dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/lea_MWT.json
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{
"leaching":{
"as in cleaning , purifying":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in percolating":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lead":{
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
"examples":[
"an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum"
],
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"conduct",
"direct",
"guide",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"pilot",
"route",
"show",
"steer",
"usher"
],
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"precede",
"accompany",
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"control",
"manage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dog",
"hound",
"shadow",
"tail",
"tailgate"
],
"antonyms":[
"follow",
"trail"
]
},
"to serve as leader of":{
"examples":[
"a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software"
],
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"boss",
"captain",
"command",
"head",
"spearhead"
],
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"control",
"dominate",
"direct",
"govern",
"handle",
"manage",
"oversee",
"regulate",
"run",
"superintend",
"supervise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"comply (with)",
"defer (to)",
"follow",
"obey",
"serve",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be at the front of":{
"examples":[
"the local high school's marching band led the parade"
],
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"head"
],
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"precede",
"announce",
"herald",
"accompany",
"attend",
"escort",
"usher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"stop",
"terminate",
"tail",
"tailgate",
"dog",
"follow",
"trail"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
"examples":[
"this old road leads to an abandoned quarry"
],
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"bear",
"extend",
"go",
"head",
"lie",
"run"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cross",
"cut",
"pass",
"course",
"follow",
"span",
"traverse"
],
"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"
],
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"coach",
"counsel",
"guide",
"mentor",
"pilot",
"shepherd",
"show",
"tutor"
],
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"godfather",
"direct",
"engineer",
"steer",
"sway",
"accompany",
"attend",
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"convoy",
"escort",
"see",
"squire",
"oversee",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"drill",
"train",
"brief",
"enlighten",
"inform",
"instruct",
"school",
"teach",
"inculcate",
"indoctrinate",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurture"
],
"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":[
"headliner",
"principal",
"star"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leading lady",
"leading man",
"superstar",
"ingenue",
"ing\u00e9nue",
"starlet",
"star turn",
"coprincipal",
"costar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extra",
"supernumerary"
],
"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":[
"distance",
"length",
"remove",
"spacing",
"spread",
"stretch",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altitude",
"area",
"breadth",
"depth",
"height",
"rise",
"space",
"volume",
"width",
"extension",
"extent",
"cast",
"range",
"reach",
"scope",
"shot",
"sweep",
"throw",
"drop",
"fall",
"flight",
"haul",
"berth",
"clearance"
],
"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":[
"hint",
"pointer",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advice",
"advisement",
"assistance",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendation",
"suggestion",
"caution",
"cautioning",
"sign",
"signal",
"telltale",
"tip-off",
"warning",
"brief",
"direction",
"feedback",
"instruction",
"observation",
"prompt",
"reminder",
"urging",
"answer",
"clue",
"solution"
],
"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":[
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion"
],
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"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"glimpse",
"mention",
"scent",
"whiff",
"wind",
"hunch",
"idea",
"inspiration",
"notion",
"allusion",
"implication",
"inference",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"denotation",
"evidence",
"guidepost",
"key",
"mark",
"overtone",
"pointer",
"sign",
"signal",
"telltale",
"token",
"assistance",
"nod",
"prompt",
"tip",
"tip-off",
"wink",
"feeling",
"foreboding",
"intuition",
"premonition",
"presentiment",
"suspicion",
"augury",
"foreshadower",
"foretaste",
"harbinger",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefigurement",
"presage",
"symptom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answer",
"solution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"highest in rank or authority":{
"examples":[
"the lead diplomat is responsible for making policy for the entire embassy"
],
"synonyms":[
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"high",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supereminent",
"supreme",
"top"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-level",
"senior",
"controlling",
"directing",
"managing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lead one up the garden path":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"sucker",
"suck in",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"lead-pipe cinch":{
"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":[
"cinch",
"lock",
"shoo-in",
"slam dunk",
"sure thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainty",
"inevitability",
"eventuality",
"foregone conclusion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horse",
"long shot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"leading edges":{
"the leading or most important part of a movement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an activist who is on the leading edge of the fight for equal marriage rights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"spearheads"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting edges",
"forefronts",
"front lines",
"vanguards",
"vans"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leads":{
"to point out the way for (someone) especially from a position in front":{
"examples":[
"an enthusiastic docent led our group through the art museum"
],
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"conducts",
"directs",
"guides",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"pilots",
"routes",
"shows",
"steers",
"ushers"
],
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"precedes",
"accompanies",
"attends",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"convoys",
"escorts",
"sees",
"controls",
"manages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dogs",
"hounds",
"shadows",
"tailgates",
"tails"
],
"antonyms":[
"follows",
"trails"
]
},
"to serve as leader of":{
"examples":[
"a senior programmer is leading the team that is developing the new accounting software"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"commands",
"heads",
"spearheads"
],
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"controls",
"dominates",
"directs",
"governs",
"handles",
"manages",
"oversees",
"regulates",
"runs",
"superintends",
"supervises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bows (to)",
"complies (with)",
"defers (to)",
"follows",
"obeys",
"serves",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be at the front of":{
"examples":[
"the local high school's marching band led the parade"
],
"synonyms":[
"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"
],
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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"alliance",
"axis",
"bloc",
"block",
"coalition",
"combination",
"combine",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"union"
],
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"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"
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"disband"
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"concert",
"concur",
"conjoin",
"conspire",
"cooperate",
"join",
"team (up)",
"unite"
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"associate",
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"confederate",
"hang together",
"interface"
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"verb"
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"leaker":{
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"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"collaborator",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"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"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in":{
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"favor",
"like",
"prefer"
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"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"
],
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},
"type":[]
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"to show partiality toward":{
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"favor",
"like",
"prefer"
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"cotton (to)",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"choose",
"cull",
"handpick",
"name",
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"select",
"single (out)",
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"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"
],
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},
"type":[]
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"lean-to":{
"as in shed":{
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"shed",
"cabin",
"camp",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"hutment",
"shack",
"shanty",
"cot",
"cottage",
"lodge",
"cabana",
"bungalow",
"chalet",
"hogan",
"wickiup",
"wigwam",
"tent"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leapfrogging":{
"as in bouncing , skipping":{
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"we had trouble following the lecturer's leaping look at archaeological discoveries around the world"
],
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"coherent",
"consistent",
"logical",
"direct",
"focused",
"focussed",
"straightforward",
"undeviating"
],
"related":[
"circuitous",
"deviating",
"devious",
"indirect",
"roundabout"
],
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"desultory",
"digressional",
"digressionary",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"excursive",
"maundering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering"
]
},
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
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"examples":[
"the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence"
],
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"related":[
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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},
"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"
],
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"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"
]
},
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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"chartered",
"engaged",
"hired",
"rented"
],
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"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":[],
"examples":[
"the sweethearts' leave-taking was filled with tearful pauses and promises to meet again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reunion",
"arrival",
"greeting",
"salutation",
"welcome",
"gathering",
"joining",
"meeting"
],
"related":[
"departure",
"egress",
"exit",
"exiting",
"exodus",
"going",
"leaving",
"quitting",
"running away",
"decamping",
"decampment",
"flight",
"withdrawal",
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"forsaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"farewell",
"parting",
"separation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"leavens":{
"as in enlivens , invigorates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"animates",
"charges",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"endues",
"indues",
"imbues",
"inculcates",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"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)":{
"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":[],
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"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",
"romped",
"attacked",
"pounced",
"shot",
"skyrocketed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in avoided , escaped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"fled",
"shook",
"shunned",
"bypassed",
"circumnavigated",
"circumvented",
"detoured",
"skirted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confronted",
"faced",
"met",
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"leaks":{
"as in blunders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"blats",
"blurts (out)",
"bolts",
"cries (out)",
"ejaculates",
"exclaims",
"bellows",
"bleats",
"crows",
"hollers",
"hoots",
"howls",
"roars",
"shouts",
"whoops",
"yowls",
"aahs",
"ahs",
"oohs",
"interjects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in seeps , trickles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drips",
"oozes",
"seeps",
"trickles",
"dries up",
"mummifies",
"wizens",
"abates",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"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"
]
}
}