4162 lines
84 KiB
JSON
4162 lines
84 KiB
JSON
{
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"open doors":{
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"as in welcome mats":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"welcome mats",
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"approvals",
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"authorizations",
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"certifications",
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"permissions",
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"qualifications",
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"accesses",
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"accessions",
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"admissions",
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"admittances",
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"doors",
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"doorways",
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"entrances",
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"entr\u00e9es",
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"entrees",
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"entries",
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"gateways",
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"ingresses",
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"keys",
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"passports",
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"tickets"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"discharges",
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"dismissals",
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"ejections",
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"expulsions",
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"ousters",
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"rejections",
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"removals"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"open secret":{
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"as in ancient history":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ancient history"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"411",
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"book",
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"dope",
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"inside",
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"lowdown",
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"poop",
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"scoop",
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"skinny",
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"tip",
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"dirt",
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"dish",
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"gossip",
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"rumor",
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"story",
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"hint",
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"pointer"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"open-ended":{
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"as in unspecified , indefinite":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"indefinite",
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"unspecified",
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"adjustable",
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"changeable",
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"negotiable",
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"capricious",
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"changeful",
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"flickery",
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"fluctuating",
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"fluid",
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"inconstant",
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"mercurial",
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"mutable",
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"temperamental",
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"uncertain",
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"unpredictable",
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"unsettled",
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"unstable",
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"unsteady",
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"variable",
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"volatile"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"certain",
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"determinate",
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"final",
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"firm",
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"fixed",
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"flat",
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"frozen",
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"hard",
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"hard-and-fast",
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"inexpugnable",
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"set",
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"settled",
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"stable",
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"nonadjustable",
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"noncancelable",
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"nonnegotiable",
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"unchangeable",
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"constant",
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"steady",
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"unchanging",
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"uniform",
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"unwavering"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"open-minded":{
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"willing to consider new or different ideas":{
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"examples":[
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"all I ask is that you try to be open-minded when we present our suggestions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broad-minded",
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"open",
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"receptive"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"impartial",
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"neutral",
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"objective",
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"unbiased",
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"unprejudiced",
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"easygoing",
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"nonjudgmental",
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"tolerant",
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"calm",
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"detached",
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"dispassionate",
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"amenable",
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"compliant",
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"impressionable",
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"suggestible",
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"susceptible",
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"persuadable",
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"persuasible"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"biased",
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"narrow",
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"one-sided",
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"partial",
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"partisan",
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"prejudiced",
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"bigoted",
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"intolerant"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"narrow-minded",
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"unreceptive"
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]
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},
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"not bound by traditional ways or beliefs":{
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"examples":[
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"younger people are often more open-minded on social and political issues"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broad-minded",
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"liberal",
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"nonconventional",
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"nonorthodox",
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"nontraditional",
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"progressive",
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"radical",
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"unconventional",
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"unorthodox"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"advanced",
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"contemporary",
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"modern",
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"forbearing",
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"indulgent",
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"large-minded",
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"lenient",
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"permissive",
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"tolerant",
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"extreme",
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"impartial",
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"objective",
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"unbiased"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"hard",
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"rigid",
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"strict",
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"doctrinal",
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"dogmatic",
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"dogmatical",
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"bigoted",
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"blinkered",
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"intolerant",
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"narrow-minded",
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"reactionary",
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"unreconstructed"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"conservative",
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"conventional",
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"hidebound",
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"nonprogressive",
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"old-fashioned",
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"orthodox",
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"stodgy",
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"traditional"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"opened":{
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"to change from a closed to an open position":{
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"examples":[
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"please open the door to let the cat out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"unclosed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"unbarred",
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"unbolted",
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"unclasped",
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"unfastened",
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"unlatched",
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"unlocked",
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"unbuttoned",
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"unclenched",
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"unfolded",
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"unfurled",
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"unzipped",
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"disengaged",
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"released",
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"slipped"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"barred",
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"bolted",
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"clasped",
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"fastened",
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"latched",
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"locked",
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"buttoned (up)",
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"zipped (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"closed",
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"shut"
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]
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},
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"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
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"examples":[
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"we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cleared",
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"freed",
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"unclogged",
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"unplugged",
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"unstopped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"eased",
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"facilitated",
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"loosened (up)",
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"smoothed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"constricted",
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"encumbered",
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"hampered",
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"hindered",
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"impeded",
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"interfered (with)",
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"obstructed",
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"trammeled",
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"trammelled",
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"barricaded",
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"blockaded"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"blocked",
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"clogged (up)",
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"closed",
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"dammed (up)",
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"plugged (up)",
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"stopped"
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]
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},
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"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
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"examples":[
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"when we got too close, the cardinal opened its wings and flew to a higher branch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"expanded",
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"extended",
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"fanned (out)",
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"flared (out)",
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"outspread",
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"outstretched",
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"spread (out)",
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"stretched (out)",
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"unfolded",
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"unfurled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"overspread"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"compacted",
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"reduced"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"closed",
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"contracted",
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"folded"
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]
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},
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"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
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"examples":[
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"snowplows opened the runway without much trouble"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cleared",
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"freed",
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"unblocked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"eased",
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"facilitated",
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"loosened (up)",
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"smoothed",
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"unchoked",
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"unclogged",
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"unplugged",
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"unstopped",
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"uncluttered",
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"stripped",
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"stript"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clogged",
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"closed",
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"dammed",
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"obstructed",
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"plugged",
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"stopped",
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"cluttered (up)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"blocked"
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]
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},
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"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
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"examples":[
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"we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"began",
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"commenced",
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"embarked (on or upon)",
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"entered (into or upon)",
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"fell (to)",
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"got off",
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"kicked off",
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"launched",
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"led off",
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"started",
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"struck (into)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"created",
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"generated",
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"inaugurated",
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"initiated",
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"innovated",
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"invented",
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"originated",
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"adopted",
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"embraced",
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"took on",
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"took up",
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"established",
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"fathered",
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"founded",
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"instituted",
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"organized",
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"pioneered",
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"set up",
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"spawned",
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"got around (to)",
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"got down (to)",
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"got round (to)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ceased",
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"desisted",
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"discontinued",
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"halted",
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"knocked off",
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"laid off",
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"stopped",
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"closed",
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"completed",
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"abandoned",
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"forsook",
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"left",
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"abolished",
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"demolished",
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"destroyed",
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"exterminated",
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"extinguished",
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"phased out"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"concluded",
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"ended",
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"finished",
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"terminated"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"openhanded":{
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"giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{
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"examples":[
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"in the aftermath of the disaster, many people were exceptionally openhanded with their donations to charity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bighearted",
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"bounteous",
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"bountiful",
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"charitable",
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"free",
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"freehanded",
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"freehearted",
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"fulsome",
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"generous",
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"liberal",
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"munificent",
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"open",
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"unselfish",
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"unsparing",
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"unstinting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extravagant",
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"handsome",
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"lavish",
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"overgenerous",
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"profuse",
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"altruistic",
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"beneficent",
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"benevolent",
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"hospitable",
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"humanitarian",
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"philanthropic",
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"philanthropical",
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"big",
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"greathearted",
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"largehearted",
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"magnanimous",
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"openhearted",
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"compassionate",
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"good-hearted",
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"kind",
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"kindly",
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"samaritan",
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"sympathetic"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"mean",
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"petty",
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"small",
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"frugal",
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"spare",
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"sparing",
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"thrifty",
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"chary",
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"stinting",
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"acquisitive",
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"avaricious",
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"avid",
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"coveting",
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"covetous",
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"desirous",
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"grasping",
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"hoggish",
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"itchy",
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"mercenary",
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"rapacious",
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"begrudging",
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"envious",
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"grudging",
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"resentful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"close",
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"closefisted",
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"costive",
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"illiberal",
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"mingy",
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"miserly",
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"niggardly",
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"parsimonious",
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"penurious",
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"selfish",
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"stingy",
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"stinting",
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"tight",
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"tightfisted",
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"uncharitable",
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"ungenerous"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"openhandedly":{
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"in a generous manner":{
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"examples":[
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"the CEO openhandedly gave the intern advice about succeeding in the business"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amply",
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"bounteously",
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"bountifully",
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"freehandedly",
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"freeheartedly",
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"generously",
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"handsomely",
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"lavishly",
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"liberally",
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"munificently",
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"unstintingly",
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"well"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"considerately",
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"courteously",
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"hospitably",
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"kindly",
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"nicely",
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"reasonably",
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"sweetly",
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"thoughtfully",
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"affably",
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"amiably",
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"cheerfully",
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"cheerily",
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"congenially",
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"cordially",
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"friendlily",
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"genially",
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"good-heartedly",
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"good-naturedly",
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"graciously",
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"selflessly",
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"ungrudgingly",
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"unselfishly",
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"altruistically",
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"beneficently",
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"benevolently",
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"bigheartedly",
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"charitably",
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"humanely",
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"kindheartedly",
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"magnanimously",
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"philanthropically"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"contemptuously",
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"disdainfully",
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"rudely",
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"scornfully",
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"obnoxiously",
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"provocatively",
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"coldly",
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"coolly",
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"cooly",
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"frigidly",
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"hostilely",
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"angrily",
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"belligerently",
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"begrudgingly",
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"grudgingly"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"parsimoniously",
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"stingily",
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"ungenerously"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"openhandedness":{
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"the quality or state of being generous":{
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"antonyms":[
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"cheapness",
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"closeness",
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"meanness",
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"miserliness",
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"parsimony",
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"penuriousness",
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"pinching",
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"selfishness",
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"stinginess",
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"tightness",
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"ungenerosity"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the governor doesn't exactly have a reputation for openhandedness when it comes to commuting death sentences"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conserving",
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"economizing",
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"economy",
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"frugality",
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"husbandry",
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"providence",
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"scrimping",
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"skimping",
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"thrift",
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"conservation",
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"saving",
|
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"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"openheartedness":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the openheartedness with which he discussed his private life often startled new acquaintances"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being generous":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their natural openheartedness made them easy prey for every trickster with a sad story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operator":{
|
|
"as in chauffeur":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in actor , deceiver":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mechanic , smith":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opens":{
|
|
"to change from a closed to an open position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please open the door to let the cat out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"uncloses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbars",
|
|
"unbolts",
|
|
"unclasps",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unlatches",
|
|
"unlocks",
|
|
"unbuttons",
|
|
"unclenches",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unfurls",
|
|
"unzips",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"latches",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"buttons (up)",
|
|
"zips (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"shuts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"loosens (up)",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"blockades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clogs (up)",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"dams (up)",
|
|
"plugs (up)",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when we got too close, the cardinal opened its wings and flew to a higher branch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"outspreads",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"spreads (out)",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unfurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"folds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"snowplows opened the runway without much trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"unblocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"loosens (up)",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"unchokes",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"unclutters",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"clutters (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"embarks (on or upon)",
|
|
"enters (into or upon)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"leads off",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operose":{
|
|
"as in tiring , tiresome":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electric",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"openhearted":{
|
|
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many therapists believe that it is better to be openhearted than to repress one's feelings, however hostile they may be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"up-front"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"unsubtle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"close-mouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"politic",
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"uncandid",
|
|
"unforthcoming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"openings":{
|
|
"a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the talk show host's usual modus operandi is to talk over his guests, thereby denying them an opening to articulate their positions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"passes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an opening in the roof is letting rain drip inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apertures",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"orifices",
|
|
"perforations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loopholes",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"rents",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"slots",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"pores",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"inlets",
|
|
"intakes",
|
|
"pinholes",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"airholes",
|
|
"armholes",
|
|
"buttonholes",
|
|
"keyholes",
|
|
"knotholes",
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|
"peepholes",
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"potholes",
|
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"wormholes"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fillers",
|
|
"fillings",
|
|
"fills",
|
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"patches",
|
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"plugs",
|
|
"seals",
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"stoppers",
|
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"barriers",
|
|
"blockages",
|
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"obstacles",
|
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"obstructions"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the rabbit found a little opening in the bushes and darted through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"breaches",
|
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"breaks",
|
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"discontinuities",
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"gaps",
|
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"gulfs",
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"hiatuses",
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"holes",
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"interstices",
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"intervals",
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"rents",
|
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"rifts",
|
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"separations",
|
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"voids"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"fissures",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"slots",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"interspaces",
|
|
"pores",
|
|
"abysses",
|
|
"apertures",
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"chasms",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"orifices",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"severances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open arms":{
|
|
"as in acceptance , embrace":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"glad hand",
|
|
"welcome mat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush-off",
|
|
"cold shoulder",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"silent treatment",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"dismissal",
|
|
"kiss-off",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"banishment",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"ostracism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operating":{
|
|
"being in effective operation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only operating nuclear power plant in the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"decommissioned",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"stagnating",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"vegetating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"nonactivated",
|
|
"nonfunctional",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"nonoperating",
|
|
"nonoperational",
|
|
"nonoperative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do not operate heavy machinery, including cars, after taking this medication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"using",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"plying",
|
|
"wielding",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"steering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it takes years to learn how to operate that kind of business so that it makes money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"administrating",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewarding",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"micromanaging",
|
|
"stage-managing",
|
|
"codirecting",
|
|
"co-directing",
|
|
"comanaging",
|
|
"co-managing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the medicine will take an hour or so to operate the first time you use it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaving",
|
|
"reacting",
|
|
"responding",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
"redounding",
|
|
"resulting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfiring",
|
|
"fizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wouldn't dream of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"harnessing",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"utilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"wielding",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"cannibalizing",
|
|
"recycling",
|
|
"reusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open sesames":{
|
|
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it turned out that a simple \"please\" was the open sesame for charming the hotel manager into giving us a room with a better view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gateways",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"passports",
|
|
"secrets",
|
|
"tickets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"passwords",
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"styles",
|
|
"systems",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operative":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"CIA operatives take terrible risks to find out the secrets of foreign countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"spymaster",
|
|
"superspy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set in the 1930s, the novel is about a washed-out operative working for a third-rate detective agency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detective",
|
|
"dick",
|
|
"gumshoe",
|
|
"hawkshaw",
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"private detective",
|
|
"private eye",
|
|
"private investigator",
|
|
"shamus",
|
|
"sherlock",
|
|
"sleuth",
|
|
"sleuthhound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tracer",
|
|
"tracker",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"G-man",
|
|
"narc",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"plainclothesman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being in effective operation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the last operative bookbinder of its kind in the business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"decommissioned",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"stagnating",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"vegetating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"nonactivated",
|
|
"nonfunctional",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"nonoperating",
|
|
"nonoperational",
|
|
"nonoperative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing or capable of producing a desired result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, the operative amount of the medication and the lethal amount were too close for it to be used safely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficacious",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"productive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hyperefficient",
|
|
"ultraefficient",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"capable",
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"skillful",
|
|
"versed",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"counterproductive",
|
|
"incapable",
|
|
"incompetent",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unskilled",
|
|
"unskillful",
|
|
"abortive",
|
|
"bootless",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"unavailing",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open air":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or held in the open air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an open-air concert under the stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alfresco",
|
|
"out-of-door",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"outdoor",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"outdoorsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"inward",
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"innermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indoor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family of city dwellers who can't wait to go camping in the open air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"without",
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operation":{
|
|
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"requirement",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"nomination",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a specific mathematical operation is required in order to get the correct answer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"process"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"given the constant threat of robbery, the operation of a convenience store can be quite stressful"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"governance",
|
|
"government",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"intendance",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"presidency",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewardship",
|
|
"superintendence",
|
|
"superintendency",
|
|
"supervision"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"generalship",
|
|
"leadership",
|
|
"rulership",
|
|
"agency",
|
|
"aegis",
|
|
"egis",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"guardianship",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safekeeping",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"engineering",
|
|
"logistics",
|
|
"machination",
|
|
"manipulation",
|
|
"coadministration",
|
|
"codirection",
|
|
"comanagement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a considerable amount of training is required for the operation of these new high-tech weapons systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"usage",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"reuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disuse",
|
|
"nonuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open (up)":{
|
|
"as in clear , free":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop (up)",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"cork",
|
|
"spile",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"stopple",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"pack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in want , take":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"need",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"admit (of)",
|
|
"allow (of)",
|
|
"permit (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"close out",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"rule out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opens up":{
|
|
"as in clears , frees":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"plugs (up)",
|
|
"stops (up)",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"corks",
|
|
"spiles",
|
|
"stoppers",
|
|
"stopples",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"packs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wants , takes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"admits (of)",
|
|
"allows (of)",
|
|
"permits (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"closes out",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"rules out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opened (up)":{
|
|
"as in cleared , freed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"corked",
|
|
"spiled",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"stoppled",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"gridlocked",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wanted , took":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"admitted (of)",
|
|
"allowed (of)",
|
|
"permitted (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"ruled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operatives":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"CIA operatives take terrible risks to find out the secrets of foreign countries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"undercovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"counterspies",
|
|
"double agents",
|
|
"sleepers",
|
|
"infiltrators",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"spymasters",
|
|
"superspies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"set in the 1930s, the novel is about a washed-out operative working for a third-rate detective agency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detectives",
|
|
"dicks",
|
|
"gumshoes",
|
|
"hawkshaws",
|
|
"investigators",
|
|
"private detectives",
|
|
"private eyes",
|
|
"private investigators",
|
|
"shamuses",
|
|
"sherlocks",
|
|
"sleuthhounds",
|
|
"sleuths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"tails",
|
|
"tracers",
|
|
"trackers",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"feds",
|
|
"G-men",
|
|
"narcs",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"plainclothesmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opening":{
|
|
"a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the talk show host's usual modus operandi is to talk over his guests, thereby denying them an opening to articulate their positions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"play",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"juncture",
|
|
"pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an opening in the roof is letting rain drip inside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aperture",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"orifice",
|
|
"perforation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"slot",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"pore",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"intake",
|
|
"pinhole",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"airhole",
|
|
"armhole",
|
|
"buttonhole",
|
|
"keyhole",
|
|
"knothole",
|
|
"peephole",
|
|
"pothole",
|
|
"wormhole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"filler",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rabbit found a little opening in the bushes and darted through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"hiatus",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"interstice",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"slot",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"interspace",
|
|
"pore",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"aperture",
|
|
"cavity",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"orifice",
|
|
"fracture",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in first , starting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"leadoff",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottommost",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"hindmost",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"rearmost",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"eventual",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change from a closed to an open position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please open the door to let the cat out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"unclosing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbarring",
|
|
"unbolting",
|
|
"unclasping",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unlatching",
|
|
"unlocking",
|
|
"unbuttoning",
|
|
"unclenching",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"unfurling",
|
|
"unzipping",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"slipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"latching",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"buttoning (up)",
|
|
"zipping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"shutting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make passage through (something) possible by removing obstructions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we need to open this drain that's clogged with hair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"loosening (up)",
|
|
"smoothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"encumbering",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"blockading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clogging (up)",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"damming (up)",
|
|
"plugging (up)",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when we got too close, the cardinal opened its wings and flew to a higher branch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"fanning (out)",
|
|
"flaring (out)",
|
|
"outspreading",
|
|
"outstretching",
|
|
"spreading (out)",
|
|
"stretching (out)",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"unfurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"folding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rid the surface of (as an area) from things in the way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"snowplows opened the runway without much trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"unblocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"loosening (up)",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"unchoking",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"uncluttering",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"cluttering (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blocking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we will open the proceedings tomorrow with a short ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"embarking (on or upon)",
|
|
"entering (into or upon)",
|
|
"falling (to)",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"leading off",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"striking (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"getting around (to)",
|
|
"getting down (to)",
|
|
"getting round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"phasing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open-eyed":{
|
|
"paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an open-eyed deer cautiously grazed in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"Argus-eyed",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"tenty",
|
|
"tentie",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"cognizant",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-eyed",
|
|
"hyperalert",
|
|
"hypervigilant",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"ready"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absent",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"oblivious",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"unaware",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"unheeding",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unready"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"asleep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"openly":{
|
|
"in a direct and honest way; without hiding feelings or opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to express your opinions openly .",
|
|
"The governor has been openly critical of the President."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"matter-of-factly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously",
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open sesame":{
|
|
"something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it turned out that a simple \"please\" was the open sesame for charming the hotel manager into giving us a room with a better view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gateway",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"passport",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"ticket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"password",
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"method",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"system",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opens (up)":{
|
|
"as in clears , frees":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"unblocks",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"unplugs",
|
|
"unstops",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"plugs (up)",
|
|
"stops (up)",
|
|
"stuffs",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"corks",
|
|
"spiles",
|
|
"stoppers",
|
|
"stopples",
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"packs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wants , takes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"admits (of)",
|
|
"allows (of)",
|
|
"permits (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"closes out",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"rules out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opera":{
|
|
"a literary, musical, or artistic production":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the composer's final opus was performed posthumously to great acclaim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compositions",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"magnum opuses",
|
|
"masterpieces",
|
|
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
|
|
"showpieces",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"\u00e9tudes",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"corpora",
|
|
"oeuvres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open up":{
|
|
"as in clear , free":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop (up)",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"cork",
|
|
"spile",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"stopple",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"pack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in want , take":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"need",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"admit (of)",
|
|
"allow (of)",
|
|
"permit (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"close out",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"rule out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opened up":{
|
|
"as in cleared , freed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"corked",
|
|
"spiled",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"stoppled",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"gridlocked",
|
|
"packed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wanted , took":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"admitted (of)",
|
|
"allowed (of)",
|
|
"permitted (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"ruled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open-mindedness":{
|
|
"as in tolerance , broad-mindedness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"straddling",
|
|
"detachment",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"equity",
|
|
"evenhandedness",
|
|
"fair-mindedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"neutralism",
|
|
"neutrality",
|
|
"nonpartisanship",
|
|
"objectiveness",
|
|
"objectivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"favoritism",
|
|
"nonobjectivity",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"partisanship",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"nepotism",
|
|
"subjectiveness",
|
|
"subjectivity",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"preconception",
|
|
"prejudgment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in responsiveness , receptivity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"gameness",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"obligingness",
|
|
"willingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"lukewarmness",
|
|
"perfunctoriness",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"hesitance",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"open-air":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or held in the open air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an open-air concert under the stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alfresco",
|
|
"out-of-door",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"outdoor",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"outdoorsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"exterior",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"inward",
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"innermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"indoor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family of city dwellers who can't wait to go camping in the open air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"without",
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operant":{
|
|
"as in effective , efficacious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficacious",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"expedient",
|
|
"ultraefficient",
|
|
"availing",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthwhile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"counterproductive",
|
|
"feckless",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficacious",
|
|
"inefficient",
|
|
"inexpedient",
|
|
"abortive",
|
|
"bootless",
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unavailing",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"worthless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opening (up)":{
|
|
"as in clearing , freeing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"hollowing (out)",
|
|
"scooping (out)",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"congesting",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"plugging (up)",
|
|
"stopping (up)",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"spiling",
|
|
"stoppering",
|
|
"stoppling",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"gridlocking",
|
|
"packing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in wanting , taking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"admitting (of)",
|
|
"allowing (of)",
|
|
"permitting (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"closing out",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"ruling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operatic":{
|
|
"having the general quality or effect of a stage performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fall of the scandal-ridden government seemed operatic in its scope and consequences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"dramaturgic",
|
|
"dramaturgical",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"overdramatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"opera hat":{
|
|
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baseball cap",
|
|
"beret",
|
|
"billycock",
|
|
"biretta",
|
|
"boater",
|
|
"bonnet",
|
|
"bowler",
|
|
"calotte",
|
|
"capuche",
|
|
"casque",
|
|
"castor",
|
|
"cloche",
|
|
"cocked hat",
|
|
"cowboy hat",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"fedora",
|
|
"fez",
|
|
"garrison cap",
|
|
"hard hat",
|
|
"helm",
|
|
"helmet",
|
|
"high hat",
|
|
"homburg",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"kepi",
|
|
"k\u00e9pi",
|
|
"kufi",
|
|
"leghorn",
|
|
"miter",
|
|
"mitre",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"overseas cap",
|
|
"panama",
|
|
"picture hat",
|
|
"pillbox",
|
|
"plug hat",
|
|
"porkpie hat",
|
|
"service cap",
|
|
"shako",
|
|
"silk hat",
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"skullcap",
|
|
"sombrero",
|
|
"sou'wester",
|
|
"Stetson",
|
|
"stocking cap",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"sunbonnet",
|
|
"tam",
|
|
"tam-o'-shanter",
|
|
"ten-gallon hat",
|
|
"top hat",
|
|
"topper",
|
|
"toque",
|
|
"tricorne",
|
|
"tricorn",
|
|
"turban",
|
|
"zucchetto",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"chapeau",
|
|
"hat",
|
|
"headdress",
|
|
"headgear",
|
|
"headpiece",
|
|
"lid",
|
|
"warbonnet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operates":{
|
|
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do not operate heavy machinery, including cars, after taking this medication"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"plies",
|
|
"wields",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"steers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to look after and make decisions about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it takes years to learn how to operate that kind of business so that it makes money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"administrates",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"pilots",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"micromanages",
|
|
"stage-manages",
|
|
"codirects",
|
|
"comanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the medicine will take an hour or so to operate the first time you use it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaves",
|
|
"reacts",
|
|
"responds",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"redounds",
|
|
"results"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfires",
|
|
"fizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into action or service":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wouldn't dream of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"wields",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"cannibalizes",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"reuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"operations":{
|
|
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a secret operation which, if it is discovered, the government will deny any knowledge of"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"posts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"requirements",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"errands",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"commitments",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"nominations",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"restraints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a specific mathematical operation is required in order to get the correct answer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
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"procedures",
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"proceedings",
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"processes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drills",
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"routines",
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"fashions",
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"forms",
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"manners",
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"methods",
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"modes",
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"styles",
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"systems",
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"techniques",
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"ways",
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"approaches",
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"arrangements",
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"blueprints",
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"designs",
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"formulas",
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"formulae",
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"game plans",
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"ground plans",
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"layouts",
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"plans",
|
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"plots",
|
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"programs",
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"projects",
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"recipes",
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"schemes",
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"strategies",
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"accomplishments",
|
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"achievements",
|
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"attainments",
|
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"enterprises",
|
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"performances",
|
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"undertakings",
|
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"works",
|
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"activities",
|
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"movements"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"given the constant threat of robbery, the operation of a convenience store can be quite stressful"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"administrations",
|
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"care",
|
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"charges",
|
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"conducts",
|
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"controls",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"governances",
|
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"governments",
|
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"guidance",
|
|
"handlings",
|
|
"intendances",
|
|
"managements",
|
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"oversights",
|
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"presidencies",
|
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"regulations",
|
|
"stewardships",
|
|
"superintendences",
|
|
"superintendencies",
|
|
"supervisions"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"generalships",
|
|
"leaderships",
|
|
"rulerships",
|
|
"agencies",
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"custodies",
|
|
"guardianships",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"tutelages",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"logistics",
|
|
"machinations",
|
|
"manipulations",
|
|
"coadministrations",
|
|
"codirections",
|
|
"co-directions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a considerable amount of training is required for the operation of these new high-tech weapons systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"usages",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"reuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disuses",
|
|
"nonuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"openness":{
|
|
"the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her openness was refreshing after the tiresome coyness of her friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"plumpness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"unguardedness",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"communicativeness",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestrainedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"evasiveness",
|
|
"secretiveness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"tact"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"indirection"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being left without shelter or protection against something harmful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors are concerned about the population's openness to the new strain of the flu virus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"vulnerability"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"shielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |