dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/pla_MWT.json

{
  "placated":{
    "as in mollified , appeased":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "appeased",
        "mollified",
        "pacified",
        "ecstatic",
        "elated",
        "enraptured",
        "euphoric",
        "overjoyed",
        "rapturous",
        "thrilled",
        "blissful",
        "delighted",
        "glad",
        "joyful",
        "joyous",
        "jubilant",
        "rejoicing",
        "tickled",
        "content",
        "contented",
        "gratified",
        "happy",
        "pleased",
        "satisfied"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "discontent",
        "discontented",
        "displeased",
        "dissatisfied",
        "malcontent",
        "malcontented",
        "unhappy",
        "disaffected",
        "disgruntled",
        "displeased",
        "unsatisfied",
        "abject",
        "aggrieved",
        "anguished",
        "brokenhearted",
        "dejected",
        "depressed",
        "despondent",
        "disconsolate",
        "discouraged",
        "disheartened",
        "dispirited",
        "downcast",
        "downhearted"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
      "examples":[
        "attempted to placate the screaming child by offering him a cookie"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appeased",
        "assuaged",
        "conciliated",
        "disarmed",
        "gentled",
        "mollified",
        "pacified",
        "propitiated"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calmed",
        "comforted",
        "consoled",
        "contented",
        "hushed",
        "quieted",
        "soothed",
        "tranquilized",
        "tranquillized",
        "endeared (to)",
        "ingratiated",
        "delighted",
        "gladdened",
        "gratified",
        "pleased",
        "adulated",
        "blarneyed",
        "flattered",
        "overpraised",
        "soft-soaped",
        "quenched",
        "sated",
        "satiated",
        "satisfied",
        "catered (to)",
        "humored",
        "indulged",
        "blandished",
        "cajoled",
        "coaxed",
        "sweet-talked",
        "wheedled",
        "babied",
        "coddled",
        "mollycoddled",
        "pampered",
        "spoiled",
        "spoilt",
        "dulcified",
        "sweetened"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aggravated",
        "annoyed",
        "antagonized",
        "bothered",
        "bugged",
        "burned (up)",
        "burnt (up)",
        "chafed",
        "crossed",
        "exasperated",
        "galled",
        "got",
        "grated",
        "irked",
        "irritated",
        "nettled",
        "peeved",
        "piqued",
        "put out",
        "rankled",
        "riled",
        "roiled",
        "ruffled",
        "vexed",
        "vext",
        "provoked",
        "roused",
        "harassed",
        "harried",
        "persecuted",
        "pestered",
        "agitated",
        "discomforted",
        "distressed",
        "disturbed",
        "fretted",
        "perturbed",
        "unhinged",
        "unsettled",
        "upset",
        "worried",
        "affronted",
        "insulted",
        "offended",
        "slighted"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "angered",
        "enraged",
        "incensed",
        "inflamed",
        "enflamed",
        "infuriated",
        "ired",
        "maddened",
        "outraged"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placating":{
    "tending to lessen or avoid conflict or hostility":{
      "examples":[
        "a placating comment that seemed to calm everyone down a bit"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appeasing",
        "conciliating",
        "conciliatory",
        "disarming",
        "mollifying",
        "pacific",
        "pacifying",
        "peacemaking",
        "placatory",
        "propitiatory"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "endearing",
        "ingratiating",
        "winning",
        "winsome",
        "peaceable",
        "peaceful",
        "nonbelligerent",
        "unaggressive",
        "unassertive",
        "calming",
        "comforting",
        "lulling",
        "quieting",
        "relaxing",
        "soothing",
        "tranquilizing",
        "tranquillizing",
        "obliging",
        "satisfying",
        "affable",
        "agreeable",
        "amiable",
        "amicable",
        "benevolent",
        "genial",
        "gentle",
        "good-natured",
        "good-tempered",
        "kind",
        "kindly",
        "passive",
        "submissive",
        "surrendering",
        "yielding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abrasive",
        "aggravating",
        "annoying",
        "chafing",
        "exasperating",
        "frustrating",
        "galling",
        "inflammatory",
        "irksome",
        "irritating",
        "maddening",
        "nagging",
        "nettlesome",
        "nettling",
        "offensive",
        "provocative",
        "provoking",
        "rankling",
        "riling",
        "vexing",
        "engaging",
        "incensing",
        "infuriating",
        "maddening",
        "antagonistic",
        "antipathetic",
        "hostile",
        "inhospitable",
        "inimical",
        "unfriendly",
        "unsympathetic",
        "aggressive",
        "agonistic",
        "argumentative",
        "assertive",
        "bellicose",
        "belligerent",
        "combative",
        "confrontational",
        "contentious",
        "pugnacious",
        "quarrelsome",
        "scrappy",
        "truculent",
        "martial",
        "militant",
        "militaristic",
        "military",
        "warlike"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "antagonizing"
      ]
    },
    "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
      "examples":[
        "attempted to placate the screaming child by offering him a cookie"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appeasing",
        "assuaging",
        "conciliating",
        "disarming",
        "gentling",
        "mollifying",
        "pacifying",
        "propitiating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calming",
        "comforting",
        "consoling",
        "contenting",
        "hushing",
        "quieting",
        "soothing",
        "tranquilizing",
        "tranquillizing",
        "endearing (to)",
        "ingratiating",
        "delighting",
        "gladdening",
        "gratifying",
        "pleasing",
        "adulating",
        "blarneying",
        "flattering",
        "overpraising",
        "soft-soaping",
        "quenching",
        "satiating",
        "sating",
        "satisfying",
        "catering (to)",
        "humoring",
        "indulging",
        "blandishing",
        "cajoling",
        "coaxing",
        "sweet-talking",
        "wheedling",
        "babying",
        "coddling",
        "mollycoddling",
        "pampering",
        "spoiling",
        "dulcifying",
        "sweetening"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aggravating",
        "annoying",
        "antagonizing",
        "bothering",
        "bugging",
        "burning (up)",
        "chafing",
        "crossing",
        "exasperating",
        "galling",
        "getting",
        "grating",
        "irking",
        "irritating",
        "nettling",
        "peeving",
        "piquing",
        "putting out",
        "rankling",
        "riling",
        "roiling",
        "ruffling",
        "vexing",
        "provoking",
        "rousing",
        "harassing",
        "harrying",
        "persecuting",
        "pestering",
        "agitating",
        "discomforting",
        "distressing",
        "disturbing",
        "fretting",
        "perturbing",
        "unhinging",
        "unsettling",
        "upsetting",
        "worrying",
        "affronting",
        "insulting",
        "offending",
        "slighting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "angering",
        "enraging",
        "incensing",
        "inflaming",
        "enflaming",
        "infuriating",
        "iring",
        "maddening",
        "outraging"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placidity":{
    "a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
      "antonyms":[
        "bustle",
        "commotion",
        "hubbub",
        "hurly-burly",
        "pandemonium",
        "tumult",
        "turmoil",
        "unquietness",
        "unrest",
        "uproar"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "the placidity of the area makes it a perfect vacation spot for people who just want to relax"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clamor",
        "din",
        "noise",
        "racket"
      ],
      "related":[
        "lull",
        "pause",
        "respite",
        "silence",
        "mildness",
        "soothingness",
        "comity",
        "concord",
        "harmony",
        "casualness",
        "easygoingness",
        "informality",
        "laid-backness",
        "relaxedness"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "calmness",
        "hush",
        "peace",
        "peacefulness",
        "quiet",
        "quietness",
        "quietude",
        "repose",
        "restfulness",
        "sereneness",
        "serenity",
        "still",
        "stillness",
        "tranquillity",
        "tranquility"
      ]
    },
    "evenness of emotions or temper":{
      "antonyms":[
        "agitation",
        "discomposure",
        "perturbation"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "his evident lack of placidity makes him poorly suited for such a stressful job"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alarm",
        "alarum",
        "anxiety",
        "anxiousness",
        "apprehension",
        "apprehensiveness",
        "care",
        "concern",
        "disquiet",
        "solicitude",
        "uneasiness",
        "worry",
        "excitability",
        "excitableness",
        "nervousness",
        "disturbance"
      ],
      "related":[
        "assurance",
        "confidence",
        "poise",
        "self-assurance",
        "self-assuredness",
        "self-confidence",
        "self-trust",
        "easygoingness",
        "laid-backness",
        "apathy",
        "detachment",
        "impassivity",
        "indifference",
        "insensibility",
        "numbness",
        "phlegm",
        "unconcern"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aplomb",
        "calmness",
        "collectedness",
        "composedness",
        "composure",
        "cool",
        "coolness",
        "countenance",
        "equanimity",
        "equilibrium",
        "imperturbability",
        "repose",
        "sangfroid",
        "self-composedness",
        "self-possession",
        "serenity",
        "tranquillity",
        "tranquility",
        "tranquilness"
      ]
    },
    "freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
      "antonyms":[
        "agitation",
        "alarm",
        "alarum",
        "anguish",
        "anxiety",
        "anxiousness",
        "apprehension",
        "apprehensiveness",
        "uneasiness",
        "vexation",
        "worry"
      ],
      "examples":[
        "her apparent placidity belied an inner turmoil as she faced a life-altering decision"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "care",
        "concern",
        "perturbation",
        "strain",
        "stress",
        "tenseness",
        "tension",
        "consternation",
        "desperateness",
        "desperation",
        "discomfort",
        "discomposure",
        "dismay",
        "distraction",
        "distress",
        "disturbance",
        "edginess",
        "jitters",
        "jumpiness",
        "nervousness",
        "fear",
        "fearfulness",
        "torment",
        "upset",
        "doubt",
        "dread",
        "foreboding",
        "incertitude",
        "misgiving",
        "presentiment",
        "suspense",
        "uncertainty"
      ],
      "related":[
        "content",
        "contentment",
        "ease",
        "comfort",
        "consolation",
        "relief",
        "solace",
        "quiet",
        "quietude",
        "repose"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "calmness",
        "heartsease",
        "peace",
        "peacefulness",
        "sereneness",
        "serenity",
        "tranquillity",
        "tranquility"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaguing":{
    "to cause persistent suffering to":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "plagued by a cough for all of last week"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abetting",
        "aiding",
        "assisting",
        "helping",
        "delivering",
        "releasing",
        "relieving",
        "reprieving",
        "comforting",
        "consoling",
        "contenting",
        "quieting",
        "solacing",
        "soothing",
        "succoring"
      ],
      "related":[
        "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"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "afflicting",
        "agonizing",
        "anguishing",
        "bedeviling",
        "besetting",
        "besieging",
        "cursing",
        "excruciating",
        "harrowing",
        "persecuting",
        "racking",
        "tormenting",
        "torturing"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plaguy":{
    "causing annoyance":{
      "examples":[
        "I've had this plaguey cough for weeks now"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abrasive",
        "aggravating",
        "annoying",
        "bothersome",
        "carking",
        "chafing",
        "disturbing",
        "exasperating",
        "frustrating",
        "galling",
        "irksome",
        "irritating",
        "maddening",
        "nettlesome",
        "nettling",
        "peeving",
        "pesky",
        "pestiferous",
        "pestilent",
        "pestilential",
        "pesty",
        "rankling",
        "rebarbative",
        "riling",
        "vexatious",
        "vexing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "burdensome",
        "discomforting",
        "displeasing",
        "disquieting",
        "distressing",
        "importunate",
        "importune",
        "inconveniencing",
        "angering",
        "enraging",
        "infuriating",
        "brattish",
        "bratty",
        "mischievous",
        "offensive",
        "troublesome",
        "upsetting",
        "distractive",
        "painful",
        "stressful",
        "tiresome",
        "troubling",
        "trying",
        "worrisome",
        "biting",
        "grating",
        "jangling",
        "jarring",
        "spiny",
        "thorny"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "delightful",
        "pleasing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plain-Jane":{
    "as in everywoman":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "everywoman",
        "commoner",
        "pleb",
        "plebeian",
        "prole",
        "proletarian",
        "laborer",
        "peon",
        "worker",
        "everyman",
        "Joe Blow",
        "Joe Six-Pack",
        "John Doe",
        "little guy",
        "little man",
        "lug",
        "slob"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "big cheese",
        "big shot",
        "big wheel",
        "bigwig",
        "fat cat",
        "mover and shaker",
        "VIP"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in popular , familiar":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "familiar",
        "homely",
        "plain",
        "popular",
        "vulgar",
        "regular",
        "typical",
        "unextraordinary",
        "natural",
        "average",
        "common",
        "commonplace",
        "cut-and-dried",
        "cut-and-dry",
        "everyday",
        "garden-variety",
        "normal",
        "ordinary",
        "prosaic",
        "routine",
        "run-of-the-mill",
        "standard",
        "standard-issue",
        "unexceptional",
        "unremarkable",
        "usual",
        "workaday",
        "customary",
        "wonted",
        "insignificant",
        "trivial",
        "unimportant",
        "frequent",
        "habitual",
        "expected",
        "predictable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abnormal",
        "exceptional",
        "extraordinary",
        "odd",
        "out-of-the-way",
        "strange",
        "unusual",
        "curious",
        "funny",
        "peculiar",
        "quaint",
        "queer",
        "aberrant",
        "anomalous",
        "atypical",
        "irregular",
        "untypical",
        "rare",
        "recherch\u00e9",
        "scarce",
        "fantastic",
        "fantastical",
        "phenomenal",
        "bizarre",
        "far-out",
        "Kafkaesque",
        "outrageous",
        "outr\u00e9",
        "wacky",
        "whacky",
        "way-out",
        "weird",
        "wild",
        "eccentric",
        "idiosyncratic",
        "kooky",
        "kookie",
        "nonconformist",
        "oddball",
        "offbeat",
        "unconventional",
        "unorthodox",
        "freak",
        "freakish",
        "conspicuous",
        "notable",
        "novel",
        "outstanding",
        "prominent",
        "salient",
        "signal",
        "striking",
        "unexampled",
        "unprecedented",
        "singular",
        "unique",
        "unparalleled"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plainspokenness":{
    "the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
      "examples":[
        "a movie reviewer known for his plainspokenness when assessing the latest offerings from Tinseltown"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bluntness",
        "candidness",
        "candor",
        "directness",
        "forthrightness",
        "frankness",
        "honesty",
        "openheartedness",
        "openness",
        "outspokenness",
        "plainness",
        "plumpness",
        "straightforwardness",
        "unguardedness",
        "unreserve",
        "unreservedness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "earnestness",
        "sincerity",
        "sobriety",
        "artlessness",
        "genuineness",
        "na\u00efvet\u00e9",
        "naivete",
        "naivet\u00e9",
        "simplicity",
        "unsophistication",
        "communicativeness",
        "freedom",
        "license",
        "licence",
        "uninhibitedness",
        "unrestrainedness",
        "unrestraint"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "circuitousness",
        "evasiveness",
        "secretiveness",
        "inhibition",
        "reserve",
        "restraint",
        "reticence",
        "shyness",
        "diplomacy",
        "tact"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "dissembling",
        "dissimulation",
        "indirection"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaintively":{
    "with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
      "examples":[
        "the man sighed plaintively as it became clear that he was getting nowhere with the officious bureaucrat"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agonizingly",
        "bitterly",
        "dolefully",
        "dolorously",
        "grievously",
        "hard",
        "hardly",
        "inconsolably",
        "lugubriously",
        "mournfully",
        "painfully",
        "regretfully",
        "resentfully",
        "ruefully",
        "sadly",
        "sorely",
        "sorrowfully",
        "unhappily",
        "wailfully",
        "woefully",
        "wretchedly"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abjectly",
        "cheerlessly",
        "crestfallenly",
        "dejectedly",
        "despairingly",
        "despondently",
        "disconsolately",
        "dispiritedly",
        "downheartedly",
        "low-spiritedly",
        "blackly",
        "darkly",
        "dismally",
        "distressfully",
        "distressingly",
        "dourly",
        "drearily",
        "forlornly",
        "gloomily",
        "glumly",
        "joylessly",
        "mirthlessly",
        "miserably",
        "morosely",
        "pessimistically",
        "somberly",
        "sullenly",
        "acutely",
        "harshly",
        "keenly",
        "piercingly",
        "poignantly",
        "severely",
        "sharply",
        "cruelly",
        "hurtfully",
        "ill",
        "rancorously"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cheerfully",
        "cheerily",
        "delightedly",
        "gaily",
        "gayly",
        "gleefully",
        "good-naturedly",
        "lightheartedly",
        "merrily",
        "mirthfully",
        "rejoicingly",
        "sunnily",
        "blithely",
        "blithesomely",
        "calmly",
        "casually",
        "dispassionately",
        "easily",
        "impassively",
        "indifferently",
        "lightly",
        "nonchalantly",
        "stoically",
        "unconcernedly",
        "favorably",
        "well"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "blissfully",
        "gladly",
        "happily",
        "joyfully",
        "joyously"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "plaited":{
    "to form into a braid":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "plaited the doll's hair so it wouldn't tangle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "interlaced",
        "interwove",
        "interweaved",
        "wove",
        "weaved"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braided",
        "platted",
        "pleated"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plane":{
    "a vehicle for traveling through the air that has fixed wings for lift":{
      "examples":[
        "a plane flew overhead"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aeroplane",
        "airplane"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "airliner",
        "air taxi",
        "liner",
        "aerodyne",
        "aircraft",
        "air-cushion vehicle",
        "airframe",
        "airship",
        "ship",
        "tractor",
        "freighter",
        "tanker",
        "jet",
        "jetliner",
        "superjet",
        "supersonic",
        "supersonic transport",
        "trijet",
        "turbojet",
        "turboprop",
        "aerospace plane",
        "rocket plane",
        "bomber",
        "fighter",
        "jump jet",
        "torpedo bomber",
        "warplane",
        "amphibian",
        "seaplane",
        "biplane",
        "lightplane",
        "tilt-rotor",
        "towplane",
        "trimotor",
        "triplane",
        "glider",
        "sailplane"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities":{
      "examples":[
        "you can do these tracings on any plane surface"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "even",
        "flat",
        "flush",
        "level",
        "smooth"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "exact",
        "uniform",
        "aligned",
        "alined",
        "regular",
        "true",
        "horizontal",
        "tabular",
        "plumb",
        "straight",
        "vertical"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "inexact",
        "irregular",
        "unaligned",
        "warped",
        "undulating",
        "undulatory",
        "wavy",
        "pitted",
        "pockmarked",
        "pocky"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bumpy",
        "coarse",
        "lumpy",
        "rough",
        "uneven",
        "unsmoothed"
      ]
    },
    "to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
      "examples":[
        "planed the wood for the picnic table perfectly smooth so that no one would get splinters"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "even",
        "flatten",
        "level",
        "smooth",
        "smoothen"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clip",
        "crop",
        "pare",
        "prune",
        "shave",
        "trim",
        "lay",
        "press",
        "spread",
        "card",
        "comb",
        "rake",
        "surface"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "coarsen",
        "rumple",
        "wrinkle",
        "bend",
        "kink",
        "dent",
        "pit"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "rough",
        "roughen"
      ]
    },
    "to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
      "examples":[
        "an eagle planed effortlessly overhead, gliding on an air current"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aviate",
        "fly",
        "glide",
        "soar",
        "wing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drift",
        "float",
        "hang",
        "hover",
        "waft",
        "coast",
        "cruise",
        "sail",
        "sweep",
        "dart",
        "flit",
        "flutter",
        "catapult",
        "helicopter",
        "jet",
        "orbit",
        "rocket",
        "dive",
        "stoop"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planet":{
    "the celestial body on which we live":{
      "examples":[
        "our collective responsibility to conserve the planet and its natural resources for future generations"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "earth",
        "globe",
        "world"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cosmos",
        "creation",
        "nature",
        "universe",
        "ball",
        "orb",
        "sphere",
        "macrocosm",
        "microcosm",
        "microcosmos"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planish":{
    "as in chase":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chase",
        "beat",
        "draw",
        "forge",
        "hammer",
        "pound",
        "fashion",
        "form",
        "knead",
        "model",
        "mold",
        "pat",
        "work",
        "coin",
        "mint",
        "stamp",
        "abate",
        "boast",
        "carve",
        "chisel",
        "cut",
        "grave",
        "hew",
        "knap",
        "sculpt",
        "sculpture"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planking":{
    "to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "planked the carton down on the counter and left"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "flinging",
        "heaving",
        "slinging",
        "tossing",
        "ensconcing",
        "installing",
        "planting",
        "settling"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flopping",
        "flumping",
        "plopping",
        "plumping",
        "plunking",
        "plonking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planners":{
    "as in researchers , pioneers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "groundbreakers",
        "pioneers",
        "researchers",
        "researchists",
        "authors",
        "begetters",
        "creators",
        "establishers",
        "fathers",
        "founders",
        "generators",
        "inaugurators",
        "initiators",
        "instituters",
        "institutors",
        "sires",
        "builders",
        "makers",
        "producers",
        "contrivers",
        "designers",
        "developers",
        "devisers",
        "formulators",
        "innovators",
        "introducers",
        "inventors",
        "originators",
        "dreamers",
        "codevelopers",
        "co-developers",
        "coinventors",
        "co-inventors",
        "coproducers",
        "co-producers",
        "coresearchers",
        "co-researchers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "apers",
        "copiers",
        "copycats",
        "duplicators",
        "imitators",
        "mimics"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in plans , journals":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "journals",
        "logbooks",
        "logs",
        "plans",
        "daybooks",
        "diaries",
        "blogs",
        "itineraries",
        "Weblogs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planning":{
    "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
      "examples":[
        "we planned the school dance down to the smallest detail"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arranging",
        "blueprinting",
        "budgeting",
        "calculating",
        "charting",
        "choreographing",
        "designing",
        "framing",
        "laying out",
        "mapping (out)",
        "organizing",
        "preparing",
        "projecting",
        "scheming (out)",
        "shaping",
        "strategizing (about)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conspiring",
        "contriving",
        "devising",
        "intriguing",
        "machinating",
        "plotting",
        "putting up",
        "concerting",
        "getting up",
        "drafting",
        "outlining",
        "sketching",
        "aiming",
        "figuring",
        "having on",
        "intending",
        "meaning",
        "contemplating",
        "meditating",
        "premeditating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
      "examples":[
        "I plan to have a party for my birthday, even if I have to throw it myself"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aiming",
        "allowing",
        "aspiring",
        "calculating",
        "contemplating",
        "designing",
        "going",
        "intending",
        "looking",
        "meaning",
        "meditating",
        "proposing",
        "purporting",
        "purposing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dreaming",
        "hoping",
        "wishing",
        "considering",
        "debating",
        "mulling (over)",
        "pondering",
        "attempting",
        "endeavoring",
        "striving",
        "struggling",
        "trying",
        "plotting",
        "scheming",
        "accomplishing",
        "achieving",
        "effecting",
        "executing",
        "performing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plantation":{
    "a settlement in a new country or region":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "camp",
        "diaspora",
        "exclave",
        "habitation",
        "outpost",
        "post",
        "dependency",
        "mandate",
        "possession",
        "protectorate",
        "territory"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "colony"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plateau":{
    "a broad flat area of elevated land":{
      "examples":[
        "Native Americans have inhabited the plateau for centuries"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "altiplano",
        "mesa",
        "table",
        "tableland"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "butte",
        "dome",
        "height",
        "highland",
        "upland",
        "karoo",
        "karroo",
        "puna"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in stabilize":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "stabilize"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "change",
        "fluctuate",
        "mutate",
        "shift",
        "snap",
        "vary",
        "metamorphose",
        "morph",
        "transmute",
        "better",
        "improve"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "platings":{
    "as in":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "platitude":{
    "an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
      "examples":[
        "\"blondes have more fun\" is a silly platitude"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banality",
        "bromide",
        "chestnut",
        "clich\u00e9",
        "cliche",
        "commonplace",
        "groaner",
        "homily",
        "shibboleth",
        "trope",
        "truism"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conventional wisdom",
        "party line",
        "routine",
        "inanity",
        "generality",
        "generalization",
        "simplification",
        "adage",
        "proverb",
        "saw",
        "saying",
        "old wives' tale",
        "stereotype"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "profundity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plausible":{
    "worthy of being accepted as true or reasonable":{
      "examples":[
        "it's a plausible explanation for the demise of that prehistoric species"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "believable",
        "credible",
        "creditable",
        "likely",
        "presumptive",
        "probable"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cogent",
        "compelling",
        "conclusive",
        "convincing",
        "decisive",
        "effective",
        "forceful",
        "persuasive",
        "satisfying",
        "strong",
        "telling",
        "acceptable",
        "cogitable",
        "conceivable",
        "imaginable",
        "possible",
        "practical",
        "reasonable",
        "dependable",
        "reliable",
        "trustworthy",
        "sophistic",
        "sophistical",
        "specious"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "absurd",
        "doubtful",
        "dubious",
        "fantastic",
        "fantastical",
        "flimsy",
        "outlandish",
        "preposterous",
        "questionable",
        "ridiculous",
        "impossible",
        "inconceivable",
        "unimaginable",
        "unthinkable",
        "skeptical",
        "suspect",
        "suspicious",
        "uncertain",
        "unsure",
        "hopeless",
        "unworkable",
        "useless"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "far-fetched",
        "implausible",
        "improbable",
        "incredible",
        "unbelievable",
        "unlikely",
        "unplausible"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "play (around)":{
    "as in fool around , cat (around)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cat (around)",
        "fool around",
        "fornicate",
        "tomcat (around)",
        "womanize",
        "cheat",
        "philander",
        "screw around",
        "step out",
        "copulate",
        "couple",
        "lie",
        "make out",
        "mate",
        "sleep",
        "lust"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playacted":{
    "as in played , acted":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[],
      "synonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playboys":{
    "as in rakes , libertines":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "libertines",
        "rakes",
        "rou\u00e9s",
        "bons vivants",
        "bon vivants",
        "epicures",
        "gluttons",
        "gourmands",
        "playgirls",
        "Cyrenaics",
        "Epicureans",
        "debauchees",
        "decadents",
        "hedonists",
        "sensualists",
        "sybarites",
        "voluptuaries"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ascetics",
        "killjoys",
        "spoilsports",
        "wet blankets",
        "fuddy-duddies",
        "prudes",
        "straight arrows"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "played":{
    "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "this is how we're going to play the situation"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "botched",
        "bungled",
        "foozled",
        "fumbled",
        "goofed (up)",
        "loused up",
        "messed (up)",
        "mishandled",
        "muffed",
        "scamped"
      ],
      "related":[
        "engineered",
        "finessed",
        "jockeyed",
        "brought off",
        "carried off",
        "carried out",
        "got off",
        "pulled",
        "commanded",
        "directed",
        "guided",
        "steered",
        "controlled",
        "micromanaged",
        "ran",
        "run",
        "regulated",
        "reacted (to)",
        "responded (to)"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "addressed",
        "contended (with)",
        "coped (with)",
        "fielded",
        "grappled (with)",
        "hacked",
        "handled",
        "managed",
        "maneuvered",
        "manipulated",
        "negotiated",
        "swung",
        "took",
        "treated"
      ]
    },
    "to engage in activity for amusement":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "told her son that he needed some time to run and play in the yard after his hard work"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudged",
        "labored",
        "plodded",
        "plugged (away)",
        "slaved",
        "strained",
        "strove",
        "strived",
        "struggled",
        "sweat",
        "sweated",
        "toiled",
        "worked",
        "wrought"
      ],
      "related":[
        "cavorted",
        "frisked",
        "gamboled",
        "gambolled",
        "romped",
        "dabbled",
        "trifled",
        "amused",
        "diverted",
        "entertained",
        "delighted",
        "pleased",
        "dabbled",
        "fiddled (around)",
        "messed around",
        "puttered (around)",
        "bummed (around)",
        "dawdled",
        "goldbricked",
        "hung",
        "hanged",
        "hung about",
        "idled",
        "loafed",
        "lounged (around or about)",
        "relaxed",
        "rested",
        "screwed around",
        "slacked (off)",
        "jested",
        "joked",
        "teased"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dallied",
        "disported",
        "frolicked",
        "recreated",
        "rollicked",
        "skylarked",
        "sported",
        "toyed"
      ]
    },
    "to present a portrayal or performance of":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "played Hamlet in the campus production of the classic"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "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"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acted",
        "did",
        "impersonated",
        "interpreted",
        "performed",
        "portrayed"
      ]
    },
    "to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "stop playing the innocent, because I know that you were behind that prank"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "aped",
        "copied",
        "imitated",
        "mimed",
        "mimicked",
        "mocked",
        "monkeyed",
        "parodied",
        "travestied",
        "performed",
        "portrayed"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acted",
        "impersonated",
        "masqueraded (as)",
        "personated",
        "posed (as)"
      ]
    },
    "to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "figuring that she had little to lose, she played her last few bucks on the state lottery"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "related":[
        "bade",
        "bid",
        "offered",
        "adventured",
        "chanced",
        "hazarded",
        "speculated",
        "ventured",
        "endangered",
        "imperiled",
        "imperilled",
        "jeopardized"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bet",
        "betted",
        "gambled",
        "laid",
        "put",
        "staked",
        "wagered",
        "went"
      ]
    },
    "to spend time in aimless activity":{
      "antonyms":[],
      "examples":[
        "just played around while we waited for the bus to arrive"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "buckled (down)",
        "knuckled down",
        "settled (down)",
        "set (to)"
      ],
      "related":[
        "dallied",
        "dawdled",
        "dillydallied",
        "hung (around or out)",
        "hanged (around or out)",
        "idled",
        "loafed",
        "lolled",
        "lounged",
        "clowned (around)",
        "horsed around",
        "diddled (with)",
        "tinkered"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "doodled",
        "fiddled (around)",
        "fooled around",
        "fribbled",
        "goofed (around)",
        "hung about",
        "kicked around",
        "messed around",
        "monkeyed (around)",
        "pottered (around)",
        "puttered (around)",
        "trifled"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "played ball":{
    "to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
      "examples":[
        "She refused to play ball with the investigators."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banded (together)",
        "collaborated",
        "concerted",
        "concurred",
        "conjoined",
        "conspired",
        "cooperated",
        "joined",
        "leagued",
        "teamed (up)",
        "united"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "connived",
        "affiliated",
        "allied",
        "associated",
        "combined",
        "confederated",
        "hung together",
        "interfaced"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "played ducks and drakes with":{
    "to use up carelessly":{
      "antonyms":[
        "conserved"
      ],
      "examples":[],
      "near antonyms":[
        "economized",
        "scrimped",
        "skimped",
        "preserved",
        "protected",
        "saved",
        "hoarded",
        "laid up"
      ],
      "related":[
        "splurged",
        "consumed",
        "depleted",
        "exhausted",
        "impoverished",
        "overspent",
        "shot",
        "indulged",
        "overindulged",
        "disbursed",
        "expended",
        "laid out"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blew",
        "dissipated",
        "fiddled away",
        "frittered (away)",
        "lavished",
        "lost",
        "misspent",
        "ran through",
        "spent",
        "squandered",
        "threw away",
        "trifled (away)",
        "wasted"
      ]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "played out":{
    "depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
      "examples":[
        "I'm just played out after the week I've had"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "all in",
        "aweary",
        "beat",
        "beaten",
        "bleary",
        "burned-out",
        "burnt-out",
        "bushed",
        "dead",
        "done",
        "drained",
        "exhausted",
        "fatigued",
        "jaded",
        "knackered",
        "limp",
        "logy",
        "loggy",
        "pooped",
        "prostrate",
        "spent",
        "tapped out",
        "tired",
        "tuckered (out)",
        "washed-out",
        "wearied",
        "weary",
        "wiped out",
        "worn",
        "worn-out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "overfatigued",
        "overtaxed",
        "overworked",
        "broken-down",
        "run-down",
        "debilitated",
        "enervate",
        "enervated",
        "enfeebled",
        "sapped",
        "weakened",
        "drowsy",
        "heavy",
        "sleepy",
        "lethargic",
        "sluggish"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fresh",
        "refreshed",
        "rejuvenated",
        "relaxed",
        "rested",
        "revitalized",
        "active",
        "energetic",
        "invigorated",
        "peppy",
        "strengthened",
        "strong",
        "tireless",
        "vitalized",
        "weariless"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "unwearied"
      ]
    },
    "to make complete use of":{
      "examples":[
        "we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "absorbed",
        "burned",
        "burnt",
        "consumed",
        "depleted",
        "devoured",
        "drained",
        "drew down",
        "exhausted",
        "expended",
        "spent",
        "used up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abated",
        "decreased",
        "de-escalated",
        "diminished",
        "downsized",
        "dwindled",
        "lessened",
        "lowered",
        "reduced",
        "ate",
        "used",
        "bankrupted",
        "cleaned (out)",
        "impoverished",
        "crippled",
        "debilitated",
        "disabled",
        "enfeebled",
        "sapped",
        "undermined",
        "weakened",
        "dried up",
        "emptied",
        "blew",
        "dissipated",
        "frittered (away)",
        "guzzled",
        "lavished",
        "misspent",
        "ran through",
        "squandered",
        "threw away",
        "wasted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "augmented",
        "enlarged",
        "increased",
        "bolstered",
        "enforced",
        "fortified",
        "reinforced",
        "reenforced",
        "strengthened",
        "rebuilt",
        "repaired",
        "restored",
        "revived",
        "conserved",
        "preserved",
        "saved"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "renewed",
        "replaced"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playgrounds":{
    "as in hives , hotbeds":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "happy hunting grounds",
        "hives",
        "hotbeds",
        "hot spots",
        "playlands",
        "headquarters",
        "kernels",
        "nubs",
        "piths",
        "axes",
        "bases",
        "capitals",
        "centers",
        "centrals",
        "cores",
        "cynosures",
        "epicenters",
        "eyes",
        "foci",
        "focuses",
        "ground zeros",
        "hearts",
        "hubs",
        "loci",
        "meccas",
        "navels",
        "nerve centers",
        "nexuses",
        "nexus",
        "nuclei",
        "nucleuses",
        "omphali",
        "seats",
        "deeps",
        "thicks",
        "essences",
        "quintessences",
        "souls",
        "attractions",
        "lodestones",
        "loadstones",
        "magnets",
        "polestars"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "played (on or upon)":{
    "to take unfair advantage of":{
      "examples":[
        "the candidate played on the voters' prejudices"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abused",
        "capitalized (on)",
        "cashed in (on)",
        "exploited",
        "imposed (on or upon)",
        "leveraged",
        "milked",
        "pimped",
        "used",
        "worked",
        "wrought"
      ],
      "related":[
        "jerked around",
        "manipulated",
        "mistreated",
        "bled",
        "cheated",
        "fleeced",
        "overcharged",
        "skinned",
        "soaked",
        "stuck",
        "commercialized",
        "commodified"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plaintive":{
    "expressing or suggesting mourning":{
      "examples":[
        "the puppy's plaintive expression after we put the toy away was rather amusing"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aching",
        "agonized",
        "anguished",
        "bemoaning",
        "bewailing",
        "bitter",
        "deploring",
        "doleful",
        "dolesome",
        "dolorous",
        "funeral",
        "grieving",
        "heartbroken",
        "lamentable",
        "lugubrious",
        "mournful",
        "plangent",
        "regretful",
        "rueful",
        "sorrowful",
        "sorry",
        "wailing",
        "weeping",
        "woeful"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dirgelike",
        "elegiac",
        "elegiacal",
        "melancholy",
        "dejected",
        "depressed",
        "despondent",
        "disconsolate",
        "dispirited",
        "downcast",
        "downhearted",
        "heartsick",
        "heartsore",
        "inconsolable",
        "tearful",
        "brokenhearted",
        "careworn",
        "crestfallen",
        "downcast",
        "downhearted",
        "forlorn",
        "gloomy",
        "glum",
        "low-spirited",
        "miserable",
        "sad",
        "triste",
        "unhappy",
        "woebegone",
        "bawling",
        "crying",
        "groaning",
        "howling",
        "keening",
        "moaning",
        "yammering",
        "bleeding",
        "suffering",
        "black",
        "bleak",
        "cheerless",
        "comfortless",
        "dark",
        "darkening",
        "desolate",
        "dismal",
        "dreary",
        "funereal",
        "gloomy",
        "glum",
        "gray",
        "grey",
        "joyless",
        "low",
        "miserable",
        "moody",
        "morbid",
        "morose",
        "pathetic",
        "pessimistic",
        "piteous",
        "saturnine",
        "somber",
        "sombre",
        "sullen",
        "wretched"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "delighted",
        "exulting",
        "glorying",
        "happy",
        "joyful",
        "rejoicing",
        "triumphant",
        "bright",
        "cheerful",
        "cheering",
        "cheery",
        "laughing",
        "smiling",
        "blissful",
        "blithe",
        "blithesome",
        "buoyant",
        "jocund",
        "jolly",
        "joyous",
        "lighthearted",
        "merry",
        "mirthful",
        "encouraging",
        "hopeful",
        "optimistic",
        "ecstatic",
        "elated",
        "euphoric",
        "exhilarated",
        "giddy",
        "heady",
        "rapturous",
        "rhapsodic",
        "rhapsodical"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "play ducks and drakes with":{
    "to use up carelessly":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "blow",
        "dissipate",
        "fiddle away",
        "fritter (away)",
        "lavish",
        "lose",
        "misspend",
        "run through",
        "spend",
        "squander",
        "throw away",
        "trifle (away)",
        "waste"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "splurge",
        "consume",
        "deplete",
        "exhaust",
        "impoverish",
        "overspend",
        "shoot",
        "indulge",
        "overindulge",
        "disburse",
        "expend",
        "lay out"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "economize",
        "scrimp",
        "skimp",
        "preserve",
        "protect",
        "save",
        "hoard",
        "lay up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "conserve"
      ]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "plays out":{
    "to make complete use of":{
      "examples":[
        "we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "absorbs",
        "burns",
        "consumes",
        "depletes",
        "devours",
        "drains",
        "draws down",
        "exhausts",
        "expends",
        "spends",
        "uses up"
      ],
      "related":[
        "abates",
        "decreases",
        "de-escalates",
        "diminishes",
        "downsizes",
        "dwindles",
        "lessens",
        "lowers",
        "reduces",
        "eats",
        "uses",
        "bankrupts",
        "cleans (out)",
        "impoverishes",
        "cripples",
        "debilitates",
        "disables",
        "enfeebles",
        "saps",
        "undermines",
        "weakens",
        "dries up",
        "empties",
        "blows",
        "dissipates",
        "fritters (away)",
        "guzzles",
        "lavishes",
        "misspends",
        "runs through",
        "squanders",
        "throws away",
        "wastes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "augments",
        "enlarges",
        "increases",
        "bolsters",
        "enforces",
        "fortifies",
        "reinforces",
        "reenforces",
        "strengthens",
        "rebuilds",
        "repairs",
        "restores",
        "revives",
        "conserves",
        "preserves",
        "saves"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "renews",
        "replaces"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plainly":{
    "in an honest and direct manner":{
      "examples":[
        "you'll have to tell your relatives very plainly that you don't like perfume, or they'll keep giving it to you"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "directly",
        "forthrightly",
        "foursquare",
        "plain",
        "straight",
        "straightforward",
        "straightforwards",
        "straightforwardly"
      ],
      "related":[
        "baldly",
        "bluffly",
        "candidly",
        "frankly",
        "honestly",
        "openheartedly",
        "openly",
        "unguardedly",
        "unreservedly",
        "artlessly",
        "earnestly",
        "simply",
        "sincerely",
        "abruptly",
        "bluntly",
        "brusquely",
        "curtly",
        "gruffly",
        "point-blank",
        "sharply",
        "impolitely",
        "inconsiderately",
        "rudely",
        "tactlessly",
        "truthfully",
        "veraciously"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "long-windedly",
        "verbosely",
        "wordily",
        "civilly",
        "courteously",
        "diplomatically",
        "politely",
        "tactfully",
        "deceitfully",
        "mendaciously",
        "untruthfully",
        "erroneously",
        "fallaciously",
        "falsely",
        "hypocritically",
        "insincerely",
        "ambiguously",
        "circuitously",
        "equivocally",
        "evasively",
        "indirectly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "without any question":{
      "examples":[
        "your wife is plainly upset that you didn't invite her to the game with us"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "all right",
        "alright",
        "assuredly",
        "certainly",
        "clearly",
        "definitely",
        "doubtless",
        "easily",
        "forsooth",
        "hands down",
        "inarguably",
        "incontestably",
        "incontrovertibly",
        "indeed",
        "indisputably",
        "really",
        "so",
        "sure",
        "surely",
        "truly",
        "unarguably",
        "undeniably",
        "undoubtedly",
        "unquestionably"
      ],
      "related":[
        "conceivably",
        "likely",
        "perhaps",
        "possibly",
        "probably",
        "obviously",
        "unmistakably"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "placability":{
    "as in amenability , complaisance":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "amenability",
        "complaisance",
        "gentleness",
        "kindliness",
        "mildness",
        "affability",
        "amiability",
        "amicability",
        "benevolence",
        "cordiality",
        "friendliness",
        "geniality",
        "graciousness",
        "pleasantness",
        "sociability",
        "antiaggression",
        "anti-imperialism",
        "antimilitarism",
        "nonaggression",
        "pacifism"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aggression",
        "aggressiveness",
        "assaultiveness",
        "bellicosity",
        "belligerence",
        "belligerency",
        "combativeness",
        "contentiousness",
        "defiance",
        "disputatiousness",
        "feistiness",
        "fight",
        "militance",
        "militancy",
        "militantness",
        "pugnacity",
        "quarrelsomeness",
        "scrappiness",
        "truculence",
        "antagonism",
        "fierceness",
        "hostility",
        "hyperaggressiveness",
        "unfriendliness",
        "imperialism",
        "jingoism",
        "militarism"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "play-offs":{
    "as in semifinals , finals":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "finals",
        "nightcaps",
        "semifinals",
        "championships",
        "nationals",
        "derbies",
        "field days",
        "gymkhanas",
        "outings",
        "battles",
        "conflicts",
        "scrimmages",
        "skirmishes",
        "struggles",
        "tugs-of-war",
        "tussles",
        "biathlons",
        "decathlons",
        "heptathlons",
        "pentathlons",
        "triathlons",
        "athletics",
        "sports",
        "marathons",
        "races",
        "ultramarathons",
        "bouts",
        "competitions",
        "contests",
        "events",
        "games",
        "matches",
        "matchups",
        "meets",
        "sweepstakes",
        "sweep-stake",
        "tournaments",
        "tourneys",
        "heats",
        "rounds",
        "runs",
        "sets",
        "rallies",
        "volleys"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "play-off":{
    "as in semifinal , final":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "final",
        "nightcap",
        "semifinal",
        "championship",
        "national(s)",
        "derby",
        "field day",
        "gymkhana",
        "open",
        "outing",
        "battle",
        "conflict",
        "scrimmage",
        "skirmish",
        "struggle",
        "tug-of-war",
        "tussle",
        "biathlon",
        "decathlon",
        "heptathlon",
        "pentathlon",
        "triathlon",
        "athletics",
        "sport",
        "marathon",
        "race",
        "ultramarathon",
        "bout",
        "competition",
        "contest",
        "event",
        "game",
        "match",
        "matchup",
        "meet",
        "sweepstakes",
        "sweep-stake",
        "tournament",
        "tourney",
        "heat",
        "round",
        "run",
        "set",
        "rally",
        "volley"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "play (on or upon)":{
    "to take unfair advantage of":{
      "examples":[
        "the candidate played on the voters' prejudices"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abuse",
        "capitalize (on)",
        "cash in (on)",
        "exploit",
        "impose (on or upon)",
        "leverage",
        "milk",
        "pimp",
        "use",
        "work"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "jerk around",
        "manipulate",
        "mistreat",
        "bleed",
        "cheat",
        "fleece",
        "overcharge",
        "skin",
        "soak",
        "stick",
        "commercialize",
        "commodify"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plazas":{
    "as in places , squares":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "forecourts",
        "places",
        "squares",
        "atria",
        "atriums",
        "gallerias",
        "parvises",
        "peristyles",
        "decks",
        "terraces",
        "closes",
        "courts",
        "courtyards",
        "enclosures",
        "inclosures",
        "patios",
        "quadrangles",
        "quads",
        "yards",
        "curtilages"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plays":{
    "to engage in activity for amusement":{
      "examples":[
        "told her son that he needed some time to run and play in the yard after his hard work"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dallies",
        "disports",
        "frolics",
        "recreates",
        "rollicks",
        "skylarks",
        "sports",
        "toys"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cavorts",
        "frisks",
        "gambols",
        "romps",
        "dabbles",
        "trifles",
        "amuses",
        "diverts",
        "entertains",
        "delights",
        "pleases",
        "dabbles",
        "fiddles (around)",
        "messes around",
        "putters (around)",
        "bums (around)",
        "dawdles",
        "goldbricks",
        "hangs",
        "hangs about",
        "idles",
        "loafs",
        "lounges (around or about)",
        "relaxes",
        "rests",
        "screws around",
        "slacks (off)",
        "jests",
        "jokes",
        "teases"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudges",
        "labors",
        "plods",
        "plugs (away)",
        "slaves",
        "strains",
        "strives",
        "struggles",
        "sweats",
        "toils",
        "works"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to present a portrayal or performance of":{
      "examples":[
        "played Hamlet in the campus production of the classic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acts",
        "does",
        "impersonates",
        "interprets",
        "performs",
        "portrays"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "depicts",
        "dramatizes",
        "renders",
        "represents",
        "acts out",
        "enacts",
        "pantomimes",
        "playacts",
        "role-plays",
        "takes on",
        "overacts",
        "overplays",
        "underplays",
        "apes",
        "clowns",
        "hams",
        "imitates",
        "masquerades",
        "mimes",
        "mimics",
        "poses (as)",
        "stars (in)",
        "coacts",
        "costars"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "stop playing the innocent, because I know that you were behind that prank"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acts",
        "impersonates",
        "masquerades (as)",
        "personates",
        "poses (as)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "apes",
        "copies",
        "imitates",
        "mimes",
        "mimics",
        "mocks",
        "monkeys",
        "parodies",
        "travesties",
        "performs",
        "portrays"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to spend time in aimless activity":{
      "examples":[
        "just played around while we waited for the bus to arrive"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "doodles",
        "fiddles (around)",
        "fools around",
        "fribbles",
        "goofs (around)",
        "hangs about",
        "kicks around",
        "messes around",
        "monkeys (around)",
        "potters (around)",
        "putters (around)",
        "trifles"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dallies",
        "dawdles",
        "dillydallies",
        "hangs (around or out)",
        "idles",
        "loafs",
        "lolls",
        "lounges",
        "clowns (around)",
        "horses around",
        "diddles (with)",
        "tinkers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "buckles (down)",
        "knuckles down",
        "sets (to)",
        "settles (down)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
      "examples":[
        "this is how we're going to play the situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "addresses",
        "contends (with)",
        "copes (with)",
        "fields",
        "grapples (with)",
        "hacks",
        "handles",
        "manages",
        "maneuvers",
        "manipulates",
        "negotiates",
        "swings",
        "takes",
        "treats"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "engineers",
        "finesses",
        "jockeys",
        "brings off",
        "carries off",
        "carries out",
        "gets off",
        "pulls",
        "commands",
        "directs",
        "guides",
        "steers",
        "controls",
        "micromanages",
        "regulates",
        "runs",
        "reacts (to)",
        "responds (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "botches",
        "bungles",
        "foozles",
        "fumbles",
        "goofs (up)",
        "louses up",
        "messes (up)",
        "mishandles",
        "muffs",
        "scamps"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
      "examples":[
        "figuring that she had little to lose, she played her last few bucks on the state lottery"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bets",
        "gambles",
        "goes",
        "lays",
        "puts",
        "stakes",
        "wagers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bids",
        "offers",
        "adventures",
        "chances",
        "hazards",
        "speculates",
        "ventures",
        "endangers",
        "imperils",
        "jeopardizes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage":{
      "examples":[
        "we'll be putting on a school play using that stage"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dramas",
        "dramatizations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interludes",
        "playlets",
        "comedies",
        "comedy dramas",
        "docudramas",
        "dramedies",
        "melodramas",
        "monodramas",
        "musical comedies",
        "musicals",
        "psychodramas",
        "tragedies",
        "tragicomedies",
        "magnum opuses",
        "opera",
        "opuses",
        "works",
        "adaptations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
      "examples":[
        "the host's sense of humor was obviously in play during the awards ceremony"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "applications",
        "employments",
        "exercises",
        "operations",
        "usages",
        "uses"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "exertions",
        "reuses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disuses",
        "nonuses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
      "examples":[
        "the guy at the bar made an unusually creative play to get her phone number"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "artifices",
        "devices",
        "dodges",
        "fetches",
        "flimflams",
        "gambits",
        "gimmicks",
        "jigs",
        "juggles",
        "knacks",
        "ploys",
        "ruses",
        "schemes",
        "shenanigans",
        "sleights",
        "stratagems",
        "tricks",
        "wiles"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bluffs",
        "end runs",
        "feints",
        "chicaneries",
        "cozenages",
        "crafts",
        "crookeries",
        "cunnings",
        "deceptions",
        "duperies",
        "duplicities",
        "fakeries",
        "juggleries",
        "legerdemains",
        "skulduggeries",
        "skullduggeries",
        "subterfuges",
        "trickeries",
        "frauds",
        "gaffs",
        "hoaxes",
        "shams",
        "swindles",
        "blinds",
        "fronts",
        "smoke screens"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planting":{
    "to put or set into the ground to grow":{
      "examples":[
        "I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "drilling",
        "putting in",
        "seeding",
        "sowing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bedding",
        "replanting",
        "transplanting",
        "broadcasting",
        "scattering",
        "potting",
        "overseeding",
        "reseeding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gathering",
        "harvesting",
        "reaping"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
      "examples":[
        "soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beginning",
        "constituting",
        "establishing",
        "founding",
        "inaugurating",
        "initiating",
        "innovating",
        "instituting",
        "introducing",
        "launching",
        "pioneering",
        "setting up",
        "starting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authoring",
        "fathering",
        "originating",
        "conceiving",
        "concocting",
        "contriving",
        "cooking (up)",
        "creating",
        "devising",
        "fabricating",
        "inventing",
        "making up",
        "manufacturing",
        "producing",
        "thinking (up)",
        "constructing",
        "putting up",
        "developing",
        "enlarging",
        "expanding",
        "endowing",
        "financing",
        "funding",
        "subsidizing",
        "arranging",
        "organizing",
        "systematizing",
        "systemizing",
        "refounding",
        "reinitiating",
        "reinstituting",
        "relaunching"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abolishing",
        "annihilating",
        "annulling",
        "nullifying",
        "ending",
        "finishing",
        "halting",
        "stopping",
        "terminating",
        "rounding (off or out)",
        "winding up",
        "wrapping up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "closing (down)",
        "phasing out",
        "shutting (up)"
      ]
    },
    "to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
      "examples":[
        "a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breeding",
        "enrooting",
        "implanting",
        "inculcating",
        "infixing",
        "inseminating",
        "instilling",
        "sowing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "driving",
        "hammering",
        "pounding",
        "embedding",
        "imbedding",
        "entrenching",
        "intrenching",
        "fixing",
        "lodging",
        "rooting",
        "imbuing",
        "infusing",
        "ingraining",
        "engraining",
        "inoculating",
        "investing",
        "steeping",
        "suffusing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plays hooky":{
    "to fail to attend":{
      "examples":[
        "He got in big trouble when his parents found out he played hooky that day."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blows off",
        "cuts",
        "misses",
        "skips"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ignores",
        "neglects",
        "passes over"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "attends",
        "shows up (for)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "play-by-plays":{
    "a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)":{
      "examples":[
        "on Monday mornings she usually gives her coworkers a detailed play-by-play on how her weekend date went"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "analyses",
        "commentaries",
        "comments",
        "expositions"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "annotations",
        "explications",
        "descants",
        "discants",
        "notes",
        "observations",
        "remarks",
        "reports",
        "reviews",
        "write-ups"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plants":{
    "a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{
      "examples":[
        "a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "factories",
        "manufactories",
        "mills",
        "shops",
        "works",
        "workshops"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sweatshops",
        "ateliers",
        "studios",
        "workplaces",
        "workrooms",
        "yards"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to put or set into the ground to grow":{
      "examples":[
        "I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "drills",
        "puts in",
        "seeds",
        "sows"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "beds",
        "replants",
        "transplants",
        "broadcasts",
        "scatters",
        "pots",
        "overseeds",
        "reseeds"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gathers",
        "harvests",
        "reaps"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
      "examples":[
        "soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "begins",
        "constitutes",
        "establishes",
        "founds",
        "inaugurates",
        "initiates",
        "innovates",
        "institutes",
        "introduces",
        "launches",
        "pioneers",
        "sets up",
        "starts"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authors",
        "fathers",
        "originates",
        "conceives",
        "concocts",
        "contrives",
        "cooks (up)",
        "creates",
        "devises",
        "fabricates",
        "invents",
        "makes up",
        "manufactures",
        "produces",
        "thinks (up)",
        "constructs",
        "puts up",
        "develops",
        "enlarges",
        "expands",
        "endows",
        "finances",
        "funds",
        "subsidizes",
        "arranges",
        "organizes",
        "systematizes",
        "systemizes",
        "refounds",
        "reinitiates",
        "reinstitutes",
        "relaunches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abolishes",
        "annihilates",
        "annuls",
        "nullifies",
        "ends",
        "finishes",
        "halts",
        "stops",
        "terminates",
        "rounds (off or out)",
        "winds up",
        "wraps up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "closes (down)",
        "phases out",
        "shuts (up)"
      ]
    },
    "to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
      "examples":[
        "a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breeds",
        "enroots",
        "implants",
        "inculcates",
        "infixes",
        "inseminates",
        "instills",
        "sows"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drives",
        "hammers",
        "pounds",
        "embeds",
        "imbeds",
        "entrenches",
        "intrenches",
        "fixes",
        "lodges",
        "roots",
        "imbues",
        "infuses",
        "ingrains",
        "engrains",
        "inoculates",
        "invests",
        "steeps",
        "suffuses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plateaux":{
    "a broad flat area of elevated land":{
      "examples":[
        "Native Americans have inhabited the plateau for centuries"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "altiplanos",
        "mesas",
        "tablelands",
        "tables"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "buttes",
        "domes",
        "heights",
        "highlands",
        "uplands",
        "karoos",
        "karroos",
        "punas"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in stabilizes":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "stabilizes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "changes",
        "fluctuates",
        "mutates",
        "shifts",
        "snaps",
        "varies",
        "metamorphoses",
        "morphs",
        "transmutes",
        "betters",
        "improves"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plastered":{
    "being under the influence of alcohol":{
      "examples":[
        "I don't believe it: you're totally plastered at your own dinner party"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "besotted",
        "blasted",
        "blind",
        "blitzed",
        "blotto",
        "bombed",
        "boozy",
        "canned",
        "cockeyed",
        "crocked",
        "drunk",
        "drunken",
        "fried",
        "gassed",
        "hammered",
        "high",
        "impaired",
        "inebriate",
        "inebriated",
        "intoxicated",
        "juiced",
        "lit",
        "lit up",
        "loaded",
        "looped",
        "oiled",
        "pickled",
        "pie-eyed",
        "potted",
        "ripped",
        "sloshed",
        "smashed",
        "sottish",
        "soused",
        "sozzled",
        "squiffed",
        "squiffy",
        "stewed",
        "stiff",
        "stinking",
        "stoned",
        "tanked",
        "tiddly",
        "tight",
        "tipsy",
        "wasted",
        "wet",
        "wiped out"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "maudlin",
        "beery",
        "befuddled",
        "bleary-eyed",
        "crapulous",
        "dopey",
        "dopy",
        "rocky",
        "strung out",
        "stupefied",
        "debauched",
        "dissipated",
        "dissolute",
        "alcoholic",
        "bibulous",
        "dipsomaniacal"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abstemious",
        "abstinent",
        "dry",
        "temperate",
        "teetotal",
        "clearheaded",
        "cool",
        "level",
        "steady"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "sober",
        "straight"
      ]
    },
    "as in nailed , tacked (up)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nailed",
        "tacked (up)",
        "placarded",
        "posted",
        "advertised",
        "announced",
        "billed",
        "blazed",
        "broadcast",
        "broadcasted",
        "called",
        "declared",
        "proclaimed",
        "promulgated",
        "publicized",
        "published"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "removed",
        "took down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in smeared , dabbed":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "anointed",
        "bedaubed",
        "besmeared",
        "dabbed",
        "daubed",
        "slathered",
        "smeared",
        "applied",
        "laid",
        "laid on",
        "spread",
        "blanketed",
        "carpeted",
        "coated",
        "covered",
        "layered",
        "mantled",
        "overlaid",
        "overlay",
        "overspread",
        "sheeted",
        "surfaced"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bared",
        "exposed",
        "peeled",
        "stripped",
        "stript",
        "uncovered"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in battered , buffeted":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "banged away (at)",
        "battered",
        "buffeted",
        "barraged",
        "cannonaded",
        "cannoned",
        "beleaguered",
        "besieged",
        "pressed",
        "blitzed",
        "bombarded",
        "bombed",
        "nuked",
        "harried",
        "looted",
        "pillaged",
        "plundered",
        "ravaged",
        "sacked",
        "ambuscaded",
        "ambushed",
        "surprised",
        "surprized",
        "waylaid",
        "forayed",
        "invaded",
        "overran",
        "mugged",
        "robbed",
        "enveloped",
        "flanked",
        "bum-rushed",
        "ganged up (on)",
        "mobbed",
        "swarmed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "covered",
        "defended",
        "guarded",
        "protected",
        "secured",
        "shielded"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plasters":{
    "a medicated covering used to heal an injury":{
      "examples":[
        "put a plaster on the burn and don't touch it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cataplasms",
        "dressings",
        "poultices"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balms",
        "creams",
        "embrocations",
        "liniments",
        "lotions",
        "ointments",
        "salves",
        "unguents"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in nails , tacks (up)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nails",
        "tacks (up)",
        "placards",
        "posts",
        "advertises",
        "announces",
        "bills",
        "blazes",
        "broadcasts",
        "calls",
        "declares",
        "proclaims",
        "promulgates",
        "publicizes",
        "publishes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "removes",
        "takes down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in smears , dabs":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "anoints",
        "bedaubs",
        "besmears",
        "dabs",
        "daubs",
        "slathers",
        "smears",
        "applies",
        "lays",
        "lays on",
        "spreads",
        "blankets",
        "carpets",
        "coats",
        "covers",
        "layers",
        "mantles",
        "overlays",
        "overlies",
        "overspreads",
        "sheets",
        "surfaces"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bares",
        "exposes",
        "peels",
        "strips",
        "uncovers"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in batters , buffets":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bangs away (at)",
        "batters",
        "buffets",
        "barrages",
        "cannonades",
        "cannons",
        "beleaguers",
        "besieges",
        "presses",
        "blitzes",
        "bombards",
        "bombs",
        "nukes",
        "harries",
        "loots",
        "pillages",
        "plunders",
        "ravages",
        "sacks",
        "ambuscades",
        "ambushes",
        "surprises",
        "surprizes",
        "waylays",
        "forays",
        "invades",
        "overruns",
        "mugs",
        "robs",
        "envelops",
        "flanks",
        "bum-rushes",
        "gangs up (on)",
        "mobs",
        "swarms"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "covers",
        "defends",
        "guards",
        "protects",
        "secures",
        "shields"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plausibility":{
    "as in credibility , plausibleness":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "credibility",
        "plausibleness",
        "liability",
        "likelihood",
        "probability",
        "feasibility",
        "feasibleness",
        "possibility",
        "potentiality",
        "reasonability",
        "reasonableness",
        "viability"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "improbability",
        "unlikelihood",
        "unlikeliness",
        "doubtfulness",
        "dubiousness",
        "impracticability",
        "impracticality",
        "implausibility",
        "incredibility",
        "incredibleness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plainness":{
    "the free expression of one's true feelings and opinions":{
      "examples":[
        "his unabashed plainness in telling people exactly what he thought of them was often offensive"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bluntness",
        "candidness",
        "candor",
        "directness",
        "forthrightness",
        "frankness",
        "honesty",
        "openheartedness",
        "openness",
        "outspokenness",
        "plainspokenness",
        "plumpness",
        "straightforwardness",
        "unguardedness",
        "unreserve",
        "unreservedness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "earnestness",
        "sincerity",
        "sobriety",
        "artlessness",
        "genuineness",
        "na\u00efvet\u00e9",
        "naivete",
        "naivet\u00e9",
        "simplicity",
        "unsophistication",
        "communicativeness",
        "freedom",
        "license",
        "licence",
        "uninhibitedness",
        "unrestrainedness",
        "unrestraint"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "circuitousness",
        "evasiveness",
        "secretiveness",
        "inhibition",
        "reserve",
        "restraint",
        "reticence",
        "shyness",
        "diplomacy",
        "tact"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "dissembling",
        "dissimulation",
        "indirection"
      ]
    },
    "the quality or state of having a form or structure of few parts or elements":{
      "examples":[
        "the plainness and clean lines of that coffeemaker make it a piece of modern sculpture as well as a kitchen appliance"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "simplicity",
        "unsophistication"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "homogeneity",
        "homogeneousness",
        "uniformity",
        "unity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "complexity",
        "complexness",
        "complicacy",
        "complicatedness",
        "complication",
        "elaborateness",
        "intricacy",
        "intricateness",
        "sophistication"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plastering":{
    "failure to win a contest":{
      "examples":[
        "our team's most recent plastering is just plain sad"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beating",
        "defeat",
        "drubbing",
        "licking",
        "loss",
        "lump",
        "overthrow",
        "rout",
        "shellacking",
        "trimming",
        "trouncing",
        "whipping"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "collapse",
        "debacle",
        "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
        "failure",
        "fiasco",
        "fizzle",
        "flop",
        "nonsuccess",
        "setback",
        "upset",
        "lurch",
        "shutout",
        "washout",
        "whitewash"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accomplishment",
        "achievement",
        "blowout",
        "cakewalk",
        "landslide",
        "romp",
        "runaway",
        "sweep",
        "walkaway",
        "walkover"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "success",
        "triumph",
        "victory",
        "win"
      ]
    },
    "as in nailing , tacking (up)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nailing",
        "tacking (up)",
        "placarding",
        "posting",
        "advertising",
        "announcing",
        "billing",
        "blazing",
        "broadcasting",
        "calling",
        "declaring",
        "proclaiming",
        "promulgating",
        "publicizing",
        "publishing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "removing",
        "taking down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in smearing , dabbing":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "anointing",
        "bedaubing",
        "besmearing",
        "dabbing",
        "daubing",
        "slathering",
        "smearing",
        "applying",
        "laying",
        "laying on",
        "spreading",
        "blanketing",
        "carpeting",
        "coating",
        "covering",
        "layering",
        "mantling",
        "overlaying",
        "overlying",
        "overspreading",
        "sheeting",
        "surfacing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "baring",
        "exposing",
        "peeling",
        "stripping",
        "uncovering"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in battering , buffeting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "banging away (at)",
        "battering",
        "buffeting",
        "barraging",
        "cannonading",
        "cannoning",
        "beleaguering",
        "besieging",
        "pressing",
        "blitzing",
        "bombarding",
        "bombing",
        "nuking",
        "harrying",
        "looting",
        "pillaging",
        "plundering",
        "ravaging",
        "sacking",
        "ambuscading",
        "ambushing",
        "surprising",
        "surprizing",
        "waylaying",
        "foraying",
        "invading",
        "overrunning",
        "mugging",
        "robbing",
        "enveloping",
        "flanking",
        "bum-rushing",
        "ganging up (on)",
        "mobbing",
        "swarming"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "covering",
        "defending",
        "guarding",
        "protecting",
        "securing",
        "shielding"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plaits":{
    "a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together":{
      "examples":[
        "she wore a plait down her back that reached her waist"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braids",
        "laces",
        "lacings",
        "plats"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "rickracks",
        "ricracs",
        "stripes",
        "cornrows",
        "dreadlocks",
        "pigtails",
        "queues",
        "braidings"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to form into a braid":{
      "examples":[
        "plaited the doll's hair so it wouldn't tangle"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braids",
        "plats",
        "pleats"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interlaces",
        "interweaves",
        "weaves"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placement tests":{
    "as in intelligence tests , aptitude tests":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aptitude tests",
        "intelligence tests",
        "examinations",
        "exams",
        "quizzes",
        "tests",
        "pretests",
        "retests",
        "boards",
        "midterms",
        "midyears",
        "catechisms",
        "auditions",
        "finals",
        "checkups",
        "inspections",
        "reviews",
        "inquiries",
        "interrogations",
        "investigations",
        "probes",
        "researches"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playing up":{
    "to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
      "examples":[
        "that TV news program plays up sensational stories just to get higher ratings"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accenting",
        "accentuating",
        "emphasizing",
        "featuring",
        "foregrounding",
        "highlighting",
        "illuminating",
        "pointing (up)",
        "pressing",
        "punctuating",
        "stressing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "focusing",
        "focussing",
        "identifying",
        "pinpointing",
        "spotlighting",
        "advertising",
        "boosting",
        "plugging",
        "promoting",
        "publicizing",
        "overplaying"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "toning (down)",
        "underemphasizing",
        "understating",
        "belittling",
        "discounting",
        "disparaging",
        "minimizing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "de-emphasizing",
        "playing down"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "platted":{
    "to form into a braid":{
      "examples":[
        "plat yarn into a cord"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braided",
        "plaited",
        "pleated"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interlaced",
        "interwove",
        "interweaved",
        "wove",
        "weaved"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playmates":{
    "as in classmates , roommates":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "classmates",
        "housemates",
        "messmates",
        "playfellows",
        "roommates",
        "roomies",
        "schoolmates",
        "shipmates",
        "teammates",
        "associates",
        "cohorts",
        "companions",
        "compatriots",
        "compeers",
        "comrades",
        "cronies",
        "fellows",
        "hobnobbers",
        "mates",
        "running mates",
        "colleagues",
        "coworkers",
        "co-workers",
        "equals",
        "peers",
        "workmates",
        "accomplices",
        "affiliates",
        "allies",
        "collaborators",
        "confederates",
        "halves",
        "partners",
        "buddies",
        "chums",
        "confidants",
        "familiars",
        "friends",
        "hearties",
        "intimates",
        "pals",
        "countrymen",
        "attendants",
        "escorts",
        "hangers-on",
        "leeches",
        "parasites"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playwrights":{
    "a person who writes plays":{
      "examples":[
        "The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dramatists",
        "scenarists",
        "screenwriters",
        "scriptwriters",
        "authors",
        "litterateurs",
        "litt\u00e9rateurs",
        "penmen",
        "pens",
        "scribes",
        "scriveners",
        "writers",
        "auteurs",
        "belletrists",
        "belle-lettrists",
        "stylists",
        "wordsmiths",
        "coauthors",
        "co-authors",
        "coscenarists",
        "co-scenarists",
        "cowriters",
        "co-writers",
        "ghostwriters",
        "hacks",
        "hatchet men",
        "scribblers",
        "wordmongers",
        "biographers",
        "hagiographers",
        "autobiographers",
        "memoirists",
        "memorialists",
        "fabulists",
        "fictioneers",
        "fictionists",
        "novelists",
        "romancers",
        "storytellers",
        "essayists",
        "pamphleteers",
        "satirists",
        "prosaists",
        "prosateurs",
        "prosers",
        "bards",
        "poets",
        "rhymers",
        "versifiers",
        "bloggers",
        "columnists",
        "journalists",
        "newspapermen",
        "paragraphers",
        "reporters",
        "sportswriters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "nonauthors",
        "nonwriters"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plans":{
    "a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
      "examples":[
        "there is a contingency plan in the office for handling almost any emergency"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arrangements",
        "blueprints",
        "designs",
        "game plans",
        "games",
        "ground plans",
        "master plans",
        "programs",
        "projects",
        "road maps",
        "schemes",
        "strategies",
        "systems"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "collusions",
        "conspiracies",
        "plots",
        "contrivances",
        "devices",
        "gambits",
        "maneuvers",
        "ruses",
        "stratagems",
        "subterfuges",
        "tricks",
        "counterplans",
        "counterstrategies",
        "counter-strategies",
        "means",
        "tactics",
        "techniques",
        "ways",
        "procedures",
        "protocols",
        "conceptions",
        "ideas",
        "projets",
        "proposals",
        "specifications",
        "specifics",
        "aims",
        "intentions",
        "intents",
        "purposes",
        "diagrams",
        "formulas",
        "formulae",
        "layouts",
        "maps",
        "patterns",
        "platforms",
        "policies",
        "recipes",
        "setups"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
      "examples":[
        "our plan is to finish up by next Friday"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aims",
        "ambitions",
        "aspirations",
        "bournes",
        "bourns",
        "designs",
        "dreams",
        "ends",
        "goals",
        "ideals",
        "ideas",
        "intentions",
        "intents",
        "marks",
        "meanings",
        "objectives",
        "objects",
        "points",
        "pretensions",
        "purposes",
        "targets",
        "things"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "grails",
        "holy grails",
        "plots",
        "projects",
        "schemes",
        "desires",
        "hopes",
        "minds",
        "wishes",
        "nirvanas",
        "destinations",
        "termini",
        "terminuses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "means",
        "methods",
        "ways"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
      "examples":[
        "we planned the school dance down to the smallest detail"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arranges",
        "blueprints",
        "budgets",
        "calculates",
        "charts",
        "choreographs",
        "designs",
        "frames",
        "lays out",
        "maps (out)",
        "organizes",
        "prepares",
        "projects",
        "schemes (out)",
        "shapes",
        "strategizes (about)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conspires",
        "contrives",
        "devises",
        "intrigues",
        "machinates",
        "plots",
        "puts up",
        "concerts",
        "gets up",
        "drafts",
        "outlines",
        "sketches",
        "aims",
        "figures",
        "has on",
        "intends",
        "means",
        "contemplates",
        "meditates",
        "premeditates"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
      "examples":[
        "I plan to have a party for my birthday, even if I have to throw it myself"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aims",
        "allows",
        "aspires",
        "calculates",
        "contemplates",
        "designs",
        "goes",
        "intends",
        "looks",
        "means",
        "meditates",
        "proposes",
        "purports",
        "purposes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dreams",
        "hopes",
        "wishes",
        "considers",
        "debates",
        "mulls (over)",
        "ponders",
        "attempts",
        "endeavors",
        "strives",
        "struggles",
        "tries",
        "plots",
        "schemes",
        "accomplishes",
        "achieves",
        "effects",
        "executes",
        "performs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placed":{
    "to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
      "examples":[
        "he carefully placed the flowers in a vase"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deposed",
        "deposited",
        "disposed",
        "emplaced",
        "fixed",
        "laid",
        "positioned",
        "put",
        "set",
        "set up",
        "situated",
        "stuck"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "moved",
        "rearranged",
        "reordered",
        "shifted",
        "oriented",
        "established",
        "located",
        "planted",
        "settled",
        "clapped",
        "clapt",
        "flopped",
        "planked",
        "plopped",
        "plumped",
        "plunked",
        "plonked",
        "plunked down",
        "plonked down",
        "slapped",
        "ensconced",
        "niched",
        "assembled",
        "collected",
        "carried",
        "berthed",
        "parked",
        "affixed",
        "anchored",
        "locked",
        "lodged",
        "wedged",
        "arrayed",
        "laid out",
        "lined up",
        "queued",
        "ranked",
        "set down"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "relocated",
        "removed",
        "took",
        "banished",
        "dislodged",
        "displaced",
        "replaced",
        "superseded",
        "supplanted"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to arrange or assign according to type":{
      "examples":[
        "I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assorted",
        "broke down",
        "categorized",
        "classed",
        "classified",
        "codified",
        "compartmentalized",
        "compartmented",
        "digested",
        "distinguished",
        "distributed",
        "graded",
        "grouped",
        "pegged",
        "ranged",
        "ranked",
        "relegated",
        "separated",
        "sorted",
        "typed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arrayed",
        "disposed",
        "drew up",
        "marshaled",
        "marshalled",
        "ordered",
        "organized",
        "systematized",
        "alphabetized",
        "cataloged",
        "catalogued",
        "filed",
        "indexed",
        "listed",
        "referred",
        "pigeonholed",
        "shelved",
        "identified",
        "recognized",
        "culled",
        "screened",
        "set",
        "sieved",
        "sifted",
        "winnowed",
        "clumped",
        "clustered",
        "colligated",
        "recategorized",
        "reclassified",
        "regrouped",
        "subcategorized"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "confused",
        "disarranged",
        "jumbled",
        "lumped",
        "mixed (up)",
        "scrambled",
        "misclassified",
        "missorted",
        "mis-sorted",
        "mistyped"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
      "examples":[
        "I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calculated",
        "called",
        "conjectured",
        "estimated",
        "figured",
        "gauged",
        "gaged",
        "guessed",
        "judged",
        "made",
        "put",
        "reckoned",
        "supposed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "concluded",
        "deduced",
        "extrapolated",
        "gathered",
        "inferred",
        "reasoned",
        "understood"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calibrated",
        "measured",
        "scaled",
        "computed",
        "worked out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
      "examples":[
        "placed second in the competition"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "graded",
        "ranked",
        "rated",
        "stood",
        "was"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "seeded",
        "counted",
        "categorized",
        "classed",
        "classified",
        "codified",
        "compartmentalized",
        "grouped",
        "separated",
        "set",
        "sorted",
        "installed",
        "instated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
      "examples":[
        "placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appointed",
        "assigned",
        "attached",
        "commissioned",
        "constituted",
        "designated",
        "detailed",
        "named",
        "nominated"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authorized",
        "delegated",
        "deputed",
        "deputized",
        "anointed",
        "consecrated",
        "created",
        "inaugurated",
        "inducted",
        "installed",
        "instated",
        "instituted",
        "invested",
        "made",
        "ordained",
        "crowned",
        "enthroned",
        "throned",
        "chose",
        "destined",
        "drafted",
        "elected",
        "handpicked",
        "selected",
        "singled (out)",
        "voted (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blackballed",
        "deposed",
        "dethroned",
        "displaced",
        "ejected",
        "evicted",
        "ousted",
        "overthrew",
        "removed",
        "threw out",
        "uncrowned",
        "unmade",
        "unseated"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discharged",
        "dismissed",
        "expelled",
        "fired"
      ]
    },
    "to present or bring forward for discussion":{
      "examples":[
        "once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "broached",
        "brought up",
        "introduced",
        "mooted",
        "raised"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alluded (to)",
        "cited",
        "mentioned",
        "named",
        "referred (to)",
        "offered",
        "proposed",
        "suggested",
        "aired",
        "expressed",
        "spoke (of)",
        "talked (about)",
        "vented",
        "ventilated",
        "interjected",
        "interrupted",
        "debated",
        "discussed",
        "thrashed (out or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "censored",
        "hushed (up)",
        "quieted",
        "silenced",
        "suppressed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to provide with a paying job":{
      "examples":[
        "most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assumed",
        "employed",
        "engaged",
        "feed",
        "hired",
        "laid on",
        "paid",
        "recruited",
        "retained",
        "signed (up or on)",
        "took on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "reemployed",
        "re-employed",
        "reengaged",
        "re-engaged",
        "rehired",
        "apprenticed",
        "contracted",
        "jobbed",
        "partnered",
        "subcontracted",
        "enlisted",
        "advanced",
        "promoted",
        "upgraded",
        "kept (on)",
        "headhunted",
        "scouted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "furloughed",
        "laid off",
        "locked out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "axed",
        "canned",
        "discharged",
        "dismissed",
        "fired",
        "sacked"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playwright":{
    "a person who writes plays":{
      "examples":[
        "The actor perfectly captured the unique cadences employed by the playwright ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dramatist",
        "scenarist",
        "screenwriter",
        "scriptwriter",
        "author",
        "litterateur",
        "litt\u00e9rateur",
        "pen",
        "penman",
        "scribe",
        "scrivener",
        "writer",
        "auteur",
        "belletrist",
        "belle-lettrist",
        "stylist",
        "wordsmith",
        "coauthor",
        "coscenarist",
        "cowriter",
        "ghostwriter",
        "hack",
        "hatchet man",
        "scribbler",
        "wordmonger",
        "biographer",
        "hagiographer",
        "autobiographer",
        "memoirist",
        "memorialist",
        "fabulist",
        "fictioneer",
        "fictionist",
        "novelist",
        "romancer",
        "storyteller",
        "essayist",
        "pamphleteer",
        "satirist",
        "prosaist",
        "prosateur",
        "proser",
        "bard",
        "poet",
        "rhymer",
        "versifier",
        "blogger",
        "columnist",
        "journalist",
        "newspaperman",
        "paragrapher",
        "reporter",
        "sportswriter"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "nonauthor",
        "nonwriter"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playful":{
    "given to good-natured joking or teasing":{
      "examples":[
        "the little girl was lighthearted and playful"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "antic",
        "coltish",
        "elfish",
        "fay",
        "frisky",
        "frolicsome",
        "larky",
        "rollicking",
        "sportful",
        "sportive"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "coy",
        "kittenish",
        "gay",
        "happy",
        "lighthearted",
        "whimsical",
        "energetic",
        "frolic",
        "jocund",
        "lively",
        "merry",
        "spirited",
        "sprightly",
        "spunky",
        "vivacious",
        "devilish",
        "impish",
        "knavish",
        "mischievous",
        "pixie",
        "pixy",
        "rascally",
        "roguish",
        "amusing",
        "diverting",
        "enjoyable",
        "entertaining",
        "fun",
        "pleasurable",
        "dabbling",
        "frivolous",
        "goofy",
        "silly",
        "trifling",
        "delightful",
        "pleasant",
        "pleasing",
        "jesting",
        "jocose",
        "jocular",
        "joking",
        "prankish",
        "teasing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dutiful",
        "responsible",
        "grave",
        "grim",
        "serious",
        "solemn",
        "somber",
        "sombre",
        "stern",
        "stolid",
        "no-nonsense",
        "priggish",
        "starchy",
        "stuffy",
        "decorous",
        "formal",
        "proper",
        "sedate",
        "staid",
        "guarded",
        "inhibited",
        "restrained"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "earnest",
        "serious-minded",
        "sober",
        "sobersided"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "play":{
    "to engage in activity for amusement":{
      "examples":[
        "told her son that he needed some time to run and play in the yard after his hard work"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dally",
        "disport",
        "frolic",
        "recreate",
        "rollick",
        "skylark",
        "sport",
        "toy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cavort",
        "frisk",
        "gambol",
        "romp",
        "dabble",
        "trifle",
        "amuse",
        "divert",
        "entertain",
        "delight",
        "please",
        "dabble",
        "fiddle (around)",
        "mess around",
        "putter (around)",
        "bum (around)",
        "dawdle",
        "goldbrick",
        "hang",
        "hang about",
        "idle",
        "loaf",
        "lounge (around or about)",
        "relax",
        "rest",
        "screw around",
        "slack (off)",
        "jest",
        "joke",
        "tease"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudge",
        "labor",
        "plod",
        "plug (away)",
        "slave",
        "strain",
        "strive",
        "struggle",
        "sweat",
        "toil",
        "work"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to present a portrayal or performance of":{
      "examples":[
        "played Hamlet in the campus production of the classic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "act",
        "do",
        "impersonate",
        "interpret",
        "perform",
        "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 pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "stop playing the innocent, because I know that you were behind that prank"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "act",
        "impersonate",
        "masquerade (as)",
        "personate",
        "pose (as)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ape",
        "copy",
        "imitate",
        "mime",
        "mimic",
        "mock",
        "monkey",
        "parody",
        "travesty",
        "perform",
        "portray"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to spend time in aimless activity":{
      "examples":[
        "just played around while we waited for the bus to arrive"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "doodle",
        "fiddle (around)",
        "fool around",
        "fribble",
        "goof (around)",
        "hang about",
        "kick around",
        "mess around",
        "monkey (around)",
        "potter (around)",
        "putter (around)",
        "trifle"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dally",
        "dawdle",
        "dillydally",
        "hang (around or out)",
        "idle",
        "loaf",
        "loll",
        "lounge",
        "clown (around)",
        "horse around",
        "diddle (with)",
        "tinker"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "buckle (down)",
        "knuckle down",
        "set (to)",
        "settle (down)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
      "examples":[
        "this is how we're going to play the situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "address",
        "contend (with)",
        "cope (with)",
        "field",
        "grapple (with)",
        "hack",
        "handle",
        "manage",
        "maneuver",
        "manipulate",
        "negotiate",
        "swing",
        "take",
        "treat"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "engineer",
        "finesse",
        "jockey",
        "bring off",
        "carry off",
        "carry out",
        "get off",
        "pull",
        "command",
        "direct",
        "guide",
        "steer",
        "control",
        "micromanage",
        "regulate",
        "run",
        "react (to)",
        "respond (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "botch",
        "bungle",
        "foozle",
        "fumble",
        "goof (up)",
        "louse up",
        "mess (up)",
        "mishandle",
        "muff",
        "scamp"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
      "examples":[
        "figuring that she had little to lose, she played her last few bucks on the state lottery"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bet",
        "gamble",
        "go",
        "lay",
        "put",
        "stake",
        "wager"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bid",
        "offer",
        "adventure",
        "chance",
        "hazard",
        "speculate",
        "venture",
        "endanger",
        "imperil",
        "jeopardize"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
      "examples":[
        "it's such a delight to watch the children in their play"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dalliance",
        "frolic",
        "frolicking",
        "fun",
        "fun and games",
        "recreation",
        "relaxation",
        "rollicking",
        "sport"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gamboling",
        "gambolling",
        "romping",
        "amusement",
        "diversion",
        "entertainment",
        "hobby",
        "hobbyhorse",
        "pastime",
        "delight",
        "enjoyment",
        "pleasance",
        "pleasure",
        "friskiness",
        "playfulness",
        "sportiveness",
        "wantonness",
        "devilment",
        "devilry",
        "deviltry",
        "hanky-panky",
        "hob",
        "impishness",
        "jinks",
        "knavery",
        "mischief",
        "mischievousness",
        "rascality",
        "roguishness",
        "waggery",
        "binge",
        "fling",
        "kick",
        "lark",
        "revel",
        "rollick",
        "spree",
        "hilarity",
        "merriment",
        "merrymaking",
        "revelry",
        "whoopee",
        "buffoonery",
        "high jinks",
        "hijinks",
        "horseplay",
        "tomfoolery"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudgery",
        "labor",
        "work",
        "duty",
        "obligation",
        "responsibility"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage":{
      "examples":[
        "we'll be putting on a school play using that stage"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "drama",
        "dramatization"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interlude",
        "playlet",
        "comedy",
        "comedy drama",
        "docudrama",
        "dramedy",
        "melodrama",
        "monodrama",
        "musical",
        "musical comedy",
        "psychodrama",
        "tragedy",
        "tragicomedy",
        "magnum opus",
        "opus",
        "work",
        "adaptation"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously":{
      "examples":[
        "I didn't mean to insult anyone, for it was all just play"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "fun",
        "game",
        "jest",
        "sport"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "facetiousness",
        "flightiness",
        "flippancy",
        "frivolity",
        "frivolousness",
        "frothiness",
        "levity",
        "light-mindedness",
        "silliness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "earnestness",
        "gravity",
        "seriousness",
        "soberness",
        "sobriety",
        "solemnity"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "earnest"
      ]
    },
    "the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
      "examples":[
        "the host's sense of humor was obviously in play during the awards ceremony"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "application",
        "employment",
        "exercise",
        "operation",
        "usage",
        "use"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "exertion",
        "reuse"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "disuse",
        "nonuse"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
      "examples":[
        "the guy at the bar made an unusually creative play to get her phone number"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "artifice",
        "device",
        "dodge",
        "fetch",
        "flimflam",
        "gambit",
        "gimmick",
        "jig",
        "juggle",
        "knack",
        "ploy",
        "ruse",
        "scheme",
        "shenanigan",
        "sleight",
        "stratagem",
        "trick",
        "wile"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bluff",
        "end run",
        "feint",
        "cheating",
        "chicanery",
        "cozenage",
        "craft",
        "crookery",
        "cunning",
        "deception",
        "dupery",
        "duplicity",
        "fakery",
        "jugglery",
        "legerdemain",
        "skulduggery",
        "skullduggery",
        "subterfuge",
        "swindling",
        "trickery",
        "fraud",
        "gaff",
        "hoax",
        "sham",
        "swindle",
        "blind",
        "front",
        "smoke screen"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plating":{
    "as in plate , shield":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "carapace",
        "house",
        "mail",
        "panoply",
        "plate",
        "shield",
        "armor",
        "capsule",
        "case",
        "casing",
        "cocoon",
        "cover",
        "covering",
        "encasement",
        "exoskeleton",
        "housing",
        "hull",
        "husk",
        "jacket",
        "pod",
        "sheath",
        "shell",
        "cartridge",
        "cassette",
        "casette",
        "bark",
        "crust",
        "cuticle",
        "hide",
        "skin",
        "envelope",
        "package",
        "wrapper",
        "backing",
        "coating",
        "coverture",
        "facing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plat":{
    "a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together":{
      "examples":[
        "a plat of lace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braid",
        "lace",
        "lacing",
        "plait"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "rickrack",
        "ricrac",
        "stripe",
        "cornrow",
        "dreadlock",
        "pigtail",
        "queue",
        "braiding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a small area of usually open land":{
      "examples":[
        "each settler was granted a plat to farm"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clearing",
        "field",
        "ground",
        "lot",
        "parcel",
        "plot",
        "tract"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "common(s)",
        "croft",
        "grass",
        "green",
        "greensward",
        "lawn",
        "glade",
        "grassland",
        "heath",
        "heathland",
        "lea",
        "ley",
        "meadow",
        "moor",
        "pasture",
        "pastureland"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a small piece of land that is developed or available for development":{
      "examples":[
        "plans to build a shopping center on the last undeveloped plat in town"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lot",
        "parcel",
        "plot",
        "property",
        "tract"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "patch",
        "frontage",
        "lease",
        "development",
        "real estate"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to form into a braid":{
      "examples":[
        "plat yarn into a cord"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braid",
        "plait",
        "pleat"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interlace",
        "interweave",
        "weave"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plant":{
    "a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{
      "examples":[
        "a furniture plant that employs hundreds of people"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "factory",
        "manufactory",
        "mill",
        "shop",
        "works",
        "workshop"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "sweatshop",
        "atelier",
        "studio",
        "workplace",
        "workroom",
        "yard"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to put or set into the ground to grow":{
      "examples":[
        "I'll plant the marigold seeds in the spring"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "drill",
        "put in",
        "seed",
        "sow"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bed",
        "replant",
        "transplant",
        "broadcast",
        "scatter",
        "pot",
        "overseed",
        "reseed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "gather",
        "harvest",
        "reap"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
      "examples":[
        "soon the sect had planted churches across the breadth of the colony"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "begin",
        "constitute",
        "establish",
        "found",
        "inaugurate",
        "initiate",
        "innovate",
        "institute",
        "introduce",
        "launch",
        "pioneer",
        "set up",
        "start"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "author",
        "father",
        "originate",
        "conceive",
        "concoct",
        "contrive",
        "cook (up)",
        "create",
        "devise",
        "fabricate",
        "invent",
        "make up",
        "manufacture",
        "produce",
        "think (up)",
        "construct",
        "put up",
        "develop",
        "enlarge",
        "expand",
        "endow",
        "finance",
        "fund",
        "subsidize",
        "arrange",
        "organize",
        "systematize",
        "systemize",
        "refound",
        "reinitiate",
        "reinstitute",
        "relaunch"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abolish",
        "annihilate",
        "annul",
        "nullify",
        "end",
        "finish",
        "halt",
        "stop",
        "terminate",
        "round (off or out)",
        "wind up",
        "wrap up"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "close (down)",
        "phase out",
        "shut (up)"
      ]
    },
    "to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
      "examples":[
        "a profound respect for Mother Nature that had been planted by long experience with hurricanes"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "breed",
        "enroot",
        "implant",
        "inculcate",
        "infix",
        "inseminate",
        "instill",
        "sow"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drive",
        "hammer",
        "pound",
        "embed",
        "imbed",
        "entrench",
        "intrench",
        "fix",
        "lodge",
        "root",
        "imbue",
        "infuse",
        "ingrain",
        "engrain",
        "inoculate",
        "invest",
        "steep",
        "suffuse"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plagues":{
    "to cause persistent suffering to":{
      "examples":[
        "plagued by a cough for all of last week"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "afflicts",
        "agonizes",
        "anguishes",
        "bedevils",
        "besets",
        "besieges",
        "curses",
        "excruciates",
        "harrows",
        "persecutes",
        "racks",
        "torments",
        "tortures"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "assails",
        "attacks",
        "badgers",
        "dogs",
        "hounds",
        "pursues",
        "rides",
        "aggravates",
        "agitates",
        "annoys",
        "bothers",
        "bugs",
        "chafes",
        "distresses",
        "disturbs",
        "exasperates",
        "galls",
        "gets",
        "grates",
        "gripes",
        "hagrides",
        "harasses",
        "harries",
        "irks",
        "irritates",
        "molests",
        "nettles",
        "peeves",
        "pesters",
        "piques",
        "puts out",
        "rasps",
        "riles",
        "vexes",
        "discomforts",
        "discomposes",
        "disquiets",
        "flusters",
        "grieves",
        "perturbs",
        "strains",
        "stresses",
        "tries",
        "troubles",
        "upsets",
        "worries",
        "crushes",
        "oppresses",
        "overpowers",
        "overwhelms",
        "smites",
        "strikes",
        "tyrannizes",
        "victimizes",
        "hurts",
        "pains",
        "pangs",
        "pricks",
        "smarts",
        "stabs",
        "stings",
        "wrings",
        "martyrs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abets",
        "aids",
        "assists",
        "helps",
        "delivers",
        "releases",
        "relieves",
        "reprieves",
        "comforts",
        "consoles",
        "contents",
        "quiets",
        "solaces",
        "soothes",
        "succors"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death":{
      "examples":[
        "the Black Death was a plague that killed about one third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "pestilences",
        "pests"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "murrains",
        "epidemics",
        "pandemics",
        "affections",
        "afflictions",
        "ailments",
        "contagions",
        "illnesses",
        "infections",
        "infirmities",
        "maladies",
        "sicknesses",
        "blights",
        "curses",
        "scourges"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placative":{
    "as in peaceful , conciliatory":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "appeasing",
        "conciliatory",
        "disarming",
        "dovish",
        "mollifying",
        "pacific",
        "pacifying",
        "peaceable",
        "peaceful",
        "peacemaking",
        "placating",
        "placatory",
        "propitiatory",
        "unaggressive",
        "unassertive",
        "benign",
        "benignant",
        "compassionate",
        "good-hearted",
        "humane",
        "kind",
        "kindhearted",
        "sympathetic",
        "tenderhearted",
        "tender",
        "warm",
        "warmhearted",
        "clement",
        "lenient",
        "merciful",
        "affable",
        "amiable",
        "amicable",
        "benevolent",
        "gentle",
        "kindly",
        "submissive",
        "surrendering",
        "yielding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bloodthirsty",
        "bloody",
        "bloody-minded",
        "homicidal",
        "murdering",
        "murderous",
        "sanguinary",
        "sanguine",
        "sanguineous",
        "barbaric",
        "barbarous",
        "brutal",
        "cold-blooded",
        "cruel",
        "heartless",
        "inhumane",
        "sadistic",
        "savage",
        "vicious",
        "wanton",
        "antagonistic",
        "ferocious",
        "fierce",
        "gladiatorial",
        "hostile"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "placid":{
    "free from emotional or mental agitation":{
      "examples":[
        "an exceptionally placid mother who was rarely upset by her six children"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "collected",
        "composed",
        "cool",
        "coolheaded",
        "equal",
        "level",
        "limpid",
        "peaceful",
        "possessed",
        "recollected",
        "sedate",
        "self-composed",
        "self-possessed",
        "serene",
        "smooth",
        "together",
        "tranquil",
        "undisturbed",
        "unperturbed",
        "unruffled",
        "unshaken",
        "untroubled",
        "unworried"
      ],
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        "even",
        "even-keeled",
        "steady",
        "well-adjusted",
        "well-balanced",
        "imperturbable",
        "nerveless",
        "unflappable",
        "unshakable",
        "centered",
        "disciplined",
        "equable",
        "self-contained",
        "self-controlled",
        "affable",
        "breezy",
        "devil-may-care",
        "easygoing",
        "happy-go-lucky",
        "laid-back",
        "loosey-goosey",
        "mellow",
        "carefree",
        "nonchalant",
        "unconcerned",
        "assured",
        "confident",
        "self-assured",
        "aloof",
        "detached",
        "dispassionate",
        "indifferent",
        "bovine",
        "impassive",
        "phlegmatic",
        "sober",
        "stolid",
        "relaxed",
        "relieved",
        "tranquilized",
        "tranquillized"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "anxious",
        "bothered",
        "distressed",
        "uneasy",
        "unquiet",
        "unsettled",
        "worried",
        "jittery",
        "jumpy",
        "nervous",
        "restless",
        "skittish",
        "tense",
        "high-strung",
        "unstable",
        "uptight"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "agitated",
        "discomposed",
        "disturbed",
        "flustered",
        "perturbed",
        "unglued",
        "unhinged",
        "unstrung",
        "upset"
      ]
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      "examples":[
        "a placid lake"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "halcyon",
        "hushed",
        "lown",
        "peaceful",
        "quiet",
        "serene",
        "still",
        "stilly",
        "tranquil",
        "untroubled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balmy",
        "clement",
        "equable",
        "gentle",
        "mild",
        "moderate",
        "temperate",
        "clear",
        "cloudless",
        "fair",
        "rainless",
        "sunny",
        "sunshiny",
        "windless"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blizzardy",
        "blizzardly",
        "blustery",
        "squally",
        "windy",
        "extreme",
        "foul",
        "intemperate",
        "nasty",
        "severe"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "agitated",
        "angry",
        "inclement",
        "restless",
        "rough",
        "stormy",
        "tempestuous",
        "turbulent",
        "unquiet",
        "unsettled"
      ]
    },
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      "examples":[
        "a vacation in the placid lake community"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arcadian",
        "calm",
        "hushed",
        "peaceful",
        "quiet",
        "restful",
        "serene",
        "still",
        "stilly",
        "tranquil"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "noiseless",
        "silent",
        "soundless",
        "mute",
        "speechless",
        "wordless",
        "dead",
        "motionless",
        "quiescent",
        "muffled",
        "muted",
        "quieted",
        "dull",
        "gentle",
        "low",
        "soft",
        "ultraquiet"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "crazy",
        "tempestuous",
        "wild",
        "blaring",
        "blasting",
        "booming",
        "earsplitting",
        "piercing",
        "roaring",
        "thundering",
        "thunderous"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "boisterous",
        "clamorous",
        "clattery",
        "deafening",
        "loud",
        "noisy",
        "raucous",
        "rip-roaring",
        "roistering",
        "romping",
        "rowdy",
        "tumultuous",
        "unquiet",
        "uproarious",
        "woolly",
        "wooly"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bowls",
        "casseroles",
        "chargers",
        "cups",
        "plates",
        "salvers",
        "saucers",
        "servers",
        "trays",
        "waiters",
        "dishes",
        "vessels"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "place setting":{
    "as in setting , setup":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "setting",
        "setup",
        "flatware",
        "silver",
        "silverware",
        "tableware",
        "silver plate",
        "cutlery",
        "chopstick",
        "fork",
        "knife",
        "spoon",
        "tablespoon",
        "teaspoon"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
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    "to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
      "examples":[
        "planked the carton down on the counter and left"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flop",
        "flump",
        "plop",
        "plump",
        "plunk",
        "plonk"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "fling",
        "heave",
        "sling",
        "toss",
        "ensconce",
        "install",
        "plant",
        "settle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
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    "as in platitudinous , bromidic":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bromidic",
        "platitudinous",
        "twice-told",
        "canned",
        "cardboard",
        "conventional",
        "cookie-cutter",
        "derivative",
        "imitative",
        "ready-made",
        "tried-and-true",
        "unimaginative",
        "uninspired",
        "unoriginal",
        "banal",
        "clich\u00e9",
        "cliche",
        "clich\u00e9d",
        "cobwebby",
        "commonplace",
        "hack",
        "hackney",
        "hackneyed",
        "moth-eaten",
        "musty",
        "obligatory",
        "shopworn",
        "stale",
        "stereotyped",
        "threadbare",
        "timeworn",
        "tired",
        "trite",
        "well-worn",
        "normal",
        "ordinary",
        "rote",
        "routine",
        "standard",
        "stock",
        "typical",
        "usual",
        "arid",
        "barren",
        "boring",
        "colorless",
        "drab",
        "dreary",
        "drudging",
        "dry",
        "dull",
        "dusty",
        "flat",
        "heavy",
        "ho-hum",
        "humdrum",
        "jading",
        "jejune",
        "leaden",
        "mind-numbing",
        "monotonous",
        "numbing",
        "old",
        "pedantic",
        "pedestrian",
        "ponderous",
        "prosaic",
        "stodgy",
        "stuffy",
        "tame",
        "tedious",
        "tiresome",
        "tiring",
        "undramatic",
        "uninteresting",
        "vapid",
        "wearisome",
        "weary",
        "wearying",
        "old-fashioned",
        "old hat"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fresh",
        "new",
        "novel",
        "original",
        "unclich\u00e9d",
        "unhackneyed",
        "animating",
        "energizing",
        "enlivening",
        "exciting",
        "galvanizing",
        "invigorating",
        "stimulating",
        "absorbing",
        "engaging",
        "engrossing",
        "gripping",
        "interesting",
        "intriguing",
        "involving",
        "riveting",
        "atypical",
        "extraordinary",
        "strange",
        "unaccustomed",
        "uncommon",
        "unfamiliar",
        "unheard-of",
        "unknown",
        "unprecedented",
        "unusual",
        "pathbreaking",
        "pioneering",
        "trailblazing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
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    "the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
      "examples":[
        "the place chosen for the picnic",
        "there's the place where I left my umbrella"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "emplacements",
        "locales",
        "localities",
        "locations",
        "loci",
        "points",
        "positions",
        "sites",
        "spots",
        "venues",
        "wheres"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "scenes",
        "precincts",
        "regions",
        "sections",
        "sectors",
        "heres",
        "theres"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business":{
      "examples":[
        "we're going to our favorite place to eat"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "establishments",
        "joints",
        "parlors",
        "salons"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "spots",
        "stations",
        "facilities",
        "installations",
        "clubs",
        "houses",
        "dens",
        "dives",
        "holes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
      "examples":[
        "a friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appointments",
        "berths",
        "billets",
        "capacities",
        "connections",
        "functions",
        "jobs",
        "positions",
        "posts",
        "situations"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "businesses",
        "employments",
        "employs",
        "occupations",
        "professions",
        "works",
        "offices",
        "spots",
        "callings",
        "pursuits",
        "trades",
        "vocations",
        "lines",
        "rackets",
        "engagements",
        "gigs",
        "livelihoods",
        "livings",
        "careers",
        "lifeworks",
        "practices",
        "practises",
        "duties",
        "missions",
        "postings",
        "services",
        "tasks"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "avocations",
        "unemployments"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
      "examples":[
        "knew his place in the organization"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "businesses",
        "capacities",
        "functions",
        "jobs",
        "parts",
        "positions",
        "purposes",
        "roles",
        "r\u00f4les",
        "tasks",
        "works"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affairs",
        "concerns",
        "hands",
        "involvements",
        "participations",
        "niches",
        "offices",
        "posts",
        "situations",
        "callings",
        "occupations",
        "pursuits",
        "vocations",
        "activities",
        "assignments",
        "charges",
        "commissions",
        "duties",
        "employs",
        "missions",
        "responsibilities",
        "services",
        "uses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the place where one lives":{
      "examples":[
        "they have a nice little place in the country"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abodes",
        "diggings",
        "domiciles",
        "dwellings",
        "firesides",
        "habitations",
        "hearths",
        "hearthstones",
        "homes",
        "houses",
        "lodgings",
        "pads",
        "quarters",
        "residences",
        "roofs"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodations",
        "housings",
        "nests",
        "residencies",
        "shelters",
        "bungalows",
        "cabins",
        "casitas",
        "chalets",
        "cottages",
        "duplexes",
        "ranches",
        "ranch houses",
        "saltboxes",
        "semis",
        "split levels",
        "townhomes",
        "town houses",
        "tract houses",
        "triplexes",
        "apartment houses",
        "apartments",
        "condominiums",
        "condominia",
        "condos",
        "flats",
        "tenement houses",
        "tenements",
        "walk-ups",
        "penthouses",
        "salons",
        "suites",
        "barracks",
        "billets",
        "boardinghouses",
        "dormitories",
        "dorms",
        "flophouses",
        "lodging houses",
        "lodgments",
        "lodgements",
        "rooming houses",
        "rooms",
        "castles",
        "ch\u00e2teaus",
        "ch\u00e2teaux",
        "countryseats",
        "estates",
        "halls",
        "manor houses",
        "manors",
        "mansions",
        "McMansions",
        "palaces",
        "villas",
        "farmhouses",
        "granges",
        "haciendas",
        "homesteads",
        "double-wides",
        "houseboats",
        "house trailers",
        "mobile homes",
        "motor homes",
        "recreational vehicles",
        "RVs",
        "trailers",
        "hermitages",
        "manses",
        "parsonages",
        "rectories",
        "vicarages",
        "hooches",
        "hootches",
        "hovels",
        "hutches",
        "huts",
        "shacks",
        "shanties"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
      "examples":[
        "came in fourth place in the marathon"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "degrees",
        "echelons",
        "footings",
        "levels",
        "positions",
        "rankings",
        "ranks",
        "reaches",
        "rungs",
        "situations",
        "standings",
        "stations",
        "statuses",
        "strata"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conditions",
        "estates",
        "orders",
        "walks",
        "capacities",
        "functions",
        "ratings"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited":{
      "examples":[
        "with skills largely limited to those honed from endless hours of video games, he was having a hard time finding a place in the business world"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "grooves",
        "niches",
        "slots"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "appointments",
        "berths",
        "billets",
        "capacities",
        "functions",
        "jobs",
        "positions",
        "posts",
        "ranks",
        "standings",
        "stations",
        "statuses",
        "fortes",
        "long suits",
        "m\u00e9tiers",
        "metiers",
        "specialities",
        "specialties",
        "strong suits",
        "things"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
      "examples":[
        "well, in the first place , you shouldn't even be here"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chapters",
        "cuts",
        "degrees",
        "grades",
        "inches",
        "notches",
        "pegs",
        "phases",
        "points",
        "stages",
        "steps"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "angles",
        "aspects",
        "facets",
        "sides",
        "amounts",
        "measures",
        "planes",
        "decrements",
        "increments"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
      "examples":[
        "he carefully placed the flowers in a vase"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deposes",
        "deposits",
        "disposes",
        "emplaces",
        "fixes",
        "lays",
        "positions",
        "puts",
        "sets",
        "sets up",
        "situates",
        "sticks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "moves",
        "rearranges",
        "reorders",
        "shifts",
        "orients",
        "establishes",
        "locates",
        "plants",
        "settles",
        "claps",
        "flops",
        "planks",
        "plops",
        "plumps",
        "plunks",
        "plonks",
        "plunks down",
        "slaps",
        "ensconces",
        "niches",
        "assembles",
        "collects",
        "carries",
        "berths",
        "parks",
        "affixes",
        "anchors",
        "locks",
        "lodges",
        "wedges",
        "arrays",
        "lays out",
        "lines up",
        "queues",
        "ranks",
        "sets down"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "relocates",
        "removes",
        "takes",
        "banishes",
        "dislodges",
        "displaces",
        "replaces",
        "supersedes",
        "supplants"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to arrange or assign according to type":{
      "examples":[
        "I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assorts",
        "breaks down",
        "categorizes",
        "classes",
        "classifies",
        "codifies",
        "compartmentalizes",
        "compartments",
        "digests",
        "distinguishes",
        "distributes",
        "grades",
        "groups",
        "pegs",
        "ranges",
        "ranks",
        "relegates",
        "separates",
        "sorts",
        "types"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arrays",
        "disposes",
        "draws up",
        "marshals",
        "marshalls",
        "orders",
        "organizes",
        "systematizes",
        "alphabetizes",
        "catalogs",
        "catalogues",
        "files",
        "indexes",
        "lists",
        "refers",
        "pigeonholes",
        "shelves",
        "identifies",
        "recognizes",
        "culls",
        "screens",
        "sets",
        "sieves",
        "sifts",
        "winnows",
        "clumps",
        "clusters",
        "colligates",
        "recategorizes",
        "reclassifies",
        "regroups",
        "subcategorizes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "confuses",
        "disarranges",
        "jumbles",
        "lumps",
        "mixes (up)",
        "scrambles",
        "misclassifies",
        "missorts",
        "mistypes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
      "examples":[
        "I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calculates",
        "calls",
        "conjectures",
        "estimates",
        "figures",
        "gauges",
        "gages",
        "guesses",
        "judges",
        "makes",
        "puts",
        "reckons",
        "supposes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "concludes",
        "deduces",
        "extrapolates",
        "gathers",
        "infers",
        "reasons",
        "understands"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calibrates",
        "measures",
        "scales",
        "computes",
        "works out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
      "examples":[
        "placed second in the competition"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "grades",
        "is",
        "ranks",
        "rates",
        "stands"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "seeds",
        "counts",
        "categorizes",
        "classes",
        "classifies",
        "codifies",
        "compartmentalizes",
        "groups",
        "separates",
        "sets",
        "sorts",
        "installs",
        "instates"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
      "examples":[
        "placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appoints",
        "assigns",
        "attaches",
        "commissions",
        "constitutes",
        "designates",
        "details",
        "names",
        "nominates"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authorizes",
        "delegates",
        "deputes",
        "deputizes",
        "anoints",
        "consecrates",
        "creates",
        "inaugurates",
        "inducts",
        "installs",
        "instates",
        "institutes",
        "invests",
        "makes",
        "ordains",
        "crowns",
        "enthrones",
        "thrones",
        "chooses",
        "destines",
        "drafts",
        "elects",
        "handpicks",
        "selects",
        "singles (out)",
        "votes (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blackballs",
        "deposes",
        "dethrones",
        "displaces",
        "ejects",
        "evicts",
        "ousts",
        "overthrows",
        "removes",
        "throws out",
        "uncrowns",
        "unmakes",
        "unseats"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discharges",
        "dismisses",
        "expels",
        "fires"
      ]
    },
    "to present or bring forward for discussion":{
      "examples":[
        "once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "brings up",
        "broaches",
        "introduces",
        "moots",
        "raises"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alludes (to)",
        "cites",
        "mentions",
        "names",
        "refers (to)",
        "offers",
        "proposes",
        "suggests",
        "airs",
        "expresses",
        "speaks (of)",
        "talks (about)",
        "ventilates",
        "vents",
        "interjects",
        "interrupts",
        "debates",
        "discusses",
        "thrashes (out or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "censors",
        "hushes (up)",
        "quiets",
        "silences",
        "suppresses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to provide with a paying job":{
      "examples":[
        "most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assumes",
        "employs",
        "engages",
        "fees",
        "hires",
        "lays on",
        "pays",
        "recruits",
        "retains",
        "signs (up or on)",
        "takes on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "reemploys",
        "reengages",
        "rehires",
        "apprentices",
        "contracts",
        "jobs",
        "partners",
        "subcontracts",
        "enlists",
        "advances",
        "promotes",
        "upgrades",
        "keeps (on)",
        "headhunts",
        "scouts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "furloughs",
        "lays off",
        "locks out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "axes",
        "cans",
        "discharges",
        "dismisses",
        "fires",
        "sacks"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "player":{
    "a person who plays a musical instrument":{
      "examples":[
        "a horn player"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "instrumentalist",
        "musician"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "minstrel",
        "artist",
        "performer",
        "maestro",
        "virtuoso",
        "accompanist",
        "recitalist",
        "soloist",
        "symphonist",
        "accordionist",
        "bassoonist",
        "clarinetist",
        "clarinettist",
        "cornetist",
        "cornettist",
        "drummer",
        "fiddler",
        "flautist",
        "flutist",
        "guitarist",
        "harpist",
        "hornist",
        "keyboardist",
        "oboist",
        "organ-grinder",
        "organist",
        "percussionist",
        "pianist",
        "picker",
        "piper",
        "reedman",
        "saxophonist",
        "trombonist",
        "trumpeter",
        "violinist",
        "violist"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
      "examples":[
        "a troupe of players used to give performances on the town green"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "actor",
        "impersonator",
        "mummer",
        "thesp",
        "thespian",
        "trouper"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barnstormer",
        "enactor",
        "entertainer",
        "performer",
        "actress",
        "starlet",
        "lead",
        "leading lady",
        "leading man",
        "star",
        "coactor",
        "costar",
        "extra",
        "spear-carrier",
        "supernumerary",
        "walk-on",
        "monologuist",
        "monologist",
        "prima donna",
        "scene-stealer",
        "double",
        "understudy",
        "comedian",
        "farceur",
        "tragedian",
        "tragedienne",
        "ape",
        "aper",
        "ham",
        "imitator",
        "impressionist",
        "masker",
        "masquerader",
        "mime",
        "mimic",
        "pantomime",
        "pantomimist",
        "personator",
        "poser",
        "buffoon",
        "clown",
        "harlequin",
        "stooge",
        "zany"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "one who takes part in something":{
      "examples":[
        "a significant player in the negotiations"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "actor",
        "partaker",
        "participant",
        "participator",
        "party",
        "sharer"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accessory",
        "accessary",
        "aide",
        "assistant",
        "helper",
        "colleague",
        "partner"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bystander",
        "looker-on",
        "observer",
        "onlooker",
        "spectator",
        "watcher",
        "wallflower"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "nonparticipant"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placate":{
    "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
      "examples":[
        "attempted to placate the screaming child by offering him a cookie"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appease",
        "assuage",
        "conciliate",
        "disarm",
        "gentle",
        "mollify",
        "pacify",
        "propitiate"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "comfort",
        "console",
        "content",
        "hush",
        "quiet",
        "soothe",
        "tranquilize",
        "tranquillize",
        "endear (to)",
        "ingratiate",
        "delight",
        "gladden",
        "gratify",
        "please",
        "adulate",
        "blarney",
        "flatter",
        "overpraise",
        "soft-soap",
        "quench",
        "sate",
        "satiate",
        "satisfy",
        "cater (to)",
        "humor",
        "indulge",
        "blandish",
        "cajole",
        "coax",
        "sweet-talk",
        "wheedle",
        "baby",
        "coddle",
        "mollycoddle",
        "pamper",
        "spoil",
        "dulcify",
        "sweeten"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aggravate",
        "annoy",
        "antagonize",
        "bother",
        "bug",
        "burn (up)",
        "chafe",
        "cross",
        "exasperate",
        "gall",
        "get",
        "grate",
        "irk",
        "irritate",
        "nettle",
        "peeve",
        "pique",
        "put out",
        "rankle",
        "rile",
        "roil",
        "ruffle",
        "vex",
        "provoke",
        "rouse",
        "harass",
        "harry",
        "persecute",
        "pester",
        "agitate",
        "discomfort",
        "distress",
        "disturb",
        "fret",
        "perturb",
        "unhinge",
        "unsettle",
        "upset",
        "worry",
        "affront",
        "insult",
        "offend",
        "slight"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "anger",
        "enrage",
        "incense",
        "inflame",
        "enflame",
        "infuriate",
        "ire",
        "madden",
        "outrage"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plaint":{
    "a crying out in grief":{
      "examples":[
        "the day after the massacre the plaints of bereaved mothers and wives could be heard throughout the village"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "groan",
        "howl",
        "keen",
        "lament",
        "lamentation",
        "moan",
        "wail"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cry",
        "sob",
        "tears",
        "agonizing",
        "grieving",
        "mourning",
        "sorrowing",
        "suffering",
        "weeping",
        "hand-wringing",
        "regret",
        "complaint",
        "cri de coeur",
        "outcry",
        "protest",
        "anguish",
        "dolor",
        "grief",
        "heartache",
        "heartbreak",
        "sorrow",
        "woe"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cheering",
        "laughing",
        "smiling"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "exultation",
        "rejoicing"
      ]
    },
    "an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
      "examples":[
        "that taxes are too high is perhaps the most perennial of plaints"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beef",
        "bitch",
        "bleat",
        "carp",
        "complaint",
        "fuss",
        "grievance",
        "gripe",
        "grouch",
        "grouse",
        "grumble",
        "holler",
        "kvetch",
        "lament",
        "miserere",
        "moan",
        "murmur",
        "squawk",
        "wail",
        "whimper",
        "whine",
        "whinge",
        "yammer"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "challenge",
        "demur",
        "expostulation",
        "kick",
        "niggle",
        "objection",
        "protest",
        "quibble",
        "remonstrance",
        "stink"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "commendation",
        "compliment",
        "plaudit",
        "acclaim",
        "applause",
        "praise",
        "approval",
        "endorsement",
        "indorsement",
        "sanction"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playing (around)":{
    "as in fooling around , catting (around)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "catting (around)",
        "fooling around",
        "fornicating",
        "tomcatting (around)",
        "womanizing",
        "cheating",
        "philandering",
        "screwing around",
        "stepping out",
        "copulating",
        "coupling",
        "lying",
        "making out",
        "mating",
        "sleeping",
        "lusting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playfully":{
    "as in skittishly , friskily":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "friskily",
        "gamesomely",
        "skittishly",
        "sportively",
        "airily",
        "animatedly",
        "animately",
        "bouncily",
        "buoyantly",
        "gaily",
        "gayly",
        "high-spiritedly",
        "livelily",
        "lively",
        "perkily",
        "pertly",
        "snappily",
        "sparkily",
        "spiritedly",
        "sprightly",
        "trippingly",
        "vivaciously",
        "briskly",
        "crisply",
        "effervescently",
        "energetically",
        "jazzily",
        "racily",
        "springily",
        "breezily",
        "cockily",
        "dapperly",
        "dashingly",
        "jauntily",
        "agilely",
        "nimbly",
        "spryly",
        "allegro"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dully",
        "inanimately",
        "sluggishly",
        "tardily",
        "halfheartedly",
        "idly",
        "indolently",
        "lazily",
        "lethargically",
        "slothfully",
        "heavily",
        "inactively",
        "listlessly",
        "tiredly",
        "wearily"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "placarding":{
    "to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
      "examples":[
        "placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "posting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nailing",
        "plastering",
        "tacking (up)",
        "advertising",
        "announcing",
        "billing",
        "blazing",
        "broadcasting",
        "calling",
        "declaring",
        "proclaiming",
        "promulgating",
        "publicizing",
        "publishing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "removing",
        "taking down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make known openly or publicly":{
      "examples":[
        "placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advertising",
        "announcing",
        "annunciating",
        "blaring",
        "blazing",
        "blazoning",
        "broadcasting",
        "declaring",
        "enunciating",
        "flashing",
        "giving out",
        "heralding",
        "posting",
        "proclaiming",
        "promulgating",
        "publicizing",
        "publishing",
        "releasing",
        "sounding",
        "trumpeting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barking",
        "calling (off or out)",
        "crying",
        "billboarding",
        "billing",
        "bulletining",
        "gazetting",
        "knelling",
        "ringing",
        "tolling",
        "blurbing",
        "featuring",
        "pitching",
        "plugging",
        "promoting",
        "puffing",
        "disseminating",
        "spreading",
        "disclosing",
        "divulging",
        "introducing",
        "kithing",
        "kything",
        "manifesting",
        "reporting",
        "revealing",
        "showing",
        "advising",
        "apprising",
        "handing down",
        "informing",
        "notifying",
        "communicating",
        "imparting",
        "intimating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "concealing",
        "hushing (up)",
        "silencing",
        "suppressing",
        "withholding",
        "recalling",
        "recanting",
        "retracting",
        "revoking"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "played (with)":{
    "to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
      "examples":[
        "please don't play with the telephone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "diddled (with)",
        "fiddled (with)",
        "fooled (with)",
        "messed (with)",
        "monkeyed (with)",
        "tampered (with)",
        "tinkered (with)",
        "toyed (with)",
        "twiddled (with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abused",
        "altered",
        "doctored",
        "manhandled",
        "manipulated",
        "mistreated",
        "misused",
        "butted in",
        "interfered",
        "intruded",
        "meddled",
        "mucked (about or around)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plaints":{
    "a crying out in grief":{
      "examples":[
        "the day after the massacre the plaints of bereaved mothers and wives could be heard throughout the village"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "groans",
        "howls",
        "keens",
        "lamentations",
        "laments",
        "moans",
        "wails"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cries",
        "sobs",
        "tears",
        "mournings",
        "sufferings",
        "hand-wringings",
        "regrets",
        "complaints",
        "cris de coeur",
        "outcries",
        "protests",
        "anguishes",
        "dolors",
        "griefs",
        "heartaches",
        "heartbreaks",
        "sorrows",
        "woes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "exultations",
        "rejoicings"
      ]
    },
    "an expression of dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment":{
      "examples":[
        "that taxes are too high is perhaps the most perennial of plaints"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beefs",
        "bitches",
        "bleats",
        "carps",
        "complaints",
        "fusses",
        "grievances",
        "gripes",
        "grouches",
        "grouses",
        "grumbles",
        "hollers",
        "kvetches",
        "laments",
        "misereres",
        "moans",
        "murmurs",
        "squawks",
        "wails",
        "whimpers",
        "whines",
        "whinges",
        "yammers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "challenges",
        "demurs",
        "expostulations",
        "kicks",
        "niggles",
        "objections",
        "protests",
        "quibbles",
        "remonstrances",
        "stinks"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "commendations",
        "compliments",
        "plaudits",
        "acclaim",
        "applauses",
        "praises",
        "approvals",
        "endorsements",
        "indorsements",
        "sanctions"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaza":{
    "as in place , square":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "forecourt",
        "place",
        "square",
        "atrium",
        "galleria",
        "parvis",
        "parvise",
        "peristyle",
        "deck",
        "terrace",
        "close",
        "court",
        "courtyard",
        "enclosure",
        "inclosure",
        "patio",
        "quad",
        "quadrangle",
        "yard",
        "curtilage"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playboy":{
    "as in rake , libertine":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "libertine",
        "rake",
        "rou\u00e9",
        "bon vivant",
        "epicure",
        "glutton",
        "gourmand",
        "playgirl",
        "Cyrenaic",
        "Epicurean",
        "debauchee",
        "decadent",
        "hedonist",
        "sensualist",
        "sybarite",
        "voluptuary"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ascetic",
        "killjoy",
        "spoilsport",
        "wet blanket",
        "fuddy-duddy",
        "prude",
        "straight arrow"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placidities":{
    "free from emotional or mental agitation":{
      "examples":[
        "an exceptionally placid mother who was rarely upset by her six children"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "collected",
        "composed",
        "cool",
        "coolheaded",
        "equal",
        "level",
        "limpid",
        "peaceful",
        "possessed",
        "recollected",
        "sedate",
        "self-composed",
        "self-possessed",
        "serene",
        "smooth",
        "together",
        "tranquil",
        "undisturbed",
        "unperturbed",
        "unruffled",
        "unshaken",
        "untroubled",
        "unworried"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "even",
        "even-keeled",
        "steady",
        "well-adjusted",
        "well-balanced",
        "imperturbable",
        "nerveless",
        "unflappable",
        "unshakable",
        "centered",
        "disciplined",
        "equable",
        "self-contained",
        "self-controlled",
        "affable",
        "breezy",
        "devil-may-care",
        "easygoing",
        "happy-go-lucky",
        "laid-back",
        "loosey-goosey",
        "mellow",
        "carefree",
        "nonchalant",
        "unconcerned",
        "assured",
        "confident",
        "self-assured",
        "aloof",
        "detached",
        "dispassionate",
        "indifferent",
        "bovine",
        "impassive",
        "phlegmatic",
        "sober",
        "stolid",
        "relaxed",
        "relieved",
        "tranquilized",
        "tranquillized"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "anxious",
        "bothered",
        "distressed",
        "uneasy",
        "unquiet",
        "unsettled",
        "worried",
        "jittery",
        "jumpy",
        "nervous",
        "restless",
        "skittish",
        "tense",
        "high-strung",
        "unstable",
        "uptight"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "agitated",
        "discomposed",
        "disturbed",
        "flustered",
        "perturbed",
        "unglued",
        "unhinged",
        "unstrung",
        "upset"
      ]
    },
    "free from storms or physical disturbance":{
      "examples":[
        "a placid lake"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "halcyon",
        "hushed",
        "lown",
        "peaceful",
        "quiet",
        "serene",
        "still",
        "stilly",
        "tranquil",
        "untroubled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balmy",
        "clement",
        "equable",
        "gentle",
        "mild",
        "moderate",
        "temperate",
        "clear",
        "cloudless",
        "fair",
        "rainless",
        "sunny",
        "sunshiny",
        "windless"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blizzardy",
        "blizzardly",
        "blustery",
        "squally",
        "windy",
        "extreme",
        "foul",
        "intemperate",
        "nasty",
        "severe"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "agitated",
        "angry",
        "inclement",
        "restless",
        "rough",
        "stormy",
        "tempestuous",
        "turbulent",
        "unquiet",
        "unsettled"
      ]
    },
    "free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
      "examples":[
        "a vacation in the placid lake community"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "arcadian",
        "calm",
        "hushed",
        "peaceful",
        "quiet",
        "restful",
        "serene",
        "still",
        "stilly",
        "tranquil"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "noiseless",
        "silent",
        "soundless",
        "mute",
        "speechless",
        "wordless",
        "dead",
        "motionless",
        "quiescent",
        "muffled",
        "muted",
        "quieted",
        "dull",
        "gentle",
        "low",
        "soft",
        "ultraquiet"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "crazy",
        "tempestuous",
        "wild",
        "blaring",
        "blasting",
        "booming",
        "earsplitting",
        "piercing",
        "roaring",
        "thundering",
        "thunderous"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "boisterous",
        "clamorous",
        "clattery",
        "deafening",
        "loud",
        "noisy",
        "raucous",
        "rip-roaring",
        "roistering",
        "romping",
        "rowdy",
        "tumultuous",
        "unquiet",
        "uproarious",
        "woolly",
        "wooly"
      ]
    },
    "a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{
      "examples":[
        "the placidity of the area makes it a perfect vacation spot for people who just want to relax"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "calmness",
        "hush",
        "peace",
        "peacefulness",
        "quiet",
        "quietness",
        "quietude",
        "repose",
        "restfulness",
        "sereneness",
        "serenity",
        "still",
        "stillness",
        "tranquillity",
        "tranquility"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lull",
        "pause",
        "respite",
        "silence",
        "mildness",
        "soothingness",
        "comity",
        "concord",
        "harmony",
        "casualness",
        "easygoingness",
        "informality",
        "laid-backness",
        "relaxedness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "clamor",
        "din",
        "noise",
        "racket"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "bustle",
        "commotion",
        "hubbub",
        "hurly-burly",
        "pandemonium",
        "tumult",
        "turmoil",
        "unquietness",
        "unrest",
        "uproar"
      ]
    },
    "evenness of emotions or temper":{
      "examples":[
        "his evident lack of placidity makes him poorly suited for such a stressful job"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aplomb",
        "calmness",
        "collectedness",
        "composedness",
        "composure",
        "cool",
        "coolness",
        "countenance",
        "equanimity",
        "equilibrium",
        "imperturbability",
        "repose",
        "sangfroid",
        "self-composedness",
        "self-possession",
        "serenity",
        "tranquillity",
        "tranquility",
        "tranquilness"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "assurance",
        "confidence",
        "poise",
        "self-assurance",
        "self-assuredness",
        "self-confidence",
        "self-trust",
        "easygoingness",
        "laid-backness",
        "apathy",
        "detachment",
        "impassivity",
        "indifference",
        "insensibility",
        "numbness",
        "phlegm",
        "unconcern"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "alarm",
        "alarum",
        "anxiety",
        "anxiousness",
        "apprehension",
        "apprehensiveness",
        "care",
        "concern",
        "disquiet",
        "solicitude",
        "uneasiness",
        "worry",
        "excitability",
        "excitableness",
        "nervousness",
        "disturbance"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "agitation",
        "discomposure",
        "perturbation"
      ]
    },
    "freedom from disquieting or oppressive thoughts or emotions":{
      "examples":[
        "her apparent placidity belied an inner turmoil as she faced a life-altering decision"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calm",
        "calmness",
        "heartsease",
        "peace",
        "peacefulness",
        "sereneness",
        "serenity",
        "tranquillity",
        "tranquility"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "content",
        "contentment",
        "ease",
        "comfort",
        "consolation",
        "relief",
        "solace",
        "quiet",
        "quietude",
        "repose"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "care",
        "concern",
        "perturbation",
        "strain",
        "stress",
        "tenseness",
        "tension",
        "consternation",
        "desperateness",
        "desperation",
        "discomfort",
        "discomposure",
        "dismay",
        "distraction",
        "distress",
        "disturbance",
        "edginess",
        "jitters",
        "jumpiness",
        "nervousness",
        "fear",
        "fearfulness",
        "torment",
        "upset",
        "doubt",
        "dread",
        "foreboding",
        "incertitude",
        "misgiving",
        "presentiment",
        "suspense",
        "uncertainty"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "agitation",
        "alarm",
        "alarum",
        "anguish",
        "anxiety",
        "anxiousness",
        "apprehension",
        "apprehensiveness",
        "uneasiness",
        "vexation",
        "worry"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plainclothesmen":{
    "as in feds , G-men":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "Federals",
        "feds",
        "G-men",
        "narcs",
        "narks",
        "shadows",
        "tails",
        "tracers",
        "trackers",
        "detectives",
        "dicks",
        "gumshoes",
        "hawkshaws",
        "investigators",
        "operatives",
        "private detectives",
        "private eyes",
        "private investigators",
        "shamuses",
        "sherlocks",
        "sleuthhounds",
        "sleuths"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playbills":{
    "as in flyers , handbills":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broadsides",
        "flyers",
        "fliers",
        "handbills",
        "handouts",
        "show bills",
        "billboards",
        "signboards",
        "signs",
        "ads",
        "advertisements",
        "announcements",
        "bulletins",
        "dispatches",
        "releases",
        "bills",
        "placards",
        "posters"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "played up":{
    "to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
      "examples":[
        "that TV news program plays up sensational stories just to get higher ratings"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accented",
        "accentuated",
        "emphasized",
        "featured",
        "foregrounded",
        "highlighted",
        "illuminated",
        "pointed (up)",
        "pressed",
        "punctuated",
        "stressed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "focused",
        "focussed",
        "identified",
        "pinpointed",
        "spotlighted",
        "spotlit",
        "advertised",
        "boosted",
        "plugged",
        "promoted",
        "publicized",
        "overplayed"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "toned (down)",
        "underemphasized",
        "understated",
        "belittled",
        "discounted",
        "disparaged",
        "minimized"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "de-emphasized",
        "played down"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plant food":{
    "as in dressing , fertilizer":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dressing",
        "fertilizer",
        "compost",
        "manure"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fungicide",
        "germicide",
        "herbicide",
        "insecticide",
        "microbicide",
        "pesticide",
        "toxicant",
        "bane",
        "poison",
        "toxic",
        "toxin",
        "venom",
        "cancer",
        "contagion",
        "disease",
        "virus"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placidly":{
    "as in peacefully , serenely":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "calmly",
        "collectedly",
        "composedly",
        "coolly",
        "cooly",
        "imperturbably",
        "peacefully",
        "self-composedly",
        "self-possessedly",
        "serenely",
        "unconcernedly",
        "meekly",
        "mildly",
        "passively",
        "tamely",
        "methodically",
        "orderly",
        "systematically"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "amok",
        "amuck",
        "berserk",
        "berserkly",
        "frantically",
        "frenetically",
        "frenziedly",
        "harum-scarum",
        "hectically",
        "helter-skelter",
        "madly",
        "pell-mell",
        "wild",
        "wildly",
        "agitatedly",
        "confusedly",
        "crazily",
        "desperately",
        "feverishly",
        "haywire",
        "skittishly",
        "uncontrollably",
        "heedlessly",
        "hotheadedly",
        "recklessly",
        "wantonly"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "placements":{
    "the act of assigning someone to a suitable place (such as a job or class)":{
      "examples":[
        "Several of our students qualified for placement in the art program."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "assignments",
        "commissions",
        "designations",
        "appointments",
        "choices",
        "destinations",
        "elections",
        "nominations",
        "selections",
        "authorizations",
        "delegations",
        "deputations",
        "emplacements",
        "rankings",
        "anointments",
        "inductions",
        "installations",
        "installments",
        "instalments",
        "investitures",
        "investments",
        "ordinations",
        "billets",
        "gigs",
        "jobs",
        "offices",
        "places",
        "positions",
        "situations",
        "spots",
        "stations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blackballs",
        "rejections",
        "depositions",
        "dethronements",
        "ejections",
        "evictions",
        "ousters",
        "overthrows",
        "removals",
        "discharges",
        "dismissals",
        "dismissions",
        "expulsions",
        "firings"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placers":{
    "as in champions , champs":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "champions",
        "champs",
        "finalists",
        "beaters",
        "conquerors",
        "masters",
        "subduers",
        "trimmers",
        "vanquishers",
        "victors",
        "whippers",
        "winners",
        "dominators",
        "overdogs",
        "rulers",
        "subjugators",
        "top dogs"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "losers",
        "punching bags",
        "pushovers",
        "quitters",
        "failures",
        "flops",
        "washouts",
        "underdogs"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "players":{
    "a person who plays a musical instrument":{
      "examples":[
        "a horn player"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "instrumentalists",
        "musicians"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "minstrels",
        "artists",
        "performers",
        "maestros",
        "maestri",
        "virtuosos",
        "virtuosi",
        "accompanists",
        "recitalists",
        "soloists",
        "symphonists",
        "accordionists",
        "bassoonists",
        "clarinetists",
        "clarinettists",
        "cornetists",
        "cornettists",
        "drummers",
        "fiddlers",
        "flautists",
        "flutists",
        "guitarists",
        "harpists",
        "hornists",
        "keyboardists",
        "oboists",
        "organ-grinders",
        "organists",
        "percussionists",
        "pianists",
        "pickers",
        "pipers",
        "reedmen",
        "saxophonists",
        "trombonists",
        "trumpeters",
        "violinists",
        "violists"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
      "examples":[
        "a troupe of players used to give performances on the town green"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "actors",
        "impersonators",
        "mummers",
        "thespians",
        "thesps",
        "troupers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barnstormers",
        "enactors",
        "entertainers",
        "performers",
        "actresses",
        "starlets",
        "leading ladies",
        "leading men",
        "leads",
        "stars",
        "coactors",
        "co-actors",
        "costars",
        "co-stars",
        "extras",
        "spear-carriers",
        "supernumeraries",
        "walk-ons",
        "monologuists",
        "monologists",
        "prima donnas",
        "scene-stealers",
        "doubles",
        "understudies",
        "comedians",
        "farceurs",
        "tragedians",
        "tragediennes",
        "apers",
        "apes",
        "hams",
        "imitators",
        "impressionists",
        "maskers",
        "masqueraders",
        "mimes",
        "mimics",
        "pantomimes",
        "pantomimists",
        "personators",
        "posers",
        "buffoons",
        "clowns",
        "harlequins",
        "stooges",
        "zanies"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "one who takes part in something":{
      "examples":[
        "a significant player in the negotiations"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "actors",
        "partakers",
        "participants",
        "participators",
        "parties",
        "sharers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accessories",
        "accessaries",
        "aides",
        "assistants",
        "helpers",
        "colleagues",
        "partners"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bystanders",
        "lookers-on",
        "observers",
        "onlookers",
        "spectators",
        "watchers",
        "wallflowers"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "nonparticipants"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plain-vanilla":{
    "free from all additions or embellishment":{
      "examples":[
        "we decided to buy the plain-vanilla model because we don't have a lot of money to spend on extras"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bald",
        "bare",
        "naked",
        "plain",
        "simple",
        "unadorned",
        "undecorated",
        "unembellished",
        "unornamented",
        "unvarnished"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "denuded",
        "divested",
        "stripped",
        "au naturel",
        "earthy",
        "elemental",
        "homely",
        "natural",
        "unsophisticated",
        "forthright",
        "honest",
        "modest",
        "unpretentious",
        "clean",
        "antiseptic",
        "austere",
        "bleak",
        "severe",
        "spartan",
        "stark",
        "minimalist",
        "inconspicuous",
        "muted",
        "restrained",
        "sober",
        "subdued",
        "toned (down)",
        "unobtrusive",
        "conservative",
        "quiet",
        "understated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "flamboyant",
        "flashy",
        "garish",
        "gaudy",
        "glittery",
        "glitzy",
        "loud",
        "ostentatious",
        "showy",
        "splashy",
        "swank",
        "swanky",
        "tawdry",
        "bedizened",
        "florid",
        "lurid",
        "ornate",
        "exaggerated",
        "overdecorated",
        "overdone",
        "overwrought",
        "baroque",
        "elaborate",
        "extravagant",
        "ornate",
        "rococo",
        "appareled",
        "apparelled",
        "arrayed",
        "bedecked",
        "decked-out",
        "dressed",
        "embroidered",
        "garnished",
        "trimmed"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "adorned",
        "decorated",
        "embellished",
        "fancy",
        "ornamented"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plashed":{
    "to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
      "examples":[
        "water plashed down the drain"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bubbled",
        "dribbled",
        "guggled",
        "gurgled",
        "lapped",
        "rippled",
        "splashed",
        "trickled",
        "washed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "eddied",
        "purled",
        "swirled",
        "swashed",
        "swished",
        "swooshed",
        "whished",
        "dripped",
        "dropped",
        "gushed",
        "jetted",
        "rushed",
        "spewed",
        "spouted",
        "spurted",
        "squirted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "ran",
        "run"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "poured",
        "rolled",
        "streamed"
      ]
    },
    "to move with a splashing motion":{
      "examples":[
        "a child happily plashing in the tub"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lapped",
        "sloshed",
        "splashed",
        "swashed"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "babbled",
        "bubbled",
        "gurgled",
        "rippled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
      "examples":[
        "passing cars plashed us with roadside slush"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bespattered",
        "dashed",
        "spattered",
        "splashed",
        "splattered"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drenched",
        "drowned",
        "impregnated",
        "saturated",
        "soaked",
        "sopped",
        "soused",
        "steeped",
        "bathed",
        "doused",
        "dowsed",
        "washed",
        "watered",
        "slopped",
        "slushed",
        "sprayed",
        "sprinkled",
        "squirted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plantations":{
    "a settlement in a new country or region":{
      "examples":[
        "the struggling plantation almost failed during the first winter"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "colonies"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "camps",
        "diasporas",
        "exclaves",
        "habitations",
        "outposts",
        "posts",
        "dependencies",
        "mandates",
        "possessions",
        "protectorates",
        "territories"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plateauing":{
    "as in stabilizing":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "stabilizing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "changing",
        "fluctuating",
        "mutating",
        "shifting",
        "snapping",
        "varying",
        "metamorphosing",
        "morphing",
        "transmuting",
        "bettering",
        "improving"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playbill":{
    "as in flyer , handbill":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "broadside",
        "flyer",
        "flier",
        "handbill",
        "handout",
        "show bill",
        "billboard",
        "sign",
        "signboard",
        "ad",
        "advertisement",
        "announcement",
        "bulletin",
        "dispatch",
        "release",
        "bill",
        "placard",
        "poster"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "platitudes":{
    "an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
      "examples":[
        "\"blondes have more fun\" is a silly platitude"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banalities",
        "bromides",
        "chestnuts",
        "clich\u00e9s",
        "cliches",
        "commonplaces",
        "groaners",
        "homilies",
        "shibboleths",
        "tropes",
        "truisms"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conventional wisdoms",
        "party lines",
        "routines",
        "inanities",
        "generalities",
        "generalizations",
        "simplifications",
        "adages",
        "proverbs",
        "saws",
        "sayings",
        "old wives' tales",
        "stereotypes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "profundities"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playlands":{
    "as in playgrounds , hives":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "happy hunting grounds",
        "hives",
        "hotbeds",
        "hot spots",
        "playgrounds",
        "headquarters",
        "kernels",
        "nubs",
        "piths",
        "axes",
        "bases",
        "capitals",
        "centers",
        "centrals",
        "cores",
        "cynosures",
        "epicenters",
        "eyes",
        "foci",
        "focuses",
        "ground zeros",
        "hearts",
        "hubs",
        "loci",
        "meccas",
        "navels",
        "nerve centers",
        "nexuses",
        "nexus",
        "nuclei",
        "nucleuses",
        "omphali",
        "seats",
        "deeps",
        "thicks",
        "essences",
        "quintessences",
        "souls",
        "attractions",
        "lodestones",
        "loadstones",
        "magnets",
        "polestars"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plainclothesman":{
    "as in fed , G-man":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "fed",
        "Federal",
        "G-man",
        "narc",
        "nark",
        "shadow",
        "tail",
        "tracer",
        "tracker",
        "detective",
        "dick",
        "gumshoe",
        "hawkshaw",
        "investigator",
        "operative",
        "private detective",
        "private eye",
        "private investigator",
        "shamus",
        "sherlock",
        "sleuth",
        "sleuthhound"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaintiffs":{
    "the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another":{
      "examples":[
        "the judge ruled that the plaintiff's lawsuit was groundless, and he dismissed it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "complainants",
        "suers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accusers",
        "litigants",
        "parties",
        "suitors",
        "appellants",
        "petitioners",
        "pleaders"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accused"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "defendants"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playing (with)":{
    "to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
      "examples":[
        "please don't play with the telephone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "diddling (with)",
        "fiddling (with)",
        "fooling (with)",
        "messing (with)",
        "monkeying (with)",
        "tampering (with)",
        "tinkering (with)",
        "toying (with)",
        "twiddling (with)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abusing",
        "altering",
        "doctoring",
        "manhandling",
        "manipulating",
        "mistreating",
        "misusing",
        "butting in",
        "interfering",
        "intruding",
        "meddling",
        "mucking (about or around)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planks":{
    "to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
      "examples":[
        "planked the carton down on the counter and left"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flops",
        "flumps",
        "plops",
        "plumps",
        "plunks",
        "plonks"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "flings",
        "heaves",
        "slings",
        "tosses",
        "ensconces",
        "installs",
        "plants",
        "settles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plague":{
    "to cause persistent suffering to":{
      "examples":[
        "plagued by a cough for all of last week"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "afflict",
        "agonize",
        "anguish",
        "bedevil",
        "beset",
        "besiege",
        "curse",
        "excruciate",
        "harrow",
        "persecute",
        "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":[]
    },
    "a widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death":{
      "examples":[
        "the Black Death was a plague that killed about one third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "pest",
        "pestilence"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "murrain",
        "epidemic",
        "pandemic",
        "affection",
        "affliction",
        "ailment",
        "contagion",
        "illness",
        "infection",
        "infirmity",
        "malady",
        "sickness",
        "blight",
        "curse",
        "scourge"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plaster":{
    "a medicated covering used to heal an injury":{
      "examples":[
        "put a plaster on the burn and don't touch it"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cataplasm",
        "dressing",
        "poultice"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "balm",
        "cream",
        "embrocation",
        "liniment",
        "lotion",
        "ointment",
        "salve",
        "unguent"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in nail , tack (up)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nail",
        "tack (up)",
        "placard",
        "post",
        "advertise",
        "announce",
        "bill",
        "blaze",
        "broadcast",
        "call",
        "declare",
        "proclaim",
        "promulgate",
        "publicize",
        "publish"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "remove",
        "take down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in smear , dab":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "anoint",
        "bedaub",
        "besmear",
        "dab",
        "daub",
        "slather",
        "smear",
        "apply",
        "lay",
        "lay on",
        "spread",
        "blanket",
        "carpet",
        "coat",
        "cover",
        "layer",
        "mantle",
        "overlay",
        "overlie",
        "overspread",
        "sheet",
        "surface"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bare",
        "expose",
        "peel",
        "strip",
        "uncover"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in batter , buffet":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bang away (at)",
        "batter",
        "buffet",
        "barrage",
        "cannon",
        "cannonade",
        "beleaguer",
        "besiege",
        "press",
        "blitz",
        "bomb",
        "bombard",
        "nuke",
        "harry",
        "loot",
        "pillage",
        "plunder",
        "ravage",
        "sack",
        "ambuscade",
        "ambush",
        "surprise",
        "surprize",
        "waylay",
        "foray",
        "invade",
        "overrun",
        "mug",
        "rob",
        "envelop",
        "flank",
        "bum-rush",
        "gang up (on)",
        "mob",
        "swarm"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cover",
        "defend",
        "guard",
        "protect",
        "secure",
        "shield"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plashes":{
    "to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
      "examples":[
        "water plashed down the drain"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bubbles",
        "dribbles",
        "guggles",
        "gurgles",
        "laps",
        "ripples",
        "splashes",
        "trickles",
        "washes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "eddies",
        "purls",
        "swirls",
        "swashes",
        "swishes",
        "swooshes",
        "whishes",
        "drips",
        "drops",
        "gushes",
        "jets",
        "rushes",
        "spews",
        "spouts",
        "spurts",
        "squirts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "runs"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "pours",
        "rolls",
        "streams"
      ]
    },
    "to move with a splashing motion":{
      "examples":[
        "a child happily plashing in the tub"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "laps",
        "sloshes",
        "splashes",
        "swashes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "babbles",
        "bubbles",
        "gurgles",
        "ripples"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
      "examples":[
        "passing cars plashed us with roadside slush"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bespatters",
        "dashes",
        "spatters",
        "splashes",
        "splatters"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drenches",
        "drowns",
        "impregnates",
        "saturates",
        "soaks",
        "sops",
        "souses",
        "steeps",
        "bathes",
        "douses",
        "dowses",
        "washes",
        "waters",
        "slops",
        "slushes",
        "sprays",
        "sprinkles",
        "squirts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playacting":{
    "a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
      "examples":[
        "it was clear to her friends that her reaction to the news was pure playacting"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "act",
        "airs",
        "charade",
        "disguise",
        "facade",
        "fa\u00e7ade",
        "front",
        "guise",
        "masquerade",
        "pose",
        "pretense",
        "pretence",
        "put-on",
        "semblance",
        "show"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "impersonation",
        "performance",
        "portrayal",
        "image",
        "persona",
        "appearance",
        "color",
        "gloss",
        "camouflage",
        "cloak",
        "affectation",
        "deceit",
        "deception",
        "dissembling",
        "dissimulation",
        "double-dealing",
        "duplicity",
        "fakery",
        "fraud",
        "guile",
        "betrayal",
        "double cross",
        "faithlessness",
        "falseness",
        "falsity",
        "infidelity",
        "perfidy",
        "treachery",
        "treason",
        "unfaithfulness",
        "excuse",
        "pretext"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "bluntness",
        "candidness",
        "candor",
        "directness",
        "forthrightness",
        "frankness",
        "openheartedness",
        "outspokenness",
        "plainspokenness",
        "sincerity",
        "straightforwardness",
        "artlessness",
        "genuineness",
        "na\u00efvet\u00e9",
        "naivete",
        "naivet\u00e9"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in playing , acting":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acting",
        "impersonating",
        "masquerading",
        "playing",
        "posing",
        "dissembling",
        "dissimulating",
        "letting on",
        "making out",
        "pretending",
        "affecting",
        "assuming",
        "counterfeiting",
        "faking",
        "feigning",
        "professing",
        "putting on",
        "shamming",
        "simulating",
        "camouflaging",
        "concealing",
        "disguising",
        "masking",
        "bluffing",
        "feinting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playing":{
    "to engage in activity for amusement":{
      "examples":[
        "told her son that he needed some time to run and play in the yard after his hard work"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dallying",
        "disporting",
        "frolicking",
        "recreating",
        "rollicking",
        "skylarking",
        "sporting",
        "toying"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cavorting",
        "frisking",
        "gamboling",
        "gambolling",
        "romping",
        "dabbling",
        "trifling",
        "amusing",
        "diverting",
        "entertaining",
        "delighting",
        "pleasing",
        "dabbling",
        "fiddling (around)",
        "messing around",
        "puttering (around)",
        "bumming (around)",
        "dawdling",
        "goldbricking",
        "hanging",
        "hanging about",
        "idling",
        "loafing",
        "lounging (around or about)",
        "relaxing",
        "resting",
        "screwing around",
        "slacking (off)",
        "jesting",
        "joking",
        "teasing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "drudging",
        "laboring",
        "plodding",
        "plugging (away)",
        "slaving",
        "straining",
        "striving",
        "struggling",
        "sweating",
        "toiling",
        "working"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to present a portrayal or performance of":{
      "examples":[
        "played Hamlet in the campus production of the classic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acting",
        "doing",
        "impersonating",
        "interpreting",
        "performing",
        "portraying"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "depicting",
        "dramatizing",
        "rendering",
        "representing",
        "acting out",
        "enacting",
        "pantomiming",
        "playacting",
        "role-playing",
        "taking on",
        "overacting",
        "overplaying",
        "underplaying",
        "aping",
        "clowning",
        "hamming",
        "imitating",
        "masquerading",
        "mimicking",
        "miming",
        "posing (as)",
        "starring (in)",
        "coacting",
        "co-acting",
        "costarring",
        "co-starring"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
      "examples":[
        "stop playing the innocent, because I know that you were behind that prank"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acting",
        "impersonating",
        "masquerading (as)",
        "personating",
        "posing (as)"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "aping",
        "copying",
        "imitating",
        "mimicking",
        "miming",
        "mocking",
        "monkeying",
        "parodying",
        "travestying",
        "performing",
        "portraying"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to spend time in aimless activity":{
      "examples":[
        "just played around while we waited for the bus to arrive"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "doodling",
        "fiddling (around)",
        "fooling around",
        "fribbling",
        "goofing (around)",
        "hanging about",
        "kicking around",
        "messing around",
        "monkeying (around)",
        "pottering (around)",
        "puttering (around)",
        "trifling"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dallying",
        "dawdling",
        "dillydallying",
        "hanging (around or out)",
        "idling",
        "loafing",
        "lolling",
        "lounging",
        "clowning (around)",
        "horsing around",
        "diddling (with)",
        "tinkering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "buckling (down)",
        "knuckling down",
        "setting (to)",
        "settling (down)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
      "examples":[
        "this is how we're going to play the situation"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "addressing",
        "contending (with)",
        "coping (with)",
        "fielding",
        "grappling (with)",
        "hacking",
        "handling",
        "managing",
        "maneuvering",
        "manipulating",
        "negotiating",
        "swinging",
        "taking",
        "treating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "engineering",
        "finessing",
        "jockeying",
        "bringing off",
        "carrying off",
        "carrying out",
        "getting off",
        "pulling",
        "commanding",
        "directing",
        "guiding",
        "steering",
        "controlling",
        "micromanaging",
        "regulating",
        "running",
        "reacting (to)",
        "responding (to)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "botching",
        "bungling",
        "foozling",
        "fumbling",
        "goofing (up)",
        "lousing up",
        "messing (up)",
        "mishandling",
        "muffing",
        "scamping"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
      "examples":[
        "figuring that she had little to lose, she played her last few bucks on the state lottery"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "betting",
        "gambling",
        "going",
        "laying",
        "putting",
        "staking",
        "wagering"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bidding",
        "offering",
        "adventuring",
        "chancing",
        "hazarding",
        "speculating",
        "venturing",
        "endangering",
        "imperiling",
        "imperilling",
        "jeopardizing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plages":{
    "as in lidos":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lidos",
        "littorals",
        "esplanades",
        "banks",
        "riverbanks",
        "riverfronts",
        "riversides",
        "oceanfronts",
        "shorefronts",
        "waterfronts",
        "coastlands",
        "coastlines",
        "coasts",
        "shorelines",
        "shores",
        "seaboards",
        "seacoasts",
        "seashores",
        "seasides",
        "beaches",
        "beachfronts",
        "sands",
        "strands"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placing":{
    "to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
      "examples":[
        "he carefully placed the flowers in a vase"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "deposing",
        "depositing",
        "disposing",
        "emplacing",
        "fixing",
        "laying",
        "positioning",
        "putting",
        "setting",
        "setting up",
        "situating",
        "sticking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "moving",
        "rearranging",
        "reordering",
        "shifting",
        "orienting",
        "establishing",
        "locating",
        "planting",
        "settling",
        "clapping",
        "flopping",
        "planking",
        "plopping",
        "plumping",
        "plunking",
        "plonking",
        "plunking down",
        "plonking down",
        "slapping",
        "ensconcing",
        "niching",
        "assembling",
        "collecting",
        "carrying",
        "berthing",
        "parking",
        "affixing",
        "anchoring",
        "locking",
        "lodging",
        "wedging",
        "arraying",
        "laying out",
        "lining up",
        "queuing",
        "queueing",
        "ranking",
        "setting down"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "relocating",
        "removing",
        "taking",
        "banishing",
        "dislodging",
        "displacing",
        "replacing",
        "superseding",
        "supplanting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to arrange or assign according to type":{
      "examples":[
        "I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assorting",
        "breaking down",
        "categorizing",
        "classifying",
        "classing",
        "codifying",
        "compartmentalizing",
        "compartmenting",
        "digesting",
        "distinguishing",
        "distributing",
        "grading",
        "grouping",
        "pegging",
        "ranging",
        "ranking",
        "relegating",
        "separating",
        "sorting",
        "typing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "arraying",
        "disposing",
        "drawing up",
        "marshaling",
        "marshalling",
        "ordering",
        "organizing",
        "systematizing",
        "alphabetizing",
        "cataloging",
        "cataloguing",
        "filing",
        "indexing",
        "listing",
        "referring",
        "pigeonholing",
        "shelving",
        "identifying",
        "recognizing",
        "culling",
        "screening",
        "setting",
        "sieving",
        "sifting",
        "winnowing",
        "clumping",
        "clustering",
        "colligating",
        "recategorizing",
        "reclassifying",
        "regrouping",
        "subcategorizing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "confusing",
        "disarranging",
        "jumbling",
        "lumping",
        "mixing (up)",
        "scrambling",
        "misclassifying",
        "missorting",
        "mis-sorting",
        "mistyping"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
      "examples":[
        "I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calculating",
        "calling",
        "conjecturing",
        "estimating",
        "figuring",
        "gauging",
        "gaging",
        "guessing",
        "judging",
        "making",
        "putting",
        "reckoning",
        "supposing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "concluding",
        "deducing",
        "extrapolating",
        "gathering",
        "inferring",
        "reasoning",
        "understanding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calibrating",
        "measuring",
        "scaling",
        "computing",
        "working out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
      "examples":[
        "placed second in the competition"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "being",
        "grading",
        "ranking",
        "rating",
        "standing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "seeding",
        "counting",
        "categorizing",
        "classifying",
        "classing",
        "codifying",
        "compartmentalizing",
        "grouping",
        "separating",
        "setting",
        "sorting",
        "installing",
        "instating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
      "examples":[
        "placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appointing",
        "assigning",
        "attaching",
        "commissioning",
        "constituting",
        "designating",
        "detailing",
        "naming",
        "nominating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authorizing",
        "delegating",
        "deputing",
        "deputizing",
        "anointing",
        "consecrating",
        "creating",
        "inaugurating",
        "inducting",
        "installing",
        "instating",
        "instituting",
        "investing",
        "making",
        "ordaining",
        "crowning",
        "enthroning",
        "throning",
        "choosing",
        "destining",
        "drafting",
        "electing",
        "handpicking",
        "selecting",
        "singling (out)",
        "voting (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blackballing",
        "deposing",
        "dethroning",
        "displacing",
        "ejecting",
        "evicting",
        "ousting",
        "overthrowing",
        "removing",
        "throwing out",
        "uncrowning",
        "unmaking",
        "unseating"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discharging",
        "dismissing",
        "expelling",
        "firing"
      ]
    },
    "to present or bring forward for discussion":{
      "examples":[
        "once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bringing up",
        "broaching",
        "introducing",
        "mooting",
        "raising"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "alluding (to)",
        "citing",
        "mentioning",
        "naming",
        "referring (to)",
        "offering",
        "proposing",
        "suggesting",
        "airing",
        "expressing",
        "speaking (of)",
        "talking (about)",
        "ventilating",
        "venting",
        "interjecting",
        "interrupting",
        "debating",
        "discussing",
        "thrashing (out or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "censoring",
        "hushing (up)",
        "quieting",
        "silencing",
        "suppressing"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to provide with a paying job":{
      "examples":[
        "most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assuming",
        "employing",
        "engaging",
        "feeing",
        "hiring",
        "laying on",
        "paying",
        "recruiting",
        "retaining",
        "signing (up or on)",
        "taking on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "reemploying",
        "re-employing",
        "reengaging",
        "re-engaging",
        "rehiring",
        "apprenticing",
        "contracting",
        "jobbing",
        "partnering",
        "subcontracting",
        "enlisting",
        "advancing",
        "promoting",
        "upgrading",
        "keeping (on)",
        "headhunting",
        "scouting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "furloughing",
        "laying off",
        "locking out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "axing",
        "canning",
        "discharging",
        "dismissing",
        "firing",
        "sacking"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plausibleness":{
    "as in credibility , plausibility":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "credibility",
        "plausibility",
        "liability",
        "likelihood",
        "probability",
        "feasibility",
        "feasibleness",
        "possibility",
        "potentiality",
        "reasonability",
        "reasonableness",
        "viability"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "improbability",
        "unlikelihood",
        "unlikeliness",
        "doubtfulness",
        "dubiousness",
        "impracticability",
        "impracticality",
        "implausibility",
        "incredibility",
        "incredibleness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plays (upon)":{
    "to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
      "examples":[
        "played upon the customer's vanity to convince her to buy the expensive makeup kit"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "exploits",
        "manipulates"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "engineers",
        "finagles",
        "jockeys",
        "maneuvers",
        "beguiles",
        "bluffs",
        "cozens",
        "deceives",
        "deludes",
        "dupes",
        "fools",
        "gulls",
        "hoaxes",
        "hoodwinks",
        "kids",
        "shanghais",
        "snows",
        "takes in",
        "tricks",
        "intrigues",
        "machinates",
        "plots",
        "schemes",
        "arranges",
        "contrives",
        "devises",
        "finesses",
        "masterminds",
        "cheats",
        "chisels",
        "cons",
        "defrauds",
        "fleeces",
        "hustles",
        "swindles"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "place":{
    "the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
      "examples":[
        "the place chosen for the picnic",
        "there's the place where I left my umbrella"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "emplacement",
        "locale",
        "locality",
        "location",
        "locus",
        "point",
        "position",
        "site",
        "spot",
        "venue",
        "where"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "scene",
        "precinct",
        "region",
        "section",
        "sector",
        "here",
        "there"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business":{
      "examples":[
        "we're going to our favorite place to eat"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "establishment",
        "joint",
        "parlor",
        "salon"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "spot",
        "station",
        "facility",
        "installation",
        "club",
        "house",
        "den",
        "dive",
        "hole"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
      "examples":[
        "a friend got her a place in a department store's clothing department"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appointment",
        "berth",
        "billet",
        "capacity",
        "connection",
        "function",
        "job",
        "position",
        "post",
        "situation"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "business",
        "employ",
        "employment",
        "occupation",
        "profession",
        "work",
        "office",
        "spot",
        "calling",
        "pursuit",
        "trade",
        "vocation",
        "line",
        "racket",
        "engagement",
        "gig",
        "livelihood",
        "living",
        "career",
        "lifework",
        "practice",
        "practise",
        "duty",
        "mission",
        "posting",
        "service",
        "task"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "avocation",
        "joblessness",
        "unemployment"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing":{
      "examples":[
        "let's make a place around our campfire for the newest member of our group"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "elbow room",
        "room",
        "space",
        "way"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "capacity",
        "compass",
        "range",
        "scope",
        "berth",
        "clearance",
        "freedom",
        "latitude",
        "leeway",
        "play"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
      "examples":[
        "knew his place in the organization"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "business",
        "capacity",
        "function",
        "job",
        "part",
        "position",
        "purpose",
        "role",
        "r\u00f4le",
        "task",
        "work"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "affair",
        "concern",
        "hand",
        "involvement",
        "participation",
        "niche",
        "office",
        "post",
        "situation",
        "calling",
        "occupation",
        "pursuit",
        "vocation",
        "activity",
        "assignment",
        "charge",
        "commission",
        "duty",
        "employ",
        "mission",
        "responsibility",
        "service",
        "use"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the place where one lives":{
      "examples":[
        "they have a nice little place in the country"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abode",
        "diggings",
        "domicile",
        "dwelling",
        "fireside",
        "habitation",
        "hearth",
        "hearthstone",
        "home",
        "house",
        "lodging",
        "pad",
        "quarters",
        "residence",
        "roof"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accommodations",
        "housing",
        "nest",
        "residency",
        "shelter",
        "bungalow",
        "cabin",
        "casita",
        "chalet",
        "cottage",
        "duplex",
        "ranch",
        "ranch house",
        "saltbox",
        "semi",
        "split level",
        "townhome",
        "town house",
        "tract house",
        "triplex",
        "apartment",
        "apartment house",
        "condo",
        "condominium",
        "flat",
        "tenement",
        "tenement house",
        "walk-up",
        "penthouse",
        "salon",
        "suite",
        "barracks",
        "billet",
        "boardinghouse",
        "dorm",
        "dormitory",
        "flophouse",
        "lodging house",
        "lodgment",
        "lodgement",
        "room(s)",
        "rooming house",
        "castle",
        "ch\u00e2teau",
        "countryseat",
        "estate",
        "hall",
        "manor",
        "manor house",
        "mansion",
        "McMansion",
        "palace",
        "villa",
        "farmhouse",
        "grange",
        "hacienda",
        "homestead",
        "double-wide",
        "houseboat",
        "house trailer",
        "mobile home",
        "motor home",
        "recreational vehicle",
        "RV",
        "trailer",
        "hermitage",
        "manse",
        "parsonage",
        "rectory",
        "vicarage",
        "hooch",
        "hootch",
        "hovel",
        "hut",
        "hutch",
        "shack",
        "shanty"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
      "examples":[
        "came in fourth place in the marathon"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "degree",
        "echelon",
        "footing",
        "level",
        "position",
        "rank",
        "ranking",
        "reach(es)",
        "rung",
        "situation",
        "standing",
        "station",
        "status",
        "stratum"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "condition",
        "estate",
        "order",
        "walk",
        "capacity",
        "function",
        "rating"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a situation or activity for which a person or thing is best suited":{
      "examples":[
        "with skills largely limited to those honed from endless hours of video games, he was having a hard time finding a place in the business world"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "groove",
        "niche",
        "slot"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "appointment",
        "berth",
        "billet",
        "capacity",
        "function",
        "job",
        "position",
        "post",
        "rank",
        "standing",
        "station",
        "status",
        "forte",
        "long suit",
        "m\u00e9tier",
        "metier",
        "speciality",
        "specialty",
        "strong suit",
        "thing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
      "examples":[
        "well, in the first place , you shouldn't even be here"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "chapter",
        "cut",
        "degree",
        "grade",
        "inch",
        "notch",
        "peg",
        "phase",
        "point",
        "stage",
        "step"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "angle",
        "aspect",
        "facet",
        "side",
        "amount",
        "measure",
        "plane",
        "decrement",
        "increment"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
      "examples":[
        "he carefully placed the flowers in a vase"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "depose",
        "deposit",
        "dispose",
        "emplace",
        "fix",
        "lay",
        "position",
        "put",
        "set",
        "set up",
        "situate",
        "stick"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "move",
        "rearrange",
        "reorder",
        "shift",
        "orient",
        "establish",
        "locate",
        "plant",
        "settle",
        "clap",
        "flop",
        "plank",
        "plop",
        "plump",
        "plunk",
        "plonk",
        "plunk down",
        "slap",
        "ensconce",
        "niche",
        "assemble",
        "collect",
        "carry",
        "berth",
        "park",
        "affix",
        "anchor",
        "lock",
        "lodge",
        "wedge",
        "array",
        "lay out",
        "line up",
        "queue",
        "rank",
        "set down"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "relocate",
        "remove",
        "take",
        "banish",
        "dislodge",
        "displace",
        "replace",
        "supersede",
        "supplant"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to arrange or assign according to type":{
      "examples":[
        "I'd place those cyclists in the advanced group for the training ride"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assort",
        "break down",
        "categorize",
        "class",
        "classify",
        "codify",
        "compartment",
        "compartmentalize",
        "digest",
        "distinguish",
        "distribute",
        "grade",
        "group",
        "peg",
        "range",
        "rank",
        "relegate",
        "separate",
        "sort",
        "type"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "array",
        "dispose",
        "draw up",
        "marshal",
        "marshall",
        "order",
        "organize",
        "systematize",
        "alphabetize",
        "catalog",
        "catalogue",
        "file",
        "index",
        "list",
        "refer",
        "pigeonhole",
        "shelve",
        "identify",
        "recognize",
        "cull",
        "screen",
        "set",
        "sieve",
        "sift",
        "winnow",
        "clump",
        "cluster",
        "colligate",
        "recategorize",
        "reclassify",
        "regroup",
        "subcategorize"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "confuse",
        "disarrange",
        "jumble",
        "lump",
        "mix (up)",
        "scramble",
        "misclassify",
        "missort",
        "mistype"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
      "examples":[
        "I'd place that as roughly the third largest house in the neighborhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "calculate",
        "call",
        "conjecture",
        "estimate",
        "figure",
        "gauge",
        "gage",
        "guess",
        "judge",
        "make",
        "put",
        "reckon",
        "suppose"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conclude",
        "deduce",
        "extrapolate",
        "gather",
        "infer",
        "reason",
        "understand"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "calibrate",
        "measure",
        "scale",
        "compute",
        "work out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
      "examples":[
        "placed second in the competition"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "be",
        "grade",
        "rank",
        "rate",
        "stand"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "seed",
        "count",
        "categorize",
        "class",
        "classify",
        "codify",
        "compartmentalize",
        "group",
        "separate",
        "set",
        "sort",
        "install",
        "instate"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty":{
      "examples":[
        "placed the recent college grad in the company's research and development division"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "appoint",
        "assign",
        "attach",
        "commission",
        "constitute",
        "designate",
        "detail",
        "name",
        "nominate"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "authorize",
        "delegate",
        "depute",
        "deputize",
        "anoint",
        "consecrate",
        "create",
        "inaugurate",
        "induct",
        "install",
        "instate",
        "institute",
        "invest",
        "make",
        "ordain",
        "crown",
        "enthrone",
        "throne",
        "choose",
        "destine",
        "draft",
        "elect",
        "handpick",
        "select",
        "single (out)",
        "vote (in)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "blackball",
        "depose",
        "dethrone",
        "displace",
        "eject",
        "evict",
        "oust",
        "overthrow",
        "remove",
        "throw out",
        "uncrown",
        "unmake",
        "unseat"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "discharge",
        "dismiss",
        "expel",
        "fire"
      ]
    },
    "to present or bring forward for discussion":{
      "examples":[
        "once again the issue of recurrent vandalism at the high school was placed before the town council"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bring up",
        "broach",
        "introduce",
        "moot",
        "raise"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "allude (to)",
        "cite",
        "mention",
        "name",
        "refer (to)",
        "offer",
        "propose",
        "suggest",
        "air",
        "express",
        "speak (of)",
        "talk (about)",
        "vent",
        "ventilate",
        "interject",
        "interrupt",
        "debate",
        "discuss",
        "thrash (out or over)"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "censor",
        "hush (up)",
        "quiet",
        "silence",
        "suppress"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to provide with a paying job":{
      "examples":[
        "most of the trainees at the TV station are placed in clerical positions"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "assume",
        "employ",
        "engage",
        "fee",
        "hire",
        "lay on",
        "pay",
        "recruit",
        "retain",
        "sign (up or on)",
        "take on"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "reemploy",
        "reengage",
        "rehire",
        "apprentice",
        "contract",
        "job",
        "partner",
        "subcontract",
        "enlist",
        "advance",
        "promote",
        "upgrade",
        "keep (on)",
        "headhunt",
        "scout"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "furlough",
        "lay off",
        "lock out"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ax",
        "axe",
        "can",
        "discharge",
        "dismiss",
        "fire",
        "sack"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plagiarized":{
    "as in copied , cribbed":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "copied",
        "cribbed",
        "apish",
        "canned",
        "emulative",
        "epigonic",
        "epigonous",
        "formulaic",
        "imitative",
        "mimetic",
        "mimic",
        "slavish",
        "unoriginal",
        "artificial",
        "bogus",
        "factitious",
        "fake",
        "false",
        "imitation",
        "man-made",
        "mock",
        "sham",
        "simulated",
        "substitute",
        "synthetic",
        "duplicated",
        "photocopied",
        "reduplicated",
        "reproduced",
        "transcribed",
        "backup",
        "counterfeit",
        "deceptive",
        "forged",
        "fraudulent",
        "misleading",
        "cut-and-dried",
        "cut-and-dry",
        "perfunctory",
        "routine",
        "uninspired"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "archetypal",
        "archetypical",
        "original",
        "authentic",
        "bona fide",
        "legitimate",
        "true",
        "genuine",
        "natural",
        "real",
        "classic",
        "ideal",
        "model"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas":{
      "examples":[
        "He plagiarized a classmate's report."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cribbed",
        "counterfeited",
        "faked",
        "forged",
        "phonied",
        "simulated",
        "duplicated",
        "reduplicated",
        "replicated",
        "reproduced",
        "adulterated",
        "doctored",
        "fudged",
        "juggled",
        "manipulated",
        "tampered (with)",
        "concocted",
        "cooked (up)",
        "fabricated",
        "invented"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "play down":{
    "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
      "examples":[
        "out of sheer envy, she would always play down her sister's accomplishments"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bad-mouth",
        "belittle",
        "cry down",
        "decry",
        "denigrate",
        "deprecate",
        "depreciate",
        "derogate",
        "diminish",
        "dis",
        "diss",
        "discount",
        "dismiss",
        "disparage",
        "kiss off",
        "minimize",
        "poor-mouth",
        "put down",
        "run down",
        "talk down",
        "trash",
        "trash-talk",
        "vilipend",
        "write off"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "discommend",
        "abuse",
        "scold",
        "disapprove (of)",
        "dislike",
        "censure",
        "condemn",
        "criticize",
        "denounce",
        "reprehend",
        "reprobate",
        "asperse",
        "defame",
        "malign",
        "rip",
        "slander",
        "slur",
        "traduce",
        "vilify",
        "discredit",
        "disgrace"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "approve",
        "countenance",
        "endorse",
        "indorse",
        "favor",
        "recommend",
        "sanction",
        "commend",
        "compliment",
        "eulogize"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "acclaim",
        "applaud",
        "exalt",
        "extol",
        "extoll",
        "glorify",
        "laud",
        "magnify",
        "praise"
      ]
    },
    "to reduce in apparent importance":{
      "examples":[
        "if you play down your part in the project, you won't get the credit you deserve"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "de-emphasize",
        "downplay",
        "soft-pedal"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "underplay",
        "understate",
        "bad-mouth",
        "belittle",
        "cry down",
        "decry",
        "denigrate",
        "deprecate",
        "depreciate",
        "derogate",
        "dismiss",
        "disparage",
        "kiss off",
        "minimize",
        "poor-mouth",
        "put down",
        "run down",
        "talk down",
        "trash",
        "trash-talk"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "exaggerate",
        "overdo",
        "overdraw",
        "overstate",
        "elaborate",
        "embellish",
        "embroider",
        "magnify",
        "pad",
        "stretch",
        "fudge",
        "hedge",
        "melodramatize",
        "overemphasize",
        "overplay",
        "sensationalize"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planless":{
    "as in irregular , nonsystematic":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "disorganized",
        "haphazard",
        "hit-or-miss",
        "immethodical",
        "irregular",
        "nonsystematic",
        "patternless",
        "systemless",
        "unsystematic",
        "chaotic",
        "disordered",
        "disorderly",
        "shambolic",
        "unordered"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "methodical",
        "methodic",
        "neat",
        "orderly",
        "organized",
        "regular",
        "systematic",
        "systematized",
        "ordered",
        "regularized",
        "standardized",
        "structured",
        "accurate",
        "clocklike",
        "correct",
        "exact",
        "precise"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "playing ball":{
    "to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
      "examples":[
        "She refused to play ball with the investigators."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "banding (together)",
        "collaborating",
        "concerting",
        "concurring",
        "conjoining",
        "conspiring",
        "cooperating",
        "joining",
        "leaguing",
        "teaming (up)",
        "uniting"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conniving",
        "affiliating",
        "allying",
        "associating",
        "combining",
        "confederating",
        "hanging together",
        "interfacing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "plangent":{
    "expressing or suggesting mourning":{
      "examples":[
        "a plangent , haunting song about a long-ago love"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aching",
        "agonized",
        "anguished",
        "bemoaning",
        "bewailing",
        "bitter",
        "deploring",
        "doleful",
        "dolesome",
        "dolorous",
        "funeral",
        "grieving",
        "heartbroken",
        "lamentable",
        "lugubrious",
        "mournful",
        "plaintive",
        "regretful",
        "rueful",
        "sorrowful",
        "sorry",
        "wailing",
        "weeping",
        "woeful"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dirgelike",
        "elegiac",
        "elegiacal",
        "melancholy",
        "dejected",
        "depressed",
        "despondent",
        "disconsolate",
        "dispirited",
        "downcast",
        "downhearted",
        "heartsick",
        "heartsore",
        "inconsolable",
        "tearful",
        "brokenhearted",
        "careworn",
        "crestfallen",
        "downcast",
        "downhearted",
        "forlorn",
        "gloomy",
        "glum",
        "low-spirited",
        "miserable",
        "sad",
        "triste",
        "unhappy",
        "woebegone",
        "bawling",
        "crying",
        "groaning",
        "howling",
        "keening",
        "moaning",
        "yammering",
        "bleeding",
        "suffering",
        "black",
        "bleak",
        "cheerless",
        "comfortless",
        "dark",
        "darkening",
        "desolate",
        "dismal",
        "dreary",
        "funereal",
        "gloomy",
        "glum",
        "gray",
        "grey",
        "joyless",
        "low",
        "miserable",
        "moody",
        "morbid",
        "morose",
        "pathetic",
        "pessimistic",
        "piteous",
        "saturnine",
        "somber",
        "sombre",
        "sullen",
        "wretched"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "delighted",
        "exulting",
        "glorying",
        "happy",
        "joyful",
        "rejoicing",
        "triumphant",
        "bright",
        "cheerful",
        "cheering",
        "cheery",
        "laughing",
        "smiling",
        "blissful",
        "blithe",
        "blithesome",
        "buoyant",
        "jocund",
        "jolly",
        "joyous",
        "lighthearted",
        "merry",
        "mirthful",
        "encouraging",
        "hopeful",
        "optimistic",
        "ecstatic",
        "elated",
        "euphoric",
        "exhilarated",
        "giddy",
        "heady",
        "rapturous",
        "rhapsodic",
        "rhapsodical"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "marked by a high volume of sound":{
      "examples":[
        "plangent organ music filled the church"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blaring",
        "blasting",
        "booming",
        "clamorous",
        "clangorous",
        "deafening",
        "earsplitting",
        "loud",
        "piercing",
        "resounding",
        "ringing",
        "roaring",
        "slam-bang",
        "sonorous",
        "stentorian",
        "thundering",
        "thunderous"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "brazen",
        "dinning",
        "discordant",
        "noisy",
        "obstreperous",
        "raucous",
        "rip-roaring",
        "vociferous",
        "grating",
        "harsh",
        "overloud",
        "sharp",
        "shrill",
        "squealing",
        "strident"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dead",
        "quiet",
        "silent",
        "still",
        "stilly",
        "ultraquiet",
        "calm",
        "dreamy",
        "peaceful",
        "restful",
        "serene",
        "soothing",
        "tranquil",
        "hushed",
        "muffled",
        "muted",
        "softened",
        "toned (down)"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "gentle",
        "low",
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    "marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
      "examples":[
        "the strong, plangent tones of a Louis Armstrong trumpet solo"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "golden",
        "orotund",
        "resonant",
        "resounding",
        "reverberant",
        "reverberating",
        "reverberative",
        "ringing",
        "rotund",
        "round",
        "sonorous",
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deep",
        "full",
        "mellifluent",
        "mellifluous",
        "mellow",
        "plummy",
        "rich",
        "loud",
        "powerful",
        "stentorian",
        "thundering",
        "thunderous"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "cavernous",
        "hollow",
        "faint",
        "low",
        "murmurous",
        "muted",
        "smothered",
        "soft",
        "weak",
        "thin",
        "tinny"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "playing (on or upon)":{
    "to take unfair advantage of":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[
        "abusing",
        "capitalizing (on)",
        "cashing in (on)",
        "exploiting",
        "imposing (on or upon)",
        "leveraging",
        "milking",
        "pimping",
        "using",
        "working"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "jerking around",
        "manipulating",
        "mistreating",
        "bleeding",
        "cheating",
        "fleecing",
        "overcharging",
        "skinning",
        "soaking",
        "sticking",
        "commercializing",
        "commodifying"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[]
  },
  "plays (around)":{
    "as in fools around , cats (around)":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cats (around)",
        "fools around",
        "fornicates",
        "tomcats (around)",
        "womanizes",
        "cheats",
        "philanders",
        "screws around",
        "steps out",
        "copulates",
        "couples",
        "lies",
        "makes out",
        "mates",
        "sleeps",
        "lusts"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "play out":{
    "to make complete use of":{
      "examples":[
        "we've finally played out the leftovers from that huge holiday meal"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "absorb",
        "burn",
        "consume",
        "deplete",
        "devour",
        "drain",
        "draw down",
        "exhaust",
        "expend",
        "spend",
        "use up"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "abate",
        "decrease",
        "de-escalate",
        "diminish",
        "downsize",
        "dwindle",
        "lessen",
        "lower",
        "reduce",
        "eat",
        "use",
        "bankrupt",
        "clean (out)",
        "impoverish",
        "cripple",
        "debilitate",
        "disable",
        "enfeeble",
        "sap",
        "undermine",
        "weaken",
        "dry up",
        "empty",
        "blow",
        "dissipate",
        "fritter (away)",
        "guzzle",
        "lavish",
        "misspend",
        "run through",
        "squander",
        "throw away",
        "waste"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "augment",
        "enlarge",
        "increase",
        "bolster",
        "enforce",
        "fortify",
        "reinforce",
        "reenforce",
        "strengthen",
        "rebuild",
        "repair",
        "restore",
        "revive",
        "conserve",
        "preserve",
        "save"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "renew",
        "replace"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "played (upon)":{
    "to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
      "examples":[
        "played upon the customer's vanity to convince her to buy the expensive makeup kit"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "exploited",
        "manipulated"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "engineered",
        "finagled",
        "jockeyed",
        "maneuvered",
        "beguiled",
        "bluffed",
        "cozened",
        "deceived",
        "deluded",
        "duped",
        "fooled",
        "gulled",
        "hoaxed",
        "hoodwinked",
        "kidded",
        "shanghaied",
        "snowed",
        "took in",
        "tricked",
        "intrigued",
        "machinated",
        "plotted",
        "schemed",
        "arranged",
        "contrived",
        "devised",
        "finessed",
        "masterminded",
        "cheated",
        "chiseled",
        "chiselled",
        "conned",
        "defrauded",
        "fleeced",
        "hustled",
        "swindled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placarded":{
    "to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
      "examples":[
        "placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "posted"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nailed",
        "plastered",
        "tacked (up)",
        "advertised",
        "announced",
        "billed",
        "blazed",
        "broadcast",
        "broadcasted",
        "called",
        "declared",
        "proclaimed",
        "promulgated",
        "publicized",
        "published"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "removed",
        "took down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make known openly or publicly":{
      "examples":[
        "placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advertised",
        "announced",
        "annunciated",
        "blared",
        "blazed",
        "blazoned",
        "broadcast",
        "broadcasted",
        "declared",
        "enunciated",
        "flashed",
        "gave out",
        "heralded",
        "posted",
        "proclaimed",
        "promulgated",
        "publicized",
        "published",
        "released",
        "sounded",
        "trumpeted"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barked",
        "called (off or out)",
        "cried",
        "billboarded",
        "billed",
        "bulletined",
        "gazetted",
        "knelled",
        "rang",
        "tolled",
        "blurbed",
        "featured",
        "pitched",
        "plugged",
        "promoted",
        "puffed",
        "disseminated",
        "spread",
        "disclosed",
        "divulged",
        "introduced",
        "kithed",
        "kythed",
        "manifested",
        "reported",
        "revealed",
        "showed",
        "advised",
        "apprised",
        "handed down",
        "informed",
        "notified",
        "communicated",
        "imparted",
        "intimated"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "concealed",
        "hushed (up)",
        "silenced",
        "suppressed",
        "withheld",
        "recalled",
        "recanted",
        "retracted",
        "revoked"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playing (upon)":{
    "to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
      "examples":[
        "played upon the customer's vanity to convince her to buy the expensive makeup kit"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "exploiting",
        "manipulating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "engineering",
        "finagling",
        "jockeying",
        "maneuvering",
        "beguiling",
        "bluffing",
        "cozening",
        "deceiving",
        "deluding",
        "duping",
        "fooling",
        "gulling",
        "hoaxing",
        "hoodwinking",
        "kidding",
        "shanghaiing",
        "snowing",
        "taking in",
        "tricking",
        "intriguing",
        "machinating",
        "plotting",
        "scheming",
        "arranging",
        "contriving",
        "devising",
        "finessing",
        "masterminding",
        "cheating",
        "chiseling",
        "chiselling",
        "conning",
        "defrauding",
        "fleecing",
        "hustling",
        "swindling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planked":{
    "to throw or set down clumsily or casually":{
      "examples":[
        "planked the carton down on the counter and left"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "flopped",
        "flumped",
        "plopped",
        "plumped",
        "plunked",
        "plonked"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "flung",
        "heaved",
        "hove",
        "slung",
        "tossed",
        "ensconced",
        "installed",
        "planted",
        "settled"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "platting":{
    "to form into a braid":{
      "examples":[
        "plat yarn into a cord"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braiding",
        "plaiting",
        "pleating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interlacing",
        "interweaving",
        "weaving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "playfellow":{
    "as in classmate , teammate":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "classmate",
        "housemate",
        "messmate",
        "playmate",
        "roommate",
        "roomie",
        "schoolmate",
        "shipmate",
        "teammate",
        "associate",
        "cohort",
        "companion",
        "compatriot",
        "compeer",
        "comrade",
        "crony",
        "fellow",
        "hobnobber",
        "mate",
        "running mate",
        "colleague",
        "coworker",
        "equal",
        "peer",
        "workmate",
        "accomplice",
        "affiliate",
        "ally",
        "collaborator",
        "confederate",
        "half",
        "partner",
        "buddy",
        "chum",
        "confidant",
        "familiar",
        "friend",
        "hearty",
        "intimate",
        "pal",
        "countryman",
        "attendant",
        "escort",
        "hanger-on",
        "leech",
        "parasite"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playwear":{
    "as in sportswear , outerwear":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "activewear",
        "loungewear",
        "outerwear",
        "sportswear",
        "couture",
        "pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
        "pret-a-porter",
        "ready-to-wear",
        "tailoring",
        "nightclothes",
        "sleepwear",
        "smallclothes",
        "underclothes",
        "underwear",
        "civvies",
        "civies",
        "mufti",
        "haberdashery",
        "menswear",
        "costume",
        "ensemble",
        "frock",
        "garb",
        "getup",
        "guise",
        "livery",
        "outfit",
        "tatters",
        "foofaraw",
        "frippery",
        "gaudery",
        "tawdry",
        "trumpery",
        "array",
        "bravery",
        "caparison",
        "finery",
        "gaiety",
        "gayety",
        "glad rags",
        "pretties",
        "regalia",
        "trim",
        "garderobe",
        "wardrobe"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planner":{
    "as in researcher , pioneer":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "groundbreaker",
        "pioneer",
        "researcher",
        "researchist",
        "author",
        "begetter",
        "creator",
        "establisher",
        "father",
        "founder",
        "generator",
        "inaugurator",
        "initiator",
        "instituter",
        "institutor",
        "sire",
        "builder",
        "maker",
        "producer",
        "contriver",
        "designer",
        "developer",
        "deviser",
        "formulator",
        "innovator",
        "introducer",
        "inventor",
        "originator",
        "dreamer",
        "codeveloper",
        "coinventor",
        "coproducer",
        "coresearcher"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "aper",
        "copier",
        "copycat",
        "duplicator",
        "imitator",
        "mimic"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "as in plan , journal":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "journal",
        "log",
        "logbook",
        "plan",
        "daybook",
        "diary",
        "blog",
        "itinerary",
        "Weblog"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaiting":{
    "to form into a braid":{
      "examples":[
        "plaited the doll's hair so it wouldn't tangle"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braiding",
        "platting",
        "pleating"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interlacing",
        "interweaving",
        "weaving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planter":{
    "a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
      "examples":[
        "the planters are too busy around harvest time to pay the tourists much mind"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agriculturist",
        "agriculturalist",
        "agronomist",
        "cultivator",
        "farmer",
        "grower",
        "tiller"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "farmhand",
        "field hand",
        "gleaner",
        "harvester",
        "plowman",
        "reaper",
        "workfolk",
        "workfolks",
        "crofter",
        "cropper",
        "gentleman farmer",
        "sharecropper",
        "subsistence farmer",
        "tenant farmer",
        "yeoman",
        "homesteader",
        "nester",
        "granger",
        "rancher",
        "ranchero",
        "ranchman",
        "campesino"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plays ball":{
    "to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
      "examples":[
        "She refused to play ball with the investigators."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bands (together)",
        "collaborates",
        "concerts",
        "concurs",
        "conjoins",
        "conspires",
        "cooperates",
        "joins",
        "leagues",
        "teams (up)",
        "unites"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "connives",
        "affiliates",
        "allies",
        "associates",
        "combines",
        "confederates",
        "hangs together",
        "interfaces"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "playacts":{
    "as in plays , acts":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acts",
        "impersonates",
        "masquerades",
        "plays",
        "poses",
        "dissembles",
        "dissimulates",
        "lets on",
        "makes out",
        "pretends",
        "affects",
        "assumes",
        "counterfeits",
        "fakes",
        "feigns",
        "professes",
        "puts on",
        "shams",
        "simulates",
        "camouflages",
        "conceals",
        "disguises",
        "masks",
        "bluffs",
        "feints"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plausibly":{
    "as in reasonably , conceivably":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "conceivably",
        "imaginably",
        "practically",
        "reasonably",
        "maybe",
        "mayhap",
        "perchance",
        "perhaps",
        "possibly",
        "potentially",
        "assumably",
        "doubtless",
        "likely",
        "presumably",
        "probably",
        "assuredly",
        "certainly",
        "clearly",
        "conclusively",
        "decisively",
        "definitely",
        "definitively",
        "indisputably",
        "indubitably",
        "positively",
        "really",
        "surely",
        "truly",
        "undeniably",
        "undoubtedly",
        "unquestionably",
        "presumedly",
        "supposably",
        "supposedly"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "improbably",
        "implausibly",
        "inconceivably",
        "incredibly",
        "unbelievably",
        "unthinkably"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "plaudits":{
    "enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
      "examples":[
        "the proud parents bragged that their daughter had received many plaudits for her academic achievements"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acclamation",
        "applause",
        "cheer",
        "cheering",
        "ovation",
        "rave(s)",
        "r\u00e9clame"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clapping",
        "bravo",
        "hail",
        "hallelujah",
        "hosanna",
        "hurrah",
        "hooray",
        "hoorah",
        "huzzah",
        "huzza",
        "acclaim",
        "accolade",
        "citation",
        "commendation",
        "compliment",
        "encomium",
        "eulogy",
        "homage",
        "kudo",
        "paean",
        "panegyric",
        "salutation",
        "tribute",
        "kudos",
        "praise"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boo",
        "hiss",
        "hoot",
        "jeer",
        "raspberry",
        "smirk",
        "sneer",
        "snicker",
        "snigger",
        "snort",
        "whistle",
        "gibe",
        "jibe",
        "put-down",
        "taunt"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "booing",
        "hissing"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "platform":{
    "a level usually raised surface":{
      "examples":[
        "you'll have to stand up there on the platform for your speech"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "dais",
        "podium",
        "rostrum",
        "stage",
        "stand",
        "tribune"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "altar",
        "bimah",
        "bima",
        "footpace",
        "pulpit",
        "riser",
        "scaffold",
        "balcony",
        "gallery"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{
      "examples":[
        "for years the publisher has used his newspaper as a platform for his extreme political conservatism"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "forum",
        "medium",
        "outlet",
        "soapbox",
        "venue"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "channel",
        "conduit",
        "pipeline",
        "showcase",
        "stage"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "play-by-play":{
    "a series of explanations or observations on something (as an event)":{
      "examples":[
        "on Monday mornings she usually gives her coworkers a detailed play-by-play on how her weekend date went"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "analysis",
        "comment",
        "commentary",
        "exposition"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "annotation",
        "explication",
        "descant",
        "discant",
        "note",
        "observation",
        "remark",
        "report",
        "review",
        "write-up"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playing hooky":{
    "to fail to attend":{
      "examples":[
        "He got in big trouble when his parents found out he played hooky that day."
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "blowing off",
        "cutting",
        "missing",
        "skipping"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "ignoring",
        "neglecting",
        "passing over"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "attending",
        "showing up (for)"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "phrase"
    ]
  },
  "plateful":{
    "a considerable amount":{
      "examples":[
        "a degree in that field would give you a plateful of possibilities for a career"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abundance",
        "barrel",
        "basketful",
        "boatload",
        "bucket",
        "bunch",
        "bundle",
        "bushel",
        "carload",
        "chunk",
        "deal",
        "dozen",
        "fistful",
        "gobs",
        "good deal",
        "heap",
        "hundred",
        "lashings",
        "lashins",
        "loads",
        "lot",
        "mass",
        "mess",
        "mountain",
        "much",
        "multiplicity",
        "myriad",
        "oodles",
        "pack",
        "passel",
        "peck",
        "pile",
        "plenitude",
        "plentitude",
        "plenty",
        "pot",
        "potful",
        "profusion",
        "quantity",
        "raft",
        "reams",
        "scads",
        "sheaf",
        "shipload",
        "sight",
        "slew",
        "spate",
        "stack",
        "store",
        "ton",
        "truckload",
        "volume",
        "wad",
        "wealth",
        "yard"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "epidemic",
        "plague",
        "rash",
        "bonanza",
        "embarrassment",
        "excess",
        "overabundance",
        "overage",
        "overkill",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupply",
        "plethora",
        "redundancy",
        "superabundance",
        "superfluity",
        "surfeit",
        "surplus",
        "deluge",
        "flood",
        "overflow",
        "army",
        "bevy",
        "cram",
        "crowd",
        "crush",
        "drove",
        "flock",
        "herd",
        "horde",
        "host",
        "legion",
        "mob",
        "multitude",
        "press",
        "score",
        "sea",
        "swarm",
        "throng",
        "gazillion",
        "jillion",
        "kazillion",
        "million",
        "thousands",
        "trillion",
        "zillion"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "atom",
        "crumb",
        "dot",
        "fleck",
        "flyspeck",
        "fragment",
        "grain",
        "granule",
        "iota",
        "jot",
        "modicum",
        "molecule",
        "mote",
        "nubbin",
        "particle",
        "ray",
        "scintilla",
        "scrap",
        "shred",
        "tittle",
        "whit",
        "smatter",
        "smattering",
        "dash",
        "drop",
        "morsel",
        "shot",
        "piece",
        "portion",
        "section",
        "absence",
        "dearth",
        "famine",
        "lack",
        "paucity",
        "poverty",
        "scarceness",
        "scarcity",
        "shortage",
        "undersupply",
        "want",
        "deficiency",
        "deficit",
        "inadequacy",
        "insufficiency",
        "meagerness",
        "scantiness",
        "scantness",
        "skimpiness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "ace",
        "bit",
        "dab",
        "dram",
        "driblet",
        "glimmer",
        "handful",
        "hint",
        "lick",
        "little",
        "mite",
        "mouthful",
        "nip",
        "ounce",
        "peanuts",
        "pinch",
        "pittance",
        "scruple",
        "shade",
        "shadow",
        "smidgen",
        "smidgeon",
        "smidgin",
        "smidge",
        "speck",
        "spot",
        "sprinkle",
        "sprinkling",
        "strain",
        "streak",
        "suspicion",
        "tad",
        "taste",
        "touch",
        "trace"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placable":{
    "as in amiable , dutiful":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "acquiescent",
        "agreeable",
        "amiable",
        "duteous",
        "dutiful",
        "obliging",
        "amenable",
        "biddable",
        "compliant",
        "conformable",
        "docile",
        "law-abiding",
        "obedient",
        "submissive",
        "tractable",
        "soft",
        "surrendering",
        "yielding",
        "fawning",
        "kowtowing",
        "obeisant",
        "obsequious",
        "servile",
        "slavish",
        "subordinate",
        "subservient",
        "decorous",
        "disciplined",
        "mannerly",
        "orderly",
        "constrained",
        "curbed",
        "inhibited",
        "repressed",
        "restrained",
        "controllable",
        "disciplinable",
        "governable",
        "handleable",
        "manageable",
        "tame",
        "teachable",
        "trainable",
        "gentle",
        "meek",
        "mild"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "balky",
        "contrary",
        "contumacious",
        "defiant",
        "disobedient",
        "froward",
        "incompliant",
        "insubordinate",
        "intractable",
        "noncompliant",
        "obstreperous",
        "rebel",
        "rebellious",
        "recalcitrant",
        "refractory",
        "restive",
        "unamenable",
        "ungovernable",
        "unruly",
        "untoward",
        "wayward",
        "willful",
        "wilful",
        "insurgent",
        "mutinous",
        "dogged",
        "hardheaded",
        "headstrong",
        "mulish",
        "obdurate",
        "obstinate",
        "peevish",
        "pigheaded",
        "self-willed",
        "stubborn",
        "unyielding",
        "uncontrollable",
        "unmanageable",
        "wild",
        "balky",
        "defiant",
        "perverse",
        "resistant",
        "bad",
        "disorderly",
        "errant",
        "misbehaving",
        "mischievous",
        "naughty",
        "ill-bred",
        "undisciplined",
        "dissident",
        "nonconformist",
        "disrespectful",
        "ill-mannered",
        "impolite",
        "impudent",
        "insolent",
        "rude"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "plaudit":{
    "enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
      "examples":[
        "the proud parents bragged that their daughter had received many plaudits for her academic achievements"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acclamation",
        "applause",
        "cheer",
        "cheering",
        "ovation",
        "rave(s)",
        "r\u00e9clame"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clapping",
        "bravo",
        "hail",
        "hallelujah",
        "hurrah",
        "hooray",
        "hoorah",
        "hosanna",
        "huzzah",
        "huzza",
        "acclaim",
        "accolade",
        "citation",
        "commendation",
        "compliment",
        "encomium",
        "eulogy",
        "homage",
        "kudo",
        "paean",
        "panegyric",
        "salutation",
        "tribute",
        "kudos",
        "praise"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boo",
        "hiss",
        "hoot",
        "jeer",
        "raspberry",
        "smirk",
        "sneer",
        "snicker",
        "snigger",
        "snort",
        "whistle",
        "gibe",
        "jibe",
        "put-down",
        "taunt"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "booing",
        "hissing"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plateaued":{
    "as in stabilized":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "stabilized"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "changed",
        "fluctuated",
        "mutated",
        "shifted",
        "snapped",
        "varied",
        "metamorphosed",
        "morphed",
        "transmuted",
        "bettered",
        "improved"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plastic":{
    "capable of being easily molded or modeled":{
      "examples":[
        "Silly Putty is famous for being very plastic"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "malleable",
        "moldable",
        "shapable",
        "shapeable",
        "waxy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adaptable",
        "bendable",
        "bendy",
        "ductile",
        "pliable",
        "pliant",
        "supple",
        "waxen",
        "willowy",
        "elastic",
        "flexible",
        "flexile",
        "limber",
        "resilient",
        "workable",
        "bending",
        "giving",
        "kneadable",
        "tractable",
        "yielding"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "inflexible",
        "intractable",
        "rigid",
        "stiff"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
      "examples":[
        "there's usually a plastic cordiality at these corporate events"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "affected",
        "artificial",
        "assumed",
        "bogus",
        "contrived",
        "factitious",
        "fake",
        "false",
        "feigned",
        "forced",
        "mechanical",
        "mock",
        "phony",
        "phoney",
        "pretended",
        "pseudo",
        "put-on",
        "sham",
        "simulated",
        "spurious",
        "strained",
        "unnatural"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "automatic",
        "canned",
        "concocted",
        "fabricated",
        "hokey",
        "labored",
        "manufactured",
        "pat",
        "unauthentic",
        "unreal",
        "unrealistic",
        "double-dealing",
        "empty",
        "facile",
        "hollow",
        "hypocritical",
        "insincere",
        "left-handed",
        "mealy",
        "mealymouthed",
        "two-faced",
        "unctuous",
        "exaggerated",
        "histrionic",
        "melodramatic",
        "overacted",
        "overdone",
        "theatrical",
        "theatric",
        "cute",
        "cutesy",
        "genteel",
        "goody-goody",
        "mincing",
        "overrefined",
        "simpering",
        "conventional",
        "formal",
        "impersonal",
        "inflexible",
        "rigid",
        "stiff",
        "stylized",
        "wooden",
        "artful",
        "calculated",
        "conscious",
        "cultivated",
        "deliberate",
        "premeditated",
        "studied"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "authentic",
        "bona fide",
        "real",
        "realistic",
        "right",
        "true",
        "honest",
        "ingenuous",
        "sincere",
        "unpretending",
        "easy",
        "effortless",
        "smooth",
        "extemporaneous",
        "impromptu",
        "impulsive",
        "instinctive",
        "unconscious",
        "unprompted",
        "unrehearsed",
        "unstudied"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "artless",
        "genuine",
        "natural",
        "spontaneous",
        "unaffected",
        "uncontrived",
        "unfeigned",
        "unforced"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "platforms":{
    "a level usually raised surface":{
      "examples":[
        "you'll have to stand up there on the platform for your speech"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "daises",
        "podiums",
        "podia",
        "rostra",
        "rostrums",
        "stages",
        "stands",
        "tribunes"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "altars",
        "bimahs",
        "bimas",
        "footpaces",
        "pulpits",
        "risers",
        "scaffolds",
        "balconies",
        "galleries"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{
      "examples":[
        "for years the publisher has used his newspaper as a platform for his extreme political conservatism"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "forums",
        "fora",
        "mediums",
        "media",
        "outlets",
        "soapboxes",
        "venues"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "channels",
        "conduits",
        "pipelines",
        "showcases",
        "stages"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "planters":{
    "a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it":{
      "examples":[
        "the planters are too busy around harvest time to pay the tourists much mind"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "agriculturists",
        "agriculturalists",
        "agronomists",
        "cultivators",
        "farmers",
        "growers",
        "tillers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "farmhands",
        "field hands",
        "gleaners",
        "harvesters",
        "plowmen",
        "reapers",
        "workfolks",
        "crofters",
        "croppers",
        "gentlemen farmers",
        "sharecroppers",
        "subsistence farmers",
        "tenant farmers",
        "yeomen",
        "homesteaders",
        "nesters",
        "grangers",
        "rancheros",
        "ranchers",
        "ranchmen",
        "campesinos"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playfellows":{
    "as in classmates , teammates":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "classmates",
        "housemates",
        "messmates",
        "playmates",
        "roommates",
        "roomies",
        "schoolmates",
        "shipmates",
        "teammates",
        "associates",
        "cohorts",
        "companions",
        "compatriots",
        "compeers",
        "comrades",
        "cronies",
        "fellows",
        "hobnobbers",
        "mates",
        "running mates",
        "colleagues",
        "coworkers",
        "co-workers",
        "equals",
        "peers",
        "workmates",
        "accomplices",
        "affiliates",
        "allies",
        "collaborators",
        "confederates",
        "halves",
        "partners",
        "buddies",
        "chums",
        "confidants",
        "familiars",
        "friends",
        "hearties",
        "intimates",
        "pals",
        "countrymen",
        "attendants",
        "escorts",
        "hangers-on",
        "leeches",
        "parasites"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playlet":{
    "as in interlude":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interlude",
        "drama",
        "dramatization",
        "play",
        "comedy",
        "comedy drama",
        "docudrama",
        "dramedy",
        "melodrama",
        "monodrama",
        "musical",
        "musical comedy",
        "psychodrama",
        "tragedy",
        "tragicomedy",
        "magnum opus",
        "opus",
        "work",
        "adaptation"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plagiarizing":{
    "to use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own words or ideas":{
      "examples":[
        "He plagiarized a classmate's report."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cribbing",
        "counterfeiting",
        "faking",
        "forging",
        "phonying",
        "simulating",
        "duplicating",
        "reduplicating",
        "replicating",
        "reproducing",
        "adulterating",
        "doctoring",
        "fudging",
        "juggling",
        "manipulating",
        "tampering (with)",
        "concocting",
        "cooking (up)",
        "fabricating",
        "inventing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "play (upon)":{
    "to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
      "examples":[
        "played upon the customer's vanity to convince her to buy the expensive makeup kit"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "exploit",
        "manipulate"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "engineer",
        "finagle",
        "jockey",
        "maneuver",
        "beguile",
        "bluff",
        "cozen",
        "deceive",
        "delude",
        "dupe",
        "fool",
        "gull",
        "hoax",
        "hoodwink",
        "kid",
        "shanghai",
        "snow",
        "take in",
        "trick",
        "intrigue",
        "machinate",
        "plot",
        "scheme",
        "arrange",
        "contrive",
        "devise",
        "finesse",
        "mastermind",
        "cheat",
        "chisel",
        "con",
        "defraud",
        "fleece",
        "hustle",
        "swindle"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "place settings":{
    "as in settings , setups":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "settings",
        "setups",
        "flatware",
        "silvers",
        "silverwares",
        "tablewares",
        "silver plates",
        "cutleries",
        "chopsticks",
        "forks",
        "knives",
        "spoons",
        "tablespoons",
        "teaspoons"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaudit(s)":{
    "enthusiastic and usually public expression of approval":{
      "examples":[
        "the proud parents bragged that their daughter had received many plaudits for her academic achievements"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acclamation",
        "applause",
        "cheer",
        "cheering",
        "ovation",
        "rave(s)",
        "r\u00e9clame"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clapping",
        "bravo",
        "hail",
        "hallelujah",
        "hosanna",
        "hurrah",
        "hooray",
        "hoorah",
        "huzzah",
        "huzza",
        "acclaim",
        "accolade",
        "citation",
        "commendation",
        "compliment",
        "encomium",
        "eulogy",
        "homage",
        "kudo",
        "paean",
        "panegyric",
        "salutation",
        "tribute",
        "kudos",
        "praise"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "boo",
        "hiss",
        "hoot",
        "jeer",
        "raspberry",
        "smirk",
        "sneer",
        "snicker",
        "snigger",
        "snort",
        "whistle",
        "gibe",
        "jibe",
        "put-down",
        "taunt"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "booing",
        "hissing"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "placards":{
    "a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
      "examples":[
        "a placard announcing a campaign rally at the downtown plaza"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bills",
        "posters"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "billboards",
        "signboards",
        "signs",
        "broadsides",
        "flyers",
        "fliers",
        "handbills",
        "handouts",
        "playbills",
        "show bills",
        "ads",
        "advertisements",
        "announcements",
        "bulletins",
        "dispatches",
        "releases"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
      "examples":[
        "placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "posts"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nails",
        "plasters",
        "tacks (up)",
        "advertises",
        "announces",
        "bills",
        "blazes",
        "broadcasts",
        "calls",
        "declares",
        "proclaims",
        "promulgates",
        "publicizes",
        "publishes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "removes",
        "takes down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make known openly or publicly":{
      "examples":[
        "placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advertises",
        "announces",
        "annunciates",
        "blares",
        "blazes",
        "blazons",
        "broadcasts",
        "declares",
        "enunciates",
        "flashes",
        "gives out",
        "heralds",
        "posts",
        "proclaims",
        "promulgates",
        "publicizes",
        "publishes",
        "releases",
        "sounds",
        "trumpets"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "barks",
        "calls (off or out)",
        "cries",
        "billboards",
        "bills",
        "bulletins",
        "gazettes",
        "knells",
        "rings",
        "tolls",
        "blurbs",
        "features",
        "pitches",
        "plugs",
        "promotes",
        "puffs",
        "disseminates",
        "spreads",
        "discloses",
        "divulges",
        "introduces",
        "kithes",
        "manifests",
        "reports",
        "reveals",
        "shows",
        "advises",
        "apprises",
        "hands down",
        "informs",
        "notifies",
        "communicates",
        "imparts",
        "intimates"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "conceals",
        "hushes (up)",
        "silences",
        "suppresses",
        "withholds",
        "recalls",
        "recants",
        "retracts",
        "revokes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planishes":{
    "as in chases":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "chases",
        "beats",
        "draws",
        "forges",
        "hammers",
        "pounds",
        "fashions",
        "forms",
        "kneads",
        "models",
        "molds",
        "pats",
        "works",
        "coins",
        "mints",
        "stamps",
        "abates",
        "boasts",
        "carves",
        "chisels",
        "cuts",
        "graves",
        "hews",
        "knaps",
        "sculpts",
        "sculptures"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placard":{
    "a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
      "examples":[
        "a placard announcing a campaign rally at the downtown plaza"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bill",
        "poster"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "billboard",
        "sign",
        "signboard",
        "broadside",
        "flyer",
        "flier",
        "handbill",
        "handout",
        "playbill",
        "show bill",
        "ad",
        "advertisement",
        "announcement",
        "bulletin",
        "dispatch",
        "release"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
      "examples":[
        "placarded the poster about the upcoming play to the bulletin board"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "post"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nail",
        "plaster",
        "tack (up)",
        "advertise",
        "announce",
        "bill",
        "blaze",
        "broadcast",
        "call",
        "declare",
        "proclaim",
        "promulgate",
        "publicize",
        "publish"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "remove",
        "take down"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to make known openly or publicly":{
      "examples":[
        "placarded the news about the planned construction project all over the neighborhood"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advertise",
        "announce",
        "annunciate",
        "blare",
        "blaze",
        "blazon",
        "broadcast",
        "declare",
        "enunciate",
        "flash",
        "give out",
        "herald",
        "post",
        "proclaim",
        "promulgate",
        "publicize",
        "publish",
        "release",
        "sound",
        "trumpet"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bark",
        "call (off or out)",
        "cry",
        "bill",
        "billboard",
        "bulletin",
        "gazette",
        "knell",
        "ring",
        "toll",
        "blurb",
        "feature",
        "pitch",
        "plug",
        "promote",
        "puff",
        "disseminate",
        "spread",
        "disclose",
        "divulge",
        "introduce",
        "kithe",
        "manifest",
        "report",
        "reveal",
        "show",
        "advise",
        "apprise",
        "hand down",
        "inform",
        "notify",
        "communicate",
        "impart",
        "intimate"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "conceal",
        "hush (up)",
        "silence",
        "suppress",
        "withhold",
        "recall",
        "recant",
        "retract",
        "revoke"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "platefuls":{
    "a considerable amount":{
      "examples":[
        "a degree in that field would give you a plateful of possibilities for a career"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abundances",
        "barrels",
        "basketfuls",
        "basketsful",
        "boatloads",
        "buckets",
        "bunches",
        "bundles",
        "bushels",
        "carloads",
        "chunks",
        "deals",
        "dozens",
        "dozen",
        "fistfuls",
        "gobs",
        "good deals",
        "heaps",
        "hundreds",
        "hundred",
        "lashings",
        "lashins",
        "loads",
        "lots",
        "masses",
        "messes",
        "mountains",
        "much",
        "multiplicities",
        "myriads",
        "oodles",
        "packs",
        "passels",
        "pecks",
        "piles",
        "plenitudes",
        "plenties",
        "plentitudes",
        "potfuls",
        "pots",
        "profusions",
        "quantities",
        "rafts",
        "reams",
        "scads",
        "sheaves",
        "shiploads",
        "sights",
        "slews",
        "spates",
        "stacks",
        "stores",
        "tons",
        "truckloads",
        "volumes",
        "wads",
        "wealths",
        "yards"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "epidemics",
        "plagues",
        "rashes",
        "bonanzas",
        "embarrassments",
        "excesses",
        "overabundances",
        "overages",
        "overkills",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupplies",
        "plethoras",
        "redundancies",
        "superabundances",
        "superfluities",
        "surfeits",
        "surpluses",
        "deluges",
        "floods",
        "overflows",
        "armies",
        "bevies",
        "crams",
        "crowds",
        "crushes",
        "droves",
        "flocks",
        "herds",
        "hordes",
        "hosts",
        "legions",
        "mobs",
        "multitudes",
        "presses",
        "scores",
        "seas",
        "swarms",
        "throngs",
        "gazillions",
        "jillions",
        "kazillions",
        "millions",
        "million",
        "thousands",
        "trillions",
        "zillions"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "atoms",
        "crumbs",
        "dots",
        "flecks",
        "flyspecks",
        "fragments",
        "grains",
        "granules",
        "iotas",
        "jots",
        "modicums",
        "molecules",
        "motes",
        "nubbins",
        "particles",
        "rays",
        "scintillas",
        "scraps",
        "shreds",
        "tittles",
        "whits",
        "smatterings",
        "smatters",
        "dashes",
        "drops",
        "morsels",
        "shots",
        "pieces",
        "portions",
        "sections",
        "absences",
        "dearths",
        "famines",
        "lacks",
        "paucities",
        "poverties",
        "scarcities",
        "shortages",
        "undersupplies",
        "wants",
        "deficiencies",
        "deficits",
        "inadequacies",
        "insufficiencies"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "aces",
        "bits",
        "dabs",
        "drams",
        "driblets",
        "glimmers",
        "handfuls",
        "handsful",
        "hints",
        "licks",
        "little",
        "mites",
        "mouthfuls",
        "nips",
        "ounces",
        "peanuts",
        "pinches",
        "pittances",
        "scruples",
        "shades",
        "shadows",
        "smidgens",
        "smidgeons",
        "smidgins",
        "smidges",
        "specks",
        "spots",
        "sprinkles",
        "sprinklings",
        "strains",
        "streaks",
        "suspicions",
        "tastes",
        "touches",
        "traces"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "platitudinize":{
    "as in preach , lecture":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "evangelize",
        "lecture",
        "preach",
        "preachify",
        "sermonize"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "platoon":{
    "a group of people working together on a task":{
      "examples":[
        "will need a platoon of assistants to mount the display at the spring flower show"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "army",
        "band",
        "brigade",
        "company",
        "crew",
        "gang",
        "outfit",
        "party",
        "squad",
        "team"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "battalion",
        "corps",
        "troop",
        "force",
        "host",
        "posse",
        "stable",
        "troupe",
        "administration",
        "department",
        "help",
        "personnel",
        "staff"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "play up":{
    "to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
      "examples":[
        "that TV news program plays up sensational stories just to get higher ratings"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accent",
        "accentuate",
        "emphasize",
        "feature",
        "foreground",
        "highlight",
        "illuminate",
        "point (up)",
        "press",
        "punctuate",
        "stress"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "focus",
        "identify",
        "pinpoint",
        "spotlight",
        "advertise",
        "boost",
        "plug",
        "promote",
        "publicize",
        "overplay"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "tone (down)",
        "underemphasize",
        "understate",
        "belittle",
        "discount",
        "disparage",
        "minimize"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "de-emphasize",
        "play down"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "placer":{
    "as in champion , champ":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "champ",
        "champion",
        "finalist",
        "beater",
        "conqueror",
        "master",
        "subduer",
        "trimmer",
        "vanquisher",
        "victor",
        "whipper",
        "winner",
        "dominator",
        "overdog",
        "ruler",
        "subjugator",
        "top dog"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "loser",
        "punching bag",
        "pushover",
        "quitter",
        "failure",
        "flop",
        "washout",
        "underdog"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playhouse":{
    "a building or part of a building where movies are shown":{
      "examples":[
        "they're renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cinema",
        "theater",
        "theatre"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "nickelodeon",
        "megaplex",
        "multiplex",
        "plex",
        "'plex",
        "art house",
        "art theater",
        "cinematheque",
        "fleapit",
        "grind house",
        "drive-in"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plasterings":{
    "failure to win a contest":{
      "examples":[
        "our team's most recent plastering is just plain sad"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "beatings",
        "defeats",
        "drubbings",
        "lickings",
        "losses",
        "lumps",
        "overthrows",
        "routs",
        "shellackings",
        "trimmings",
        "whippings"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "collapses",
        "debacles",
        "d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
        "failures",
        "fiascoes",
        "fizzles",
        "flops",
        "nonsuccesses",
        "setbacks",
        "upsets",
        "lurches",
        "shutouts",
        "washouts",
        "whitewashes"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "accomplishments",
        "achievements",
        "blowouts",
        "cakewalks",
        "landslides",
        "romps",
        "runaways",
        "sweeps",
        "walkaways",
        "walkovers"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "successes",
        "triumphs",
        "victories",
        "wins"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plant foods":{
    "as in dressings , fertilizers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "dressings",
        "fertilizers",
        "composts",
        "manures"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fungicides",
        "germicides",
        "herbicides",
        "insecticides",
        "microbicides",
        "pesticides",
        "toxicants",
        "banes",
        "poisons",
        "toxics",
        "toxins",
        "venoms",
        "cancers",
        "contagions",
        "diseases",
        "viruses"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "playgirl":{
    "as in playboy , lecher":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "lecher",
        "playboy",
        "satyr",
        "blackguard",
        "cad",
        "heel",
        "knave",
        "miscreant",
        "rascal",
        "reprobate",
        "rogue",
        "scoundrel",
        "villain",
        "bankrupt",
        "delinquent",
        "derelict",
        "incorrigible",
        "backslider",
        "debauchee",
        "debaucher",
        "decadent",
        "degenerate",
        "deviate",
        "libertine",
        "perv",
        "pervert",
        "profligate",
        "rake",
        "rakehell",
        "rip"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "saint"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plashing":{
    "to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
      "examples":[
        "water plashed down the drain"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bubbling",
        "dribbling",
        "guggling",
        "gurgling",
        "lapping",
        "rippling",
        "splashing",
        "trickling",
        "washing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "eddying",
        "purling",
        "swirling",
        "swashing",
        "swishing",
        "swooshing",
        "whishing",
        "dripping",
        "dropping",
        "gushing",
        "jetting",
        "rushing",
        "spewing",
        "spouting",
        "spurting",
        "squirting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "running"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "pouring",
        "rolling",
        "streaming"
      ]
    },
    "to move with a splashing motion":{
      "examples":[
        "a child happily plashing in the tub"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lapping",
        "sloshing",
        "splashing",
        "swashing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "babbling",
        "bubbling",
        "gurgling",
        "rippling"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
      "examples":[
        "passing cars plashed us with roadside slush"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bespattering",
        "dashing",
        "spattering",
        "splashing",
        "splattering"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drenching",
        "drowning",
        "impregnating",
        "saturating",
        "soaking",
        "sopping",
        "sousing",
        "steeping",
        "bathing",
        "dousing",
        "dowsing",
        "washing",
        "watering",
        "slopping",
        "slushing",
        "spraying",
        "sprinkling",
        "squirting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planing":{
    "to make free from breaks, curves, or bumps":{
      "examples":[
        "planed the wood for the picnic table perfectly smooth so that no one would get splinters"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "evening",
        "flattening",
        "leveling",
        "levelling",
        "smoothening",
        "smoothing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clipping",
        "cropping",
        "paring",
        "pruning",
        "shaving",
        "trimming",
        "laying",
        "pressing",
        "spreading",
        "carding",
        "combing",
        "raking",
        "surfacing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "coarsening",
        "rumpling",
        "wrinkling",
        "bending",
        "kinking",
        "denting",
        "pitting"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "roughening",
        "roughing"
      ]
    },
    "to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
      "examples":[
        "an eagle planed effortlessly overhead, gliding on an air current"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "aviating",
        "flying",
        "gliding",
        "soaring",
        "winging"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drifting",
        "floating",
        "hanging",
        "hovering",
        "wafting",
        "coasting",
        "cruising",
        "sailing",
        "sweeping",
        "darting",
        "flitting",
        "fluttering",
        "catapulting",
        "helicoptering",
        "jetting",
        "orbiting",
        "rocketing",
        "diving",
        "stooping"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plash":{
    "to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
      "examples":[
        "water plashed down the drain"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bubble",
        "dribble",
        "guggle",
        "gurgle",
        "lap",
        "ripple",
        "splash",
        "trickle",
        "wash"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "eddy",
        "purl",
        "swirl",
        "swash",
        "swish",
        "swoosh",
        "whish",
        "drip",
        "drop",
        "gush",
        "jet",
        "rush",
        "spew",
        "spout",
        "spurt",
        "squirt"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "run"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "pour",
        "roll",
        "stream"
      ]
    },
    "to move with a splashing motion":{
      "examples":[
        "a child happily plashing in the tub"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lap",
        "slosh",
        "splash",
        "swash"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "babble",
        "bubble",
        "gurgle",
        "ripple"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
      "examples":[
        "passing cars plashed us with roadside slush"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bespatter",
        "dash",
        "spatter",
        "splash",
        "splatter"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "drench",
        "drown",
        "impregnate",
        "saturate",
        "soak",
        "sop",
        "souse",
        "steep",
        "bathe",
        "douse",
        "dowse",
        "wash",
        "water",
        "slop",
        "slush",
        "spray",
        "sprinkle",
        "squirt"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plays down":{
    "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
      "examples":[
        "out of sheer envy, she would always play down her sister's accomplishments"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bad-mouths",
        "belittles",
        "cries down",
        "decries",
        "denigrates",
        "deprecates",
        "depreciates",
        "derogates",
        "diminishes",
        "discounts",
        "dismisses",
        "disparages",
        "disses",
        "kisses off",
        "minimizes",
        "poor-mouths",
        "puts down",
        "runs down",
        "talks down",
        "trashes",
        "trash-talks",
        "vilipends",
        "writes off"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "discommends",
        "abuses",
        "scolds",
        "disapproves (of)",
        "dislikes",
        "censures",
        "condemns",
        "criticizes",
        "denounces",
        "reprehends",
        "reprobates",
        "asperses",
        "defames",
        "maligns",
        "rips",
        "slanders",
        "slurs",
        "traduces",
        "vilifies",
        "discredits",
        "disgraces"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "approves",
        "countenances",
        "endorses",
        "indorses",
        "favors",
        "recommends",
        "sanctions",
        "commends",
        "compliments",
        "eulogizes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "acclaims",
        "applauds",
        "exalts",
        "extols",
        "extolls",
        "glorifies",
        "lauds",
        "magnifies",
        "praises"
      ]
    },
    "to reduce in apparent importance":{
      "examples":[
        "if you play down your part in the project, you won't get the credit you deserve"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "de-emphasizes",
        "downplays",
        "soft-pedals"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "underplays",
        "understates",
        "bad-mouths",
        "belittles",
        "cries down",
        "decries",
        "denigrates",
        "deprecates",
        "depreciates",
        "derogates",
        "dismisses",
        "disparages",
        "kisses off",
        "minimizes",
        "poor-mouths",
        "puts down",
        "runs down",
        "talks down",
        "trashes",
        "trash-talks"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "exaggerates",
        "overdoes",
        "overdraws",
        "overstates",
        "elaborates",
        "embellishes",
        "embroiders",
        "magnifies",
        "pads",
        "stretches",
        "fudges",
        "hedges",
        "melodramatizes",
        "overemphasizes",
        "overplays",
        "sensationalizes"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "played down":{
    "to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
      "examples":[
        "out of sheer envy, she would always play down her sister's accomplishments"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "bad-mouthed",
        "belittled",
        "cried down",
        "decried",
        "denigrated",
        "deprecated",
        "depreciated",
        "derogated",
        "diminished",
        "discounted",
        "dismissed",
        "disparaged",
        "dissed",
        "kissed off",
        "minimized",
        "poor-mouthed",
        "put down",
        "ran down",
        "talked down",
        "trashed",
        "trash-talked",
        "vilipended",
        "wrote off"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "discommended",
        "abused",
        "scolded",
        "disapproved (of)",
        "disliked",
        "censured",
        "condemned",
        "criticized",
        "denounced",
        "reprehended",
        "reprobated",
        "aspersed",
        "defamed",
        "maligned",
        "ripped",
        "slandered",
        "slurred",
        "traduced",
        "vilified",
        "discredited",
        "disgraced"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "approved",
        "countenanced",
        "endorsed",
        "indorsed",
        "favored",
        "recommended",
        "sanctioned",
        "commended",
        "complimented",
        "eulogized"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "acclaimed",
        "applauded",
        "exalted",
        "extolled",
        "glorified",
        "lauded",
        "magnified",
        "praised"
      ]
    },
    "to reduce in apparent importance":{
      "examples":[
        "if you play down your part in the project, you won't get the credit you deserve"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "de-emphasized",
        "downplayed",
        "soft-pedaled"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "underplayed",
        "understated",
        "bad-mouthed",
        "belittled",
        "cried down",
        "decried",
        "denigrated",
        "deprecated",
        "depreciated",
        "derogated",
        "dismissed",
        "disparaged",
        "kissed off",
        "minimized",
        "poor-mouthed",
        "put down",
        "ran down",
        "talked down",
        "trashed",
        "trash-talked"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "exaggerated",
        "overdid",
        "overdrew",
        "overstated",
        "elaborated",
        "embellished",
        "embroidered",
        "magnified",
        "padded",
        "stretched",
        "fudged",
        "hedged",
        "melodramatized",
        "overemphasized",
        "overplayed",
        "sensationalized"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "plats":{
    "a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together":{
      "examples":[
        "a plat of lace"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braids",
        "laces",
        "lacings",
        "plaits"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "rickracks",
        "ricracs",
        "stripes",
        "cornrows",
        "dreadlocks",
        "pigtails",
        "queues",
        "braidings"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a small area of usually open land":{
      "examples":[
        "each settler was granted a plat to farm"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "clearings",
        "fields",
        "grounds",
        "lots",
        "parcels",
        "plots",
        "tracts"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "commons",
        "crofts",
        "grasses",
        "green",
        "greenswards",
        "lawns",
        "glades",
        "grasslands",
        "heathlands",
        "heaths",
        "leas",
        "leys",
        "meadows",
        "moors",
        "pasturelands",
        "pastures"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a small piece of land that is developed or available for development":{
      "examples":[
        "plans to build a shopping center on the last undeveloped plat in town"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "lots",
        "parcels",
        "plots",
        "properties",
        "tracts"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "patches",
        "frontages",
        "leases",
        "developments",
        "real estates"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to form into a braid":{
      "examples":[
        "plat yarn into a cord"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "braids",
        "plaits",
        "pleats"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interlaces",
        "interweaves",
        "weaves"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "planets":{
    "the celestial body on which we live":{
      "examples":[
        "our collective responsibility to conserve the planet and its natural resources for future generations"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "earths",
        "globes",
        "worlds"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "cosmoses",
        "creations",
        "natures",
        "universes",
        "balls",
        "orbs",
        "spheres",
        "macrocosms",
        "microcosmoses",
        "microcosms"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "plaintiveness":{
    "as in depression , dispiritedness":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "blues",
        "cheerlessness",
        "dejection",
        "depression",
        "desolateness",
        "despondency",
        "disheartenment",
        "dispiritedness",
        "doldrums",
        "downheartedness",
        "gloom",
        "gloominess",
        "melancholy",
        "mournfulness",
        "agony",
        "anguish",
        "desolation",
        "joylessness",
        "sorrow",
        "sufferance",
        "woe",
        "woefulness",
        "Gehenna",
        "hell",
        "purgatory",
        "calamity",
        "ill-being",
        "misery",
        "sadness",
        "unhappiness",
        "wretchedness"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "beatitude",
        "blessedness",
        "bliss",
        "blissfulness",
        "felicity",
        "gladness",
        "happiness",
        "joy",
        "warm fuzzies",
        "elatedness",
        "elation",
        "exhilaration",
        "exultation",
        "high",
        "intoxication",
        "ecstasy",
        "euphoria",
        "glory",
        "heaven",
        "nirvana",
        "paradise",
        "rapture",
        "rapturousness",
        "ravishment",
        "seventh heaven",
        "transport"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}