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{
"arbitrary":{
"exercising power or authority without interference by others":{
"antonyms":[
"limited"
],
"examples":[
"a nation with no tradition of democracy, only a long history of arbitrary rulers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"constitutional",
"lawful",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"related":[
"authoritarian",
"jackbooted",
"oppressive",
"totalitarian",
"antidemocratic",
"antirepublican",
"high-handed",
"magisterial",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"masterful",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"autonomous",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"unconditional",
"unlimited"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"czarist",
"tsarist",
"tzarist",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monocratic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous"
]
},
"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an arbitrary piano teacher who makes all her students do the same exercises over and over again"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balanced",
"disinterested",
"dispassionate",
"equal",
"equitable",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"just",
"nonpartisan",
"objective",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"understanding",
"unbiased",
"unprejudiced",
"ethical",
"honorable",
"irreproachable",
"law-abiding",
"moral",
"principled",
"unimpeachable"
],
"related":[
"arrogant",
"commanding",
"demanding",
"dominant",
"domineering",
"haughty",
"imperative",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overbearing",
"presumptuous",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"totalitarian",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"tyrannous",
"capricious",
"changeable",
"erratic",
"inconsistent",
"mercurial",
"whimsical",
"biased",
"inequitable",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unequal",
"unfair",
"unjust",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable",
"unconscionable",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"dictatorial",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"peremptory",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"examples":[
"the order of the names of the 10 semifinalists is entirely arbitrary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"arranged",
"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"related":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun",
"irregular",
"odd",
"sporadic",
"spot",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"undirected",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"undiscriminating",
"unselective"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arbitrate":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocate",
"hedge",
"pussyfoot",
"skirt"
],
"related":[
"consider",
"deem",
"deliberate",
"hear",
"ponder",
"weigh",
"size up",
"mediate",
"moderate",
"negotiate",
"prosecute",
"try",
"find (for or against)",
"conclude",
"resolve",
"redetermine",
"rejudge"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudge",
"adjudicate",
"decide",
"determine",
"judge",
"referee",
"rule (on)",
"settle",
"umpire"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"archive":{
"a place where books, periodicals, and records are kept for use but not for sale":{
"examples":[
"asked that the rare book be brought from the archive",
"sent the novelist's letters to the archive for preservation"
],
"synonyms":[
"library"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rental library",
"lending library",
"bibliotheca",
"stacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in organize , compile":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrange",
"collate",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"pool",
"unite",
"scrape (up or together)",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ardor":{
"depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"candidates for citizenship reciting the oath of allegiance to the United States with all the ardor that they could muster"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardency",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cathexis",
"emotionalism",
"emotionality",
"histrionics",
"mawkishness",
"melodrama",
"sappiness",
"sentimentality",
"eagerness",
"earnestness",
"excitement",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"zest",
"fanaticism",
"fever",
"hot-bloodedness",
"infatuation",
"mania",
"obsession",
"zeal",
"compassion",
"responsiveness",
"sentiment",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofness",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"detachedness",
"dryness",
"phlegm",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"reticence",
"taciturnity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"stoicism",
"stoniness",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness",
"chilliness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
]
},
"urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"his ardor for combat cooled once he began experiencing the horrors of war"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"desirousness",
"eagerness",
"enthusiasm",
"excitement",
"hunger",
"impatience",
"keenness",
"lust",
"thirst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alacrity",
"quickness",
"ambition",
"gusto",
"zest",
"appetence",
"appetency",
"fervency",
"passion",
"warmth",
"zeal",
"amenability",
"readiness",
"willingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casualness",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"languidness",
"languor",
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference"
]
},
"intense sexual desire":{
"examples":[
"her revealing outfit only inflamed his ardor all the more"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscence",
"eros",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"itch",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"passion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"erotomania",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"libidinousness",
"licentiousness",
"lickerishness",
"randiness",
"salaciousness",
"wantonness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frigidity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"argue":{
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"argued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash"
],
"synonyms":[
"assert",
"contend",
"maintain",
"plead",
"reason"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adduce",
"cite",
"mention",
"claim",
"insist",
"affirm",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"advance",
"give",
"offer",
"propose",
"submit",
"advise",
"counsel",
"recommend",
"suggest",
"urge",
"convince",
"persuade",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"enforce",
"espouse",
"support",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"consider",
"debate",
"discuss",
"confute",
"counter",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"that couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercate",
"argufy",
"bicker",
"brabble",
"brawl",
"controvert",
"dispute",
"fall out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"clash",
"contend",
"contest",
"tangle",
"cavil",
"fuss",
"nitpick",
"consider",
"debate",
"discuss",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexist",
"get along",
"accept",
"agree",
"assent",
"concur",
"consent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring",
"bring around",
"convert",
"convince",
"gain",
"get",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandish",
"blarney",
"cajole",
"coax",
"entreat",
"exhort",
"fast-talk",
"urge",
"wheedle",
"allure",
"beguile",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"snow",
"tempt",
"brainwash",
"overpersuade",
"incline",
"influence",
"prompt",
"sell",
"sway",
"attract",
"draw",
"entice",
"interest",
"chew over",
"converse",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"reason (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"unsell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"candidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"bandy",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot",
"talk over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"the security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building"
],
"synonyms":[
"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouch",
"back (up)",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"argues":{
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"unsells"
],
"related":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"entreats",
"exhorts",
"fast-talks",
"urges",
"wheedles",
"allures",
"beguiles",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"snows",
"tempts",
"brainwashes",
"overpersuades",
"inclines",
"influences",
"prompts",
"sells",
"sways",
"attracts",
"draws",
"entices",
"interests",
"chews over",
"converses",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"reasons (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings",
"brings around",
"converts",
"convinces",
"gains",
"gets",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexists",
"gets along",
"accepts",
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs",
"consents"
],
"related":[
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"clashes",
"contends",
"contests",
"tangles",
"cavils",
"fusses",
"nitpicks",
"considers",
"debates",
"discusses",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercates",
"argufies",
"bickers",
"brabbles",
"brawls",
"controverts",
"disputes",
"falls out",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"rows",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"antonyms":[
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"examples":[
"the security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"gainsays",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"challenges",
"contests",
"disputes",
"questions"
],
"related":[
"avouches",
"backs (up)",
"testifies (to)",
"vouches (for)",
"witnesses",
"guarantees",
"warrants",
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avows",
"declares",
"professes",
"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"reinforces",
"reenforces"
],
"synonyms":[
"attests",
"authenticates",
"bears out",
"certifies",
"confirms",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"supports",
"validates",
"verifies",
"vindicates"
]
},
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"argued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adduces",
"cites",
"mentions",
"claims",
"insists",
"affirms",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"advances",
"gives",
"offers",
"proposes",
"submits",
"advises",
"counsels",
"recommends",
"suggests",
"urges",
"convinces",
"persuades",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"enforces",
"espouses",
"supports",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"considers",
"debates",
"discusses",
"confutes",
"counters",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"asserts",
"contends",
"maintains",
"pleads",
"reasons"
]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"candidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"bandies",
"bats (around or back and forth)",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots",
"talks over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arguing":{
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"argued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash"
],
"synonyms":[
"asserting",
"contending",
"maintaining",
"pleading",
"reasoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adducing",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"claiming",
"insisting",
"affirming",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"advancing",
"giving",
"offering",
"proposing",
"submitting",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"recommending",
"suggesting",
"urging",
"convincing",
"persuading",
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"enforcing",
"espousing",
"supporting",
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"confuting",
"countering",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"that couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercating",
"argufying",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringing",
"bringing around",
"converting",
"convincing",
"gaining",
"getting",
"inducing",
"moving",
"persuading",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"satisfying",
"talking (into)",
"winning (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishing",
"blarneying",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"entreating",
"exhorting",
"fast-talking",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"alluring",
"beguiling",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"snowing",
"tempting",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuading",
"inclining",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"selling",
"swaying",
"attracting",
"drawing",
"enticing",
"interesting",
"chewing over",
"conversing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"reasoning (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"unselling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"candidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"bandying",
"batting (around or back and forth)",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over or out)",
"mooting",
"talking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewing",
"speaking (about)",
"talking (about)",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"propounding",
"raising",
"stirring up",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"talking out",
"thrashing (out)",
"wrestling (with)",
"chewing over",
"considering",
"deliberating",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"the security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building"
],
"synonyms":[
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"certifying",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"supporting",
"validating",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouching",
"backing (up)",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"professing",
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"gainsaying",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"argumentation":{
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"the matter is not subject to argumentation ; my decision is final"
],
"synonyms":[
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"back-and-forth",
"colloquy",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"conference",
"consult",
"consultation",
"council",
"counsel",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discussion",
"give-and-take",
"palaver",
"parley",
"talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull session",
"chat room",
"forum",
"meeting",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"skull session",
"skull practice",
"symposium",
"talkathon",
"chat",
"conversation",
"rap",
"words",
"discourse",
"disquisition",
"bargaining",
"consultancy",
"negotiation",
"pourparler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"argy-bargy":{
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"wouldn't be a cricket match without a little argy-bargy over the umpire's every call"
],
"synonyms":[
"argument",
"argumentation",
"back-and-forth",
"colloquy",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"conference",
"consult",
"consultation",
"council",
"counsel",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discussion",
"give-and-take",
"palaver",
"parley",
"talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull session",
"chat room",
"forum",
"meeting",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"skull session",
"skull practice",
"symposium",
"talkathon",
"chat",
"conversation",
"rap",
"words",
"discourse",
"disquisition",
"bargaining",
"consultancy",
"negotiation",
"pourparler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the perennial argy-bargy over whether the monarchy should be abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arise":{
"to leave one's bed":{
"examples":[
"the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up"
],
"synonyms":[
"get up",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out",
"uprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"wake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drop off",
"lie up",
"nap",
"nod",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"couch",
"doss (down)",
"flop (down)",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"antonyms":[
"bed (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
]
},
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment"
],
"synonyms":[
"come up",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"materialize",
"spring (up)",
"surface"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appear",
"come out",
"show up",
"turn up",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"fall out",
"go (on)",
"go off",
"hap",
"happen",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire",
"interfere",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"intrude"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"it is not known exactly how mammals arose , but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualize",
"appear",
"begin",
"break",
"commence",
"dawn",
"engender",
"form",
"materialize",
"originate",
"set in",
"spring",
"start"
],
"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 move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"slowly the hot-air balloon arose , and the round-the-world flight was begun"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascend",
"aspire",
"climb",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"thrust",
"up",
"uprear",
"uprise",
"upthrust",
"upturn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surge",
"tower",
"boost",
"elevate",
"raise",
"upheave",
"uplift",
"upraise",
"balloon",
"blast off",
"take off",
"zoom",
"crest",
"scale",
"surmount",
"top",
"cant",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"sink",
"slide"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall (off)",
"plunge"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arising":{
"to leave one's bed":{
"examples":[
"the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting up",
"rising",
"rolling out",
"turning out",
"uprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"waking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"lying up",
"napping",
"nodding",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"couching",
"dossing (down)",
"flopping (down)",
"lying (down)",
"reclining"
],
"antonyms":[
"bedding (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
]
},
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
"emerging",
"materializing",
"springing (up)",
"surfacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appearing",
"coming out",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"chancing",
"coming",
"coming about",
"falling out",
"going off",
"going (on)",
"happening",
"happing",
"occurring",
"passing",
"transpiring",
"interfering",
"interposing",
"intervening",
"intruding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"it is not known exactly how mammals arose , but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"appearing",
"beginning",
"breaking",
"commencing",
"dawning",
"engendering",
"forming",
"materializing",
"originating",
"setting in",
"springing",
"starting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"arriving",
"coming on",
"emerging",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"shaping (up)",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"persisting",
"surviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"finishing",
"halting",
"quitting",
"terminating",
"disappearing",
"dissolving",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing"
],
"antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"slowly the hot-air balloon arose , and the round-the-world flight was begun"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascending",
"aspiring",
"climbing",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"thrusting",
"upping",
"uprearing",
"uprising",
"upthrusting",
"upturning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surging",
"towering",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"raising",
"upheaving",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"ballooning",
"blasting off",
"taking off",
"zooming",
"cresting",
"scaling",
"surmounting",
"topping",
"canting",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"sliding"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling (off)",
"plunging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aristocracy":{
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"at one time in China only the aristocracy could own land"
],
"synonyms":[
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"membership in the society is reserved for the literary world's aristocracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-list",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"top drawer",
"upper class",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armoire":{
"a tall piece of furniture that is used to store things (such as clothes)":{
"examples":[
"They didn't have enough closet space in the bedroom, so they bought an armoire ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clothespress",
"wardrobe",
"dresser",
"pie safe",
"bookcase",
"breakfront",
"chest",
"china closet",
"credence",
"credenza",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
"etagere",
"locker",
"secretary",
"showcase",
"taboret",
"tabouret",
"vitrine",
"cabinetry",
"shelving",
"cloakroom",
"coatroom",
"garderobe",
"vestiary",
"cabinet",
"closet",
"cuddy",
"cupboard",
"hutch",
"pantry",
"press",
"ambry",
"buttery",
"larder",
"spence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arouse":{
"to cause to stop sleeping":{
"examples":[
"the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"awake",
"awaken",
"knock up",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roust",
"rout",
"raise",
"revive",
"reawaken",
"rewake",
"agitate",
"bestir",
"disturb",
"excite",
"provoke",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize"
],
"antonyms":[
"lull"
]
},
"to cease to be asleep":{
"examples":[
"set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"awake",
"awaken",
"rouse",
"wake",
"waken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arise",
"get up",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out",
"uprise",
"watch",
"revive",
"reawaken",
"rewake",
"shift",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnap",
"conk (off or out)",
"doze",
"drop off",
"nap",
"nod",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bed (down)",
"couch",
"doss (down)",
"flop",
"kip (down)",
"retire",
"sack out",
"turn in",
"lie up",
"sleep in",
"oversleep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the court's controversial decision aroused many to protest and to lobby the legislature for a constitutional amendment"
],
"synonyms":[
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"rev (up)",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"aroused":{
"as in awakened , roused":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"awakened",
"roused",
"rousted",
"wakened",
"awake",
"insomniac",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake",
"about",
"astir",
"up",
"aware",
"conscious",
"revived",
"reawakened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"unawakened",
"dozy",
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"dreaming",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in excited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excited",
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"horny",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"licentious",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"passionate",
"randy",
"salacious",
"satyric",
"wanton",
"easy",
"fast",
"loose",
"promiscuous",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"immoral",
"indecent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed",
"celibate",
"chaste",
"decent",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"moral",
"pure",
"virtuous",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"innocent",
"lily-white",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to stop sleeping":{
"examples":[
"the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"knocked up",
"roused",
"wakened",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rousted",
"routed",
"raised",
"revived",
"reawakened",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"agitated",
"bestirred",
"disturbed",
"excited",
"provoked",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized"
],
"antonyms":[
"lulled"
]
},
"to cease to be asleep":{
"examples":[
"set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"roused",
"wakened",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arose",
"got up",
"rolled out",
"rose",
"turned out",
"uprose",
"watched",
"revived",
"reawakened",
"rewaked",
"rewoke",
"shifted",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnapped",
"conked (off or out)",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"napped",
"nodded",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"bedded (down)",
"couched",
"dossed (down)",
"flopped",
"kipped (down)",
"retired",
"sacked out",
"turned in",
"lay up",
"slept in",
"overslept"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the court's controversial decision aroused many to protest and to lobby the legislature for a constitutional amendment"
],
"synonyms":[
"encouraged",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"impassioned",
"incited",
"instigated",
"moved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"revved (up)",
"sparked",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanned",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"triggered",
"activated",
"animated",
"drove",
"energized",
"galvanized",
"induced",
"inspired",
"keyed (up)",
"motivated",
"motived",
"pumped up",
"quickened",
"set off",
"vitalized",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"raised",
"whipped (up)",
"angered",
"enraged",
"maddened",
"upset",
"jeered",
"taunted",
"teased",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"soothed",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"arousing":{
"as in stimulating , rousing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"stimulant",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent",
"soporific",
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to stop sleeping":{
"examples":[
"the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"awakening",
"awaking",
"knocking up",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rousting",
"routing",
"raising",
"reviving",
"reawakening",
"rewaking",
"agitating",
"bestirring",
"disturbing",
"exciting",
"provoking",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"lulling"
]
},
"to cease to be asleep":{
"examples":[
"set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"awakening",
"awaking",
"rousing",
"wakening",
"waking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"rolling out",
"turning out",
"uprising",
"watching",
"reviving",
"reawakening",
"rewaking",
"shifting",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnapping",
"conking (off or out)",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"napping",
"nodding",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"bedding (down)",
"couching",
"dossing (down)",
"flopping",
"kipping (down)",
"retiring",
"sacking out",
"turning in",
"lying up",
"sleeping in",
"oversleeping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"examples":[
"the court's controversial decision aroused many to protest and to lobby the legislature for a constitutional amendment"
],
"synonyms":[
"encouraging",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"impassioning",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"revving (up)",
"sparking",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"pumping up",
"quickening",
"setting off",
"vitalizing",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"arraigns":{
"to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge \u2014 usually used as (be) arraigned":{
"examples":[
"He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeals",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"accuses",
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts",
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"prosecutes",
"sues",
"tries",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"recriminates",
"retaliates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrange":{
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"examples":[
"arrange a time for the meeting",
"arrange money matters for your trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (on)",
"decide",
"fix",
"set",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contract",
"pledge",
"promise",
"blueprint",
"calculate",
"chart",
"concert",
"design",
"draft",
"frame",
"hammer out",
"intrigue",
"lay out",
"maneuver",
"map (out)",
"plan",
"program",
"programme",
"schematize",
"scheme",
"shape",
"square away",
"work out",
"choose",
"conclude",
"determine",
"figure",
"opt",
"resolve",
"affirm",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"close",
"complete",
"end",
"finalize",
"finish",
"round (off or out)",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"negotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"differ (over)",
"disagree (with)",
"counter",
"debate",
"object",
"oppose",
"protest",
"resist",
"contest",
"dispute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrange the flowers so that the taller ones are at the center of the bouquet"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"lay out",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)",
"unscramble",
"align",
"aline",
"cue",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"alphabetize",
"file",
"hierarchize",
"prioritize",
"sequence",
"emplace",
"place",
"set",
"display",
"map (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
]
},
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"I'll arrange your free movie pass with the cinema's manager"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"concert",
"conclude",
"negotiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settle (on or upon)",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"agree",
"contract",
"covenant",
"argue",
"debate",
"discuss",
"hammer out",
"hash (over)",
"reason",
"talk",
"talk over",
"work out",
"renegotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"we need to arrange our European vacation so that we can get the best deals"
],
"synonyms":[
"blueprint",
"budget",
"calculate",
"chart",
"choreograph",
"design",
"frame",
