1385 lines
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1385 lines
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{
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"sonny":{
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"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
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"examples":[
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"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boy",
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"boychick",
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"boychik",
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"boyo",
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"callant",
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"lad",
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"laddie",
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"nipper",
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"shaveling",
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"shaver",
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"stripling",
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"tad",
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"youth"
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],
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"related":[
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"adolescent",
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"juvenile",
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"kid",
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"kiddie",
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"kiddy",
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"kiddo",
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"minor",
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"moppet",
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"teenager",
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"tween",
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"youngling",
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"youngster",
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"gamin",
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"guttersnipe",
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"hobbledehoy",
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"imp",
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"squirt",
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"urchin",
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"whippersnapper",
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"schoolboy",
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"toddler",
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"tot",
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"tyke",
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"tike",
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"mama's boy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"songlike":{
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"as in lyrical , rhythmic":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cadenced",
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"lilting",
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"lyric",
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"lyrical",
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"rhythmic",
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"rhythmical",
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"songful",
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"agreeable",
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"appealing",
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"pleasant",
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"chordal",
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"harmonic",
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"homophonic",
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"orchestral",
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"polyphonic",
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"polyphonous",
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"tonal",
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"quavering",
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"trilling",
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"warbling",
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"echoing",
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"resonant",
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"sonorous",
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"dulcet",
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"mellow",
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"melodic",
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"sweet",
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"blending",
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"chiming",
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"flowing",
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"mellifluent",
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"mellifluous",
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"canorous",
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"euphonic",
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"euphonious",
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"harmonious",
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"harmonizing",
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"melodious",
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"musical",
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"symphonic",
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"symphonious",
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"tuneful"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"discordant",
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"disharmonious",
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"dissonant",
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"inharmonious",
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"tuneless",
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"unmelodious",
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"unmusical",
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"blaring",
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"clanging",
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"clashing",
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"clattering",
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"grating",
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"harsh",
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"jangling",
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"jarring",
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"metallic",
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"raspy",
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"raucous",
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"scratching",
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"screeching",
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"shrill",
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"squeaky",
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"strident",
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"disagreeable",
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"unpleasant",
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"unpleasing",
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"atonal",
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"off-key"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"song":{
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"a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{
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"examples":[
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"she sang a little-known song for the talent show"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ballad",
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"ditty",
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"jingle",
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"lay",
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"lyric",
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"vocal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anthem",
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"cantata",
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"canticle",
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"carol",
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"chorale",
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"hymn",
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"noel",
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"psalm",
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"spiritual",
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"dirge",
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"lament",
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"requiem",
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"threnody",
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"hallelujah",
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"paean",
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"aria",
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"art song",
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"barcarole",
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"barcarolle",
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"blues",
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"chanson",
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"chant",
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"chantey",
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"chanty",
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"shanty",
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"chorus",
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"croon",
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"descant",
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"discant",
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"folk song",
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"glee",
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"lullaby",
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"madrigal",
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"motet",
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"part-song",
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"pop",
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"rocker",
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"round",
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"roundelay",
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"serenade",
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"standard",
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"drinking song",
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"fight song",
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"torch song",
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"cover",
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"medley",
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"remix"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{
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"examples":[
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"the songs of Shakespeare"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lyric",
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"poem",
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"rune",
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"verse"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rhyme",
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"rime",
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"ballad",
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"lay",
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"anacreontic",
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"clerihew",
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"dithyramb",
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"eclogue",
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"elegy",
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"English sonnet",
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"epic",
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"epigram",
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"epode",
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"epopee",
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"epos",
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"georgic",
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"idyll",
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"idyl",
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"jingle",
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"lament",
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"limerick",
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"madrigal",
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"ode",
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"pastoral",
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"pastorale",
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"psalm",
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"rondeau",
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"rondel",
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"rondelle",
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"rondelet",
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"sonnet",
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"triolet",
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"villanelle",
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"haiku",
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"senryu",
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"tanka",
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"blank verse",
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"free verse",
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"minstrelsy",
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"poesy",
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"poetry",
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"versification",
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"vers libre"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
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"examples":[
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"whistle a song as accompaniment to your work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"air",
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"lay",
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"melody",
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"strain",
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"tune",
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"warble"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"descant",
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"discant",
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"cadence",
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"measure",
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"meter",
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"rhythm",
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"ballad",
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"ditty",
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"hymn",
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"lyric",
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"madrigal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a very small sum of money":{
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"examples":[
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"developers bought the land for a song"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chicken feed",
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"chump change",
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"dime",
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"hay",
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"mite",
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"peanuts",
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"pin money",
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"pittance",
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"shoestring",
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"two cents"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"petty cash",
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"pocket money",
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"spending money"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bankroll",
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"capital",
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"funds",
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"means",
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"wherewithal",
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"opulence",
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"pelf",
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"riches",
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"treasure",
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"wealth",
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"heap",
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"pile",
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"pot",
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"bonanza",
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"mine",
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"treasure trove",
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"treasury"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"big buck(s)",
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"boodle",
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"bundle",
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"fortune",
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"king's ransom",
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"megabuck(s)",
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"mint",
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"wad"
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]
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},
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"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
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"examples":[
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"a hero honored in song and story"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"minstrelsy",
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"poesy",
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"poetry",
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"verse"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"rhyme",
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"rime",
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"blank verse",
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"free verse",
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"vers libre"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"prose"
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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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"sonant":{
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"as in pronounced , articulated":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"articulated",
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"enunciated",
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"pronounced",
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"oral",
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"spoken",
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"uttered",
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"vocal",
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"voiced",
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"breathed",
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"chirped",
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"drawled",
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"gasped",
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"intoned",
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"mouthed",
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"mumbled",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"purred",
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"shouted",
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"spluttered",
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"sputtered",
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"squeaked",
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"whispered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"nonvocal",
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"inarticulate",
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"mute",
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"quiet",
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"silent",
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"unexpressed",
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"unsaid",
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"unspoken",
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"unuttered",
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"unvoiced",
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"surd",
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"voiceless"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"sonorous":{
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"marked by a high volume of sound":{
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"examples":[
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"a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blaring",
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"blasting",
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"booming",
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"clamorous",
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"clangorous",
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"deafening",
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"earsplitting",
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"loud",
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"piercing",
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"plangent",
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"resounding",
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"ringing",
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"roaring",
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"slam-bang",
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"stentorian",
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"thundering",
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"thunderous"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brazen",
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"dinning",
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"discordant",
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"noisy",
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"obstreperous",
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"raucous",
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"rip-roaring",
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"vociferous",
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"grating",
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"harsh",
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"overloud",
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"sharp",
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"shrill",
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"squealing",
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"strident"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dead",
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"quiet",
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"silent",
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"still",
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"stilly",
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"ultraquiet",
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"calm",
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"dreamy",
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"peaceful",
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"restful",
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"serene",
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"soothing",
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"tranquil",
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"hushed",
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"muffled",
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"muted",
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"softened",
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"toned (down)"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"gentle",
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"low",
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"soft"
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]
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},
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"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
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"examples":[
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"a baritone with a particularly sonorous voice"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"golden",
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"orotund",
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"plangent",
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"resonant",
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"resounding",
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"reverberant",
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"reverberating",
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"reverberative",
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"ringing",
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"rotund",
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"round",
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"vibrant"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deep",
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"full",
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"mellifluent",
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"mellifluous",
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"mellow",
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"plummy",
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"rich",
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"loud",
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"powerful",
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"stentorian",
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"thundering",
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"thunderous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cavernous",
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"hollow",
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"faint",
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"low",
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"murmurous",
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"muted",
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"smothered",
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"soft",
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"weak",
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"thin",
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"tinny"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"songster":{
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"one who sings":{
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"examples":[
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"one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"caroler",
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"caroller",
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"singer",
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"vocalist",
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"vocalizer",
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"voice"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"belter",
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"crooner",
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"harmonizer",
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"hummer",
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"warbler",
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"yodeler",
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"serenader",
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"cantor",
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"chanter",
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"chorister",
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"chansonnier",
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"chanteuse",
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"songstress",
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"bard",
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"troubadour"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"son":{
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"as in daughter":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"daughter",
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"by-product",
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"derivative",
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"offshoot",
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"outgrowth",
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"spin-off",
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"descendant",
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"descendent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ancestor",
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"antecedent",
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"archetype",
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"daddy",
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"foregoer",
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"forerunner",
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"granddaddy",
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"grandaddy",
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"precursor",
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"predecessor",
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"prototype",
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"model",
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"original",
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"originator",
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"sire"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in child , heir":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"child",
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"heir",
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"inheritor",
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"successor",
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"offspring",
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"issue",
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"posterity",
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"progeny",
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"seed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ancestry",
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"birth",
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"blood",
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"bloodline",
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"breeding",
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"descent",
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"extraction",
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"family tree",
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"genealogy",
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"line",
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"lineage",
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"origin",
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"parentage",
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"pedigree",
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"stock",
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"strain",
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"heredity",
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"succession",
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"family",
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"house"
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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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"sonnies":{
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"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
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"examples":[
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"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boychicks",
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"boychiks",
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"boyos",
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"boys",
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"callants",
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"laddies",
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"lads",
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"nippers",
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"shavelings",
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"shavers",
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"striplings",
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"tads",
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"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"gamins",
|
|
"guttersnipes",
|
|
"hobbledehoys",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"mama's boys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songfests":{
|
|
"as in hootenannies , jams":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceilidhs",
|
|
"ceilis",
|
|
"hootenannies",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"jam sessions",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"recitals",
|
|
"symphonies",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"concerts",
|
|
"musicales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songsmiths":{
|
|
"a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"among American songsmiths Irving Berlin has assumed legendary status"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"songwriters",
|
|
"tunesmiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocomposers",
|
|
"co-composers",
|
|
"composers",
|
|
"melodists",
|
|
"musicians",
|
|
"symphonists",
|
|
"arrangers",
|
|
"orchestrators",
|
|
"orchestraters",
|
|
"scorers",
|
|
"librettists",
|
|
"lyricists",
|
|
"lyrists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"song and dance":{
|
|
"language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of simply denying our request, the mayor's representative gave us a song and dance about legal issues and municipal liability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bafflegab",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"gobbledygook",
|
|
"gobbledegook",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bureaucratese",
|
|
"computerese",
|
|
"educationese",
|
|
"governmentese",
|
|
"legalese",
|
|
"Pentagonese",
|
|
"psychobabble",
|
|
"technobabble",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sonneteers":{
|
|
"as in lyricists , epigrammatizers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epigrammatists",
|
|
"epigrammatizers",
|
|
"lyricists",
|
|
"rhymers",
|
|
"scops",
|
|
"troubadours",
|
|
"rhapsodes",
|
|
"rhapsodists",
|
|
"poets laureate",
|
|
"poet laureates",
|
|
"poetesses",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"minstrels",
|
|
"muses",
|
|
"poetasters",
|
|
"poets",
|
|
"rhymesters",
|
|
"rimesters",
|
|
"versifiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songbooks":{
|
|
"as in songsters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"songsters",
|
|
"breviaries",
|
|
"missals",
|
|
"Psalters",
|
|
"antiphonals",
|
|
"antiphonaries",
|
|
"hymnals",
|
|
"hymnaries",
|
|
"hymnbooks",
|
|
"psalmodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"son of man":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They couldn't believe this son of man survived so long in the desert."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songsters":{
|
|
"one who sings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carolers",
|
|
"carollers",
|
|
"singers",
|
|
"vocalists",
|
|
"vocalizers",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belters",
|
|
"crooners",
|
|
"harmonizers",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"warblers",
|
|
"yodelers",
|
|
"serenaders",
|
|
"cantors",
|
|
"chanters",
|
|
"choristers",
|
|
"chansonniers",
|
|
"chanteuses",
|
|
"songstresses",
|
|
"bards",
|
|
"troubadours"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songs":{
|
|
"a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she sang a little-known song for the talent show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"vocals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"cantatas",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"folk songs",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"serenades",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"drinking songs",
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the songs of Shakespeare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"poems",
|
|
"runes",
|
|
"verses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"anacreontics",
|
|
"clerihews",
|
|
"dithyrambs",
|
|
"eclogues",
|
|
"elegies",
|
|
"English sonnets",
|
|
"epics",
|
|
"epigrams",
|
|
"epodes",
|
|
"epopees",
|
|
"eposes",
|
|
"georgics",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"limericks",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"odes",
|
|
"pastorales",
|
|
"pastorals",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"rondeaux",
|
|
"rondelets",
|
|
"rondelles",
|
|
"rondels",
|
|
"sonnets",
|
|
"triolets",
|
|
"villanelles",
|
|
"haiku",
|
|
"senryu",
|
|
"tankas",
|
|
"blank verses",
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"versifications",
|
|
"vers libres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whistle a song as accompaniment to your work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"melodies",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"warbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"cadences",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"rhythms",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"madrigals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hero honored in song and story"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"minstrelsies",
|
|
"poesies",
|
|
"poetries",
|
|
"verses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"blank verses",
|
|
"free verses",
|
|
"vers libres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"proses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songstress":{
|
|
"as in chanteuse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chanteuse",
|
|
"chansonnier",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"troubadour",
|
|
"cantor",
|
|
"chanter",
|
|
"chorister",
|
|
"serenader",
|
|
"crooner",
|
|
"harmonizer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"warbler",
|
|
"yodeler",
|
|
"belter",
|
|
"caroler",
|
|
"caroller",
|
|
"singer",
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"vocalist",
|
|
"vocalizer",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songbook":{
|
|
"as in songster":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"breviary",
|
|
"missal",
|
|
"Psalter",
|
|
"antiphonal",
|
|
"antiphonary",
|
|
"hymnal",
|
|
"hymnary",
|
|
"hymnbook",
|
|
"psalmody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sons of guns":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They weren't sure how that son of a gun even got the job."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"sonneteer":{
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"as in lyricist , epigrammatizer":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"epigrammatist",
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"epigrammatizer",
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"lyricist",
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"rhymer",
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"scop",
|
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"troubadour",
|
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"rhapsode",
|
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"rhapsodist",
|
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"poet laureate",
|
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"poetess",
|
|
"bard",
|
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"minstrel",
|
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"muse",
|
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"poet",
|
|
"poetaster",
|
|
"rhymester",
|
|
"rimester",
|
|
"versifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"songwriter":{
|
|
"a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's both a singer and a songwriter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"songsmith",
|
|
"tunesmith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cocomposer",
|
|
"composer",
|
|
"melodist",
|
|
"musician",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"arranger",
|
|
"orchestrator",
|
|
"orchestrater",
|
|
"scorer",
|
|
"librettist",
|
|
"lyricist",
|
|
"lyrist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |