4645 lines
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4645 lines
92 KiB
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{
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"sine qua non":{
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"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
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"examples":[
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"an extensive grounding in mathematics is a sine qua non for a career in architecture"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"condition",
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"demand",
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"essential",
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"must",
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"must-have",
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"necessary",
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"necessity",
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"need",
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"needful",
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"requirement",
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"requisite"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"precondition",
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"prerequisite",
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"advantage",
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"edge",
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"plus",
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"desideration",
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"desideratum",
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"wish"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"amenity",
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"comfort",
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"extra",
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"extravagance",
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"frill",
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"indulgence",
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"luxury",
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"superfluity",
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"surplus",
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"surplusage"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonessential",
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"nonnecessity"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"singing (out)":{
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"as in calling , crying":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bawling",
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"baying",
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"bellowing",
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"calling",
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"crying",
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"hollering",
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"roaring",
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"shouting",
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"thundering",
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"vociferating",
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"yelling",
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"piping up",
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"shooting",
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"sounding off",
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"speaking out",
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"speaking up",
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"spouting (off)",
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"talking up",
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"articulating",
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"enouncing",
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"enunciating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belting up",
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"clamming up",
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"dummying up",
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"hushing",
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"shutting up",
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"suppressing",
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"quieting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"single (out)":{
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"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
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"examples":[
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"she quickly singled out the most qualified candidate from the pool of the applicants"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cherry-pick",
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"choose",
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"cull",
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"elect",
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"handpick",
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"name",
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"opt (for)",
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"pick",
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"prefer",
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"select",
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"tag",
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"take"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"preselect",
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"appoint",
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"designate",
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"fix",
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"mark",
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"nominate",
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"set",
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"tab",
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"tap",
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"accept",
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"adopt",
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"embrace",
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"espouse",
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"settle (on or upon)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disapprove",
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"negative",
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"repudiate",
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"spurn",
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"discard",
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"jettison",
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"throw away",
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"throw out"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"decline",
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"refuse",
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"reject",
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"turn down"
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]
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},
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"to find out or establish the identity of":{
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"examples":[
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"through careful reasoning and the process of elimination, neighbors singled her out as the writer of the anonymous letter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"distinguish",
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"finger",
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"ID",
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"identify",
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"pinpoint"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"diagnose",
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"determine",
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"find",
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"locate",
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"pick out",
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"place",
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"recognize",
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"spot",
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"check",
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"examine",
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"inspect",
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"investigate",
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"notice",
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"observe",
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"scrutinize",
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"betray",
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"disclose",
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"discover",
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"reveal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"camouflage",
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"conceal",
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"disguise",
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"hide",
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"counterfeit",
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"feign",
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"sham",
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"simulate"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"singleness":{
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"as in uniqueness , oneness":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"distinctiveness",
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"idiosyncrasy",
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"oneness",
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"peculiarity",
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"separateness",
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"singularity",
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"uniqueness",
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"character",
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"identity",
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"individualism",
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"individuality",
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"personality",
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"selfhood",
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"self-identity",
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"disposition",
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"humor",
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"nature",
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"temper",
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"temperament",
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"independence"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conformity",
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"conventionality"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"singly":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"without aid or support":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"either singly or with the cooperation of other nations, we must do something about this pressing environmental issue"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"collectively",
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"conjointly",
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"cooperatively",
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"hand in glove",
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"hand and glove",
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"hand in hand",
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"jointly",
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"mutually",
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"together",
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"en masse"
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],
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"related":[
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"individually",
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"separately",
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"solo"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alone",
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"independently",
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"single-handed",
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"single-handedly",
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"solely",
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"unaided",
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"unassisted"
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]
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}
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},
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"singularities":{
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"an odd or peculiar habit":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conformities"
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],
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"related":[
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"affectations",
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"airs",
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"attributes",
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"characteristics",
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"marks",
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"properties",
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"traits",
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"customs",
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"habits",
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"patterns",
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"practices",
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"practises",
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"ways",
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"wonts",
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"addictions",
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"abnormalities",
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"neuroticisms",
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"perversions",
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"dispositions",
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"geniuses",
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"genii",
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"leanings",
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"partialities",
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"bents",
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"inclinations",
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"penchants",
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"predilections",
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"predispositions",
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"proclivities",
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"propensities",
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"tendencies",
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"turns",
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"attitudes",
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"characters",
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"humors",
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"identities",
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"individualities",
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"natures",
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"personalities",
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"temperaments"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crotchets",
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"curiosities",
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"eccentricities",
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"erraticisms",
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"idiosyncrasies",
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"individualisms",
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"kinks",
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"mannerisms",
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"oddities",
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"peculiarities",
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"quiddities",
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"quips",
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"quirks",
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"tics",
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"tricks",
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"twists"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sinister":{
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"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
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"examples":[
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"the movie relies too much on sinister background music to create the suspense that the plot sorely lacks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baleful",
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"dire",
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"direful",
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"doomy",
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"foreboding",
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"ill",
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"ill-boding",
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"inauspicious",
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"menacing",
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"minatory",
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"ominous",
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"portentous",
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"threatening"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"black",
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"bleak",
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"cheerless",
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"chill",
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"Cimmerian",
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"cloudy",
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"cold",
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"comfortless",
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"dark",
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"darkening",
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"depressing",
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"depressive",
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"desolate",
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"dim",
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"disconsolate",
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"dismal",
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"drear",
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"dreary",
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"dreich",
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"elegiac",
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"elegiacal",
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"forlorn",
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"funereal",
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"gloomy",
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"glum",
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"godforsaken",
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"gray",
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"grey",
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"lonely",
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"lonesome",
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"lugubrious",
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"miserable",
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"morbid",
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"morose",
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"murky",
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"plutonian",
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"saturnine",
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"sepulchral",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"sullen",
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"sunless",
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"tenebrific",
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"tenebrous",
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"wretched",
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"discouraging",
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"disheartening",
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"hopeless",
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"unfavorable",
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"unpromising",
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"unpropitious",
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"ill-fated",
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"ill-starred",
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"star-crossed",
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"troubled",
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"unfortunate",
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"unlucky",
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"evil",
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"malign",
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"malignant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"auspicious",
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"benign",
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"bright",
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"encouraging",
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"favorable",
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"golden",
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"heartening",
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"hopeful",
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"promising",
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"propitious",
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"prosperous"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unthreatening"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"sink":{
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"to become worse or of less value":{
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"examples":[
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"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"atrophy",
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"crumble",
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"decay",
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"decline",
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"degenerate",
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"descend",
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"deteriorate",
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"devolve",
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"ebb",
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"regress",
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"retrograde",
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"rot",
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"worsen"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abate",
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"de-escalate",
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"diminish",
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"downsize",
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"dwindle",
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"recede",
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"wane",
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"break down",
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"corrupt",
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"decompose",
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"degrade",
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"dilapidate",
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"disintegrate",
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"molder",
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"putrefy",
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"sour",
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"spoil",
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"lessen",
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"lower",
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"reduce",
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"debilitate",
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"undermine",
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"droop",
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"fail",
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"fall",
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"flag",
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"lag",
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"languish",
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"run down",
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"sag",
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"slip",
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"waste (away)",
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"weaken",
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"wilt"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"better",
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"upgrade",
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"enhance",
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"enrich",
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"fortify",
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"heighten",
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"intensify",
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"strengthen",
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"advance",
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"develop",
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"march",
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"proceed",
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"progress"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ameliorate",
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"improve",
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"meliorate"
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]
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},
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"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
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"examples":[
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"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"crash",
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"crater",
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"decline",
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"descend",
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"dip",
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"dive",
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"drop",
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"fall",
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"lower",
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"nose-dive",
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"plummet",
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"plunge",
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"skid",
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"tumble"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"abate",
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"decrease",
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"de-escalate",
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"die (down)",
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"diminish",
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"droop",
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"dwindle",
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"ebb",
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"lessen",
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"let up",
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"moderate",
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"subside",
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"taper off",
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"wane",
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"recede",
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"retreat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accumulate",
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"balloon",
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"build",
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"burgeon",
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"bourgeon",
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"enlarge",
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"escalate",
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"expand",
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"grow",
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"increase",
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"intensify",
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"mushroom",
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"pick up",
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"snowball",
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"swell",
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"wax"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"arise",
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"ascend",
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"lift",
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"mount",
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"rise",
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"soar",
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"spike",
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"up"
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]
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},
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"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
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"examples":[
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"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"choke (back)",
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"hold back",
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"pocket",
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"repress",
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"smother",
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"stifle",
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"strangle",
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"submerge",
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"suppress",
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"swallow"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"control",
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"govern",
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"manage",
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"bridle",
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"check",
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"curb",
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"quash",
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"quell",
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"bottle up",
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"contain",
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"muffle",
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"squelch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"express",
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"loose",
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"release",
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"take out",
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"unleash",
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"vent"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cease to be visible":{
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"examples":[
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"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dematerialize",
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"disappear",
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"dissolve",
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"evanesce",
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"evaporate",
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"fade",
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"flee",
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"fly",
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"melt",
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"vanish"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blank (out)",
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"clear",
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"die (away or down or out)",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"dry up",
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"blur",
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"dim"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arrive",
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"break out",
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"come out",
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"emerge",
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"issue",
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"loom",
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"show up"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"appear",
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"materialize"
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]
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},
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"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)":{
|
|
"as in call , cry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonessentials",
|
|
"nonnecessities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sinks":{
|
|
"to become worse or of less value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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",
|
|
"offensiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sincerely":{
|
|
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanked them sincerely for their help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly",
|
|
"candidly",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"matter-of-factly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"relaxedly",
|
|
"unceremoniously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"singularly":{
|
|
"as in unusually , extraordinarily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abnormally",
|
|
"extraordinarily",
|
|
"freakishly",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"uncustomarily",
|
|
"unusually",
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"extortionately",
|
|
"inexcusably",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"unconscionably",
|
|
"unreasonably",
|
|
"extravagantly",
|
|
"immoderately",
|
|
"intemperately",
|
|
"devilishly",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"exorbitantly",
|
|
"inordinately",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"overly",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unduly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"moderately",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"temperately",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sinews":{
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sinks one's teeth into":{
|
|
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"singer":{
|
|
"one who sings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a famous opera singer will be performing at the gala opening of the arts center"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"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":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ago",
|
|
"agone",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"syne"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"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":{
|
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"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":[
|
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"atrophying",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
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"decaying",
|
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"declining",
|
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"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"devolving",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
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"regressing",
|
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"retrograding",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
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"souring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
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"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"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":{
|
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"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":[
|
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |