24572 lines
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24572 lines
480 KiB
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{
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"stability":{
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"the ability to withstand force or stress without being distorted, dislodged, or damaged":{
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"examples":[
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"the bridge was designed with such great stability that it supposedly will not collapse even under the harshest weather conditions"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"firmness",
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"soundness",
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"strength",
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"sturdiness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dependability",
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"durability",
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"reliability",
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"solidity",
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"solidness",
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"cohesion",
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"toughness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"insubstantiality",
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"unsoundness",
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"unsubstantiality",
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"weakness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"insecurity",
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"instability",
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"precariousness",
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"shakiness",
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"unstableness",
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"unsteadiness"
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]
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},
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"the state of continuing without change":{
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"examples":[
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"the stability of the regime is in jeopardy"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"changelessness",
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"constancy",
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"fixedness",
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"immutability",
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"immutableness",
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"invariability",
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"steadiness",
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"unchangeableness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"consistency",
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"regularity",
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"sameness",
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"uniformity",
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"durability",
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"enduringness",
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"lastingness",
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"permanence"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aperiodicity",
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"inconsistence",
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"inconsistency",
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"irregularity",
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"unevenness",
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"caducity",
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"evanescence",
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"impermanence"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"capriciousness",
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"changeability",
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"changeableness",
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"fickleness",
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"instability",
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"mutability",
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"unpredictability",
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"unsteadiness",
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"variability",
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"variableness",
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"volatileness",
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"volatility"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"stabilize":{
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"as in plateau":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"plateau"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"change",
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"fluctuate",
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"mutate",
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"shift",
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"snap",
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"vary",
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"metamorphose",
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"morph",
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"transmute",
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"better",
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"improve"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in fix , set":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fix",
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"freeze",
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"set"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alter",
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"change",
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"make over",
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"modify",
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"recast",
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"redo",
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"refashion",
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"remake",
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"remodel",
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"revamp",
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"revise",
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"rework",
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"vary",
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"deform",
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"metamorphose",
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"mutate",
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"regenerate",
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"revolutionize",
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"transfigure",
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"transform",
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"transmute"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"stabled":{
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"as in":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"stack":{
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"a considerable amount":{
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"examples":[
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"earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"mountain",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"epidemic",
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"plague",
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"rash",
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"bonanza",
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"embarrassment",
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"excess",
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"overabundance",
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"overage",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupply",
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"plethora",
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"redundancy",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"deluge",
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"flood",
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"overflow",
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"army",
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"bevy",
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"cram",
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"crowd",
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"crush",
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"drove",
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"flock",
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"herd",
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"horde",
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"host",
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"legion",
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"mob",
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"multitude",
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"press",
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"score",
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"sea",
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"swarm",
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"throng",
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"gazillion",
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"jillion",
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"kazillion",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillion",
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"zillion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"atom",
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"crumb",
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"dot",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"fragment",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"modicum",
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"molecule",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"particle",
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"ray",
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"scintilla",
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"scrap",
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"shred",
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"tittle",
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"whit",
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"smatter",
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"smattering",
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"dash",
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"drop",
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"morsel",
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"shot",
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"piece",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"absence",
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"dearth",
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"famine",
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"lack",
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"paucity",
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"poverty",
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"scarceness",
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"scarcity",
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"shortage",
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"undersupply",
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"want",
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"deficiency",
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"deficit",
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"inadequacy",
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"insufficiency",
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"meagerness",
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"scantiness",
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"scantness",
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"skimpiness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"handful",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"mouthful",
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"peanuts",
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"pinch",
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"pittance",
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"scruple",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"speck",
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"spot",
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"sprinkle",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"tad",
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"taste",
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"touch",
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"trace"
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]
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},
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"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
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"examples":[
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"a stack of playing cards"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cock",
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"heap",
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"hill",
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"mound",
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"mountain",
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"pile"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bank",
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"bar",
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"drift",
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"embankment",
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"bed",
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"layer",
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"mow",
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"pyramid",
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"rick",
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"barrow",
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"cairn",
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"pyre",
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"accumulation",
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"aggregate",
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"array",
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"assemblage",
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"collection",
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"conglomeration",
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"gathering",
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"grouping",
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"hoard",
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"huddle",
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"jumble",
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"knot",
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"pileup"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
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"examples":[
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"stacked the split logs by the house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"heap",
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"mound",
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"pile"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bank",
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"layer",
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"pyramid",
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"accumulate",
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"amass",
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"assemble",
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"collect",
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"concentrate",
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"garner",
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"gather",
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"group",
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"mass",
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"bunch",
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"clump",
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"lump"
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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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"verb"
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]
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},
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"stacking (up)":{
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"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dispersing",
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"dissipating",
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"scattering"
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],
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"related":[
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"agglutinating",
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"clumping",
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"lumping",
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"banking",
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"drifting",
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"ridging"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accreting",
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"accumulating",
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"amassing",
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"building up",
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"collecting",
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"concentrating",
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"conglomerating",
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"gathering",
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"massing",
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"piling (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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"staffer":{
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"as in sportswriter , photojournalist":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"muckraker",
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"photojournalist",
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"police reporter",
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"sportswriter",
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"stringer",
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"correspondent",
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"intelligencer",
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"journalist",
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"newshound",
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"newsman",
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"newsperson",
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"pressman",
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"reporter",
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"announcer",
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"broadcaster",
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"newscaster",
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"newspaperman",
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"newspaperwoman",
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"newswoman",
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"anchor",
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"anchorman",
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"anchorperson",
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"anchorwoman",
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"byliner",
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"columnist",
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"commentator",
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"copyreader",
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"editor"
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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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"stage-managed":{
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"as in micromanaged":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"micromanaged",
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"guarded",
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"protected",
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"safeguarded",
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"codirected",
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"co-directed",
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"comanaged",
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"co-managed",
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"led",
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"piloted",
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"steered",
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"cared (for)",
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"minded",
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"watched",
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"administered",
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"administrated",
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"carried on",
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"conducted",
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"controlled",
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"directed",
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"governed",
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"guided",
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"handled",
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"kept",
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"managed",
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"operated",
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"overlooked",
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"oversaw",
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"presided (over)",
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"ran",
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"run",
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"regulated",
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"stewarded",
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"superintended",
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"supervised",
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"tended"
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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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"staggeringly":{
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"to a large extent or degree":{
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"examples":[
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"a staggeringly inappropriate comment to make at a funeral"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astronomically",
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"big-time",
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"broadly",
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"colossally",
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"considerably",
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"enormously",
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"extensively",
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"greatly",
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"highly",
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"hugely",
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"largely",
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"massively",
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"monstrously",
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"monumentally",
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"much",
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"sizably",
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"stupendously",
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"tremendously",
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"utterly",
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"vastly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appreciably",
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"noticeably",
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"significantly",
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"abundantly",
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"amply",
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"copiously",
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"healthily",
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"plentifully"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"modestly",
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"fractionally",
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"imperceptibly",
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"infinitesimally",
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"insignificantly",
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"invisibly",
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"microscopically",
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"minutely",
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"barely",
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"hardly",
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"just",
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"minimally",
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"scarcely"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"little",
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"negligibly",
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"nominally",
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"slightly"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"stain":{
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"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the stain of this cowardly act would haunt him for the rest of his career"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"award",
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"credit",
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"honor",
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"chasteness",
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"chastity",
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"modesty",
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"purity",
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"stainlessness",
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"good",
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"right",
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"honesty",
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"integrity",
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"legitimacy",
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"probity",
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"rectitude",
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"scrupulousness",
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"uprightness",
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"goodness",
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"righteousness",
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"virtuousness",
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"fame",
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"glory",
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"renown",
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"repute"
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],
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"related":[
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"black eye",
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"discredit",
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"disesteem",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"disrepute",
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"guilt",
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"ignominy",
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"infamy",
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"obloquy",
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"odium",
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"opprobrium",
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"reproach",
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"shame",
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"corruption",
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"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"onus",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a substance used to color other materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"applied several coats of stain to the wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"toner",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"hue",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tinge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"color",
|
|
"colorant",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"dyestuff",
|
|
"pigment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmear",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give color or a different color to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stained the table to look like cherry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"embrown",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"variegate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bepaint",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil stained his work pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"draggle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"colly",
|
|
"crock"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"bemire",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"distain",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gaum",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stained":{
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always seen wearing stained clothes, which he apparently hoped would mark him as an antibourgeois bohemian"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"besmeared",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"smeared",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tarred",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"twisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give color or a different color to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stained the table to look like cherry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanched",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"whitened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"lightened",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"embrowned",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"polychromed",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striated",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bepainted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"tinctured",
|
|
"tinged",
|
|
"tinted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil stained his work pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"distained",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"gaumed",
|
|
"grimed",
|
|
"mired",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stainlessness":{
|
|
"as in purity , modesty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chasteness",
|
|
"chastity",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"credit",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"legitimacy",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"scrupulousness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtuousness",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"repute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"brand",
|
|
"onus",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"stigma",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"black eye",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteem",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"guilt",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"obloquy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"iniquity",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"vice"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stains":{
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stain of this cowardly act would haunt him for the rest of his career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"onuses",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black eyes",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"guilts",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"vices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
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"chastities",
|
|
"modesties",
|
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"purities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"legitimacies",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a substance used to color other materials":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"applied several coats of stain to the wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"colorants",
|
|
"colorings",
|
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"colors",
|
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"dyes",
|
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"dyestuffs",
|
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"pigments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tints",
|
|
"toners",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"hues",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"tinges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"besmears",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smuts",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"tars",
|
|
"tarres",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give color or a different color to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stained the table to look like cherry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bepaints",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"pigments",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"tinges",
|
|
"tints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"embrowns",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"checkers",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"polychromes",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"striates",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"variegates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"bleaches",
|
|
"whitens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil stained his work pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"bemires",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"distains",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"gaums",
|
|
"grimes",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"draggles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"collies",
|
|
"crocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stale":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sequel is basically a stale remake of the first movie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"unclich\u00e9d",
|
|
"unhackneyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"viewers were bored by the stale story lines of the new crop of sitcoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"pathbreaking",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"trailblazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"twice-told",
|
|
"bromidic",
|
|
"platitudinal",
|
|
"platitudinous",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cardboard",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"rote",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old hat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"clich\u00e9",
|
|
"cliche",
|
|
"clich\u00e9d",
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"stereotyped",
|
|
"threadbare",
|
|
"timeworn",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"trite",
|
|
"well-worn"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"staleness":{
|
|
"as in mustiness , rancidity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acridness",
|
|
"fetidness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"fustiness",
|
|
"malodorousness",
|
|
"mustiness",
|
|
"odoriferousness",
|
|
"odorousness",
|
|
"rancidity",
|
|
"rankness",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"reek",
|
|
"stench",
|
|
"stink",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"emission",
|
|
"odor",
|
|
"redolence",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"sniff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"fragrance",
|
|
"perfume",
|
|
"floweriness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"spiciness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"ambrosia"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalking":{
|
|
"as in hunting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"mousetrap",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"ambushment",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lions stalking gazelles on the plains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"hunting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"ferreting",
|
|
"hawking",
|
|
"hounding",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"spooring",
|
|
"tracking",
|
|
"trailing",
|
|
"gunning (for)",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"culling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the irate customer stalked off in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"sashaying",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"swaggering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"tiptoeing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"promenading",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"pacing",
|
|
"striding",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalks":{
|
|
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lions stalking gazelles on the plains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"ferrets",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"spoors",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails",
|
|
"guns (for)",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"culls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"hunts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the irate customer stalked off in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"promenades",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"strides",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stall":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"fetch up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pull up",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"start (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"malfunction",
|
|
"jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalled":{
|
|
"as in arrested , stopped":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"started (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"malfunctioned",
|
|
"jammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"gave out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamp (out)":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"working to stamp out racism in this country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"sweep (away)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"atomize",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"powder",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"doom",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"zap",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"throw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stampedes":{
|
|
"a large group of animals or people moving together in a quick and disordered way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"During the morning rush hour, the coffee shop gets hit with a stampede of customers."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stampeding":{
|
|
"to move together in a quick and disordered manner and usually in a large group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"At the sound of the lunch bell, all five hundred students in the building stampeded toward the cafeteria."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
"beelining",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"cracking (on)",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"highballing",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"poking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamps":{
|
|
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impresses",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"imprints",
|
|
"prints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"indentations",
|
|
"indents",
|
|
"indentures",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"virtually without exception Van Gogh's portraits bear the stamp of genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"fingerprints",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stamping around in oversized boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barges",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"galumphs",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"dodders",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"teeters",
|
|
"totters",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"wafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stamped the grass down in a circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"champs",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overrides",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"runs over",
|
|
"steps (on)",
|
|
"mashes",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"hoofs",
|
|
"kicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stance":{
|
|
"a general way of holding the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slightly aggressive stance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"station"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanchion":{
|
|
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stanchion of an arch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pier",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caryatid",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"flying buttress",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"obelisk",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"piling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand by":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere (to)",
|
|
"cling (to)",
|
|
"hew (to)",
|
|
"keep (to)",
|
|
"stick (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleave (to)",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"reconsider",
|
|
"renege",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"unsay",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disagree (with)",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disavow",
|
|
"disclaim",
|
|
"disown",
|
|
"gainsay",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"back off",
|
|
"backtrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defect (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our old standby in times of trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"dependence",
|
|
"dependance",
|
|
"mainstay",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"reliance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"sinew(s)",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"right hand",
|
|
"bolsterer",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"handmaiden",
|
|
"handmaid",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"refuge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standard-bearer":{
|
|
"as in manager , steward":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leadman",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"overseer",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"skipper",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"straw boss",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"jefe",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"taskmaster",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"commander",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"governor",
|
|
"hierarch",
|
|
"higher-up",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"czarina",
|
|
"tsarina",
|
|
"tzarina",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"top dog",
|
|
"top gun",
|
|
"cohead",
|
|
"coleader",
|
|
"employer",
|
|
"gaffer",
|
|
"ganger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standards":{
|
|
"the code of good conduct for an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a life guided by high standards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ethics",
|
|
"ethos",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"morals",
|
|
"norms",
|
|
"principles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"tenets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standpat":{
|
|
"tending to favor established ideas, conditions, or institutions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-minded",
|
|
"large-minded",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"nonconservative",
|
|
"nonconventional",
|
|
"nonorthodox",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"open-minded",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the standpat chefs were having none of this low-calorie stuff that the food police were pushing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anticonventional",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"antitraditional",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"ultraleft",
|
|
"ultraleftist",
|
|
"ultraprogressive",
|
|
"ultraradical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue",
|
|
"blimpish",
|
|
"neoconservative",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"ultraright",
|
|
"ultrarightist",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"fogyish",
|
|
"fogeyish",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"right-wing",
|
|
"antiliberal",
|
|
"antimodern",
|
|
"antiprogressive",
|
|
"antireform",
|
|
"antirevolutionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archconservative",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"button-down",
|
|
"buttoned-down",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"die-hard",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"mossbacked",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-line",
|
|
"old-school",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"paleoconservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"traditionalistic",
|
|
"ultraconservative",
|
|
"unprogressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starch":{
|
|
"active strength of body or mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a middle-aged woman who has retained the starch of youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"faintness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impotency",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"inanition",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animal spirits",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"snappiness",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"\u00e9lan",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"metal",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"might",
|
|
"muscle",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"brio",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"dynamism",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"esprit",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"get-up-and-go",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vinegar",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stare daggers":{
|
|
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"sulk",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"snigger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"scowl"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starkers":{
|
|
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"room service in one London hotel informs its employees to get used to the idea of walking in on guests who are starkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au naturel",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"mother-naked",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seminude",
|
|
"topless",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
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"tricked (out)",
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"vested",
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"decent"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"appareled",
|
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"apparelled",
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"attired",
|
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"clad",
|
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"clothed",
|
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"dressed",
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"garbed",
|
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"invested",
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"robed",
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"suited"
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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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"starlike":{
|
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"as in":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"starlit":{
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"as in sunlit , moonlit":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"moonlit",
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"moony",
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"sunlit",
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"floodlit",
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"floodlighted",
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"highlighted",
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"spotlighted",
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"spotlit",
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"glossy",
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"lustrous",
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"shiny",
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"ultrabright",
|
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"ablaze",
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"agleam",
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"aglitter",
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"alight",
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"beaming",
|
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"beamy",
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|
"effulgent",
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"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
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"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"starless",
|
|
"sunless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"started":{
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I started from my chair when I heard the sudden scream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"startled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"twitched",
|
|
"blenched",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"quailed",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"squinched",
|
|
"winced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"reacted",
|
|
"responded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started the impressionist movement in art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"refounded",
|
|
"reinitiated",
|
|
"reinstituted",
|
|
"relaunched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"phased out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to start the car on a frigid morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fight started when one child tripped the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frightened horses with starting eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"stood out",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"embarked (on or upon)",
|
|
"entered (into or upon)",
|
|
"fell (to)",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"led off",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"struck (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"got around (to)",
|
|
"got down (to)",
|
|
"got round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"phased out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"state-of-the-art":{
|
|
"being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a medical center that prides itself on being a leader in state-of-the-art microsurgery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"avant",
|
|
"avant-garde",
|
|
"cutting-edge",
|
|
"progressive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"trailblazing",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"antiestablishment",
|
|
"nontraditional",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"underground",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unfamiliar",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unprecedented",
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spent a boatload of money on a state-of-the-art home theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"space-age",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statics":{
|
|
"as in arguments , conflicts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"dissents",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"defiances",
|
|
"disobediences",
|
|
"rebellions",
|
|
"compunctions",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"misgivings",
|
|
"qualms",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"dubieties",
|
|
"dubitations",
|
|
"incertitudes",
|
|
"indeterminations",
|
|
"misdoubts",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"reservations",
|
|
"skepticism",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"uncertainties",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"demurrals",
|
|
"demurrers",
|
|
"demurs",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"exceptions",
|
|
"expostulations",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"stinks",
|
|
"reluctances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"compliances",
|
|
"obediences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"station":{
|
|
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers remained at their station even though a huge enemy force was approaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"quarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a regular stopping place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the historic house was once a station on the Underground Railroad, the network that helped slaves reach freedom in the North"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"way station"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depot",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"layover",
|
|
"stopover",
|
|
"outstation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in colonial America, women occupied the lowest station in society and were not allowed to take part in public life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"reach(es)",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a general way of holding the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the palace guards are required to maintain a rigid station"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"stance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"body language",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stationed guards around the perimeter of the encampment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"post"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statute":{
|
|
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new antilittering statute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"fiat",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"bylaw",
|
|
"ground rule",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"martial law",
|
|
"blue law",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"capitulary",
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"ordinance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staunches":{
|
|
"as in suppresses , represses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stave":{
|
|
"as in brace , stick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"ridgepole",
|
|
"sill",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"timber",
|
|
"wood",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cordwood",
|
|
"firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in birch , hickory":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birch",
|
|
"crabstick",
|
|
"hickory",
|
|
"rattan",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"blackjack",
|
|
"knobkerrie",
|
|
"mace",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"gavel",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"mallet",
|
|
"maul",
|
|
"sledgehammer",
|
|
"bastinado",
|
|
"bastinade",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"baton",
|
|
"billy",
|
|
"billy club",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"cane",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"cudgel",
|
|
"nightstick",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"shillelagh",
|
|
"shillalah",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"truncheon",
|
|
"waddy",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"crosier",
|
|
"crozier",
|
|
"walking stick",
|
|
"whangee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staved off":{
|
|
"to drive back":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to stave off the invaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"stood off",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat off",
|
|
"fended (off)",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"turned away",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"facilitated",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"negated",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"checkmated",
|
|
"deterred",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"fended (off)",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"forbade",
|
|
"forbad",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"compensated (for)",
|
|
"counteracted",
|
|
"counterbalanced",
|
|
"made up (for)",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"forestalled",
|
|
"headed off",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"prevented"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stay":{
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a free press is one of the principal stays of a democratic society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mother-in-law is coming for a brief stay next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"field trip",
|
|
"homestay",
|
|
"sleepover",
|
|
"layover",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stopover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sojourn",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must work without stay if we are ever to reach our goal of equal rights for everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stay the trial until this new evidence has been processed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"choke off",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"fetch up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pull up",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"await",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"outstay",
|
|
"overstay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"underlie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"undergird",
|
|
"underpin",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"stand by",
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"watch (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"await",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"reside"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"come over",
|
|
"drop by",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"step in",
|
|
"stop (by)",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"inhabit",
|
|
"occupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"sojourn",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stay clear of":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He adroitly changed the subject to stay clear of having to admit what he'd done."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"scape",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shuffle (out of)",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"weasel (out of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"parry",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"debar",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"rule out",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"outfox",
|
|
"outsmart",
|
|
"outwit",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"thwart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"incur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stainless":{
|
|
"free from dirt or stain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"nothing less than a perfectly stainless sheet of parchment would do for a diploma"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands by":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres (to)",
|
|
"clings (to)",
|
|
"hews (to)",
|
|
"keeps (to)",
|
|
"sticks (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleaves (to)",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abnegates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"reconsiders",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defects (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"star":{
|
|
"a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's difficult to see the stars at night in the middle of the city because of all the streetlights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"galaxy",
|
|
"binary star",
|
|
"brown dwarf",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"fixed star",
|
|
"gasser",
|
|
"giant star",
|
|
"lodestar",
|
|
"loadstar",
|
|
"neutron star",
|
|
"nova",
|
|
"pulsar",
|
|
"quasar",
|
|
"red dwarf",
|
|
"red giant",
|
|
"red star",
|
|
"subdwarf",
|
|
"supercluster",
|
|
"supergiant",
|
|
"supernova",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"variable star",
|
|
"white dwarf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the star of the school play came down with the flu on opening night, her understudy got to go on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"headliner",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"principal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"star turn",
|
|
"coprincipal",
|
|
"costar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"supernumerary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the public's endless fascination with stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"standout",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to the stars":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"star observations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astral",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"stellar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"intergalactic",
|
|
"interstellar",
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"astrophysical",
|
|
"astronautic",
|
|
"astronautical",
|
|
"starlike",
|
|
"star-spangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher's star pupil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astral",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"exalted",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"widely known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking for star actors to play the leads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-name",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"well-known"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"supereminent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"recognized",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"estimable",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"redoubtable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unpopular"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unfamous",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unsung"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"state aids":{
|
|
"as in reliefs , foreign aids":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foreign aids",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"block grants",
|
|
"grants-in-aid",
|
|
"set-asides",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"stipends",
|
|
"trust funds",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"allocations",
|
|
"allotments",
|
|
"annuities",
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"entitlements",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"subventions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"started (up)":{
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"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"I started from my chair when I heard the sudden scream"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"bolted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"startled"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"jerked",
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"jolted",
|
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"twitched",
|
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"blenched",
|
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"cringed",
|
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"flinched",
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"quailed",
|
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"recoiled",
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"shrank",
|
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"shrunk",
|
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"spooked",
|
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"squinched",
|
|
"winced",
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"leaped",
|
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"leapt",
|
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"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
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"reacted",
|
|
"responded"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"started the impressionist movement in art"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"began",
|
|
"constituted",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
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"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authored",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"systematized",
|
|
"systemized",
|
|
"refounded",
|
|
"reinitiated",
|
|
"reinstituted",
|
|
"relaunched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"phased out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to start the car on a frigid morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fight started when one child tripped the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frightened horses with starting eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"billowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"jutted",
|
|
"overhung",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pooched",
|
|
"pouched",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"protruded",
|
|
"stood out",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"swelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domed",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"stretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"embarked (on or upon)",
|
|
"entered (into or upon)",
|
|
"fell (to)",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"led off",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"struck (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"created",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"got around (to)",
|
|
"got down (to)",
|
|
"got round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"phased out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew from the start of the game that he would win easily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing board",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"infancy",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"windup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands on":{
|
|
"to place reliance or trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She plans to be standing on her own by this time next month."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"depends",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"relies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"trusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"suspects"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing off":{
|
|
"as in fighting , resisting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"beating off",
|
|
"fending (off)",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"staving off",
|
|
"turning away",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanches":{
|
|
"as in suppresses , represses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staggered":{
|
|
"as in overwhelmed , stunned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"puzzled",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astonished",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"awestruck",
|
|
"awestricken",
|
|
"dumbfounded",
|
|
"dumfounded",
|
|
"flabbergasted",
|
|
"marveling",
|
|
"marvelling",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"wondering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unimpressed",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"emotionless",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"jaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was so tired last night that I just staggered upstairs to bed without eating dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"doddered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"reeled",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"tottered",
|
|
"waddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"barged",
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"clomped",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"galumphed",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"tromped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a daunting problem that would make even the most decisive person stagger just a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"dithered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"hesitated",
|
|
"hung back",
|
|
"scrupled",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"teetered",
|
|
"vacillated",
|
|
"wavered",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawed",
|
|
"hemmed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"waffled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"continued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dived (in)",
|
|
"dove (in)",
|
|
"plunged (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stabling":{
|
|
"as in securing , shedding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standings":{
|
|
"the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tradition of long standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"durations",
|
|
"life spans",
|
|
"lifetimes",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"tenures",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"half-lifes",
|
|
"half-lives",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"longevities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my standing in the class at the time of graduation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"strata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stacks (up)":{
|
|
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"piles (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinates",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"ridges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalwart":{
|
|
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stalwart soldiers in the army of Alexander the Great, who willingly followed him to the ends of the known world"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"gutty",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"Spartan",
|
|
"undeterred",
|
|
"undismayed",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"poor-spirited",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"uncourageous",
|
|
"ungallant",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"weakhearted",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having muscles capable of exerting great physical force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stalwart yet lithe athlete"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forceful",
|
|
"forcible",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"powerful",
|
|
"puissant",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"masculine",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"unathletic",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stalwart walls of the castle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombproof",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"unbreakable",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"cohesive",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in supporter , activist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activist",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"crusader",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"red hot",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"demonstrator",
|
|
"marcher",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"picketer",
|
|
"protester",
|
|
"protestor",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"nonmilitant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stared":{
|
|
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gawked",
|
|
"gawped",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"goggled",
|
|
"peered",
|
|
"rubbernecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"gloated",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"leered",
|
|
"ogled",
|
|
"perused",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"outfaced",
|
|
"outstared",
|
|
"stared down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peeked",
|
|
"peeped",
|
|
"browsed",
|
|
"dipped (into)",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"winked (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stage-manage":{
|
|
"as in micromanage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"micromanage",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"codirect",
|
|
"comanage",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"pilot",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"administrate",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stare":{
|
|
"to look long and hard in wonder or surprise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gawp",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"goggle",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"rubberneck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gloat",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"fixate",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"outface",
|
|
"outstare",
|
|
"stare down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fixed intent look":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"scrutiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"contemplation",
|
|
"fixation",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examination",
|
|
"inspection",
|
|
"perusal",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"survey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"stime",
|
|
"oeillade",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"scan"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stakes":{
|
|
"a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if I invest in your business, I expect a stake in it in return"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"shares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"co-ownerships",
|
|
"ownerships",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"possessions",
|
|
"titles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the money or thing risked on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lost his entire stake with a single roll of the dice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collaterals",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"pots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide money for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor staked the entire production of the film with his own money"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrolls",
|
|
"capitalizes",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"underwrites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grubstakes",
|
|
"cofinances",
|
|
"refinances",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"sponsors",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"nourishes",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"defrays",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"refunds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defunds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'd stake a year's salary that she'll win the general election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"ventures",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standard-bearers":{
|
|
"as in managers , stewards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leadmen",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"overseers",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"straw bosses",
|
|
"superintendents",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"boss men",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"foremen",
|
|
"headmen",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"jefes",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"taskmasters",
|
|
"administrators",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"executives",
|
|
"generals",
|
|
"governors",
|
|
"hierarchs",
|
|
"higher-ups",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czarinas",
|
|
"tsarinas",
|
|
"tzarinas",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"top dogs",
|
|
"top guns",
|
|
"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
|
"coleaders",
|
|
"co-leaders",
|
|
"employers",
|
|
"gaffers",
|
|
"gangers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"secondaries",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starvation":{
|
|
"suffering or death caused by having nothing to eat or not enough to eat; the condition of someone who is starving":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The famine brought mass starvation .",
|
|
"Millions of people face starvation every day.",
|
|
"They died from starvation ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"malnutrition",
|
|
"undernourishment",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"famishment",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"munchies",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"voraciousness",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"sweet tooth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hunger strike",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"gourmandism",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"hoggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"repleteness",
|
|
"repletion",
|
|
"satiation",
|
|
"satiety",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"inappetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stare down":{
|
|
"as in outstare , outface":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outface",
|
|
"outstare",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"leer",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"fixate",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gloat",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"gawp",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"goggle",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"rubberneck",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peek",
|
|
"peep",
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"wink (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands up for":{
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She always stood up for her little sister on the playground."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarks",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"fences",
|
|
"fends",
|
|
"forfends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"wards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"prevents",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"pickets",
|
|
"walls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombards",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"caves",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You have to stand up for the rules or there will be chaos."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"upholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"pleads",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"underlines",
|
|
"underscores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stood up for the rights of those without a voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"sides (with)",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stagecoaches":{
|
|
"as in hansoms , phaetons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"buckboards",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"cabriolets",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"calashes",
|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
|
|
"caleches",
|
|
"caroches",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"chaises",
|
|
"chariots",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"curricles",
|
|
"diligences",
|
|
"dogcarts",
|
|
"droshkies",
|
|
"droskies",
|
|
"four-in-hands",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"go-carts",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hansoms",
|
|
"hansom cabs",
|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
|
"landaus",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"post chaises",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stanhopes",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanhope":{
|
|
"as in hackney , landau":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
"buckboard",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"cabriolet",
|
|
"calash",
|
|
"cal\u00e8che",
|
|
"caleche",
|
|
"caroche",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"chaise",
|
|
"chariot",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"curricle",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"dogcart",
|
|
"droshky",
|
|
"drosky",
|
|
"four-in-hand",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"go-cart",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hansom",
|
|
"hansom cab",
|
|
"jaunting car",
|
|
"landau",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"post chaise",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"troika",
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stacks":{
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"earned a stack of money for writing the screenplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stack of playing cards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"ricks",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"cairns",
|
|
"pyres",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stacked the split logs by the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"piles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staunchness":{
|
|
"as in loyalty , devotion":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"fervency",
|
|
"fervidness",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"chauvinism",
|
|
"nationalism",
|
|
"patriotism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"disaffection",
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"fickleness",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"perfidiousness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stating":{
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please state the vehicle's mechanical problem as clearly and briefly as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"paraphrasing",
|
|
"rephrasing",
|
|
"restating",
|
|
"rewording",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"translating",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"writing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I believe this theory is wrong,\" she stated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blurting",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"drawling",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"formulizing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"piping up (with)",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"ripping (out)",
|
|
"snarling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone has a right to state his or her opinion, no matter how unpopular it may be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"writing up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting across",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"startles":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lightning startled the children and sent them scurrying for cover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astonishes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dumbfounds",
|
|
"dumfounds",
|
|
"flabbergasts",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"stuns",
|
|
"stupefies",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"thunderstrikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddles",
|
|
"bewilders",
|
|
"blindsides",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"shakes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat startled when the door slammed shut with a bang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"quails",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"reacts",
|
|
"responds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loud noises always startle her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"scarifies",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"terrorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalls",
|
|
"appals",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"emasculates",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in surprises , astonishments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazements",
|
|
"astonishments",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"startlements",
|
|
"stupefactions",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"bewilderments",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"consternations",
|
|
"discomfitures",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"wonderments",
|
|
"wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staunch":{
|
|
"firm in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch believer in the democratic system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"down-the-line",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"sworn",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"serious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalemate":{
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new negotiator finally got both sides past the stalemate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"Mexican standoff",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"standstill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after playing chess for 16 hours, we ended the game in a stalemate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"horse race",
|
|
"toss-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanks":{
|
|
"a small often deep body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Scottish innkeeper advised swimming in the nearby stank only if the prospect of hypothermia seemed appealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"billabongs",
|
|
"meres",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"puddles",
|
|
"wells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"sinkholes",
|
|
"swimming pools",
|
|
"lakes",
|
|
"ponds",
|
|
"water holes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stays":{
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awaits",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"outstays",
|
|
"overstays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"books",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"buzzes (off)",
|
|
"clears off",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
|
"peels off",
|
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"pushes off",
|
|
"pushes on",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"vamooses",
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stay the trial until this new evidence has been processed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"fetches up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"pulls up",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"chokes off",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"goes along",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"wends",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awaits",
|
|
"bides",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"waits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"stands by",
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"expects",
|
|
"watches (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"sojourns",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"comes over",
|
|
"drops by",
|
|
"drops in",
|
|
"runs in",
|
|
"steps in",
|
|
"stops (by)",
|
|
"frequents",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"inhabits",
|
|
"occupies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"resides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"undergirds",
|
|
"underpins",
|
|
"upholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"steadies",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"underlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my mother-in-law is coming for a brief stay next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sojourns",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"field trips",
|
|
"homestays",
|
|
"sleepovers",
|
|
"layovers",
|
|
"stopovers",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we must work without stay if we are ever to reach our goal of equal rights for everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrestments",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"closedowns",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"cutoffs",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"discontinuations",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"offsets",
|
|
"shutdowns",
|
|
"shutoffs",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"surceases",
|
|
"terminations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mop-ups",
|
|
"phaseouts",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"letups",
|
|
"moratoriums",
|
|
"moratoria",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"suspensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"persistences",
|
|
"prolongations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuances",
|
|
"continuations"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a free press is one of the principal stays of a democratic society"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"frames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starved":{
|
|
"feeling a desire or need for food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after that long soccer practice, the children were really starved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"famished",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"peckish",
|
|
"starving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wolfish",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"piggy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engorged",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"overfed",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"surfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"full",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand on":{
|
|
"to place reliance or trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She plans to be standing on her own by this time next month."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"depend",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"rely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"trust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"suspect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stammer":{
|
|
"to speak with many pauses and repetitions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stammers when he's nervous."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stutter",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"tittle-tattle",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"shriek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stave off":{
|
|
"to drive back":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to stave off the invaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat off",
|
|
"fend (off)",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"turn away",
|
|
"turn back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"stand off",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"forestall",
|
|
"head off",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"prevent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipate",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"negate",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"checkmate",
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"fend (off)",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"compensate (for)",
|
|
"counteract",
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"make up (for)",
|
|
"offset"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facilitate",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staging area":{
|
|
"as in staging ground":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"staging ground",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"bridgehead",
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"beachhead",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"airbase",
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"stronghold",
|
|
"battlefront",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"toehold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stapled":{
|
|
"as in tied , stuck":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adhered",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"cinched",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clenched",
|
|
"clinched",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"harnessed",
|
|
"hasped",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"latched",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pinned",
|
|
"plastered",
|
|
"riveted",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"strapped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"tacked",
|
|
"tackled",
|
|
"tied",
|
|
"toggled",
|
|
"yoked",
|
|
"affixed",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"coapted",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united",
|
|
"reaffixed",
|
|
"reattached",
|
|
"refastened",
|
|
"refixed",
|
|
"resecured",
|
|
"battened",
|
|
"belayed",
|
|
"buttoned",
|
|
"did up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unhooked",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unfixed",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"untied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stars (in)":{
|
|
"as in does , acts out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"poses (as)",
|
|
"acts out",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"role-plays",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"dramatizes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"coacts",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"overacts",
|
|
"overplays",
|
|
"underplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standpatter":{
|
|
"as in square , stuffed shirt":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"stuffed shirt",
|
|
"traditionalist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roader",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"conformer",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conventionalist",
|
|
"follower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bohemian",
|
|
"boho",
|
|
"counterculturist",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"enfant terrible",
|
|
"free spirit",
|
|
"heretic",
|
|
"iconoclast",
|
|
"individualist",
|
|
"loner",
|
|
"lone ranger",
|
|
"lone wolf",
|
|
"maverick",
|
|
"nonconformer",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"freethinker",
|
|
"renegade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing by":{
|
|
"to give steadfast support to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering (to)",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"hewing (to)",
|
|
"keeping (to)",
|
|
"sticking (to or with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaving (to)",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"reconsidering",
|
|
"reneging",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"unsaying",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"disowning",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backing off",
|
|
"backtracking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defecting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanhopes":{
|
|
"as in hackneys , landaus":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"buckboards",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"cabriolets",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"calashes",
|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
|
|
"caleches",
|
|
"caroches",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"chaises",
|
|
"chariots",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"curricles",
|
|
"diligences",
|
|
"dogcarts",
|
|
"droshkies",
|
|
"droskies",
|
|
"four-in-hands",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"go-carts",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hansoms",
|
|
"hansom cabs",
|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
|
"landaus",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"post chaises",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stagecoaches",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"star-spangled":{
|
|
"as in starlike":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"starlike",
|
|
"astronautic",
|
|
"astronautical",
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"astrophysical",
|
|
"intergalactic",
|
|
"interstellar",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"astral",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"starry",
|
|
"stellar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stage":{
|
|
"a level usually raised surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoke to the audience from a small stage in front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dais",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"podium",
|
|
"rostrum",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"tribune"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altar",
|
|
"bimah",
|
|
"bima",
|
|
"footpace",
|
|
"pulpit",
|
|
"riser",
|
|
"scaffold",
|
|
"balcony",
|
|
"gallery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a portion of a trip":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this is only the first stage of the journey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"leg"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"layover",
|
|
"stopover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the last stage of the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chapter",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"step"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"increment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the public performance of plays":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drawn to the stage as a career"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drama",
|
|
"dramatics",
|
|
"theater",
|
|
"theatre",
|
|
"theatricals",
|
|
"theatrics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"footlights",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"distraction",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"pageantry",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"spectacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalked":{
|
|
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lions stalking gazelles on the plains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"hunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"ferreted",
|
|
"hawked",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"spoored",
|
|
"tracked",
|
|
"trailed",
|
|
"gunned (for)",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"poached",
|
|
"culled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the irate customer stalked off in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"sashayed",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"swaggered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tiptoed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"promenaded",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"paced",
|
|
"strode",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamps (out)":{
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"working to stamp out racism in this country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"effaces",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"erases",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"obliterates",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"snuffs (out)",
|
|
"sweeps (away)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"ravages",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"dynamites",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"atomizes",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"powders",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"kills off",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"zaps",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing":{
|
|
"high position within society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man of standing in his community"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"class",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"highness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primacy",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"caste",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"preferment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"baseness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"lowness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tradition of long standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"duration",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"life span",
|
|
"lifetime",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"tenure",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"half-life",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"longevity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my standing in the class at the time of graduation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degree",
|
|
"echelon",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"reach(es)",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"stratum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"walk",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"fixed in a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought the house and all standing appliances and fixtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"static",
|
|
"stationary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"unmovable",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"stagnant",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"unbudging",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"modular",
|
|
"displaceable",
|
|
"portable",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"nonstationary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rising straight up":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all standing timbers are in sound condition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"perpendicular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stand-up",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"vertical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"semierect",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"stand-alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"recumbent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy a place or location":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"sitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"awaiting",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"stationing",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"residing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't know how you can stand that job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"sweating out",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"wearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"reconciling (to)",
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"agreeing (with or to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"respecting",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"refraining (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anteing (up)",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"ponying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"springing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"grading",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seeding",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"categorizing",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"classing",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"compartmentalizing",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"sorting",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starts":{
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I started from my chair when I heard the sudden scream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"startles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"quails",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"reacts",
|
|
"responds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started the impressionist movement in art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"refounds",
|
|
"reinitiates",
|
|
"reinstitutes",
|
|
"relaunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"phases out",
|
|
"shuts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to start the car on a frigid morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicks over",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"kick-starts",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fight started when one child tripped the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"sets in",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes on",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"shapes (up)",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frightened horses with starting eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"pouches",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"protrudes",
|
|
"stands out",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"embarks (on or upon)",
|
|
"enters (into or upon)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"leads off",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"strikes (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"gets around (to)",
|
|
"gets down (to)",
|
|
"gets round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"phases out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew from the start of the game that he would win easily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing boards",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"d\u00e9buts",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"windups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"star turn":{
|
|
"as in star , leading man":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headliner",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"coprincipal",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"ingenue",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nue",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"superstar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"supernumerary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stabilized":{
|
|
"as in stable , steady":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"equilibrated",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"tippy",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wavery",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly",
|
|
"wonky",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"precarious",
|
|
"unsound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in plateaued":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plateaued"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"fluctuated",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"shifted",
|
|
"snapped",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"morphed",
|
|
"transmuted",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fixed , set":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"froze",
|
|
"set"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"changed",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"metamorphosed",
|
|
"mutated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"revolutionized",
|
|
"transfigured",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"transmuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stapling":{
|
|
"as in tying , sticking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adhering",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clenching",
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gluing",
|
|
"glueing",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"harnessing",
|
|
"hasping",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"latching",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pinning",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"tackling",
|
|
"toggling",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"yoking",
|
|
"affixing",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"coapting",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"reaffixing",
|
|
"reattaching",
|
|
"refastening",
|
|
"refixing",
|
|
"resecuring",
|
|
"battening",
|
|
"belaying",
|
|
"buttoning",
|
|
"doing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unhooking",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unfixing",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"star (in)":{
|
|
"as in do , act out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pose (as)",
|
|
"act out",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"role-play",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"coact",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"overact",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"underplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stayed":{
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"outstayed",
|
|
"overstayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"booked",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stay the trial until this new evidence has been processed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awaited",
|
|
"bode",
|
|
"bided",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"waited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hung around",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"stuck around",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"stood by",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"watched (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"sojourned",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"came over",
|
|
"dropped by",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"stepped in",
|
|
"stopped (by)",
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"inhabited",
|
|
"occupied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"resided"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"propped (up)",
|
|
"shored (up)",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"undergirded",
|
|
"underpinned",
|
|
"upheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"steadied",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"underlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stack up (against":{
|
|
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"compare (with)",
|
|
"measure up (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"come (to)",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"mirror",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"border (on)",
|
|
"touch (on)",
|
|
"verge (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalwarts":{
|
|
"as in supporters , activists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activists",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"crusaders",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"militants",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"red hots",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"demonstrators",
|
|
"marchers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"picketers",
|
|
"protesters",
|
|
"protestors",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"idealists",
|
|
"visionaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"nonmilitants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing up to":{
|
|
"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He found peace after standing up to his greatest fears."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"brazening",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"outbraving",
|
|
"outfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facing up (to)",
|
|
"fronting",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"encountering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"accosting",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contending (with)",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"squaring (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"funking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"sidestepping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stagey":{
|
|
"given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage acting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a motivational speaker whose stagy presentations motivate some listeners to head for the nearest exit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"staged",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"mannered",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nondramatic",
|
|
"nontheatrical",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having the general quality or effect of a stage performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the president's and the prime minister's public display of mutual admiration was a little too stagy to be convincing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"dramaturgic",
|
|
"dramaturgical",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"overdramatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"unexceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stabbing":{
|
|
"as in scratching , jabbing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"scratching",
|
|
"clawlike",
|
|
"daggerlike",
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"honed",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stropped",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"whetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"blunted",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"slick"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"impaling",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lancing",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pinking",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"transfixing",
|
|
"transpiercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"bayoneting",
|
|
"bayonetting",
|
|
"dirking",
|
|
"gimleting",
|
|
"piking",
|
|
"poniarding",
|
|
"pronging",
|
|
"quilling",
|
|
"pinpricking",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"knifing",
|
|
"slicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staffs":{
|
|
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're working with a short staff at the office today"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"labor forces",
|
|
"manpowers",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"workforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rank and files",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried a staff for self-defense when walking alone at night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staying":{
|
|
"as in permanent , stable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"imperishable",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"flinty",
|
|
"leathery",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"cast-iron",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-bitten",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"muscular",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"lusty",
|
|
"red-blooded",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"annealed",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"tempered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"nonhardy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"resistless",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"susceptible",
|
|
"unresistant",
|
|
"vulnerable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"perishable",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awaiting",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"outstaying",
|
|
"overstaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"booking",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"vacating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
|
"clearing off",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
|
"peeling off",
|
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"pushing off",
|
|
"pushing on",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"vamoosing",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stay the trial until this new evidence has been processed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"fetching up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"pulling up",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"choking off",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"going along",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll stay for a while longer and see if anyone shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awaiting",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"waiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging around",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"sticking around",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"standing by",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"watching (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's stay at a quaint inn rather than at some generic motel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"sojourning",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"coming over",
|
|
"dropping by",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"stepping in",
|
|
"stopping (by)",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"inhabiting",
|
|
"occupying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"residing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beams being used to stay the bridge while it is undergoing repairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"shoring (up)",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"undergirding",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"upholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"steadying",
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"underlying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamped (out)":{
|
|
"as in dead , snuffed (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"suffocated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"afire",
|
|
"aflame",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"conflagrant",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"aglow",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"sizzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to destroy all traces of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"working to stamp out racism in this country"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blacked out",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cleaned (up)",
|
|
"effaced",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"erased",
|
|
"expunged",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"swept (away)",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"atomized",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"powdered",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"killed off",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"zapped",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"threw out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fashioned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staunching":{
|
|
"as in suppressing , repressing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking off",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"fetching up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"pulling up",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"going along",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing committees":{
|
|
"as in subcommittees , steering committees":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"steering committees",
|
|
"subcommittees",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"panels",
|
|
"delegations",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"synods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stadium":{
|
|
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the football game will be held at the new stadium , which seats 100,000 people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"circus",
|
|
"coliseum",
|
|
"colosseum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballpark",
|
|
"park",
|
|
"gym",
|
|
"gymnasium",
|
|
"spa",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"hippodrome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stage manager":{
|
|
"as in producer , impresario":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impresario",
|
|
"producer",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"regisseur",
|
|
"stage director",
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"directress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stay-at-homes":{
|
|
"as in homemakers , housewives":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hausfraus",
|
|
"homemakers",
|
|
"househusbands",
|
|
"housekeepers",
|
|
"housewives",
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"spouses",
|
|
"wives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stab in the back":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her best friend stabbed her in the back and they never spoke to each other again."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"inform (on)",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"snitch (on)",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"tell (on)",
|
|
"turn in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stand by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanching":{
|
|
"as in suppressing , repressing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choking off",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"fetching up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"pulling up",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"going along",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standpipe":{
|
|
"as in drain , hydrant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"drainpipe",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"hydrant",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"smokestack",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"stovepipe",
|
|
"tile",
|
|
"waste pipe",
|
|
"waterspout",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"penstock",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"tube",
|
|
"pipage",
|
|
"pipeage",
|
|
"pipeline",
|
|
"piping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starlet":{
|
|
"as in actress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actress",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"thesp",
|
|
"thespian",
|
|
"trouper",
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"enactor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"coactor",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"spear-carrier",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"walk-on",
|
|
"monologuist",
|
|
"monologist",
|
|
"prima donna",
|
|
"scene-stealer",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"understudy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stationed":{
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stationed guards around the perimeter of the encampment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"posted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"positioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand (up)":{
|
|
"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real stand-up guy, he's willing to raise the child\u2014by himself if necessary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unimpeachable",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"menschy",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blackguardly",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"rascally",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"venal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rising straight up":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a puppy with stand-up ears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"perpendicular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"vertical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"semierect",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"stand-alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"recumbent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"get through",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"go through",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in improv":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improv",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"high comedy",
|
|
"low comedy",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"slapstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statements":{
|
|
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received a statement from the plumber in the mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"invoices",
|
|
"tabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"reckonings",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"ledgers",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"fees",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a careful statement of the legal case before the court"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulations",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"formulations",
|
|
"phrasings",
|
|
"utterances",
|
|
"verbalisms",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"wordings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlets",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"observations",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"thoughts",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"tongues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is said":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her statement was met with considerable skepticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"utterances",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communications",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"announcements",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"manifestos",
|
|
"manifestoes",
|
|
"proclamations",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"verbalizations",
|
|
"vocalizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands out":{
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the relief figures stand out from the wall quite strikingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"pouches",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"protrudes",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staggery":{
|
|
"as in rocky , unstable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wavery",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsating",
|
|
"throbbing",
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"aquiver",
|
|
"atremble",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quavery",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"shuddery",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"trembly",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stardom":{
|
|
"the state of being a very famous performer":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress who has achieved movie stardom",
|
|
"When he went to Hollywood he had dreams of stardom .",
|
|
"the path to stardom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"megastardom",
|
|
"popularity",
|
|
"superstardom",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"fame",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"renown",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reputability",
|
|
"reputation",
|
|
"repute",
|
|
"cachet",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"prestige",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stature",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"illustriousness",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"visibility",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"acknowledgment",
|
|
"acknowledgement",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"recognition",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"idolization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"disrepute",
|
|
"ignominy",
|
|
"odium",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"inconspicuousness",
|
|
"invisibility",
|
|
"unpopularity",
|
|
"anonymity",
|
|
"oblivion",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stabilization":{
|
|
"as in fixation":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fixation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alteration",
|
|
"change",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"modification",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"revision",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"variation",
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"correction",
|
|
"rectification",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"conversion",
|
|
"deformation",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"metamorphosis",
|
|
"mutation",
|
|
"transfiguration",
|
|
"transformation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stars":{
|
|
"a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's difficult to see the stars at night in the middle of the city because of all the streetlights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"suns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"galaxies",
|
|
"binary stars",
|
|
"brown dwarfs",
|
|
"brown dwarves",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"fixed stars",
|
|
"gassers",
|
|
"giant stars",
|
|
"lodestars",
|
|
"loadstars",
|
|
"neutron stars",
|
|
"novas",
|
|
"novae",
|
|
"pulsars",
|
|
"quasars",
|
|
"red dwarfs",
|
|
"red giants",
|
|
"red stars",
|
|
"subdwarfs",
|
|
"superclusters",
|
|
"supergiants",
|
|
"supernovas",
|
|
"supernovae",
|
|
"variables",
|
|
"variable stars",
|
|
"white dwarfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person who has the most important role in a play, movie, or TV show":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when the star of the school play came down with the flu on opening night, her understudy got to go on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"headliners",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"principals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"star turns",
|
|
"coprincipals",
|
|
"co-principals",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the public's endless fascination with stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heartthrobs",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"dignitaries",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"immortals",
|
|
"monuments",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"worthies",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"panjandrums",
|
|
"panjandra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statutes":{
|
|
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new antilittering statute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"ordinances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"fiats",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"bylaws",
|
|
"ground rules",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"blue laws",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"capitularies",
|
|
"encyclicals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalag":{
|
|
"as in gulag , concentration camp":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concentration camp",
|
|
"gulag",
|
|
"labor camp",
|
|
"prison camp",
|
|
"work camp",
|
|
"bastille",
|
|
"big house",
|
|
"bridewell",
|
|
"brig",
|
|
"calaboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"clink",
|
|
"cooler",
|
|
"coop",
|
|
"guardroom",
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hoosegow",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"jailhouse",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"jug",
|
|
"lockup",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pen",
|
|
"penitentiary",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"prison",
|
|
"quod",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slammer",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"stockade",
|
|
"tolbooth",
|
|
"bull pen",
|
|
"cage",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"ward",
|
|
"glasshouse",
|
|
"guardhouse",
|
|
"hulk(s)",
|
|
"dungeon",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"oubliette",
|
|
"reformatory",
|
|
"reform school",
|
|
"training school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"state's evidence":{
|
|
"as in evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"collaborationist",
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"crony",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"abettor",
|
|
"abetter",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accomplice",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"conspirator",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"racketeer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamping grounds":{
|
|
"a place for spending time or for socializing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if she isn't at home, you can usually find her at the local library, her favorite stamping ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hangouts",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"purlieus",
|
|
"rendezvous",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"stomping grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"canteens",
|
|
"clubhouses",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"country clubs",
|
|
"key clubs",
|
|
"service clubs",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"sanctuaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stacked up (against or with)":{
|
|
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"approximated",
|
|
"compared (with)",
|
|
"measured up (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"came (to)",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"equaled",
|
|
"equalled",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"mirrored",
|
|
"paralleled",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"bordered (on)",
|
|
"touched (on)",
|
|
"verged (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"stallions":{
|
|
"an adult male horse and especially one that is used for breeding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colts",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"foals",
|
|
"geldings",
|
|
"mares",
|
|
"equines",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"steeds",
|
|
"equids",
|
|
"broncos",
|
|
"bronchos",
|
|
"mustangs",
|
|
"ponies",
|
|
"chargers",
|
|
"coursers",
|
|
"cow ponies",
|
|
"cutting horses",
|
|
"gallopers",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"packhorses",
|
|
"prancers",
|
|
"quarter horses",
|
|
"racehorses",
|
|
"saddle horses",
|
|
"trotters",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"blacks",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"chestnuts",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"palominos",
|
|
"pintos",
|
|
"pintoes",
|
|
"roans",
|
|
"skewbalds",
|
|
"sorrels",
|
|
"cobs",
|
|
"dobbins",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"skates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"status quo":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being the way things usually are":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"normalcy",
|
|
"normality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"prevalence",
|
|
"conventionality",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"orderliness",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"uncommonness",
|
|
"unusualness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"disruptiveness",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"exceptionalness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"remarkableness",
|
|
"unconventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abnormality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand up to":{
|
|
"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He found peace after standing up to his greatest fears."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave",
|
|
"outface"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"face up (to)",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"encounter",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"accost",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"square (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"shake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"funk",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"sidestep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standpipes":{
|
|
"as in drains , hydrants":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"smokestacks",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"stovepipes",
|
|
"tiles",
|
|
"waste pipes",
|
|
"waterspouts",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"leaders",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"penstocks",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"tubes",
|
|
"pipages",
|
|
"pipeages",
|
|
"pipelines",
|
|
"pipings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starchy":{
|
|
"marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and details":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a starchy and demanding teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonious",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"stately",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"red-carpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"unceremonious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing in":{
|
|
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"filling in",
|
|
"pinch-hitting",
|
|
"stepping in",
|
|
"subbing",
|
|
"substituting",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"understudying",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"spelling",
|
|
"doubling (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staining":{
|
|
"as in discoloration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"messiness",
|
|
"mussiness",
|
|
"sloppiness",
|
|
"untidiness",
|
|
"insanitation",
|
|
"squalor",
|
|
"muddiness",
|
|
"sootiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"spotlessness",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmearing",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"smutting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tarring",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
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"glorifying",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give color or a different color to":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"stained the table to look like cherry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bepainting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"painting",
|
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"pigmenting",
|
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"tincturing",
|
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"tingeing",
|
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"tinging",
|
|
"tinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"embrowning",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"checkering",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
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"polychroming",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striating",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"variegating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"bleaching",
|
|
"whitening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decolorizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oil stained his work pants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"bemiring",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"distaining",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"gauming",
|
|
"griming",
|
|
"miring",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"draggling",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"collying",
|
|
"crocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stammering":{
|
|
"as in stuttering , mumbling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"ineloquent",
|
|
"unvocal",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"tongueless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"silver-tongued",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"verbal",
|
|
"vocal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak with many pauses and repetitions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stammers when he's nervous."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blathering",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"blithering",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"tittle-tattling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"chuntering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"shrieking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"pronouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standout":{
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the relief figures stand out from the wall quite strikingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several standouts from showbiz were at the gala"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
|
|
"cause celebre",
|
|
"celeb",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"icon",
|
|
"ikon",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminary",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"notoriety",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"somebody",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"heartthrob",
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"demigod",
|
|
"dignitary",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"immortal",
|
|
"monument",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"panjandrum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"has-been"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"noncelebrity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something very good of its kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his debut novel was a standout in an otherwise lackluster year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaut",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"bee's knees",
|
|
"cat's meow",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"daisy",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"dilly",
|
|
"doozy",
|
|
"doozie",
|
|
"doozer",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"hot stuff",
|
|
"humdinger",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"lollapalooza",
|
|
"lulu",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"peach",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"pippin",
|
|
"ripper",
|
|
"ripsnorter",
|
|
"snorter",
|
|
"sockdolager",
|
|
"sockdologer",
|
|
"sweetheart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"crown jewel",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"letdown",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalker":{
|
|
"as in spy , snake":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lurker",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"skulker",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"weasel",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stares down":{
|
|
"as in outstares , outfaces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outfaces",
|
|
"outstares",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"leers",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"fixates",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"gloats",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"gawps",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"goggles",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"rubbernecks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peeks",
|
|
"peeps",
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips (into)",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"winks (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stagger":{
|
|
"to move forward while swaying from side to side":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was so tired last night that I just staggered upstairs to bed without eating dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"clomp",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a daunting problem that would make even the most decisive person stagger just a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hang back",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"vacillate",
|
|
"waver",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haw",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"oscillate",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"equivocate",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"waffle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"continue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dive (in)",
|
|
"plunge (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Stalinist":{
|
|
"as in Bolshevik , Leninist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bolshevik",
|
|
"Leninist",
|
|
"Leninite",
|
|
"Maoist",
|
|
"Marxist",
|
|
"Trotskyist",
|
|
"Trotskyite",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"pinko",
|
|
"social democrat",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"commie",
|
|
"communist",
|
|
"comrade",
|
|
"Red",
|
|
"socialist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standardizing":{
|
|
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plan is to standardize the test for reading comprehension so that we can see how students across the state compare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"homogenizing",
|
|
"normalizing",
|
|
"regularizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"methodizing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
"averaging",
|
|
"equalizing",
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"certifying",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"reconciling",
|
|
"synthesizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"individualizing",
|
|
"tailoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stage-managing":{
|
|
"as in micromanaging":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"micromanaging",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"codirecting",
|
|
"co-directing",
|
|
"comanaging",
|
|
"co-managing",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"piloting",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"administrating",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"stewarding",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand-up":{
|
|
"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real stand-up guy, he's willing to raise the child\u2014by himself if necessary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unimpeachable",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"menschy",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blackguardly",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"rascally",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"venal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rising straight up":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a puppy with stand-up ears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"perpendicular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"vertical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"semierect",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"stand-alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"recumbent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"get through",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"go through",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in improv":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improv",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"high comedy",
|
|
"low comedy",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"slapstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starts (up)":{
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I started from my chair when I heard the sudden scream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"startles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"quails",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"reacts",
|
|
"responds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started the impressionist movement in art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"constitutes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sets up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"constructs",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"subsidizes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"systematizes",
|
|
"systemizes",
|
|
"refounds",
|
|
"reinitiates",
|
|
"reinstitutes",
|
|
"relaunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"phases out",
|
|
"shuts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to start the car on a frigid morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicks over",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"kick-starts",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fight started when one child tripped the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"sets in",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes on",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"shapes (up)",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frightened horses with starting eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"billows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"juts",
|
|
"overhangs",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pooches",
|
|
"pouches",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"protrudes",
|
|
"stands out",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"shrinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"embarks (on or upon)",
|
|
"enters (into or upon)",
|
|
"falls (to)",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"leads off",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"strikes (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creates",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"inaugurates",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"innovates",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founds",
|
|
"institutes",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"gets around (to)",
|
|
"gets down (to)",
|
|
"gets round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"phases out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew from the start of the game that he would win easily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alphas",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"thresholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing boards",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inaugurations",
|
|
"initiations",
|
|
"institutions",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"germs",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"advents",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"arrivals",
|
|
"debuts",
|
|
"d\u00e9buts",
|
|
"emergences",
|
|
"childhoods",
|
|
"infancies",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessations",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"closures",
|
|
"completions",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminations",
|
|
"windups"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"omegas"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stag":{
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stash of stag flicks that were hidden in the basement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in soiree , shower":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bake",
|
|
"clambake",
|
|
"cocktail party",
|
|
"hen party",
|
|
"house party",
|
|
"housewarming",
|
|
"icebreaker",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsch",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"klatch",
|
|
"klatsch",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"meet and greet",
|
|
"mixer",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"soiree",
|
|
"soir\u00e9e",
|
|
"supper",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"tea",
|
|
"tea party",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"fete",
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"reception",
|
|
"shindig",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"fund-raiser",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"prom",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"gala",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"bacchanal",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"saturnalia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"startlement":{
|
|
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the look of startlement in her eyes when she found herself at the wedding seated next to her ex-boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazement",
|
|
"astonishment",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"stupefaction",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"wonderment",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"dismay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"station wagons":{
|
|
"as in wagons , sports cars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convertibles",
|
|
"fastbacks",
|
|
"hardtops",
|
|
"hatchbacks",
|
|
"notchbacks",
|
|
"ragtops",
|
|
"sports cars",
|
|
"sport-utility vehicles",
|
|
"SUVs",
|
|
"town cars",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"woodies",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"jitneys",
|
|
"microbuses",
|
|
"microbusses",
|
|
"minibuses",
|
|
"minibusses",
|
|
"minivans",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"vans",
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"intermediates",
|
|
"limousines",
|
|
"minicars",
|
|
"minis",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"subcompacts",
|
|
"V-8s",
|
|
"automobiles",
|
|
"autos",
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cars",
|
|
"horseless carriages",
|
|
"machines",
|
|
"motorcars",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"motor vehicles",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"gas-guzzlers",
|
|
"land yachts",
|
|
"muscle cars",
|
|
"stock cars",
|
|
"turbocars",
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"crates",
|
|
"flivvers",
|
|
"jalopies",
|
|
"junkers",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"tin lizzies",
|
|
"touring cars",
|
|
"hybrids"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statutory":{
|
|
"as in regulation , de jure":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"de jure",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"constitutional",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"justifiable",
|
|
"warrantable",
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"noncriminal",
|
|
"permissible",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legit",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"licit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"lawless",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"guilty",
|
|
"impermissible",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"under-the-counter",
|
|
"under-the-table",
|
|
"nonconstitutional",
|
|
"unconstitutional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"startle":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lightning startled the children and sent them scurrying for cover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"thunderstrike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"blindside",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"shake up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat startled when the door slammed shut with a bang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"react",
|
|
"respond"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loud noises always startle her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affright",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"scarify",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"terrify",
|
|
"terrorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"emasculate",
|
|
"psych (out)",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"unstring",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in surprise , astonishment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazement",
|
|
"astonishment",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startlement",
|
|
"stupefaction",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"bewilderment",
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
"consternation",
|
|
"discomfiture",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"wonderment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stacking up (against or with)":{
|
|
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"approximating",
|
|
"comparing (with)",
|
|
"measuring up (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adding up (to)",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"coming (to)",
|
|
"duplicating",
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"mirroring",
|
|
"paralleling",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"bordering (on)",
|
|
"touching (on)",
|
|
"verging (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"stabs in the back":{
|
|
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her best friend stabbed her in the back and they never spoke to each other again."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"informs (on)",
|
|
"peaches",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"shops",
|
|
"snitches (on)",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"tells (on)",
|
|
"turns in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defends",
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"safeguards",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"shields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stands by"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stashed":{
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stashed the extra antifreeze in the trunk of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cached",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid away",
|
|
"laid by",
|
|
"laid in",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"put by",
|
|
"salted away",
|
|
"squirreled (away)",
|
|
"squirrelled (away)",
|
|
"stockpiled",
|
|
"stored",
|
|
"stowed",
|
|
"treasured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rounded up",
|
|
"scraped (together)",
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"husbanded",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"coffered",
|
|
"deposited",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"set by",
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"ensconced",
|
|
"secreted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unloaded",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stayed clear of":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He adroitly changed the subject to stay clear of having to admit what he'd done."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"finessed",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"scaped",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuffled (out of)",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"weaseled (out of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"parried",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"outfoxed",
|
|
"outsmarted",
|
|
"outwitted",
|
|
"overreached",
|
|
"thwarted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"incurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"state aid":{
|
|
"as in relief , foreign aid":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foreign aid",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"block grant",
|
|
"grant-in-aid",
|
|
"set-aside",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"legacy",
|
|
"stipend",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"trust fund",
|
|
"allocation",
|
|
"allotment",
|
|
"annuity",
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"entitlement",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"subvention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stack (up)":{
|
|
"to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those newspapers have been stacking up in the basement since we moved here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrete",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"pile (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"ridge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stashing":{
|
|
"the placing of something out of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stashing of the title to the house in a strongbox that wasn't fireproof was foolish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"secretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burial",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"entombment",
|
|
"interment",
|
|
"interring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disinterment",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stashed the extra antifreeze in the trunk of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying away",
|
|
"laying by",
|
|
"laying in",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"putting by",
|
|
"salting away",
|
|
"squirreling (away)",
|
|
"squirrelling (away)",
|
|
"stockpiling",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"stowing",
|
|
"treasuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rounding up",
|
|
"scraping (together)",
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"coffering",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by",
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"using up",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staying power":{
|
|
"the quality or trait that allows someone or something to continue to be effective, successful, popular, etc., for a long period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long-distance runner with a lot of staying power",
|
|
"a song with staying power",
|
|
"Her staying power as a pop icon is remarkable."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"might",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capableness",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"instinct",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"paralysis",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"defectiveness",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapableness",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statement":{
|
|
"a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received a statement from the plumber in the mail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"account",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"invoice",
|
|
"tab"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"receipt",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"ledger",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"price",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a careful statement of the legal case before the court"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulation",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"formulation",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is said":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her statement was met with considerable skepticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"message",
|
|
"announcement",
|
|
"declamation",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"manifesto",
|
|
"proclamation",
|
|
"pronouncement",
|
|
"verbalization",
|
|
"vocalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"startling":{
|
|
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the startling news that my sister will be having a baby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"blindsiding",
|
|
"dumbfounding",
|
|
"dumfounding",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"flabbergasting",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"jaw-dropping",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupefying",
|
|
"surprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unannounced",
|
|
"unanticipated",
|
|
"unexpected",
|
|
"unforeseen",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"heart-stopping",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsurprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lightning startled the children and sent them scurrying for cover"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
|
"dumbfounding",
|
|
"dumfounding",
|
|
"flabbergasting",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupefying",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"thunderstriking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"befuddling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"blindsiding",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"shaking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat startled when the door slammed shut with a bang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"quailing",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"squinching",
|
|
"wincing",
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"reacting",
|
|
"responding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"loud noises always startle her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frighting",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"panicking",
|
|
"scarifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"terrorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awing",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unstringing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"steeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamp":{
|
|
"a perceptible trace left by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impress",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"imprint",
|
|
"print"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"indent",
|
|
"indentation",
|
|
"indenture",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"virtually without exception Van Gogh's portraits bear the stamp of genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"attribution",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"diagnostic",
|
|
"differentia",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"fingerprint",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trait"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stamping around in oversized boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"flog",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"galumph",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trudge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"dodder",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"teeter",
|
|
"totter",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"wobble",
|
|
"wabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"waft"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stamped the grass down in a circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"champ",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"tromp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"override",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"run over",
|
|
"step (on)",
|
|
"mash",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"boot",
|
|
"hoof",
|
|
"kick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standstills":{
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"battled each other to a standstill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"Mexican standoffs",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standoffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead ends",
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"problems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stage a comeback":{
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The injury looked gnarly, but she made a quick comeback and was able to finish out the season."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce (back)",
|
|
"come back",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"snap back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"worsen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statuettes":{
|
|
"a small statue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won a gold-plated statuette as the prize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"figurines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dollies",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"hand puppets",
|
|
"marionettes",
|
|
"puppets",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"carvings",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"sculptures",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"manikins",
|
|
"mannikins",
|
|
"mannequins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"colossi"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stately":{
|
|
"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the governor watched with stately aloofness as his wife charmed the party guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distingu\u00e9",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"noble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing elegance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stately dowager in an evening gown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"tasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"posh",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"recherch\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"ticky-tacky",
|
|
"ticky-tack",
|
|
"rough-edged",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stately plantation homes that are now open to the public as museums"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Homeric",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"splendid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendiferous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very dignified in form, tone, or style":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stately composition that has served as the musical accompaniment for countless graduations and other ceremonial occasions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"towering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"declamatory",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"oratorical",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"Attic",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"patrician",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"grammatical",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"nonformal",
|
|
"slangy",
|
|
"unbookish",
|
|
"unliterary",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lowbred",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rough-hewn",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"ungrammatical",
|
|
"unlearned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ineloquent",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staging a comeback":{
|
|
"to regain a former or normal state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The injury looked gnarly, but she made a quick comeback and was able to finish out the season."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing (back)",
|
|
"coming back",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"snapping back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reanimating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"worsening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staging ground":{
|
|
"as in staging area":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"staging area",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"bridgehead",
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"beachhead",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"emplacement",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"installation",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"airbase",
|
|
"bastion",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"stronghold",
|
|
"battlefront",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"toehold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starred (in)":{
|
|
"as in did , acted out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"clowned",
|
|
"hammed",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"posed (as)",
|
|
"acted out",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"role-played",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"coacted",
|
|
"co-acted",
|
|
"costarred",
|
|
"co-starred",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overplayed",
|
|
"underplayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staying (at)":{
|
|
"as in camping (out in) , stopping (over)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camping (out in)",
|
|
"sojourning (at)",
|
|
"stopping (over)",
|
|
"tarrying (in)",
|
|
"calling (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropping by",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"popping (in)",
|
|
"running (in)",
|
|
"infesting",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"hanging (at)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"resorting (to)",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing one in good stead":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sponsoring",
|
|
"attending",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"succoring",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"counseling",
|
|
"counselling",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"profiting",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"handicapping",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"straitening",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"starbursts":{
|
|
"as in sunbursts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sunbursts",
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"nimbi",
|
|
"nimbuses",
|
|
"auras",
|
|
"coronas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starter":{
|
|
"as in appetizer , cocktail":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse-bouche",
|
|
"amuse-gueule",
|
|
"antipasto",
|
|
"app",
|
|
"appetizer",
|
|
"canap\u00e9",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"munchies",
|
|
"finger food",
|
|
"natural food",
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nutriment",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"ensilage",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"fodder",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"silage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"platter",
|
|
"serving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stature":{
|
|
"the distance of something or someone from bottom to top":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man of surprisingly great stature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"inches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"highness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"tallness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand off":{
|
|
"a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after two hours they had played to a 5-5 standoff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"tie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"horse race",
|
|
"toss-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the standoff continued for three days before the fugitive gave himself up to the authorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deadlock",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"impasse",
|
|
"logjam",
|
|
"Mexican standoff",
|
|
"stalemate",
|
|
"standstill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dead end",
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"dilemma",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"pickle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"quandary",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the client's standoff attitude suggested that this was going to be a strictly business relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"asocial",
|
|
"buttoned-up",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unclubbable",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"cliquey",
|
|
"cliquish",
|
|
"clubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in fight , resist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"beat off",
|
|
"fend (off)",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"stave off",
|
|
"turn away",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"spurn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standpoint":{
|
|
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I never thought about it from that standpoint before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"eye view",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"vantage point",
|
|
"viewpoint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interpretation",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"verdict",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"impression",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands":{
|
|
"to occupy a place or location":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"sits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"awaits",
|
|
"waits",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"resides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't know how you can stand that job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"bides",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"sweats out",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"wears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"permits",
|
|
"suffers",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"reconciles (to)",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees (with or to)",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"capitulates",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"respects",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antes (up)",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"springs (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"rates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"categorizes",
|
|
"classes",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"compartmentalizes",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"installs",
|
|
"instates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a level usually raised surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marchers passed by the reviewing stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daises",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"podiums",
|
|
"podia",
|
|
"rostra",
|
|
"rostrums",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"tribunes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altars",
|
|
"bimahs",
|
|
"bimas",
|
|
"footpaces",
|
|
"pulpits",
|
|
"risers",
|
|
"scaffolds",
|
|
"balconies",
|
|
"galleries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanchions":{
|
|
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stanchion of an arch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"piers",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"posts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caryatids",
|
|
"caryatides",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"flying buttresses",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"obelisks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pilings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stargaze":{
|
|
"as in daydream":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"conjure (up)",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasize",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"ideate",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"hallucinate",
|
|
"re-create",
|
|
"reflect",
|
|
"relive",
|
|
"reminisce",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"meditate",
|
|
"muse",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"foresee",
|
|
"prefigure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staying powers":{
|
|
"the quality or trait that allows someone or something to continue to be effective, successful, popular, etc., for a long period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long-distance runner with a lot of staying power",
|
|
"a song with staying power",
|
|
"Her staying power as a pop icon is remarkable."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"might",
|
|
"potency",
|
|
"puissance",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"capableness",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"equipment",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"address",
|
|
"adroitness",
|
|
"deftness",
|
|
"dexterity",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"skill",
|
|
"gray matter",
|
|
"instinct",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"effectiveness",
|
|
"effectualness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"usefulness",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"wherewithal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"paralysis",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"defectiveness",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"ineffectiveness",
|
|
"ineffectuality",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"inefficaciousness",
|
|
"inefficacy",
|
|
"uselessness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"inability",
|
|
"incapability",
|
|
"incapableness",
|
|
"incapacity",
|
|
"incompetence",
|
|
"incompetency",
|
|
"ineptitude",
|
|
"ineptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stargazed":{
|
|
"as in daydreamed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"hallucinated",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mused",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staging":{
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"previewing",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"dramatizing",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"tendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamping ground":{
|
|
"a place for spending time or for socializing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if she isn't at home, you can usually find her at the local library, her favorite stamping ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hangout",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"purlieu",
|
|
"rendezvous",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"stomping ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"canteen",
|
|
"club",
|
|
"clubhouse",
|
|
"country club",
|
|
"key club",
|
|
"service club",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"harborage",
|
|
"haven",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"sanctuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalls":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"fetches up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"pulls up",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bottlenecks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"chokes off",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps (on)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"fares",
|
|
"goes along",
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"wends",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"budges",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"gives out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"malfunctions",
|
|
"jams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in boxes , booths":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booths",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"loges",
|
|
"cavities",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"bunkers",
|
|
"crypts",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"drawers",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"cubbyholes",
|
|
"pigeonholes",
|
|
"snuggeries",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"cubes",
|
|
"cubicles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in delays , holdups":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"holdups",
|
|
"embargoes",
|
|
"stoppages",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cumbers",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"reins",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"dangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"reefs",
|
|
"barriers",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blockages",
|
|
"brick walls",
|
|
"stone walls",
|
|
"adversities",
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"hardships",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"deterrents",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"holdbacks",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stumbling blocks",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staging areas":{
|
|
"as in staging grounds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"staging grounds",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bridgeheads",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"beachheads",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"installations",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"airbases",
|
|
"bastions",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"strongholds",
|
|
"battlefronts",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"toeholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starry":{
|
|
"of or relating to the stars":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the starry light of the firmament on a clear night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"astral",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"stellar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"empyrean",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"intergalactic",
|
|
"interstellar",
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"astrophysical",
|
|
"astronautic",
|
|
"astronautical",
|
|
"starlike",
|
|
"star-spangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or marked by a tendency to be guided more by ideals than by reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the starry idea the Western military forces would waltz in there and put an end to rivalries that have been raging for hundreds of years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealistic",
|
|
"quixotic",
|
|
"quixotical",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"crusading",
|
|
"messianic",
|
|
"zealous",
|
|
"dewy-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"tender-minded",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"Pollyannaish",
|
|
"Pollyannish",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"ideological",
|
|
"ideologic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"tough-minded",
|
|
"unsentimental",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"realistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear-eyed",
|
|
"clear-sighted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"star turns":{
|
|
"as in stars , leading men":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headliners",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"coprincipals",
|
|
"co-principals",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"superstars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand up for":{
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She always stood up for her little sister on the playground."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"fend",
|
|
"forfend",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shield",
|
|
"ward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"cave",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You have to stand up for the rules or there will be chaos."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defend",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"vindicate",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"plead",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"underline",
|
|
"underscore"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abjure",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stood up for the rights of those without a voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"patronize",
|
|
"plump (for)",
|
|
"plunk (for)",
|
|
"plonk (for)",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"side (with)",
|
|
"backstop",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"talk up",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"disappoint",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"let down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand":{
|
|
"to occupy a place or location":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the monument stands in the middle of the town plaza"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"sit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"hang around",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stick around",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"await",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"station",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"reside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't know how you can stand that job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"reconcile (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (with or to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll stand lunch, and you can pay me back later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ante (up)",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"spring (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"count",
|
|
"categorize",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"compartmentalize",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"install",
|
|
"instate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a level usually raised surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marchers passed by the reviewing stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dais",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"podium",
|
|
"rostrum",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"tribune"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altar",
|
|
"bimah",
|
|
"bima",
|
|
"footpace",
|
|
"pulpit",
|
|
"riser",
|
|
"scaffold",
|
|
"balcony",
|
|
"gallery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"startlements":{
|
|
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the look of startlement in her eyes when she found herself at the wedding seated next to her ex-boyfriend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazements",
|
|
"astonishments",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"stupefactions",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"wonderments",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"bewilderments",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"consternations",
|
|
"discomfitures",
|
|
"dismays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stanched":{
|
|
"as in suppressed , repressed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choked off",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"baffled",
|
|
"balked",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"bottlenecked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"fetched up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"pulled up",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept (on)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"marched",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"wended",
|
|
"went along",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stashes":{
|
|
"a supply stored up and often hidden away":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"keeps a stash of tissues in her desk in case anyone needs one"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"nest eggs",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"sinking funds",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"inventories",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"reservoirs",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"resources",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"repertories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stashed the extra antifreeze in the trunk of the car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays away",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"lays in",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"puts by",
|
|
"salts away",
|
|
"squirrels (away)",
|
|
"stockpiles",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"stows",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rounds up",
|
|
"scrapes (together)",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"coffers",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"sets by",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"secretes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"uses up",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staring daggers":{
|
|
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frowning",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glooming",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"scowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"ogling",
|
|
"staring",
|
|
"grimacing",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"sulking",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"sneering",
|
|
"sniggering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stages":{
|
|
"a level usually raised surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoke to the audience from a small stage in front"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daises",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"podiums",
|
|
"podia",
|
|
"rostra",
|
|
"rostrums",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"tribunes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altars",
|
|
"bimahs",
|
|
"bimas",
|
|
"footpaces",
|
|
"pulpits",
|
|
"risers",
|
|
"scaffolds",
|
|
"balconies",
|
|
"galleries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a portion of a trip":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this is only the first stage of the journey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"legs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"layovers",
|
|
"stopovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the last stage of the project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chapters",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"grades",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"sides",
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"increments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"previews",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"dramatizes",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"tenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starring (in)":{
|
|
"as in doing , acting out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"interpreting",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"hamming",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"masquerading",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"posing (as)",
|
|
"acting out",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"pantomiming",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"role-playing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"dramatizing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"coacting",
|
|
"co-acting",
|
|
"costarring",
|
|
"co-starring",
|
|
"overacting",
|
|
"overplaying",
|
|
"underplaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standpatters":{
|
|
"as in squares , stuffed shirts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"stuffed shirts",
|
|
"traditionalists",
|
|
"middle-of-the-roaders",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"conformers",
|
|
"conformists",
|
|
"conventionalists",
|
|
"followers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bohemians",
|
|
"bohos",
|
|
"counterculturists",
|
|
"deviants",
|
|
"enfants terribles",
|
|
"free spirits",
|
|
"heretics",
|
|
"iconoclasts",
|
|
"individualists",
|
|
"lone rangers",
|
|
"loners",
|
|
"lone wolves",
|
|
"mavericks",
|
|
"nonconformers",
|
|
"nonconformists",
|
|
"freethinkers",
|
|
"renegades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standpoints":{
|
|
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I never thought about it from that standpoint before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"eye views",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"vantage points",
|
|
"viewpoints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"beliefs",
|
|
"convictions",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"mind-sets",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"sentiments",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"impressions",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staple":{
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reading is the very staple of a person's education"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"brunt",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"generality",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"entirety",
|
|
"quantum",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"sum total",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"essentiality",
|
|
"marrow",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"affair",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"crux",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"gist",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"purport",
|
|
"matter",
|
|
"motif",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"theme",
|
|
"topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"appendage",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"side"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tie , stick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"harness",
|
|
"hasp",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"latch",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"rivet",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tackle",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"toggle",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"coapt",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"reaffix",
|
|
"reattach",
|
|
"refasten",
|
|
"refix",
|
|
"resecure",
|
|
"batten",
|
|
"belay",
|
|
"button",
|
|
"do up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unhook",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unfix",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"star-crossed":{
|
|
"having, prone to, or marked by bad luck":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Romeo and Juliet are among literature's most famous star-crossed lovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"hard-luck",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"snakebit",
|
|
"snakebitten",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unlucky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"catastrophic",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"accursed",
|
|
"accurst",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"tragic",
|
|
"tragical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"gifted",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands in":{
|
|
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"pinch-hits",
|
|
"steps in",
|
|
"subs",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"doubles (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staging grounds":{
|
|
"as in staging areas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"staging areas",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bridgeheads",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"beachheads",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"installations",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"airbases",
|
|
"bastions",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"strongholds",
|
|
"battlefronts",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"toeholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stables":{
|
|
"as in forces , hosts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"troupes",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"administrations",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in secures , sheds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"homes",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"tents",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"bivouacs",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"camps",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"encamps",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"beds (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"evicts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statehouse":{
|
|
"the building in which a state legislature meets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a field trip to the statehouse to see the legislature in session"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meetinghouse",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"senate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stags":{
|
|
"as in soirees , showers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cocktail parties",
|
|
"hen parties",
|
|
"house parties",
|
|
"housewarmings",
|
|
"icebreakers",
|
|
"kaffeeklatsches",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"klatches",
|
|
"klatsches",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"meet and greets",
|
|
"mixers",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"socials",
|
|
"soirees",
|
|
"soir\u00e9es",
|
|
"suppers",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"tea parties",
|
|
"teas",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"receptions",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"fund-raisers",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"formals",
|
|
"proms",
|
|
"celebrations",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"bacchanals",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"saturnalias"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stationary":{
|
|
"fixed in a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stationary bicycle is good for exercise, but you won't enjoy the scenery very much"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"nonmoving",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"static"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immotile",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"irremovable",
|
|
"nonmotile",
|
|
"unmovable",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"moveless",
|
|
"stagnant",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"unbudging",
|
|
"wedged",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"steadfast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"motile",
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"modular",
|
|
"displaceable",
|
|
"portable",
|
|
"removable",
|
|
"removeable",
|
|
"transferable",
|
|
"transferrable",
|
|
"transportable",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mobile",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"nonstationary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not undergoing a change in condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"auction prices for that artist's works have been stationary for some time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"evanescent",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand-alone":{
|
|
"operating or standing on its own":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The device can be purchased either as a stand-alone unit or as part of a bundled system.",
|
|
"The rental property is a stand-alone guesthouse."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"discrete",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unconnected",
|
|
"independent",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"private",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"semierect",
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"perpendicular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"stand-up",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"vertical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slanty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"recumbent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stage director":{
|
|
"a person who supervises the production of a stage show":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stage director spent most of the rehearsal working with the actors to block out the scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"director",
|
|
"regisseur",
|
|
"r\u00e9gisseur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"auteur",
|
|
"impresario",
|
|
"producer",
|
|
"stage manager",
|
|
"directress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalk":{
|
|
"to seek out (game) for food or sport":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lions stalking gazelles on the plains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"hunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"ferret",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail",
|
|
"gun (for)",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"cull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to walk with exaggerated arm and leg movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the irate customer stalked off in a huff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tiptoe",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"promenade",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"stride",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalling":{
|
|
"as in blocking , impeding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"retardant",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"deterrent",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"precautionary",
|
|
"preventative",
|
|
"preventive",
|
|
"prophylactic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in procrastinating , filibustering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"heavy-footed",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slow-footed",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"snaillike",
|
|
"snail-paced",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"meteoric",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"warp-speed",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"rushed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"endless complaints stalled the process of selecting the winning design for the memorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"fetching up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"pulling up",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"bottlenecking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"snagging",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"choking off",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping (on)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"going along",
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"wending",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"spurring",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the engine stalls sometimes when it's very cold outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"malfunctioning",
|
|
"jamming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starting (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stable":{
|
|
"marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the observation tower is stable enough to withstand the strongest winds without collapsing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombproof",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"unbreakable",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"cohesive",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a troubled nation badly in need of a stable government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"inexpugnable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nonadjustable",
|
|
"noncancelable",
|
|
"nonnegotiable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"open-ended",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she made some strange decisions back when she wasn't entirely stable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"compos mentis",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"analytic",
|
|
"analytical",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"even-keeled",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"unneurotic",
|
|
"well-adjusted",
|
|
"well-balanced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"bananas",
|
|
"batty",
|
|
"bughouse",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"crackbrained",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gaga",
|
|
"loco",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"loopy",
|
|
"meshuga",
|
|
"meshugge",
|
|
"meshugah",
|
|
"meshuggah",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatty",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"wacko",
|
|
"whacko",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusionary",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"neurotic",
|
|
"obsessive-compulsive",
|
|
"paranoiac",
|
|
"paranoic",
|
|
"paranoid",
|
|
"paranoidal",
|
|
"psycho",
|
|
"psychotic",
|
|
"schizo",
|
|
"schizoid",
|
|
"schizophrenic",
|
|
"schizy",
|
|
"schizzy",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distraught",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"wigged-out",
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"nuclear",
|
|
"fixated",
|
|
"monomaniac",
|
|
"monomaniacal",
|
|
"obsessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brainsick",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"unsound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not undergoing a change in condition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stable economic climate is best for business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"immutable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"invariable",
|
|
"unalterable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"ceaseless",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"permanent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"alterable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"evanescent",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"kaleidoscopic",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in force , host":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"force",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"troupe",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"corps",
|
|
"troop",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"personnel",
|
|
"staff",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"squad",
|
|
"team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in secure , shed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ensconce",
|
|
"home",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"tent",
|
|
"accommodate",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"bivouac",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"encamp",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"quarter",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"barrack",
|
|
"bed (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"evict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staples":{
|
|
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reading is the very staple of a person's education"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"brunts",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"chiefs",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"generalities",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"mains",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"weights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"amounts",
|
|
"entireties",
|
|
"quanta",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"sum totals",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"essentialities",
|
|
"marrows",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"natures",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"quintessences",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"centers",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"hubs",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"middles",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"affairs",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"foci",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"gists",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"motifs",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"topics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"appendages",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"divisions",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in ties , sticks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adheres",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"clamps",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clenches",
|
|
"clinches",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"glues",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"harnesses",
|
|
"hasps",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"latches",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"rivets",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"tackles",
|
|
"tacks",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"toggles",
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"coapts",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"reaffixes",
|
|
"reattaches",
|
|
"refastens",
|
|
"refixes",
|
|
"resecures",
|
|
"battens",
|
|
"belays",
|
|
"buttons",
|
|
"does up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unhooks",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"dissociates",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"divorces",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"sunders",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unfixes",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stasis":{
|
|
"a condition in which opposing forces are equal to one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the time being, the populations of the national park's predators and prey remain in stasis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"counterpoise",
|
|
"equilibration",
|
|
"equilibrium",
|
|
"equipoise",
|
|
"poise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterbalance",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fixedness",
|
|
"security",
|
|
"stability",
|
|
"steadiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"changeability",
|
|
"fluctuation",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"insecurity",
|
|
"instability",
|
|
"mutability",
|
|
"precariousness",
|
|
"shakiness",
|
|
"unsteadiness",
|
|
"volatility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disequilibration",
|
|
"disequilibrium",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"nonequilibrium",
|
|
"unbalance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starters":{
|
|
"as in appetizers , cocktails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amuse-bouches",
|
|
"amuses-bouches",
|
|
"amuse-gueules",
|
|
"antipasti",
|
|
"appetizers",
|
|
"apps",
|
|
"canap\u00e9s",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvres",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"munchies",
|
|
"finger foods",
|
|
"natural foods",
|
|
"commissaries",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliments",
|
|
"nutriments",
|
|
"diets",
|
|
"nourishments",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"sustenances",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"paps",
|
|
"ensilages",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"fodders",
|
|
"forages",
|
|
"silages",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"meals",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"plates",
|
|
"platters",
|
|
"servings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"toxins",
|
|
"venoms"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing on":{
|
|
"to place reliance or trust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She plans to be standing on her own by this time next month."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"counting",
|
|
"depending",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"relying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusting",
|
|
"mistrusting",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"suspecting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalkers":{
|
|
"as in spies , snakes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lurkers",
|
|
"skulkers",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"weasels",
|
|
"snoopers",
|
|
"snoops",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starburst":{
|
|
"as in sunburst":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sunburst",
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"nimbus",
|
|
"aura",
|
|
"corona"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standoffish":{
|
|
"having or showing a lack of friendliness or interest in others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she proved to be simply shy, not standoffish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"asocial",
|
|
"buttoned-up",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"standoff",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unclubbable",
|
|
"unsociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"recessive",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"unsocial",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"cliquey",
|
|
"cliquish",
|
|
"clubbish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social",
|
|
"warm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stations":{
|
|
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the soldiers remained at their station even though a huge enemy force was approaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"quarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"operations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a regular stopping place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the historic house was once a station on the Underground Railroad, the network that helped slaves reach freedom in the North"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"way stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depots",
|
|
"terminals",
|
|
"layovers",
|
|
"stopovers",
|
|
"outstations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in colonial America, women occupied the lowest station in society and were not allowed to take part in public life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"strata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a general way of holding the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the palace guards are required to maintain a rigid station"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"stances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"body languages",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"behaviors",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"demeanors",
|
|
"deportments",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"presences",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"miens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to assign to a place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stationed guards around the perimeter of the encampment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"details",
|
|
"posts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand-in":{
|
|
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she will be standing in for the regular teacher for a week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"fill in",
|
|
"pinch-hit",
|
|
"step in",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"double (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hired him at the last minute as a stand-in for the person who quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"designated hitter",
|
|
"fill-in",
|
|
"locum tenens",
|
|
"pinch hitter",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"sub",
|
|
"substitute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternate",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"apology",
|
|
"makeshift",
|
|
"stopgap",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"assignee",
|
|
"attorney",
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deputy",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"procurator",
|
|
"proxy",
|
|
"rep",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"surrogate",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"reliever",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"successor",
|
|
"superseder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staring down":{
|
|
"as in outstaring , outfacing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"outfacing",
|
|
"outstaring",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"ogling",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"fixating",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gloating",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"blinking",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"gawking",
|
|
"gawping",
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"goggling",
|
|
"peering",
|
|
"rubbernecking",
|
|
"staring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peeking",
|
|
"peeping",
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"dipping (into)",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"winking (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stacked":{
|
|
"as in curvy , curvaceous":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bosomy",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"busty",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"corn-fed",
|
|
"curvaceous",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"full-figured",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"Rubenesque",
|
|
"shapely",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"blubbery",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"lardy",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"podgy",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"plumpish",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"endomorphic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"ectomorphic",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stacked the split logs by the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"mounded",
|
|
"piled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"layered",
|
|
"pyramided",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"massed",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"lumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staged":{
|
|
"as in sensational , overdone":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"mannered",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"nondramatic",
|
|
"nontheatrical",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staged the full body of Shakespeare's plays in the course of a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"tendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"start (up)":{
|
|
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I started from my chair when I heard the sudden scream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"startle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"react",
|
|
"respond"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"started the impressionist movement in art"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"constitute",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"author",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"finance",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"subsidize",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"refound",
|
|
"reinitiate",
|
|
"reinstitute",
|
|
"relaunch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"shut (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to start the car on a frigid morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kick over",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"kick-start",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"step up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fight started when one child tripped the other"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"frightened horses with starting eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"billow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pooch",
|
|
"pouch",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"stand out",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"shrink"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"embark (on or upon)",
|
|
"enter (into or upon)",
|
|
"fall (to)",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lead off",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"strike (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"get around (to)",
|
|
"get down (to)",
|
|
"get round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"phase out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the point at which something begins":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"knew from the start of the game that he would win easily"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alpha",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"threshold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drawing board",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inauguration",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"institution",
|
|
"origination",
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"germ",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"advent",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"arrival",
|
|
"debut",
|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
|
"emergence",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"infancy",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cessation",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"completion",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"windup"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"omega"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staves":{
|
|
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're working with a short staff at the office today"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"labor forces",
|
|
"manpowers",
|
|
"personnels",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"workforces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"proletariats",
|
|
"rank and files",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"squads",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"employees",
|
|
"employes",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"hirelings",
|
|
"workers",
|
|
"blood",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carried a staff for self-defense when walking alone at night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"billy clubs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stateliness":{
|
|
"a dignified bearing or appearance befitting someone of royal status":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the princess has a stateliness that will serve her well when she becomes queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"kingliness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"royalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high-mindedness",
|
|
"magnanimity",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"impressiveness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the refined stateliness of the mansion that has served as the official home of the state's governors since the 18th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classiness",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"elegancy",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"gracefulness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"refinement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"ornateness",
|
|
"plushiness",
|
|
"plushness",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sophistication",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tastefulness",
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"classicism",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"showiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"garishness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"glitz",
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"grotesquerie",
|
|
"grotesquery",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"tawdriness",
|
|
"vulgarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"inelegance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stateliness of this mountain range is best appreciated from one of its summits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"superbness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awesomeness",
|
|
"formidability",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"wonderfulness",
|
|
"wondrousness",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"princeliness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"elaborateness",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"ornateness",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"ritziness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"swankiness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"remarkableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standardize":{
|
|
"to make agree with a single established standard or model":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plan is to standardize the test for reading comprehension so that we can see how students across the state compare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"homogenize",
|
|
"normalize",
|
|
"regularize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"methodize",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"systematize",
|
|
"systemize",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"equalize",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"conciliate",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"reconcile",
|
|
"synthesize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"customize",
|
|
"individualize",
|
|
"tailor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"statuses":{
|
|
"position with regard to conditions and circumstances":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let me know if your status changes and you're available to work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball games",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"status quos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"resented her lowly status in the organization"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"degrees",
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"footings",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"rankings",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"stations",
|
|
"strata"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"capacities",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"ratings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stands one in good stead":{
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"backstops",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"sponsors",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"succors",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"profits",
|
|
"serves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"straitens",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hinders"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand up":{
|
|
"following the accepted rules of moral conduct":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real stand-up guy, he's willing to raise the child\u2014by himself if necessary"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unassailable",
|
|
"unimpeachable",
|
|
"chivalrous",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"menschy",
|
|
"right-minded",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"incorruptible",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respected",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"uncorrupted",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blackguardly",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"iniquitous",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nefarious",
|
|
"rascally",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"sinful",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"disgraceful",
|
|
"disreputable",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"shameful",
|
|
"venal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dishonorable",
|
|
"ignoble",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unworthy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"rising straight up":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a puppy with stand-up ears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"perpendicular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"upstanding",
|
|
"vertical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"semierect",
|
|
"freestanding",
|
|
"stand-alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"supine",
|
|
"diagonal",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"slanty"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"recumbent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"get through",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"go through",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in improv":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"improv",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"high comedy",
|
|
"low comedy",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"slapstick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staid":{
|
|
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone was surprised by the racy joke from the usually staid professor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unsmiling",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"businesslike",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"grim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"ludic",
|
|
"playful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"staid colors that would be good for business attire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"distingu\u00e9",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"po-faced",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"aristocratic",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"magisterial",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"noble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crass",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"undignified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stared daggers":{
|
|
"to look with anger or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He saw his brother look daggers at him and he realized he had said too much."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frowned",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"gloomed",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured",
|
|
"scowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"ogled",
|
|
"stared",
|
|
"grimaced",
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"sulked",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sneered",
|
|
"sniggered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"grinned",
|
|
"smiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stamping":{
|
|
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stamping around in oversized boots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barging",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"galumphing",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"hauling",
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"poising",
|
|
"wafting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stamped the grass down in a circle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"champing",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"tromping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"running down",
|
|
"running over",
|
|
"stepping (on)",
|
|
"mashing",
|
|
"pulping",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"booting",
|
|
"hoofing",
|
|
"kicking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staidness":{
|
|
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the staidness of the Quaker meeting was surprising to those accustomed to more exuberant services"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"intentness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gravitas",
|
|
"humorlessness",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"absorption",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"concentration",
|
|
"engrossment",
|
|
"enthrallment",
|
|
"immersion",
|
|
"intensity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"superficiality",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"dilettantism",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"high-spiritedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"unseriousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stammered":{
|
|
"to speak with many pauses and repetitions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stammers when he's nervous."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing up":{
|
|
"to withstand scrutiny and gain acceptance or approval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hypothesis that won't stand up to close analysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"getting through",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"going over",
|
|
"going through",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing up for":{
|
|
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She always stood up for her little sister on the playground."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulwarking",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"fending",
|
|
"forfending",
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"safeguarding",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"warding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"warring",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"buffering",
|
|
"palisading",
|
|
"picketing",
|
|
"walling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bombarding",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"caving",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You have to stand up for the rules or there will be chaos."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"pleading",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"abjuring",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He stood up for the rights of those without a voice."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"plumping (for)",
|
|
"plunking (for)",
|
|
"plonking (for)",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"propping (up)",
|
|
"seconding",
|
|
"siding (with)",
|
|
"backstopping",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buttressing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"talking up",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"disappointing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"letting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staves off":{
|
|
"to drive back":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to stave off the invaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats off",
|
|
"fends (off)",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"turns away",
|
|
"turns back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"stands off",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"snubs",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"welcomes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averts",
|
|
"forestalls",
|
|
"heads off",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"obviates",
|
|
"precludes",
|
|
"prevents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"baffles",
|
|
"balks",
|
|
"checkmates",
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"foils",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"deflects",
|
|
"fends (off)",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"wards (off)",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eludes",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"eschews",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"shuns",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"compensates (for)",
|
|
"counteracts",
|
|
"counterbalances",
|
|
"makes up (for)",
|
|
"offsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"facilitates",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"unclogs",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"fosters",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"nurtures",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"allows",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"permits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stab":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the injection left a small stab on her upper arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"perforation",
|
|
"pinhole",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incision",
|
|
"laceration",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit",
|
|
"tear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everybody will get a stab at solving the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assay",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"trial and error"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stark naked":{
|
|
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His stress dreams frequently featured him standing stark naked in a crowd of people."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au naturel",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bottomless",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"mother-naked",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"starkers",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"seminude",
|
|
"topless",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"decent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stances":{
|
|
"a general way of holding the body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slightly aggressive stance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attitudes",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"poises",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"stations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"body languages",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"behaviors",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"demeanors",
|
|
"deportments",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"presences",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"miens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stayed (at)":{
|
|
"as in camped (out in) , stopped (over)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"camped (out in)",
|
|
"sojourned (at)",
|
|
"stopped (over)",
|
|
"tarried (in)",
|
|
"called (on or upon)",
|
|
"dropped by",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"ran (in)",
|
|
"infested",
|
|
"invaded",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"swarmed",
|
|
"attended",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"hung (at)",
|
|
"hanged (at)",
|
|
"resorted (to)",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Stalinists":{
|
|
"as in Bolsheviks , Leninists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Bolsheviks",
|
|
"Bolsheviki",
|
|
"Leninists",
|
|
"Leninites",
|
|
"Maoists",
|
|
"Marxists",
|
|
"Trotskyists",
|
|
"Trotskyites",
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"pinkos",
|
|
"pinkoes",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"social democrats",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"commies",
|
|
"communists",
|
|
"comrades",
|
|
"Reds",
|
|
"socialists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"capitalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stalwartly":{
|
|
"in a fearless manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Rachel Carson stalwartly championed the cause of environmentalism long before it was popular"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"self-confidently",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"foolhardily",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"imprudently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stand for":{
|
|
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They would not stand for their children missing curfew."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"green-light",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"vouchsafe",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"interdict",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"frown (at or on)",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"forbid",
|
|
"prohibit",
|
|
"proscribe",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The nanny did not stand for whining from the children."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"bide",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"permit",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"reconcile (to)",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree (with or to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"refrain (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He got a tattoo that stood for his love of fishing."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emblematize",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"symbolize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"incarnate",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"objectify",
|
|
"personalize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"exemplify",
|
|
"illustrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stabs":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stabbed the pesky leaf with the tines of the rake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the injection left a small stab on her upper arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"perforations",
|
|
"pinholes",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"grooves",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incisions",
|
|
"lacerations",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"rents",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits",
|
|
"tears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everybody will get a stab at solving the problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"strivings",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"trial and errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"staving off":{
|
|
"to drive back":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"managed to stave off the invaders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating off",
|
|
"fending (off)",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"turning away",
|
|
"turning back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"standing off",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to keep from happening by taking action in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"forestalling",
|
|
"heading off",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"preventing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"negating",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"checkmating",
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"hampering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"interfering (with)",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"fending (off)",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"compensating (for)",
|
|
"counteracting",
|
|
"counterbalancing",
|
|
"making up (for)",
|
|
"offsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"facilitating",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standing army":{
|
|
"as in militia , national guard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"militia",
|
|
"national guard",
|
|
"army",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"infantry",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"regulars",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"troopers",
|
|
"troops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stacks up (against or with)":{
|
|
"to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"approximates",
|
|
"compares (with)",
|
|
"measures up (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"comes (to)",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"mirrors",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"reflects",
|
|
"borders (on)",
|
|
"touches (on)",
|
|
"verges (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"states":{
|
|
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the British monarch is the head of state , while the prime minister is the head of the government"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commonwealths",
|
|
"countries",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nations",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"city-states",
|
|
"microstates",
|
|
"ministates",
|
|
"nation-states",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"dominions",
|
|
"empires",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"republics",
|
|
"duchies",
|
|
"dukedoms",
|
|
"emirates",
|
|
"principalities",
|
|
"seigniories",
|
|
"seignories",
|
|
"sultanates",
|
|
"democracies",
|
|
"dictatorships",
|
|
"monarchies",
|
|
"monocracies",
|
|
"oligarchies",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"theocracies",
|
|
"client states",
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"dependencies",
|
|
"mandates",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"trust territories",
|
|
"fatherlands",
|
|
"homelands",
|
|
"motherlands",
|
|
"great powers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"sea powers",
|
|
"superpowers",
|
|
"world powers",
|
|
"welfare states"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please state the vehicle's mechanical problem as clearly and briefly as possible"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"words"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"paraphrases",
|
|
"rephrases",
|
|
"restates",
|
|
"rewords",
|
|
"summarizes",
|
|
"translates",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"writes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I believe this theory is wrong,\" she stated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blurts",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"drawls",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"formulizes",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"pipes up (with)",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"rips (out)",
|
|
"snarls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone has a right to state his or her opinion, no matter how unpopular it may be"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"writes up",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"puts across",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"submits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"standbys":{
|
|
"something or someone to which one looks for support":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our old standby in times of trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"mainstays",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"reliances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"sinews",
|
|
"spines",
|
|
"right hands",
|
|
"bolsterers",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"handmaidens",
|
|
"handmaids",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"refuges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"starless":{
|
|
"as in moonless , sunless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moonless",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"crepuscular",
|
|
"twilit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"caliginous",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"pitchy",
|
|
"rayless",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stygian",
|
|
"tenebrific",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"smoggy",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illumined",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"alight",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"beamy",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"relucent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"ultrabright",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"floodlit",
|
|
"floodlighted",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"moonlit",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"starlit",
|
|
"sunlit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"stadiums":{
|
|
"a large usually roofless building for sporting events with tiers of seats for spectators":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the football game will be held at the new stadium , which seats 100,000 people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"circuses",
|
|
"coliseums",
|
|
"colosseums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ballparks",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"gymnasiums",
|
|
"gymnasia",
|
|
"gyms",
|
|
"spas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"hippodromes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"status quos":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being the way things usually are":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"civic leaders who are afraid to do anything that might change the town's status quo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"normalcy",
|
|
"normality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"groove",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"rut",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"prevalence",
|
|
"conventionality",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"orderliness",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irregularity",
|
|
"uncommonness",
|
|
"unusualness",
|
|
"disorderliness",
|
|
"disruptiveness",
|
|
"disruption",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"anomalousness",
|
|
"deviance",
|
|
"exceptionalness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"noteworthiness",
|
|
"remarkableness",
|
|
"unconventionality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
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"abnormality"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"stay (at)":{
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"as in camp (out in) , stop (over)":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"camp (out in)",
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"sojourn (at)",
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"stop (over)",
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"tarry (in)",
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"call (on or upon)",
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"drop by",
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"drop in",
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"pop (in)",
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"run (in)",
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"infest",
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"invade",
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"overrun",
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"swarm",
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"attend",
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"take in",
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"patronize",
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"affect",
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"frequent",
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"habituate",
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"hang (at)",
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"haunt",
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"resort (to)",
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"visit"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"avoid",
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"shun",
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"dodge",
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"duck",
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"elude",
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"escape",
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"eschew",
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"evade",
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"shake"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |