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21194 lines
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{
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"perceptibly":{
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"as in clearly , discernibly":{
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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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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"perceptions":{
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"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
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"antonyms":[
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"incomprehensions"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a growing perception of the enormity of the problem"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"misapprehensions",
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"miscomprehensions",
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"misinterpretations",
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"misperceptions",
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"misunderstandings"
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],
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"related":[
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"absorptions",
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"assimilations",
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"digestions",
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"uptakes",
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"conceptions",
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"visualizations",
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"enlightenments",
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"realizations"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appreciations",
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"apprehensions",
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"comprehensions",
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"grasps",
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"grips",
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"holds",
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"percipiences",
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"understandings"
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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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"percolates":{
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"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"water percolating through the coffee filter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"floods",
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"gushes",
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"pours",
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"streams",
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"surges"
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],
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"related":[
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"dribbles",
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"drips",
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"trickles",
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"discharges",
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"emits",
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"gives off",
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"vents",
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"emanates",
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"flows",
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"springs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bleeds",
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"exudes",
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"oozes",
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"seeps",
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"strains",
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"sweats",
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"transudes",
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"weeps"
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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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"peregrinates":{
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"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
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"examples":[
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"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"courses",
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"covers",
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"crosses",
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"cuts (across)",
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"follows",
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"goes",
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"navigates",
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"passes (over)",
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"perambulates",
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"proceeds (along)",
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"tracks",
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"transits",
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"travels",
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"traverses"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hikes",
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"traipses",
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"tramps",
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"treads",
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"walks",
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"rides",
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"runs",
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"crisscrosses"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
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"examples":[
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"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"journeys",
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"pilgrimages",
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"tours",
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"travels",
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"treks",
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"trips",
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"voyages"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gallivants",
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"galavants",
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"hops",
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"jaunts",
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"knocks (about)",
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"perambulates",
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"rambles",
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"roams",
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"roves",
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"traipses",
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"wanders",
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"migrates",
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"road-trips",
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"buses",
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"busses",
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"cabs",
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"coaches",
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"cruises",
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"drives",
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"flies",
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"gigs",
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"jets",
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"motors",
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"navigates",
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"rides",
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"rolls",
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"sails",
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"trundles",
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"barnstorms"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"peregrinating":{
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"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"hiking",
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"traipsing",
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"tramping",
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"treading",
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"walking",
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"riding",
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"running",
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"crisscrossing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coursing",
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"covering",
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"crossing",
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"cutting (across)",
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"following",
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"going",
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"navigating",
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"passing (over)",
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"perambulating",
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"proceeding (along)",
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"tracking",
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"transiting",
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"traveling",
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"travelling",
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"traversing"
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]
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},
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"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"gallivanting",
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"galavanting",
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"hopping",
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"jaunting",
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"knocking (about)",
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"perambulating",
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"rambling",
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"roaming",
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"roving",
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"traipsing",
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"wandering",
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"migrating",
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"road-tripping",
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"busing",
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"bussing",
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"cabbing",
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"coaching",
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"cruising",
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"driving",
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"flying",
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"gigging",
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"jetting",
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"motoring",
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"navigating",
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"riding",
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"rolling",
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"sailing",
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"trundling",
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"barnstorming"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"journeying",
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"pilgrimaging",
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"touring",
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"traveling",
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"travelling",
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"trekking",
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"tripping",
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"voyaging"
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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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"perfecting":{
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"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abandoning",
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"deserting",
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"discontinuing",
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"dropping",
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"forsaking",
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"quitting"
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],
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"related":[
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"following through (with)",
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"sticking out",
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"accomplishing",
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"achieving",
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"effecting",
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"carrying out",
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"carrying through",
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"discharging",
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"doing",
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"executing",
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"fulfilling",
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"performing",
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"ameliorating",
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"amending",
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"bettering",
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"enhancing",
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"enriching",
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"improving",
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"meliorating",
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"machining",
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"refining",
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"rounding (off or out)",
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"shining",
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"touching up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"completing",
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"consummating",
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"finalizing",
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"finishing",
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"polishing"
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]
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},
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"to make better":{
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"antonyms":[
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"worsening"
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],
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"examples":[
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"an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"damaging",
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"endamaging",
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"harming",
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"hurting",
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"impairing",
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"injuring",
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"spoiling",
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"tarnishing",
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"vitiating",
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"blemishing",
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"blighting",
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"defacing",
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"disfiguring",
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"flawing",
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"marring",
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"diminishing",
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"lessening",
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"lowering",
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"reducing"
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],
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"related":[
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"correcting",
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"emending",
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"rectifying",
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"reforming",
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"remediating",
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"remedying",
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"editing",
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"fine-tuning",
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"redrafting",
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"refurbishing",
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"rehabbing",
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"rehabilitating",
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"revamping",
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"revising",
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"reworking",
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"beefing (up)",
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"boosting",
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"fortifying",
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"intensifying",
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"reinforcing",
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"reenforcing",
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"strengthening",
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"fining",
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"honing",
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"polishing",
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"retouching",
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"touching up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ameliorating",
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"amending",
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"bettering",
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"enhancing",
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"enriching",
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"helping",
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"improving",
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"meliorating",
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"refining",
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"upgrading"
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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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"perfection":{
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"exceptionally high quality":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Louis Comfort Tiffany produced art glass of such exquisite perfection that he has achieved cult status"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"averageness",
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"badness",
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"crumminess",
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"inferiority",
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"mediocrity",
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"ordinariness",
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"worthlessness"
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],
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"related":[
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"faultlessness",
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"flawlessness",
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"impeccability",
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"perfectness",
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"goodness",
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"value",
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"worth",
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"consequence",
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"importance",
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"notability"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"choiceness",
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"distinction",
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"excellence",
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"excellency",
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"first-rateness",
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"greatness",
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"preeminence",
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"primeness",
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"superbness",
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"superiority",
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"supremacy"
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]
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},
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"the most perfect type or example":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Rembrandt's portraits are the perfection of the art of using facial expression, pose, and gesture to reveal the subject's interior life"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"archetype",
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"model",
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"prototype",
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"paradigm",
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"standard",
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"nonpareil",
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"paragon",
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"abstract",
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"avatar",
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"embodier",
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"embodiment",
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"incarnation",
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"incorporation",
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"manifestation",
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"personification",
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"height",
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"last word",
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"meridian",
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"ultimate",
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"zenith",
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"benchmark",
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"criterion",
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"touchstone",
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"yardstick"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"acme",
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"apotheosis",
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"beau ideal",
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"byword",
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"classic",
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"epitome",
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"exemplar",
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"ideal",
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"quintessence"
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]
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},
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"the quality or state of being very accurate":{
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"antonyms":[
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"coarseness",
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"impreciseness",
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"imprecision",
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"inaccuracy",
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"inexactitude",
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"inexactness",
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"roughness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"audio recordings were reaching a level of perfection that earlier technicians had never dreamt possible"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approximation",
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"roundness",
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"falseness",
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"falsity",
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"incorrectness",
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"wrongness",
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"carelessness",
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"guesswork",
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"looseness",
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"indefiniteness",
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"vagueness"
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],
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"related":[
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"correctness",
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"fidelity",
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"rightness",
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"strictness",
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"truth",
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"definiteness",
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"definitiveness",
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"definitude",
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"determinacy",
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"subtlety",
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"care",
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"carefulness",
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"fastidiousness",
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"meticulousness",
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"persnicketiness"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accuracy",
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"accurateness",
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"closeness",
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"delicacy",
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"exactitude",
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"exactness",
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"fineness",
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"nicety",
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"preciseness",
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"precision",
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"rigor",
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"rigorousness",
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"ultraprecision",
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"veracity"
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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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"perfectness":{
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"the quality or state of being without restriction, exception, or qualification":{
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"examples":[
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"the perfectness of my happiness during that long-ago summer idyll can scarcely be described"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absoluteness",
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"completeness",
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"entireness",
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"entirety",
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"fullness",
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"wholeness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"faultlessness",
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"flawlessness",
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"indefectibility",
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"perfection",
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"all-inclusiveness",
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"comprehensiveness",
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"exhaustiveness",
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"extensiveness",
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"inclusiveness",
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"soundness",
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"thoroughness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness",
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"limitedness",
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"narrowness",
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"patchiness",
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"sketchiness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"imperfection",
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"imperfectness",
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"incompleteness",
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"unsoundness"
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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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"perfervid":{
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"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
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"examples":[
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"the perfervid prose of a romance novel"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ardent",
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"blazing",
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"burning",
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"charged",
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"demonstrative",
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"emotional",
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"fervent",
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"fervid",
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"feverish",
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"fiery",
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"flaming",
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"glowing",
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"hot-blooded",
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"impassioned",
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"incandescent",
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"intense",
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"passional",
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"passionate",
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"red-hot",
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"religious",
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"superheated",
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"torrid",
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"vehement",
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"warm",
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"warm-blooded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gushing",
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"gushy",
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"maudlin",
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"mawkish",
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"mushy",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"sugary",
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"histrionic",
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"melodramatic",
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"enthusiastic",
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"gung ho",
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"keen",
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"zealous",
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"enamored",
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"infatuated",
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"obsessed",
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"uninhibited",
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"unreserved",
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"unrestrained",
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"frenzied",
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"orgiastic",
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"overemotional",
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"overexcited",
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"overheated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detached",
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"dry",
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"impersonal",
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"objective",
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"reserved",
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"undemonstrative"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfidious":{
|
|
"not true in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a perfidious campaign worker revealed the senator's strategy to his leading rival for the nomination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"trustless",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"trustable",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"sworn",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"down-the-line",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfidy":{
|
|
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife's perfidy was a moment of uncharacteristic weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustworthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adultery",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"lying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidiousness",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the full cost\u2014both in compromised intelligence and in human life\u2014of the double agent's perfidy is not yet known"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforate":{
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"prickle",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"burrow (into)",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"riddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforated":{
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"holed",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"riddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"prickled",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"burrowed (into)",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"grooved",
|
|
"hollowed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"notched",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"ruptured",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"sealed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"performers":{
|
|
"as in players , entertainers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perish":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"12 people perished in the plane crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perkiness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permanence":{
|
|
"lasting or constant existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Returning home between his travels gave him a sense of stability and permanence .",
|
|
"All of the inks were tested for permanence on various surfaces."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"durability",
|
|
"enduringness",
|
|
"lastingness",
|
|
"consistency",
|
|
"regularity",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"uniformity",
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"ceaselessness",
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"continuousness",
|
|
"duration",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"subsistence",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"changelessness",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"immutability",
|
|
"immutableness",
|
|
"invariability",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadiness",
|
|
"unchangeableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aperiodicity",
|
|
"inconsistence",
|
|
"inconsistency",
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"unevenness",
|
|
"caducity",
|
|
"evanescence",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"capriciousness",
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"changeableness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"unpredictability",
|
|
"unsteadiness",
|
|
"variability",
|
|
"variableness",
|
|
"volatileness",
|
|
"volatility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permeable":{
|
|
"capable of being passed into or through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a permeable fabric that allows your body heat to escape will be much more comfortable in the summertime"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"pervious",
|
|
"porous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"breathable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"nonporous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permeate":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrate",
|
|
"percolate (into)",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"suffuse",
|
|
"transfuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuse (through)",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"pass (into)",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"fill (up)",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permeation":{
|
|
"as in saturation , pervasion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pervasion",
|
|
"saturation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetuate":{
|
|
"to give eternal or lasting existence to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commemorate",
|
|
"memorialize",
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eternalize",
|
|
"immortalize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetuity":{
|
|
"endless time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lands that should remain in their wild state in perpetuity"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"eternity",
|
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"everlasting",
|
|
"foreverness",
|
|
"infinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boundlessness",
|
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"endlessness",
|
|
"interminableness",
|
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"limitlessness",
|
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"permanence",
|
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"permanency",
|
|
"timelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ephemerality",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"temporariness",
|
|
"transience",
|
|
"transitoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perplex":{
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"straighten (out)",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"oversimplify"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"tangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complexify",
|
|
"complicate",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"sophisticate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the question perplexed me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"enlighten",
|
|
"inform"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bemuse",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discombobulate",
|
|
"disorient",
|
|
"flummox",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"fuddle",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"mystify",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"puzzle",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perquisites":{
|
|
"a small sum of money given for a service over and above what is due":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give the movers a perquisite if they do a good job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"offerings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the use of a company car is one perquisite of the job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"cumshaws",
|
|
"dividends",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"gravies",
|
|
"gravy trains",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"perks",
|
|
"throw-ins",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pensions",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"fringe benefits",
|
|
"icings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecute":{
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflict",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"excruciate",
|
|
"harrow",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"victimize",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"martyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"reprieve",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"burn (up)",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"hack (off)",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasp",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"bullyrag",
|
|
"ballyrag",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"antagonize",
|
|
"enrage",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"madden",
|
|
"rankle",
|
|
"roil",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecuted":{
|
|
"suffering grave abuse or injustice at the hands of one in authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a nation that is still regarded as a refuge for persecuted people from around the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"browbeaten",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"hopeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"downtrodden",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"tyrannized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"reprieved",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"succored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"tyrannized",
|
|
"victimized",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"panged",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"martyred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicted",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"excruciated",
|
|
"harrowed",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"spited",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecutor":{
|
|
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years later his schoolyard persecutor would end up being one of his low-paid employees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"needler",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"quizzer",
|
|
"ridiculer",
|
|
"taunter",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"derider",
|
|
"detractor",
|
|
"giber",
|
|
"jiber",
|
|
"insulter",
|
|
"jeerer",
|
|
"scoffer",
|
|
"scorner",
|
|
"trash-talker",
|
|
"smart aleck",
|
|
"smart alec",
|
|
"smarty",
|
|
"smartie",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wiseacre",
|
|
"wise guy",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"accuser",
|
|
"blamer",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"assailant",
|
|
"attacker",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"victimizer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"pest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"deliverer",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"rescuer",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soother",
|
|
"succorer",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"champion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"on this flight my airline-appointed persecutor was a chattering nitwit who could not stop talking about himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"annoyer",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"gadfly",
|
|
"gnawer",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"teaser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"harrier",
|
|
"heckler",
|
|
"interrupter",
|
|
"interruptor",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"molester",
|
|
"tormentor",
|
|
"tormenter",
|
|
"torturer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charmer",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"comforter",
|
|
"solacer",
|
|
"soother"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persiflage":{
|
|
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their tongue-in-cheek persiflage is sometimes mistaken for an exchange of insults by people who don't know them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"badinage",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay",
|
|
"nothings",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"small talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persiflages":{
|
|
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their tongue-in-cheek persiflage is sometimes mistaken for an exchange of insults by people who don't know them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"razzing",
|
|
"ribbing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay",
|
|
"nothings",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"chitchat",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"small talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"badinage",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persistent":{
|
|
"continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although his first attempts were singularly unsuccessful, he was persistent in his pursuit of a career in rock music"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"tenacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unrelenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"person":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personable":{
|
|
"friendly and easy to get along with":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The hostess was very personable .",
|
|
"He is a personable young man."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"gem\u00fctlich",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"delightsome",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"dulcet",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"enviable",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"relishable",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"recreative",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"felicific",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"elating",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"intoxicating",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"nirvanic",
|
|
"rapturous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"dissatisfying",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"regrettable",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"riling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personality":{
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local television personality who is beloved by area residents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's got a great personality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
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"identity",
|
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"individualism",
|
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"individuality",
|
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"self-identity",
|
|
"selfhood"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oneness",
|
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"peculiarity",
|
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"separateness",
|
|
"singleness",
|
|
"singularity",
|
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"uniqueness",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"independence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conformity",
|
|
"conventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it has never been in the nation's personality to adhere to a rigid class system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"character",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexion",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"tone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"composition",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"interiority",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every debate that was supposedly about the issues quickly degenerated into a juvenile exchange of personalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personalize":{
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"externalize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"instantiate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"substantiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"concretize",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"typify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personate":{
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"travesty",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"masquerade (as)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"pose (as)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perspicacious":{
|
|
"having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She considers herself a perspicacious judge of character.",
|
|
"The critic made some perspicacious observations about the film."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuading":{
|
|
"the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no amount of persuading could make her change her mind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead",
|
|
"he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing around",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)",
|
|
"winning (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"fast-talking",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuading",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"reasoning (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dissuading",
|
|
"unselling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuasive":{
|
|
"having the power to persuade":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a persuasive argument for increasing funding of the city's library system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cogent",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-founded",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pertinent",
|
|
"relevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"groundless",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"unfounded",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unpersuasive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuasiveness":{
|
|
"the capacity to persuade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusiveness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the persuasiveness of her closing statement changed the minds of several jurors who had been leaning toward conviction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invalidity",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"believability",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"seductiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"conclusiveness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"suasiveness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertained (to)":{
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"where would I find books pertaining to birds?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"treated (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertained (to)",
|
|
"bore (on or upon)",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"related (to)",
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"glanced (upon)",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"noted",
|
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"noticed",
|
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"quoted",
|
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"specified",
|
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"touched (upon)",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"entailed",
|
|
"included",
|
|
"incorporated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred (over)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertaining":{
|
|
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
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"having",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"appertaining",
|
|
"belonging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a relation or connection":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"touching",
|
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"associating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"interrelating",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"tying in",
|
|
"tieing in",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"treating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appertaining",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"referring",
|
|
"relating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perturbing":{
|
|
"causing worry or anxiety":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perturbing news meant that we'd have to end our vacation prematurely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peruse":{
|
|
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"read"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"leaf (through)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"speed-read",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up)",
|
|
"slog (through)",
|
|
"wade (through)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perverse":{
|
|
"easily irritated or annoyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how can you be so cheerful one day, and so perverse the next?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pettish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"raspy",
|
|
"ratty",
|
|
"short-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"waspish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"cross-grained",
|
|
"curmudgeonly",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"querulous",
|
|
"snarly",
|
|
"surly",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"bellicose",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"combative",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"pouty",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"tetchy",
|
|
"thin-skinned",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"well-disposed",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"uncomplaining",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing lowered moral character or standards":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"social conservatives who believe that Hollywood is a perverse world that exerts an unhealthy influence on the young"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"jackleg",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rakehelly",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"uncorrupt",
|
|
"uncorrupted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fact so self-evident that not even the most perverse of opponents could deny it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not appropriate for a particular occasion or situation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a convicted criminal seemed like a perverse choice for a bank employee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"incongruous",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"infelicitous",
|
|
"malapropos",
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inopportune",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unseasonable",
|
|
"untimely",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"misbecoming",
|
|
"mismatched",
|
|
"incompatible",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"gauche",
|
|
"ungraceful",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"timely",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"apposite",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"germane",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"relevant",
|
|
"compatible",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"harmonious",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"kosher",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"commendable",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"exemplary",
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"companionate",
|
|
"congruous",
|
|
"consonant",
|
|
"harmonious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"befitting",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pervs":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an undercover officer visiting chat rooms in search of pervs preying on naive teens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"rakehells",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"delinquents",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"incorrigibles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"satyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peristyle":{
|
|
"as in atrium , parvis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atrium",
|
|
"galleria",
|
|
"parvis",
|
|
"parvise",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"courtyard",
|
|
"enclosure",
|
|
"inclosure",
|
|
"patio",
|
|
"quad",
|
|
"quadrangle",
|
|
"yard",
|
|
"forecourt",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"plaza",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"deck",
|
|
"terrace",
|
|
"curtilage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pert":{
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pert girl who is a member of the cheerleading squad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pert retort that irritated the teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-ass",
|
|
"smart-assed",
|
|
"smarty-pants",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"wiseass"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"thoughtless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"sincere"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pert suggestion for a truly original marketing campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piquant",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"zesty",
|
|
"zingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"gingery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"vinegary",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"savorous",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"savorless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"zestless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personnel":{
|
|
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we finally have enough personnel to start that big project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"force",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"labor force",
|
|
"manpower",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"workforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"employee",
|
|
"employe",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"hireling",
|
|
"worker",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perceptivity":{
|
|
"the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with great perceptivity the author sees that the controversy embroiling the town is really about class and cultural differences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acuity",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clear-sightedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"comprehension",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mentality",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"rationality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"illogic",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of being able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perceptivity of that epicure's palate is legendary in food and wine circles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acuity",
|
|
"acuteness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hyperacuity",
|
|
"hypersensitiveness",
|
|
"hypersensitivity",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"oversensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforating":{
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"holing",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"riddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prickling",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"burrowing (into)",
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"hollowing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slitting",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"sealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personalized":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a personalized jewelry box that had been engraved with her initials"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idiomatic",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"individualized",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"patented",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"subjective",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"self-directed",
|
|
"self-sufficient",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"specialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"typical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodied",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"externalized",
|
|
"incarnated",
|
|
"incorporated",
|
|
"instantiated",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"substantiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"concretized",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"exemplified",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"objectified",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"typified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disembodied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpends":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the long weekend perpending what he wanted to do with his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"cogitates",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberates",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"meditates",
|
|
"mulls (over)",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"ruminates",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"thinks (about or over)",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"wrestles (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"muses (upon)",
|
|
"reflects (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisces",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"explores",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"second-guesses",
|
|
"speculates (about)",
|
|
"broods (about or over)",
|
|
"dwells (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixates (on or upon)",
|
|
"frets (about or over)",
|
|
"obsesses (about or over)",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"opines",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"drinks (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"rejects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peristyles":{
|
|
"as in atria , parvises":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"atria",
|
|
"atriums",
|
|
"gallerias",
|
|
"parvises",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"courtyards",
|
|
"enclosures",
|
|
"inclosures",
|
|
"patios",
|
|
"quadrangles",
|
|
"quads",
|
|
"yards",
|
|
"forecourts",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"plazas",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"terraces",
|
|
"curtilages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perjury":{
|
|
"the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was found guilty of perjury ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"falsification",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fraudulence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"verification",
|
|
"truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perimeters":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers guarding the perimeter of the camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"peripheries",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"selvages",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"withins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personify":{
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"through her many good works she just personifies the spirit of charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"externalize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"instantiate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"personalize",
|
|
"substantiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"concretize",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"typify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perambulate":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"pass (over)",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"rove",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"traverse",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"power walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perennial":{
|
|
"having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her perennial pessimism was really starting to annoy her coworkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"undying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertinence":{
|
|
"the fact or state of being pertinent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"job applicants should question the pertinence of any questions about their personal lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appositeness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"fittingness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"infelicity",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness",
|
|
"uselessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extraneousness",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance",
|
|
"irrelevancy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perjure":{
|
|
"to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forswear",
|
|
"foreswear",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"prevaricate",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"palter",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"traduce",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"misstate",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"testify",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personnels":{
|
|
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we finally have enough personnel to start that big project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"labor forces",
|
|
"manpowers",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"workforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rank and files",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personated":{
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"masqueraded (as)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"travestied",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"portrayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peregrinated":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"passed (over)",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"journeyed",
|
|
"pilgrimaged",
|
|
"toured",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trekked",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"voyaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
|
"galavanted",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jaunted",
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"migrated",
|
|
"road-tripped",
|
|
"bused",
|
|
"bussed",
|
|
"cabbed",
|
|
"coached",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"gigged",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"trundled",
|
|
"barnstormed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfumes":{
|
|
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perfume of fresh flowers filled the room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aromas",
|
|
"attars",
|
|
"ottos",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"fragrances",
|
|
"fragrancies",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"redolences",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"spices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"odors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetors",
|
|
"malodors",
|
|
"reeks",
|
|
"stenches",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"roses perfumed the wedding chapel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"odorizes",
|
|
"scents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stinks up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfuming":{
|
|
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"roses perfumed the wedding chapel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"odorizing",
|
|
"scenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deodorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stinking up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permanency":{
|
|
"as in permanence , timelessness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boundlessness",
|
|
"endlessness",
|
|
"interminableness",
|
|
"limitlessness",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"timelessness",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"foreverness",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"perpetuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ephemerality",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"temporariness",
|
|
"transience",
|
|
"transitoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percolate":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water percolating through the coffee filter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"transude",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"give off",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perplexities":{
|
|
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing her perplexity , the teacher stepped in with a helpful hint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflements",
|
|
"bamboozlements",
|
|
"befuddlements",
|
|
"bemusements",
|
|
"bewilderments",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"discombobulations",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"fogs",
|
|
"head-scratchings",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"mystifications",
|
|
"puzzlements",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashments",
|
|
"discomfitures",
|
|
"disconcertments",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"mortifications",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"turmoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurances",
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"certitudes",
|
|
"confidences",
|
|
"convictions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforates":{
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he perforated the sheet with his pencil and put it in his binder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"riddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"prickles",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"burrows (into)",
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fills",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"seals"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecution":{
|
|
"something that causes mental distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The media's constant persecution was beginning to affect their lives."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"bedevilment",
|
|
"botheration",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"harassment",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"importunity",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"molestation",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"pressure",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecutions":{
|
|
"something that causes mental distress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The media's constant persecution was beginning to affect their lives."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"exasperations",
|
|
"irritations",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"bedevilments",
|
|
"botherations",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"harassments",
|
|
"importunities",
|
|
"vexations",
|
|
"aggros",
|
|
"molestations",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"anxieties",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"pressures",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"tensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perm":{
|
|
"as in cornrow , dreadlocks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afro",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"cornrow",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"coiffure",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"haircut",
|
|
"hairdo",
|
|
"hairstyle",
|
|
"beehive",
|
|
"big hair",
|
|
"bun",
|
|
"chignon",
|
|
"French twist",
|
|
"pageboy",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"updo",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"buzz cut",
|
|
"crew cut",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"pigtail",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"ponytail",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"comb-over",
|
|
"ducktail",
|
|
"pompadour",
|
|
"roach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Persian lamb":{
|
|
"as in fox , rabbit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"beaver",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chinchilla",
|
|
"ermine",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"sable",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"bearskin",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"coonskin",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"karakul",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"kolinsky",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"sealskin",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"mouton",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permeating":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrating",
|
|
"percolating (into)",
|
|
"pervading",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"suffusing",
|
|
"transfusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffusing (through)",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"passing (into)",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"filling (up)",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfumed":{
|
|
"having a pleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"delicately perfumed stationery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
"odored",
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
"odorous",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"pure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"odorless",
|
|
"unscented",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchful",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"roses perfumed the wedding chapel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"odorized",
|
|
"scented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deodorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stank up",
|
|
"stunk up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personal property":{
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"any personal property that is left in the lockers overnight will be impounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"personal effects",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"fixtures",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tangibles",
|
|
"collateral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immovables",
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perdition":{
|
|
"the place of punishment for the wicked after death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"simple stupidity is not enough to doom one to perdition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Gehenna",
|
|
"hell",
|
|
"Pandemonium",
|
|
"Tophet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"inferno",
|
|
"purgatory",
|
|
"hades",
|
|
"netherworld",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"Tartarus",
|
|
"underworld",
|
|
"Sheol",
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"pit",
|
|
"fire and brimstone",
|
|
"hellfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"nirvana",
|
|
"promised land",
|
|
"Valhalla"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"elysian fields",
|
|
"Elysium",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"kingdom come",
|
|
"New Jerusalem",
|
|
"paradise",
|
|
"sky",
|
|
"Zion",
|
|
"Sion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personator":{
|
|
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the science museum hired an Albert Einstein personator to greet guests for its special exhibit on the scientist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"mimic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquer",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"mocker",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimer",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"trouper",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"echo",
|
|
"parrot",
|
|
"rubber stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personalty":{
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"and I will my personalty to my children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"personal effects",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"fixtures",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tangibles",
|
|
"collateral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immovables",
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfect":{
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stunningly perfect performance\u2014not the slightest mistake\u2014won her the gold medal in women's figure skating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"living in perfect happiness in the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have a perfect recollection of that conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compleat",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"integral",
|
|
"plenary",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unabridged",
|
|
"uncut",
|
|
"undiminished",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"maximal",
|
|
"full-blooded",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-bore",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"full-on",
|
|
"full-out",
|
|
"full-scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"partial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"polish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"carry through",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"touch up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"amend",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"upgrade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"emend",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remediate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"fine-tune",
|
|
"redraft",
|
|
"refurbish",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"revamp",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"rework",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hone",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"retouch",
|
|
"touch up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perms":{
|
|
"as in dreadlocks , cornrows":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afros",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"cornrows",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"permanents",
|
|
"coiffures",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"haircuts",
|
|
"hairdos",
|
|
"hairstyles",
|
|
"beehives",
|
|
"big hairs",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"chignons",
|
|
"French twists",
|
|
"pageboys",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"updos",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"buzz cuts",
|
|
"crew cuts",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"Mohawks",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shingles",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"pigtails",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"ponytails",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"comb-overs",
|
|
"ducktails",
|
|
"pompadours",
|
|
"roaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perceives":{
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"tastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"hears",
|
|
"learns",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"expects",
|
|
"foreknows",
|
|
"foresees",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"suspects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perceived that it was going to be a nice day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I perceive your point, but I still disagree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"assimilates",
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"catches on (to)",
|
|
"cognizes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"cottons (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"groks",
|
|
"intuits",
|
|
"knows",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"savvies",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"senses",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"fathoms",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"pierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehends",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misperceives",
|
|
"misreads",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"misses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perversity":{
|
|
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a certain coworker's habitual perversity makes him unpleasant to be around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curmudgeonliness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"truculency",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"touchiness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetration":{
|
|
"the doing of an action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"implementation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"prosecution",
|
|
"pursuance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"application",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfulfillment",
|
|
"nonperformance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peripheries":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borderlines",
|
|
"borders",
|
|
"boundaries",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"circumferences",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"edgings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"hems",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"rims",
|
|
"skirtings",
|
|
"skirts",
|
|
"verges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"brinks",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"cusps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"maxima",
|
|
"maximums",
|
|
"demarcations",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"limitations",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"borderlands",
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"selvages",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"shores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"inners",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"withins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perishable":{
|
|
"likely to spoil or decay quickly; not likely to stay fresh for a long time if not eaten or used":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Don't buy large amounts of perishable foods like produce before you leave for vacation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nonhardy",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"eggshell",
|
|
"frangible",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonperishable",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"nonbreakable",
|
|
"unbreakable",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peregrination":{
|
|
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"planning a leisurely peregrination across Europe for our honeymoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"passage",
|
|
"travel(s)",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commutation",
|
|
"commute",
|
|
"errand",
|
|
"excursion",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"junket",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"sortie",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"voyage",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"grand tour",
|
|
"odyssey",
|
|
"pilgrimage",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"quest",
|
|
"safari",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"walkabout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpended":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the long weekend perpending what he wanted to do with his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"speculated (about)",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecuting":{
|
|
"to cause persistent suffering to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who were persecuted simply for practicing their religious faith"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"tyrannizing",
|
|
"victimizing",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"panging",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"martyring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"reprieving",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"succoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she likes to persecute her sister with pointless, annoying questions at very inopportune times"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eating",
|
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"exasperating",
|
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"frosting",
|
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"galling",
|
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"getting",
|
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"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
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"putting out",
|
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"rasping",
|
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"riling",
|
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"ruffling",
|
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"spiting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
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"nagging",
|
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"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
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"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"deviling",
|
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"devilling",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
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"harassing",
|
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"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
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"miffing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persistency":{
|
|
"as in persistence , perseverance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"decidedness",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"determinedness",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"granite",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"gameness",
|
|
"readiness",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"sand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresoluteness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"performance":{
|
|
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disappointing, lackluster performance of a classic of the musical theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"interpretation",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"rendition",
|
|
"version"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptation",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"variation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing of an action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the performance of her nightly ritual, the taking of a warm bath, calmed her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"execution",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"implementation",
|
|
"perpetration",
|
|
"prosecution",
|
|
"pursuance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"management",
|
|
"application",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfulfillment",
|
|
"nonperformance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peremptory":{
|
|
"fond of ordering people around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor's peremptory personal assistant began telling the crowd of reporters and photographers exactly where they had to stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"regimental",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"directorial",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"all-powerful",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"omnipotent",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"stern"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a peremptory summons to appear before the committee"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"indispensable",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"urgent",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"coercive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"voluntary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had such a peremptory approach to running the club that people started to avoid her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"huffish",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"sniffy",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"bossy",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pontificating",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egocentric",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"hubristic",
|
|
"narcissistic",
|
|
"orgulous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-pleased",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"self-flattering",
|
|
"self-loving",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"immodest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a peremptory insistence that the staff wait on them first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periling":{
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"gambling (with)",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeoparding",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"risking",
|
|
"venturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"wagering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personas":{
|
|
"the way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His public persona is that of a strong, determined leader, but in private life he's very insecure.",
|
|
"The band takes on a whole new persona when they perform live."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"image",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pretext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfidiousness":{
|
|
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perfidiousness eventually led to the couple's divorce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adultery",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"lying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustworthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perturbation":{
|
|
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her perturbation she kept calling her son, a freshman, to see if everything was all right at college"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agita",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"anxiousness",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"apprehensiveness",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"concernment",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"disquietude",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"nervosity",
|
|
"nervousness",
|
|
"solicitude",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"unease",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"desperateness",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"franticness",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"tremor",
|
|
"angst",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"presentiment",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"compunction",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"scruple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"easiness",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"peacefulness",
|
|
"placidity",
|
|
"placidness",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"sereneness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"tranquilness",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"solace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unconcern"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuasible":{
|
|
"as in inexperienced , wide-eyed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"gee-whiz",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"wide-eyed",
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"exploitable",
|
|
"gullible",
|
|
"gullable",
|
|
"suggestible",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unimpressionable",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"insusceptible",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"mistrustful",
|
|
"skeptical",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfects":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"consummates",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"polishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"carries through",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"touches up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make better":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"upgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"emends",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remediates",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"fine-tunes",
|
|
"redrafts",
|
|
"refurbishes",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"rehabs",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"hones",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"retouches",
|
|
"touches up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"endamages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"worsens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfections":{
|
|
"the most perfect type or example":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rembrandt's portraits are the perfection of the art of using facial expression, pose, and gesture to reveal the subject's interior life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apotheoses",
|
|
"beau ideals",
|
|
"bywords",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"quintessences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"nonpareils",
|
|
"paragons",
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"personifications",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"last words",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"ultimates",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"benchmarks",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"touchstones",
|
|
"yardsticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfectionist":{
|
|
"a person who wants things to be done perfectly or who tries to do things perfectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm a bit of a perfectionist , which makes it difficult for me to finish things sometimes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotionalist",
|
|
"sentimentalist",
|
|
"Don Quixote",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"fantast",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealizer",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"romanticist",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"fantasizer",
|
|
"woolgatherer",
|
|
"Micawber",
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"do-gooder",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"theorist",
|
|
"thinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"empiricist",
|
|
"hardnose",
|
|
"pragmatist",
|
|
"realist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfunctorily":{
|
|
"as in indifferently , apathetically":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetically",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lukewarmly",
|
|
"aloofly",
|
|
"disinterestedly",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"incuriously",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enthusiastically",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"rhapsodically",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"avidly",
|
|
"eagerly",
|
|
"excitedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"fanatically",
|
|
"rabidly",
|
|
"warmly",
|
|
"zealously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertinently":{
|
|
"as in meaningfully , sensibly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germanely",
|
|
"meaningfully",
|
|
"relevantly",
|
|
"sensibly",
|
|
"infallibly",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"sufficiently",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"aptly",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"prudently",
|
|
"sagely",
|
|
"wisely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"erroneously",
|
|
"faultily",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inaccurately",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"mistakenly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"wrongly",
|
|
"misguidedly",
|
|
"fallibly",
|
|
"imperfectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuade":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead",
|
|
"he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring around",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"prevail (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"talk (into)",
|
|
"win (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"fast-talk",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"brainwash",
|
|
"overpersuade",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"reason (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dissuade",
|
|
"unsell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permission":{
|
|
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she asked for permission to have a piece of candy",
|
|
"the President granted permission for the foreign diplomats to have special quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"green light",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"signature",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"accreditation",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"grant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"exclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perusals":{
|
|
"as in studies , surveys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"examinations",
|
|
"inspections",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"observances",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"surveillances",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"contemplations",
|
|
"fixations",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"scrutinies",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"stimes",
|
|
"oeillades",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"scans"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertinent":{
|
|
"having to do with the matter at hand":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he impressed the jury with his concise, pertinent answers to the attorney's questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"apposite",
|
|
"apropos",
|
|
"germane",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"relative",
|
|
"relevant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"admissible",
|
|
"allowable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"inadmissible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"pointless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periphrasis":{
|
|
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"congressional hearings into the Watergate scandal were marked by an orgy of periphrasis , the expression \"at this point in time\" being a memorable example"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perduring":{
|
|
"as in holding up , running on":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"carrying through",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in so many ways, the influence and legacy of the Roman empire perdures to this very day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"carrying through",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perturbable":{
|
|
"as in testy , prickly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittery",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persons":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"is there any person here who knows how to speak Spanish?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpending":{
|
|
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent the long weekend perpending what he wanted to do with his life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"cogitating",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"mulling (over)",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"thinking (about or over)",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"wrestling (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"musing (upon)",
|
|
"reflecting (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"analyzing",
|
|
"exploring",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"second-guessing",
|
|
"speculating (about)",
|
|
"brooding (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelling (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixating (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretting (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessing (about or over)",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"opining",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"assimilating",
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"drinking (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"rejecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perused":{
|
|
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"read"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped (into)",
|
|
"leafed (through)",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"speed-read",
|
|
"thumbed (through)",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"gobbled (up)",
|
|
"slogged (through)",
|
|
"waded (through)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percolate (into)":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"pervade",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"suffuse",
|
|
"transfuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuse (through)",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"pass (into)",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"fill (up)",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"imbue",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuasion":{
|
|
"the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the suffragists' gradual persuasion of the American people that voting rights had to be extended to women"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"suasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishment",
|
|
"cajolement",
|
|
"cajolery",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreaty",
|
|
"exhortation",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"lobbying",
|
|
"pressuring",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"debating theology with someone of a different persuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credo",
|
|
"creed",
|
|
"cult",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"religion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"church",
|
|
"communion",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"theology",
|
|
"deism",
|
|
"heathenism",
|
|
"monotheism",
|
|
"paganism",
|
|
"pantheism",
|
|
"polytheism",
|
|
"theism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingism",
|
|
"atheism",
|
|
"godlessness",
|
|
"nonbelief",
|
|
"secularism",
|
|
"unbelief"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's of the persuasion that everything that happens in this world is part of a divine plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"view"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"say",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"decision",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"estimation",
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"concept",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"stance",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"obiter dictum",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"hunch",
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"input",
|
|
"recommendation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"counterview"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the capacity to persuade":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was an inherent persuasion in his sonorous voice that made listeners put aside any misgivings about his message"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cogency",
|
|
"conclusiveness",
|
|
"convincingness",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"forcefulness",
|
|
"persuasiveness",
|
|
"suasiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impact",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"believability",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"seductiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invalidity",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconclusiveness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permissibility":{
|
|
"as in permissibleness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"permissibleness",
|
|
"rightfulness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"lawfulness",
|
|
"legality",
|
|
"legitimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illegality",
|
|
"illegitimacy",
|
|
"unlawfulness",
|
|
"wrongfulness",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquitousness",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"unjustness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"wrongness",
|
|
"criminality",
|
|
"unconstitutionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permits":{
|
|
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"green-lights",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"accedes (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"vouchsafes",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"interdicts",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"frowns (at or on)",
|
|
"grudges",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"vetoes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"lets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"lets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"equips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"winks (at)",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gives in (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"interferes (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in concessions , patents":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"patents",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"accreditations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"signatures",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"green lights",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"exclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pergola":{
|
|
"as in arbor , bower":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbor",
|
|
"bower",
|
|
"awning",
|
|
"canopy",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"marquee",
|
|
"pavilion",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"sunshade",
|
|
"umbrella",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"fly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perp":{
|
|
"as in perpetrator , gunman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"brigand",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"tearaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetuities":{
|
|
"endless time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lands that should remain in their wild state in perpetuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"foreverness",
|
|
"infinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boundlessness",
|
|
"endlessness",
|
|
"interminableness",
|
|
"limitlessness",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"permanency",
|
|
"timelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ephemerality",
|
|
"impermanence",
|
|
"temporariness",
|
|
"transience",
|
|
"transitoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permit (of)":{
|
|
"to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admit (of)",
|
|
"allow (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"open up",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"close out",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"rule out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perilled":{
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventured",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"gambled (with)",
|
|
"hazarded",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"jeoparded",
|
|
"jeopardized",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"risked",
|
|
"ventured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"subjected",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"wagered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"sheltered",
|
|
"shielded",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"resumed",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perplexed":{
|
|
"faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the convoluted instructions for calibrating a high-definition television will leave many consumers utterly perplexed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"hard put",
|
|
"hard-pressed",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"unfazed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexed",
|
|
"complexified",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"sophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"tangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"oversimplified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the question perplexed me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discombobulated",
|
|
"disoriented",
|
|
"flummoxed",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"fuddled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"graveled",
|
|
"gravelled",
|
|
"mazed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mystified",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"chagrined",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"informed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perdured":{
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in so many ways, the influence and legacy of the Roman empire perdures to this very day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"carried through",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perorating":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"mouthing (off)",
|
|
"orating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"sermonizing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"speechifying",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perceived":{
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"felt",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"smelled",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"tasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"found out",
|
|
"heard",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"conjectured",
|
|
"guessed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"surmised",
|
|
"suspected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perceived that it was going to be a nice day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I perceive your point, but I still disagree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
"cognized",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"comprehended",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"cottoned (to or on to)",
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"grokked",
|
|
"intuited",
|
|
"knew",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"savvied",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"sensed",
|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
"twigged",
|
|
"understood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"fathomed",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"pierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehended",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misperceived",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"missed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecutory":{
|
|
"as in harassing , persecutive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutive",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perjurers":{
|
|
"as in liars , slanderers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"dissimulators",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"fabricators",
|
|
"fabulists",
|
|
"fibbers",
|
|
"liars",
|
|
"prevaricators",
|
|
"storytellers",
|
|
"calumniators",
|
|
"defamers",
|
|
"libelers",
|
|
"libelists",
|
|
"slanderers",
|
|
"distorters",
|
|
"falsifiers",
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"exaggerators",
|
|
"mythomaniacs",
|
|
"equivocators",
|
|
"palterers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personifier":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hailed the young war hero as a living personifier of all that is right with the generation now coming of age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"avatar",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"externalization",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"instantiation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"objectification",
|
|
"personification"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"concretization",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"personalization",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"reincarnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peregrinate":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Jack Kerouac's celebrated novel about penniless free spirits peregrinating the United States"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"pass (over)",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"proceed (along)",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"transit",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"crisscross"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a trip especially of some distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of backpacking college students who decided to spend the summer peregrinating around Ireland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"pilgrimage",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gallivant",
|
|
"galavant",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"knock (about)",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"rove",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"migrate",
|
|
"road-trip",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"trundle",
|
|
"barnstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuader":{
|
|
"as in supporter , advocate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"reformist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"demonstrator",
|
|
"marcher",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"picketer",
|
|
"protester",
|
|
"protestor",
|
|
"alarmist",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"revolter",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"troublemaker",
|
|
"agitator",
|
|
"demagogue",
|
|
"demagog",
|
|
"exciter",
|
|
"firebrand",
|
|
"fomenter",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inciter",
|
|
"instigator",
|
|
"kindler",
|
|
"provocateur",
|
|
"rabble-rouser",
|
|
"prodder",
|
|
"prompter",
|
|
"provoker",
|
|
"agent provocateur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peacemaker",
|
|
"reconciler",
|
|
"uniter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inducer , briber":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"briber",
|
|
"inducer",
|
|
"inveigler",
|
|
"tantalizer",
|
|
"corrupter",
|
|
"corruptor",
|
|
"debaser",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"degrader",
|
|
"depraver",
|
|
"perverter",
|
|
"undoer",
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"solicitor",
|
|
"tempter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pervasion":{
|
|
"as in saturation , permeation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"permeation",
|
|
"saturation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personates":{
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"likes to personate the man of the world, but he's still the small-town hick that he always was"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"masquerades (as)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"travesties",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"portrays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perspective":{
|
|
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whether she was being rude or candid is all a matter of perspective"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"eye view",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"vantage point",
|
|
"viewpoint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interpretation",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"all that can be seen from a certain point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perspective from the hotel balcony was dominated by the lake and mountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"panorama",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"vista"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landscape",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"scenery",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"visual field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peregrine":{
|
|
"traveling from place to place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a loyal cadre of peregrine workers who follow the presidential candidate from primary to primary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulant",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"itinerant",
|
|
"nomad",
|
|
"nomadic",
|
|
"perambulatory",
|
|
"peripatetic",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wayfaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"migratory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percipiences":{
|
|
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a novelist who reveals an exceptional percipience of human aspirations and desires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"apprehensions",
|
|
"comprehensions",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"understandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorptions",
|
|
"assimilations",
|
|
"digestions",
|
|
"uptakes",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"enlightenments",
|
|
"realizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misperceptions",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehensions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perked (up)":{
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we perked up once the sun came out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"bucked up",
|
|
"cheered (up)",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"looked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"heartened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despaired",
|
|
"desponded",
|
|
"brooded",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"moped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"saddened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog tilts her head and perks up her ears whenever someone speaks to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"craned",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hefted",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"upended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perorate":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"mouth (off)",
|
|
"orate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"speechify",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"per":{
|
|
"using the means or agency of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the infection is spread to the rest of the body per the bloodstream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"through",
|
|
"via",
|
|
"with"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"for each one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can have them at 50 cents per or three for $1.25"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"apiece",
|
|
"each",
|
|
"per capita"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"discretely",
|
|
"independently",
|
|
"individually",
|
|
"respectively",
|
|
"separately",
|
|
"singly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregately",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"collectively",
|
|
"together"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"preposition"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perambulating":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting (across)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"passing (over)",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"proceeding (along)",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"transiting",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"crisscrossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"traversing",
|
|
"trekking",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"promenading",
|
|
"power walking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perennially":{
|
|
"as in long , enduringly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enduringly",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"always",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"e'er",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"forevermore",
|
|
"indelibly",
|
|
"permanently",
|
|
"perpetually"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"nevermore",
|
|
"once"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personifications":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's the personification of kindness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"externalizations",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"instantiations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"objectifications",
|
|
"personifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"concretizations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"personalizations",
|
|
"realizations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"reincarnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perambulations":{
|
|
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took an invigorating perambulation around the lake to get some fresh air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"constitutionals",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"paseos",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traversals",
|
|
"traverses",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"walkabouts",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"safaris"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permitting":{
|
|
"as in license , sanction":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"approbation",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"prescription",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"no-no",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"restriction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"green-lighting",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"vouchsafing",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"frowning (at or on)",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"letting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"letting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"equipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"winking (at)",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"indulging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"interfering (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personage":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these sci-fi conventions attract personages of every description"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"personages from the fields of sports and entertainment will be special guests at the political convention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perorated":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"speechified",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pervading":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrating",
|
|
"percolating (into)",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"suffusing",
|
|
"transfusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffusing (through)",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"passing (into)",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"filling (up)",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perambulatory":{
|
|
"traveling from place to place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perambulatory groups of protesters were all over the city during the political convention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulant",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"itinerant",
|
|
"nomad",
|
|
"nomadic",
|
|
"peregrine",
|
|
"peripatetic",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wayfaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"migratory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perusal":{
|
|
"as in study , survey":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"scrutiny",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"stime",
|
|
"oeillade",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persona":{
|
|
"the way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His public persona is that of a strong, determined leader, but in private life he's very insecure.",
|
|
"The band takes on a whole new persona when they perform live."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"image",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pretext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perspectives":{
|
|
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whether she was being rude or candid is all a matter of perspective"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"eye views",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"vantage points",
|
|
"viewpoints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"all that can be seen from a certain point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perspective from the hotel balcony was dominated by the lake and mountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"lookouts",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"panoramas",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"vistas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"landscapes",
|
|
"sceneries",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"kens",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"visual fields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personalization":{
|
|
"as in realization , actualization":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"concretization",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"avatar",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"externalization",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"instantiation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"objectification",
|
|
"personification",
|
|
"personifier",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"reincarnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perjurer":{
|
|
"as in liar , slanderer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"dissimulator",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"fabricator",
|
|
"fabulist",
|
|
"fibber",
|
|
"liar",
|
|
"prevaricator",
|
|
"storyteller",
|
|
"calumniator",
|
|
"defamer",
|
|
"libeler",
|
|
"libelist",
|
|
"slanderer",
|
|
"distorter",
|
|
"falsifier",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"exaggerator",
|
|
"mythomaniac",
|
|
"equivocator",
|
|
"palterer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"square shooter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periodically":{
|
|
"at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"New editions are released periodically ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"always",
|
|
"consistently",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"night and day",
|
|
"perpetually",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"unremittingly",
|
|
"again and again",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"hourly",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"over and over",
|
|
"repeatedly",
|
|
"dependably",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"incessantly",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"unfailingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"episodically",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"occasionally",
|
|
"sporadically",
|
|
"now and then",
|
|
"sometimes",
|
|
"inconsistently",
|
|
"variably",
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom",
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"once"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"on some occasions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Though he now lives across town, he still periodically visits the old diner."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"here and there",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"now and then",
|
|
"occasionally",
|
|
"sometimes",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"off and on",
|
|
"on and off",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"sporadically",
|
|
"variously",
|
|
"at times",
|
|
"ever and anon",
|
|
"every now and then",
|
|
"every now and again",
|
|
"from time to time",
|
|
"once in a while",
|
|
"on occasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"hourly",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"always",
|
|
"consistently",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuingly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"incessantly",
|
|
"perpetually",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"endlessly",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"interminably"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persisting (beyond)":{
|
|
"as in lasting (beyond) , enduring (past)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding (beyond)",
|
|
"enduring (past)",
|
|
"holding (past)",
|
|
"holding out (past)",
|
|
"lasting (beyond)",
|
|
"outstaying",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"perpetuating",
|
|
"surviving",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"outlasting",
|
|
"outliving",
|
|
"outwearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persist":{
|
|
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she persisted in her efforts and eventually got the job she wanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"persevere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"knuckle down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my headache persisted for almost the entire day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"perdure",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"carry through",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perplexes":{
|
|
"to make complex or difficult":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's not perplex the issue further with irrelevant concerns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"complexes",
|
|
"complexifies",
|
|
"complicates",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"sophisticates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"elaborates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"straightens (out)",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"oversimplifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the question perplexed me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bemuses",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discombobulates",
|
|
"disorients",
|
|
"flummoxes",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fuddles",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gravels",
|
|
"mazes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"mystifies",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"puzzles",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"chagrins",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"informs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perturb":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"ail",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"derail",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distemper",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"freak (out)",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"hagride",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unhinge",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weird out",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"chivy",
|
|
"chivvy",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"nettle",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rile",
|
|
"vex",
|
|
"bedevil",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"abash",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
"faze",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"unnerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"assuage",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"propitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permissible":{
|
|
"that may be permitted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"deployment overseas would be regarded as a permissible reason for late filing by members of the military"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admissible",
|
|
"allowable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"licit",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"outlawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"inadmissible",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"verboten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persisted":{
|
|
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she persisted in her efforts and eventually got the job she wanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"persevered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"knuckled down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"gave in",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"hung back",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my headache persisted for almost the entire day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"perdured",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"remained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"carried through",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permeates":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrates",
|
|
"percolates (into)",
|
|
"pervades",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"suffuses",
|
|
"transfuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuses (through)",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"passes (into)",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"fills (up)",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuasions":{
|
|
"a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"debating theology with someone of a different persuasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"credos",
|
|
"creeds",
|
|
"cults",
|
|
"faiths",
|
|
"religions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"churches",
|
|
"communions",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"doctrines",
|
|
"dogmas",
|
|
"dogmata",
|
|
"theologies",
|
|
"deisms",
|
|
"heathenisms",
|
|
"monotheisms",
|
|
"paganisms",
|
|
"pantheisms",
|
|
"polytheisms",
|
|
"theisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agnosticism",
|
|
"know-nothingisms",
|
|
"atheisms",
|
|
"nonbeliefs",
|
|
"secularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an idea that is believed to be true or valid without positive knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's of the persuasion that everything that happens in this world is part of a divine plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"views"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"says",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"assumptions",
|
|
"presumptions",
|
|
"presuppositions",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"estimations",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"faiths",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"concepts",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"stances",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"obiter dicta",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"hunches",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"theories",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"inputs",
|
|
"recommendations",
|
|
"suggestions",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"counterviews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"truths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perjuring":{
|
|
"to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forswearing",
|
|
"foreswearing",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"fibbing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"prevaricating",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"fudging",
|
|
"paltering",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"traducing",
|
|
"falsifying",
|
|
"misreporting",
|
|
"misrepresenting",
|
|
"misstating",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulating",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"testifying",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periphrases":{
|
|
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"congressional hearings into the Watergate scandal were marked by an orgy of periphrasis , the expression \"at this point in time\" being a memorable example"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personages":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these sci-fi conventions attract personages of every description"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"wights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominids",
|
|
"homos",
|
|
"humanoids",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"somebodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"personages from the fields of sports and entertainment will be special guests at the political convention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heartthrobs",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"dignitaries",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"immortals",
|
|
"monuments",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"worthies",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"panjandrums",
|
|
"panjandra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perversion":{
|
|
"a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that rap and rock music were responsible for the perversion of the nation's young people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abjection",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"corruptness",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decadency",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degenerateness",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"demoralization",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"dissipatedness",
|
|
"dissipation",
|
|
"dissoluteness",
|
|
"libertinage",
|
|
"libertinism",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"rakishness",
|
|
"turpitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"sinfulness",
|
|
"villainy",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"gangrene",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"squalor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"incorrect or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if there's a hidden charge for the service, then that's a perversion of the word \"free\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"misapplication",
|
|
"misemployment",
|
|
"misusage",
|
|
"misuse",
|
|
"misutilization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanagement",
|
|
"mismanaging",
|
|
"ill-treatment",
|
|
"ill-usage",
|
|
"maltreatment",
|
|
"mistreatment",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"profanation",
|
|
"prostitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"application",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilization"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pervasive":{
|
|
"existing in every part of something; spreading to all parts of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A pervasive smell filled the room.",
|
|
"the pervasive nature of the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pandemic",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"widespread",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"unanimous",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"household",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preponderant",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"communal",
|
|
"shared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"nonpublic",
|
|
"personal",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unpopular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percolated (into)":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"pervaded",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"suffused",
|
|
"transfused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffused (through)",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"passed (into)",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"filled (up)",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertinaciousness":{
|
|
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanks to his pertinaciousness , he eventually succeeded where all others had failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"bloody-mindedness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"cussedness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permanents":{
|
|
"as in dreadlocks , perms":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afros",
|
|
"conks",
|
|
"cornrows",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"perms",
|
|
"coiffures",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"haircuts",
|
|
"hairdos",
|
|
"hairstyles",
|
|
"beehives",
|
|
"big hairs",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"chignons",
|
|
"French twists",
|
|
"pageboys",
|
|
"pugs",
|
|
"updos",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"buzz cuts",
|
|
"crew cuts",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"Mohawks",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shingles",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"pigtails",
|
|
"plaits",
|
|
"ponytails",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"comb-overs",
|
|
"ducktails",
|
|
"pompadours",
|
|
"roaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personal effects":{
|
|
"transportable items that one owns":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"put all of your personal effects in the bin so that they can be x-rayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belongings",
|
|
"chattels",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"gear",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"movables",
|
|
"moveables",
|
|
"paraphernalia",
|
|
"personal property",
|
|
"personalty",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"possession",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"valuables",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"fixtures",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"tangibles",
|
|
"collateral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immovables",
|
|
"real estate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perambulates":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"cuts (across)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"passes (over)",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"proceeds (along)",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"transits",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"crisscrosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"roves",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"traverses",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"power walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perimeter":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers guarding the perimeter of the camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"circumference",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pergolas":{
|
|
"as in arbors , bowers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbors",
|
|
"bowers",
|
|
"awnings",
|
|
"canopies",
|
|
"ceilings",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"tents",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"marquees",
|
|
"pavilions",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"sunshades",
|
|
"umbrellas",
|
|
"canvases",
|
|
"canvasses",
|
|
"flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforation":{
|
|
"a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pinhole",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"stab"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"tear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"poked the button through a perforation in the fabric"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aperture",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"orifice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loophole",
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"cranny",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rift",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"slot",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"pore",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"inlet",
|
|
"intake",
|
|
"pinhole",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"airhole",
|
|
"armhole",
|
|
"buttonhole",
|
|
"keyhole",
|
|
"knothole",
|
|
"peephole",
|
|
"pothole",
|
|
"wormhole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"filler",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"blockage",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permanent":{
|
|
"lasting forever":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a temporary compromise has been accepted until a more permanent solution can be agreed upon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"deathless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"indefeasible",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"indelible",
|
|
"indestructible",
|
|
"indissoluble",
|
|
"inexpungible",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfailing",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"continual",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"incessant",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"unceasing",
|
|
"uninterrupted",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"evanescent",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"fugacious",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in perm , cornrow":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Afro",
|
|
"conk",
|
|
"cornrow",
|
|
"dreadlocks",
|
|
"perm",
|
|
"coiffure",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"haircut",
|
|
"hairdo",
|
|
"hairstyle",
|
|
"beehive",
|
|
"big hair",
|
|
"bun",
|
|
"chignon",
|
|
"French twist",
|
|
"pageboy",
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"updo",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"buzz cut",
|
|
"crew cut",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"Mohawk",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shingle",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"pigtail",
|
|
"plait",
|
|
"ponytail",
|
|
"queue",
|
|
"comb-over",
|
|
"ducktail",
|
|
"pompadour",
|
|
"roach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"period":{
|
|
"an occurrence of menstruating":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she hoped her period wouldn't start until she got home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"menstruation",
|
|
"monthlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"menses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Romantic period in music"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"year",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"vintage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perplexity":{
|
|
"a state of mental uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"seeing her perplexity , the teacher stepped in with a helpful hint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflement",
|
|
"bamboozlement",
|
|
"befuddlement",
|
|
"bemusement",
|
|
"bewilderedness",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusedness",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"discombobulation",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"fog",
|
|
"head-scratching",
|
|
"maze",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"mystification",
|
|
"puzzlement",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abashment",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"disconcertment",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"mortification",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"chagrin",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"turmoil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"sureness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peril":{
|
|
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"life is full of unexpected perils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imminence",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"booby trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"asylum",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"haven",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of not being protected from injury, harm, or evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were unhappy about sending their son into peril overseas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"danger",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"harm's way",
|
|
"imperilment",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"vulnerability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"threat",
|
|
"susceptibility",
|
|
"susceptibleness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"impunity",
|
|
"inviolability",
|
|
"invulnerability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"safeness",
|
|
"safety",
|
|
"secureness",
|
|
"security"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"gamble (with)",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopard",
|
|
"jeopardize",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidate",
|
|
"threaten",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"wager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertinacity":{
|
|
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without the pertinacity of the suffragists, voting rights for women would never have become a reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"bloody-mindedness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"cussedness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personalizes":{
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"externalizes",
|
|
"incarnates",
|
|
"incorporates",
|
|
"instantiates",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"substantiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"concretizes",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"exemplifies",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"objectifies",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"typifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perhaps":{
|
|
"it is possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceivably",
|
|
"maybe",
|
|
"mayhap",
|
|
"perchance",
|
|
"possibly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"probably",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"surely",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"assumably",
|
|
"presumably",
|
|
"presumedly",
|
|
"supposably",
|
|
"supposedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perspicuousness":{
|
|
"clearness of expression":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the undeniable perspicuousness of the prosecutor's closing argument"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarity",
|
|
"explicitness",
|
|
"lucidity",
|
|
"lucidness",
|
|
"perspicuity",
|
|
"simplicity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"incisiveness",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"readability",
|
|
"readableness",
|
|
"comprehensibility",
|
|
"intelligibility",
|
|
"legibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"ambiguousness",
|
|
"equivocalness",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"inscrutability",
|
|
"inscrutableness",
|
|
"obliqueness",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"opacity",
|
|
"opaqueness",
|
|
"impenetrability",
|
|
"incomprehensibility",
|
|
"incomprehensibleness",
|
|
"unintelligibility",
|
|
"unintelligibleness",
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"indirectness",
|
|
"indistinctness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"disjointedness",
|
|
"incoherence",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"fuzziness",
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"nebulousness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"unclarity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peremptoriness":{
|
|
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the peremptoriness that was all too apparent in his voice irritated everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"high horse",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"bossiness",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"high-handedness",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"snobbism",
|
|
"snootiness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bravado",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"triumphalism",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"superiority complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"unassumingness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perception":{
|
|
"the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a writer of considerable perception , she remembers how it feels to be confused and insecure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perceptiveness",
|
|
"perceptivity",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acuity",
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"clear-sightedness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"penetration",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"comprehension",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"brain(s)",
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mentality",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smartness",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"discrimination",
|
|
"foresight",
|
|
"foresightedness",
|
|
"judiciousness",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"logic",
|
|
"rationality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"illogic",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a growing perception of the enormity of the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"comprehension",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"assimilation",
|
|
"digestion",
|
|
"uptake",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"realization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehension",
|
|
"noncomprehension"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percussionist":{
|
|
"as in pianist , guitarist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionist",
|
|
"bassoonist",
|
|
"clarinetist",
|
|
"clarinettist",
|
|
"cornetist",
|
|
"cornettist",
|
|
"drummer",
|
|
"fiddler",
|
|
"flautist",
|
|
"flutist",
|
|
"guitarist",
|
|
"harpist",
|
|
"hornist",
|
|
"keyboardist",
|
|
"oboist",
|
|
"organ-grinder",
|
|
"organist",
|
|
"pianist",
|
|
"picker",
|
|
"piper",
|
|
"reedman",
|
|
"saxophonist",
|
|
"trombonist",
|
|
"trumpeter",
|
|
"violinist",
|
|
"violist",
|
|
"accompanist",
|
|
"recitalist",
|
|
"soloist",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"instrumentalist",
|
|
"musician",
|
|
"player"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetrators":{
|
|
"as in offenders , criminals":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"brigands",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"highwaymen",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"perps",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"gangbangers",
|
|
"gangstas",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gorillas",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"plug-uglies",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"yobbos",
|
|
"yobboes",
|
|
"yobs",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"pickpockets",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"thieves",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"juvenile delinquents",
|
|
"tearaways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perversions":{
|
|
"incorrect or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if there's a hidden charge for the service, then that's a perversion of the word \"free\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"misapplications",
|
|
"misemployments",
|
|
"misusages",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"misutilizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mismanagements",
|
|
"ill-treatments",
|
|
"ill-usages",
|
|
"maltreatments",
|
|
"mistreatments",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debasements",
|
|
"desecrations",
|
|
"profanations",
|
|
"prostitutions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perceive":{
|
|
"to have a vague awareness of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought I perceived a problem, but I wasn't sure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"hear",
|
|
"learn",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"foreknow",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perceived that it was going to be a nice day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a clear idea of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I perceive your point, but I still disagree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"assimilate",
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch on (to)",
|
|
"cognize",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"cotton (to or on to)",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grok",
|
|
"intuit",
|
|
"know",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
"register",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"fathom",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"pierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehend",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misperceive",
|
|
"misread",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"miss"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfunctory":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the violinist delivered a perfunctory performance that displayed none of the passion and warmth he was once known for"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"pococurante",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uncurious",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"callous",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"unimpressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"aware",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"mindful",
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"zealous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertains":{
|
|
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appertains",
|
|
"belongs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"has",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a relation or connection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appertains",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"relates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"involves",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"interrelates",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"ties in",
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"treats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpendicular":{
|
|
"rising straight up":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"river rafters staring awestruck at the canyon's nearly perpendicular cliffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stand-up",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"vertical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"upraised",
|
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"semierect",
|
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"freestanding",
|
|
"stand-alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slanty"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"recumbent"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
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"pervious":{
|
|
"capable of being passed into or through":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new road has a pervious surface that will cut down on the amount of water that collects on it during heavy rains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"penetrable",
|
|
"permeable",
|
|
"porous"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"breathable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"thick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impassable",
|
|
"impassible",
|
|
"impenetrable",
|
|
"impermeable",
|
|
"impervious",
|
|
"nonporous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"performer":{
|
|
"as in player , entertainer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"busker",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"trouper",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"pantaloon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permanently":{
|
|
"for all time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"planned to stay there permanently"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"e'er",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"forevermore",
|
|
"indelibly",
|
|
"perpetually"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enduringly",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"perennially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"once"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"nevermore"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertinacious":{
|
|
"continuing despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pertinacious little boy who was determined to catch and collect reptiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"insistent",
|
|
"patient",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"tenacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unrelenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pertinacious salesman who would simply not take \"No!\" for an answer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perorations":{
|
|
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave an eloquent peroration celebrating the nation's long tradition of religious tolerance and pluralism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orations",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"keynote addresses",
|
|
"keynote speeches",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"salutatories",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"sermons",
|
|
"monologues",
|
|
"monologs",
|
|
"soliloquies",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"spiels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuaders":{
|
|
"as in supporters , advocates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"boosters",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"reformists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"demonstrators",
|
|
"marchers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"picketers",
|
|
"protesters",
|
|
"protestors",
|
|
"alarmists",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"revolters",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"subversives",
|
|
"troublemakers",
|
|
"agitators",
|
|
"demagogues",
|
|
"demagogs",
|
|
"exciters",
|
|
"firebrands",
|
|
"fomenters",
|
|
"incendiaries",
|
|
"inciters",
|
|
"instigators",
|
|
"kindlers",
|
|
"provocateurs",
|
|
"rabble-rousers",
|
|
"prodders",
|
|
"prompters",
|
|
"provokers",
|
|
"agents provocateurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"peacemakers",
|
|
"reconcilers",
|
|
"uniters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in inducers , bribers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bribers",
|
|
"inducers",
|
|
"inveiglers",
|
|
"tantalizers",
|
|
"corrupters",
|
|
"corruptors",
|
|
"debasers",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"degraders",
|
|
"depravers",
|
|
"perverters",
|
|
"undoers",
|
|
"beguilers",
|
|
"enchantresses",
|
|
"sirens",
|
|
"temptresses",
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"seducers",
|
|
"solicitors",
|
|
"tempters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percipience":{
|
|
"the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a novelist who reveals an exceptional percipience of human aspirations and desires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appreciation",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"comprehension",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"assimilation",
|
|
"digestion",
|
|
"uptake",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"realization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incomprehension",
|
|
"noncomprehension"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perverts":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pervert who, because of years of bad choices, couldn't get a job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backsliders",
|
|
"debauchees",
|
|
"debauchers",
|
|
"decadents",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deviates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"rakehells",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"rips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"delinquents",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"incorrigibles",
|
|
"blackguards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"lechers",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"satyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summary really perverts the other candidate's views on taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misrelates",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misdescribes",
|
|
"misspeaks",
|
|
"mistranslates",
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"complicates",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"mystifies",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"prevaricates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"spells out",
|
|
"deciphers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie that perverted the Bible story by reveling in the sinners' lewd behavior until just before the moment of divine retribution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"cankers",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"warps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"thins",
|
|
"waters down",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"takes down",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"amends",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accused of perverting the Internal Revenue Service by using it to harass political opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misemploys",
|
|
"misuses",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"prostitutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"mismanages",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"desecrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perforce":{
|
|
"because of necessity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must, perforce , deal with this issue immediately, as procrastination is not an option"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ineluctably",
|
|
"inescapably",
|
|
"inevitably",
|
|
"ipso facto",
|
|
"necessarily",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"unavoidably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"involuntarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persevere":{
|
|
"to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although he was frustrated by the lack of financial resources and support, he persevered in his scientific research"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"knuckle down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perjurious":{
|
|
"as in false , untruthful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"erroneous",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocrite",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untruthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"truthful",
|
|
"veracious",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"trustable",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perturbs":{
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"unnerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persuades":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she persuaded us that she can indeed communicate with the dead",
|
|
"he persuaded his teachers to grant an extension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"brings around",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)",
|
|
"wins (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"fast-talks",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"brainwashes",
|
|
"overpersuades",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hashes (over)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"reasons (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
"unsells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perusing":{
|
|
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perused the manuscript, checking for grammatical errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"reading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"dipping (into)",
|
|
"leafing (through)",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"speed-reading",
|
|
"thumbing (through)",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling (up)",
|
|
"slogging (through)",
|
|
"wading (through)",
|
|
"rereading",
|
|
"proofreading",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetually":{
|
|
"for all time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group of jaded teenagers with their perpetually bored expressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"e'er",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"forevermore",
|
|
"indelibly",
|
|
"permanently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enduringly",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"perennially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"once"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"nevermore"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"on every relevant occasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perpetually smiling host of the morning talk show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"always",
|
|
"aye",
|
|
"ay",
|
|
"consistently",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"incessantly",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"night and day",
|
|
"unfailingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commonly",
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"repeatedly",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"uninterruptedly",
|
|
"unremittingly",
|
|
"dependably",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"normally",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"regularly",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"typically",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"inevitably",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"everlastingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"occasionally",
|
|
"periodically",
|
|
"sometimes",
|
|
"sporadically",
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"variously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perceptive":{
|
|
"able to sense slight impressions or differences":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"due to their ability to rotate their ears, cats are very perceptive when it comes to pinpointing the source of a sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"hair-trigger",
|
|
"hyperacute",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"oversensitive",
|
|
"supersensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"imperceptive",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"insensitive",
|
|
"numb",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a perceptive therapist was able to discover what was really troubling the youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"discriminative",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"contemplative",
|
|
"reflective",
|
|
"thoughtful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"purblind",
|
|
"woodenheaded",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"undiscriminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unperceptive",
|
|
"unwise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permittee":{
|
|
"as in licensee , assignee":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"licensee",
|
|
"licentiate",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"appointee",
|
|
"designee",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"selectee",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"delegatee",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"draftee",
|
|
"endorsee",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetrator":{
|
|
"as in offender , criminal":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"brigand",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob",
|
|
"yobbo",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"tearaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perquisite":{
|
|
"a small sum of money given for a service over and above what is due":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give the movers a perquisite if they do a good job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"offering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the use of a company car is one perquisite of the job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"dividend",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"gravy",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"perk",
|
|
"throw-in",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pension",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"fringe benefit",
|
|
"icing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periapts":{
|
|
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even rational, enlightened people have their periapts , which somehow make them feel a little more secure in an uncertain world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"mascots",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gris-gris",
|
|
"grigri",
|
|
"jujus",
|
|
"philters",
|
|
"toadstones",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"totems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"spells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percolating":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water percolating through the coffee filter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"transuding",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"giving off",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"springing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfectionists":{
|
|
"a person who wants things to be done perfectly or who tries to do things perfectly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm a bit of a perfectionist , which makes it difficult for me to finish things sometimes."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emotionalists",
|
|
"sentimentalists",
|
|
"Don Quixotes",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"fantasts",
|
|
"idealists",
|
|
"idealizers",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"romanticists",
|
|
"romantics",
|
|
"utopians",
|
|
"visionaries",
|
|
"daydreamers",
|
|
"fantasizers",
|
|
"woolgatherers",
|
|
"Micawbers",
|
|
"optimists",
|
|
"Pollyannas",
|
|
"do-gooders",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"doctrinaires",
|
|
"theorists",
|
|
"thinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"empiricists",
|
|
"empirics",
|
|
"hardnoses",
|
|
"pragmatists",
|
|
"realists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perverter":{
|
|
"as in degrader , depraver":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"corrupter",
|
|
"corruptor",
|
|
"debaser",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"degrader",
|
|
"depraver",
|
|
"undoer",
|
|
"briber",
|
|
"inducer",
|
|
"inveigler",
|
|
"persuader",
|
|
"tantalizer",
|
|
"beguiler",
|
|
"enchantress",
|
|
"siren",
|
|
"temptress",
|
|
"baiter",
|
|
"seducer",
|
|
"solicitor",
|
|
"tempter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percolates (into)":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"pervades",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"suffuses",
|
|
"transfuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuses (through)",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"passes (into)",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"fills (up)",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perk (up)":{
|
|
"to become glad or hopeful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we perked up once the sun came out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"buck up",
|
|
"cheer (up)",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"look up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"hearten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"mope"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"sadden"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog tilts her head and perks up her ears whenever someone speaks to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permissions":{
|
|
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she asked for permission to have a piece of candy",
|
|
"the President granted permission for the foreign diplomats to have special quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"green lights",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"signatures",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"accreditations",
|
|
"certifications",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"patents",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"tolerances",
|
|
"tolerations",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"grants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"revocations",
|
|
"taboos",
|
|
"tabus",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"exclusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"interdictions",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perk":{
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the salary's not great, but the perks make up for it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"dividend",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"gravy",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"perquisite",
|
|
"throw-in",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pension",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"fringe benefit",
|
|
"icing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perorates":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an arrogant scholar who never passes up an opportunity to posture and perorate on stunningly unimportant matters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"speechifies",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perturbed":{
|
|
"feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a perturbed look betrayed her nervousness at her first job interview"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aflutter",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"atwitter",
|
|
"dithery",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"goosey",
|
|
"het up",
|
|
"hinky",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"ill at ease",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"freaked",
|
|
"freaked-out",
|
|
"shook-up",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"qualmish",
|
|
"qualmy",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"twittered",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"fidgety",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hypertense",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"self-controlled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the caller's strange remark perturbed me enough to keep me awake that night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"ailed",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"derailed",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distempered",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"flurried",
|
|
"frazzled",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"weirded out",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"chivied",
|
|
"chivvied",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allayed",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"assuaged",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percussionists":{
|
|
"as in pianists , guitarists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionists",
|
|
"bassoonists",
|
|
"clarinetists",
|
|
"clarinettists",
|
|
"cornetists",
|
|
"cornettists",
|
|
"drummers",
|
|
"fiddlers",
|
|
"flautists",
|
|
"flutists",
|
|
"guitarists",
|
|
"harpists",
|
|
"hornists",
|
|
"keyboardists",
|
|
"oboists",
|
|
"organ-grinders",
|
|
"organists",
|
|
"pianists",
|
|
"pickers",
|
|
"pipers",
|
|
"reedmen",
|
|
"saxophonists",
|
|
"trombonists",
|
|
"trumpeters",
|
|
"violinists",
|
|
"violists",
|
|
"accompanists",
|
|
"recitalists",
|
|
"soloists",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"instrumentalists",
|
|
"musicians",
|
|
"players"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perverseness":{
|
|
"readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of perverseness that makes you want to snap at anyone who makes the mistake of greeting you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"crotchetiness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"crustiness",
|
|
"curmudgeonliness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dyspepsia",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"sulkiness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence",
|
|
"truculency",
|
|
"fussiness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"oversensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"supersensitivity",
|
|
"touchiness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"hot-bloodedness",
|
|
"passion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"long-suffering",
|
|
"patience",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amiableness",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"good-temperedness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"serenity",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"easygoingness",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"performed":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she performed the task quickly and expertly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"achieved",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"fulfilled",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"perpetrated",
|
|
"prosecuted",
|
|
"pulled off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"implemented",
|
|
"aced",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"engaged (in)",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"worked (at)",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"reenacted",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"attained",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"slurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"functioned",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"oversaw",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"supervised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"acted out",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"role-played",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"hammed",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"posed (as)",
|
|
"starred (in)",
|
|
"coacted",
|
|
"co-acted",
|
|
"costarred",
|
|
"co-starred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new medication performed surprisingly well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"operated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"reacted",
|
|
"responded",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"influenced",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"redounded",
|
|
"resulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfired",
|
|
"fizzled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permitted":{
|
|
"as in allowed , authorized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"licit",
|
|
"admissible",
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"inadmissible",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"verboten",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"outlawed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"green-lighted",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"suffered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"agreed (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"accorded",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"vouchsafed",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"frowned (at or on)",
|
|
"grudged",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed",
|
|
"vetoed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"let"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"commissioned",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"licenced",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"prevented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"empowered",
|
|
"enabled",
|
|
"let"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"equipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prevented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"suffered",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"winked (at)",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gave in (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"indulged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"interfered (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"prevented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perishing":{
|
|
"as in death , dying":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"death",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"expiry",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"retrogression",
|
|
"reversion",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"development",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"maturation",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"mellowing",
|
|
"softening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"12 people perished in the plane crash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"deceasing",
|
|
"demising",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flatlining",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"pegging out",
|
|
"popping off",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceasing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"rusting",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personification":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's the personification of kindness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"avatar",
|
|
"embodier",
|
|
"embodiment",
|
|
"epitome",
|
|
"externalization",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"incarnation",
|
|
"incorporation",
|
|
"instantiation",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"objectification",
|
|
"personifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"concretization",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"personalization",
|
|
"realization",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"reincarnation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertains (to)":{
|
|
"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"where would I find books pertaining to birds?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"treats (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appertains (to)",
|
|
"bears (on or upon)",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"relates (to)",
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"glances (upon)",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (upon)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"entails",
|
|
"includes",
|
|
"incorporates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excludes",
|
|
"omits",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs (over)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"shrugs off"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periphery":{
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dogs are confined by an invisible electronic fence that runs along the periphery of the yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"boundary",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"circumference",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personally":{
|
|
"in person and usually privately":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hostess told me personally that I was invited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"face-to-face",
|
|
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"familiarly",
|
|
"intimately",
|
|
"confidentially",
|
|
"secretly",
|
|
"directly",
|
|
"immediately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distantly",
|
|
"indirectly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"publicly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perambulated":{
|
|
"to make one's way through, across, or over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we decided to lazily perambulate the entire length of the esplanade and enjoy the fresh air"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"cut (across)",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"passed (over)",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"proceeded (along)",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"transited",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"crisscrossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"long summer evenings spent perambulating up and down the tree-lined streets of the quaint village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"traversed",
|
|
"trekked",
|
|
"walked",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"power walked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permitting (of)":{
|
|
"to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admitting (of)",
|
|
"allowing (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"opening up",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"needing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"closing out",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"ruling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personal taxes":{
|
|
"as in direct taxes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"direct taxes",
|
|
"assessments",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"impositions",
|
|
"imposts",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"capitations",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"hidden taxes",
|
|
"income taxes",
|
|
"poll taxes",
|
|
"property taxes",
|
|
"sales taxes",
|
|
"single taxes",
|
|
"sin taxes",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"value-added taxes",
|
|
"withholding taxes",
|
|
"supertaxes",
|
|
"surcharges",
|
|
"surtaxes",
|
|
"death taxes",
|
|
"estate taxes",
|
|
"inheritance taxes",
|
|
"flat taxes",
|
|
"proportional taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peregrinations":{
|
|
"a going from one place to another usually of some distance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"planning a leisurely peregrination across Europe for our honeymoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commutations",
|
|
"commutes",
|
|
"errands",
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sorties",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"voyages",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"grand tours",
|
|
"odysseys",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"quests",
|
|
"safaris",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"walkabouts",
|
|
"walks"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periodical":{
|
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"appearing in parts or numbers that follow regularly":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a periodical town newsletter that is supported by local advertisers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
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"serial",
|
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"serialized"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sequential",
|
|
"successive",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"recurring",
|
|
"regular"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"occurring or appearing at intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodical announcements from airline personnel concerning the delay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continual",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"on-and-off",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"recurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternating",
|
|
"cyclic",
|
|
"cyclical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"seasonal",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"aperiodic",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"perpetual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"incessant",
|
|
"unceasing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"appearing or occurring repeatedly from time to time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodical visits to the dentist will help keep your teeth healthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"continual",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"recurring",
|
|
"cyclic",
|
|
"cyclical",
|
|
"around-the-clock",
|
|
"hourly",
|
|
"round-the-clock",
|
|
"24-7",
|
|
"24/7",
|
|
"chronic",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unusual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"infrequent",
|
|
"irregular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"subscribed to three new periodicals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persnicketiness":{
|
|
"as in care , carefulness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"fastidiousness",
|
|
"meticulousness",
|
|
"subtlety",
|
|
"definiteness",
|
|
"definitiveness",
|
|
"definitude",
|
|
"determinacy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"accurateness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"ultraprecision",
|
|
"veracity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"impreciseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"approximation",
|
|
"roundness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"wrongness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"guesswork",
|
|
"looseness",
|
|
"indefiniteness",
|
|
"vagueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periapt":{
|
|
"something worn or kept to bring good luck or keep away evil":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even rational, enlightened people have their periapts , which somehow make them feel a little more secure in an uncertain world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gris-gris",
|
|
"grigri",
|
|
"juju",
|
|
"philter",
|
|
"toadstone",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"totem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perceivable":{
|
|
"as in clear , obvious":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"overt",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"external",
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"outward",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"viewable",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"seeable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"visual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"sightless",
|
|
"viewless",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evanesced",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"vaporized",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"indiscernible",
|
|
"indistinct",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobservable",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"shrouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percolating (into)":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the closing shot of the film is one of those iconic images that has long since percolated into the cultural consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"pervading",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"suffusing",
|
|
"transfusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffusing (through)",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"passing (into)",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"filling (up)",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personalizing":{
|
|
"to represent in visible form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the character of the good-hearted, virtuous seaman, the author has personalized the concept of perfect innocence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodying",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"externalizing",
|
|
"incarnating",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"instantiating",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"substantiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizing",
|
|
"concretizing",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"exemplifying",
|
|
"illustrating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"objectifying",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"typifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pervades":{
|
|
"to spread throughout":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interpenetrates",
|
|
"percolates (into)",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"suffuses",
|
|
"transfuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffuses (through)",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"passes (into)",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"fills (up)",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"imbues",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetual":{
|
|
"going on and on without any interruptions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the perpetual rise and fall of the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"continual",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"incessant",
|
|
"nonstop",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"unceasing",
|
|
"uninterrupted",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"deathless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unending",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"indestructible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"recurring",
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"alternating",
|
|
"cyclic",
|
|
"cyclical",
|
|
"rhythmic",
|
|
"rhythmical",
|
|
"seasonal",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"noncontinuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"freedom of religion is a perpetual right that is guaranteed by the nation's constitution"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"ongoing",
|
|
"perennial",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"undying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outdated",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lasting forever":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an immature jerk who seemed to be in a state of perpetual adolescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"deathless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"indefeasible",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"indelible",
|
|
"indestructible",
|
|
"indissoluble",
|
|
"inexpungible",
|
|
"timeless",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unfailing",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"continual",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"incessant",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"unceasing",
|
|
"uninterrupted",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"evanescent",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"fugacious",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"provisional",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perils":{
|
|
"something that may cause injury or harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"life is full of unexpected perils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"imminences",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"threats",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"booby traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"asylums",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"gambles (with)",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes",
|
|
"jeopards",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perfidies":{
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the full cost\u2014both in compromised intelligence and in human life\u2014of the double agent's perfidy is not yet known"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbings",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"disloyalties",
|
|
"double crosses",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"sellouts",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonments",
|
|
"desertions",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"guiles",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"talebearings",
|
|
"trickeries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependabilities",
|
|
"reliabilities",
|
|
"defenses",
|
|
"protections",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiances",
|
|
"devotions",
|
|
"fealties",
|
|
"fidelities",
|
|
"loyalties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persecutive":{
|
|
"as in harassing , persecutory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"persecutory",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"direful",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"troublous",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrisome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perching":{
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pigeons perching on the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"touching down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-landing",
|
|
"crash-landing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"winging",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perched the baby in a basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deploying",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"stationing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"bivouacking",
|
|
"camping",
|
|
"camping (out)",
|
|
"burrowing",
|
|
"curling up",
|
|
"digging in",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persistence":{
|
|
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the persistence of the fever for a week caused me great worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abidance",
|
|
"ceaselessness",
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"continuousness",
|
|
"durability",
|
|
"duration",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"subsistence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolongation",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"enduringness",
|
|
"permanence",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abridgment",
|
|
"abridgement",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permit":{
|
|
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the school won't permit such an activity on its grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"green-light",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"vouchsafe",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"frown (at or on)",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give permission to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you are not permitted to swim at the town pond without a season pass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"let"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make able or possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have our picnic on Thursday, weather permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"empower",
|
|
"enable",
|
|
"let"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"habilitate",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"equip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the college permits way too much drinking, in my opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"wink (at)",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"indulge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"interfere (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in concession , patent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"toleration",
|
|
"accreditation",
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"signature",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"green light",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"interdiction",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"revocation",
|
|
"taboo",
|
|
"tabu",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"embargo",
|
|
"exclusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perps":{
|
|
"as in perpetrators , gunmen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"bandits",
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"brigands",
|
|
"criminals",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"desperadoes",
|
|
"desperados",
|
|
"felons",
|
|
"gunmen",
|
|
"highwaymen",
|
|
"lawbreakers",
|
|
"mafiosi",
|
|
"malefactors",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"outlaws",
|
|
"perpetrators",
|
|
"pirates",
|
|
"bullies",
|
|
"gangbangers",
|
|
"gangstas",
|
|
"gangsters",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"gorillas",
|
|
"hoodlums",
|
|
"hoods",
|
|
"hooligans",
|
|
"mobsters",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"plug-uglies",
|
|
"punks",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"rowdies",
|
|
"ruffians",
|
|
"thugs",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"toughs",
|
|
"yobbos",
|
|
"yobboes",
|
|
"yobs",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"pickpockets",
|
|
"racketeers",
|
|
"robbers",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"thieves",
|
|
"vandals",
|
|
"juvenile delinquents",
|
|
"tearaways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"percolated":{
|
|
"to flow forth slowly through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water percolating through the coffee filter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"transuded",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
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"dripped",
|
|
"trickled",
|
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"discharged",
|
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"emitted",
|
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"gave off",
|
|
"vented",
|
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"emanated",
|
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"flowed",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perjuries":{
|
|
"the crime of telling a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"He was found guilty of perjury ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
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"half-truths",
|
|
"fables",
|
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"fabrications",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
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"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"taradiddles",
|
|
"tarradiddles",
|
|
"untruths",
|
|
"whoppers",
|
|
"ambiguities",
|
|
"equivocations",
|
|
"obliquities",
|
|
"defamations",
|
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"libels",
|
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"slanders",
|
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"bluffs",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canards",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"falsifications",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"dishonesties",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fraudulences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"verities",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"veracities",
|
|
"authentications",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"verifications",
|
|
"truths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personators":{
|
|
"a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the science museum hired an Albert Einstein personator to greet guests for its special exhibit on the scientist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"mimics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquers",
|
|
"caricaturists",
|
|
"lampooners",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"parodists",
|
|
"satirists",
|
|
"mimers",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"pantomimists",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"troupers",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"rubber stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perjures":{
|
|
"to tell a lie in a court of law after promising to tell the truth; to commit perjury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He perjured himself before the court by giving a false testimony."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"prevaricates",
|
|
"equivocates",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"palters",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"traduces",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresents",
|
|
"misstates",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"testifies",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perdure":{
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in so many ways, the influence and legacy of the Roman empire perdures to this very day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"carry through",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perspicacities":{
|
|
"having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She considers herself a perspicacious judge of character.",
|
|
"The critic made some perspicacious observations about the film."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetuates":{
|
|
"to give eternal or lasting existence to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eternalizes",
|
|
"immortalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commemorates",
|
|
"memorializes",
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"performances":{
|
|
"a presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a disappointing, lackluster performance of a classic of the musical theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"readings",
|
|
"renditions",
|
|
"versions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptations",
|
|
"variations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the doing of an action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the performance of her nightly ritual, the taking of a warm bath, calmed her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"fulfillments",
|
|
"fulfilments",
|
|
"implementations",
|
|
"perpetrations",
|
|
"prosecutions",
|
|
"pursuances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"handlings",
|
|
"managements",
|
|
"applications",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfulfillments",
|
|
"nonperformances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perpetuating":{
|
|
"to give eternal or lasting existence to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we hope to perpetuate this holiday tradition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eternalizing",
|
|
"immortalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commemorating",
|
|
"memorializing",
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"wiping out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perv":{
|
|
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an undercover officer visiting chat rooms in search of pervs preying on naive teens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backslider",
|
|
"debauchee",
|
|
"debaucher",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"rakehell",
|
|
"rip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"derelict",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"lecher",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"satyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permitted (of)":{
|
|
"to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the photo is too grainy to permit of anything more than a slight enlargement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admitted (of)",
|
|
"allowed (of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"opened up",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"needed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"ruled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"permittees":{
|
|
"as in licensees , assignees":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignees",
|
|
"licensees",
|
|
"licentiates",
|
|
"candidates",
|
|
"inductees",
|
|
"appointees",
|
|
"designees",
|
|
"nominees",
|
|
"selectees",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"delegatees",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"deputies",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"draftees",
|
|
"endorsees",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perambulators":{
|
|
"a person who travels by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"counts himself among that select group of hikers who are perambulators of the entire Appalachian Trail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"hikers",
|
|
"ramblers",
|
|
"trampers",
|
|
"walkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pedestrians",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"trekkers",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers",
|
|
"alpinists",
|
|
"Alpinists",
|
|
"backpackers",
|
|
"climbers",
|
|
"mountaineers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nannies pushing perambulators around London's Hyde Park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby buggies",
|
|
"baby carriages",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"prams",
|
|
"pushchairs",
|
|
"strollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bassinets",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"carry-cots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"persisted (beyond)":{
|
|
"as in lasted (beyond) , endured (past)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abided (beyond)",
|
|
"abode (beyond)",
|
|
"endured (past)",
|
|
"held (past)",
|
|
"held out (past)",
|
|
"lasted (beyond)",
|
|
"outstayed",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"perpetuated",
|
|
"survived",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"outlasted",
|
|
"outlived",
|
|
"outwore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"pertained":{
|
|
"to be the property of a person or group of persons":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that quality medical care is a right that pertains to everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appertained",
|
|
"belonged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"had",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a relation or connection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a person who is an expert in anything pertaining to the history of the American theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appertained",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"referred",
|
|
"related"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"interrelated",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"tied in",
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"treated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perched":{
|
|
"to come to rest after descending from the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pigeons perching on the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alighted",
|
|
"alit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"touched down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belly-landed",
|
|
"crash-landed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"winged",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blasted off",
|
|
"took off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perched the baby in a basket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"installed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"nestled",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deployed",
|
|
"emplaced",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"located",
|
|
"parked",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"positioned",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"situated",
|
|
"stationed",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"bivouacked",
|
|
"camped",
|
|
"camped (out)",
|
|
"burrowed",
|
|
"curled up",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perilling":{
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tribute to the men and women who, as firefighters, peril their lives daily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"gambling (with)",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeoparding",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"risking",
|
|
"venturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"wagering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"perform":{
|
|
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she performed the task quickly and expertly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"perpetrate",
|
|
"prosecute",
|
|
"pull off",
|
|
"put through"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"engage (in)",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"work (at)",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"reenact",
|
|
"repeat",
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"wind up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"act out",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"role-play",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"overact",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"underplay",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pose (as)",
|
|
"star (in)",
|
|
"coact",
|
|
"costar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new medication performed surprisingly well"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behave",
|
|
"react",
|
|
"respond",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"redound",
|
|
"result"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfire",
|
|
"fizzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"periods":{
|
|
"an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Romantic period in music"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"epochs",
|
|
"eras",
|
|
"times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"years",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"vintages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Persian lambs":{
|
|
"as in foxes , rabbit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"beavers",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"chinchillas",
|
|
"ermines",
|
|
"fishers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"martens",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"minks",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"muskrats",
|
|
"otters",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"rabbits",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"raccoons",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"racoons",
|
|
"sables",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"bearskins",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"coonskins",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"karakuls",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"kolinskies",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"sealskins",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"moutons",
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"personifiers":{
|
|
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hailed the young war hero as a living personifier of all that is right with the generation now coming of age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstracts",
|
|
"avatars",
|
|
"embodiers",
|
|
"embodiments",
|
|
"epitomes",
|
|
"externalizations",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"incarnations",
|
|
"incorporations",
|
|
"instantiations",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"objectifications",
|
|
"personifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"concretizations",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"personalizations",
|
|
"realizations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"reincarnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"peripatetic":{
|
|
"traveling from place to place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a peripatetic reporter for a cable news network"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambulant",
|
|
"ambulatory",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"fugitive",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"itinerant",
|
|
"nomad",
|
|
"nomadic",
|
|
"perambulatory",
|
|
"peregrine",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"vagabond",
|
|
"vagrant",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"wayfaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"footloose",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"walking",
|
|
"migrant",
|
|
"migratory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
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]
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},
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"pertain (to)":{
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"to have (something) as a subject matter":{
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"examples":[
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"where would I find books pertaining to birds?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concern",
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"cover",
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"deal (with)",
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"treat (of)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appertain (to)",
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"bear (on or upon)",
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"refer (to)",
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"relate (to)",
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"advert (to)",
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"allude (to)",
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"cite",
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"glance (upon)",
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"instance",
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"mention",
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"name",
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"note",
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"notice",
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"quote",
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"specify",
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"touch (upon)",
|
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"offer",
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"present",
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"contain",
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"embrace",
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"encompass",
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"entail",
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"include",
|
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"incorporate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"exclude",
|
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"omit",
|
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"disregard",
|
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"forget",
|
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"ignore",
|
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"neglect",
|
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"overlook",
|
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"overpass",
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"pass over",
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"slight",
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"slur (over)",
|
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"brush (aside or off)",
|
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"reject",
|
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"shrug off"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"permeated":{
|
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"to spread throughout":{
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"examples":[
|
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"the smell of freshly baked bread permeated the house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
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"interpenetrated",
|
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"percolated (into)",
|
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"pervaded",
|
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"riddled",
|
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"suffused",
|
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"transfused"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"diffused (through)",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
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"passed (into)",
|
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"penetrated",
|
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"filled (up)",
|
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"drenched",
|
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"imbued",
|
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"infused",
|
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"saturated",
|
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"soaked",
|
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"steeped",
|
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"flooded",
|
|
"glutted"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
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}
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} |