dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/sin_MWT.json
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{
"sine qua non":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"an extensive grounding in mathematics is a sine qua non for a career in architecture"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"singing (out)":{
"as in calling , crying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bawling",
"baying",
"bellowing",
"calling",
"crying",
"hollering",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"thundering",
"vociferating",
"yelling",
"piping up",
"shooting",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"spouting (off)",
"talking up",
"articulating",
"enouncing",
"enunciating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belting up",
"clamming up",
"dummying up",
"hushing",
"shutting up",
"suppressing",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"single (out)":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"she quickly singled out the most qualified candidate from the pool of the applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"tag",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
]
},
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"through careful reasoning and the process of elimination, neighbors singled her out as the writer of the anonymous letter"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguish",
"finger",
"ID",
"identify",
"pinpoint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnose",
"determine",
"find",
"locate",
"pick out",
"place",
"recognize",
"spot",
"check",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"notice",
"observe",
"scrutinize",
"betray",
"disclose",
"discover",
"reveal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"hide",
"counterfeit",
"feign",
"sham",
"simulate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"singleness":{
"as in uniqueness , oneness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"distinctiveness",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oneness",
"peculiarity",
"separateness",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"character",
"identity",
"individualism",
"individuality",
"personality",
"selfhood",
"self-identity",
"disposition",
"humor",
"nature",
"temper",
"temperament",
"independence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"conventionality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"singly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"without aid or support":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"either singly or with the cooperation of other nations, we must do something about this pressing environmental issue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collectively",
"conjointly",
"cooperatively",
"hand in glove",
"hand and glove",
"hand in hand",
"jointly",
"mutually",
"together",
"en masse"
],
"related":[
"individually",
"separately",
"solo"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"independently",
"single-handed",
"single-handedly",
"solely",
"unaided",
"unassisted"
]
}
},
"singularities":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformities"
],
"related":[
"affectations",
"airs",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"properties",
"traits",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"ways",
"wonts",
"addictions",
"abnormalities",
"neuroticisms",
"perversions",
"dispositions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"attitudes",
"characters",
"humors",
"identities",
"individualities",
"natures",
"personalities",
"temperaments"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchets",
"curiosities",
"eccentricities",
"erraticisms",
"idiosyncrasies",
"individualisms",
"kinks",
"mannerisms",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quiddities",
"quips",
"quirks",
"tics",
"tricks",
"twists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sinister":{
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
"examples":[
"the movie relies too much on sinister background music to create the suspense that the plot sorely lacks"
],
"synonyms":[
"baleful",
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dim",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"hopeless",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"star-crossed",
"troubled",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"evil",
"malign",
"malignant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"benign",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sink":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophy",
"crumble",
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"devolve",
"ebb",
"regress",
"retrograde",
"rot",
"worsen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"wane",
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decompose",
"degrade",
"dilapidate",
"disintegrate",
"molder",
"putrefy",
"sour",
"spoil",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"debilitate",
"undermine",
"droop",
"fail",
"fall",
"flag",
"lag",
"languish",
"run down",
"sag",
"slip",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better",
"upgrade",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"strengthen",
"advance",
"develop",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"improve",
"meliorate"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"crater",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"lower",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"skid",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (down)",
"diminish",
"droop",
"dwindle",
"ebb",
"lessen",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"taper off",
"wane",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"spike",
"up"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"pocket",
"repress",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"submerge",
"suppress",
"swallow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"quash",
"quell",
"bottle up",
"contain",
"muffle",
"squelch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"express",
"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"fly",
"melt",
"vanish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"break",
"cheapen",
"depreciate",
"depress",
"devaluate",
"devalue",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"reduce",
"write down",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debase",
"demonetize",
"underestimate",
"underprice",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"abridge",
"compress",
"contract",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"moderate",
"shrink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloat",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"overestimate",
"overprice",
"overrate",
"overvalue",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"compound",
"dilate",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell",
"up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"smirch",
"take down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"belittle",
"castigate",
"criticize",
"cry down",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"diminish",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"write off",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"defile",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"affront",
"insult",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"boast",
"celebrate",
"cheer",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"decorate",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"hail",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout",
"acknowledge",
"recognize",
"highlight",
"play up",
"spotlight",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"advance",
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"idealize",
"romanticize"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the road sinks abruptly after that curve"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall",
"plunge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upsweep",
"upturn"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home"
],
"synonyms":[
"decay",
"droop",
"emaciate",
"fade",
"fail",
"flag",
"go",
"lag",
"languish",
"sag",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"wear out",
"yield",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"rot",
"run down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesce",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"gain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place of great vice and corruption":{
"examples":[
"was able to rise above the sink that was his birthplace"
],
"synonyms":[
"Augean stable",
"cesspool",
"Gomorrah"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tenderloin",
"den",
"dump",
"pigpen",
"pigsty",
"hellhole",
"hole"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sinless":{
"free from sin":{
"antonyms":[
"impure",
"peccant",
"sinful",
"sinning"
],
"examples":[
"the belief that limbo is the place where sinless but unbaptized souls abide until Judgment Day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"virtueless",
"wicked",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
"related":[
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"blameless",
"guiltless"
],
"synonyms":[
"impeccable",
"innocent",
"pure",
"white"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sinning":{
"as in sinful , impure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bless me, Father, for I have sinned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"regretting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
],
"related":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"violating",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"messing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"erring",
"falling",
"offending",
"straying",
"transgressing",
"trespassing",
"wandering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"singed":{
"as in burned , charred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"incinerated",
"scorched",
"seared",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to burn on the surface":{
"examples":[
"the marshmallows got a bit singed over the campfire, but we like them that way"
],
"synonyms":[
"charred",
"scorched",
"seared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"baked",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"scalded",
"scathed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sincere":{
"genuine in feeling":{
"examples":[
"she offered a sincere apology for her angry outburst"
],
"synonyms":[
"heartfelt",
"unfeigned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unaffected",
"unforced",
"artless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"translucent",
"transparent",
"true",
"authentic",
"genuine",
"hearty",
"wholehearted",
"whole-souled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affected",
"artificial",
"false",
"feigned",
"insincere"
]
},
"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
"examples":[
"done out of a sincere desire to help others"
],
"synonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"impressionable",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"persuasible",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"candid",
"direct",
"frank",
"free",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"single-minded",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"unwary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"manipulative",
"two-faced",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"flattering",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth",
"sycophantic",
"unctuous",
"feigned",
"forced",
"strained"
],
"antonyms":[
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sinew(s)":{
"as in spine , backbone":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"spine",
"anchor",
"buttress",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"mainstay",
"pillar",
"reliance",
"standby",
"right hand",
"bolsterer",
"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"singe":{
"to burn on the surface":{
"examples":[
"the marshmallows got a bit singed over the campfire, but we like them that way"
],
"synonyms":[
"char",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light",
"bake",
"cremate",
"incinerate",
"scald",
"scathe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sing (out)":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"bawl",
"bay",
"bellow",
"call",
"cry",
"holler",
"roar",
"shout",
"thunder",
"vociferate",
"yell",
"pipe up",
"shoot",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"spout (off)",
"talk up",
"articulate",
"enounce",
"enunciate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belt up",
"clam up",
"dummy up",
"hush",
"shut up",
"suppress",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sine qua nons":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"an extensive grounding in mathematics is a sine qua non for a career in architecture"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"must-haves",
"musts",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needfuls",
"needs",
"requirements",
"requisites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
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"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sinks":{
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"examples":[
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
],
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"atrophies",
"crumbles",
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"descends",
"deteriorates",
"devolves",
"ebbs",
"regresses",
"retrogrades",
"rots",
"worsens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"wanes",
"breaks down",
"corrupts",
"decomposes",
"degrades",
"dilapidates",
"disintegrates",
"molders",
"putrefies",
"sours",
"spoils",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"debilitates",
"undermines",
"droops",
"fails",
"falls",
"flags",
"lags",
"languishes",
"runs down",
"sags",
"slips",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"betters",
"upgrades",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"strengthens",
"advances",
"develops",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"improves",
"meliorates"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"craters",
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"dives",
"drops",
"falls",
"lowers",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"skids",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (down)",
"diminishes",
"droops",
"dwindles",
"ebbs",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"tapers off",
"wanes",
"recedes",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"snowballs",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"lifts",
"mounts",
"rises",
"soars",
"spikes",
"ups"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"pockets",
"represses",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"submerges",
"suppresses",
"swallows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"quashes",
"quells",
"bottles up",
"contains",
"muffles",
"squelches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expresses",
"looses",
"releases",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerializes",
"disappears",
"dissolves",
"evanesces",
"evaporates",
"fades",
"flees",
"flies",
"melts",
"vanishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanks (out)",
"clears",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"dries up",
"blurs",
"dims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrives",
"breaks out",
"comes out",
"emerges",
"issues",
"looms",
"shows up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appears",
"materializes"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuates",
"breaks",
"cheapens",
"depreciates",
"depresses",
"devaluates",
"devalues",
"downgrades",
"lowers",
"marks down",
"reduces",
"writes down",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debases",
"demonetizes",
"underestimates",
"underprices",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"abridges",
"compresses",
"contracts",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"moderates",
"shrinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloats",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"overestimates",
"overprices",
"overrates",
"overvalues",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"compounds",
"dilates",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"multiplies",
"raises",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"enhances",
"marks up",
"upgrades"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"chastens",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"lowers",
"shames",
"smirches",
"takes down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"belittles",
"castigates",
"cries down",
"criticizes",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"detracts",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"writes off",
"bad-mouths",
"defames",
"defiles",
"libels",
"maligns",
"slanders",
"affronts",
"insults",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"denounces",
"execrates",
"reprehends",
"reprobates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"boasts",
"celebrates",
"cheers",
"cites",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"decorates",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"hails",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts",
"acknowledges",
"recognizes",
"highlights",
"plays up",
"spotlights",
"dignifies",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"enskies",
"enthrones",
"glorifies",
"magnifies",
"advances",
"boosts",
"lifts",
"promotes",
"raises",
"upgrades",
"uplifts",
"idealizes",
"romanticizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"canonizes",
"deifies",
"elevates",
"exalts"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the road sinks abruptly after that curve"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"descends",
"dips",
"drops",
"falls",
"plunges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"reclines",
"slants",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"planes",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[
"arises",
"ascends",
"climbs",
"mounts",
"rises",
"uprises",
"upsweeps",
"upturns"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home"
],
"synonyms":[
"decays",
"droops",
"emaciates",
"fades",
"fails",
"flags",
"goes",
"lags",
"languishes",
"sags",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"wears out",
"yields",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"rots",
"runs down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesces",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"gains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place of great vice and corruption":{
"examples":[
"was able to rise above the sink that was his birthplace"
],
"synonyms":[
"Augean stables",
"cesspools",
"Gomorrahs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tenderloins",
"dens",
"dumps",
"pigpens",
"pigsties",
"hellholes",
"holes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"single-mindedness":{
"as in relentlessness , perseverance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"singles":{
"as in individuals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"individuals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrays",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels",
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in units , items":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"units"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bachelors , maids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bachelorettes",
"maidens",
"maids",
"spinsters",
"bachelors",
"exes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better halves",
"consorts",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"spouses",
"soul mates",
"domestic partners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"single":{
"not married":{
"examples":[
"there was such a shortage of single men in the neighborhood that he had his pick of girlfriends"
],
"synonyms":[
"unattached",
"unmarried",
"unwed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fancy-free",
"footloose",
"marriageable",
"unpaired",
"divorced",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mated",
"paired",
"affianced",
"betrothed",
"committed",
"engaged",
"pledged",
"promised",
"remarried"
],
"antonyms":[
"attached",
"espoused",
"hitched",
"married",
"wedded",
"wed"
]
},
"belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named":{
"examples":[
"any view expressed on the newspaper's editorial pages is the single opinion of the writer of the column"
],
"synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"sole",
"unshared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"proprietary",
"personal",
"private"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"communal",
"conjoint",
"cooperative",
"joint",
"multiple",
"mutual",
"pooled",
"public",
"shared",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonexclusive"
]
},
"not physically attached to another unit":{
"examples":[
"the average price of single homes in the area"
],
"synonyms":[
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free",
"freestanding",
"separate",
"unattached",
"unconnected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-contained",
"individual",
"private"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoining"
],
"antonyms":[
"attached",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked"
]
},
"not being in the company of others":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant where the single diner is made to feel welcome and given the same level of service as couples or groups"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"solitary",
"solo",
"unaccompanied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unattended",
"unchaperoned",
"forlorn",
"friendless",
"cloistered",
"disassociated",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"insulated",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"remote",
"retired",
"secluded",
"withdrawn",
"quarantined",
"segregated",
"separated",
"sequestered",
"separate",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"fractionated",
"abandoned",
"adrift",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"lorn",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"communicating",
"contiguous",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"attached",
"connected",
"coupled",
"linked"
],
"antonyms":[
"accompanied"
]
},
"as in individual":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"individual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"array",
"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel",
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in unit , item":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"unit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bachelor , maid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bachelorette",
"maid",
"maiden",
"spinster",
"bachelor",
"ex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better half",
"consort",
"mate",
"partner",
"significant other",
"spouse",
"soul mate",
"domestic partner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"sinlessness":{
"as in purity , chastity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chastity",
"purity",
"morality",
"virtue",
"harmlessness",
"inoffensiveness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"law-abidingness",
"righteousness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness",
"blamelessness",
"faultlessness",
"guiltlessness",
"impeccability",
"innocence",
"innocency",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blameworthiness",
"culpability",
"guilt",
"guiltiness",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"corruption",
"criminality",
"depravity",
"evil",
"immorality",
"reprehensibleness",
"sinfulness",
"wickedness",
"harmfulness",
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"guilelessly",
"ingenuously",
"innocently",
"naively",
"na\u00efvely",
"naturally",
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"unfeignedly",
"unpretentiously"
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"simply",
"truly",
"freely",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"matter-of-factly",
"casually",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"nonchalantly",
"informally",
"relaxedly",
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"deviously",
"dishonestly",
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"archly",
"calculatingly",
"craftily",
"cunningly",
"furtively",
"insidiously",
"sharply",
"shiftily",
"slickly",
"slyly",
"slily",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"flatteringly",
"sycophantically",
"unctuously"
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"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"pretentiously",
"unnaturally"
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"adverb"
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"freakishly",
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"uncustomarily",
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"improperly",
"inappropriately",
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"deadly",
"eminently",
"especially",
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"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extensively",
"extra",
"extremely",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"incredibly",
"mightily",
"remarkably",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"super",
"terribly",
"very",
"whacking",
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"inexcusably",
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"unbearably",
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"unreasonably",
"extravagantly",
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"intemperately",
"devilishly",
"excessively",
"exorbitantly",
"inordinately",
"intolerably",
"monstrously",
"overly",
"overmuch",
"too",
"unacceptably",
"unduly"
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"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"acceptably",
"moderately",
"modestly",
"reasonably",
"temperately",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"meagerly",
"minimally",
"scantily",
"scarcely",
"slightly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sinews":{
"as in spine , backbone":{
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"spine",
"anchor",
"buttress",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"mainstay",
"pillar",
"reliance",
"standby",
"right hand",
"bolsterer",
"crutch",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"prop",
"stay",
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"refuge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sinks one's teeth into":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
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"bites (on)",
"champs",
"chaws",
"chews",
"chomps (on)",
"crunches (on)",
"gnaws (on)",
"masticates",
"nibbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminates",
"munches",
"noshes",
"snacks",
"consumes",
"eats",
"ingests",
"swallows",
"bolts",
"devours",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gorges",
"gulps",
"scarfs",
"scoffs",
"snacks",
"wolfs",
"nips",
"pecks (at)",
"picks (at)",
"gums",
"mumbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"single tax":{
"as in property tax , income tax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"singer":{
"one who sings":{
"examples":[
"a famous opera singer will be performing at the gala opening of the arts center"
],
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"caroler",
"caroller",
"songster",
"vocalist",
"vocalizer",
"voice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belter",
"crooner",
"harmonizer",
"hummer",
"warbler",
"yodeler",
"serenader",
"cantor",
"chanter",
"chorister",
"chansonnier",
"chanteuse",
"songstress",
"bard",
"troubadour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sinfoniettas":{
"as in chamber orchestras , brass bands":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brass bands",
"chamber orchestras",
"bands",
"orchestras",
"philharmonics",
"symphonies",
"symphony orchestras",
"brasses",
"strings",
"woodwinds",
"combos",
"ensembles",
"groups",
"companies",
"troupes",
"duos",
"octets",
"quartets",
"quartettes",
"quintets",
"septets",
"sextets",
"trios"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"since":{
"as in after , past":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"after",
"apr\u00e8s",
"behind",
"below",
"following",
"next to",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"earlier than the present time":{
"examples":[
"an ancient marking whose meaning is long since forgotten"
],
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"ago",
"agone",
"back",
"syne"
],
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"antonyms":[
"hence"
]
},
"for the reason that":{
"examples":[
"since you are already here, we might as well get the meeting started"
],
"synonyms":[
"as",
"as long as",
"because",
"being (as or as how or that)",
"'cause",
"considering",
"for",
"inasmuch as",
"now",
"seeing",
"whereas"
],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"conjunction",
"preposition"
]
},
"single taxes":{
"as in property taxes , income taxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"single-handed":{
"without aid or support":{
"examples":[
"she was adamant that if she was expected to do the project single-handed , she should not have to share the credit afterward"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"independently",
"single-handedly",
"singly",
"solely",
"unaided",
"unassisted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"individually",
"separately",
"solo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collectively",
"conjointly",
"cooperatively",
"hand in glove",
"hand and glove",
"hand in hand",
"jointly",
"mutually",
"together",
"en masse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"singes":{
"to burn on the surface":{
"examples":[
"the marshmallows got a bit singed over the campfire, but we like them that way"
],
"synonyms":[
"chars",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fires",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"lights",
"bakes",
"cremates",
"incinerates",
"scalds",
"scathes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"singularity":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"examples":[
"a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchet",
"curiosity",
"eccentricity",
"erraticism",
"idiosyncrasy",
"individualism",
"kink",
"mannerism",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quiddity",
"quip",
"quirk",
"tic",
"trick",
"twist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affectation",
"airs",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"property",
"trait",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"way",
"wont",
"addiction",
"abnormality",
"neuroticism",
"perversion",
"weirdness",
"disposition",
"genius",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"attitude",
"character",
"humor",
"identity",
"individuality",
"nature",
"personality",
"temperament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"sameness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sink one's teeth into":{
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bite (on)",
"champ",
"chaw",
"chew",
"chomp (on)",
"crunch (on)",
"gnaw (on)",
"masticate",
"nibble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ruminate",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack",
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"devour",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"snack",
"wolf",
"nip",
"peck (at)",
"pick (at)",
"gum",
"mumble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"sinners":{
"a person who commits moral wrongs":{
"examples":[
"even the worst sinner can be redeemed"
],
"synonyms":[
"evildoers",
"immoralists",
"malefactors",
"wrongdoers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"criminals",
"crooks",
"felons",
"lawbreakers",
"miscreants",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"offenders",
"reprobates",
"transgressors",
"villains",
"corrupters",
"corruptors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels",
"innocents",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sinking funds":{
"as in funds , nest eggs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coffers",
"deposits",
"funds",
"nest eggs",
"savings",
"treasures",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stashes",
"stockpiles",
"stores",
"inventories",
"pools",
"reserves",
"reservoirs",
"stocks",
"provisions",
"resources",
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"harvests",
"repertories"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sinfully":{
"as in wickedly , immorally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evilly",
"immorally",
"impurely",
"wickedly",
"indecently",
"obscenely",
"vulgarly",
"lasciviously",
"lewdly",
"lustfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chastely",
"innocently",
"modestly",
"morally",
"purely",
"righteously",
"virtuously",
"decently",
"decorously",
"properly",
"priggishly",
"primly",
"prudishly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"singular":{
"being out of the ordinary":{
"examples":[
"the novelist's singular command of the language makes her a compelling voice in contemporary fiction"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"aberrated",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"especial",
"exceeding",
"exceptional",
"extraordinaire",
"extraordinary",
"freak",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"salient",
"striking",
"bizarre",
"deviant",
"eccentric",
"freakish",
"monstrous",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"quaint",
"strange",
"weird",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unextraordinary",
"usual"
]
},
"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
"examples":[
"appearing on the game show has been the most singular experience of my life"
],
"synonyms":[
"curious",
"extraordinary",
"funny",
"odd",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"peculiar",
"queer",
"rare",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"weird"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"way-out",
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"atypical",
"exceptional",
"irregular",
"newsworthy",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"particular",
"remarkable",
"special"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unexceptional",
"expected",
"predictable",
"familiar",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[
"common",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"usual"
]
},
"of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{
"examples":[
"preserving our national heritage is not a singular responsibility but our collective duty"
],
"synonyms":[
"idiomatic",
"individual",
"individualized",
"particular",
"patented",
"peculiar",
"personal",
"personalized",
"private",
"privy",
"separate",
"subjective",
"unique"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characteristic",
"distinctive",
"intimate",
"identifying",
"idiosyncratic",
"especial",
"express",
"special",
"specific",
"independent",
"nonconformist",
"self-directed",
"self-sufficient",
"custom",
"customized",
"specialized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"widespread",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[
"general",
"generic",
"popular",
"public",
"shared",
"universal"
]
},
"being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
"examples":[
"this crime was a singular case, and using it as a reason for revising the criminal code would be ill-advised"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"sole",
"solitary",
"special",
"sui generis",
"unique"
],
"near synonyms":[
"single",
"solo",
"unaccompanied",
"unattended",
"incomparable",
"inimitable",
"matchless",
"peerless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassable",
"unsurpassed",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate",
"nonce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divers",
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad",
"assorted",
"heterogenous",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"promiscuous",
"varied",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"rampant",
"perennial",
"recurrent",
"repeated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sins":{
"a breaking of a moral or legal code":{
"examples":[
"a child old enough to know that lying is a sin"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaches",
"crimes",
"debts",
"errors",
"lawbreakings",
"malefactions",
"misdeeds",
"misdoings",
"offenses",
"offences",
"transgressions",
"trespasses",
"violations",
"wrongdoings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bias crimes",
"hate crimes",
"felonies",
"misconducts",
"misdemeanors",
"misfeasances",
"faults",
"foibles",
"peccadilloes",
"peccadillos",
"breaks",
"infringements",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"vices",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"depravities",
"abuses",
"criminalities",
"illegalities",
"descents",
"downfalls",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccabilities",
"innocences",
"irreproachabilities",
"moralities",
"virtues"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncrimes"
]
},
"that which is morally unacceptable":{
"examples":[
"a minister who worries that modern society has abandoned the concept of sin"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"evils",
"ills",
"immoralities",
"iniquities",
"villainies",
"wrongs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atrocities",
"diabolisms",
"enormities",
"satanisms",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"cancers",
"cankers",
"decays",
"rot",
"squalors",
"corruptions",
"debaucheries",
"degeneracies",
"depravities",
"indecencies",
"malefactions",
"perversions",
"scurrilities",
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"taboos",
"tabus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decencies",
"honesties",
"integrities",
"probities",
"rectitudes"
],
"antonyms":[
"goods",
"moralities",
"rights",
"virtues"
]
},
"a regrettable or blameworthy act":{
"examples":[
"it's a sin to waste food when people are starving"
],
"synonyms":[
"crimes",
"disgraces",
"pities",
"shames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outrages",
"scandals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a defect in character":{
"examples":[
"my besetting sin is impatience\u2014I hate to wait for anything"
],
"synonyms":[
"demerits",
"derelictions",
"failings",
"faults",
"foibles",
"frailties",
"shortcomings",
"vices",
"wants",
"weaknesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"spots",
"stains",
"blemishes",
"deficiencies",
"flaws",
"imperfections",
"minuses",
"nits",
"Achilles' heels",
"soft spots",
"corruptions",
"depravities",
"evils",
"immoralities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excellences",
"perfections",
"integrities",
"moralities",
"probities",
"rectitudes"
],
"antonyms":[
"merits",
"virtues"
]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"examples":[
"bless me, Father, for I have sinned"
],
"synonyms":[
"errs",
"falls",
"offends",
"strays",
"transgresses",
"trespasses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"violates",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"messes up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"regrets",
"repents",
"rues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sin tax":{
"as in income tax , property tax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sinking":{
"as in fading , expiring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"expiring",
"fading",
"passing away",
"dying",
"moribund",
"decadent",
"declining",
"deteriorating",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"demised",
"departed",
"fallen",
"gone",
"lifeless",
"passed away",
"terminal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alive",
"animate",
"live",
"living",
"quick",
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"surviving",
"booming",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"roaring",
"thriving",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in foundering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foundering",
"beaching",
"grounding",
"stranding",
"scuttling",
"shipwreck",
"shipwrecking",
"wreck",
"wreckage",
"wrecking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recovery",
"salvage",
"salvaging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plummeting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plummeting",
"comedown",
"decline",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"down",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising",
"soaring",
"upswing",
"upturn",
"advance",
"headway",
"progress",
"progression",
"betterment",
"improvement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophying",
"crumbling",
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"devolving",
"ebbing",
"regressing",
"retrograding",
"rotting",
"worsening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"waning",
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decomposing",
"degrading",
"dilapidating",
"disintegrating",
"moldering",
"putrefying",
"souring",
"spoiling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"debilitating",
"undermining",
"drooping",
"failing",
"falling",
"flagging",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"running down",
"sagging",
"slipping",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettering",
"upgrading",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"strengthening",
"advancing",
"developing",
"marching",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"improving",
"meliorating"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"cratering",
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"diving",
"dropping",
"falling",
"lowering",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"plunging",
"skidding",
"tumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"drooping",
"dwindling",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"spiking",
"upping"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
],
"synonyms":[
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"submerging",
"suppressing",
"swallowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"bottling up",
"containing",
"muffling",
"squelching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressing",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"taking out",
"unleashing",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerializing",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evanescing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"melting",
"vanishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanking (out)",
"clearing",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"drying up",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"blurring",
"dimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arriving",
"breaking out",
"coming out",
"emerging",
"issuing",
"looming",
"showing up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appearing",
"materializing"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"examples":[
"the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuating",
"breaking",
"cheapening",
"depreciating",
"depressing",
"devaluating",
"devaluing",
"downgrading",
"lowering",
"marking down",
"reducing",
"writing down",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debasing",
"demonetizing",
"underestimating",
"underpricing",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"abridging",
"compressing",
"contracting",
"de-escalating",
"deflating",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"moderating",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloating",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"overestimating",
"overpricing",
"overrating",
"overvaluing",
"adding",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"ballooning",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"dilating",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"maximizing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"enhancing",
"marking up",
"upgrading"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"chastening",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"fouling",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"lowering",
"shaming",
"smirching",
"taking down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"belittling",
"castigating",
"criticizing",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"detracting",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"writing off",
"bad-mouthing",
"defaming",
"defiling",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"slandering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"execrating",
"reprehending",
"reprobating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"boasting",
"celebrating",
"cheering",
"citing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"congratulating",
"decorating",
"eulogizing",
"extolling",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"hailing",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting",
"acknowledging",
"recognizing",
"highlighting",
"playing up",
"spotlighting",
"dignifying",
"ennobling",
"enshrining",
"enskying",
"enthroning",
"glorifying",
"magnifying",
"advancing",
"boosting",
"lifting",
"promoting",
"raising",
"upgrading",
"uplifting",
"idealizing",
"romanticizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"canonizing",
"deifying",
"elevating",
"exalting"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"examples":[
"the road sinks abruptly after that curve"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling",
"plunging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"planing",
"smoothing",
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"climbing",
"mounting",
"rising",
"uprising",
"upsweeping",
"upturning"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home"
],
"synonyms":[
"decaying",
"drooping",
"emaciating",
"fading",
"failing",
"flagging",
"going",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"sagging",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"wearing out",
"yielding",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"rotting",
"running down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalescing",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"gaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"singling (out)":{
"as in choice , election":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choice",
"choosing",
"destination",
"election",
"nomination",
"picking",
"selection",
"assignment",
"commission",
"designation",
"billet",
"gig",
"job",
"office",
"place",
"position",
"situation",
"spot",
"station",
"authorization",
"delegation",
"deputation",
"emplacement",
"placement",
"ranking",
"anointing",
"anointment",
"appointment",
"induction",
"installation",
"installment",
"instalment",
"instating",
"investiture",
"investment",
"ordination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackball",
"rejection",
"deposition",
"dethronement",
"ejection",
"eviction",
"ouster",
"overthrow",
"removal",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"dismission",
"expulsion",
"firing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"she quickly singled out the most qualified candidate from the pool of the applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"tagging",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down"
]
},
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"through careful reasoning and the process of elimination, neighbors singled her out as the writer of the anonymous letter"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguishing",
"fingering",
"identifying",
"ID'ing",
"IDing",
"pinpointing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnosing",
"determining",
"finding",
"locating",
"picking out",
"placing",
"recognizing",
"spotting",
"checking",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"noticing",
"observing",
"scrutinizing",
"betraying",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"revealing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"counterfeiting",
"feigning",
"shamming",
"simulating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}