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10313 lines
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{
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"speak":{
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"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
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"examples":[
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"finally spoke her fears"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"articulate",
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"bring out",
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"enunciate",
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"pass",
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"say",
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"state",
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"talk",
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"tell",
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"utter",
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"verbalize",
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"vocalize"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"air",
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"discuss",
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"give",
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"look",
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"share",
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"sound",
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"vent",
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"ventilate",
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"voice",
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"blabber",
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"bolt",
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"blurt",
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"get off",
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"shoot",
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"advertise",
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"announce",
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"blaze",
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"broadcast",
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"declare",
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"post",
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"proclaim",
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"promulgate",
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"publicize",
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"publish",
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"affirm",
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"allege",
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"assert",
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"aver",
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"avouch",
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"avow",
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"breathe",
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"chirp",
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"drawl",
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"gasp",
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"lip",
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"mouth",
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"murmur",
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"purr",
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"shout",
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"splutter",
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"spout",
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"whisper",
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"clothe",
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"couch",
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"formulate",
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"formulize",
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"phrase",
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"put",
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"word",
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"comment",
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"pipe up (with)",
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"remark",
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"rip (out)",
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"snarl"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"stifle",
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"suppress"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
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"examples":[
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"the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"declaim",
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"descant",
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"discourse",
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"expatiate",
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"harangue",
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"lecture",
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"orate",
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"talk"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"recite",
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"soliloquize",
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"dissert",
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"expound",
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"pontificate",
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"sermonize",
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"mouth",
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"spout",
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"filibuster"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"speak (about)":{
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"as in talk (about) , review":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"review",
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"talk (about)",
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"agitate",
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"argue",
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"bandy",
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"bat (around or back and forth)",
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"canvass",
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"canvas",
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"debate",
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"discuss",
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"dispute",
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"hash (over or out)",
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"moot",
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"talk over",
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"broach",
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"introduce",
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"propound",
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"raise",
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"stir up",
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"forge",
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"hammer out",
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"talk out",
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"thrash (out)",
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"wrestle (with)",
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"chew over",
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"consider",
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"deliberate",
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"weigh"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"speak (for)":{
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"to make a request for":{
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"examples":[
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"she has already spoken for the position, so it should go to her"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ask (for)",
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"bespeak",
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"call (for)",
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"desire",
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"plead (for)",
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"quest",
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"request",
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"seek",
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"solicit",
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"sue (for)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"apply (for)",
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"beg (for)",
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"claim",
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"clamor (for)",
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"importune",
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"urge",
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"wish (for)",
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"demand",
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"enjoin",
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"exact",
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"insist (on)",
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"petition (for)",
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"press (for)",
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"require",
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"requisition",
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"invite",
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"invoke"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"speaks":{
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"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"finally spoke her fears"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"stifles",
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"suppresses"
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],
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"related":[
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"airs",
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"discusses",
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"gives",
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"looks",
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"shares",
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"sounds",
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"ventilates",
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"vents",
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"voices",
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"blabbers",
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"blurts",
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"bolts",
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"gets off",
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"shoots",
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"advertises",
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"announces",
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"blazes",
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"broadcasts",
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"declares",
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"posts",
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"proclaims",
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"promulgates",
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"publicizes",
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"publishes",
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"affirms",
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"alleges",
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"asserts",
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"avers",
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"avouches",
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"avows",
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"breathes",
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"chirps",
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"drawls",
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"gasps",
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"lips",
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"mouths",
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"murmurs",
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"purrs",
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"shouts",
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"splutters",
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"spouts",
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"whispers",
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"clothes",
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"couches",
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"formulates",
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"formulizes",
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"phrases",
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"puts",
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"words",
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"comments",
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"pipes up (with)",
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"remarks",
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"rips (out)",
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"snarls"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"articulates",
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"brings out",
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"enunciates",
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"passes",
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"says",
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"states",
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"talks",
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"tells",
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"utters",
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"verbalizes",
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"vocalizes"
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]
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},
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"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"recites",
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"soliloquizes",
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"disserts",
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"expounds",
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"pontificates",
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"sermonizes",
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"mouths",
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"spouts",
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"filibusters"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"declaims",
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"descants",
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"discourses",
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"expatiates",
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"harangues",
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"lectures",
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"orates",
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"talks"
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]
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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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"speaks up":{
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"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she's never been afraid to speak up at town meetings"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belts up",
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"clams up",
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"dummies up",
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"hushes",
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"shuts up",
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"suppresses",
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"quiets"
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],
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"related":[
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"bawls",
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"bays",
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"bellows",
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"calls",
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"cries",
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"hollers",
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"roars",
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"shouts",
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"sings (out)",
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"thunders",
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"vociferates",
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"yells",
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"articulates",
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"enounces",
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"enunciates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"pipes up",
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"shoots",
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"sounds off",
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"speaks out",
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"spouts (off)",
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"talks up"
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]
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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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"spearing":{
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"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
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"examples":[
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"she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"goring",
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"harpooning",
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"impaling",
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"jabbing",
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"lancing",
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"pecking",
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"picking",
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"piercing",
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"pinking",
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"puncturing",
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"running through",
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"skewering",
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"spiking",
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"spitting",
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"stabbing",
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"sticking",
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"transfixing",
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"transpiercing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"spindling",
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"perforating",
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"riddling",
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"bayoneting",
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"bayonetting",
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"dirking",
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"gimleting",
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"piking",
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"poniarding",
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"pronging",
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"quilling",
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"pinpricking",
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"poking",
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"pricking",
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"punching",
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"thrusting",
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"cutting",
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"knifing",
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"slicing"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"special":{
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"being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
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"examples":[
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"the President claimed that international terrorism was a special threat that required a special way of dealing with it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alone",
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"lone",
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"one",
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"one-off",
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"only",
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"singular",
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"sole",
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"solitary",
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"sui generis",
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"unique"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"single",
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"solo",
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"unaccompanied",
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"unattended",
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"incomparable",
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"inimitable",
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"matchless",
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"peerless",
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"unequaled",
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"unequalled",
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"unmatched",
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"unparalleled",
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"unrivaled",
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"unrivalled",
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"unsurpassable",
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"unsurpassed",
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"distinct",
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"distinctive",
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"individual",
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"separate",
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"nonce"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"divers",
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"manifold",
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"multifarious",
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"myriad",
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"assorted",
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"heterogenous",
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"miscellaneous",
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"mixed",
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"motley",
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"patchwork",
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"promiscuous",
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"varied",
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"popular",
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"prevailing",
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"prevalent",
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"rampant",
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"perennial",
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"recurrent",
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"repeated"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"granted special treatment or attention":{
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"examples":[
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"one student who was treated as special by the teacher"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beloved",
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"cherished",
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"darling",
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"dear",
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"fair-haired",
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"favored",
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"favorite",
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"fond",
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"loved",
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"pet",
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"precious",
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"sweet",
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"white-headed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"admired",
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"adored",
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"appreciated",
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"esteemed",
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"relished",
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"revered",
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"prized",
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"treasured",
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"preferred"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abhorred",
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"abominated",
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"despised",
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"detested",
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"disdained",
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"disfavored",
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"disliked",
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"execrated",
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"hated",
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"loathed",
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"unfavorite",
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"abandoned",
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"forgotten",
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"ignored",
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"alienated",
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"estranged"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unbeloved"
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]
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},
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"of a particular or exact sort":{
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"examples":[
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"you'll need special permission from the fire department to do that"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concrete",
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"distinct",
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"especial",
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"express",
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"peculiar",
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"precise",
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"set",
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"specific"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lone",
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"only",
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"separate",
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"single",
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"sole",
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"solitary",
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"distinctive",
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"exclusive",
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"individual",
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"unique",
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"limited",
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"restricted",
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"differentiated",
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"specialized",
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"given",
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"specified"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"general",
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"generalized",
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"generic",
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"nonexclusive",
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"universal"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"nonspecific"
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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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"specialized":{
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"used by or intended for experts in a particular field of knowledge":{
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"examples":[
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"highly specialized terms that have very specific meanings in legal documents"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"technical"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"esoteric",
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"especial",
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"exclusive",
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"limited",
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"narrow",
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"peculiar",
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"restricted",
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"special",
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"specific",
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"unique",
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"authoritative",
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"expert",
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"professional",
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"specialist",
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"specialistic",
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"technicalized"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"common",
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"generalized",
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"generic",
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"nonexclusive",
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"nonspecific",
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"ordinary",
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"overall",
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"universal",
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"inexpert",
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"lay",
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"nonprofessional",
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"unprofessional",
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"self-evident",
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"self-explanatory",
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"straightforward"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"general",
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"nontechnical",
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"untechnical"
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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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"specialties":{
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"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
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"examples":[
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"a doctor with a specialty in internal medicine"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"areas",
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"arenas",
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"bailiwicks",
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"baronies",
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"businesses",
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"circles",
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"demesnes",
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"departments",
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"disciplines",
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"domains",
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"elements",
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"fiefdoms",
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"fiefs",
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"fields",
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"firmaments",
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"fronts",
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"games",
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"kingdoms",
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"lines",
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"precincts",
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"provinces",
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"realms",
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"spheres",
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"terrains",
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"walks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"frontiers",
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"studies",
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"subjects",
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"territories",
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"turfs",
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"turves",
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"occupations",
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"professions",
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"pursuits",
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"rackets",
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"vocations",
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"ambits",
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"amplitudes",
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"breadths",
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"compasses",
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"confines",
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"dimensions",
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"extents",
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"kens",
|
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"reaches",
|
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"scopes",
|
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"sweeps",
|
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"widths",
|
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"subfields",
|
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"subspecialties",
|
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"sub-specialties"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
|
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"singing operatic works is my specialty"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"fortes",
|
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"long suits",
|
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"m\u00e9tiers",
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"metiers",
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"specialities",
|
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"strong suits",
|
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"things"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"areas",
|
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"arenas",
|
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"bailiwicks",
|
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"businesses",
|
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"circles",
|
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"demesnes",
|
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"departments",
|
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"disciplines",
|
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"domains",
|
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"fiefdoms",
|
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"fiefs",
|
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"fields",
|
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"lines",
|
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"precincts",
|
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"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
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"bents",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
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"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies"
|
|
],
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specified":{
|
|
"as in declared , stated":{
|
|
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|
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"examples":[],
|
|
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|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"related":[
|
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"decreed",
|
|
"dictated",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"selected",
|
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"adjured",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"prescribed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"hinted (at)",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"pointed (out)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"spelled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specifying":{
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"prescribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"adjuring",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"hinting (at)",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"pointing (out)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"spelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speck":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lizard with specks of white against a green body"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"eyespot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmark",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smutch",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"polka dot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not a speck of explanation to accompany the book's pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speck of dust was preventing the laser from reading the disc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"tittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"haet",
|
|
"halfpenny",
|
|
"ha'penny",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"kenning",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"nutshell",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"stipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specking":{
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speckled":{
|
|
"marked with spots":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unspotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speckled dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"moir\u00e9",
|
|
"moire",
|
|
"veined",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"splotchy",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speckled the cookies with colored sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculate (about)":{
|
|
"as in second-guess":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculated (about)":{
|
|
"as in second-guessed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
|
"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"drank (in)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"cogitated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thought (about or over)",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"wrestled (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculates":{
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"daresays",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"imagines",
|
|
"presumes",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"surmises",
|
|
"suspects",
|
|
"suspicions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"hypothecates",
|
|
"hypothesizes",
|
|
"theorizes",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"expects",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"thinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"learns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculating":{
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"learning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"hypothecating",
|
|
"hypothesizing",
|
|
"theorizing",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"thinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"daresaying",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicioning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculative":{
|
|
"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speculative explanation of why this ancient pottery was found hundreds of miles from where it was made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"suppositional",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"unproved",
|
|
"unproven",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"conceptual",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"nonclinical",
|
|
"nonpractical",
|
|
"nonempirical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"time-tested",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"empirical",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"nonspeculative",
|
|
"nontheoretical",
|
|
"observational"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sped":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed":{
|
|
"a high rate of movement or performance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we dashed off the remaining paperwork with as much speed as possible so we could leave for the long weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gait",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tempo",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"warp speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bugbear"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"fave",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"preference"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed (up)":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fast-track",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"expedite",
|
|
"facilitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedboat":{
|
|
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cabin cruiser",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"motor sailer",
|
|
"runabout",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"sportfisherman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"stinkpot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedy":{
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speedy worker but not a very careful one, unfortunately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"done, carried out, or given without delay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was surprised by and pleased with the company's speedy response to my complaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"punctual",
|
|
"timely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"early"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spell":{
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witch cast a spell that turned the prince into a toad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cantrip",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dizzy spell that caused me to fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"remission"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"eclampsia",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come rest a spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"perpetuity",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"spellbind",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"ensorcell",
|
|
"ensorcel",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spelling":{
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"ensorcelling",
|
|
"ensorceling",
|
|
"hexing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"jinxing",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"voodooing",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"signifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"embodying",
|
|
"epitomizing",
|
|
"personifying",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"symboling",
|
|
"symbolling",
|
|
"symbolizing",
|
|
"adverting",
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"pointing (to)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spend":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always end up spending too much money at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"outlay",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"shell out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"replace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"clean (out)",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"draw down",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"play out",
|
|
"use up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent all his energy on impractical schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"splurge",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"overspend",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"overindulge",
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"lay out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fiddle away",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"trifle (away)",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spewing":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spewing violently from the broken pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"swooshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"fountaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"trickling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a volcano spewing out lava"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belching",
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eructing",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottling (up)",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shutting (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!\" she wailed to her friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"puking",
|
|
"retching",
|
|
"spitting up",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"upchucking",
|
|
"vomiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"regurgitating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"nauseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spending":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always end up spending too much money at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"forking (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"outlaying",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"shelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"drawing down",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"playing out",
|
|
"using up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"replacing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent all his energy on impractical schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"fiddling away",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"trifling (away)",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"overspending",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"laying out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spending money":{
|
|
"as in pocket money , petty cash":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"chicken feed",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"two cents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big buck(s)",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabuck(s)",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak up":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's never been afraid to speak up at town meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sing (out)",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialness":{
|
|
"as in greatness , grandness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"fabulousness",
|
|
"first-rateness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"marvellousness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"sterlingness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"superlativeness",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"supremeness",
|
|
"exceptionality",
|
|
"exceptionalness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"commonplaceness",
|
|
"everydayness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"mundaneness",
|
|
"mundanity",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"normalness",
|
|
"passibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"second-rateness",
|
|
"typicality",
|
|
"typicalness",
|
|
"unremarkableness",
|
|
"usualness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"sufficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks (of)":{
|
|
"as in talks (about) , airs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"thrashes (out or over)",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spender":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a spender and she's a tightwad, so naturally they quarrel about money a lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterer",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad",
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizer",
|
|
"penny-pincher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak one's mind":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to speak your mind if you disagree with anything I've said."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sing (out)",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"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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"specialities":{
|
|
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my speciality is linguistics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"long suits",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
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"metiers",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"strong suits",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"areas",
|
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"arenas",
|
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"bailiwicks",
|
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"businesses",
|
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"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking out":{
|
|
"as in speaking up , expatiating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"voluble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"voiceless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"incomprehensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piping up",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"spouting (off)",
|
|
"talking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"singing (out)",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belting up",
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"dummying up",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specimens":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a particularly handsome specimen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"wights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominids",
|
|
"homos",
|
|
"humanoids",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"somebodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose one frog as a good specimen of the breed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"samples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"cross sections",
|
|
"microcosms",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectators":{
|
|
"someone who sees or watches something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a building demolition that drew a crowd of spectators even at 3:00 a.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bystanders",
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"onlookers",
|
|
"viewers",
|
|
"watchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eyewitnesses",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"peepers",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"voyeurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spelled":{
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"ensorcelled",
|
|
"ensorceled",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"spellbound",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"signified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"symboled",
|
|
"symbolled",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"adverted",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specially":{
|
|
"in regard to something mentioned explicitly or in detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supplementary material was specially intended to address earlier accusations of cultural bias"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"specifically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concretely",
|
|
"expressly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"generally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a specially gifted pianist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specimen":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a particularly handsome specimen"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose one frog as a good specimen of the breed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"sample"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"cross section",
|
|
"microcosm",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speared":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"impaled",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"lanced",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spitted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"gimleted",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"quilled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speckle":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"eyespot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmark",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smutch",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"polka dot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speckled the cookies with colored sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"stipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechify":{
|
|
"as in speak , talk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"mouth (off)",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"perorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedster":{
|
|
"as in rusher , hustler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hurrier",
|
|
"rusher",
|
|
"speeder",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scrambler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagger",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"plodder",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"latecomer",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeders":{
|
|
"as in rushers , hurriers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hurriers",
|
|
"rushers",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scramblers",
|
|
"speedsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"laggers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"plodders",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"latecomers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specifies":{
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"prescribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"adjures",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"obligates",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"hints (at)",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"points (out)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"spells out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeches":{
|
|
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orations",
|
|
"perorations",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"keynote addresses",
|
|
"keynote speeches",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"salutatories",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"sermons",
|
|
"monologues",
|
|
"monologs",
|
|
"soliloquies",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"spiels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"lingos",
|
|
"lingoes",
|
|
"mother tongues",
|
|
"tongues",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrolects",
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"idiolects",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearman":{
|
|
"as in lancer , pikeman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"combatant",
|
|
"noncombatant",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"lifer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sped (up)":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"fast-tracked",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"expedited",
|
|
"facilitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialistic":{
|
|
"a person who has a lot of training, knowledge, or skill in a particular area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was a specialist in chemical engineering with many years of experience."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"consigliere",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"involving, related to, or being special skills or knowledge needed to do a particular job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The job requires specialist knowledge."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"technical",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"technicalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"generalized",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"nonexclusive",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"nontechnical",
|
|
"untechnical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeded (up)":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"fast-tracked",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"expedited",
|
|
"facilitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearhead":{
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in forefront , vanguard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting edge",
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"front line",
|
|
"leading edge",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed-reads":{
|
|
"as in turns over , dips (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips (into)",
|
|
"leafs (through)",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"reads",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gobbles (up)",
|
|
"slogs (through)",
|
|
"wades (through)",
|
|
"rereads",
|
|
"proofreads",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spent":{
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he plopped down in his chair, completely spent , and then fell asleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always end up spending too much money at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"outlaid",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"shelled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"rained",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cached",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"drew down",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"used up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"cleaned (out)",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"replaced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent all his energy on impractical schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"fiddled away",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"trifled (away)",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurged",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"overspent",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"laid out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spell out":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectrums":{
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the complete spectrum of opinions on this hotly debated subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapasons",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeder":{
|
|
"as in rusher , hurrier":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hurrier",
|
|
"rusher",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scrambler",
|
|
"speedster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagger",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"plodder",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"latecomer",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spending moneys":{
|
|
"as in pocket moneys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pocket moneys",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"overheads",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"disbursements",
|
|
"expenditures",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"outlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeds (up)":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"fast-tracks",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"expedites",
|
|
"facilitates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaker":{
|
|
"a person in charge of a meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"chairman",
|
|
"chairperson",
|
|
"moderator",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"presider",
|
|
"prolocutor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chairwoman",
|
|
"cochair",
|
|
"cochairman",
|
|
"cochairperson",
|
|
"cochairwoman",
|
|
"copresident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"spokeswoman",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"shill",
|
|
"communicator",
|
|
"sayer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who makes usually formal public speeches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"orator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhetorician",
|
|
"spellbinder",
|
|
"declaimer",
|
|
"spouter",
|
|
"spieler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speller":{
|
|
"as in reader , grammar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grammar",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"schoolbook",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"manual",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"lexicon",
|
|
"vocabulary",
|
|
"wordbook",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"encyclopedia",
|
|
"reference",
|
|
"bible",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guidebook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearguns":{
|
|
"as in guns , pistols":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"breechloaders",
|
|
"culverins",
|
|
"fieldpieces",
|
|
"firelocks",
|
|
"flintlocks",
|
|
"harquebuses",
|
|
"arquebuses",
|
|
"matchlocks",
|
|
"muskets",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"smoothbores",
|
|
"twenty-twos",
|
|
".22s",
|
|
"derringers",
|
|
"forty-fives",
|
|
".45s",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"handguns",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"revolvers",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"roscoes",
|
|
"sidearms",
|
|
"six-guns",
|
|
"six-shooters",
|
|
"zip guns",
|
|
"AK-47s",
|
|
"assault rifles",
|
|
"assault weapons",
|
|
"automatics",
|
|
"carbines",
|
|
"machine guns",
|
|
"machine pistols",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"submachine guns",
|
|
"tommy guns",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"firearms",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"small arms",
|
|
"self-loaders",
|
|
"semiautomatics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spewed":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spewing violently from the broken pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"swooshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"fountained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a volcano spewing out lava"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belched",
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eructed",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!\" she wailed to her friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"puked",
|
|
"retched",
|
|
"spit up",
|
|
"spat up",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"upchucked",
|
|
"vomited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"regurgitated",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"nauseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks out":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"spouts (off)",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sings (out)",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belts up",
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specter":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearheads":{
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"defers (to)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in forefronts , vanguards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting edges",
|
|
"forefronts",
|
|
"front lines",
|
|
"leading edges",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedily":{
|
|
"with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he speedily finished the yard work and left to play ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"chop-chop",
|
|
"double-quick",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lickety-split",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"lingeringly",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spews":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spewing violently from the broken pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"swooshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"fountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a volcano spewing out lava"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belches",
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eructs",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shuts (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!\" she wailed to her friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfs",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"pukes",
|
|
"retches",
|
|
"spits up",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"upchucks",
|
|
"vomits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"regurgitates",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"nauseates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flushes , gushes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectres":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hants",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"materializations",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"wraiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"daimones",
|
|
"daimons",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"shaitans",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"zombies",
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectaculars":{
|
|
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the larger-than-life spectaculars that make Las Vegas attractive to people with little interest in gambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuses",
|
|
"extravaganzas",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"raree-shows",
|
|
"spectacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"species":{
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a music that is now generally regarded as a distinct species of rap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"genus",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"subclass",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"subgroup",
|
|
"subspecies",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the late 1960s there emerged a new species of actor: edgy and not conventionally handsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"genre",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"variety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"model",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"human beings in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the future of the species may well depend on our willingness to limit the impact of an ever-increasing population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"humankind",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"community",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spenders":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a spender and she's a tightwad, so naturally they quarrel about money a lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterers",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"prodigals",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"spendthrifts",
|
|
"squanderers",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wastrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads",
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizers",
|
|
"penny-pinchers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specify":{
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"define",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"prescribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"adjure",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"obligate",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advert (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"quote",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"hint (at)",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"point (out)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"spell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectator":{
|
|
"someone who sees or watches something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a building demolition that drew a crowd of spectators even at 3:00 a.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bystander",
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"onlooker",
|
|
"viewer",
|
|
"watcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eyewitness",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"peeper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"voyeur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specific(s)":{
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quinine is a specific for malaria"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a single piece of information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the speech was long on rhetoric and platitudinous generalities, it lacked specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"data",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"niceties",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"points"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"databases",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"myths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two submissions differ only in certain specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"fingerprints",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking one's mind":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to speak your mind if you disagree with anything I've said."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piping up",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"spouting (off)",
|
|
"talking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"singing (out)",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belting up",
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"dummying up",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectre":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedsters":{
|
|
"as in rushers , hustlers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hurriers",
|
|
"rushers",
|
|
"speeders",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scramblers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"laggers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"plodders",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"latecomers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special interest":{
|
|
"a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promised that as governor he would never be beholden to special interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"interest group",
|
|
"pressure group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vested interest",
|
|
"political action committee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specifics":{
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quinine is a specific for malaria"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a single piece of information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the speech was long on rhetoric and platitudinous generalities, it lacked specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"data",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"niceties",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"points"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"databases",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"myths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two submissions differ only in certain specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"fingerprints",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechlessness":{
|
|
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speechlessness of our cat never seemed so frustrating as the time that it was seriously sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"muteness",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulacy",
|
|
"inarticulateness",
|
|
"voicelessness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"reticency",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"volubility",
|
|
"chattiness",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"loquaciousness",
|
|
"loquacity",
|
|
"talkativeness",
|
|
"talkiness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spells out":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"demystifies",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"gets across",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"unriddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"commentates",
|
|
"glosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech form":{
|
|
"as in morpheme , monosyllable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linguistic form",
|
|
"monosyllable",
|
|
"morpheme",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"polysyllable",
|
|
"collocation",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"euphemism",
|
|
"loanword",
|
|
"modernism",
|
|
"neologism",
|
|
"vernacularism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearmen":{
|
|
"as in lancers , pikemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lancers",
|
|
"pikemen",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"crossbowmen",
|
|
"Confederates",
|
|
"Continentals",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"guardsmen",
|
|
"militiamen",
|
|
"minutemen",
|
|
"artillerymen",
|
|
"cannoneers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"mortarmen",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"riflemen",
|
|
"counterguerrillas",
|
|
"counterguerillas",
|
|
"guerrillas",
|
|
"guerillas",
|
|
"irregulars",
|
|
"paramilitaries",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"jarheads",
|
|
"marines",
|
|
"rangers",
|
|
"combatants",
|
|
"noncombatants",
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"lifers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"doughboys",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"infantrymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed-read":{
|
|
"as in turn over , dip (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"leaf (through)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up)",
|
|
"slog (through)",
|
|
"wade (through)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechifies":{
|
|
"as in speaks , talks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"perorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specious":{
|
|
"tending or having power to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a specious argument that really does not stand up under close examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"subtile",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"two-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"nondeceptive",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spellbound":{
|
|
"being or appearing to be under a magic spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spellbound audiences never tire of this annual Christmas favorite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"curst",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"fairy",
|
|
"fairylike",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"involved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special deliveries":{
|
|
"as in registered mails , certified mails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"airposts",
|
|
"certified mails",
|
|
"registered mails",
|
|
"rural deliveries",
|
|
"rural free deliveries",
|
|
"special handlings",
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"parcel posts",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"snail mail",
|
|
"direct mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mailers",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"postcards",
|
|
"printed matters",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"shipments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speakeasies":{
|
|
"as in nightclubs , cabarets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
"wineshops",
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"cantinas",
|
|
"dramshops",
|
|
"gin mills",
|
|
"grogshops",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places",
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectrum":{
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the complete spectrum of opinions on this hotly debated subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapason",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks one's mind":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to speak your mind if you disagree with anything I've said."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"spouts (off)",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sings (out)",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belts up",
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculate":{
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"daresay",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"hypothecate",
|
|
"hypothesize",
|
|
"theorize",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"think"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"learn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spendy":{
|
|
"commanding a large price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Seattle is generally credited with transforming coffee from a workaday drink to a trendy and spendy beverage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-ticket",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unaffordable",
|
|
"uneconomic",
|
|
"uneconomical",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"discounted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak out":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sing (out)",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialists":{
|
|
"a person who has a lot of training, knowledge, or skill in a particular area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was a specialist in chemical engineering with many years of experience."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consultants",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dab hands",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hotshots",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"meisters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"proficients",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"advisers",
|
|
"advisors",
|
|
"consiglieri",
|
|
"consiglieres",
|
|
"counselors",
|
|
"counsellors",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"journeymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"inexperts",
|
|
"nonexperts",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonprofessionals",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special handlings":{
|
|
"as in special deliveries , registered mails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"airposts",
|
|
"certified mails",
|
|
"registered mails",
|
|
"rural deliveries",
|
|
"rural free deliveries",
|
|
"special deliveries",
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"parcel posts",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"snail mail",
|
|
"direct mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mailers",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"postcards",
|
|
"printed matters",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"shipments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectral":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggestive of a ghost":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They spotted a spectral figure in the window of the old abandoned house."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"ghoulish",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"other-worldly",
|
|
"paranormal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"spookish",
|
|
"spooky",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"wraithlike",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"disembodied",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"wispish",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"mortuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculation":{
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple lost all their money in real estate speculations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"crapshoot",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"gamble",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"wager",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"long shot",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure thing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spendthrift":{
|
|
"given to spending money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spendthrift consumers had amassed a mountain of debt on their credit cards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high-rolling",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"wasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"myopic",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"wanton"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"farsighted",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who carelessly spends money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterer",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad",
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizer",
|
|
"penny-pincher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specification(s)":{
|
|
"as in proposal , idea":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speckles":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speckled the cookies with colored sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculations":{
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple lost all their money in real estate speculations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"crapshoots",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"long shots",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure things"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculator":{
|
|
"as in bluffer , sharper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"dicer",
|
|
"bookmaker",
|
|
"handicapper",
|
|
"oddsmaker",
|
|
"tipster",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"bettor",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"gambler",
|
|
"gamester",
|
|
"punter",
|
|
"wagerer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spence":{
|
|
"as in larder , buttery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambry",
|
|
"buttery",
|
|
"larder",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cupboard",
|
|
"pantry",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"coatroom",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"wardrobe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech":{
|
|
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"declamation",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"oration",
|
|
"peroration",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"tirade",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"keynote address",
|
|
"keynote speech",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"salutatory",
|
|
"homily",
|
|
"sermon",
|
|
"monologue",
|
|
"monolog",
|
|
"soliloquy",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"spiel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"language",
|
|
"lingo",
|
|
"mother tongue",
|
|
"tongue",
|
|
"vocabulary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrolect",
|
|
"argot",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"dialect",
|
|
"idiolect",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"parlance",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"pidgin",
|
|
"slang",
|
|
"slanguage",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"localism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"regionalism",
|
|
"shibboleth",
|
|
"vernacularism",
|
|
"terminology",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"modernism",
|
|
"neologism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechifying":{
|
|
"as in speaking , talking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"sermonizing",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"mouthing (off)",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"perorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spellbind":{
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"involve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spells":{
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witch cast a spell that turned the prince into a toad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabras",
|
|
"bewitchments",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"incantations",
|
|
"invocations",
|
|
"whammies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantrips",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"bewitcheries",
|
|
"magics",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"necromancies",
|
|
"sorceries",
|
|
"voodooisms",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"witchcrafts",
|
|
"witcheries",
|
|
"wizardries",
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dizzy spell that caused me to fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"eclampsias",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"prostrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"remissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come rest a spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"whiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"epochs",
|
|
"eras",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"eyeblinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heartbeats",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"jiffs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"New York minutes",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"perpetuities",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"intervals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"ensorcells",
|
|
"ensorcels",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"spellbinds",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotes",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"points (to)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeded":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking (about)":{
|
|
"as in talking (about) , reviewing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"batting (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over or out)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"talking over",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"propounding",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"talking out",
|
|
"thrashing (out)",
|
|
"wrestling (with)",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speediness":{
|
|
"a high rate of movement or performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speediness with which she types is simply amazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gait",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tempo",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"warp speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeds":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"faves",
|
|
"favs",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"preferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"bugbears"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking (for)":{
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has already spoken for the position, so it should go to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking (for)",
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"calling (for)",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"pleading (for)",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"suing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (for)",
|
|
"begging (for)",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting (on)",
|
|
"petitioning (for)",
|
|
"pressing (for)",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"requisitioning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"invoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech forms":{
|
|
"as in morphemes , monosyllables":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linguistic forms",
|
|
"monosyllables",
|
|
"morphemes",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"polysyllables",
|
|
"collocations",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"loanwords",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"vernacularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speciality":{
|
|
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my speciality is linguistics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spends":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always end up spending too much money at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"outlays",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"shells out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"draws down",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"plays out",
|
|
"uses up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"cleans (out)",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
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"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"increases",
|
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"bolsters",
|
|
"enforces",
|
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"fortifies",
|
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"reinforces",
|
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"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
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"rebuilds",
|
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"repairs",
|
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"restores",
|
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"revives",
|
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"conserves",
|
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"preserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"replaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent all his energy on impractical schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fiddles away",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"loses",
|
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"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
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"squanders",
|
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"throws away",
|
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"trifles (away)",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"overspends",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"lays out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spelled out":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"demystified",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"got across",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"unriddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"annotated",
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"glossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spear-carriers":{
|
|
"as in walk-ons , supernumeraries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries",
|
|
"walk-ons",
|
|
"coactors",
|
|
"co-actors",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars",
|
|
"monologuists",
|
|
"monologists",
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"prima donnas",
|
|
"scene-stealers",
|
|
"actresses",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"enactors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"thespians",
|
|
"thesps",
|
|
"troupers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speakeasy":{
|
|
"as in nightclub , cabaret":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"sports bar",
|
|
"wineshop",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"cantina",
|
|
"dramshop",
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
"grogshop",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place",
|
|
"package store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spellbinding":{
|
|
"as in mesmerizing , riveting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charismatic",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"magnetic",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"unalluring",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in enchantment , bewitchment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"autohypnosis",
|
|
"automatism",
|
|
"autosuggestion",
|
|
"self-hypnosis",
|
|
"self-suggestion",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"hypnotism",
|
|
"mesmerism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"involving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special-needs":{
|
|
"as in disabled , sick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"hard of hearing",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"quadriplegic",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immobilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"abled",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks (to or with)":{
|
|
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spoke to the mall's leasing agent about opening a shop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chats (with)",
|
|
"converses (with)",
|
|
"talks (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosts",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speargun":{
|
|
"as in gun , pistol":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"breechloader",
|
|
"culverin",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"flintlock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"musket",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault rifle",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm",
|
|
"self-loader",
|
|
"semiautomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearheading":{
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"leading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking (to or with)":{
|
|
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chatting (with)",
|
|
"conversing (with)",
|
|
"talking (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosting",
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"speakers":{
|
|
"a person in charge of a meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chairmen",
|
|
"chairpersons",
|
|
"chairs",
|
|
"moderators",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"presiders",
|
|
"prolocutors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chairwomen",
|
|
"cochairmen",
|
|
"cochairpersons",
|
|
"cochairs",
|
|
"co-chairs",
|
|
"cochairwomen",
|
|
"copresidents",
|
|
"co-presidents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who makes usually formal public speeches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lecturers",
|
|
"orators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhetoricians",
|
|
"spellbinders",
|
|
"declaimers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"spielers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special interests":{
|
|
"a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promised that as governor he would never be beholden to special interests"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"interest groups",
|
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"interests",
|
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"pressure groups"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vested interests",
|
|
"political action committees"
|
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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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"spectacularly":{
|
|
"as in strikingly , richly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gorgeously",
|
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"richly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
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"strikingly",
|
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"fancily",
|
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"ornately",
|
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"swankily",
|
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"dapperly",
|
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"dashingly",
|
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"gallantly",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"neatly",
|
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"pertly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiffily",
|
|
"flamboyantly",
|
|
"flashily",
|
|
"garishly",
|
|
"gaudily",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"loudly",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"conspicuously",
|
|
"luridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"brilliantly",
|
|
"colorfully",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boringly",
|
|
"drably",
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"colorlessly",
|
|
"inconspicuously",
|
|
"unobtrusively",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"chastely",
|
|
"demurely",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"quietly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"somberly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechified":{
|
|
"as in spoke , talked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"perorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speakable":{
|
|
"as in communicable , definable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicable",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"expressible",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incommunicable",
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indescribable",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"inenarrable",
|
|
"inexpressible",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"uncommunicable",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"unutterable",
|
|
"unsayable",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specifically":{
|
|
"in regard to something mentioned explicitly or in detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"specifically , I object to the second point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"specially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concretely",
|
|
"expressly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"generally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in the specific case of one person or thing as distinguished from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the medical study is focused on women, and specifically older women"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"particularly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"individually",
|
|
"personally",
|
|
"restrictively",
|
|
"selectively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"widely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"generally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialism":{
|
|
"as in specialty , speciality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"makings",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"credentials",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak (of)":{
|
|
"as in talk (about) , air":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"thrash (out or over)",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed-reading":{
|
|
"as in turning over , dipping (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"dipping (into)",
|
|
"leafing (through)",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"thumbing (through)",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling (up)",
|
|
"slogging (through)",
|
|
"wading (through)",
|
|
"rereading",
|
|
"proofreading",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculators":{
|
|
"as in bluffers , sharpers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"dicers",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"handicappers",
|
|
"oddsmakers",
|
|
"tipsters",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"bettors",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"gamblers",
|
|
"gamesters",
|
|
"punters",
|
|
"wagerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |