dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/put_MWT.json
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{
"put away":{
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"examples":[
"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burn",
"cremate",
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncoffin"
],
"related":[
"immure",
"inurn",
"enshrine",
"conceal",
"cover",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"obscure",
"shade",
"shield",
"cloak",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"shroud",
"rebury",
"reinter",
"coffin"
],
"synonyms":[
"bury",
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"tomb"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"related":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
]
},
"to take in as food":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"digest",
"down",
"mouth (down)",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"chow (down on)",
"devour",
"glut (on)",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scoff",
"slop",
"snarf (down)",
"swill",
"wolf",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"gum",
"lap",
"lick",
"nibble (on)",
"nurse",
"pick (at)",
"relish",
"savor",
"savour",
"taste",
"banquet",
"dine",
"fare",
"feast",
"gormandize",
"pig out",
"regale",
"dispatch",
"polish off",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack"
],
"synonyms":[
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"partake (of)",
"put down",
"tuck (away or in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put into words":{
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Their son would hold his feelings inside and only put them into words when questioned."
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"blabber",
"bolt",
"blurt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"purr",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"formulize",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"rip (out)",
"snarl"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"bring out",
"enunciate",
"pass",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put off":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"never put off until tomorrow what you can do today"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act",
"deal (with)",
"decide (upon)",
"do",
"work (on)"
],
"related":[
"suspend",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"stay",
"detain",
"retard",
"slow",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"wait"
],
"synonyms":[
"defer",
"delay",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"hold up",
"lay over",
"postpone",
"put over",
"remit",
"shelve"
]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was put off by his blatantly sexist attitude"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"draw",
"enchant",
"entice",
"fascinate",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue"
],
"related":[
"displease",
"distress",
"appall",
"appal",
"disquiet",
"horrify",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"shock"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgust",
"gross out",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"antonyms":[
"don",
"put on",
"slip (into)",
"throw (on)"
],
"examples":[
"put off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit"
],
"related":[
"husk",
"shed",
"kick (off)",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"undress"
],
"synonyms":[
"doff",
"douse",
"peel (off)",
"remove",
"shrug off",
"take off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put up":{
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterplot",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"hatch",
"engineer",
"jockey",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"design",
"frame",
"lay out",
"map",
"plan",
"shape"
],
"synonyms":[
"collude",
"compass",
"connive",
"conspire",
"contrive",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"scheme"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"flatten",
"knock down",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down"
],
"related":[
"brace",
"buttress",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"support",
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"up",
"uphold",
"uplift"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"pitch",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"upend",
"upraise"
]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
],
"examples":[
"plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"flatten",
"level",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"ruinate",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate"
],
"related":[
"carpenter",
"fashion",
"forge",
"frame",
"hammer",
"handcraft",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"prefabricate",
"begin",
"coin",
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"jerry-build",
"rig (up)",
"throw up",
"combine",
"unite"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
]
},
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase"
],
"examples":[
"put their possessions up for auction"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"presell",
"wholesale",
"remarket",
"resell",
"hawk",
"peddle",
"barter",
"distribute",
"exchange",
"export",
"handle",
"trade",
"traffic (in)",
"advertise",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"tout",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"auction",
"provide",
"supply",
"carry",
"keep",
"stock"
],
"synonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
]
},
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cellar",
"garage",
"hangar",
"house",
"warehouse",
"file",
"pack",
"shelve"
],
"synonyms":[
"keep",
"reposit",
"store",
"stow"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the university puts up students in a variety of buildings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"evict"
],
"related":[
"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put up a front":{
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Though she put up a front , I could tell her feelings were hurt."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"act",
"impersonate",
"masquerade",
"play",
"playact",
"pretend",
"pose",
"affect",
"assume",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"feign",
"profess",
"put on",
"sham",
"simulate",
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"mask",
"bluff",
"feint"
],
"synonyms":[
"dissemble",
"dissimulate",
"let on",
"make out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put-ons":{
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
"examples":[
"my bravery was all a put-on \u2014I was scared out of my wits"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"airs",
"charades",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"fronts",
"guises",
"masquerades",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"semblances",
"shows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impersonations",
"performances",
"portrayals",
"images",
"personae",
"personas",
"appearances",
"colors",
"glosses",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"affectations",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"dissimulations",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"fakeries",
"frauds",
"guiles",
"betrayals",
"double crosses",
"falsities",
"infidelities",
"perfidies",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"excuses",
"pretexts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candors",
"sincerities",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
"naivetes",
"naivet\u00e9s"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"for a moment, I couldn't tell if the commercial was serious or a deadpan put-on of ads by other insurance companies"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"parodies",
"ribs",
"send-ups",
"spoofs",
"takeoffs",
"travesties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoons",
"mockeries",
"satires",
"comedies",
"farces",
"humors",
"sketches",
"slapsticks",
"squibs",
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"imitations",
"impersonations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"putrid":{
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
"examples":[
"the putrid remains of a dead raccoon on the side of the highway"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"bad",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrefied",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curdled",
"fermented",
"off",
"rancid",
"rank",
"sour",
"soured",
"sourish",
"turned",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"corroded",
"crumbled",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"disintegrated",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"mildewy",
"moldering",
"moldy",
"putrefying",
"putrescent",
"rotting",
"gangrenous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"good",
"sweet",
"preserved",
"pristine",
"uncontaminated",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"unspoiled",
"untainted",
"untouched"
],
"antonyms":[
"undecomposed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"puts":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can put this box next to the bookshelf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposes",
"deposits",
"disposes",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"positions",
"sets",
"sets up",
"situates",
"sticks"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"related":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tried to think of a good way of putting the news"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crafts",
"frames",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"paraphrases",
"rephrases",
"restates",
"rewords",
"summarizes",
"translates",
"communicates",
"discloses",
"speaks",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"describes",
"renders",
"writes up"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulates",
"clothes",
"couches",
"expresses",
"formulates",
"phrases",
"says",
"states",
"words"
]
},
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"put the time of the photograph at about noon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrates",
"measures",
"scales",
"computes",
"works out"
],
"related":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"extrapolates",
"gathers",
"infers",
"reasons",
"understands"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"calls",
"conjectures",
"estimates",
"figures",
"gauges",
"gages",
"guesses",
"judges",
"makes",
"places",
"reckons",
"supposes"
]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"antonyms":[
"remits"
],
"examples":[
"a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"forgives",
"releases",
"condones",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"pardons"
],
"related":[
"docks",
"excises",
"mulcts",
"penalizes",
"taxes",
"extorts",
"shakes down",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"bleeds",
"fleeces",
"gouges",
"milks",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"coerces",
"compels",
"forces",
"inflicts",
"wreaks",
"sets",
"reapplies",
"reimposes",
"relays"
],
"synonyms":[
"assesses",
"charges",
"exacts",
"fines",
"imposes",
"lays",
"levies"
]
},
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bids",
"offers",
"adventures",
"chances",
"hazards",
"speculates",
"ventures",
"endangers",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bets",
"gambles",
"goes",
"lays",
"plays",
"stakes",
"wagers"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting down":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blaming",
"charging",
"fathering (on)",
"imputing (to)",
"pinning (on)",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"ascribing",
"attributing",
"chalking up",
"crediting",
"imputing",
"laying"
]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chronicling",
"minuting",
"transcribing",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"recording",
"registering",
"reporting",
"setting down",
"taking down",
"writing down"
]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"related":[
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"recording",
"registering",
"scheduling",
"slating"
]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"helping",
"propping up",
"supporting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring",
"whipping (up)",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"related":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"slapping down",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing"
]
},
"to take in as food":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"digesting",
"downing",
"mouthing (down)",
"swallowing",
"bolting",
"chowing (down on)",
"devouring",
"glutting (on)",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gorging",
"gulping",
"scoffing",
"slopping",
"snarfing (down)",
"swilling",
"wolfing",
"chewing",
"gnawing (at or on)",
"gumming",
"lapping",
"licking",
"nibbling (on)",
"nursing",
"picking (at)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"tasting",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"faring",
"feasting",
"gormandizing",
"pigging out",
"regaling",
"dispatching",
"polishing off",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"munching",
"noshing",
"snacking"
],
"synonyms":[
"consuming",
"eating",
"ingesting",
"partaking (of)",
"putting away",
"tucking (away or in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting out":{
"as in release , publication":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coming out",
"issuing",
"publication",
"publishing",
"release",
"manufacture",
"printing",
"production",
"syndication",
"broadcasting",
"circulation",
"dissemination",
"distribution",
"propagation",
"spread",
"transmission",
"advertising",
"announcement",
"annunciation",
"communication",
"declaration",
"enunciation",
"notification",
"proclamation",
"promotion",
"promulgation",
"propaganda",
"publicity",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censorship",
"suppression"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"plying",
"wielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"abusing",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to cease burning":{
"examples":[
"put out the campfire before leaving"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanketing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choking",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"blowing out",
"rubbing out",
"snubbing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"stubbing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"firing",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommoding",
"disobliging",
"disturbing",
"incommoding",
"inconveniencing",
"troubling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling",
"weighing",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"hamstringing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"riling",
"vexing",
"grating",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodating",
"favoring",
"obliging"
]
},
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
"examples":[
"though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copublishing",
"co-publishing",
"reissuing",
"reprinting",
"republishing",
"serializing",
"contributing",
"editing",
"syndicating",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"distributing",
"marketing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"put":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"you can put this box next to the bookshelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"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 convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"tried to think of a good way of putting the news"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"clothe",
"couch",
"express",
"formulate",
"phrase",
"say",
"state",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craft",
"frame",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"paraphrase",
"rephrase",
"restate",
"reword",
"summarize",
"translate",
"communicate",
"disclose",
"speak",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"describe",
"render",
"write up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"put the time of the photograph at about noon"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"call",
"conjecture",
"estimate",
"figure",
"gauge",
"gage",
"guess",
"judge",
"make",
"place",
"reckon",
"suppose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"deduce",
"extrapolate",
"gather",
"infer",
"reason",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrate",
"measure",
"scale",
"compute",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"assess",
"charge",
"exact",
"fine",
"impose",
"lay",
"levy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dock",
"excise",
"mulct",
"penalize",
"tax",
"extort",
"shake down",
"wrest",
"wring",
"bleed",
"fleece",
"gouge",
"milk",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"coerce",
"compel",
"force",
"inflict",
"wreak",
"set",
"reapply",
"reimpose",
"relay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"forgive",
"release",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"pardon"
],
"antonyms":[
"remit"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
"examples":[
"deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bet",
"gamble",
"go",
"lay",
"play",
"stake",
"wager"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bid",
"offer",
"adventure",
"chance",
"hazard",
"speculate",
"venture",
"endanger",
"imperil",
"jeopardize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putrefied":{
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
"examples":[
"we had to throw out the putrefied tomatoes that had been sitting on the counter all week"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"bad",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrid",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curdled",
"fermented",
"off",
"rancid",
"rank",
"sour",
"soured",
"sourish",
"turned",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"corroded",
"crumbled",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"disintegrated",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"mildewy",
"moldering",
"moldy",
"putrefying",
"putrescent",
"rotting",
"gangrenous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"good",
"sweet",
"preserved",
"pristine",
"uncontaminated",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"unspoiled",
"untainted",
"untouched"
],
"antonyms":[
"undecomposed"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"festered",
"fouled",
"molded",
"moldered",
"perished",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"soured",
"turned",
"turned off",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"addled",
"curdled",
"fermented",
"mortified",
"rusted",
"crumbled",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"dilapidated",
"sank",
"sunk",
"withered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened",
"refreshed",
"renewed",
"restored",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"assembled",
"composed",
"integrated",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"putrefying":{
"as in rotting , decaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"festering",
"fouling",
"moldering",
"molding",
"perishing",
"rotting",
"spoiling"
],
"related":[
"souring",
"turning",
"turning off",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"addling",
"curdling",
"fermenting",
"mortifying",
"rusting",
"crumbling",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"dilapidating",
"sinking",
"withering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"refreshing",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"assembling",
"composing",
"integrating",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"puts the kibosh on":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"Remembered the time the police quickly put the kibosh on the wild party."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts off",
"cuts out",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"closes (down)",
"deactivates",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"calls",
"suspends",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"clamps down",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put out":{
"subjected to and reacting with irritation":{
"examples":[
"he gets put out if anyone disturbs his dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"exercise",
"exert",
"ply",
"wield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"abuse",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to cease burning":{
"examples":[
"put out the campfire before leaving"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choke",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"blow out",
"rub out",
"snub (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"stub"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommode",
"disoblige",
"disturb",
"incommode",
"inconvenience",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"encumber",
"saddle",
"weigh",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"hamstring",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irk",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"rile",
"vex",
"grate",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodate",
"favor",
"oblige"
]
},
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
"examples":[
"though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog"
],
"synonyms":[
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copublish",
"reissue",
"reprint",
"republish",
"serialize",
"contribute",
"edit",
"syndicate",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"distribute",
"market"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"putting by":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"have money put by for an emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"laying by",
"laying in",
"laying up",
"salting away",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"stockpiling",
"storing",
"stowing",
"treasuring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"acquiring",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"scraping (together)",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"preserving",
"banking",
"coffering",
"depositing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"saving",
"setting by",
"stocking",
"withholding",
"burying",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"secreting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading",
"consuming",
"squandering",
"using up",
"wasting",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"impoverishing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putrefaction":{
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
"examples":[
"clearing the refrigerator of what the previous tenant had left behind was like taking a course in the advanced putrefaction of leftovers"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"corruption",
"decay",
"decomposition",
"festering",
"putrescence",
"rot",
"spoilage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crumbling",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"curdling",
"fermentation",
"moldering",
"souring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"growth",
"maturation",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"put across":{
"as in communicate , convey":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicate",
"convey",
"put over",
"chime in",
"offer",
"submit",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"describe",
"write",
"write up",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"disseminate",
"publish",
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"enounce",
"enunciate",
"proclaim",
"say",
"air",
"expound",
"express",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress",
"censor",
"restrain",
"restrict"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting the kibosh on":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"cutting off",
"cutting out",
"desisting (from)",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"ending",
"giving over",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"leaving off",
"packing (up or in)",
"quitting",
"shutting off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"closing (down)",
"deactivating",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"damming",
"delaying",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"kiboshing",
"obstructing",
"stemming",
"calling",
"suspending",
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"clamping down",
"reining (in)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stamping",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abolishing",
"aborting",
"annulling",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dissolving",
"killing",
"ruining",
"scuttling",
"snuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping up",
"running on",
"advancing",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"putting on an act":{
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
"examples":[
"You don't need to put on an act just to impress us."
],
"synonyms":[
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"letting on",
"making out",
"pretending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acting",
"impersonating",
"masquerading",
"playacting",
"playing",
"posing",
"affecting",
"assuming",
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"feigning",
"professing",
"putting on",
"shamming",
"simulating",
"camouflaging",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"masking",
"bluffing",
"feinting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put in (for)":{
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"several employees have already put in for vacation time during the last week of December"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"order",
"request",
"requisition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commission",
"solicit",
"charter",
"hire",
"license",
"licence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puts one's finger on":{
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"distinguishes",
"fingers",
"identifies",
"IDs",
"pinpoints",
"singles (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnoses",
"determines",
"finds",
"locates",
"picks out",
"places",
"recognizes",
"spots",
"checks",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"notices",
"observes",
"scrutinizes",
"betrays",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"reveals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"conceals",
"disguises",
"hides",
"counterfeits",
"feigns",
"shams",
"simulates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"put-downs":{
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"cuts",
"darts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"insults",
"names",
"offenses",
"offences",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"sarcasms",
"slaps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"examples":[
"your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlements",
"denigrations",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"derogations",
"detractions",
"diminishments",
"disparagements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersions",
"calumnies",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"vilifications",
"derisions",
"mockeries",
"ridicules",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denouncements",
"denunciations",
"de-emphases",
"minimizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praises",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"commendations",
"hypes",
"pufferies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizements",
"ennoblements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications",
"magnifications"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"put forth":{
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"They put forth a plan of action for the committee."
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"bounce",
"offer",
"pose",
"proffer",
"propose",
"propound",
"suggest",
"vote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"nominate",
"recommend",
"present",
"submit",
"tender",
"trot out",
"file",
"lay",
"lodge",
"arrange",
"calculate",
"chart",
"contrive",
"cover",
"frame",
"map",
"plan",
"plot",
"shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"She put forth her thoughts during the meeting."
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"expound",
"express",
"give",
"look",
"raise",
"sound",
"state",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"declare",
"enounce",
"enunciate",
"proclaim",
"say",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"disseminate",
"publish",
"describe",
"write",
"write up",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"chime in",
"communicate",
"convey",
"put across",
"put over",
"offer",
"submit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"restrain",
"restrict"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"He put forth an explanation even though he didn't have any supporting evidence."
],
"synonyms":[
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"insist",
"maintain",
"profess",
"protest",
"purport",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announce",
"broadcast",
"proclaim",
"argue",
"rationalize",
"reason",
"confirm",
"justify",
"vindicate",
"defend",
"persevere",
"support",
"uphold",
"reaffirm",
"reassert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"negate",
"negative",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"challenge",
"dispute",
"question",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute",
"contradict",
"counter"
],
"antonyms":[
"deny",
"gainsay"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put aside":{
"as in dismantle , phase out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismantle",
"mothball",
"phase out",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off",
"flick (off)",
"arrest",
"brake",
"chock",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge",
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"propel",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putter (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"I spent all weekend at home just puttering around"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodle",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang about",
"kick around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puts paid to":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"The final payment put paid to his debt obligations."
],
"synonyms":[
"closes",
"closes out",
"completes",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"consummates",
"perfects",
"halts",
"stops",
"suspends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"inaugurates",
"opens",
"starts"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"puttering (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"I spent all weekend at home just puttering around"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodling",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging about",
"kicking around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put forward":{
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"She put forward some clever ideas during last week's meeting."
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"bounce",
"offer",
"propose",
"pose",
"proffer",
"propound",
"suggest",
"vote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"nominate",
"recommend",
"present",
"submit",
"tender",
"trot out",
"file",
"lay",
"lodge",
"arrange",
"calculate",
"chart",
"contrive",
"cover",
"frame",
"map",
"plan",
"plot",
"shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"puts out":{
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival"
],
"synonyms":[
"applies",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"plies",
"wields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"abuses",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to cease burning":{
"examples":[
"put out the campfire before leaving"
],
"synonyms":[
"blankets",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chokes",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"blows out",
"rubs out",
"snubs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"stubs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
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"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?"
],
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"discommodes",
"disobliges",
"disturbs",
"incommodes",
"inconveniences",
"troubles"
],
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"burdens",
"encumbers",
"saddles",
"weighs",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"hamstrings",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"ties up",
"trammels",
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"angers",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
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"irks",
"nettles",
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"vexes",
"grates",
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"enflames",
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"perturbs",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"helps",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodates",
"favors",
"obliges"
]
},
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
"examples":[
"though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog"
],
"synonyms":[
"gets out",
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copublishes",
"reissues",
"reprints",
"republishes",
"serializes",
"contributes",
"edits",
"syndicates",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"distributes",
"markets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put together":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"He put together all their bills to figure out their monthly expenses."
],
"synonyms":[
"add",
"cast (up)",
"foot (up)",
"sum",
"summate",
"tot (up)",
"total",
"totalize",
"tote (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"table",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"work out",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"count",
"enumerate",
"number",
"tell",
"recompute",
"refigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"They put together an exact replica of the Empire State Building."
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpenter",
"fashion",
"forge",
"frame",
"hammer",
"handcraft",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"prefabricate",
"begin",
"coin",
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"jerry-build",
"rig (up)",
"throw up",
"combine",
"unite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"flatten",
"level",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"ruinate",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"She put together a poem that she presented to the group on poetry night."
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"compose",
"craft",
"draft",
"draw up",
"formulate",
"frame",
"prepare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"mold",
"sculpture",
"shape",
"couch",
"express",
"phrase",
"state",
"verbalize",
"word",
"author",
"indite",
"pen",
"write",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"devise",
"build",
"construct",
"make",
"assemble",
"compound",
"piece (together)",
"redraft",
"reformulate",
"reframe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"They put together a beautiful dress for the queen."
],
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"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"produce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"make up",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"structure",
"throw up",
"craft",
"handcraft",
"hew",
"forge",
"mold",
"shape",
"cobble (together or up)",
"knock out",
"patch (together)",
"throw up",
"prefabricate",
"create",
"invent",
"mint",
"originate",
"establish",
"father",
"institute",
"organize",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"picture",
"visualize",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remanufacture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"take apart",
"break up",
"dismember",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"flatten",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"puts in (for)":{
"to give a request or demand for":{
"examples":[
"several employees have already put in for vacation time during the last week of December"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"orders",
"requests",
"requisitions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissions",
"solicits",
"charters",
"hires",
"licenses",
"licences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putrefy":{
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate",
"fester",
"foul",
"mold",
"molder",
"perish",
"rot",
"spoil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sour",
"turn",
"turn off",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"addle",
"curdle",
"ferment",
"mortify",
"rust",
"crumble",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"dilapidate",
"sink",
"wither"
],
"near antonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"mature",
"ripen",
"refresh",
"renew",
"restore",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"assemble",
"compose",
"integrate",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put-on":{
"to place on one's person":{
"examples":[
"I put on a coat and shoes to go outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"don",
"slip (on or into)",
"throw (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"bundle up",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"doll up",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit",
"trick",
"uniform",
"overdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disrobe",
"strip",
"undress"
],
"antonyms":[
"doff",
"remove",
"take off"
]
},
"to describe or express in too strong terms":{
"examples":[
"some critics are putting it on when they say it's the best comedy ever made"
],
"synonyms":[
"exaggerate",
"overdo",
"overdraw",
"overstate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"color",
"elaborate",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"magnify",
"pad",
"play up",
"stretch",
"fudge",
"hedge",
"melodramatize",
"overemphasize",
"overplay",
"sensationalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"minimize",
"play down"
],
"antonyms":[
"understate"
]
},
"to present a false appearance of":{
"examples":[
"put on a show of anger just for fun"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"affect",
"assume",
"bluff",
"counterfeit",
"dissemble",
"fake",
"feign",
"pass (for)",
"pretend",
"profess",
"sham",
"simulate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissimulate",
"impersonate",
"let on",
"masquerade",
"play",
"playact",
"pose",
"forge",
"imitate",
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"mask",
"feint",
"malinger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
"examples":[
"a put-on goofy voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"artificial",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"feigned",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"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"
]
},
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
"examples":[
"my bravery was all a put-on \u2014I was scared out of my wits"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"airs",
"charade",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pose",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"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":[]
},
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"examples":[
"for a moment, I couldn't tell if the commercial was serious or a deadpan put-on of ads by other insurance companies"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"parody",
"rib",
"send-up",
"spoof",
"takeoff",
"travesty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoon",
"mockery",
"satire",
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor",
"sketch",
"slapstick",
"squib",
"distortion",
"exaggeration",
"imitation",
"impersonation",
"mimicking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"puts through":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"makes",
"negotiates",
"performs",
"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"implements",
"aces",
"nails",
"engages (in)",
"practices",
"practises",
"works (at)",
"reduplicates",
"reenacts",
"repeats",
"actualizes",
"attains",
"realizes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"winds up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fails",
"skimps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put over":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year"
],
"synonyms":[
"defer",
"delay",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"hold up",
"lay over",
"postpone",
"put off",
"remit",
"shelve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspend",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"stay",
"detain",
"retard",
"slow",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"wait"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act",
"deal (with)",
"decide (upon)",
"do",
"work (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putatively":{
"to all outward appearances":{
"examples":[
"the lake's putatively pristine water is actually crawling with microorganisms that can wreak havoc with your gastrointestinal system"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"seemingly",
"supposedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assumably",
"likely",
"presumedly",
"probably",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"professedly",
"supposably",
"allegedly",
"purportedly",
"reportedly",
"reputedly",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"puts away":{
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"examples":[
"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"buries",
"entombs",
"hearses",
"inhumes",
"inters",
"lays",
"tombs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immures",
"inurns",
"enshrines",
"conceals",
"covers",
"ensconces",
"hides",
"obscures",
"shades",
"shields",
"cloaks",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"shrouds",
"reburies",
"reinters",
"coffins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burns",
"cremates",
"bares",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncoffins"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinters",
"exhumes",
"unearths"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"consumes",
"eats",
"ingests",
"partakes (of)",
"puts down",
"tucks (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digests",
"downs",
"mouths (down)",
"swallows",
"bolts",
"chows (down on)",
"devours",
"gluts (on)",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gorges",
"gulps",
"scoffs",
"slops",
"snarfs (down)",
"swills",
"wolfs",
"chews",
"gnaws (at or on)",
"gums",
"laps",
"licks",
"nibbles (on)",
"nurses",
"picks (at)",
"relishes",
"savors",
"savours",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"dines",
"fares",
"feasts",
"gormandizes",
"pigs out",
"regales",
"dispatches",
"polishes off",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"munches",
"noshes",
"snacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puts in":{
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
"examples":[
"put in a crop of winter wheat"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"plants",
"seeds",
"sows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beds",
"replants",
"transplants",
"broadcasts",
"scatters",
"pots",
"overseeds",
"reseeds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathers",
"harvests",
"reaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put in":{
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
"examples":[
"put in a crop of winter wheat"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"plant",
"seed",
"sow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bed",
"replant",
"transplant",
"broadcast",
"scatter",
"pot",
"overseed",
"reseed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gather",
"harvest",
"reap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting/placing (someone) on a pedestal":{
"to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"elevating",
"exalting",
"apotheosizing",
"lionizing",
"dignifying",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enskying",
"enthroning",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing",
"adoring",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"admiring",
"loving",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"boasting",
"celebrating",
"cheering",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"decorating",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting",
"acknowledging",
"recognizing",
"highlighting",
"playing up",
"spotlighting",
"advancing",
"boosting",
"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal",
"abasing",
"chastening",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"fouling",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"sinking",
"smirching",
"taking down",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"belittling",
"castigating",
"criticizing",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"writing off",
"bad-mouthing",
"defaming",
"defiling",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"blaspheming",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"violating",
"disrespecting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"piquing",
"scorning",
"slighting",
"slurring",
"smearing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"putting away":{
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"examples":[
"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"burying",
"entombing",
"hearsing",
"inhuming",
"interring",
"laying",
"tombing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immuring",
"inurning",
"enshrining",
"concealing",
"covering",
"ensconcing",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"shading",
"shielding",
"cloaking",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"shrouding",
"reburying",
"reinterring",
"coffining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burning",
"cremating",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncoffining"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterring",
"exhuming",
"unearthing"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"bumping off",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"rubbing out",
"slaying",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"consuming",
"eating",
"ingesting",
"partaking (of)",
"putting down",
"tucking (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digesting",
"downing",
"mouthing (down)",
"swallowing",
"bolting",
"chowing (down on)",
"devouring",
"glutting (on)",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gorging",
"gulping",
"scoffing",
"slopping",
"snarfing (down)",
"swilling",
"wolfing",
"chewing",
"gnawing (at or on)",
"gumming",
"lapping",
"licking",
"nibbling (on)",
"nursing",
"picking (at)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"tasting",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"faring",
"feasting",
"gormandizing",
"pigging out",
"regaling",
"dispatching",
"polishing off",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"munching",
"noshing",
"snacking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting in":{
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
"examples":[
"put in a crop of winter wheat"
],
"synonyms":[
"drilling",
"planting",
"seeding",
"sowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedding",
"replanting",
"transplanting",
"broadcasting",
"scattering",
"potting",
"overseeding",
"reseeding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathering",
"harvesting",
"reaping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put through":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting about":{
"as in coming about , turning back":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"about-facing",
"backing",
"coming about",
"coming round",
"cutting",
"inclining",
"reversing",
"swerving",
"tacking",
"turning back",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"yawing",
"facing",
"orienting",
"steering",
"beelining",
"lighting out",
"putting",
"putting out",
"setting off",
"setting out",
"striking",
"taking off",
"aiming",
"bending",
"directing",
"pointing",
"turning",
"bearing",
"heading",
"making"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting forth":{
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"They put forth a plan of action for the committee."
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"bouncing",
"offering",
"posing",
"proffering",
"proposing",
"propounding",
"suggesting",
"voting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"nominating",
"recommending",
"presenting",
"submitting",
"tendering",
"trotting out",
"filing",
"laying",
"lodging",
"arranging",
"calculating",
"charting",
"contriving",
"covering",
"framing",
"mapping",
"planning",
"plotting",
"shaping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"She put forth her thoughts during the meeting."
],
"synonyms":[
"airing",
"expounding",
"expressing",
"giving",
"looking",
"raising",
"sounding",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"enouncing",
"enunciating",
"proclaiming",
"saying",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"publishing",
"describing",
"writing",
"writing up",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"chiming in",
"communicating",
"conveying",
"putting across",
"putting over",
"offering",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"restraining",
"restricting"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"examples":[
"He put forth an explanation even though he didn't have any supporting evidence."
],
"synonyms":[
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"protesting",
"purporting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"proclaiming",
"arguing",
"rationalizing",
"reasoning",
"confirming",
"justifying",
"vindicating",
"defending",
"persevering",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"reaffirming",
"reasserting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"negating",
"negativing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"challenging",
"disputing",
"questioning",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"contradicting",
"countering"
],
"antonyms":[
"denying",
"gainsaying"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"putrescent":{
"as in rotting , decaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"mildewy",
"moldering",
"moldy",
"putrefying",
"rotting",
"corroded",
"crumbled",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"disintegrated",
"gangrenous",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"curdled",
"fermented",
"off",
"rancid",
"rank",
"sour",
"soured",
"sourish",
"turned",
"addled",
"bad",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrefied",
"putrid",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undecomposed",
"fresh",
"good",
"sweet",
"preserved",
"pristine",
"uncontaminated",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"unspoiled",
"untainted",
"untouched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"puts across":{
"as in communicates , conveys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicates",
"conveys",
"puts over",
"chimes in",
"offers",
"submits",
"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"describes",
"writes",
"writes up",
"broadcasts",
"circulates",
"disseminates",
"publishes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"declares",
"enounces",
"enunciates",
"proclaims",
"says",
"airs",
"expounds",
"expresses",
"gives",
"looks",
"raises",
"sounds",
"states",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifles",
"suppresses",
"censors",
"restrains",
"restricts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putrescence":{
"the process by which dead organic matter separates into simpler substances":{
"examples":[
"in the far corner of the walk-in refrigerator was a crate of cucumbers in an advanced stage of putrescence"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"corruption",
"decay",
"decomposition",
"festering",
"putrefaction",
"rot",
"spoilage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crumbling",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"curdling",
"fermentation",
"moldering",
"souring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"growth",
"maturation",
"ripening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"put-down":{
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"examples":[
"your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"derogation",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"disparagement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersion",
"backbiting",
"calumny",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"vilification",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denouncement",
"denunciation",
"de-emphasis",
"minimization",
"soft-pedaling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praise",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"hype",
"puffery"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"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 make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"jot (down)",
"log",
"mark",
"note",
"record",
"register",
"report",
"set down",
"take down",
"write down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicle",
"minute",
"transcribe",
"enregister",
"enter",
"inscribe",
"chalk (up)",
"notch",
"score"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"record",
"register",
"schedule",
"slate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"book",
"card",
"file",
"note",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delete"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"ascribe",
"attribute",
"chalk up",
"credit",
"impute",
"lay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"charge",
"father (on)",
"impute (to)",
"pin (on)",
"assign",
"refer",
"associate",
"attach",
"connect",
"link"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"partake (of)",
"put away",
"tuck (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digest",
"down",
"mouth (down)",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"chow (down on)",
"devour",
"glut (on)",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scoff",
"slop",
"snarf (down)",
"swill",
"wolf",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"gum",
"lap",
"lick",
"nibble (on)",
"nurse",
"pick (at)",
"relish",
"savor",
"savour",
"taste",
"banquet",
"dine",
"fare",
"feast",
"gormandize",
"pig out",
"regale",
"dispatch",
"polish off",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"puts up a front":{
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
"examples":[
"Though she put up a front , I could tell her feelings were hurt."
],
"synonyms":[
"dissembles",
"dissimulates",
"lets on",
"makes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acts",
"impersonates",
"masquerades",
"playacts",
"plays",
"poses",
"pretends",
"affects",
"assumes",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"feigns",
"professes",
"puts on",
"shams",
"simulates",
"camouflages",
"conceals",
"disguises",
"masks",
"bluffs",
"feints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"putting":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"you can put this box next to the bookshelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposing",
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"laying",
"placing",
"positioning",
"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 convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"tried to think of a good way of putting the news"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulating",
"clothing",
"couching",
"expressing",
"formulating",
"phrasing",
"saying",
"stating",
"wording"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crafting",
"framing",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"paraphrasing",
"rephrasing",
"restating",
"rewording",
"summarizing",
"translating",
"communicating",
"disclosing",
"speaking",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing",
"describing",
"rendering",
"writing up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"put the time of the photograph at about noon"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculating",
"calling",
"conjecturing",
"estimating",
"figuring",
"gauging",
"gaging",
"guessing",
"judging",
"making",
"placing",
"reckoning",
"supposing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"deducing",
"extrapolating",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"reasoning",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrating",
"measuring",
"scaling",
"computing",
"working out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessing",
"charging",
"exacting",
"fining",
"imposing",
"laying",
"levying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"docking",
"excising",
"mulcting",
"penalizing",
"taxing",
"extorting",
"shaking down",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"bleeding",
"fleecing",
"gouging",
"milking",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"forcing",
"inflicting",
"wreaking",
"setting",
"reapplying",
"reimposing",
"relaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"forgiving",
"releasing",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"pardoning"
],
"antonyms":[
"remitting"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"training",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
"examples":[
"deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds"
],
"synonyms":[
"betting",
"gambling",
"going",
"laying",
"playing",
"staking",
"wagering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bidding",
"offering",
"adventuring",
"chancing",
"hazarding",
"speculating",
"venturing",
"endangering",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting across":{
"as in communicating , conveying":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"communicating",
"conveying",
"putting over",
"chiming in",
"offering",
"submitting",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"describing",
"writing",
"writing up",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"publishing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"enouncing",
"enunciating",
"proclaiming",
"saying",
"airing",
"expounding",
"expressing",
"giving",
"looking",
"raising",
"sounding",
"stating",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing",
"censoring",
"restraining",
"restricting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puts together":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"He put together all their bills to figure out their monthly expenses."
],
"synonyms":[
"adds",
"casts (up)",
"foots (up)",
"summates",
"sums",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"totes (up)",
"tots (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"tables",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"works out",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"counts",
"enumerates",
"numbers",
"tells",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"They put together an exact replica of the Empire State Building."
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"builds",
"confects",
"constructs",
"erects",
"fabricates",
"makes",
"makes up",
"pieces",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpenters",
"fashions",
"forges",
"frames",
"hammers",
"handcrafts",
"manufactures",
"molds",
"produces",
"shapes",
"prefabricates",
"begins",
"coins",
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"designs",
"devises",
"imagines",
"thinks (up)",
"reassembles",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"redevelops",
"reedifies",
"retrofits",
"jerry-builds",
"rigs (up)",
"throws up",
"combines",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"flattens",
"levels",
"pulls down",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruinates",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"wrecks",
"blows up",
"explodes",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"separates"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"knocks down",
"strikes",
"takes down",
"tears down"
]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"She put together a poem that she presented to the group on poetry night."
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"composes",
"crafts",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"formulates",
"frames",
"prepares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"molds",
"sculptures",
"shapes",
"couches",
"expresses",
"phrases",
"states",
"verbalizes",
"words",
"authors",
"indites",
"pens",
"writes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"devises",
"builds",
"constructs",
"makes",
"assembles",
"compounds",
"pieces (together)",
"redrafts",
"reformulates",
"reframes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"They put together a beautiful dress for the queen."
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"produces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembles",
"builds",
"constructs",
"erects",
"makes up",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up",
"structures",
"throws up",
"crafts",
"handcrafts",
"hews",
"forges",
"molds",
"shapes",
"cobbles (together or up)",
"knocks out",
"patches (together)",
"throws up",
"prefabricates",
"creates",
"invents",
"mints",
"originates",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"designs",
"devises",
"imagines",
"thinks (up)",
"conceives",
"envisages",
"pictures",
"visualizes",
"refashions",
"remakes",
"remanufactures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"takes apart",
"breaks up",
"dismembers",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"flattens",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"wrecks",
"blows up",
"explodes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"putting up with":{
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"We were forced to put up with Felicia's bad attitude for the duration of the group project."
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"tolerating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"brooking",
"catering (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"curbing",
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"frustrating",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"preventing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"putting paid to":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"The final payment put paid to his debt obligations."
],
"synonyms":[
"closing",
"closing out",
"completing",
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"terminating",
"winding up",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxing",
"crowning",
"consummating",
"perfecting",
"halting",
"stopping",
"suspending"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"inaugurating",
"opening",
"starting"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put up with":{
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"We were forced to put up with Felicia's bad attitude for the duration of the group project."
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"suffer",
"tolerate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"brook",
"cater (to)",
"give in (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"curb",
"deter",
"discourage",
"frustrate",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"prevent"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"puts up":{
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof"
],
"synonyms":[
"erects",
"pitches",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up",
"upends",
"upraises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"braces",
"buttresses",
"props (up)",
"shores (up)",
"supports",
"boosts",
"cranes",
"elevates",
"heaves",
"hefts",
"heightens",
"hikes",
"hoists",
"jacks (up)",
"lifts",
"perks (up)",
"picks up",
"upholds",
"uplifts",
"ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"flattens",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"razes",
"tears down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembles",
"builds",
"confects",
"constructs",
"erects",
"fabricates",
"makes",
"makes up",
"pieces",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpenters",
"fashions",
"forges",
"frames",
"hammers",
"handcrafts",
"manufactures",
"molds",
"produces",
"shapes",
"prefabricates",
"begins",
"coins",
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
"designs",
"devises",
"imagines",
"thinks (up)",
"reassembles",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"redevelops",
"reedifies",
"retrofits",
"jerry-builds",
"rigs (up)",
"throws up",
"combines",
"unites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"flattens",
"levels",
"pulls down",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"ruinates",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"wrecks",
"blows up",
"explodes",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"separates"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounts",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"dismembers",
"knocks down",
"strikes",
"takes down",
"tears down"
]
},
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"examples":[
"put their possessions up for auction"
],
"synonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"presells",
"wholesales",
"remarkets",
"resells",
"hawks",
"peddles",
"barters",
"distributes",
"exchanges",
"exports",
"handles",
"trades",
"traffics (in)",
"advertises",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"touts",
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters",
"auctions",
"provides",
"supplies",
"carries",
"keeps",
"stocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"buys",
"purchases"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"the university puts up students in a variety of buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"bestows",
"billets",
"bivouacs",
"boards",
"bunks",
"camps",
"chambers",
"domiciles",
"encamps",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"quarters",
"roofs",
"rooms",
"shelters",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"homes",
"roosts",
"secures",
"sheds",
"stables",
"tents",
"barracks",
"beds (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"evicts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
"examples":[
"put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies"
],
"synonyms":[
"colludes",
"compasses",
"connives",
"conspires",
"contrives",
"intrigues",
"machinates",
"plots",
"schemes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterplots",
"brews",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"devises",
"hatches",
"engineers",
"jockeys",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"designs",
"frames",
"lays out",
"maps",
"plans",
"shapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
"examples":[
"I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"keeps",
"reposits",
"stores",
"stows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cellars",
"garages",
"hangars",
"houses",
"warehouses",
"files",
"packs",
"shelves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putterers":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"her husband is an inveterate putterer , and their garage is full of half-finished projects he has worked on over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"hobbyists",
"laymen",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"potterers",
"tinkerers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"generalists",
"general practitioners",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puts/places (someone) on a pedestal":{
"to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"elevates",
"exalts",
"apotheosizes",
"lionizes",
"dignifies",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"enthrones",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes",
"adores",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"admires",
"loves",
"regards",
"respects",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"boasts",
"celebrates",
"cheers",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"decorates",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"hails",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts",
"acknowledges",
"recognizes",
"highlights",
"plays up",
"spotlights",
"advances",
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"knocks (someone) off his/her pedestal",
"abases",
"chastens",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"smirches",
"takes down",
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"belittles",
"castigates",
"cries down",
"criticizes",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"writes off",
"bad-mouths",
"defames",
"defiles",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"affronts",
"insults",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"blasphemes",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"violates",
"disrespects",
"offends",
"outrages",
"piques",
"scorns",
"slights",
"slurs",
"smears"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"putting up":{
"to fix in an upright position":{
"examples":[
"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof"
],
"synonyms":[
"erecting",
"pitching",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up",
"upending",
"upraising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"supporting",
"boosting",
"craning",
"elevating",
"heaving",
"hefting",
"heightening",
"hiking",
"hoisting",
"jacking (up)",
"lifting",
"perking (up)",
"picking up",
"upholding",
"uplifting",
"upping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"flattening",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"razing",
"tearing down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"examples":[
"plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembling",
"building",
"confecting",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"fabricating",
"making",
"making up",
"piecing",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carpentering",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"framing",
"hammering",
"handcrafting",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
"producing",
"shaping",
"prefabricating",
"beginning",
"coining",
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"designing",
"devising",
"imagining",
"thinking (up)",
"reassembling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"redeveloping",
"reedifying",
"retrofitting",
"jerry-building",
"rigging (up)",
"throwing up",
"combining",
"uniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"pulling down",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruinating",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"wrecking",
"blowing up",
"exploding",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating"
],
"antonyms":[
"demounting",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"dismembering",
"knocking down",
"striking",
"taking down",
"tearing down"
]
},
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"examples":[
"put their possessions up for auction"
],
"synonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselling",
"wholesaling",
"remarketing",
"reselling",
"hawking",
"peddling",
"bartering",
"distributing",
"exchanging",
"exporting",
"handling",
"trading",
"trafficking (in)",
"advertising",
"ballyhooing",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"touting",
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"paltering",
"auctioning",
"providing",
"supplying",
"carrying",
"keeping",
"stocking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"buying",
"purchasing"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"the university puts up students in a variety of buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"bestowing",
"billeting",
"bivouacking",
"boarding",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"encamping",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering",
"taking in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
"examples":[
"put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies"
],
"synonyms":[
"colluding",
"compassing",
"conniving",
"conspiring",
"contriving",
"intriguing",
"machinating",
"plotting",
"scheming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterplotting",
"brewing",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"hatching",
"engineering",
"jockeying",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"designing",
"framing",
"laying out",
"mapping",
"planning",
"shaping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
"examples":[
"I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"keeping",
"repositing",
"storing",
"stowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cellaring",
"garaging",
"hangaring",
"housing",
"warehousing",
"filing",
"packing",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting through":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put down":{
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"new hires always have to deal with put-downs and practical jokes from the older employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of making a person or a thing seem little or unimportant":{
"examples":[
"your never-ending put-down of my musical talents is really starting to annoy me"
],
"synonyms":[
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"derogation",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"disparagement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersion",
"backbiting",
"calumny",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"vilification",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denouncement",
"denunciation",
"de-emphasis",
"minimization",
"soft-pedaling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"praise",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"hype",
"puffery"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification"
]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"poor-mouth",
"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 make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"jot (down)",
"log",
"mark",
"note",
"record",
"register",
"report",
"set down",
"take down",
"write down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicle",
"minute",
"transcribe",
"enregister",
"enter",
"inscribe",
"chalk (up)",
"notch",
"score"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"record",
"register",
"schedule",
"slate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"book",
"card",
"file",
"note",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delete"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"ascribe",
"attribute",
"chalk up",
"credit",
"impute",
"lay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"charge",
"father (on)",
"impute (to)",
"pin (on)",
"assign",
"refer",
"associate",
"attach",
"connect",
"link"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"partake (of)",
"put away",
"tuck (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digest",
"down",
"mouth (down)",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"chow (down on)",
"devour",
"glut (on)",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scoff",
"slop",
"snarf (down)",
"swill",
"wolf",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"gum",
"lap",
"lick",
"nibble (on)",
"nurse",
"pick (at)",
"relish",
"savor",
"savour",
"taste",
"banquet",
"dine",
"fare",
"feast",
"gormandize",
"pig out",
"regale",
"dispatch",
"polish off",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"put the kibosh on":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"Remembered the time the police quickly put the kibosh on the wild party."
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"puts (something) straight":{
"to make a place neat and orderly by removing extraneous stuff":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"cleans (up)",
"picks up",
"tidies (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"housecleans",
"housekeeps",
"cleans (off)",
"cleans (up)",
"neatens",
"polices (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"turns out",
"unclutters",
"arranges",
"orders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutters",
"disarranges",
"messes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"put paid to":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[
"The final payment put paid to his debt obligations."
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close out",
"complete",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climax",
"crown",
"consummate",
"perfect",
"halt",
"stop",
"suspend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"inaugurate",
"open",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put on an act":{
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
"examples":[
"You don't need to put on an act just to impress us."
],
"synonyms":[
"dissemble",
"dissimulate",
"let on",
"make out",
"pretend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"act",
"impersonate",
"masquerade",
"play",
"playact",
"pose",
"affect",
"assume",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"feign",
"profess",
"put on",
"sham",
"simulate",
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"mask",
"bluff",
"feint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"putting to sleep":{
"to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous":{
"examples":[
"The students were quickly put to sleep by the professor's lecture."
],
"synonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"tiring",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"palling",
"burning out",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fagging",
"fatiguing",
"tuckering (out)",
"washing out",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"debilitating",
"disabling",
"enfeebling",
"dejecting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"activating",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"strengthening",
"vitalizing",
"amusing",
"entertaining",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"monopolizing",
"preoccupying",
"busying",
"immersing",
"involving",
"occupying",
"pumping up",
"rallying",
"rousing",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"busying",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put/placed (someone) on a pedestal":{
"to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"canonized",
"deified",
"elevated",
"exalted",
"apotheosized",
"lionized",
"dignified",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"enskied",
"enthroned",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"idealized",
"romanticized",
"adored",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"admired",
"loved",
"regarded",
"respected",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"boasted",
"celebrated",
"cheered",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"highlighted",
"played up",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advanced",
"boosted",
"lifted",
"promoted",
"raised",
"upgraded",
"uplifted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"knocked (someone) off his/her pedestal",
"abased",
"chastened",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"shamed",
"smirched",
"took down",
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"belittled",
"castigated",
"cried down",
"criticized",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"detracted",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"wrote off",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"defiled",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"blasphemed",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"violated",
"disrespected",
"offended",
"outraged",
"piqued",
"scorned",
"slighted",
"slurred",
"smeared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"put to it":{
"faced with difficulty or uncertainty about what to say, think, or do":{
"examples":[
"She was put to it to hand over the keys to her new car."
],
"synonyms":[
"baffled",
"confounded",
"hard-pressed",
"hard put",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bewildered",
"confused",
"disconcerted",
"fazed",
"embarrassed",
"flustered",
"put out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undaunted",
"unfazed",
"composed",
"untroubled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"puts forward":{
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"She put forward some clever ideas during last week's meeting."
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"bounces",
"offers",
"poses",
"proffers",
"proposes",
"propounds",
"suggests",
"votes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"nominates",
"recommends",
"presents",
"submits",
"tenders",
"trots out",
"files",
"lays",
"lodges",
"arranges",
"calculates",
"charts",
"contrives",
"covers",
"frames",
"maps",
"plans",
"plots",
"shapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"puts aside":{
"as in dismantles , phases out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismantles",
"mothballs",
"phases out",
"deactivates",
"kills",
"shuts off",
"turns off",
"flicks (off)",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"chocks",
"cuts off",
"draws up",
"halts",
"jams",
"stalls",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"electrifies",
"energizes",
"fires",
"fuels",
"generates",
"powers",
"pushes",
"discharges",
"launches",
"releases",
"switches",
"trips",
"reactivates",
"recharges",
"activates",
"actuates",
"cranks (up)",
"drives",
"moves",
"propels",
"runs",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"starts",
"touches off",
"triggers",
"turns on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting aside":{
"as in dismantling , phasing out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismantling",
"mothballing",
"phasing out",
"deactivating",
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off",
"flicking (off)",
"arresting",
"braking",
"chocking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"powering",
"pushing",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
"reactivating",
"recharging",
"activating",
"actuating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"running",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puts over":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year"
],
"synonyms":[
"defers",
"delays",
"holds off (on)",
"holds over",
"holds up",
"lays over",
"postpones",
"puts off",
"remits",
"shelves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspends",
"hesitates",
"pauses",
"stays",
"detains",
"retards",
"slows",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches (out)",
"waits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts",
"deals (with)",
"decides (upon)",
"does",
"works (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puts off":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"never put off until tomorrow what you can do today"
],
"synonyms":[
"defers",
"delays",
"holds off (on)",
"holds over",
"holds up",
"lays over",
"postpones",
"puts over",
"remits",
"shelves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspends",
"hesitates",
"pauses",
"stays",
"detains",
"retards",
"slows",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches (out)",
"waits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts",
"deals (with)",
"decides (upon)",
"does",
"works (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"examples":[
"put off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"synonyms":[
"doffs",
"douses",
"peels (off)",
"removes",
"shrugs off",
"takes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"husks",
"sheds",
"kicks (off)",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"undresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wears",
"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"clothes",
"dresses",
"garbs",
"rigs",
"robes",
"suits"
],
"antonyms":[
"dons",
"puts on",
"slips (into)",
"throws (on)"
]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
"examples":[
"she was put off by his blatantly sexist attitude"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgusts",
"grosses out",
"nauseates",
"repels",
"repulses",
"revolts",
"sickens",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeases",
"distresses",
"appalls",
"appals",
"disquiets",
"horrifies",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"shocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allures",
"attracts",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"draws",
"enchants",
"entices",
"fascinates",
"lures",
"pulls",
"seduces",
"tempts",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"rejoices",
"tickles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"appeals (to)",
"interests",
"intrigues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting over":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"as a result of a medical emergency, our dream vacation had to be put over to the following year"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferring",
"delaying",
"holding off (on)",
"holding over",
"holding up",
"laying over",
"postponing",
"putting off",
"remitting",
"shelving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspending",
"hesitating",
"pausing",
"staying",
"detaining",
"retarding",
"slowing",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching (out)",
"waiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"dealing (with)",
"deciding (upon)",
"doing",
"working (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putters (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"I spent all weekend at home just puttering around"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodles",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs about",
"kicks around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put/place (someone) on a pedestal":{
"to treat or regard (someone) as extraordinarily good, successful, important, etc.":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt",
"apotheosize",
"lionize",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"idealize",
"romanticize",
"adore",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship",
"admire",
"love",
"regard",
"respect",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"boast",
"celebrate",
"cheer",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"decorate",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"hail",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout",
"acknowledge",
"recognize",
"highlight",
"play up",
"spotlight",
"advance",
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift"
],
"near antonyms":[
"knock (someone) off his/her pedestal",
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"smirch",
"take down",
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"belittle",
"castigate",
"criticize",
"cry down",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"diminish",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"write off",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"defile",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"affront",
"insult",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"blaspheme",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"violate",
"disrespect",
"offend",
"outrage",
"pique",
"scorn",
"slight",
"slur",
"smear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"puts about":{
"as in comes about , turns back":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"about-faces",
"backs",
"comes about",
"comes round",
"cuts",
"inclines",
"reverses",
"swerves",
"tacks",
"turns back",
"veers",
"wheels",
"yaws",
"faces",
"orients",
"steers",
"beelines",
"lights out",
"puts",
"puts out",
"sets off",
"sets out",
"strikes",
"takes off",
"aims",
"bends",
"directs",
"points",
"turns",
"bears",
"heads",
"makes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puts down":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"poor-mouths",
"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 make a written note of":{
"examples":[
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"jots (down)",
"logs",
"marks",
"notes",
"records",
"registers",
"reports",
"sets down",
"takes down",
"writes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chronicles",
"minutes",
"transcribes",
"enregisters",
"enters",
"inscribes",
"chalks (up)",
"notches",
"scores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"enters",
"indexes",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"records",
"registers",
"schedules",
"slates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"books",
"cards",
"files",
"notes",
"classifies",
"compiles",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"reschedules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"ascribes",
"attributes",
"chalks up",
"credits",
"imputes",
"lays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blames",
"charges",
"fathers (on)",
"imputes (to)",
"pins (on)",
"assigns",
"refers",
"associates",
"attaches",
"connects",
"links"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in as food":{
"examples":[
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"consumes",
"eats",
"ingests",
"partakes (of)",
"puts away",
"tucks (away or in)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"digests",
"downs",
"mouths (down)",
"swallows",
"bolts",
"chows (down on)",
"devours",
"gluts (on)",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gorges",
"gulps",
"scoffs",
"slops",
"snarfs (down)",
"swills",
"wolfs",
"chews",
"gnaws (at or on)",
"gums",
"laps",
"licks",
"nibbles (on)",
"nurses",
"picks (at)",
"relishes",
"savors",
"savours",
"tastes",
"banquets",
"dines",
"fares",
"feasts",
"gormandizes",
"pigs out",
"regales",
"dispatches",
"polishes off",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"munches",
"noshes",
"snacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putterer":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"her husband is an inveterate putterer , and their garage is full of half-finished projects he has worked on over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"hobbyist",
"layman",
"nonexpert",
"nonprofessional",
"potterer",
"tinkerer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounder",
"generalist",
"general practitioner",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"put by":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"have money put by for an emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"acquire",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"pick up",
"round up",
"scrape (together)",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"conserve",
"husband",
"preserve",
"bank",
"coffer",
"deposit",
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"save",
"set by",
"stock",
"withhold",
"bury",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"secrete"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload",
"consume",
"squander",
"use up",
"waste",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"impoverish",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}