4386 lines
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4386 lines
88 KiB
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{
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"penalize":{
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"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
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"antonyms":[
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"excuse",
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"pardon",
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"spare"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the player was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"forfeit",
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"get off",
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"ransom",
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"release",
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"commute",
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"reprieve",
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"absolve",
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"acquit",
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"exculpate",
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"exonerate",
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"vindicate"
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],
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"related":[
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"assess",
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"charge",
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"dock",
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"fine",
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"impose",
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"levy",
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"mulct",
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"convict",
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"sentence",
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"condemn",
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"damn",
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"denounce",
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"criticize",
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"keelhaul",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reprove",
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"wreak"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"castigate",
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"chasten",
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"chastise",
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"correct",
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"discipline",
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"punish"
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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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"penalty":{
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"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
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"examples":[
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"the penalty for speeding is $10 for every mile over the speed limit"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"damages",
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"fine",
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"forfeit",
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"forfeiture",
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"mulct"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reparations",
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"assessment",
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"award",
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"compensation",
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"indemnity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
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"examples":[
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"in some cases, the new penalties for drug offenses were harsher than those for violent crimes"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"castigation",
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"chastisement",
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"comeuppance",
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"correction",
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"desert(s)",
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"discipline",
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"nemesis",
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"punishment",
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"wrath"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"reprisal",
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"retaliation",
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"retribution",
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"revenge",
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"vengeance",
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"assessment",
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"charge",
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"fine",
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"mulct",
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"example",
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"sentence",
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"confinement",
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"imprisonment",
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"incarceration",
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"condemnation",
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"damnation",
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"denouncement",
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"censure",
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"criticism",
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"rebuke",
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"reprimand",
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"reproof"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amnesty",
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"indemnity",
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"pardon",
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"parole",
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"acquittal",
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"exculpation",
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"exoneration",
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"vindication",
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"exemption",
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"immunity",
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"impunity",
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"release",
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"commutation",
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"reprieve",
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"absolution",
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"forgiveness",
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"remission",
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"remitment",
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"condonation",
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"disregard",
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"overlooking"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
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"examples":[
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"suffered the penalty of his decision to leave school without graduating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"despite",
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"detriment",
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"disadvantage",
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"disfavor"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deficit",
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"deprivation",
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"expense",
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"loss",
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"damage",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"injury",
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"prejudice"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"gain"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"advantage",
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"favor"
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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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"penetrating":{
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"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"an icy, penetrating rain that made you feel really miserable"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"gentle",
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"mild",
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"soothing"
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],
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"related":[
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"brisk",
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"invigorating",
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"nippy",
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"snappy",
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"needlelike",
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"prickly",
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"tingling",
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"caustic",
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"corrosive"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"biting",
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"bitter",
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"cutting",
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"keen",
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"piercing",
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"raw",
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"sharp",
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"shrewd",
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"smarting",
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"stinging"
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]
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},
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"to go or come in or into":{
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"antonyms":[
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"departing",
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"exiting",
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"leaving"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"barging (in)",
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"breezing (in)",
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"bursting (in or into)",
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"waltzing (in)",
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"dropping in",
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"popping (in)",
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"straying (into)",
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"wandering (into)",
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"crashing",
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"encroaching",
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"gate-crashing",
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"infiltrating",
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"infringing",
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"intruding",
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"invading",
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"trespassing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accessing",
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"entering",
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"piercing"
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]
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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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"penetration":{
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"as in understanding , sensitivity":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"acuity",
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"acumen",
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"astuteness",
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"clear-sightedness",
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"keenness",
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"percipience",
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"perspicacity",
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"sensitivity",
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"understanding",
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"discernment",
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"insight",
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"perception",
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"perceptiveness",
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"perceptivity",
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"sagaciousness",
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"sagacity",
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"sageness",
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"sapience",
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"wisdom",
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"appreciation",
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"apprehension",
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"comprehension",
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"grasp",
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"brain(s)",
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"braininess",
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"brightness",
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"brilliance",
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"canniness",
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"cleverness",
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"gray matter",
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"intellect",
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"intelligence",
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"judgment",
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"judgement",
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"mentality",
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"power",
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"reason",
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"sense",
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"smartness",
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"wit",
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"discrimination",
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"foresight",
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"foresightedness",
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"judiciousness",
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"prudence",
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"sanity",
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"logic",
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"rationality"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"density",
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"dullness",
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"dulness",
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"obtuseness",
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"brainlessness",
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"folly",
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"foolishness",
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"idiocy",
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"imbecility",
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"mindlessness",
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"silliness",
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"simplemindedness",
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"simpleness",
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"stupidity",
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"witlessness",
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"illogic",
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"irrationality",
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"unreasonableness",
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"unsoundness",
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"craziness",
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"insanity",
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"lunacy",
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"madness",
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"preposterousness",
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"senselessness",
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"zaniness"
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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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"penitential":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"penniless":{
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"lacking money or material possessions":{
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"antonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep-pocketed",
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"fat",
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"fat-cat",
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"flush",
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"moneyed",
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"monied",
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"opulent",
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"rich",
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"silk-stocking",
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"wealthy",
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"well-heeled",
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"well-off",
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"well-to-do"
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],
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"examples":[
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"went from being a penniless girl to owner of her own restaurant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"comfortable",
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"prosperous"
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],
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"related":[
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"deprived",
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"disadvantaged",
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"dispossessed",
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"unaffluent",
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"underprivileged",
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"bankrupt",
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"bankrupted",
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"bust",
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"busted",
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"insolvent",
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"possessionless",
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"ruined",
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"depressed",
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"distressed",
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"hand-to-mouth",
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"hardscrabble",
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"pinched",
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"poorish",
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"reduced",
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"straitened",
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"cash-strapped",
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"low",
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"short",
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"tapped out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beggared",
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"beggarly",
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"broke",
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"destitute",
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"dirt-poor",
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"down-and-out",
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"famished",
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"hard up",
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"impecunious",
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"impoverished",
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"indigent",
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"necessitous",
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"needful",
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"needy",
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"pauperized",
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"penurious",
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"poor",
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"poverty-stricken",
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"skint",
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"threadbare"
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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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"pennons":{
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"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
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"examples":[
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"pennons flew from the yachts gathered in the harbor for the festival"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banderoles",
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"banderols",
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"banners",
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"colors",
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"ensigns",
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"flags",
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"guidons",
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"jacks",
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"pendants",
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"pendents",
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"pennants",
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"standards",
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"streamers"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"buntings",
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"gonfalons",
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"black flags",
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"Jolly Rogers",
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"tricolors",
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"union jacks",
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"white flags",
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"burgees",
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"semaphores",
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"signalers",
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"signallers",
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"wafts",
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"badges",
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"coats of arms",
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"crests",
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"insignia",
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"insignias"
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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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]
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},
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"penstocks":{
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"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
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"examples":[
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"a penstock carried water for the waterwheel"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"channels",
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"conduits",
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"ducts",
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"leaders",
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"lines",
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"pipes",
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"troughs",
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"tubes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"drainpipes",
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"drains",
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"funnels",
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"hydrants",
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"mains",
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"smokestacks",
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"spouts",
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"standpipes",
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"stovepipes",
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"tiles",
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"waste pipes",
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"waterspouts",
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"pipages",
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"pipeages",
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"pipelines",
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"pipings"
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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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]
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},
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"penumbra":{
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"partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays":{
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"examples":[
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"the lunar eclipse began with a subtle darkening of the lunar surface as it passed within the Earth's penumbra"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dusk",
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"shade",
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"shadiness",
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"shadow",
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"umbra"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blackness",
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"dimness",
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"duskiness",
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"gloom",
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"gloominess",
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"murkiness",
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"obscurity",
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"semidarkness",
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"somberness",
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"cloudiness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"brightness",
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"brilliance",
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"effulgence",
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"illumination",
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"incandescence",
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"light",
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"lightness",
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"lucidity",
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"lucidness",
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"luminance",
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"luminosity",
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"luminousness",
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"radiance",
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"radiancy"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
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"examples":[
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"a penumbra of despair fell over the doomed city"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blanket",
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"cloak",
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"cope",
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"cover",
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"cover-up",
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"covering",
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"coverture",
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"curtain",
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"hood",
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"mantle",
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"mask",
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"pall",
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"robe",
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"shroud",
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"veil",
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"wraps"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blind",
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"concealer",
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"screen",
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"shield",
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"fig leaf",
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"Potemkin village",
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"Trojan horse",
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"camouflage",
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"disguise",
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"facade",
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"fa\u00e7ade",
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"face",
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"veneer",
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"gloss",
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"varnish"
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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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]
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},
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"penurious":{
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"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
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"examples":[
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"the company's penurious management could not be convinced of the need to earmark more money for research and development"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cheap",
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"chintzy",
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"close",
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"closefisted",
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"mean",
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"mingy",
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"miserly",
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"niggard",
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"niggardly",
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"parsimonious",
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"penny-pinching",
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"pinching",
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"pinchpenny",
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"spare",
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"sparing",
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"stingy",
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"stinting",
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"tight",
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"tightfisted",
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"uncharitable",
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"ungenerous"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"careful",
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"chary",
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"conserving",
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"economical",
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"economizing",
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"frugal",
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"saving",
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"scrimping",
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"skimping",
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"thrifty",
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"acquisitive",
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"avaricious",
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"avid",
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"coveting",
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"covetous",
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"desirous",
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"grasping",
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"greedy",
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"hoggish",
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"itchy",
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"mercenary",
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"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"inhospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the most penurious members of the community are forced to depend on the services of the food bank"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pensioned":{
|
|
"as in retired , superannuated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penmanship":{
|
|
"the form or style of a particular person's writing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"script"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacography",
|
|
"hen scratch",
|
|
"hen track",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"backhand",
|
|
"copperplate",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"print",
|
|
"running hand",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"John Hancock",
|
|
"John Henry",
|
|
"signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing done by hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calligraphy",
|
|
"handwriting",
|
|
"longhand",
|
|
"manuscript",
|
|
"script"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lettering",
|
|
"phonography",
|
|
"shorthand",
|
|
"steno",
|
|
"stenography"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"print",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"typewriting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penthouses":{
|
|
"a smaller structure added to a main building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a small penthouse built to serve as a toolshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"extensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"ells",
|
|
"wings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penned":{
|
|
"as in imprisoned , caged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caged",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"leashed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"unfree",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unconfined",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered",
|
|
"unleashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxed (in)",
|
|
"caged",
|
|
"closeted",
|
|
"cooped (up)",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"encaged",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"mewed (up)",
|
|
"walled (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enframed",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"armored",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"encapsulated",
|
|
"encapsuled",
|
|
"encysted",
|
|
"ensheathed",
|
|
"ensphered",
|
|
"enwombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"wrote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redrafted",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"rewrote",
|
|
"lettered",
|
|
"printed",
|
|
"typed",
|
|
"typewrote",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"took down",
|
|
"transcribed",
|
|
"autographed",
|
|
"penciled (in)",
|
|
"pencilled (in)",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pencilling (in)":{
|
|
"as in penning , scribbling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"penning",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"scrawling",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"inscribing",
|
|
"notarizing",
|
|
"cosigning",
|
|
"countersigning",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"signing on",
|
|
"signing up",
|
|
"autographing",
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"subscribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pencils":{
|
|
"as in inks , crayons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crayons",
|
|
"inks",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"cartoons",
|
|
"outlines",
|
|
"profiles",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"sketches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pension":{
|
|
"an amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her pension arrives in the mail every month.",
|
|
"retired people living on their pensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fringe benefit",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"dividend",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"gravy",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"perk",
|
|
"perquisite",
|
|
"throw-in",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penumbral":{
|
|
"as in dark , moonless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"inky",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"canopied",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"shadowed",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"umbrageous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"shadeless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"lustrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penciled (in)":{
|
|
"as in penned , scribbled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"notarized",
|
|
"cosigned",
|
|
"countersigned",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"signed on",
|
|
"signed up",
|
|
"autographed",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"subscribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penchants":{
|
|
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a penchant for sitting by the window and staring moodily off into space"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"affinities",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"bones",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"habitudes",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"partisanships",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"addictions",
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allergies",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"disrelishes",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"detachments",
|
|
"impartialities",
|
|
"neutralities",
|
|
"objectivities",
|
|
"apathies",
|
|
"indifferences",
|
|
"insouciances",
|
|
"nonchalances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pentameter":{
|
|
"as in hexameter , tetrameter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hexameter",
|
|
"tetrameter",
|
|
"trimeter",
|
|
"lilt",
|
|
"movement",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"drum",
|
|
"throb",
|
|
"backbeat",
|
|
"accent",
|
|
"accentuation",
|
|
"emphasis",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"cadence",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"meter",
|
|
"rhythm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pendents":{
|
|
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Navajo necklaces with pendants finely crafted in genuine sky-blue turquoise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangles",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"lavalieres",
|
|
"lavallieres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lockets",
|
|
"teardrops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pendant that once flew on Nelson's flagship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banderoles",
|
|
"banderols",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"guidons",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"pennants",
|
|
"pennons",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"streamers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buntings",
|
|
"gonfalons",
|
|
"black flags",
|
|
"Jolly Rogers",
|
|
"tricolors",
|
|
"union jacks",
|
|
"white flags",
|
|
"burgees",
|
|
"semaphores",
|
|
"signalers",
|
|
"signallers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pentathlon":{
|
|
"as in triathlon , decathlon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"heptathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matchup",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournament",
|
|
"tourney",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"semifinal",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penciled":{
|
|
"as in inked , crayoned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crayoned",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"cartooned",
|
|
"outlined",
|
|
"profiled",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"sketched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pencil":{
|
|
"as in ink , crayon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crayon",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"profile",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"sketch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penitentiary":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastille",
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"quod",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"stalag",
|
|
"work camp",
|
|
"dungeon",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penal":{
|
|
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Australia was once a penal colony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"correctional",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"disciplinary",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penalizing",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retaliative",
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"retributive",
|
|
"retributory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compensatory",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpunitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penthouse":{
|
|
"a smaller structure added to a main building":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a small penthouse built to serve as a toolshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"extension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"ell",
|
|
"wing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penning":{
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxing (in)",
|
|
"caging",
|
|
"closeting",
|
|
"cooping (up)",
|
|
"corralling",
|
|
"encaging",
|
|
"encasing",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"enveloping",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"including",
|
|
"mewing (up)",
|
|
"walling (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"enfolding",
|
|
"enframing",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"armoring",
|
|
"cocooning",
|
|
"encapsulating",
|
|
"encapsuling",
|
|
"encysting",
|
|
"ensheathing",
|
|
"ensphering",
|
|
"enwombing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoring",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"writing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"redrafting",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"rewriting",
|
|
"lettering",
|
|
"printing",
|
|
"typewriting",
|
|
"typing",
|
|
"recording",
|
|
"taking down",
|
|
"transcribing",
|
|
"autographing",
|
|
"penciling (in)",
|
|
"pencilling (in)",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"signing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pentathlons":{
|
|
"as in triathlons , decathlons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"biathlons",
|
|
"decathlons",
|
|
"heptathlons",
|
|
"triathlons",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matchups",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournaments",
|
|
"tourneys",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"scrimmages",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"tugs-of-war",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"championships",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"finals",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"play-offs",
|
|
"semifinals",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"gymkhanas",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"marathons",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"ultramarathons",
|
|
"heats",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penetrant":{
|
|
"as in penetrating , discerning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"in-depth",
|
|
"critical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"one-dimensional",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"skin-deep",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"cursory",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"oversimple",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pennant":{
|
|
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stadium was festooned with pennants from past championships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banderole",
|
|
"banderol",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"guidon",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pennon",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"streamer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"gonfalon",
|
|
"black flag",
|
|
"Jolly Roger",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"union jack",
|
|
"white flag",
|
|
"burgee",
|
|
"semaphore",
|
|
"signaler",
|
|
"signaller",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penitent":{
|
|
"feeling sorrow for a wrong that one has done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a penitent gossip who had come to ask for forgiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apologetic",
|
|
"compunctious",
|
|
"contrite",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"remorseful",
|
|
"repentant",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ashamed",
|
|
"shamefaced",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionless",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"merciless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"ruthless",
|
|
"unmerciful",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"unashamed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impenitent",
|
|
"remorseless",
|
|
"unapologetic",
|
|
"unrepentant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penalizes":{
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"punishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"wreaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"spares"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penury":{
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lived in a time when single women like herself faced a lifetime of genteel penury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pensions":{
|
|
"an amount of money that a company or the government pays to a person who is old or sick and no longer works":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her pension arrives in the mail every month.",
|
|
"retired people living on their pensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fringe benefits",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"cumshaws",
|
|
"dividends",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"gravies",
|
|
"gravy trains",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"perks",
|
|
"perquisites",
|
|
"throw-ins",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"bounties",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"premiums",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"rewards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penitences":{
|
|
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sincerity of the player's penitence is questionable\u2014he began to express remorse only after the suspension was handed down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"bloodguilt",
|
|
"bloodguiltiness",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"mea culpa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impenitence",
|
|
"remorselessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penetrate":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"breeze (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"waltz (in)",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"stray (into)",
|
|
"wander (into)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"encroach",
|
|
"gate-crash",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"intrude",
|
|
"invade",
|
|
"trespass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penny-wise":{
|
|
"as in penny-pinching , penurious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lavish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pens":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"earned six years in a federal pen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastilles",
|
|
"big houses",
|
|
"bridewells",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"calabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"guardrooms",
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"hoosegows",
|
|
"jailhouses",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"lockups",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"penitentiaries",
|
|
"pokeys",
|
|
"prisons",
|
|
"quods",
|
|
"slammers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"tolbooths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"glasshouses",
|
|
"guardhouses",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"gulags",
|
|
"labor camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"stalags",
|
|
"work camps",
|
|
"dungeons",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"oubliettes",
|
|
"reformatories",
|
|
"reform schools",
|
|
"training schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a goat pen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"pounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kennels",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"kraals",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"cotes",
|
|
"dovecotes",
|
|
"dovecots",
|
|
"henhouses",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"sheepfolds",
|
|
"pigpens",
|
|
"aquariums",
|
|
"aquaria",
|
|
"terraria",
|
|
"terrariums",
|
|
"live-boxes",
|
|
"fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Alexander Hamilton is reckoned to be the pseudonymous pen behind two thirds of the Federalist Papers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"litterateurs",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateurs",
|
|
"penmen",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"scriveners",
|
|
"writers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auteurs",
|
|
"belletrists",
|
|
"belle-lettrists",
|
|
"stylists",
|
|
"wordsmiths",
|
|
"coauthors",
|
|
"co-authors",
|
|
"coscenarists",
|
|
"co-scenarists",
|
|
"cowriters",
|
|
"co-writers",
|
|
"ghostwriters",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"hatchet men",
|
|
"scribblers",
|
|
"wordmongers",
|
|
"biographers",
|
|
"hagiographers",
|
|
"autobiographers",
|
|
"memoirists",
|
|
"memorialists",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fictioneers",
|
|
"fictionists",
|
|
"novelists",
|
|
"romancers",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"essayists",
|
|
"pamphleteers",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"dramatists",
|
|
"playwrights",
|
|
"scenarists",
|
|
"screenwriters",
|
|
"scriptwriters",
|
|
"prosaists",
|
|
"prosateurs",
|
|
"prosers",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"versifiers",
|
|
"bloggers",
|
|
"columnists",
|
|
"journalists",
|
|
"newspapermen",
|
|
"paragraphers",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"sportswriters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"remember to pen up the dogs when visitors come over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxes (in)",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"coops (up)",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"encages",
|
|
"encases",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"envelops",
|
|
"fences (in)",
|
|
"hedges",
|
|
"hems (in)",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"mews (up)",
|
|
"walls (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"enframes",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"armors",
|
|
"cocoons",
|
|
"encapsulates",
|
|
"encapsules",
|
|
"encysts",
|
|
"ensheathes",
|
|
"enspheres",
|
|
"enwombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to compose and set down on paper the words of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"though relatively unknown at the time of his death, the composer had penned some of the most memorable show tunes of his era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"scratches (out)",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"writes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"rewrites",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"typewrites",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"transcribes",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"pencils (in)",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pencilled (in)":{
|
|
"as in penned , scribbled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"penned",
|
|
"scratched (out)",
|
|
"scrawled",
|
|
"scribbled",
|
|
"inscribed",
|
|
"notarized",
|
|
"cosigned",
|
|
"countersigned",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"signed on",
|
|
"signed up",
|
|
"autographed",
|
|
"inked",
|
|
"signed",
|
|
"subscribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pendants":{
|
|
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Navajo necklaces with pendants finely crafted in genuine sky-blue turquoise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangles",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"lavalieres",
|
|
"lavallieres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lockets",
|
|
"teardrops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pendant that once flew on Nelson's flagship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banderoles",
|
|
"banderols",
|
|
"banners",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensigns",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"guidons",
|
|
"jacks",
|
|
"pennants",
|
|
"pennons",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"streamers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buntings",
|
|
"gonfalons",
|
|
"black flags",
|
|
"Jolly Rogers",
|
|
"tricolors",
|
|
"union jacks",
|
|
"white flags",
|
|
"burgees",
|
|
"semaphores",
|
|
"signalers",
|
|
"signallers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"coats of arms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"insignia",
|
|
"insignias"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pen pals":{
|
|
"as in friends , main men":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"amigos",
|
|
"buddies",
|
|
"chums",
|
|
"compadres",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"confidantes",
|
|
"confidants",
|
|
"cronies",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"pals",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"hearties",
|
|
"hobnobbers",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"blood brothers",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"main men",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"sympathizers",
|
|
"well-wishers",
|
|
"abettors",
|
|
"abetters",
|
|
"accomplices",
|
|
"allies",
|
|
"collaborators",
|
|
"confederates",
|
|
"acquaintances",
|
|
"friendlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"competitors",
|
|
"opponents",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"archenemies",
|
|
"nemeses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penman":{
|
|
"a person who creates a written work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prolific penman of dozens of horror stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"litterateur",
|
|
"litt\u00e9rateur",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener",
|
|
"writer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"belletrist",
|
|
"belle-lettrist",
|
|
"stylist",
|
|
"wordsmith",
|
|
"coauthor",
|
|
"coscenarist",
|
|
"cowriter",
|
|
"ghostwriter",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hatchet man",
|
|
"scribbler",
|
|
"wordmonger",
|
|
"biographer",
|
|
"hagiographer",
|
|
"autobiographer",
|
|
"memoirist",
|
|
"memorialist",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fictioneer",
|
|
"fictionist",
|
|
"novelist",
|
|
"romancer",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"essayist",
|
|
"pamphleteer",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"dramatist",
|
|
"playwright",
|
|
"scenarist",
|
|
"screenwriter",
|
|
"scriptwriter",
|
|
"prosaist",
|
|
"prosateur",
|
|
"proser",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"poet",
|
|
"rhymer",
|
|
"versifier",
|
|
"blogger",
|
|
"columnist",
|
|
"journalist",
|
|
"newspaperman",
|
|
"paragrapher",
|
|
"reporter",
|
|
"sportswriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonauthor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an essay on Jacob Shallus, the penman who inked the United States Constitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amanuensis",
|
|
"calligrapher",
|
|
"copyist",
|
|
"scribe",
|
|
"scrivener"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Pentagonese":{
|
|
"as in legalese , psychobabble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bureaucratese",
|
|
"computerese",
|
|
"educationese",
|
|
"governmentese",
|
|
"legalese",
|
|
"psychobabble",
|
|
"technobabble",
|
|
"bafflegab",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"gobbledygook",
|
|
"gobbledegook",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"song and dance",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pending":{
|
|
"not yet settled or decided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a decision is pending about whether to buy computers or sports equipment with this money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"open",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unresolved",
|
|
"unsettled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being soon to appear or take place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pending review of your work so far this term"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"imminent",
|
|
"impending",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"oncoming",
|
|
"proximate",
|
|
"upcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"future",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"erstwhile",
|
|
"foregone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"onetime",
|
|
"other",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"quondam",
|
|
"sometime",
|
|
"whilom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"late",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving signs of immediate occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sky darkened with a pending storm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imminent",
|
|
"impending",
|
|
"looming",
|
|
"threatening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"oncoming",
|
|
"upcoming",
|
|
"brewing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"unavoidable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"ominous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreseen",
|
|
"predicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"eventual",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in the course of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government must continue to function pending negotiations for next year's budget"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amid",
|
|
"amidst",
|
|
"by",
|
|
"during",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"throughout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penetrates":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"breezes (in)",
|
|
"bursts (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzes (in)",
|
|
"drops in",
|
|
"pops (in)",
|
|
"strays (into)",
|
|
"wanders (into)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"gate-crashes",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"intrudes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"leaves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penalizing":{
|
|
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"forced to listen to a penalizing lecture on the consequences of lying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"correctional",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"disciplinary",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"penal",
|
|
"punitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"retaliative",
|
|
"retaliatory",
|
|
"retributive",
|
|
"retributory",
|
|
"revengeful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"wrathful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compensatory",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exculpatory",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpunitive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the player was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"punishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"levying",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"convicting",
|
|
"sentencing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"wreaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"commuting",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"sparing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penitentiaries":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sentence in the state penitentiary for robbery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastilles",
|
|
"big houses",
|
|
"bridewells",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"calabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"guardrooms",
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"hoosegows",
|
|
"jailhouses",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"lockups",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pokeys",
|
|
"prisons",
|
|
"quods",
|
|
"slammers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"tolbooths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull pens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"glasshouses",
|
|
"guardhouses",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"gulags",
|
|
"labor camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"stalags",
|
|
"work camps",
|
|
"dungeons",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"oubliettes",
|
|
"reformatories",
|
|
"reform schools",
|
|
"training schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pendant":{
|
|
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Navajo necklaces with pendants finely crafted in genuine sky-blue turquoise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangle",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"lavaliere",
|
|
"lavalliere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"locket",
|
|
"teardrop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pendant that once flew on Nelson's flagship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banderole",
|
|
"banderol",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"ensign",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"guidon",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"pennant",
|
|
"pennon",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"streamer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"gonfalon",
|
|
"black flag",
|
|
"Jolly Roger",
|
|
"tricolor",
|
|
"union jack",
|
|
"white flag",
|
|
"burgee",
|
|
"semaphore",
|
|
"signaler",
|
|
"signaller",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"coat of arms",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"insignia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penuriousness":{
|
|
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he daily practiced such penuriousness that few would have guessed that he was one of the state's wealthiest residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"cheeseparing",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightfistedness",
|
|
"tightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the abject penuriousness of so many of the city's inhabitants should be a cause for concern"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggary",
|
|
"destituteness",
|
|
"destitution",
|
|
"impecuniosity",
|
|
"impecuniousness",
|
|
"impoverishment",
|
|
"indigence",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"neediness",
|
|
"pauperism",
|
|
"penury",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"exigency",
|
|
"emergency",
|
|
"rainy day",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"deprivation",
|
|
"privation",
|
|
"bankruptcy",
|
|
"insolvency",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"straitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"prosperity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluence",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wealthiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penstock":{
|
|
"a long hollow cylinder for carrying a substance (as a liquid or gas)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a penstock carried water for the waterwheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"tube"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"drainpipe",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"hydrant",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"smokestack",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"standpipe",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"tile",
|
|
"waste pipe",
|
|
"waterspout",
|
|
"pipage",
|
|
"pipeage",
|
|
"pipeline",
|
|
"piping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pennyworth":{
|
|
"something bought or offered for sale at a desirable price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even a used lawnmower would be a pennyworth at that price"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"closeout",
|
|
"markdown",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"rip-off",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"markup",
|
|
"surcharge",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"luxury"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pencilling":{
|
|
"as in inking , crayoning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crayoning",
|
|
"inking",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"cartooning",
|
|
"outlining",
|
|
"profiling",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"scrawling",
|
|
"scribbling",
|
|
"sketching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penny-pinchings":{
|
|
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new CEO's penny-pinching ways have helped to keep the company out of bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pinchpenny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"inhospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"careful management of material resources":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they'll have to practice some penny-pinching if they want to save for a house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diseconomy",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reusing your tea bags is perhaps taking penny-pinching too far"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"cheeseparing",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightfistedness",
|
|
"tightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pendulous":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cow with a pendulous udder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"stooping",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extending freely from a support from above":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pendulous crystal chandelier dominated the ballroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penitence":{
|
|
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sincerity of the player's penitence is questionable\u2014he began to express remorse only after the suspension was handed down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contriteness",
|
|
"contrition",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"remorse",
|
|
"remorsefulness",
|
|
"repentance",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"self-reproach",
|
|
"shame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"culpability",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"bloodguilt",
|
|
"bloodguiltiness",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"mea culpa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impenitence",
|
|
"remorselessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peninsulas":{
|
|
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the peninsula is constantly buffeted by storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"capes",
|
|
"forelands",
|
|
"headlands",
|
|
"nesses",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"promontories",
|
|
"spits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakwaters",
|
|
"jetties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penny-pinching":{
|
|
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new CEO's penny-pinching ways have helped to keep the company out of bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pinchpenny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"inhospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"careful management of material resources":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they'll have to practice some penny-pinching if they want to save for a house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"belt-tightening",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forehandedness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"austerity",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diseconomy",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or practice of being overly sparing with money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reusing your tea bags is perhaps taking penny-pinching too far"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"cheeseparing",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"niggardliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightfistedness",
|
|
"tightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wastefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pensive":{
|
|
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rainy days often put her in a pensive mood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broody",
|
|
"cogitative",
|
|
"contemplative",
|
|
"meditative",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"ruminant",
|
|
"ruminative",
|
|
"thoughtful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"introspective",
|
|
"retrospective",
|
|
"self-reflective",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"philosophical",
|
|
"philosophic",
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"abstracted",
|
|
"preoccupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unthinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unreflective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penmanships":{
|
|
"the form or style of a particular person's writing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"doctors are famous for their illegible penmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"scripts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacographies",
|
|
"hen scratches",
|
|
"hen tracks",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"scrawls",
|
|
"scribbles",
|
|
"backhands",
|
|
"copperplates",
|
|
"cursives",
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"running hands",
|
|
"autographs",
|
|
"John Hancocks",
|
|
"John Henrys",
|
|
"signatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing done by hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the students spend far more time honing their computer skills than they do improving their penmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calligraphies",
|
|
"handwritings",
|
|
"longhands",
|
|
"manuscripts",
|
|
"scripts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"letterings",
|
|
"phonographies",
|
|
"shorthands",
|
|
"stenographies",
|
|
"stenos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prints",
|
|
"types",
|
|
"typewritings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penny-pincher":{
|
|
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we've ended up treating that penny-pincher to dinner three times and she's never once offered to pay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoarder",
|
|
"pack rat",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penetrated":{
|
|
"to go or come in or into":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a needle penetrated the heavy canvas only with great effort"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessed",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"breezed (in)",
|
|
"burst (in or into)",
|
|
"bursted (in or into)",
|
|
"waltzed (in)",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"strayed (into)",
|
|
"wandered (into)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"encroached",
|
|
"gate-crashed",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"infringed",
|
|
"intruded",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"trespassed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"left"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pencil (in)":{
|
|
"as in pen , scribble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"scrawl",
|
|
"scribble",
|
|
"inscribe",
|
|
"notarize",
|
|
"cosign",
|
|
"countersign",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"sign on",
|
|
"sign up",
|
|
"autograph",
|
|
"ink",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"subscribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"penalties":{
|
|
"a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the penalty for speeding is $10 for every mile over the speed limit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"forfeitures",
|
|
"mulcts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reparations",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"compensations",
|
|
"indemnities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in some cases, the new penalties for drug offenses were harsher than those for violent crimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"comeuppances",
|
|
"corrections",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"nemeses",
|
|
"punishments",
|
|
"wraths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reprisals",
|
|
"retaliations",
|
|
"retributions",
|
|
"revenges",
|
|
"vengeances",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"denouncements",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproofs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amnesties",
|
|
"indemnities",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"paroles",
|
|
"acquittals",
|
|
"exculpations",
|
|
"exonerations",
|
|
"vindications",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"immunities",
|
|
"impunities",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"commutations",
|
|
"reprieves",
|
|
"absolutions",
|
|
"remissions",
|
|
"remitments",
|
|
"condonations",
|
|
"disregards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the negative result caused by something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"suffered the penalty of his decision to leave school without graduating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"despites",
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"disfavors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"deprivations",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"prejudices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"favors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |