9877 lines
196 KiB
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9877 lines
196 KiB
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{
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"leaching":{
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"as in cleaning , purifying":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in percolating":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lead":{
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"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
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"examples":[
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"an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conduct",
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"direct",
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"guide",
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"marshal",
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"marshall",
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"pilot",
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"route",
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"show",
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"steer",
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"usher"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"precede",
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"accompany",
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"attend",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"convoy",
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"escort",
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"see",
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"control",
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"manage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dog",
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"hound",
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"shadow",
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"tail",
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"tailgate"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"follow",
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"trail"
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]
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},
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"to serve as leader of":{
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"examples":[
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"a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boss",
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"captain",
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"command",
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"head",
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"spearhead"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"control",
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"dominate",
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"direct",
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"govern",
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"handle",
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"manage",
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"oversee",
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"regulate",
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"run",
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"superintend",
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"supervise"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bow (to)",
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"comply (with)",
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"defer (to)",
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"follow",
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"obey",
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"serve",
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"submit (to)",
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"yield (to)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be at the front of":{
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"examples":[
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"the local high school's marching band led the parade"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"head"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"precede",
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"announce",
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"herald",
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"accompany",
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"attend",
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"escort",
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"usher"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conclude",
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"end",
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"finish",
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"stop",
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"terminate",
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"tail",
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"tailgate",
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"dog",
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"follow",
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"trail"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
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"examples":[
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"this old road leads to an abandoned quarry"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bear",
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"extend",
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"go",
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"head",
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"lie",
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"run"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cross",
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"cut",
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"pass",
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"course",
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"follow",
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"span",
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"traverse"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
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"examples":[
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"the salesclerk led us through the maze of options now available to television buyers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coach",
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"counsel",
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"guide",
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"mentor",
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"pilot",
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"shepherd",
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"show",
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"tutor"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"godfather",
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"direct",
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"engineer",
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"steer",
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"sway",
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"accompany",
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"attend",
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"chaperone",
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"chaperon",
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"convoy",
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"escort",
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"see",
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"squire",
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"oversee",
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"superintend",
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"supervise",
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"drill",
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"train",
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"brief",
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"enlighten",
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"inform",
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"instruct",
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"school",
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"teach",
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"inculcate",
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"indoctrinate",
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"cultivate",
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"foster",
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"nurture"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{
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"examples":[
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"the actor's career has really taken off since he became the lead in that prime-time drama"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"headliner",
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"principal",
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"star"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"leading lady",
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"leading man",
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"superstar",
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"ingenue",
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"ing\u00e9nue",
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"starlet",
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"star turn",
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"coprincipal",
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"costar"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"extra",
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"supernumerary"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
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"examples":[
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"the runner maintained a lead of several meters all the way around the track"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"distance",
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"length",
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"remove",
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"spacing",
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"spread",
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"stretch",
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"way"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"altitude",
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"area",
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"breadth",
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"depth",
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"height",
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"rise",
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"space",
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"volume",
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"width",
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"extension",
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"extent",
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"cast",
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"range",
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"reach",
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"scope",
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"shot",
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"sweep",
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"throw",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"flight",
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"haul",
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"berth",
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"clearance"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert":{
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"examples":[
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"my sister got a lead on the job opening from her neighbor, who is the human resources director for the company"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"hint",
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"pointer",
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"tip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"advice",
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"advisement",
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"assistance",
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"counsel",
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"guidance",
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"recommendation",
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"suggestion",
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"caution",
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"cautioning",
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"sign",
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"signal",
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"telltale",
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"tip-off",
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"warning",
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"brief",
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"direction",
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"feedback",
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"instruction",
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"observation",
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"prompt",
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"reminder",
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"urging",
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"answer",
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"clue",
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"solution"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
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"examples":[
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"the police are now working on several leads generated by the evidence gathered at the crime scene"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clue",
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"cue",
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"hint",
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"indication",
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"inkling",
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"intimation",
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"suggestion"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"breath",
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"flicker",
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"glimmer",
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"glimpse",
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"mention",
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"scent",
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"whiff",
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"wind",
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"hunch",
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"idea",
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"inspiration",
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"notion",
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"allusion",
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"implication",
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"inference",
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"innuendo",
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"insinuation",
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"denotation",
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"evidence",
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"guidepost",
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"key",
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"mark",
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"overtone",
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"pointer",
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"sign",
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"signal",
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"telltale",
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"token",
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"assistance",
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"nod",
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"prompt",
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"tip",
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"tip-off",
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"wink",
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"feeling",
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"foreboding",
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"intuition",
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"premonition",
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"presentiment",
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"suspicion",
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"augury",
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"foreshadower",
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"foretaste",
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"harbinger",
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"omen",
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"portent",
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"prefigurement",
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"presage",
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"symptom"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"answer",
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"solution"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"highest in rank or authority":{
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"examples":[
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"the lead diplomat is responsible for making policy for the entire embassy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chief",
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"commanding",
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"first",
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"foremost",
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"head",
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"high",
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"leading",
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"preeminent",
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"premier",
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"presiding",
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"primary",
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"prime",
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"principal",
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"supereminent",
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"supreme",
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"top"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"high-level",
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"senior",
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"controlling",
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"directing",
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"managing",
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"officiating",
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"overseeing",
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"regnant",
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"reigning",
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"ruling",
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"supervisory",
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"main",
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"major",
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"paramount",
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"predominant",
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"predominate",
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"sovereign",
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"sovran",
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"ascendant",
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"ascendent",
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"dominant",
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"grand",
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"superior",
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"topmost",
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"upmost",
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"upper",
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"uppermost"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ancillary",
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"inferior",
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"last",
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"less",
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"lesser",
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"lower",
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"lowly",
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"second",
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"secondary",
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"subordinate",
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"subsidiary",
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"assistant",
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"assisting",
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"coadjutor",
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"deputy",
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"junior",
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"under"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lead one up the garden path":{
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozle",
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"beguile",
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"bluff",
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"buffalo",
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"burn",
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"catch",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"deceive",
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"delude",
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"dupe",
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"fake out",
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"fool",
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"gaff",
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"gammon",
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"gull",
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"have",
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"have on",
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"hoax",
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"hoodwink",
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"hornswoggle",
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"humbug",
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"juggle",
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"misguide",
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"misinform",
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"mislead",
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"snooker",
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"snow",
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"spoof",
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"string along",
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"sucker",
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"suck in",
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"take in",
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"trick"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kid",
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"put on",
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"tease",
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"bleed",
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"cheat",
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"chisel",
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"defraud",
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"diddle",
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"euchre",
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"fleece",
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"flimflam",
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"hustle",
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"mulct",
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"rook",
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"shortchange",
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"skin",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"sting",
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"swindle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debunk",
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"show up",
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"uncloak",
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"uncover",
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"unmask",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"tell",
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"unveil",
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"disabuse",
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"disenchant",
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"disillusion"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceive"
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]
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},
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"type":[]
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},
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"lead-pipe cinch":{
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"one that is certain to succeed":{
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"examples":[
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"The attorney displayed no shortage of confidence when proclaiming a not guilty verdict in the trial to be a lead-pipe cinch ."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cinch",
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"lock",
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"shoo-in",
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"slam dunk",
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"sure thing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"certainty",
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"inevitability",
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"eventuality",
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"foregone conclusion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dark horse",
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"long shot"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"leading edges":{
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"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an activist who is on the leading edge of the fight for equal marriage rights"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"spearheads"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cutting edges",
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"forefronts",
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"front lines",
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"vanguards",
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"vans"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"leads":{
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"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
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"examples":[
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"an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conducts",
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"directs",
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"guides",
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"marshals",
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"marshalls",
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"pilots",
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"routes",
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"shows",
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"steers",
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"ushers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"precedes",
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"accompanies",
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"attends",
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"chaperones",
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"chaperons",
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"convoys",
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"escorts",
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"sees",
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"controls",
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"manages"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dogs",
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"hounds",
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"shadows",
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"tailgates",
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"tails"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"follows",
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"trails"
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]
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},
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"to serve as leader of":{
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"examples":[
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"a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bosses",
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"captains",
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"commands",
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"heads",
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"spearheads"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"controls",
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"dominates",
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"directs",
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"governs",
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"handles",
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"manages",
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"oversees",
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"regulates",
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"runs",
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"superintends",
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"supervises"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bows (to)",
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"complies (with)",
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"defers (to)",
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"follows",
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"obeys",
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"serves",
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"submits (to)",
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"yields (to)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be at the front of":{
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"examples":[
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"the local high school's marching band led the parade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"heads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precedes",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"ushers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"tailgates",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"trails"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this old road leads to an abandoned quarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the salesclerk led us through the maze of options now available to television buyers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"tutors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"godfathers",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"engineers",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"accompanies",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"convoys",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"squires",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's career has really taken off since he became the lead in that prime-time drama"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"headliners",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"star turns",
|
|
"coprincipals",
|
|
"co-principals",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the runner maintained a lead of several meters all the way around the track"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"spacings",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"clearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my sister got a lead on the job opening from her neighbor, who is the human resources director for the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"pointers",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"advisements",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"recommendations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"tip-offs",
|
|
"warnings",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"feedback",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"reminders",
|
|
"urgings",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police are now working on several leads generated by the evidence gathered at the crime scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clues",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"inklings",
|
|
"intimations",
|
|
"suggestions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"allusions",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"inferences",
|
|
"innuendos",
|
|
"innuendoes",
|
|
"insinuations",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"guideposts",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"overtones",
|
|
"pointers",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"tip-offs",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"forebodings",
|
|
"intuitions",
|
|
"premonitions",
|
|
"presentiments",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"foreshadowers",
|
|
"foretastes",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prefigurements",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"symptoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"solutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leads one down the garden path":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"leafs":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flips",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"thumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"looks over",
|
|
"scans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"league":{
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a league of concerned parishioners who are seeking a greater voice in church affairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"association",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"brotherhood",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"college",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"consortium",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"fraternity",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"sodality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"commune",
|
|
"community",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"cadre",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"junta",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"local",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"membership",
|
|
"sisterhood",
|
|
"sorority",
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"camarilla",
|
|
"camorra",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"syndicate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"created to avert future wars, the League of Nations was a forerunner of the United Nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"junto",
|
|
"cartel",
|
|
"syndicate",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"fusion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"wing",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"affiliation",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"conference"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that falls into a different league of fiction\u2014the popular novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"genus",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"subclass",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"subgroup",
|
|
"subspecies",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"federate",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabal",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"gang up",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"unionize",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"amalgamate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"alienate",
|
|
"estrange",
|
|
"fall out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disband"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band (together)",
|
|
"collaborate",
|
|
"concert",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conspire",
|
|
"cooperate",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"team (up)",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connive",
|
|
"affiliate",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"hang together",
|
|
"interface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaker":{
|
|
"as in gossip , blabbermouth":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
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"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
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"spy",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lean (on or against)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lean (toward":{
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"incline (toward)",
|
|
"tend (to)",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"mislike",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lean (toward or towards)":{
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"prefer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adore",
|
|
"cotton (to)",
|
|
"delight (in)",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"enjoy",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"groove (on)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"revel (in)",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hanker (for or after)",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"incline (toward)",
|
|
"tend (to)",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"mislike",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lean-to":{
|
|
"as in shed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"hutment",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"cot",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"cabana",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"hogan",
|
|
"wickiup",
|
|
"wigwam",
|
|
"tent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leapfrogging":{
|
|
"as in bouncing , skipping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"vaulting",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"caprioling",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"pouncing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"skyrocketing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in avoiding , escaping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"detouring",
|
|
"skirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaping":{
|
|
"passing from one topic to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had trouble following the lecturer's leaping look at archaeological discoveries around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"consistent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"undeviating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"digressional",
|
|
"digressionary",
|
|
"digressive",
|
|
"discursive",
|
|
"excursive",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"caprioling",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"pouncing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"skyrocketing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"vaulting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learn":{
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"get",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"pick up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"drink (in)",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"search (for)",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"unearth",
|
|
"major (in)",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"memorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"misunderstand",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get on (to)",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"wise (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"puzzle (out)",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"divine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"unlearn",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"detect",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"dig up",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dredge (up)",
|
|
"ferret (out)",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunt (down or up)",
|
|
"locate",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rout (out)",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"scare up",
|
|
"scout (up)",
|
|
"track (down)",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"look for",
|
|
"search (for or out)",
|
|
"seek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"mislay",
|
|
"misplace",
|
|
"misset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pass over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"con",
|
|
"memorize",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hark back (to)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recollect",
|
|
"relive",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"reminisce (about)",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"think (of)",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"understand",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremember",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"misremember",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learned":{
|
|
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the learned professor can speak knowledgeably on a wide array of subjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"didactical",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"homeschooled",
|
|
"self-educated",
|
|
"self-instructed",
|
|
"self-taught",
|
|
"briefed",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"overeducated",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unknowledgeable",
|
|
"uninstructed",
|
|
"unschooled",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"untutored",
|
|
"semiliterate",
|
|
"undereducated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unscholarly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"suggestive of the vocabulary used in books":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a teaching assistant who tries to impress us with all of his learned words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"literary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"donnish",
|
|
"inkhorn",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"scholastic",
|
|
"belletristic",
|
|
"belle-lettristic",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"declamatory",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"stilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"slangy",
|
|
"illiterate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"nonliterary",
|
|
"unbookish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"got",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"picked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"searched (for)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"unearthed",
|
|
"majored (in)",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"memorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"misunderstood",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got on (to)",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"wised (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"encountered",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"divined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"detected",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunted (down or up)",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"routed (out)",
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
"scouted (up)",
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"looked for",
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
"sought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
"misset",
|
|
"mis-set"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"memorized",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harked back (to)",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recollected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"reminisced (about)",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"thought (of)",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembered",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"misremembered",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learns":{
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearns"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"misunderstands",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"searches (for)",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"unearths",
|
|
"majors (in)",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"memorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"picks up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"unlearns",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"encounters",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"puzzles (out)",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"divines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets on (to)",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"passes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"mislays",
|
|
"misplaces",
|
|
"missets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"looks for",
|
|
"searches (for or out)",
|
|
"seeks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"detects",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"digs up",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"dredges (up)",
|
|
"ferrets (out)",
|
|
"finds",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"hits (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunts (down or up)",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"routs (out)",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"scares up",
|
|
"scouts (up)",
|
|
"tracks (down)",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearns"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembers",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"misremembers",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"harks back (to)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recollects",
|
|
"relives",
|
|
"remembers",
|
|
"reminisces (about)",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"thinks (of)",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"understands",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"memorizes",
|
|
"studies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lease":{
|
|
"as in property , development":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"frontage",
|
|
"real estate",
|
|
"patch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"let",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"sublease",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"rack-rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sublease",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"arrange (for)",
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"contract (for)",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"sign up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leased":{
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"let",
|
|
"rented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chartered",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"subleased",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"rack-rented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chartered",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"rented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subleased",
|
|
"sublet",
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"arranged (for)",
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"contracted (for)",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"signed up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leave-taking":{
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leave-taking of the guest of honor was scheduled for 11 o'clock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"ingress"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"embarkation",
|
|
"embarkment",
|
|
"disembarkation",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of two or more persons going off in different directions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"the sweethearts' leave-taking was filled with tearful pauses and promises to meet again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reunion",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"greeting",
|
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"salutation",
|
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"welcome",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
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"departure",
|
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"egress",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"forsaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"leavens":{
|
|
"as in enlivens , invigorates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
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"invigorates",
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"inculcates",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"ingrains",
|
|
"engrains",
|
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"inoculates",
|
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"invests",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"suffuses",
|
|
"implants",
|
|
"instills",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"pervades",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprives",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaves":{
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can leave your lunch in the refrigerator while we're outside",
|
|
"starry-eyed lovers who promise never to leave one another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"strands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"retreats (from)",
|
|
"takes off (from)",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"withdraws (from)",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"separates (from)",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to leave all of my possessions to my children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"wills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"passes (down)",
|
|
"devises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he left his job in the city and moved out into the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"resigns (from)",
|
|
"retires (from)",
|
|
"steps aside (from)",
|
|
"steps down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"drops out (of)",
|
|
"throws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stays (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why don't you leave your watch with me while you swim?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there ever a good way to leave a lover?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"breaks off (with)",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"jilts",
|
|
"kisses off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"high-hats",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"maroons",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooks up (with)",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"befriends",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aw, leave him come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier was on leave for three days before having to report back to base"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"holidays",
|
|
"hols",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"vacations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sabbaticals",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"breathers",
|
|
"relaxations",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"intervals",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"holy days",
|
|
"legal holidays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the editor gave the reporters leave to follow up on their initial investigation of the senator's fund-raising practices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"green lights",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"signatures",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"accreditations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"patents",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"grants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"exclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the party was clearly dying down, and it was time to take our leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decampments",
|
|
"departures",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"farewells",
|
|
"goings",
|
|
"leave-takings",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"partings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"retirements",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdrawals",
|
|
"diasporas",
|
|
"emigrations",
|
|
"evacuations",
|
|
"exoduses",
|
|
"embarkations",
|
|
"embarkments",
|
|
"disembarkations",
|
|
"egresses",
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"relinquishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comings",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"ingresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaving":{
|
|
"as in departing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"valedictory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in leave , departure":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abdication",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"resignation",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"stepping down",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"renouncement",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"adoption",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"embracement",
|
|
"espousal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can leave your lunch in the refrigerator while we're outside",
|
|
"starry-eyed lovers who promise never to leave one another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stranding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"retreating (from)",
|
|
"taking off (from)",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"withdrawing (from)",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"separating (from)",
|
|
"sacrificing",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaiming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to leave all of my possessions to my children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"passing (down)",
|
|
"devising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he left his job in the city and moved out into the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"resigning (from)",
|
|
"retiring (from)",
|
|
"stepping aside (from)",
|
|
"stepping down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"dropping out (of)",
|
|
"throwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"staying (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why don't you leave your watch with me while you swim?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there ever a good way to leave a lover?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing off",
|
|
"breaking off (with)",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"jilting",
|
|
"kissing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"marooning",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hooking up (with)",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"befriending",
|
|
"latching (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aw, leave him come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaving (out)":{
|
|
"as in excluding , omitting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaked (out)":{
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the candidate's campaign didn't want his choice of a running mate to leak out before an official announcement was made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"got about",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"got round",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"transpired",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"secreted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leadmen":{
|
|
"as in managers , supervisors":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"overseers",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"standard-bearers",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"straw bosses",
|
|
"superintendents",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"boss men",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"jefes",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"taskmasters",
|
|
"administrators",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"executives",
|
|
"generals",
|
|
"governors",
|
|
"hierarchs",
|
|
"higher-ups",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czarinas",
|
|
"tsarinas",
|
|
"tzarinas",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"top dogs",
|
|
"top guns",
|
|
"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
|
"coleaders",
|
|
"co-leaders",
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"gangers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"secondaries",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leary":{
|
|
"feeling or showing a lack of trust in someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a leery attitude",
|
|
"She seemed a little leery about the proposal.",
|
|
"They were leery of their neighbors."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"gun-shy",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"disbelieving",
|
|
"distrustful",
|
|
"doubting",
|
|
"incredulous",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"negativistic",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"show-me",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unbelieving",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"quizzical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"inquiring",
|
|
"inquisitive",
|
|
"nosy",
|
|
"nosey",
|
|
"snoopy",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unconvinced",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"hesitant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"unsuspecting",
|
|
"unsuspicious",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"credulous",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"unquestioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leave off":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snow should leave off around midnight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leastwise":{
|
|
"whatever else is done or is the case":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"leastwise you have a job, and that's more than some folks can say"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"leastways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leases":{
|
|
"as in properties , developments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"plats",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"frontages",
|
|
"real estates",
|
|
"patches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"rents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"subleases",
|
|
"sublets",
|
|
"rack-rents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"rents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subleases",
|
|
"sublets",
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"arranges (for)",
|
|
"bespeaks",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"contracts (for)",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"signs up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leasing":{
|
|
"to give the possession and use of (something) in return for periodic payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the landlord was willing to lease the apartment for less than we had expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"renting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"subleasing",
|
|
"subletting",
|
|
"rack-renting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set sum":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't afford to buy a car outright, so I decided to lease one instead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"renting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subleasing",
|
|
"subletting",
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"arranging (for)",
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"contracting (for)",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"signing up (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lean-tos":{
|
|
"as in sheds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"hutments",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"cots",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"cabanas",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"hogans",
|
|
"wickiups",
|
|
"wigwams",
|
|
"tents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaning (on or against)":{
|
|
"as in forcing , compelling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"bearing (down)",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"weighing (upon)",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"leads on":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a con man whose dupes are usually led on by their own greed and eagerness to turn an easy buck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draws in",
|
|
"inveigles",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"magnetizes",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"forewarns",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"drives (away or off)",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"turns away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leans (on or against)":{
|
|
"as in forces , compels":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"muscles",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"bears (down)",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"weighs (upon)",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"thrusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"leavened":{
|
|
"as in enlivened , invigorated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"inculcated",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"inoculated",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"suffused",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"pervaded",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leave":{
|
|
"to cause to remain behind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can leave your lunch in the refrigerator while we're outside",
|
|
"starry-eyed lovers who promise never to leave one another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"maroon",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"strand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"retreat (from)",
|
|
"take off (from)",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"withdraw (from)",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"separate (from)",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reclaim"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to leave all of my possessions to my children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"pass (down)",
|
|
"devise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he left his job in the city and moved out into the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"resign (from)",
|
|
"retire (from)",
|
|
"step aside (from)",
|
|
"step down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"drop out (of)",
|
|
"throw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stay (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"why don't you leave your watch with me while you swim?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"hand in",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"recommit",
|
|
"redeliver",
|
|
"retransfer",
|
|
"retransmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to end a usually intimate relationship with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there ever a good way to leave a lover?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow off",
|
|
"break off (with)",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"jilt",
|
|
"kiss off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"maroon",
|
|
"quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hook up (with)",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"befriend",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"aw, leave him come"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a period during which the usual routine of school or work is suspended":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldier was on leave for three days before having to report back to base"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"holiday",
|
|
"hols",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sabbatical",
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"breather",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"holy day",
|
|
"legal holiday",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"slacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the editor gave the reporters leave to follow up on their initial investigation of the senator's fund-raising practices"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"green light",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"signature",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"accreditation",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"grant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"exclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of leaving a place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the party was clearly dying down, and it was time to take our leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"decampment",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"departure",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"farewell",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leave-taking",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"retirement",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"withdrawal",
|
|
"diaspora",
|
|
"emigration",
|
|
"evacuation",
|
|
"exodus",
|
|
"embarkation",
|
|
"embarkment",
|
|
"disembarkation",
|
|
"egress",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"relinquishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"ingress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leafed (through)":{
|
|
"as in turned over , dipped (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped (into)",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"speed-read",
|
|
"thumbed (through)",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"gobbled (up)",
|
|
"slogged (through)",
|
|
"waded (through)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaf":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"thumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"look over",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"study"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sheet , slice":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"lamella",
|
|
"lamina",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leading on":{
|
|
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a con man whose dupes are usually led on by their own greed and eagerness to turn an easy buck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"decoying",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing in",
|
|
"inveigling",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"enmeshing",
|
|
"immeshing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"meshing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alerting",
|
|
"cautioning",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"driving (away or off)",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"turning away"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaguering":{
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"investing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"quarantining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"rescuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaning (toward or towards)":{
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"cottoning (to)",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"biasing",
|
|
"biassing",
|
|
"prejudicing",
|
|
"inclining (toward)",
|
|
"tending (to)",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"misliking",
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaky":{
|
|
"as in porous , absorbent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"porous",
|
|
"unsealed",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"pervious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"hermetic",
|
|
"hermetical",
|
|
"leakproof",
|
|
"watertight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leading man":{
|
|
"as in leading lady":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"headliner",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"star turn",
|
|
"coprincipal",
|
|
"costar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"supernumerary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaked":{
|
|
"as in blundered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"blatted",
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"cried (out)",
|
|
"ejaculated",
|
|
"exclaimed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"hooted",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"aahed",
|
|
"ahed",
|
|
"oohed",
|
|
"interjected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in seeped , trickled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"mummified",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mushroomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in warned , exposed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"ratted",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"tipped (off)",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"wised (up)",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"disburdened",
|
|
"unburdened",
|
|
"unloaded",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"fessed (up)",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"owned (up to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"disowned",
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"kidded (oneself)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaver":{
|
|
"as in dropout , abandoner":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoner",
|
|
"come-outer",
|
|
"dropout",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"quisling",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"traitress",
|
|
"traitoress",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turncoat",
|
|
"defier",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionary",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"mutineer",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"revolter",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"revolutionizer",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deserter",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refusenik",
|
|
"refusnik",
|
|
"refuser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leafs (through)":{
|
|
"as in turns over , dips (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips (into)",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"speed-reads",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"reads",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gobbles (up)",
|
|
"slogs (through)",
|
|
"wades (through)",
|
|
"rereads",
|
|
"proofreads",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leadoff":{
|
|
"coming before all others in time or order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leadoff batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"penultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to lead off the news conference with a prepared statement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"embark (on or upon)",
|
|
"enter (into or upon)",
|
|
"fall (to)",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"get around (to)",
|
|
"get down (to)",
|
|
"get round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"phase out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaders":{
|
|
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the leader funnels water off of the roof and down into the cistern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"penstocks",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"tubes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"smokestacks",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"standpipes",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"tiles",
|
|
"waste pipes",
|
|
"waterspouts",
|
|
"pipages",
|
|
"pipeages",
|
|
"pipelines",
|
|
"pipings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team leader is good at making sure that everyone keeps busy at their assigned tasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"boss men",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"jefes",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"taskmasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"directresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"administrators",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"executives",
|
|
"generals",
|
|
"governors",
|
|
"hierarchs",
|
|
"higher-ups",
|
|
"leadmen",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"overseers",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"standard-bearers",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"straw bosses",
|
|
"superintendents",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors",
|
|
"dominators",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"top dogs",
|
|
"top guns",
|
|
"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
|
"coleaders",
|
|
"co-leaders",
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"gangers",
|
|
"micromanagers",
|
|
"subchiefs",
|
|
"sub-chiefs",
|
|
"subdirectors",
|
|
"sub-directors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"secondaries",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an architectural firm that is widely regarded as a leader in innovative residential design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellwethers",
|
|
"pacemakers",
|
|
"pacers",
|
|
"pacesetters",
|
|
"trendsetters",
|
|
"trend-setters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foregoers",
|
|
"forerunners",
|
|
"harbingers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"precursors",
|
|
"groundbreakers",
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"pioneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"Johnny-come-latelies",
|
|
"Johnnies-come-lately",
|
|
"me-tooers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"imitators"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leadman":{
|
|
"as in manager , supervisor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"overseer",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"skipper",
|
|
"standard-bearer",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"straw boss",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"jefe",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"taskmaster",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"commander",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"governor",
|
|
"hierarch",
|
|
"higher-up",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"czarina",
|
|
"tsarina",
|
|
"tzarina",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"top dog",
|
|
"top gun",
|
|
"cohead",
|
|
"coleader",
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"ganger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leads off":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to lead off the news conference with a prepared statement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"embarks (on or upon)",
|
|
"enters (into or upon)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"gets around (to)",
|
|
"gets down (to)",
|
|
"gets round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"phases out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaves off":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we usually leave off working as soon as the bell rings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the snow should leave off around midnight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"winks (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learnedness":{
|
|
"the understanding and information gained from being educated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the university's head librarian exuded an aura of learnedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"education",
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"scholarship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"bookishness",
|
|
"pedantry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional illiteracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"illiterateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaven":{
|
|
"as in enliven , invigorate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"inculcate",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"inoculate",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"suffuse",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"instill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"take (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leading one up the garden path":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lea":{
|
|
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"across the lea rolls a lonely wagon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"campo",
|
|
"champaign",
|
|
"down(s)",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"llano",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pampa",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe",
|
|
"tundra",
|
|
"veld",
|
|
"veldt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lowland",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cattle were free to range over the lea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pasturage",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"range"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"feedlot",
|
|
"stockyard",
|
|
"yard",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"pampas",
|
|
"prairie",
|
|
"savanna",
|
|
"savannah",
|
|
"steppe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leapt":{
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vaulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"leapfrogged",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"caprioled",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"pounced",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"skyrocketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leading ladies":{
|
|
"as in leading men":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"headliners",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"star turns",
|
|
"coprincipals",
|
|
"co-principals",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leashes":{
|
|
"to attach (someone or something) to something else by or as if by means of a line or cord":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Dogs must be leashed while in the dog park."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"tethers",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"wires",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"girts",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"untethers",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unlaces",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses",
|
|
"unstraps",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"unthreads",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"untwists",
|
|
"uncoils",
|
|
"unspools",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leathers":{
|
|
"the hairless natural covering of an animal prepared for use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company claims to use only the finest leathers for its shoes and handbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"antelopes",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"cabrettas",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"capeskins",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"ostriches",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"nubucks",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this jacket was made from real leather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"beavers",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"chinchillas",
|
|
"ermines",
|
|
"fishers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"martens",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"minks",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"muskrats",
|
|
"otters",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lambs",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"rabbits",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"raccoons",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"racoons",
|
|
"sables",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"bearskins",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"coonskins",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"karakuls",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"kolinskies",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"sealskins",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"moutons",
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an expert rider will find almost no reason to leather a horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"flails",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knouts",
|
|
"quirts",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"touches up",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"roughs",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaps":{
|
|
"an act of leaping into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horse cleared the hurdle with a tremendous leap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"gambadoes",
|
|
"gambados",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"skyrockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leafed":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flipped",
|
|
"riffled",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"thumbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"looked over",
|
|
"scanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leading one down the garden path":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"leavings":{
|
|
"a remaining group or portion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leavings of the banquet were packed up and delivered to a shelter for the homeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"leftovers",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"residuum",
|
|
"rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"scraping(s)",
|
|
"stub",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leather":{
|
|
"the hairless natural covering of an animal prepared for use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company claims to use only the finest leathers for its shoes and handbags"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coat",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"antelope",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"cabretta",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"capeskin",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"ostrich",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"nubuck",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the outer covering of an animal removed for its commercial value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this jacket was made from real leather"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"beaver",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chinchilla",
|
|
"ermine",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lamb",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"sable",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"bearskin",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"coonskin",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"karakul",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"kolinsky",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"sealskin",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"mouton",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an expert rider will find almost no reason to leather a horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"flagellate",
|
|
"flail",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"horsewhip",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"tan",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knout",
|
|
"quirt",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"touch up",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"fustigate",
|
|
"pistol-whip",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"clout",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cuff",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"spank",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belabor",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"paddle",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pommel",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"pummel",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"thresh",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup",
|
|
"work over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaped":{
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vaulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"leapfrogged",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"caprioled",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"pounced",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"skyrocketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lead-pipe cinches":{
|
|
"one that is certain to succeed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The attorney displayed no shortage of confidence when proclaiming a not guilty verdict in the trial to be a lead-pipe cinch ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"shoo-ins",
|
|
"slam dunks",
|
|
"sure things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"inevitabilities",
|
|
"eventualities",
|
|
"foregone conclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"long shots"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaguers":{
|
|
"the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Germany's abandonment of the leaguer of Stalingrad is seen as a major turning point of World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguerments",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"investments",
|
|
"sieges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblockades",
|
|
"counter-blockades",
|
|
"containments",
|
|
"encirclements",
|
|
"encompassments",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"insulations",
|
|
"isolations",
|
|
"quarantines",
|
|
"seclusions",
|
|
"segregations",
|
|
"sequestrations",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"invests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"insulates",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"quarantines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaden":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a leaden performance of a classic American play that nearly put us to sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the color gray":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leaden sky made everything seem dark and depressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argentine",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"grayish",
|
|
"pewter",
|
|
"silver",
|
|
"silvery",
|
|
"slate",
|
|
"slaty",
|
|
"slatey",
|
|
"steely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"chalky",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitish",
|
|
"chocolate",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"sepia",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"hoar",
|
|
"hoary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaned":{
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just lean the ladder against the tree and climb up it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"deviated",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family's diet leans toward greasy food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"tended",
|
|
"trended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravitated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"shied (from or away from)",
|
|
"shunned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place reliance or trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can always lean on me if you need help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"counted",
|
|
"depended",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"relied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leader":{
|
|
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leader funnels water off of the roof and down into the cistern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"penstock",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"tube"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"drainpipe",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"hydrant",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"smokestack",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"standpipe",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"tile",
|
|
"waste pipe",
|
|
"waterspout",
|
|
"pipage",
|
|
"pipeage",
|
|
"pipeline",
|
|
"piping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the team leader is good at making sure that everyone keeps busy at their assigned tasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"jefe",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"directress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"commander",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"governor",
|
|
"hierarch",
|
|
"higher-up",
|
|
"leadman",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"overseer",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"skipper",
|
|
"standard-bearer",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"straw boss",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor",
|
|
"dominator",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"top dog",
|
|
"top gun",
|
|
"cohead",
|
|
"coleader",
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"ganger",
|
|
"micromanager",
|
|
"subchief",
|
|
"subdirector"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that takes the lead or sets an example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an architectural firm that is widely regarded as a leader in innovative residential design"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellwether",
|
|
"pacemaker",
|
|
"pacer",
|
|
"pacesetter",
|
|
"trendsetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foregoer",
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"groundbreaker",
|
|
"innovator",
|
|
"pioneer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"Johnny-come-lately",
|
|
"me-tooer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"imitator"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leadership":{
|
|
"the capacity to guide the actions of a person or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The company's high turnover rate is a sign of poor leadership .",
|
|
"The scouts were awarded badges for demonstrating strong leadership ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"governance",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"monitoring",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"policing",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"headship",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"stewardship",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"supervision",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"trusteeship",
|
|
"tutelage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaning":{
|
|
"running in a slanting direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leaning tower of Pisa is a popular tourist attraction in Italy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"graded",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slantwise",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"up-and-down",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"perpendicular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the news media are often accused of having liberal leanings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"upside",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
|
"countertrend",
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
|
"undertow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite what his athletic leanings might suggest, he was actually a very lazy kid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"addiction",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"singularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"disrelish",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"objectivity",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just lean the ladder against the tree and climb up it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the family's diet leans toward greasy food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"tending",
|
|
"trending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"gravitating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"shying (from or away from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place reliance or trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can always lean on me if you need help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"depending",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"relying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lead off":{
|
|
"coming before all others in time or order":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the leadoff batter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"early",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primeval",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"primordial",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"preceding",
|
|
"previous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"subsequent",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"penultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"final",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"plans to lead off the news conference with a prepared statement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"embark (on or upon)",
|
|
"enter (into or upon)",
|
|
"fall (to)",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"get around (to)",
|
|
"get down (to)",
|
|
"get round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"phase out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaguer":{
|
|
"the cutting off of an area by military means to stop the flow of people or supplies":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Germany's abandonment of the leaguer of Stalingrad is seen as a major turning point of World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguerment",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"investment",
|
|
"siege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterblockade",
|
|
"containment",
|
|
"encirclement",
|
|
"encompassment",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"insulation",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"quarantine",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an impregnable fortress that not even the mightiest army on earth would venture to leaguer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"invest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"quarantine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leak":{
|
|
"as in blunder":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"blat",
|
|
"blurt (out)",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cry (out)",
|
|
"ejaculate",
|
|
"exclaim",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"aah",
|
|
"ah",
|
|
"ooh",
|
|
"interject"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in seep , trickle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"mummify",
|
|
"wizen",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mushroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in warn , expose":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)",
|
|
"warn",
|
|
"wise (up)",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"disburden",
|
|
"unburden",
|
|
"unload",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"fess (up)",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"own (up to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"kid (oneself)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leading men":{
|
|
"as in leading ladies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"headliners",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"star turns",
|
|
"coprincipals",
|
|
"co-principals",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leak (out)":{
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the candidate's campaign didn't want his choice of a running mate to leak out before an official announcement was made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"get about",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"get round",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"transpire",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"secrete"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leads one up the garden path":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaned (on or against)":{
|
|
"as in forced , compelled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"bore (down)",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"weighed (upon)",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"least":{
|
|
"as in mere , minimal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in nothing , number":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"insect",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"pip-squeak",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"snippersnapper",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"no-name",
|
|
"noncelebrity",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"puppet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"VIP",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"planet",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"great power",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"power"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaf (through)":{
|
|
"as in turn over , dip (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"speed-read",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up)",
|
|
"slog (through)",
|
|
"wade (through)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leakers":{
|
|
"as in gossips , blabbermouths":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"canaries",
|
|
"deep throats",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"informants",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"snitchers",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squealers",
|
|
"stoolies",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"telltales",
|
|
"whistle-blowers",
|
|
"notifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leastways":{
|
|
"whatever else is done or is the case":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the minister is fixing to get married, leastways that's what everyone at the diner was saying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"leastwise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leagued":{
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"federated",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caballed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"ganged up",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"unionized",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"amalgamated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"merged",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"segregated",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"fell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded (together)",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"conspired",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"teamed (up)",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connived",
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"hung together",
|
|
"interfaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lead-in":{
|
|
"as in start , prelude":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curtain-raiser",
|
|
"overture",
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
"preliminary",
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog",
|
|
"warm-up",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"countdown",
|
|
"run-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaks (out)":{
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the candidate's campaign didn't want his choice of a running mate to leak out before an official announcement was made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"gets about",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"gets round",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"secretes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learning":{
|
|
"the understanding and information gained from being educated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the learning that you get from books is just as important as the experience you get from life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"education",
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learnedness",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"scholarship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"bookishness",
|
|
"pedantry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"functional illiteracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"illiterateness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after months of trying, he finally learned the dance steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"picking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"searching (for)",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"unearthing",
|
|
"majoring (in)",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"memorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the directors have since learned that they should examine the company's financial reports a little more closely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"catching on (to)",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting on (to)",
|
|
"hearing",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"wising (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"puzzling (out)",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"divining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"unlearning",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police were astonished when they learned the identity of the students who had vandalized the school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"detecting",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"digging up",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"dredging (up)",
|
|
"ferreting (out)",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"hitting (on or upon)",
|
|
"hunting (down or up)",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"routing (out)",
|
|
"rummaging",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"scaring up",
|
|
"scouting (up)",
|
|
"tracking (down)",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"looking for",
|
|
"searching (for or out)",
|
|
"seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"mislaying",
|
|
"misplacing",
|
|
"missetting",
|
|
"mis-setting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"passing over"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit to memory":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he learned the words to the song while performing karaoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"memorizing",
|
|
"studying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harking back (to)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recollecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"reminiscing (about)",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"thinking (of)",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"digesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disremembering",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"misremembering",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"slurring (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unlearning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leasts":{
|
|
"as in numbers , nobodies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"insects",
|
|
"insignificancies",
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"nullities",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"pip-squeaks",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"snippersnappers",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities",
|
|
"no-names",
|
|
"noncelebrities",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"puppets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big wheels",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"VIPs",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"planets",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"powers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaguing":{
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"banding (together)",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"federating",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caballing",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"ganging up",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"teaming (up)",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"unionizing",
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"amalgamating",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"wedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"falling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding (together)",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"concerting",
|
|
"concurring",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"conspiring",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"teaming (up)",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conniving",
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"hanging together",
|
|
"interfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leafless":{
|
|
"as in barren":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"green",
|
|
"grown",
|
|
"leafy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"verdant",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leans (toward or towards)":{
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"cottons (to)",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"biasses",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"inclines (toward)",
|
|
"tends (to)",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"mislikes",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"leapfrogged":{
|
|
"as in bounced , skipped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vaulted",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"caprioled",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
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"romped",
|
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"attacked",
|
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"pounced",
|
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"shot",
|
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"skyrocketed"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"as in avoided , escaped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"avoided",
|
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"dodged",
|
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"ducked",
|
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"eluded",
|
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"escaped",
|
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"eschewed",
|
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"evaded",
|
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"fled",
|
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"shook",
|
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"shunned",
|
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"bypassed",
|
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"circumnavigated",
|
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"circumvented",
|
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"detoured",
|
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"skirted"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"confronted",
|
|
"faced",
|
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"met",
|
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"accepted",
|
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"courted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
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"pursued",
|
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"sought",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaks":{
|
|
"as in blunders":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"blats",
|
|
"blurts (out)",
|
|
"bolts",
|
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"cries (out)",
|
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"ejaculates",
|
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"exclaims",
|
|
"bellows",
|
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"bleats",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"hollers",
|
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"hoots",
|
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"howls",
|
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"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"aahs",
|
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"ahs",
|
|
"oohs",
|
|
"interjects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in seeps , trickles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"trickles",
|
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"dries up",
|
|
"mummifies",
|
|
"wizens",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
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"shrivels",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mushrooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in warns , exposes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"wises (up)",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"disburdens",
|
|
"unburdens",
|
|
"unloads",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"fesses (up)",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"owns (up to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"kids (oneself)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leafing":{
|
|
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must have spent hours leafing through wallpaper books before we found something we both liked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flipping",
|
|
"riffling",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"thumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"looking over",
|
|
"scanning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"studying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leavening":{
|
|
"as in enlivening , invigorating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"enduing",
|
|
"induing",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"inculcating",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"inoculating",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"suffusing",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"pervading",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking (away)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leagues":{
|
|
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a league of concerned parishioners who are seeking a greater voice in church affairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"brotherhoods",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"colleges",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"consortia",
|
|
"consortiums",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"fraternities",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"societies",
|
|
"sodalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an association of persons, parties, or states for mutual assistance and protection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"created to avert future wars, the League of Nations was a forerunner of the United Nations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"unions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"juntos",
|
|
"cartels",
|
|
"syndicates",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"wings",
|
|
"associations",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"affiliations",
|
|
"cooperatives",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"conferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that falls into a different league of fiction\u2014the popular novel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"categories",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifications",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"genera",
|
|
"genuses",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"kinds",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"rubrics",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"species",
|
|
"tiers",
|
|
"types"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descriptions",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"ilks",
|
|
"kidneys",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"subclasses",
|
|
"subdivisions",
|
|
"subgroups",
|
|
"subspecieses",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"headings",
|
|
"labels",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole block leagued together to keep a liquor store from opening in their neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"bands (together)",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"federates",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabals",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"gangs up",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"teams (up)",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"unionizes",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"amalgamates",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"merges",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"weds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"estranges",
|
|
"falls out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some unlikely political bedfellows leagued together to get the bill passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands (together)",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"conspires",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"teams (up)",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connives",
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"hangs together",
|
|
"interfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"learners":{
|
|
"as in kids , novices":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"freshmen",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"newcomers",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"rookies",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"tyros",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"hackers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"inexperts",
|
|
"jacklegs",
|
|
"triflers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"old hands",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"vets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"leaves (out)":{
|
|
"as in excludes , omits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"misses out",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"debars",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"excepts",
|
|
"rules out",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"mislays",
|
|
"misplaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"subsumes",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"comprises",
|
|
"consists (of)",
|
|
"brackets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |