6029 lines
118 KiB
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6029 lines
118 KiB
JSON
{
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"paling":{
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"as in bar , pale":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bar",
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"pale",
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"barricade",
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"barrier",
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"fence",
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"hedge",
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"wall",
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"block",
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"chain",
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"clog",
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"crimp",
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"deterrent",
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"drag",
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"embarrassment",
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"encumbrance",
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"handicap",
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"hindrance",
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"hurdle",
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"impediment",
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"inhibition",
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"interference",
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"let",
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"obstacle",
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"obstruction",
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"roadblock",
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"stop",
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"stumbling block",
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"trammel",
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"fetter",
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"hobble",
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"manacle",
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"shackle(s)",
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"constraint",
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"curb",
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"restraint",
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"snag",
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"buffer",
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"bulwark",
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"bumper",
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"cushion",
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"dam",
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"fender",
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"pad",
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"rampart"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"door",
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"doorway",
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"entrance",
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"entranceway",
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"entry",
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"entryway",
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"gate",
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"portal",
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"break",
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"gap",
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"pass"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
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"examples":[
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"the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blanching",
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"bleaching",
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"blenching",
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"decolorizing",
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"dulling",
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"fading",
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"snowing",
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"washing out",
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"whitening"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brightening",
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"lightening",
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"dimming",
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"matting",
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"etiolating",
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"whitewashing",
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"frosting",
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"silvering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blackening",
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"blotching",
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"checkering",
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"dappling",
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"daubing",
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"discoloring",
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"flecking",
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"marbling",
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"mottling",
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"patterning",
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"polychroming",
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"shading",
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"specking",
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"speckling",
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"splotching",
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"spotting",
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"streaking",
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"striating",
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"striping",
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"tarnishing",
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"variegating",
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"coloring",
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"dyeing",
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"painting",
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"pigmenting",
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"staining",
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"tincturing",
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"tingeing",
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"tinging",
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"tinting",
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"burnishing",
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"polishing",
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"shining"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"darkening",
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"deepening",
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"embrowning"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"palm":{
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"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
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"examples":[
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"the judges' decision was unanimous: the palm would go to the pianist who had played an early piece by Chopin"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"triumph",
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"victory",
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"win"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"capture",
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"conquest",
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"mastery",
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"subjugation",
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"vanquishing",
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"blowout",
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"landslide",
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"laugher",
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"romp",
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"runaway",
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"shutout",
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"sweep",
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"walkaway",
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"walkover",
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"squeaker",
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"success",
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"takeover"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"upset",
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"collapse",
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"debacle",
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"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
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"disaster",
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"failure",
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"fizzle",
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"flop",
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"nonsuccess",
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"washout",
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"decline",
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"slip",
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"slump",
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"wane",
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"lurch",
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"setback"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"beating",
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"defeat",
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"drubbing",
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"licking",
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"loss",
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"overthrow",
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"rout",
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"shellacking",
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"trimming",
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"whipping"
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]
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},
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"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
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"examples":[
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"another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fob off",
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"foist",
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"palm off",
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"pass off",
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"wish"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"entail",
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"force",
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"impose",
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"inflict",
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"counterfeit",
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"fake",
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"forge",
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"distort",
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"falsify",
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"misrepresent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"palpable":{
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"able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"impalpable",
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"imperceptible",
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"inappreciable",
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"indistinguishable",
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"insensible",
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"undetectable"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the tension in the negotiating room was palpable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inaudible",
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"intangible",
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"invisible",
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"inconspicuous",
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"indistinct",
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"unnoticeable",
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"unobtrusive",
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"faint",
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"insignificant",
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"slight",
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"trivial",
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"buried",
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"concealed",
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"covert",
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"disguised",
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"hidden",
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"obscure",
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"shrouded",
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"vague"
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],
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"related":[
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"audible",
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"observable",
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"tangible",
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"visible",
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"clear",
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"conspicuous",
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"evident",
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"eye-catching",
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"manifest",
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"noticeable",
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"obvious",
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"plain",
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"ponderable",
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"prominent",
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"striking",
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"apparent",
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"distinct",
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"identifiable",
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"significant",
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"straightforward"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appreciable",
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"apprehensible",
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"detectable",
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"discernible",
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"discernable",
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"distinguishable",
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"perceptible",
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"sensible"
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]
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},
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"capable of being perceived by the sense of touch":{
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"antonyms":[
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"impalpable",
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"intangible"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a small but palpable lump in my neck"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bodiless",
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"formless",
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"immaterial",
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"incorporeal",
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"insubstantial",
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"nonmaterial",
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"nonphysical",
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"unbodied",
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"unsubstantial",
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"abstract",
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"ethereal",
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"spiritual",
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"unreal",
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"virtual",
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"imperceptible",
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"insensible"
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],
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"related":[
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"tactile",
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"corporeal",
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"physical",
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"actual",
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"concrete",
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"embodied",
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"existent",
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"material",
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"real",
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"substantial",
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"appreciable",
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"detectable",
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"discernible",
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"discernable",
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"noticeable",
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"observable",
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"perceptible",
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"seeable",
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"sensible",
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"visible"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"tangible",
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"touchable"
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]
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},
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"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ambiguous",
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"clouded",
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"cryptic",
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"dark",
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"enigmatic",
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"enigmatical",
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"equivocal",
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"indistinct",
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"mysterious",
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"nonobvious",
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"obfuscated",
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"obscure",
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"unapparent",
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"unclarified",
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"unclear"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a palpable case of lying under oath"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"incomprehensible",
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"indecipherable",
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"unfathomable",
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"unintelligible",
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"unknowable",
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"impalpable",
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"imperceptible",
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"inappreciable",
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"indiscernible",
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"insensible",
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"cloudy",
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"gauzy",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"hazy",
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"imprecise",
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"indefinite",
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"indeterminate",
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"misty",
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"murky",
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"nebulous",
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"noncommittal",
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"sketchy",
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"slippery",
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"subtle",
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"vague",
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"illegible",
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"undecipherable",
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"unreadable"
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],
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"related":[
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"cognizable",
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"cognoscible",
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"comprehendible",
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"comprehensible",
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"digestible",
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"fathomable",
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"graspable",
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"intelligible",
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"knowable",
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"understandable",
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"self-evident",
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"self-explanatory",
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"clean-cut",
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"simple",
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"tidy",
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"uncomplicated",
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"overt",
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"undisguised",
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"appreciable",
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"perceptible",
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"recognizable",
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"sensible",
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"tangible",
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"discernible",
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"discernable",
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"noticeable",
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"observable",
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"visible",
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"black-and-white",
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"explicit",
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"trenchant",
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"well-defined",
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"clean",
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"decipherable",
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"fair",
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"legible",
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"readable"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apparent",
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"bald",
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"bald-faced",
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"barefaced",
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"bright-line",
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"broad",
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"clear",
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"clear-cut",
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"crystal clear",
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"decided",
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"distinct",
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"evident",
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"lucid",
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"luculent",
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"luminous",
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"manifest",
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"nonambiguous",
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"obvious",
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"open-and-shut",
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"patent",
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"pellucid",
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"perspicuous",
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"plain",
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"ringing",
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"straightforward",
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"transparent",
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"unambiguous",
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"unambivalent",
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"unequivocal",
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"unmistakable"
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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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"palpitations":{
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"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a palpitation of the blood vessels"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"fluctuations",
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"oscillations",
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"vibrations",
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"quivers",
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"trembles",
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"tremors"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beatings",
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"beats",
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"pulsations",
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"pulses",
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"throbs"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"palter":{
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"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
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"examples":[
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"unwilling to palter over the price of the car"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bargain",
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"chaffer",
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"deal",
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"dicker",
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"haggle",
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"horse-trade",
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"negotiate"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"argue",
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"bicker",
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"clash",
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"fight",
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"hassle",
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"quarrel",
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"quibble",
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"squabble",
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"wrangle",
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"comparison shop",
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"shop (around)",
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"barter",
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"exchange",
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"trade",
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"hawk",
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"peddle",
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"buy",
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"purchase"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"palters":{
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"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"unwilling to palter over the price of the car"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"argues",
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"bickers",
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"clashes",
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"fights",
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"hassles",
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"quarrels",
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"quibbles",
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"squabbles",
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"wrangles",
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"comparison shops",
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"shops (around)",
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"barters",
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"exchanges",
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"trades",
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"hawks",
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"peddles",
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"buys",
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"purchases"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bargains",
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"chaffers",
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"deals",
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"dickers",
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"haggles",
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"horse-trades",
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"negotiates"
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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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"paltry":{
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"arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{
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"examples":[
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"a paltry , underhanded scheme to get someone fired"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"contemptible",
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"cruddy",
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"deplorable",
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"despicable",
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"dirty",
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"grubby",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"mean",
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"nasty",
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"pitiable",
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"pitiful",
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"ratty",
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"scabby",
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"scummy",
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"scurvy",
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"sneaking",
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"sorry",
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"wretched"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abhorrent",
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"abominable",
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"condemnable",
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"detestable",
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"execrable",
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"hateful",
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"loathsome",
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"odious",
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"disgusting",
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"reptilian",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"revulsive",
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"discreditable",
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"disgraceful",
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"dishonorable",
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"disreputable",
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"ignominious",
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"shameful",
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"base",
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"ignoble",
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"low",
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"shabby",
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"sordid",
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"squalid",
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"vile",
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"blamable",
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"censurable",
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"reprehensible",
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"reproachable",
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"cowardly",
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"craven",
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"dastardly",
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"unethical",
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"unprincipled",
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"unscrupulous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"high-minded",
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"honest",
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"honorable",
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"noble",
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"principled",
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"redoubtable",
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"reputable",
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|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"laudable",
|
|
"meritorious",
|
|
"praiseworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falling short of a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hotel's shabby, outdated exercise room was its paltry attempt at a health spa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"bush-league",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"dissatisfactory",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"suboptimal",
|
|
"subpar",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wack",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bitchin'",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"damnable",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"egregious",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tolerable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just some paltry ruse to bilk the system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"currish",
|
|
"despicable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"ignominious",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-down",
|
|
"low-minded",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"discreditable",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted me to sell him my old records for a paltry sum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palling (around)":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"chumming",
|
|
"companying",
|
|
"consociating",
|
|
"consorting",
|
|
"fraternizing",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"hobnobbing",
|
|
"hooking up",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiliating",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"bonding",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"collaborating",
|
|
"colluding",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"cooperating",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"ganging",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"getting on",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"interrelating",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"knotting",
|
|
"leaguing",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"siding",
|
|
"socializing",
|
|
"teaming",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"wedding",
|
|
"befriending",
|
|
"friending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"estranging",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"splitting (up)",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palter (with)":{
|
|
"as in bargain (with) , horse-trade (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palm off":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fob off",
|
|
"foist",
|
|
"palm",
|
|
"pass off",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entail",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"impose",
|
|
"inflict",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"misrepresent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palisaded":{
|
|
"as in picketed , walled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffered",
|
|
"picketed",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"warred",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"bulwarked",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"defended",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"fended",
|
|
"forfended",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"safeguarded",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"warded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"caved",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palmed":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fobbed off",
|
|
"foisted",
|
|
"palmed off",
|
|
"passed off",
|
|
"wished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"inflicted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"misrepresented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palatableness":{
|
|
"the quality of being delicious":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dish whose inventiveness greatly exceeded its palatableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delectability",
|
|
"deliciousness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"palatability",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"tastiness",
|
|
"toothsomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestibility",
|
|
"edibility",
|
|
"edibleness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"insipidity",
|
|
"staleness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"unpalatability"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palls":{
|
|
"a boxlike container for holding a dead body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bearing her husband's pall were her four brothers and two nephews"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biers",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"caskets",
|
|
"coffins",
|
|
"sarcophagi",
|
|
"sarcophaguses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charnels",
|
|
"charnel houses",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"sepulchres",
|
|
"sepulchers",
|
|
"sepultures",
|
|
"tombs",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"urns",
|
|
"body bags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a persistent pall of distrust has overtaken this administration and will remain until the president resigns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fogs",
|
|
"hazes",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"murks",
|
|
"penumbrae",
|
|
"penumbras",
|
|
"umbras",
|
|
"umbrae",
|
|
"midnights",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pall of gloom overshadowed the failing theater's last production"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"copes",
|
|
"coverings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"covertures",
|
|
"cover-ups",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"penumbrae",
|
|
"penumbras",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"concealers",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"fig leafs",
|
|
"fig leaves",
|
|
"Potemkin villages",
|
|
"Trojan horses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"varnishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"viewers' interest in the reality show eventually palled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"drains (away)",
|
|
"drops (off)",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"falls away",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"phases down",
|
|
"ratchets (down)",
|
|
"rachets (down)",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades (away)",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"tails (off)",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"deflates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palming":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fobbing off",
|
|
"foisting",
|
|
"palming off",
|
|
"passing off",
|
|
"wishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entailing",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"inflicting",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"misrepresenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palatial":{
|
|
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a palatial penthouse apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Babylonian",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"plushy",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paltering (with)":{
|
|
"as in bargaining (with) , horse-trading (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bargaining (with)",
|
|
"chaffering (with)",
|
|
"horse-trading (with)",
|
|
"bartering (for)",
|
|
"dealing (for)",
|
|
"dickering (over)",
|
|
"exchanging (for)",
|
|
"haggling (for)",
|
|
"negotiating (about)",
|
|
"trading (for)",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"financing",
|
|
"paying (for)",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"rebuying",
|
|
"repurchasing",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealing (in)",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"vending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palliating":{
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"explaining away",
|
|
"extenuating",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"whitewashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoating",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"apologizing",
|
|
"atoning",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"accounting (for)",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"soft-pedaling",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this medicine should palliate your cough at least a little"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"mitigating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"softening",
|
|
"tempering",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"amending",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"emending",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"sharpening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palp":{
|
|
"as in palpate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palpate",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"palm",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paltering":{
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwilling to palter over the price of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"wrangling",
|
|
"comparison shopping",
|
|
"shopping (around)",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palms":{
|
|
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the judges' decision was unanimous: the palm would go to the pianist who had played an early piece by Chopin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"conquests",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"subjugations",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"landslides",
|
|
"laughers",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"runaways",
|
|
"shutouts",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"walkaways",
|
|
"walkovers",
|
|
"squeakers",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"takeovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"nonsuccesses",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellackings",
|
|
"trimmings",
|
|
"whippings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"another low-rent company trying to palm cheesy merchandise upon mail-order customers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fobs off",
|
|
"foists",
|
|
"palms off",
|
|
"passes off",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"inflicts",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"misrepresents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palatine":{
|
|
"as in lavish , opulent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendiferous",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in domino , joseph":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burnoose",
|
|
"burnous",
|
|
"capelet",
|
|
"capuchin",
|
|
"cowl",
|
|
"domino",
|
|
"joseph",
|
|
"manta",
|
|
"mantelet",
|
|
"mantilla",
|
|
"pelerine",
|
|
"pelisse",
|
|
"poncho",
|
|
"roquelaure",
|
|
"tippet",
|
|
"cape",
|
|
"capote",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"manteau",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"serape",
|
|
"sarape",
|
|
"shawl",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pallidness":{
|
|
"as in whiteness , pallor":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"pallor",
|
|
"pastiness",
|
|
"wanness",
|
|
"whiteness",
|
|
"greenishness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"sallowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blush",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"pinkness",
|
|
"reddishness",
|
|
"redness",
|
|
"rosiness",
|
|
"ruddiness",
|
|
"sanguineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tedium , dullness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"vapidity",
|
|
"vapidness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"spiritlessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"anemia",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"lifelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"springiness",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"chirpiness",
|
|
"effervescence",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palings":{
|
|
"as in bars , pales":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"barricades",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"roadblocks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"ramparts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doors",
|
|
"doorways",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"entranceways",
|
|
"entries",
|
|
"entryways",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"portals",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"passes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palliative":{
|
|
"as in healthy , curative":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"helpful",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"nonvenomous",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"harmless",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"envenomed",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"venomous",
|
|
"contagious",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pathogenic",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"nocuous",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pacifier":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pacifier",
|
|
"security blanket",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"soporific",
|
|
"tranquilizer",
|
|
"tranquillizer",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in medicine , medicinal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"medicinal",
|
|
"medicine",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"solution",
|
|
"cure-all",
|
|
"elixir",
|
|
"panacea",
|
|
"antidote",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"rectifier",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"therapeutic",
|
|
"therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palpated":{
|
|
"to examine (part of the body) by touching it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palped",
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"grazed",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clung (to)",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"palmed",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"dabbed",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"tipped",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"whacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palate":{
|
|
"as in taste , desire":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"love affair",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"yen",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"tooth",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"mislike",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palps":{
|
|
"as in palpates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palpates",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"grazes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"palms",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palace":{
|
|
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a palace railroad car that was built for a 19th-century robber baron"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Babylonian",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"plush",
|
|
"plushy",
|
|
"silken",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"snug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"spartan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large impressive residence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the billionaire's \"summer cottage\" turned out to be an over-the-top palace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"villa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"showplace",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"hearth",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodging(s)",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"quarter(s)",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"great house",
|
|
"country house",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"aerie",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"town house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large, magnificent, or massive building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor's opponents have accused him of building palaces to house the state government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cathedral",
|
|
"edifice",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"tower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"construction",
|
|
"erection",
|
|
"structure",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"showplace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"memorial",
|
|
"monument"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the residence of a ruler":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Buckingham Palace flies a special flag to indicate when the monarch is in residence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"court"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"alcazar",
|
|
"seraglio"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palliations":{
|
|
"as in reliefs , assuagements":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"abetments",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hands",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"furtherances",
|
|
"nurturances",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"patronages",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"sponsorships",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"attendances",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"hand-holdings",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"philanthropies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"hindrances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in extenuations":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extenuations",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"atonements",
|
|
"confessions",
|
|
"cop-outs",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretexts",
|
|
"rationales",
|
|
"rationalizations",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"alibis",
|
|
"apologies",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"justifications",
|
|
"pleas",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palmy":{
|
|
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they knew her in her palmy days when she was living high"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"socko"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a palmy suburb with lots of new homes and shopping malls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"unprosperous",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palaver":{
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seemingly endless palaver between the negotiating parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"back-and-forth",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"consult",
|
|
"consultation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull session",
|
|
"chat room",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"skull session",
|
|
"skull practice",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"talkathon",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"consultancy",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"pourparler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we should get together and have a nice palaver sometime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causerie",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfest",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chaffer",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"kibitz",
|
|
"kibbitz",
|
|
"natter",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"schmooze",
|
|
"shmooze",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"wheedle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"butter up",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"massage",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"beseech",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"finagle",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"wangle",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldoze",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"cow",
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palmed off":{
|
|
"to offer (something fake, useless, or inferior) as genuine, useful, or valuable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please stop trying to palm off your leftovers onto me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fobbed off",
|
|
"foisted",
|
|
"palmed",
|
|
"passed off",
|
|
"wished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"inflicted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"misrepresented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palomino":{
|
|
"as in roan , chestnut":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"chestnut",
|
|
"dun",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan",
|
|
"skewbald",
|
|
"sorrel",
|
|
"charger",
|
|
"courser",
|
|
"cow pony",
|
|
"cutting horse",
|
|
"galloper",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"packhorse",
|
|
"prancer",
|
|
"quarter horse",
|
|
"racehorse",
|
|
"saddle horse",
|
|
"trotter",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"cob",
|
|
"dobbin",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"skate",
|
|
"bronco",
|
|
"mustang",
|
|
"pony",
|
|
"colt",
|
|
"filly",
|
|
"foal",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"mare",
|
|
"stallion",
|
|
"equid",
|
|
"equine",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"steed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palookas":{
|
|
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wish he wouldn't bring over here that bunch of palookas he calls his friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clodhoppers",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"lubbers",
|
|
"lugs",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"oafs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"blunderers",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"galoots",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos",
|
|
"yo-yos",
|
|
"anthropoids",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainiacs",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palisades":{
|
|
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the palisades that line the west bank of the Hudson River for about 15 miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrancas",
|
|
"barrancos",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"escarpments",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"scarps",
|
|
"scars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"cuestas",
|
|
"hogbacks",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"declivities",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"pitches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pickets , walls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"fends",
|
|
"forfends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palpate":{
|
|
"to examine (part of the body) by touching it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palp",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"palm",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"whack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palatines":{
|
|
"as in dominoes , josephs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burnooses",
|
|
"burnouses",
|
|
"capelets",
|
|
"capuchins",
|
|
"cowls",
|
|
"dominoes",
|
|
"dominos",
|
|
"josephs",
|
|
"mantas",
|
|
"mantelets",
|
|
"mantillas",
|
|
"pelerines",
|
|
"pelisses",
|
|
"ponchos",
|
|
"roquelaures",
|
|
"tippets",
|
|
"capes",
|
|
"capotes",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"frocks",
|
|
"manteaus",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"serapes",
|
|
"sarapes",
|
|
"shawls",
|
|
"stoles",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palatability":{
|
|
"the quality of being delicious":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"military rations that were obviously chosen for their durability and not their palatability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delectability",
|
|
"deliciousness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"palatableness",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"tastiness",
|
|
"toothsomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestibility",
|
|
"edibility",
|
|
"edibleness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"insipidity",
|
|
"staleness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"unpalatability"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pals":{
|
|
"a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always choose my best pal for my softball team first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"amigos",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"compadres",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"confidantes",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"musketeers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaintances",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"blood brothers",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"pen pals",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"friendlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"opponents",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"archenemies",
|
|
"nemeses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paleness":{
|
|
"as in faintness , grayness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"half-light",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"umbrage",
|
|
"blackout",
|
|
"brownout",
|
|
"dimout",
|
|
"midnight",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"candlelight",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"gloaming",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"murk",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"semidarkness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"twilight",
|
|
"umbra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"starlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palliation":{
|
|
"as in relief , assuagement":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor",
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hand",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"patronage",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"sponsorship",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"attendance",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"hand-holding",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in extenuation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extenuation",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"atonement",
|
|
"confession",
|
|
"cop-out",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretext",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"rationalization",
|
|
"vindication",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"alibi",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"plea",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paleoconservative":{
|
|
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"members of the religious sect are positively paleoconservative in their beliefs on the proper role of women"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"button-down",
|
|
"buttoned-down",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"standpat",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"blimpish",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"ultraright",
|
|
"ultrarightist",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"fogyish",
|
|
"fogeyish",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"antiliberal",
|
|
"antimodern",
|
|
"antiprogressive",
|
|
"antireform",
|
|
"antirevolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"paleoconservatives who would never sanction gambling casinos in their state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"right-winger",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"traditionalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"neocon",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"diehard",
|
|
"standpatter",
|
|
"bourbon",
|
|
"Colonel Blimp",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"stuffed shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"reformist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"left-winger",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palliated":{
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"explained away",
|
|
"extenuated",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"whitewashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"apologized",
|
|
"atoned",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"accounted (for)",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"played down",
|
|
"soft-pedaled",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this medicine should palliate your cough at least a little"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"mitigated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"amended",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"emended",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"sharpened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palpably":{
|
|
"as in visibly , noticeably":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"clearly",
|
|
"distinctly",
|
|
"evidently",
|
|
"manifestly",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"patently",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"self-evidently",
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"ostensively",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"putatively",
|
|
"seemingly",
|
|
"supposedly",
|
|
"externally",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"believably",
|
|
"credibly",
|
|
"assuredly",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"surely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"privately",
|
|
"secretively",
|
|
"secretly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pals (around)":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"consociates",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"fraternizes",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"hobnobs",
|
|
"hooks up",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"travels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliates",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"collaborates",
|
|
"colludes",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"conjoins",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"cooperates",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"gets on",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"interrelates",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"mingles",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"socializes",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"weds",
|
|
"befriends",
|
|
"friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"alienates",
|
|
"estranges",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"splits (up)",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palliates":{
|
|
"to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't try to palliate your constant lying by claiming that everybody lies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"explains away",
|
|
"extenuates",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sugarcoats",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"apologizes",
|
|
"atones",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"accounts (for)",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"soft-pedals",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this medicine should palliate your cough at least a little"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"mitigates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"softens",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"sharpens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palavering":{
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"chinning",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gassing",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"kibitzing",
|
|
"kibbitzing",
|
|
"nattering",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"schmoozing",
|
|
"shmoozing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"wheedling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"buttering up",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"massaging",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"beseeching",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"finagling",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"wangling",
|
|
"wiling",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
"cowing",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palterers":{
|
|
"as in equivocators":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocators",
|
|
"distorters",
|
|
"falsifiers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"perjurers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"dissimulators",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"calumniators",
|
|
"defamers",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"libelists",
|
|
"slanderers",
|
|
"exaggerators",
|
|
"mythomaniacs",
|
|
"fabricators",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fibbers",
|
|
"liars",
|
|
"prevaricators",
|
|
"storytellers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palsy-walsy":{
|
|
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's gotten very palsy-walsy with the boss all of a sudden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"bonhomous",
|
|
"buddy-buddy",
|
|
"chummy",
|
|
"collegial",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"comradely",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hail-fellow",
|
|
"hail-fellow-well-met",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"matey",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"approachable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"brotherly",
|
|
"fraternal",
|
|
"sisterly",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"inimical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paltriness":{
|
|
"as in pettiness , worthlessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"momentousness",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"substantiveness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"worthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palpating":{
|
|
"to examine (part of the body) by touching it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palping",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"grazing",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clenching",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"palming",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"dabbing",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"tipping",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paltered (with)":{
|
|
"as in bargained (with) , horse-traded (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bargained (with)",
|
|
"chaffered (with)",
|
|
"horse-traded (with)",
|
|
"bartered (for)",
|
|
"dealt (for)",
|
|
"dickered (over)",
|
|
"exchanged (for)",
|
|
"haggled (for)",
|
|
"negotiated (about)",
|
|
"traded (for)",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"paid (for)",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"rebought",
|
|
"repurchased",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palominos":{
|
|
"as in chestnuts , roans":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"blacks",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"pintos",
|
|
"pintoes",
|
|
"roans",
|
|
"skewbalds",
|
|
"sorrels",
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"cow ponies",
|
|
"cutting horses",
|
|
"gallopers",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"packhorses",
|
|
"prancers",
|
|
"quarter horses",
|
|
"racehorses",
|
|
"saddle horses",
|
|
"trotters",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"cobs",
|
|
"dobbins",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"skates",
|
|
"broncos",
|
|
"bronchos",
|
|
"mustangs",
|
|
"ponies",
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"foals",
|
|
"geldings",
|
|
"mares",
|
|
"stallions",
|
|
"equids",
|
|
"equines",
|
|
"horses",
|
|
"horse",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"steeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palavers":{
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seemingly endless palaver between the negotiating parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"back-and-forths",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"consultations",
|
|
"consults",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull sessions",
|
|
"chat rooms",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"skull sessions",
|
|
"skull practices",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"talkathons",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"consultancies",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"pourparlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we should get together and have a nice palaver sometime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"causeries",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chin music",
|
|
"chin-wag",
|
|
"chitchats",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"gabfests",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"small talk",
|
|
"table talk",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"exchanges",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"crosstalk",
|
|
"happy talk",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mothers palavering and drinking coffee while watching their children play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chaffers",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"chins",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"kibitzes",
|
|
"kibbitzes",
|
|
"natters",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"schmoozes",
|
|
"shmoozes",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"twitters",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I let the salesclerk at the electronics store palaver me into a service contract that I didn't need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"soft-soaps",
|
|
"sweet-talks",
|
|
"wheedles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adulates",
|
|
"flatters",
|
|
"overpraises",
|
|
"butters up",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"massages",
|
|
"woos",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"importunes",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"finagles",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"wangles",
|
|
"wiles",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"browbeats",
|
|
"bulldozes",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"cows",
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"demands",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pale":{
|
|
"lacking intensity of color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we chose a very pale pink for the walls of the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"pastel",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"achromatic",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored",
|
|
"undyed",
|
|
"unpainted",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"vivid",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking a healthy skin color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a week with the flu, she was deathly pale and noticeably thinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"untanned",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not seen or understood clearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pale outline off in the distance proved to be someone out for a walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blear",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"blurry",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"indistinguishable",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undefined",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"vague"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"hieroglyphic",
|
|
"hieroglyphical",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"indecipherable",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"inexplicable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obfuscatory",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"pellucid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"silver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"embrown"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in bar , paling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"roadblock",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stumbling block",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle(s)",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"rampart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"door",
|
|
"doorway",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"entranceway",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"entryway",
|
|
"gate",
|
|
"portal",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paltered":{
|
|
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwilling to palter over the price of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"chaffered",
|
|
"dealt",
|
|
"dickered",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"negotiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"comparison shopped",
|
|
"shopped (around)",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palladia":{
|
|
"a measure taken to preclude loss or injury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believes that a vigorously free press is one of our nation's most vital palladia against tyranny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"fail-safes",
|
|
"precautions",
|
|
"preventives",
|
|
"safeguards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paleoconservatives":{
|
|
"a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"paleoconservatives who would never sanction gambling casinos in their state"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archconservatives",
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"right-wingers",
|
|
"Tories",
|
|
"traditionalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"right-wings",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"neocons",
|
|
"neoconservatives",
|
|
"diehards",
|
|
"standpatters",
|
|
"bourbons",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"stuffed shirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"reds",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"reformists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"left-wingers",
|
|
"liberals",
|
|
"progressives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palpability":{
|
|
"as in visibility , tangibleness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tangibility",
|
|
"tangibleness",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"perspicuousness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"surety",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"self-evidence",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility",
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"clearness",
|
|
"obviousness",
|
|
"plainness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"mysteriousness",
|
|
"nebulosity",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness",
|
|
"mystery",
|
|
"reconditeness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fogginess",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"mistiness",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paladin":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an idealistic paladin seeking better treatment for the homeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pallets":{
|
|
"as in mattresses , futons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedsteads",
|
|
"futons",
|
|
"futon",
|
|
"mattresses",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"dosses",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"bunk beds",
|
|
"cots",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"daybeds",
|
|
"feather beds",
|
|
"four-posters",
|
|
"hammocks",
|
|
"Murphy beds",
|
|
"shakedowns",
|
|
"sleigh beds",
|
|
"sofa beds",
|
|
"sofas",
|
|
"studio couches",
|
|
"trundle beds",
|
|
"water beds",
|
|
"bassinets",
|
|
"carry-cots",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cribs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palpitation":{
|
|
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a palpitation of the blood vessels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"pulsation",
|
|
"pulse",
|
|
"throb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fluctuation",
|
|
"oscillation",
|
|
"vibration",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"tremor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palled (around)":{
|
|
"to come or be together as friends":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they began to pal around after discovering that they both had kids on the same soccer team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"chummed",
|
|
"companied",
|
|
"consociated",
|
|
"consorted",
|
|
"fraternized",
|
|
"hobnobbed",
|
|
"hooked up",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sorted",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiliated",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"collaborated",
|
|
"colluded",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"cooperated",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"ganged",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"got on",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"knotted",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"mingled",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"sided",
|
|
"socialized",
|
|
"teamed",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"wedded",
|
|
"wed",
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"friended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"split (up)",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palatially":{
|
|
"in a luxurious manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a premium membership in the club gives you exclusive access to a palatially appointed locker room and spa"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expensively",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"fatly",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"luxuriously",
|
|
"opulently",
|
|
"plushly",
|
|
"richly",
|
|
"sumptuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imposingly",
|
|
"impressively",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"grandiosely",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"affluently",
|
|
"comfortably",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"wealthily",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"indulgently",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"prodigally",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"wastefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"cheaply",
|
|
"economically",
|
|
"frugally",
|
|
"inexpensively",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"sparely",
|
|
"sparingly",
|
|
"thriftily",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"restrainedly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"temperately"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austerely",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"simply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"palisade":{
|
|
"a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the palisades that line the west bank of the Hudson River for about 15 miles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"escarpment",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"scarp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"cuesta",
|
|
"hogback",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"pitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in picket , wall":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fend",
|
|
"forfend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"paled":{
|
|
"lacking a healthy skin color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shock of the news left him paled and shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"wan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickly",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"anemic",
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"untanned",
|
|
"whey-faced",
|
|
"white-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"pink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"rubicund",
|
|
"ruddy",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sun eventually paled my bright blue shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"decolorized",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"matted",
|
|
"etiolated",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"silvered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"embrowned"
|
|
]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"palates":{
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"as in tastes , desires":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appetites",
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"fancies",
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"favors",
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"likes",
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"likings",
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"love affairs",
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"loves",
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"partialities",
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"preferences",
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"relishes",
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"shines",
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"tastes",
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"uses",
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"cravings",
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"desires",
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"longings",
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"thirsts",
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"yens",
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"bents",
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"inclinations",
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"leanings",
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"propensities",
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"tendencies",
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"enthusiasms",
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"gustoes",
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"interests",
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"passions",
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"biases",
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"prejudices",
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"teeth",
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"weaknesses"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aversions",
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"disfavors",
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"disgusts",
|
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"dislikes",
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"distastes",
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"hatreds",
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"loathings",
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"mislikes",
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"apathies",
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"disinclinations",
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"indifferences"
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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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"palpates":{
|
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"to examine (part of the body) by touching it":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"The doctor palpated his ribs to see if there was any tenderness."
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],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"palps",
|
|
"feels",
|
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"touches",
|
|
"brushes",
|
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"grazes",
|
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"shaves",
|
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"skims",
|
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"clasps",
|
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"clenches",
|
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"clings (to)",
|
|
"clutches",
|
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"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
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"handles",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"palms",
|
|
"chucks",
|
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"claps",
|
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"dabs",
|
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"flicks",
|
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"pats",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"taps",
|
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"tips",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"whacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |