
"serve",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"watch"
],
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"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe"
]
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"break",
"crack",
"fissure",
"rift",
"rupture",
"split",
"tear",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"notch",
"rent",
"rip",
"slash",
"slit",
"breach",
"gap",
"opening",
"check",
"chink",
"cleft",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"snag",
"gouge",
"groove",
"hollow",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void",
"burrow",
"cave",
"cavern",
"ditch",
"excavation",
"furrow",
"gutter",
"trench",
"trough",
"cavity",
"concavity",
"dent",
"depression",
"dint",
"hole",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"pit",
"recess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closing",
"darning",
"filling",
"healing",
"knitting",
"mending",
"patching",
"plugging",
"repair",
"sealing",
"sewing",
"stitching",
"suturing",
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"joining",
"junction",
"linking",
"merger",
"merging",
"unification",
"union",
"uniting",
"hill",
"mound",
"rise",
"bump",
"bunch",
"hump",
"lump",
"pimple",
"swell",
"swelling",
"tumor",
"bulge",
"camber",
"convexity",
"jut",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in fragment , fragmentate":{
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"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
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"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"break down",
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"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"cut off",
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"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
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"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
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"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"bisects",
"cleaves",
"dichotomizes",
"dissects",
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"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
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"disjoints",
"dissevers",
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"unyokes",
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"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
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"secludes",
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"sequesters",
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"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
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"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
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"closes",
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"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds",
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
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},
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"verb"
]
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"fractionation":{
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
"examples":[
"originally conceived as one novel, The Lord of the Rings underwent a fractionation into a trilogy when its publisher feared it was too massive to sell as a single volume"
],
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"bifurcation",
"breakup",
"cleavage",
"dissolution",
"disunion",
"division",
"fractionalization",
"partition",
"schism",
"scission",
"separation",
"split",
"sundering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breach",
"rupture",
"divorce",
"severance",
"decomposition",
"disassembly",
"dismemberment",
"segmentation",
"subdivision",
"atomization",
"dichotomization",
"polarization",
"diffusion",
"dispersal",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"administration",
"apportionment",
"distribution",
"isolation",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"sequestration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemblage",
"association",
"attachment",
"conjunction",
"connection",
"link",
"linkage",
"linkup",
"aggregation",
"combination",
"consolidation",
"fusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"unification",
"union"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fractionate":{
"as in dissect , subdivide":{
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"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
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"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld",
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"frame-ups":{
"as in cover-ups , setups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cover-ups",
"setups",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"conspirations",
"intrigues",
"plots",
"schemes",
"chicaneries",
"foul play",
"skulduggeries",
"skullduggeries",
"collusions",
"complicities",
"connivances",
"conspiracies"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fray":{
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
"examples":[
"another generation of scientists entered the fray to find a cure for AIDS"
],
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"battle",
"fight",
"scrabble",
"struggle",
"throes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"work",
"drudgery",
"grind",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"strife",
"tussle",
"war",
"warfare",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"try"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"a troubled youth always getting into frays at school"
],
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"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
"examples":[
"school officials broke up the fray and gave all guilty parties detention"
],
"synonyms":[
"affray",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"fracas",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"rough-and-tumble",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"fisticuffs",
"handgrips",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"altercation",
"argument",
"dispute",
"kickup",
"quarrel",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
"examples":[
"constant rubbing against the rock face has badly frayed our climbing rope"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrade",
"chafe",
"corrade",
"erode",
"frazzle",
"fret",
"gall",
"rasp",
"rub",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"file",
"gnaw",
"grate",
"graze",
"grind",
"nibble",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scuff",
"shave",
"erase",
"reduce",
"rub out",
"wear out",
"wipe (away)",
"bite",
"break down",
"break up",
"chew",
"corrode",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"eat",
"hone",
"sharpen",
"whet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fractures":{
"to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"fractured his arm in the fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks up",
"busts",
"disintegrates",
"dismembers",
"disrupts",
"fragments",
"rives"
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"near synonyms":[
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"crushes",
"grinds",
"powders",
"pulverizes",
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"blasts",
"blows up",
"bursts",
"detonates",
"explodes",
"cracks",
"pops",
"shatters",
"shivers",
"smashes",
"chips",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"splits",
"implodes",
"destroys",
"ruins",
"wrecks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"heals",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renovates",
"repairs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to keep":{
"examples":[
"civil liberties that have been fractured by the government's actions"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"contravenes",
"infringes (on or upon)",
"offends",
"traduces",
"transgresses",
"violates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disobeys",
"rebels",
"blows off",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"flouts",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"defies",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defers (to)",
"serves",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"watches"
],
"antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes"
]
},
"as in breaks , tears":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"cracks",
"fissures",
"rifts",
"ruptures",
"splits",
"tears",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incisions",
"lacerations",
"notches",
"rents",
"rips",
"slashes",
"slits",
"breaches",
"gaps",
"openings",
"checks",
"chinks",
"clefts",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"snags",
"gouges",
"grooves",
"hollows",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"vacuities",
"vacuums",
"vacua",
"voids",
"burrows",
"caverns",
"caves",
"ditches",
"excavations",
"furrows",
"gutters",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"cavities",
"concavities",
"dents",
"depressions",
"dints",
"holes",
"indentations",
"indentures",
"pits",
"recesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"closings",
"fillings",
"knittings",
"repairs",
"sewings",
"combinations",
"connections",
"consolidations",
"couplings",
"joinings",
"junctions",
"mergers",
"unifications",
"unions",
"hills",
"mounds",
"rises",
"bumps",
"bunches",
"humps",
"lumps",
"pimples",
"swellings",
"swells",
"tumors",
"bulges",
"cambers",
"convexities",
"juts",
"projections",
"protrusions",
"protuberances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fratricide":{
"the crime of purposefully ending the life of your own brother or sister":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"filicide",
"matricide",
"parricide",
"patricide",
"regicide",
"uxoricide",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"chance-medley",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"bloodshed",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"decimation",
"destruction",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"hit",
"assisted suicide",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing",
"physician-assisted suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"frangibility":{
"the state or quality of having a delicate structure":{
"examples":[
"the frangibility of the tree ornaments makes them inappropriate for handling by children"
],
"synonyms":[
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"exquisiteness",
"fineness",
"fragility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaphanousness",
"flimsiness",
"insubstantiality",
"wispiness",
"brittleness",
"crumbliness",
"friability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firmness",
"solidity",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"roughness",
"rudeness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fragmentized":{
"as in fragmented , fragmentated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"fragmentated",
"fragmented",
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"subdivided",
"trisected",
"broke",
"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"broke down",
"decomposed",
"disassembled",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"broke up",
"decoupled",
"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united",
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"frank":{
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
"examples":[
"our ballet teacher is very frank about telling her students whether she thinks they have the talent for a career in dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"candid",
"direct",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"freehearted",
"free-spoken",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"unreserved",
"up-front"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artless",
"earnest",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"sincere",
"unaffected",
"undesigning",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"outgoing",
"uninhibited",
"unrestrained",
"vocal",
"vociferous",
"abrupt",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"crusty",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"impertinent",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"tactless",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"undiplomatic",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"unsubtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"close-mouthed",
"laconic",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"diplomatic",
"politic",
"tactful",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissembling",
"uncandid",
"unforthcoming"
]
},
"as in mark":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mark",
"autograph",
"hand",
"John Hancock",
"signature",
"countersign",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hot dog , bologna":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bologna",
"frankfurter",
"hot dog",
"kielbasa",
"knockwurst",
"knackwurst",
"liver sausage",
"liver pudding",
"liverwurst",
"pepperoni",
"salami",
"Vienna sausage",
"weenie",
"wiener",
"weiner",
"wienerwurst",
"banger",
"link",
"sausage",
"wurst",
"blood sausage",
"blood pudding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in airmail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airmail",
"mail",
"post",
"address",
"consign",
"direct",
"dispatch",
"forward",
"remit",
"route",
"ship",
"transmit",
"transport",
"register"
],
"near antonyms":[
"get",
"receive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Frankenstein":{
"as in monster , horror":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banshee",
"bogeyman",
"bogyman",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"fright",
"imp",
"incubus",
"grotesque",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"ogre",
"b\u00eate noire",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"horror",
"terror",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"mutant",
"mutation",
"abnormality",
"freak",
"ogress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"frayed":{
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
"examples":[
"she wore a beloved but badly frayed flannel shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ratty",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tattered",
"threadbare",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dowdy",
"scruffy",
"tatterdemalion",
"dingy",
"faded",
"lacerate",
"lacerated",
"shredded",
"holey",
"patchy",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"moth-eaten",
"run-down",
"scuzzy",
"tacky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"unused"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
"examples":[
"constant rubbing against the rock face has badly frayed our climbing rope"
],
"synonyms":[
"abraded",
"chafed",
"corraded",
"eroded",
"frazzled",
"fretted",
"galled",
"rasped",
"rubbed",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filed",
"gnawed",
"grated",
"grazed",
"ground",
"nibbled",
"sandblasted",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scuffed",
"shaved",
"erased",
"reduced",
"rubbed out",
"wiped (away)",
"wore out",
"ate",
"bit",
"broke down",
"broke up",
"chewed",
"corroded",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"honed",
"sharpened",
"whetted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"frame of reference":{
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"examples":[
"Her frame of reference shifted as she moved through new walks of life."
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"eye view",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"vantage point",
"viewpoint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"spin",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"mind-set",
"notion",
"opinion",
"perception",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"impression",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"frazzling":{
"to damage or diminish by continued friction":{
"examples":[
"years of use have frazzled the cord for the window blinds to the breaking point"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrading",
"chafing",
"corrading",
"eroding",
"fraying",
"fretting",
"galling",
"rasping",
"rubbing",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filing",
"gnawing",
"grating",
"grazing",
"grinding",
"nibbling",
"sandblasting",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scuffing",
"shaving",
"erasing",
"reducing",
"rubbing out",
"wearing out",
"wiping (away)",
"biting",
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"chewing",
"corroding",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"eating",
"honing",
"sharpening",
"whetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
"examples":[
"trying to hold down two full-time jobs had completely frazzled him"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"burning out",
"busting",
"doing in",
"doing up",
"draining",
"exhausting",
"fagging",
"fatiguing",
"harassing",
"killing",
"knocking out",
"outwearing",
"tiring",
"tuckering (out)",
"washing out",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activating",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"strengthening",
"vitalizing",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"an endless series of dietary warnings that had served only to frazzle the general public"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"flurrying",
"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"weirding out",
"worrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"composing",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fraudsters":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"an ingenious phishing operation that got him named the year's most inventive online fraudster"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilkers",
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"finaglers",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"blacklegs",
"cardsharps",
"cardsharpers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fragility":{
"the state or quality of having a delicate structure":{
"examples":[
"we marveled at the fragility and yet the surprising strength of the bird's wing bones"
],
"synonyms":[
"daintiness",
"delicacy",
"exquisiteness",
"fineness",
"frangibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaphanousness",
"flimsiness",
"insubstantiality",
"wispiness",
"brittleness",
"crumbliness",
"friability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"firmness",
"solidity",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"roughness",
"rudeness"
]
},
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the fragility of the abandoned baby bird"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenia",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"enervation",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"listlessness",
"lowness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration",
"exhaustion",
"fatigue",
"lassitude",
"weariness",
"defenselessness",
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impuissance",
"powerlessness",
"effeteness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"disablement",
"incapacitation",
"invalidism",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energy",
"vitality",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"heftiness",
"huskiness",
"lustiness",
"muscularity",
"virility",
"hardness",
"ruggedness",
"stoutness",
"sturdiness",
"toughness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"wellness"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardihood",
"hardiness",
"robustness",
"strength",
"vigor"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fraternal":{
"of, relating to, or befitting brothers":{
"examples":[
"there was a fraternal bond between the two boys all throughout their school years"
],
"synonyms":[
"brotherly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"familial",
"sisterly",
"chummy",
"friendly",
"neighborly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fractionations":{
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
"examples":[
"originally conceived as one novel, The Lord of the Rings underwent a fractionation into a trilogy when its publisher feared it was too massive to sell as a single volume"
],
"synonyms":[
"bifurcations",
"breakups",
"cleavages",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"fractionalizations",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"separations",
"splits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"ruptures",
"divorces",
"severances",
"decompositions",
"disassemblies",
"dismemberments",
"segmentations",
"subdivisions",
"atomizations",
"dichotomizations",
"polarizations",
"diffusions",
"dispersals",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"administrations",
"apportionments",
"distributions",
"isolations",
"seclusions",
"segregations",
"sequestrations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemblages",
"associations",
"attachments",
"conjunctions",
"connections",
"linkages",
"links",
"linkups",
"aggregations",
"combinations",
"consolidations",
"fusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"unifications",
"unions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fragmentating":{
"as in fragmenting , fragmentizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"fractionating",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"subdividing",
"trisecting",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"ramifying",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting",
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"franticness":{
"as in uneasiness , apprehensiveness":{
"examples":[],
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"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"disquiet",
"feverishness",
"freneticism",
"hand-wringing",
"perturbation",
"restlessness",
"trepidation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"worry",
"edginess",
"fidgetiness",
"fidgets",
"flightiness",
"jitteriness",
"jumpiness",
"restiveness",
"skittishness",
"nerves",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"willies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"control",
"self-control",
"aplomb",
"calm",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"ease",
"easiness",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"poise",
"repose",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"frame":{
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"examples":[
"now that the frame has been built, we have a better idea of the size of our new house"
],
"synonyms":[
"architecture",
"armature",
"cadre",
"configuration",
"edifice",
"fabric",
"framework",
"framing",
"infrastructure",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"structure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cage",
"lattice",
"network",
"contour",
"figure",
"outline",
"profile",
"shape",
"silhouette",
"chassis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the type of body that a person has":{
"examples":[
"a tall man with a big frame"
],
"synonyms":[
"build",
"constitution",
"figure",
"form",
"habit",
"physique",
"shape"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anatomy",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"a white curtain with a blue frame"
],
"synonyms":[
"border",
"borderline",
"bound",
"boundary",
"brim",
"circumference",
"compass",
"confines",
"edge",
"edging",
"end",
"fringe",
"hem",
"margin",
"perimeter",
"periphery",
"rim",
"skirt",
"skirting",
"verge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambit",
"brink",
"crest",
"curb",
"cusp",
"lip",
"ceiling",
"maximum",
"demarcation",
"extent",
"limitation",
"measure",
"mere",
"restriction",
"termination",
"borderland",
"frontier",
"march",
"outskirts",
"pale",
"selvage",
"lap",
"shore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"center",
"core",
"heart",
"inner",
"inside",
"interior",
"middle",
"within"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"framed a unique coffee table from an old, discarded chest of drawers"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"make",
"manufacture",
"produce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"make up",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"structure",
"throw up",
"craft",
"handcraft",
"hew",
"forge",
"mold",
"shape",
"cobble (together or up)",
"knock out",
"patch (together)",
"throw up",
"prefabricate",
"create",
"invent",
"mint",
"originate",
"establish",
"father",
"institute",
"organize",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"picture",
"visualize",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remanufacture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"take apart",
"break up",
"dismember",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"flatten",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"a composer framing the structure of a song"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finagle",
"finesse",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"angle (for)",
"compass",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"connive",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"hatch",
"captain",
"command",
"conduct",
"direct",
"handle",
"manage",
"quarterback",
"run",
"gerrymander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gum (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to frame your argument well if you're going to win the debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"compose",
"craft",
"draft",
"draw up",
"formulate",
"prepare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"mold",
"sculpture",
"shape",
"couch",
"express",
"phrase",
"state",
"verbalize",
"word",
"author",
"indite",
"pen",
"write",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"devise",
"build",
"construct",
"make",
"assemble",
"compound",
"piece (together)",
"redraft",
"reformulate",
"reframe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"framed a schedule for the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"blueprint",
"budget",
"calculate",
"chart",
"choreograph",
"design",
"lay out",
"map (out)",
"organize",
"plan",
"prepare",
"project",
"scheme (out)",
"shape",
"strategize (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspire",
"contrive",
"devise",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"put up",
"concert",
"get up",
"draft",
"outline",
"sketch",
"aim",
"figure",
"have on",
"intend",
"mean",
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"premeditate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a border for":{
"examples":[
"trees framed the walkway"
],
"synonyms":[
"border",
"bound",
"edge",
"fringe",
"margin",
"rim",
"skirt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hem",
"trim",
"circumscribe",
"define",
"delineate",
"demarcate",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"trace",
"circle",
"compass",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"environ",
"girdle",
"girth",
"loop",
"ring",
"round",
"surround",
"wall",
"check",
"confine",
"control",
"curb",
"limit",
"restrain",
"restrict"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fragrancies":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the fragrancy of roses on a warm summer evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"aromas",
"attars",
"ottos",
"balms",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"incenses",
"perfumes",
"redolences",
"scents",
"spices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essences",
"odors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetors",
"malodors",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"franking":{
"as in airmailing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airmailing",
"mailing",
"posting",
"addressing",
"consigning",
"directing",
"dispatching",
"forwarding",
"remitting",
"routing",
"shipping",
"transmitting",
"transporting",
"registering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"getting",
"receiving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fragmentate":{
"as in fragment , fragmentize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fragment",
"fragmentize",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite",
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fracas":{
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"the police broke up the fracas in the bar and threw both combatants in the lockup"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{
"examples":[
"police preparing for any fracas that might follow the soccer game"
],
"synonyms":[
"affray",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"rough-and-tumble",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"fisticuffs",
"handgrips",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle",
"horseplay",
"roughhousing",
"altercation",
"argument",
"dispute",
"kickup",
"quarrel",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"frame-up":{
"as in cover-up , setup":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cover-up",
"setup",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"conspiration",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"chicanery",
"foul play",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"collusion",
"complicity",
"connivance",
"conspiracy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fraction":{
"a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete":{
"examples":[
"if even a tiny fraction of that cookie broke off and fell into the delicate watch works, it could mess things up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"fragment",
"piece",
"scrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cantle",
"shred",
"tatter",
"end",
"leftover",
"oddment",
"remainder",
"remnant",
"stub",
"portion",
"section",
"segment",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shatter",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"atom",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}