dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ran_MWT.json
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{
"ran":{
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
"examples":[
"we ran all the way to the bus stop, but still missed the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"scampered",
"sprinted",
"tripped",
"trotted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounded",
"cantered",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"loped",
"shagged",
"skipped",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"coursed",
"footed (it)",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"hoofed (it)",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"legged (it)",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed",
"nipped",
"pattered",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"stepped (along)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambled",
"sauntered",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"trudged",
"hobbled",
"limped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"rather than run from a black bear, it's better to hold your ground and make lots of noise"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran away",
"ran off",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction":{
"examples":[
"the road runs along the river for a while"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"extended",
"headed",
"lay",
"led",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crossed",
"cut",
"passed",
"coursed",
"followed",
"spanned",
"traversed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
"examples":[
"the electric bill runs between 30 and 50 dollars a month"
],
"synonyms":[
"ranged",
"varied",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternated",
"fluctuated",
"moved",
"shifted",
"changed",
"mutated",
"extended",
"reached",
"stretched",
"swept"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in a stream":{
"examples":[
"water running down the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"flowed",
"poured",
"rolled",
"streamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arose",
"disembogued",
"effused",
"emanated",
"issued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"coursed",
"raced",
"rushed",
"fountained",
"gushed",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"deluged",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overran",
"swamped",
"cascaded",
"dribbled",
"dripped",
"guttered",
"riffled",
"rippled",
"sheeted",
"trickled",
"flushed",
"washed out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelled",
"hardened",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[
"backed up"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"run and get the nurse"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"to show a liking or proneness (for something)":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, members of his family run to fatness"
],
"synonyms":[
"inclined",
"leaned",
"tended",
"trended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitated",
"went",
"indicated",
"pointed",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"shied (from or away from)",
"shunned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
"examples":[
"they ran the horses hard in order to get to the ranch quickly"
],
"synonyms":[
"drove",
"herded",
"punched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shepherded",
"wrangled",
"egged",
"exhorted",
"flogged",
"goaded",
"hounded",
"pressed",
"pricked",
"prodded",
"prompted",
"scourged",
"spurred",
"whipped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to control the mechanical operation of":{
"examples":[
"I know how to run that machine"
],
"synonyms":[
"handled",
"operated",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"used",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"plied",
"wielded",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"directed",
"drove",
"guided",
"piloted",
"steered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"the poor woman ran herself ragged trying to care for all those children"
],
"synonyms":[
"became",
"came",
"got",
"grew",
"turned",
"waxed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altered",
"changed",
"metamorphosed",
"modified",
"mutated",
"transfigured",
"transformed",
"transmuted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"continued",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"was"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
"examples":[
"her makeup started to run when she got in the pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliquesced",
"fluxed",
"fused",
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"melted",
"thawed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"founded",
"guttered",
"tried",
"dissolved",
"rendered",
"softened",
"thinned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"thickened"
],
"antonyms":[
"hardened",
"set",
"solidified"
]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"learning to run the family business"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"administrated",
"carried on",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"handled",
"kept",
"managed",
"operated",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"presided (over)",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"watched",
"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"micromanaged",
"stage-managed",
"codirected",
"co-directed",
"comanaged",
"co-managed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to function":{
"examples":[
"in olden days mills were run by flowing water"
],
"synonyms":[
"activated",
"actuated",
"cranked (up)",
"drove",
"moved",
"set off",
"sparked",
"started",
"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kicked over",
"turned over",
"charged",
"electrified",
"energized",
"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
"powered",
"pushed",
"discharged",
"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"reactivated",
"recharged",
"aroused",
"excited",
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"ignited",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"quickened",
"stirred up",
"accelerated",
"catalyzed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"stepped up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"stuck",
"decelerated",
"repressed",
"slowed",
"stunted",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivated",
"killed",
"shut off",
"turned off"
]
},
"to have a price of":{
"examples":[
"that sort of computer runs at least several hundred dollars"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought",
"cost",
"fetched",
"sold (for)",
"went (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"listed (for)",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"commanded",
"exacted",
"asked",
"demanded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"he's been running with a bad crowd lately"
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"chummed",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"palled (around)",
"sorted",
"traveled",
"travelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"ganged",
"got along",
"got on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"befriended",
"friended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go after or on the track of":{
"examples":[
"if that dog continues to run cars, he's going to get seriously hurt"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogged",
"chased",
"coursed",
"dogged",
"followed",
"hounded",
"pursued",
"shadowed",
"tagged",
"tailed",
"traced",
"tracked",
"trailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanied",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"hunted",
"searched (for)",
"sought",
"eyed",
"observed",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"headed"
],
"antonyms":[
"guided",
"led",
"piloted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ran rings around":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"When it came to cooking, he ran circles around the rest of his family."
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outclassed",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outgunned",
"outmatched",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"towered (over)",
"transcended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-upped",
"outpaced",
"outraced",
"outran",
"overpassed",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"outcompeted",
"outperformed",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"shamed",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"overbore",
"overshadowed",
"trumped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"The young girl ran circles around her chess opponent."
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"rancorous":{
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
"antonyms":[
"unbitter"
],
"examples":[
"a rancorous autobiography in which the author heaps blame on just about everyone who had the misfortune of knowing him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring",
"forgiving",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"loving",
"sweet",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"related":[
"disaffected",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"malcontent",
"contemptuous",
"cynical",
"disdainful",
"misanthropic",
"scornful",
"angry",
"cruel",
"harsh",
"irritated",
"mad",
"rough",
"savage",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"acid",
"caustic",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"sarcastic",
"trenchant",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"hard",
"resentful",
"sore"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"randomness":{
"as in uncertainty , fortuity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuitousness",
"fortuity",
"haphazardry",
"uncertainty",
"accident",
"casualty",
"chance",
"circumstance",
"hap",
"hazard",
"luck",
"fluke",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"fortune",
"lot",
"danger",
"peril",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"design",
"outline",
"plan",
"scheme"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rang":{
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I didn't hear the doorbell ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chinked",
"clanged",
"clanked",
"clashed",
"clinked",
"ding-donged",
"dinged",
"gonged",
"jangled",
"jingled",
"pinged",
"plinked",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"tanged",
"tingled",
"tinkled",
"echoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonged",
"chimed",
"knelled",
"pealed",
"tolled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"range":{
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
"examples":[
"knew exactly how many head of cattle were turned out on the range that morning to graze"
],
"synonyms":[
"lea",
"ley",
"pasturage",
"pasture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranch",
"station",
"feedlot",
"stockyard",
"yard",
"grassland",
"pampas",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
"examples":[
"didn't know she had such a wide range of knowledge until I talked to her"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confines",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"reach",
"realm",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamut",
"spectrum",
"spread",
"bailiwick",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"province",
"region",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"frontier",
"horizon",
"panorama"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
"examples":[
"an actor who can go through the full range of emotion, from joy to sorrow, in mere minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"diapason",
"gamut",
"scale",
"spectrum",
"spread",
"stretch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"measure",
"pitch",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"compass",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"reach",
"realm",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"they were stopped by security personnel while taking an innocent range through the palace grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"amble",
"constitutional",
"perambulation",
"ramble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"turn",
"walk",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parade",
"paseo",
"promenade",
"expedition",
"hike",
"march",
"peregrination",
"traipse",
"tramp",
"travel",
"traversal",
"traverse",
"trek",
"trip",
"walkabout",
"excursion",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"sally",
"sashay",
"spin",
"tour",
"pilgrimage",
"progress",
"safari"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
"examples":[
"from the air, the mountain range stretched as far as we could see in both directions"
],
"synonyms":[
"column",
"cue",
"file",
"line",
"queue",
"string",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"echelon",
"rank",
"row",
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"flat",
"flat-out",
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"verb"
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"synonyms":[]
},
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the prince emptied the treasury to ransom his son from the kidnappers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bails",
"delivers",
"rescues",
"saves",
"emancipates",
"liberates",
"gets back",
"recovers",
"regains",
"retrieves",
"releases",
"buys",
"salvages"
],
"synonyms":[
"redeems"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rant":{
"a long angry speech or scolding":{
"examples":[
"after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room"
],
"synonyms":[
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"jeremiad",
"philippic",
"tirade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"broadside",
"invective",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"tongue-lashing",
"vituperation",
"berating",
"chewing out",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reproof",
"abuse",
"castigation",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"belittlement",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"disparagement",
"dissing",
"excoriation",
"execration",
"revilement",
"admonishment",
"admonition",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomium",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"rhapsody",
"tribute",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"accolade",
"citation",
"homage",
"honor",
"praise",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"sanction",
"ovation",
"plaudit",
"rave"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"boastful speech or writing":{
"examples":[
"instead of addressing the current crisis, the mayor's speech was a lot of rant emphasizing his accomplishments"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluster",
"bombast",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"bull",
"cockalorum",
"fanfaronade",
"gas",
"gasconade",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"magniloquence",
"rodomontade",
"rhodomontade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oratory",
"rhapsody",
"rhetoric",
"pomposity",
"turgidity",
"wind",
"bloviation",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"babble",
"blab",
"chatter",
"drivel",
"gabble",
"gibber",
"gibberish",
"jabber",
"prattle",
"jawing",
"patter",
"prating",
"yammering",
"egotism",
"self-conceit",
"self-importance",
"swagger",
"vaunt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
"examples":[
"when the waiter gave him incorrect change, he began ranting about the restaurant's poor service"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluster",
"fulminate",
"huff",
"rave",
"spout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"blare",
"blurt (out)",
"bolt",
"bloviate",
"blow",
"declaim",
"harangue",
"mouth (off)",
"orate",
"pontificate",
"carry on",
"rage",
"storm",
"take on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunt",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"slur",
"breathe",
"whisper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ranted (at)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"Grandmother ranted at us for skipping the family holiday gathering in favor of a ski trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ranters":{
"as in scolds , admonishers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishers",
"haranguers",
"railers",
"rebukers",
"reproachers",
"reprovers",
"scolds",
"upbraiders",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"grumblers",
"whiners",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"crucifiers",
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"condemners",
"condemnors",
"denouncers",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ranting (at)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"Grandmother ranted at us for skipping the family holiday gathering in favor of a ski trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"randomly":{
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
"examples":[
"the winner will be randomly chosen from among all of the entries"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"willy-nilly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arbitrarily",
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"ran away":{
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"ran away from an unhappy marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broke out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"lammed",
"ran off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the child runs away from large dogs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran off",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ran across":{
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"She ran across an old friend at lunch."
],
"synonyms":[
"chanced (upon)",
"encountered",
"found",
"happened (on or upon)",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (on or upon)",
"lighted (on or upon)",
"met",
"pitched (upon)",
"stumbled (on or onto)",
"tumbled (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lucked (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronted",
"faced",
"discovered",
"struck",
"turned up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"They ran across a bear while camping in the woods."
],
"synonyms":[
"caught",
"chanced (upon)",
"encountered",
"happened (upon)",
"met",
"stumbled (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accosted",
"confronted",
"faced",
"greeted",
"saluted",
"collided (with)",
"crashed (into)",
"crisscrossed",
"crossed",
"passed",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (upon)",
"lighted (upon)",
"tumbled (to)",
"reencountered",
"re-encountered",
"remet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook",
"shunned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"rants":{
"a long angry speech or scolding":{
"examples":[
"after complaining about the hotel's lousy service, the woman went off on another rant about the condition of her room"
],
"synonyms":[
"diatribes",
"harangues",
"jeremiads",
"philippics",
"tirades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"broadsides",
"invectives",
"lashings",
"tongue-lashings",
"vituperations",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproofs",
"abuses",
"castigations",
"censures",
"condemnations",
"criticisms",
"denunciations",
"belittlements",
"deprecations",
"depreciations",
"disparagements",
"excoriations",
"execrations",
"revilements",
"admonishments",
"admonitions",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"near antonyms":[
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"rhapsodies",
"tributes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"accolades",
"citations",
"homages",
"honors",
"praises",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"sanctions",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"raves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
"examples":[
"when the waiter gave him incorrect change, he began ranting about the restaurant's poor service"
],
"synonyms":[
"blusters",
"fulminates",
"huffs",
"raves",
"spouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"blares",
"blurts (out)",
"bolts",
"bloviates",
"blows",
"declaims",
"harangues",
"mouths (off)",
"orates",
"pontificates",
"carries on",
"rages",
"storms",
"takes on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunts",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"slurs",
"breathes",
"whispers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rancheros":{
"as in cowboys , vaqueros":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckaroos",
"buckeroos",
"cowboys",
"cowgirls",
"cowhands",
"cowherds",
"cowmen",
"cowpokes",
"cowpunchers",
"gauchos",
"vaqueros",
"herders",
"herdsmen",
"sheepherders",
"shepherdesses",
"shepherds",
"goatherds",
"swineherds",
"wranglers",
"drovers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ranchers , ranchmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"grangers",
"campesinos",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"workfolks",
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"farmers",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ran with":{
"as in beat the drum (for or about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beat the drum (for or about)",
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ran along":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"I'd love to stay longer, but I must be running along"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed off",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rankings":{
"a scheme of rank or order":{
"examples":[
"in one ranking of the best places to live, San Francisco surpassed all the other cities in the U.S."
],
"synonyms":[
"graduations",
"hierarchies",
"ladders",
"orderings",
"scales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"food chains",
"pecking orders",
"peck orders",
"arrangements",
"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"sequences",
"series",
"setups",
"degrees",
"echelons",
"footings",
"levels",
"places",
"positions",
"reaches",
"rungs",
"situations",
"spots",
"standings",
"stations",
"statuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"examples":[
"the President's ranking in the polls is at its highest level since he took office"
],
"synonyms":[
"degrees",
"echelons",
"footings",
"levels",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"reaches",
"rungs",
"situations",
"standings",
"stations",
"statuses",
"strata"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conditions",
"estates",
"orders",
"walks",
"capacities",
"functions",
"ratings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rank and files":{
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
"examples":[
"the chosen few might have the opportunity for a trip in the space shuttle, but it will be a while before the rank and file are taking space trips"
],
"synonyms":[
"commoners",
"commons",
"crowds",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"people",
"plebeians",
"plebes",
"populaces",
"publics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cattle",
"proletariats",
"rabblements",
"rabbles",
"ragtag and bobtails",
"riffraffs",
"routs",
"scums",
"tag, rag, and bobtails",
"tagrag and bobtails",
"trash",
"unwasheds",
"bourgeoisies",
"middle classes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentilities",
"gentlefolks",
"gentries",
"haute mondes",
"nobilities",
"patriciates",
"peerages",
"qualities",
"royalties",
"societies"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-lists",
"aristocracies",
"best",
"choices",
"corps d'elite",
"creams",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"flowers",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"upper crusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ran in":{
"to make a brief visit":{
"examples":[
"I just thought I'd run in and pick up my package"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"came by",
"came over",
"dropped by",
"dropped in",
"popped (in)",
"ran (over)",
"stepped in",
"stopped (by or in)",
"visited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barged (in)",
"looked up",
"saw",
"bopped (into)",
"happened (by)",
"frequented",
"haunted",
"hung (at)",
"hanged (at)",
"resorted (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"if we catch you shoplifting again, we're going to run you in"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"restrained",
"seized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
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"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
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"discharged"
]
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"verb"
]
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"since we were new in town, our choice of a vet for our dog was entirely random"
],
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"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
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"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun",
"irregular",
"odd",
"sporadic",
"spot",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"undirected",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"undiscriminating",
"unselective"
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"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"arranged",
"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
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"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
]
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs"
],
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"grades",
"is",
"places",
"rates",
"stands"
],
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"counts",
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"classes",
"classifies",
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"groups",
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"sets",
"sorts",
"installs",
"instates"
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"antonyms":[]
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"to arrange or assign according to type":{
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"most critics would rank him among our best actors"
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"digests",
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"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
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"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
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"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
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"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
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"this book will someday join the ranks of the world's great novels"
],
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"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"sort",
"branch",
"section",
"speciality",
"specialty",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"breed",
"race",
"generation",
"heading",
"label",
"title"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"ranchmen":{
"as in ranchers , rancheros":{
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"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"grangers",
"campesinos",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"workfolks",
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"farmers",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"randy":{
"having a strong sexual desire":{
"examples":[
"a booze-fueled off-campus party that was rife with randy frat boys hoping to score"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"horny",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"licentious",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"passionate",
"salacious",
"satyric",
"wanton"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"easy",
"fast",
"loose",
"promiscuous",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"immoral",
"indecent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celibate",
"chaste",
"decent",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"moral",
"pure",
"virtuous",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"innocent",
"lily-white",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ranch":{
"a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock":{
"examples":[
"lives on a cattle ranch in Texas that's as big as the whole state of Rhode Island"
],
"synonyms":[
"estate",
"farm",
"farmstead",
"grange"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cropland",
"farmland",
"farmyard",
"farmhouse",
"hacienda",
"homestead",
"manor",
"plantation",
"spread",
"croft",
"smallholding",
"station",
"steading",
"garden",
"orchard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rancher":{
"as in cattleman , stockman":{
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"near synonyms":[
"cattleman",
"stockman",
"horseman",
"horsewoman",
"cowherd",
"drover",
"herder",
"herdsman",
"caballero",
"gaucho",
"vaquero",
"cowgirl",
"buckaroo",
"buckeroo",
"cowboy",
"cowhand",
"cowman",
"cowpoke",
"cowpuncher",
"waddy",
"waddie",
"wrangler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ranchero , ranchman":{
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"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"granger",
"campesino",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"subsistence farmer",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"farmer",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ranted":{
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
"examples":[
"when the waiter gave him incorrect change, he began ranting about the restaurant's poor service"
],
"synonyms":[
"blustered",
"fulminated",
"huffed",
"raved",
"spouted"
],
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"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"blared",
"blurted (out)",
"bolted",
"blew",
"bloviated",
"declaimed",
"harangued",
"mouthed (off)",
"orated",
"pontificated",
"carried on",
"raged",
"stormed",
"took on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunted",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"slurred",
"breathed",
"whispered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ranking":{
"a scheme of rank or order":{
"examples":[
"in one ranking of the best places to live, San Francisco surpassed all the other cities in the U.S."
],
"synonyms":[
"graduation",
"hierarchy",
"ladder",
"ordering",
"scale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"food chain",
"pecking order",
"peck order",
"arrangement",
"array",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"sequence",
"series",
"setup",
"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"reaches",
"rung",
"situation",
"spot",
"standing",
"station",
"status"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"examples":[
"the President's ranking in the polls is at its highest level since he took office"
],
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"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"reach(es)",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"order",
"walk",
"capacity",
"function",
"rating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
"examples":[
"my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"grading",
"placing",
"rating",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seeding",
"counting",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"grouping",
"separating",
"setting",
"sorting",
"installing",
"instating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"most critics would rank him among our best actors"
],
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"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ransomed":{
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"examples":[
"the prince emptied the treasury to ransom his son from the kidnappers"
],
"synonyms":[
"redeemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved",
"emancipated",
"liberated",
"got back",
"recovered",
"regained",
"retrieved",
"released",
"bought",
"salvaged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ranchero":{
"as in cowboy , vaquero":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buckaroo",
"buckeroo",
"cowboy",
"cowgirl",
"cowhand",
"cowherd",
"cowman",
"cowpoke",
"cowpuncher",
"gaucho",
"vaquero",
"herder",
"herdsman",
"sheepherder",
"shepherd",
"shepherdess",
"goatherd",
"swineherd",
"wrangler",
"drover"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rancher , ranchman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rancher",
"ranchman",
"granger",
"campesino",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"subsistence farmer",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"farmer",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ran one's mouth":{
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
"examples":[
"There goes Joe, running his mouth again about stuff that doesn't really matter."
],
"synonyms":[
"blathered (on)",
"maundered",
"rambled",
"ran on",
"rattled",
"went on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviated",
"digressed",
"strayed",
"wandered",
"sidetracked",
"blabbed",
"blabbered",
"blithered",
"bumbled",
"burbled",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"pattered",
"prated",
"prattled",
"waffled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"ranges":{
"open land over which livestock may roam and feed":{
"examples":[
"knew exactly how many head of cattle were turned out on the range that morning to graze"
],
"synonyms":[
"leas",
"leys",
"pasturages",
"pastures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranches",
"stations",
"feedlots",
"stockyards",
"yards",
"grasslands",
"pampas",
"prairies",
"savannas",
"savannahs",
"steppes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends":{
"examples":[
"didn't know she had such a wide range of knowledge until I talked to her"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"reaches",
"realms",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gamuts",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"spreads",
"bailiwicks",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"provinces",
"regions",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"frontiers",
"horizons",
"panoramas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
"examples":[
"an actor who can go through the full range of emotion, from joy to sorrow, in mere minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"diapasons",
"gamuts",
"scales",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"spreads",
"stretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"measures",
"pitches",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"compasses",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"reaches",
"realms",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"they were stopped by security personnel while taking an innocent range through the palace grounds"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambles",
"constitutionals",
"perambulations",
"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"turns",
"walks",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parades",
"paseos",
"promenades",
"expeditions",
"hikes",
"marches",
"peregrinations",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"travels",
"traversals",
"traverses",
"treks",
"trips",
"walkabouts",
"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"spins",
"tours",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"safaris"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
"examples":[
"from the air, the mountain range stretched as far as we could see in both directions"
],
"synonyms":[
"columns",
"cues",
"files",
"lines",
"queues",
"strings",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"echelons",
"ranks",
"rows",
"tiers",
"chains",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"successions",
"arrays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an appliance that prepares food for consumption by heating it":{
"examples":[
"the high-end appliances include a professional-quality gas range"
],
"synonyms":[
"cookers",
"cookstoves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broilers",
"fryers",
"friers",
"microwave ovens",
"microwaves",
"ovens",
"roasters",
"rotisseries",
"stoves",
"toaster ovens",
"toasters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place where a plant or animal is usually or naturally found":{
"examples":[
"the American robin's winter range has steadily extended farther and farther north"
],
"synonyms":[
"habitats",
"homes",
"niches",
"territories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elements",
"environments",
"environs",
"haunts",
"localities",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"neighborhoods",
"settings",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"the campers were ranged in patrols, each patrol consisting of girls in a certain age group"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"sorts",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"she let her dog off the leash and whistled for him every now and then to make sure he didn't range out of hearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bats",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"floats",
"gads (about)",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"kicks around",
"knocks (about)",
"maunders",
"meanders",
"mooches",
"rambles",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"dawdles",
"mopes",
"gypsies",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"mills (about or around)",
"straggles",
"strays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occur within a continuous range of variation":{
"examples":[
"the color of Florida grapefruit can range anywhere from pale pink to ruby red"
],
"synonyms":[
"goes",
"runs",
"varies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"fluctuates",
"moves",
"shifts",
"changes",
"mutates",
"extends",
"reaches",
"stretches",
"sweeps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"chairs were ranged round the perimeter of the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"lays out",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)",
"unscrambles",
"aligns",
"alines",
"cues",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"alphabetizes",
"files",
"hierarchizes",
"prioritizes",
"sequences",
"emplaces",
"places",
"sets",
"displays",
"maps (out)",
"sets out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"messes (up)",
"musses (up)",
"rumples",
"upsets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rank and file":{
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
"examples":[
"the chosen few might have the opportunity for a trip in the space shuttle, but it will be a while before the rank and file are taking space trips"
],
"synonyms":[
"commoners",
"commons",
"crowd",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"mass",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"populace",
"public"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cattle",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"riffraff",
"rout",
"scum",
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
"tagrag and bobtail",
"trash",
"unwashed",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"haute monde",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"peerage",
"quality",
"royalty",
"society"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"upper crust"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rankled":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"examples":[
"our supervisor was rankled by all the unexpected delays and problems we ran into"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"that kind of rude treatment from a young person makes me rankle"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiled",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"fumed",
"raged",
"seethed",
"sizzled",
"steamed",
"stormed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminated",
"ranted",
"raved",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"bristled",
"flared (up)",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed",
"agitated",
"convulsed",
"roiled",
"shook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"it rankles me when some schools can't even afford paper and pencils for the students"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"madded",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"riled",
"roiled",
"steamed up",
"ticked off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronted",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"got",
"huffed",
"irritated",
"miffed",
"nettled",
"offended",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"soothed",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"calmed",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"disarmed",
"enchanted"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ran through":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife"
],
"synonyms":[
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use up carelessly":{
"examples":[
"how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"dissipated",
"fiddled away",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"lost",
"misspent",
"spent",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"trifled (away)",
"wasted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"splurged",
"consumed",
"depleted",
"exhausted",
"impoverished",
"overspent",
"shot",
"indulged",
"overindulged",
"disbursed",
"expended",
"laid out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economized",
"scrimped",
"skimped",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"hoarded",
"laid up"
],
"antonyms":[
"conserved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ranger":{
"as in marine , jarhead":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jarhead",
"marine",
"commando",
"raider",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"servicewoman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"soldier",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rancorously":{
"as in obnoxiously , caustically":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"ran off with":{
"to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"Several bystanders stopped the kidnapper before he could run off with the child."
],
"synonyms":[
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captured",
"crimped",
"impressed",
"seized",
"shanghaied",
"waylaid",
"absconded (with)",
"snatched",
"spirited",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"caught",
"copped",
"stole",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delivered",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"restored",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"The petty thief ran off with a backpack full of snacks and magazines from the convenience store."
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"purloined",
"ripped off",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"ransackers":{
"as in spoliators , spoilers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depredators",
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"sackers",
"spoilers",
"spoliators",
"demolishers",
"desecraters",
"desecrators",
"despoilers",
"destroyers",
"ravagers",
"ruiners",
"saboteurs",
"wasters",
"wreckers",
"graffitists",
"taggers",
"defacers",
"vandals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservers",
"preservers",
"protectors",
"savers",
"conservators",
"preservationists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rants (at)":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"Grandmother ranted at us for skipping the family holiday gathering in favor of a ski trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rankles":{
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"that kind of rude treatment from a young person makes me rankle"
],
"synonyms":[
"boils",
"burns",
"foams",
"fumes",
"rages",
"seethes",
"sizzles",
"steams",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminates",
"rants",
"raves",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"bristles",
"flares (up)",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"chafes",
"frets",
"stews",
"agitates",
"convulses",
"roils",
"shakes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"it rankles me when some schools can't even afford paper and pencils for the students"
],
"synonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"mads",
"outrages",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronts",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"burns (up)",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"gets",
"huffs",
"irritates",
"miffs",
"nettles",
"offends",
"peeves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"envenoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"soothes",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"calms",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"settles",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"enchants"
],
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ranches":{
"a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock":{
"examples":[
"lives on a cattle ranch in Texas that's as big as the whole state of Rhode Island"
],
"synonyms":[
"estates",
"farms",
"farmsteads",
"granges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"croplands",
"farmlands",
"farmyards",
"farmhouses",
"haciendas",
"homesteads",
"manors",
"plantations",
"spreads",
"crofts",
"smallholdings",
"stations",
"steadings",
"gardens",
"orchards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ransacking":{
"as in looting , pillaging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depredation",
"despoiling",
"despoilment",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillage",
"pillaging",
"plunder",
"plundering",
"predation",
"sacking",
"spoliation",
"sabotage",
"demolishing",
"demolishment",
"desecrating",
"desecration",
"destruction",
"ravage",
"ravaging",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"wrecking",
"defacement",
"defacing",
"trashing",
"vandalism",
"vandalization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservation",
"preservation",
"protection",
"salvage",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"it was clear that the thieves who had ransacked the museum were professionals\u2014they bypassed most of the exhibits and went straight for the vaults"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking in",
"burglarizing",
"ripping off",
"stealing (from)",
"combing",
"hunting",
"raking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"harrying",
"raiding",
"ravishing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"I've ransacked the whole house for that book you lent me and it's nowhere to be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"hunting (through)",
"raking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"scouring",
"searching",
"sorting (through)",
"trolling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisking",
"patting down",
"shaking down",
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"discovering",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"learning",
"locating",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"tracking (down)",
"grubbing (about)",
"poking (around)",
"exploring",
"probing",
"prospecting",
"skirmishing",
"snooping",
"browsing",
"glancing (over)",
"looking over",
"perusing",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"abandoning",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ran on":{
"to engage in casual or rambling conversation":{
"examples":[
"we were just running on about how neither of us has aged a bit after all these years"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbled",
"blabbed",
"cackled",
"chaffered",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"chinned",
"conversed",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gassed",
"jabbered",
"jawed",
"kibitzed",
"kibbitzed",
"nattered",
"palavered",
"pattered",
"prated",
"prattled",
"rapped",
"rattled",
"schmoozed",
"shmoozed",
"talked",
"twittered",
"visited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossiped",
"tattled",
"descanted",
"discussed",
"expatiated",
"yakked",
"yacked",
"yammered",
"yapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
"examples":[
"allow the savings account to run on for now"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bode",
"bided",
"continued",
"endured",
"held on",
"held up",
"kept up",
"lasted",
"perdured",
"persisted",
"remained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lingered",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"carried through",
"prevailed",
"survived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"died (down)",
"ebbed",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceased",
"closed",
"concluded",
"desisted",
"died",
"discontinued",
"ended",
"expired",
"finished",
"lapsed",
"left off",
"passed",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up"
]
},
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
"examples":[
"she's very sweet, but she does tend to run on"
],
"synonyms":[
"blathered (on)",
"maundered",
"rambled",
"rattled",
"went on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviated",
"digressed",
"strayed",
"wandered",
"sidetracked",
"blabbed",
"blabbered",
"blithered",
"bumbled",
"burbled",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"pattered",
"prated",
"prattled",
"waffled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rancid":{
"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
"examples":[
"an unscrupulous food vendor who's as rancid as the meat that he serves"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"dreadful",
"evil",
"foul",
"fulsome",
"gross",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"loathsome",
"nasty",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"noxious",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening",
"ugly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"brackish",
"disagreeable",
"dislikable",
"dislikeable",
"unpleasant",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"hard",
"hateful",
"unhealthy",
"unsavory",
"unwholesome",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"atrocious",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grim",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"heinous",
"horrific",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish",
"sick",
"sickish",
"sickly",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"vile",
"off-putting",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"barbarous",
"unchristian",
"uncivilized",
"ungodly",
"unholy",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"desirable",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"inviting",
"likable",
"likeable",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"welcome",
"unexceptionable",
"unobjectionable",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rang (up)":{
"to make a telephone call to":{
"examples":[
"our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"dialed",
"dialled",
"phoned",
"telephoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beeped",
"buzzed",
"called in",
"cold-called"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
"examples":[
"touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term"
],
"synonyms":[
"achieved",
"attained",
"bagged",
"chalked up",
"clocked (up)",
"gained",
"hit",
"logged",
"made",
"notched (up)",
"racked up",
"scored",
"won"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquired",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"garnered",
"got",
"landed",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"secured",
"amounted (to)",
"approached",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"measured up (to)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"tied",
"touched",
"beat",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"surpassed",
"topped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell short (of)",
"missed",
"failed (at)",
"lost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ransack":{
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"it was clear that the thieves who had ransacked the museum were professionals\u2014they bypassed most of the exhibits and went straight for the vaults"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break in",
"burglarize",
"rip off",
"steal (from)",
"comb",
"hunt",
"rake",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"harry",
"raid",
"ravish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"I've ransacked the whole house for that book you lent me and it's nowhere to be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"hunt (through)",
"rake",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour",
"search",
"sort (through)",
"troll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisk",
"pat down",
"shake down",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"discover",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learn",
"locate",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"grub (about)",
"poke (around)",
"explore",
"probe",
"prospect",
"skirmish",
"snoop",
"browse",
"glance (over)",
"look over",
"peruse",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"abandon",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ransoming":{
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"examples":[
"the prince emptied the treasury to ransom his son from the kidnappers"
],
"synonyms":[
"redeeming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emancipating",
"liberating",
"getting back",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"retrieving",
"releasing",
"buying",
"salvaging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ran off":{
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"the dog often ran off cats and other animals that had intruded upon his owner's property"
],
"synonyms":[
"banished",
"booted (out)",
"bounced",
"cast out",
"chased",
"dismissed",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"extruded",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"outed",
"routed",
"threw out",
"turfed (out)",
"turned out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforced",
"deported",
"displaced",
"dispossessed",
"evicted",
"exiled",
"expatriated",
"ostracized",
"read out",
"shut out",
"axed",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"defenestrated",
"discharged",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"entertained",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"sheltered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"their rebellious daughter's run off because she was disciplined again"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconded",
"broke out (of)",
"cleared out",
"escaped",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"lammed",
"ran away"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded",
"lost",
"shunned",
"decamped",
"departed",
"eloped",
"exited",
"left",
"moved",
"pulled out",
"quit",
"quitted",
"sallied (forth)",
"shoved (off)",
"took off",
"walked out",
"went",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"brought off",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"rescued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"came back",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the mouse ran off as soon as it saw us"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran away",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ran over":{
"to make a brief visit":{
"examples":[
"I could run over right now if that's good for you"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"came by",
"came over",
"dropped by",
"dropped in",
"popped (in)",
"ran in",
"stepped in",
"stopped (by or in)",
"visited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barged (in)",
"looked up",
"saw",
"bopped (into)",
"happened (by)",
"frequented",
"haunted",
"hung (at)",
"hanged (at)",
"resorted (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"let's run over this dance number one more time"
],
"synonyms":[
"exercised",
"practiced",
"practised",
"rehearsed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooved",
"perfected",
"refined",
"pointed (for)",
"prepared (for)",
"trained (with)",
"drilled",
"repeated",
"worked (at or on)",
"wrought (at or on)",
"reviewed",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ran upon":{
"to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{
"examples":[
"The boy ran upon a small house while exploring the woods."
],
"synonyms":[
"chanced (upon)",
"encountered",
"found",
"happened (on or upon)",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (on or upon)",
"lighted (on or upon)",
"met",
"pitched (upon)",
"stumbled (on or onto)",
"tumbled (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lucked (out, on, onto, or into)",
"confronted",
"faced",
"discovered",
"struck",
"turned up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{
"examples":[
"We ran upon our neighbor in the grocery store."
],
"synonyms":[
"caught",
"chanced (upon)",
"encountered",
"happened (upon)",
"met",
"stumbled (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accosted",
"confronted",
"faced",
"greeted",
"saluted",
"collided (with)",
"crashed (into)",
"crisscrossed",
"crossed",
"passed",
"hit (upon)",
"lit (upon)",
"lighted (upon)",
"tumbled (to)",
"reencountered",
"re-encountered",
"remet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"shook",
"shunned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"ransom":{
"to free from captivity or punishment by paying a price":{
"examples":[
"the prince emptied the treasury to ransom his son from the kidnappers"
],
"synonyms":[
"redeem"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save",
"emancipate",
"liberate",
"get back",
"recover",
"regain",
"retrieve",
"release",
"buy",
"salvage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in recovery , redemption":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"recovery",
"redemption",
"deliverance",
"rescue",
"salvation",
"extrication",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safeguarding",
"security",
"conservation",
"guardianship",
"preservation",
"safekeeping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ransomers":{
"as in guards , guardians":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"custodians",
"defenders",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"protectors",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen",
"deliverers",
"redeemers",
"rescuers",
"savers",
"saviors",
"saviours",
"salvagers",
"salvors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rangers":{
"as in marines , jarheads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jarheads",
"marines",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"artillerymen",
"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"mortarmen",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"carabineers",
"carabiniers",
"cavaliers",
"cavalrymen",
"cuirassiers",
"dragoons",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"servicewomen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"dogfaces",
"fighters",
"legionaries",
"legionnaires",
"men-at-arms",
"regulars",
"servicemen",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"warriors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ransomer":{
"as in guard , guardian":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"custodian",
"defender",
"guard",
"guardian",
"keeper",
"lookout",
"protector",
"sentinel",
"sentry",
"warden",
"warder",
"watch",
"watcher",
"watchman",
"deliverer",
"redeemer",
"rescuer",
"saver",
"savior",
"saviour",
"salvager",
"salvor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rancor":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
"examples":[
"controversy over use of pesticides has caused a lot of rancor in this agricultural community"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"amity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ranter":{
"as in scold , admonisher":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admonisher",
"haranguer",
"railer",
"rebuker",
"reproacher",
"reprover",
"scold",
"upbraider",
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"grumbler",
"whiner",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"crucifier",
"belittler",
"decrier",
"denigrator",
"derider",
"detractor",
"condemner",
"condemnor",
"denouncer",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"criticizer",
"disparager",
"faultfinder",
"hypercritic",
"knocker",
"niggler",
"nitpicker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commender",
"praiser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rancidity":{
"as in mustiness , staleness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acridness",
"fetidness",
"foulness",
"fustiness",
"malodorousness",
"mustiness",
"odoriferousness",
"odorousness",
"rankness",
"staleness",
"funk",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink",
"badness",
"vileness",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"nastiness",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"emission",
"odor",
"redolence",
"scent",
"sniff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroma",
"fragrance",
"perfume",
"floweriness",
"lusciousness",
"savoriness",
"spiciness",
"sweetness",
"bouquet",
"ambrosia"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ranch house":{
"as in ranch , town house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duplex",
"ranch",
"saltbox",
"semi",
"split level",
"townhome",
"town house",
"tract house",
"triplex",
"bungalow",
"cabin",
"casita",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"farmhouse",
"grange",
"hacienda",
"homestead",
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"countryseat",
"estate",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"mansion",
"McMansion",
"palace",
"villa",
"hermitage",
"manse",
"parsonage",
"rectory",
"vicarage",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"shack",
"shanty",
"accommodations",
"housing",
"nest",
"residency",
"shelter",
"apartment",
"apartment house",
"condo",
"condominium",
"flat",
"tenement",
"tenement house",
"walk-up",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"barracks",
"billet",
"boardinghouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"flophouse",
"lodging house",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"room(s)",
"rooming house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ransacks":{
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"it was clear that the thieves who had ransacked the museum were professionals\u2014they bypassed most of the exhibits and went straight for the vaults"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"sacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks in",
"burglarizes",
"rips off",
"steals (from)",
"combs",
"hunts",
"rakes",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"harries",
"raids",
"ravishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"I've ransacked the whole house for that book you lent me and it's nowhere to be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"combs",
"digs (through)",
"dredges",
"hunts (through)",
"rakes",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"scours",
"searches",
"sorts (through)",
"trolls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisks",
"pats down",
"shakes down",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"discovers",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"learns",
"locates",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"tracks (down)",
"grubs (about)",
"pokes (around)",
"explores",
"probes",
"prospects",
"skirmishes",
"snoops",
"browses",
"glances (over)",
"looks over",
"peruses",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"abandons",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ran by":{
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
"examples":[
"When you have a chance, I'd love to run some new ideas by you."
],
"synonyms":[
"extended",
"gave",
"offered",
"proffered",
"tendered",
"trotted out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"posed",
"proposed",
"held out",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"volunteered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"received",
"took",
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned",
"retracted",
"withdrew",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"ran amuck":{
"to express one's anger usually violently":{
"examples":[
"The mayor acknowledged the group's right to march, but warned that they would not be allowed to run amok ."
],
"synonyms":[
"bristled",
"fumed",
"raged",
"stormed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew up",
"flared (up)",
"flipped (out)",
"blustered",
"carried on",
"fulminated",
"rampaged",
"ranted",
"raved",
"took on",
"burned",
"burnt",
"foamed",
"seethed",
"smoldered",
"smouldered",
"steamed",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"stewed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allayed",
"appeased",
"pacified",
"soothed",
"checked",
"choked (back)",
"collected",
"composed",
"contained",
"curbed",
"pocketed",
"reined",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"swallowed",
"moderated",
"tempered",
"toned (down)",
"eased",
"let up",
"relaxed",
"calmed",
"cooled",
"hushed",
"quelled",
"quieted",
"settled",
"stilled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"ransacked":{
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"examples":[
"it was clear that the thieves who had ransacked the museum were professionals\u2014they bypassed most of the exhibits and went straight for the vaults"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke in",
"burglarized",
"ripped off",
"stole (from)",
"combed",
"hunted",
"raked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"harried",
"raided",
"ravished"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"I've ransacked the whole house for that book you lent me and it's nowhere to be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"combed",
"dredged",
"dug (through)",
"hunted (through)",
"raked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"scoured",
"searched",
"sorted (through)",
"trolled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisked",
"patted down",
"shook down",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"examined",
"inspected",
"investigated",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learned",
"located",
"ran down",
"scared up",
"tracked (down)",
"grubbed (about)",
"poked (around)",
"explored",
"probed",
"prospected",
"skirmished",
"snooped",
"browsed",
"glanced (over)",
"looked over",
"perused",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"abandoned",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rangy":{
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
"examples":[
"we could use a rangy girl like you on our basketball team"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"racy",
"reedy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having considerable extent":{
"examples":[
"a speech that took a rangy look at the problems facing the university"
],
"synonyms":[
"broad",
"deep",
"expansive",
"extended",
"extensive",
"far-flung",
"far-reaching",
"sweeping",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"widespread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprehensive",
"general",
"global",
"inclusive",
"boundless",
"endless",
"infinite",
"limitless",
"unlimited",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"restricted"
],
"antonyms":[
"narrow"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rang down the curtain (on)":{
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"closed",
"closed out",
"completed",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished",
"rounded (off or out)",
"terminated",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"climaxed",
"crowned",
"consummated",
"perfected",
"halted",
"stopped",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"inaugurated",
"opened",
"started"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"rancors":{
"a deep-seated ill will":{
"examples":[
"controversy over use of pesticides has caused a lot of rancor in this agricultural community"
],
"synonyms":[
"animosity",
"animus",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bad blood",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jaundice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blood feud",
"feud",
"score",
"vendetta",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"estrangement",
"conflict",
"coolness",
"discord",
"friction",
"strain",
"tension",
"inhospitableness",
"unfriendliness",
"malice",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"venom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiability",
"amicability",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"neighborliness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"amity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rankling":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"for some air travelers, the most rankling aspect of the security measures seems to be the restrictions regarding carry-on baggage"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
"examples":[
"that kind of rude treatment from a young person makes me rankle"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling",
"burning",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"raging",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"steaming",
"storming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fulminating",
"ranting",
"raving",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"bristling",
"flaring (up)",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"stewing",
"agitating",
"convulsing",
"roiling",
"shaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"it rankles me when some schools can't even afford paper and pencils for the students"
],
"synonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"madding",
"outraging",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"burning (up)",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"getting",
"huffing",
"irritating",
"miffing",
"nettling",
"offending",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"soothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"calming",
"lulling",
"quieting",
"settling",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"disarming",
"enchanting"
],
"antonyms":[
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"randiness":{
"as in salaciousness , lewdness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"libidinousness",
"licentiousness",
"lickerishness",
"salaciousness",
"wantonness",
"erotomania",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"ardor",
"concupiscence",
"eros",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"itch",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frigidity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}