"lay out",
"map (out)",
"organize",
"plan",
"prepare",
"project",
"scheme (out)",
"shape",
"strategize (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspire",
"contrive",
"devise",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"put up",
"concert",
"get up",
"draft",
"outline",
"sketch",
"aim",
"figure",
"have on",
"intend",
"mean",
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"premeditate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"array":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"dressy clothing":{
"examples":[
"dressed in festive array for the city's annual New Year's Eve celebration"
],
"synonyms":[
"best",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"feather",
"finery",
"frippery",
"full dress",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"regalia"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"costume",
"duds",
"habiliment(s)",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vesture",
"wear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tatters",
"disarray",
"dishabille"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"a marching band's carefully choreographed array"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"disposal",
"disposition",
"distribution",
"order",
"ordering",
"sequence",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuity",
"precedence",
"priority",
"chain",
"procession",
"progression",
"succession",
"series",
"aligning",
"alining",
"alignment",
"alinement",
"lining up",
"design",
"layout",
"pattern",
"structure",
"system"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusion",
"disorder",
"disorganization",
"disruption",
"upset",
"disconnection",
"disjointedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"feudal lords depended upon their array for defense"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"battalion",
"host",
"legion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"militia",
"national guard",
"standing army",
"infantry",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorize",
"dress up",
"trap",
"trick (out)",
"brighten",
"freshen",
"smarten",
"spruce (up)",
"boss",
"chase",
"braid",
"embroider",
"feather",
"figure",
"filigree",
"fillet",
"flounce",
"frill",
"fringe",
"furbelow",
"garland",
"hang",
"lace",
"ribbon",
"swag",
"wreathe",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"gild",
"paint",
"diamond",
"gem",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"redecorate",
"redo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"lay out",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)",
"unscramble",
"align",
"aline",
"cue",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"alphabetize",
"file",
"hierarchize",
"prioritize",
"sequence",
"emplace",
"place",
"set",
"display",
"map (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arrest":{
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"bust",
"collar",
"nab",
"nail",
"nick",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"pull in",
"restrain",
"run in",
"seize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"get",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"commit",
"confine",
"detain",
"hold",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring up",
"catch",
"check",
"draw up",
"fetch up",
"halt",
"hold up",
"pull up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"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"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzle",
"catch up",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"mesmerize",
"spellbind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"thrill",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"charm",
"absorb",
"engage",
"engross",
"involve"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"there have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrestment",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raid",
"house arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"captivity",
"confinement",
"detention",
"enchainment",
"hold",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"\"hemostasis\" is the technical term for arrest of bleeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
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"continuation"
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"type":[
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"verb"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"spring's late arrival meant we were still skiing in mid-April",
"the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl"
],
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"appearance",
"coming",
"incoming"
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"entrance",
"ingress",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"genesis",
"inception",
"morning",
"onset",
"start"
],
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"dissipation",
"dissolution",
"evaporation",
"fadeaway",
"fading",
"melting",
"passing",
"vanishing",
"clearing out",
"egress",
"leaving",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus"
],
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"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"disappearance",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave-taking",
"parting",
"quitting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"artful":{
"accomplished with trained ability":{
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"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
],
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"that was an artful way to handle a very delicate situation"
],
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"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
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"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
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"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"virtuoso",
"workmanlike"
]
},
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"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
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"the artful lawyer got the witness to admit he had been lying"
],
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"obvious",
"open",
"patent",
"plain",
"public",
"unconcealed",
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"honest",
"natural",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"straightforward",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"unvarnished",
"childlike",
"impressionable",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"related":[
"astute",
"facile",
"glib",
"sharp",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"insinuating",
"knavish",
"Machiavellian",
"oblique",
"serpentine",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"unscrupulous",
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"circuitous",
"circular",
"roundabout",
"clandestine",
"concealed",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"calculating",
"plotting"
],
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"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily"
]
},
"showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing":{
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"uncreative",
"unimaginative"
],
"examples":[
"that kitchen gadget is an artful tool for extracting cherry pits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"stodgy",
"assembly-line",
"canned",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"hackneyed",
"unoriginal",
"impractical",
"useless"
],
"related":[
"adventurous",
"fresh",
"groundbreaking",
"novel",
"original",
"visionary",
"cleverish",
"gadgety",
"gimmicky",
"convenient",
"handy",
"neat",
"nifty",
"practical",
"useful",
"complex",
"sophisticated",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"handsome",
"tricky",
"brainy",
"intelligent",
"sharp",
"smart"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"creative",
"imaginative",
"ingenious",
"innovative",
"inventive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"in a skillful or expert manner":{
"examples":[
"the sushi chef artfully filleted the salmon"
],
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"ably",
"adeptly",
"adroitly",
"capably",
"competently",
"consummately",
"deftly",
"expertly",
"masterfully",
"masterly",
"proficiently",
"skillfully",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aptly",
"fluently",
"cleanly",
"cleverly",
"dexterously",
"neatly",
"nimbly",
"easily",
"facilely",
"handily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaptly",
"awkwardly",
"clumsily",
"crudely"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateurishly",
"artlessly",
"incapably",
"incompetently",
"inefficiently",
"ineptly",
"inexpertly",
"poorly",
"unskillfully"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"articles":{
"a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view":{
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"examples":[
"read an article extolling the benefits of vegetarianism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"causeries",
"columns",
"commentaries",
"editorials",
"features",
"reports",
"reviews",
"write-ups",
"dissertations",
"theses",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"discourses",
"discussions",
"expositions",
"prolegomena",
"studies"
],
"synonyms":[
"compositions",
"essays",
"papers",
"themes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"artifice":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"used the artifice of saying his grandmother had died so that he could get the last seat on the plane"
],
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"related":[
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"hoax",
"sham",
"swindle",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"synonyms":[
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile"
]
},
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
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"examples":[
"using their artifice , the Greeks crafted a hollow wooden horse to hide inside and thereby gained entry into the city of Troy"
],
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"related":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
]
},
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"ineptitude",
"ineptness",
"maladroitness"
],
"examples":[
"a painting that could only have been created with the artifice of a master"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amateurishness",
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"crudeness",
"klutziness",
"rudeness",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"related":[
"dexterity",
"ease",
"finesse",
"handiness",
"experience",
"expertise",
"expertness",
"know-how",
"proficiency",
"creativity",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"art",
"artfulness",
"artistry",
"cleverness",
"craft",
"cunning",
"deftness",
"masterfulness",
"skill",
"skillfulness"
]
},
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"good faith",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity"
],
"examples":[
"a crook who is a master of artifice and manipulation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"frankness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness",
"honesty",
"probity",
"dependability",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"solidity",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"decency",
"goodness",
"incorruptibility",
"integrity",
"righteousness",
"truthfulness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"related":[
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"fraudulence",
"hanky-panky",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"mountebankery",
"obliquity",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"wile",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"fib",
"untruth",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"sanctimoniousness",
"two-facedness",
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"deviousness",
"shrewdness",
"treacherousness",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"covertness",
"furtiveness",
"secrecy",
"shadiness",
"sneakiness",
"stealthiness",
"oiliness",
"shiftiness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"smoothness"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheating",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"foxiness",
"fraud",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"wiliness"
]
},
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's willing to resort to artifice to get himself out of this jam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"related":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"trickery",
"wile"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"artlessly":{
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
"examples":[
"artlessly commented that the dress looked good",
"informed his host rather artlessly that the food was okay but not fantastic"
],
"synonyms":[
"guilelessly",
"ingenuously",
"innocently",
"naively",
"na\u00efvely",
"naturally",
"sincerely",
"unaffectedly",
"unfeignedly",
"unpretentiously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"genuinely",
"honestly",
"simply",
"truly",
"freely",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"matter-of-factly",
"casually",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"nonchalantly",
"informally",
"relaxedly",
"unceremoniously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artfully",
"cannily",
"deceitfully",
"deceptively",
"deviously",
"dishonestly",
"falsely",
"archly",
"calculatingly",
"craftily",
"cunningly",
"furtively",
"insidiously",
"sharply",
"shiftily",
"slickly",
"slyly",
"slily",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"flatteringly",
"sycophantically",
"unctuously"
],
"antonyms":[
"affectedly",
"artificially",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"pretentiously",
"unnaturally"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"artificially":{
"as in unnaturally":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"arrogates":{
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"arrogated the corner office without obtaining prior approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriates",
"commandeers",
"converts",
"expropriates",
"pirates",
"preempts",
"presses",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps"
],
"related":[
"annexes",
"attaches",
"claims",
"confiscates",
"impounds",
"repossesses",
"sequesters",
"assumes",
"collars",
"grabs",
"grasps",
"snatches",
"steals",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"despoils",
"loots",
"pillages",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"occupies",
"preoccupies",
"trespasses",
"embezzles",
"misapplies",
"misappropriates",
"misuses",
"peculates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arranged (for)":{
"as in signed up (for) , ordered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bespoke",
"booked",
"contracted (for)",
"ordered",
"reserved",
"signed up (for)",
"checked out",
"subleased",
"sublet",
"chartered",
"engaged",
"hired",
"leased",
"rented"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"area":{
"a part or portion having no fixed boundaries":{
"examples":[
"I last saw your dog over in that general area"
],
"synonyms":[
"demesne",
"field",
"region",
"zone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corner",
"section",
"locale",
"locality",
"location",
"locus",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"space",
"spot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"a top researcher in the area of human genetics"
],
"synonyms":[
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontier",
"study",
"subject",
"territory",
"turf",
"occupation",
"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"subfield",
"subspecialty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aromaticity":{
"as in odoriferousness , odorousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"odoriferousness",
"odorousness",
"acridness",
"fetidness",
"fetor",
"foulness",
"funk",
"gaminess",
"malodor",
"noisomeness",
"rancidity",
"rankness",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink",
"incense",
"musk",
"ambrosia",
"lusciousness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"spice",
"tang",
"attar",
"otto",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"perfume",
"whiff",
"aroma",
"odor",
"redolence",
"scent",
"smell",
"sniff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arriving":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearing",
"coming",
"getting in",
"getting through",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"pulling in",
"touching down",
"debarking",
"disembarking",
"barging (in)",
"blowing in",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"checking in",
"clocking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checking out",
"clocking (out)",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"antonyms":[
"going",
"leaving"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrowing":{
"as in beelining":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beelining",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"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":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
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"verb"
]
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"fortified",
"steeled",
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"primed",
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"go",
"prepared",
"ready",
"set"
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"flat-footed",
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"half-cocked",
"underprepared",
"unprepared",
"unready",
"unqualified",
"untrained"
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"fortified",
"prepared",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"stocked",
"stored",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"furnished",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"rigged",
"supplied"
],
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"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"artisan":{
"a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands":{
"examples":[
"we visited a re-created 19th-century New England village that features an array of artisans \u2014a cooper, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a potter, a glassblower"
],
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"artificer",
"crafter",
"craftsman",
"craftsperson",
"handcraftsman",
"handicrafter",
"handicraftsman",
"handworker",
"tradesman"
],
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"craftswoman",
"artist",
"maker",
"journeyman",
"master",
"mechanic",
"operative",
"shaper",
"smith",
"technician",
"wright",
"handyman",
"handyperson",
"workman"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arc lamp":{
"as in sun lamp , fluorescent lamp":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashbulb",
"flashcube",
"flashlight",
"floodlight",
"fluorescent lamp",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"incandescent lamp",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"lantern",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"sconce",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"sun lamp",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"arrogated the corner office without obtaining prior approval"
],
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"appropriating",
"commandeering",
"converting",
"expropriating",
"pirating",
"preempting",
"pressing",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping"
],
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"annexing",
"attaching",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"impounding",
"repossessing",
"sequestering",
"assuming",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"snatching",
"stealing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"occupying",
"preoccupying",
"trespassing",
"embezzling",
"misapplying",
"misappropriating",
"misusing",
"peculating"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arithmetic means":{
"as in averages":{
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"averages",
"golden means",
"means",
"mediums",
"media",
"middle grounds",
"middles",
"midpoints",
"medians",
"norms",
"pars",
"standards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maxima",
"maximums",
"utmosts",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"around the corner":{
"giving signs of immediate occurrence":{
"examples":[
"Her birthday is right around the corner ."
],
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"imminent",
"impending",
"looming",
"pending",
"threatening"
],
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"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"future",
"near",
"nearing",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"brewing",
"gathering",
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"inevitable",
"unavoidable",
"apocalyptic",
"apocalyptical",
"lowering",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"predicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distant",
"far-off",
"remote",
"eventual",
"ultimate",
"bygone",
"former",
"past",
"late",
"recent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"arguments":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the couple's arguments were often loud enough to be heard all over the neighborhood"
],
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"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"argy-bargies",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"gave a solid argument for the redeeming value of the shockingly violent movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"accountings",
"accounts",
"cases",
"explanations",
"rationales",
"reasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibis",
"apologiae",
"apologias",
"apologies",
"defenses",
"excuses",
"justifications",
"vindications",
"appeals",
"pleas",
"guises",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretexts",
"rationalizations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"the president of the Senate has allotted a week for the argument of the treaty"
],
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"argumentations",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate":{
"examples":[
"it's my argument that we have too many problems here on earth to concern ourselves with manned trips to Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"assertions",
"contentions",
"theses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"hunches",
"hypotheses",
"speculations",
"surmises",
"theories",
"proposals",
"propositions",
"assumptions",
"presuppositions",
"suppositions",
"positions",
"stands",
"cases",
"explanations",
"rationales",
"reasons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arched":{
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
"examples":[
"the cat arched her back whenever she was stroked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"swerved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arced",
"rounded",
"incurvated",
"incurved",
"inflected",
"reflected",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"entwined",
"kinked",
"swirled",
"turned",
"twined",
"twisted",
"veered",
"warped",
"coiled",
"curled",
"enrolled",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"dented",
"dimpled",
"meandered",
"waved",
"weaved",
"wound",
"winded",
"declined",
"inclined",
"sloped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightened",
"unbent",
"uncurled"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the path gradually arches off into the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"arced",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"fell off",
"hooked",
"rounded",
"swept",
"swerved",
"trended",
"wheeled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circled",
"coiled",
"curled",
"curlicued",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"turned",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"deviated",
"veered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"archivists":{
"a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive":{
"examples":[
"consulted with the archivist in conducting her research"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bookkeepers",
"recorders",
"reporters",
"transcriptionists",
"clerks",
"registers",
"registrars",
"scribes",
"secretaries",
"annalists",
"chroniclers",
"documenters",
"historians"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archrival":{
"as in rival , competitor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challenger",
"competition",
"competitor",
"contender",
"contestant",
"corrival",
"rival",
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent",
"also-ran",
"entrant",
"entry",
"player",
"finalist",
"semifinalist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arced":{
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the ball arced toward the batter and nearly hit him"
],
"synonyms":[
"arched",
"bent",
"bowed",
"crooked",
"curved",
"fell off",
"hooked",
"rounded",
"swept",
"swerved",
"trended",
"wheeled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circled",
"coiled",
"curled",
"curlicued",
"looped",
"spiraled",
"spiralled",
"turned",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded",
"deviated",
"veered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arduously":{
"with great effort or determination":{
"examples":[
"arduously made their way through the dense jungle"
],
"synonyms":[
"amain",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"ardently",
"attentively",
"conscientiously",
"earnestly",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"arcadian":{
"free from disturbing noise or uproar":{
"examples":[
"the painter is well-known for depictions of mute, slightly mysterious figures in arcadian settings"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"restful",
"serene",
"still",
"stilly",
"tranquil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noiseless",
"silent",
"soundless",
"mute",
"speechless",
"wordless",
"dead",
"motionless",
"quiescent",
"muffled",
"muted",
"quieted",
"dull",
"gentle",
"low",
"soft",
"ultraquiet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crazy",
"tempestuous",
"wild",
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"earsplitting",
"piercing",
"roaring",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"antonyms":[
"boisterous",
"clamorous",
"clattery",
"deafening",
"loud",
"noisy",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roistering",
"romping",
"rowdy",
"tumultuous",
"unquiet",
"uproarious",
"woolly",
"wooly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arithmetics":{
"the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value":{
"examples":[
"I haven't actually done the arithmetic yet, but I suspect we're losing money on the deal"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculations",
"calculi",
"calculuses",
"computations",
"figures",
"mathematics",
"maths",
"number crunchings",
"numbers",
"reckonings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"additions",
"divisions",
"multiplications",
"subtractions",
"calibrations",
"measurements",
"mensurations",
"appraisals",
"assessments",
"estimations",
"evaluations",
"valuations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arching":{
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
"examples":[
"the cat arched her back whenever she was stroked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"swerving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcing",
"rounding",
"incurvating",
"incurving",
"inflecting",
"reflecting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"entwining",
"kinking",
"swirling",
"turning",
"twining",
"twisting",
"veering",
"warping",
"coiling",
"curling",
"enrolling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"denting",
"dimpling",
"meandering",
"waving",
"weaving",
"winding",
"declining",
"inclining",
"sloping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightening",
"unbending",
"uncurling"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the path gradually arches off into the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"arcing",
"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"falling off",
"hooking",
"rounding",
"sweeping",
"swerving",
"trending",
"wheeling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circling",
"coiling",
"curlicuing",
"curling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"turning",
"twisting",
"winding",
"deviating",
"veering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straightening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Armageddons":{
"a final destructive battle or conflict":{
"examples":[
"trying to avoid the threat of a nuclear Armageddon"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doomsdays",
"end-times",
"apocalypses",
"calamities",
"cataclysms",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"tragedies",
"bloodbaths",
"collapses",
"crashes",
"meltdowns",
"convulsions",
"paroxysms",
"upheavals",
"accidents",
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"blasts",
"blows",
"double whammies",
"one-twos",
"one-two punches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"godsends",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbitrator":{
"a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy":{
"examples":[
"the couple finally agreed to let the salesclerk be the final arbitrator and tell them which shirt looked best"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicator",
"arbiter",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"mediator",
"mediatrix",
"moderator",
"negotiator",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"decider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arsenals":{
"a place where military arms are stored":{
"examples":[
"sent the ordnance officer to the arsenal for weapons"
],
"synonyms":[
"armories",
"depots",
"dumps",
"magazines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortresses",
"forts",
"strongholds",
"repositories",
"storehouses",
"warehouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrays":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"an array of baseball gloves in the corner of his room"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a motley array of travelers waiting for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way objects in space or events in time are arranged or follow one another":{
"examples":[
"a marching band's carefully choreographed array"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"orderings",
"orders",
"sequences",
"setups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continuities",
"precedences",
"priorities",
"chains",
"processions",
"progressions",
"successions",
"series",
"alignments",
"alinements",
"designs",
"layouts",
"patterns",
"structures",
"systems"
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"confusions",
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"disorganizations",
"disruptions",
"upsets",
"disconnections"
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"feudal lords depended upon their array for defense"
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"armies",
"battalions",
"hosts",
"legions"
],
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"militias",
"national guards",
"standing armies",
"infantries",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
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"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
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"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
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"bedizens",
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"decks",
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"does up",
"dolls up",
"drapes",
"dresses",
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"embosses",
"enriches",
"fancies up",
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"festoons",
"garnishes",
"glitzes (up)",
"graces",
"gussies up",
"ornaments",
"pretties (up)",
"trims"
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"accessorizes",
"dresses up",
"traps",
"tricks (out)",
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"smartens",
"spruces (up)",
"bosses",
"chases",
"braids",
"embroiders",
"feathers",
"figures",
"filigrees",
"fillets",
"flounces",
"frills",
"fringes",
"furbelows",
"garlands",
"hangs",
"laces",
"ribbons",
"swags",
"wreathes",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"gilds",
"paints",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"impearls",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"redecorates",
"redoes"
],
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"simplifies",
"streamlines",
"bares",
"denudes",
"dismantles",
"displays",
"divests",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"strips",
"uncovers",
"uglifies"
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"defaces",
"disfigures",
"mars",
"scars",
"spoils"
]
},
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"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
],
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"apparels",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
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"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"suits",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures"
],
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"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
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"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
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"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
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"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
],
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"arranges",
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"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"lays out",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
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"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)",
"unscrambles",
"aligns",
"alines",
"cues",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"alphabetizes",
"files",
"hierarchizes",
"prioritizes",
"sequences",
"emplaces",
"places",
"sets",
"displays",
"maps (out)",
"sets out"
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"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"messes (up)",
"musses (up)",
"rumples",
"upsets"
]
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in perfume":{
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"perfume",
"pepper",
"salt",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"sauce",
"flavor",
"lace",
"savor",
"savour",
"season",
"spice"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arteries":{
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
"examples":[
"there's an accident on the main artery into town, so I'll be late"
],
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"arterials",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"causeways",
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"superhighways",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"through streets",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places",
"closes",
"culs-de-sac",
"cul-de-sacs",
"dead ends",
"corridors",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"artfulness":{
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"examples":[
"with well-practiced artfulness , he convinced his mother he was sick enough to stay home from school but not sick enough for a visit to the doctor's office"
],
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"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
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"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
"examples":[
"building a ship model requires a painstaking artfulness I don't have"
],
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"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"art",
"artifice",
"artistry",
"cleverness",
"craft",
"cunning",
"deftness",
"masterfulness",
"skill",
"skillfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dexterity",
"ease",
"finesse",
"handiness",
"experience",
"expertise",
"expertness",
"know-how",
"proficiency",
"creativity",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amateurishness",
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"crudeness",
"klutziness",
"rudeness",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"ineptitude",
"ineptness",
"maladroitness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archetypical":{
"constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated":{
"examples":[
"St. Peter's basilica in Rome is considered by some art historians to be the archetypal structure in the baroque style"
],
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"classic",
"definitive",
"exemplary",
"imitable",
"model",
"paradigmatic",
"quintessential",
"textbook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ideal",
"nonpareil",
"special",
"unique",
"absolute",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect",
"A-OK",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"nifty",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"primo",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"low-grade",
"poor",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"deficient",
"disappointing",
"failed",
"inadequate",
"inferior",
"average",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"representative",
"typical",
"mediocre",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind":{
"examples":[
"the movie's hero is pretty archetypal , lacking in any distinctive qualities that would distinguish him from countless other masked avengers"
],
"synonyms":[
"average",
"characteristic",
"normal",
"regular",
"representative",
"standard",
"true",
"typical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"conventional",
"customary",
"everyday",
"ordinary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"workaday",
"classic",
"textbook",
"vintage",
"expected",
"familiar",
"habitual",
"predictable",
"routine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"predominant",
"preponderant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncommon",
"unconventional",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"infrequent",
"noteworthy",
"rare",
"remarkable",
"singular",
"special",
"unexpected",
"unfamiliar",
"unique",
"unpredictable",
"eccentric",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"peculiar",
"unknown",
"unorthodox",
"curious",
"erratic",
"funky",
"funny",
"odd",
"oddball",
"offbeat",
"outlandish",
"quirky",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"bizarre",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-out",
"freak",
"freakish",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"out-of-the-way",
"outrageous",
"outr\u00e9",
"rare",
"singular",
"unnatural",
"weird",
"wild"
],
"antonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"irregular",
"nonrepresentative",
"nontypical",
"untypical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"argle-bargles":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"after a lot of argle-bargle even with members of his own party, the prime minister managed to get the measure through parliament"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archpriests":{
"as in bishops , archbishops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular",
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armories":{
"a place where military arms are stored":{
"examples":[
"the soldier was sent to the armory to get a replacement weapon for the one that had been stolen"
],
"synonyms":[
"arsenals",
"depots",
"dumps",
"magazines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortresses",
"forts",
"strongholds",
"repositories",
"storehouses",
"warehouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aromaticities":{
"as in aromas , smells":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aromas",
"odors",
"redolences",
"scents",
"smells",
"sniffs",
"fetors",
"funks",
"malodors",
"rancidities",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks",
"attars",
"ottos",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"perfumes",
"ambrosias",
"savors",
"savours",
"spices",
"tangs",
"incenses",
"musks",
"whiffs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archaism":{
"as in euphemism , modernism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"colloquialism",
"euphemism",
"loanword",
"modernism",
"neologism",
"vernacularism",
"expression",
"term",
"word",
"linguistic form",
"monosyllable",
"morpheme",
"speech form",
"polysyllable",
"collocation",
"idiom",
"locution",
"phrase"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aristocratic":{
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
"examples":[
"the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the ma\u00eetre d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much"
],
"synonyms":[
"elitist",
"high-hat",
"persnickety",
"potty",
"ritzy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"snotty",
"toffee-nosed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aloof",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"hoity-toity",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppity",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"prideful",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swelled-headed",
"swellheaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democratic",
"egalitarian",
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"antielitist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"architects":{
"a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking":{
"examples":[
"the architect of the economic plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II"
],
"synonyms":[
"engineers",
"masterminds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"captains",
"commanders",
"directors",
"handlers",
"leaders",
"managers",
"quarterbacks",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"formulators",
"originators",
"spawners",
"arrangers",
"hatchers",
"organizers",
"planners",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"finaglers",
"machinators",
"maneuverers",
"developers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"inspirers",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"pioneers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrogations":{
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"examples":[
"the legislature's arrogation of certain powers that are explicitly reserved by the constitution for the judiciary"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriations",
"detainers",
"expropriations",
"preemptions",
"seizures",
"takeovers",
"usurpations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexations",
"assumptions",
"attachments",
"confiscations",
"grabs",
"impoundments",
"repossessions",
"sequestrations",
"defalcations",
"embezzlements",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"misuses",
"peculations",
"thefts",
"despoilments",
"encroachments",
"infringements",
"piracies",
"invasions",
"occupancies",
"occupations",
"preoccupancies",
"trespasses",
"deforcements",
"disfurnishments",
"dispossessions",
"ejections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aright":{
"as in well , right":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"right",
"well",
"perfectly",
"auspiciously",
"favorably",
"promisingly",
"correctly",
"properly",
"rightly",
"appropriately",
"fittingly",
"suitably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afield",
"amiss",
"astray",
"awry",
"wrong",
"badly",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"wrongly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"artist":{
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a pitcher who is a strikeout artist"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"fiend",
"geek",
"guru",
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"agreed",
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"They didn't have enough closet space in the bedroom, so they bought an armoire ."
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"pie safes",
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"chests",
"china closets",
"credences",
"credenzas",
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
"etageres",
"lockers",
"secretaries",
"showcases",
"taborets",
"tabourets",
"vitrines",
"cabinetries",
"shelvings",
"cloakrooms",
"coatrooms",
"garderobes",
"vestiaries",
"cabinets",
"closets",
"cuddies",
"cupboards",
"hutches",
"pantries",
"presses",
"ambries",
"butteries",
"larders",
"spences"
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"noun"
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"floppy",
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"supple",
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"elastic",
"resilient",
"springy",
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"workable",
"malleable",
"plastic",
"semiflexible",
"droopy",
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"mushy",
"semisoft",
"soft",
"squashy",
"squishy",
"lank",
"limber",
"limp",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"willowy"
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"adjective"
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"umpires"
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"magistrates",
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"mediatrixes",
"moderators",
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"conciliators",
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"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"troubleshooters",
"deciders"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
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"climbing Mount Everest is an arduous , exhausting challenge"
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"distressing",
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"cruel",
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"achievable",
"clear",
"doable",
"elementary",
"manageable",
"uncomplicated",
"comforting",
"gentle",
"painless",
"relaxed",
"smooth",
"soothing",
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"friendly",
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"user-friendly"
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"light",
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"simple",
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"gruelling",
"killing",
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"toilsome"
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"herculean",
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"oppressive",
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"rigorous",
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"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"simple",
"smooth"
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"undemanding"
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"adjective"
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"a temporary stopping of fighting":{
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"both sides in the conflict agreed to an armistice during the solemn holy days"
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"cease-fires",
"truces"
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"accords",
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"d\u00e9tentes",
"detentes",
"peaces",
"peacetimes"
],
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"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"arrant":{
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
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"that statement is complete and arrant nonsense"
],
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"all-out",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
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"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
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"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"surpassing",
"terrible",
"terrific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
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},
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"as in pits , abysses":{
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"abysses",
"pits",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"depths",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms",
"zeros",
"zeroes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"blooms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"highs",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"crests",
"roofs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"as in gunners , riflemen":{
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"cannoneers",
"gunners",
"mortarmen",
"musketeers",
"riflemen",
"jarheads",
"marines",
"rangers",
"archers",
"crossbowmen",
"commandos",
"commandoes",
"raiders",
"lancers",
"pikemen",
"spearmen",
"doughboys",
"footmen",
"foot soldiers",
"grunts",
"infantrymen",
"Confederates",
"Continentals",
"Federals",
"GIs",
"GI's",
"guardsmen",
"militiamen",
"minutemen",
"carabineers",
"carabiniers",
"cavaliers",
"cavalrymen",
"cuirassiers",
"dragoons",
"counterguerrillas",
"counterguerillas",
"guerrillas",
"guerillas",
"irregulars",
"paramilitaries",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"servicewomen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in music hall , theater-in-the-round":{
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"near synonyms":[
"music hall",
"odeum",
"playhouse",
"theater-in-the-round",
"amphitheater",
"arena",
"auditorium",
"garden",
"hall",
"theater",
"theatre",
"ballroom",
"lyceum",
"chamber",
"house",
"senate",
"cafetorium"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"armamentarium":{
"as in arsenal , armory":{
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"near synonyms":[
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"assets",
"resources",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"apparatus",
"equipment",
"gear",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"artificer":{
"a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands":{
"examples":[
"the oil tycoon insisted that the best stone masons, cabinetmakers, and artificers in every other craft be employed to create a mansion of unequalled splendor"
],
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"artisan",
"crafter",
"craftsman",
"craftsperson",
"handcraftsman",
"handicrafter",
"handicraftsman",
"handworker",
"tradesman"
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"near synonyms":[
"craftswoman",
"artist",
"maker",
"journeyman",
"master",
"mechanic",
"operative",
"shaper",
"smith",
"technician",
"wright",
"handyman",
"handyperson",
"workman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"as in aquacultural":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"aquacultural",
"garden",
"country",
"rural",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"villatic",
"bucolic",
"georgic",
"pastoral",
"pastoralist",
"agronomic",
"arable",
"monocultural",
"agrarian",
"agricultural",
"farming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonagricultural",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"urban",
"industrial",
"industrialized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
"examples":[
"watched the hockey game in the new sports arena"
],
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"amphitheaters",
"auditoriums",
"auditoria",
"gardens",
"halls",
"theaters",
"theatres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arena theaters",
"music halls",
"odea",
"playhouses",
"theaters-in-the-round",
"ballrooms",
"lyceums",
"chambers",
"houses",
"senates",
"cafetoriums"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"has a lot of influence in the local business arena"
],
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"areas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontiers",
"studies",
"subjects",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"subfields",
"subspecialties",
"sub-specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the couple's arguments were often loud enough to be heard all over the neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
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"near antonyms":[],
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},
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"gave a solid argument for the redeeming value of the shockingly violent movie"
],
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"account",
"accounting",
"case",
"explanation",
"rationale",
"reason"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibi",
"apologia",
"apology",
"defense",
"excuse",
"justification",
"vindication",
"appeal",
"plea",
"guise",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretext",
"rationalization"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"the president of the Senate has allotted a week for the argument of the treaty"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentation",
"argy-bargy",
"back-and-forth",
"colloquy",
"confab",
"confabulation",
"conference",
"consult",
"consultation",
"council",
"counsel",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discussion",
"give-and-take",
"palaver",
"parley",
"talk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull session",
"chat room",
"forum",
"meeting",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"skull session",
"skull practice",
"symposium",
"talkathon",
"chat",
"conversation",
"rap",
"words",
"discourse",
"disquisition",
"bargaining",
"consultancy",
"negotiation",
"pourparler"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"an idea or opinion that is put forth in a discussion or debate":{
"examples":[
"it's my argument that we have too many problems here on earth to concern ourselves with manned trips to Mars"
],
"synonyms":[
"assertion",
"contention",
"thesis"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conjecture",
"guess",
"hunch",
"hypothesis",
"speculation",
"surmise",
"theory",
"proposal",
"proposition",
"assumption",
"presupposition",
"supposition",
"position",
"stand",
"case",
"explanation",
"rationale",
"reason"
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"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archfoes":{
"as in nemeses , archenemies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archenemies",
"nemeses",
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"enemies",
"foes",
"hostiles",
"opponents",
"ill-wishers",
"banes",
"b\u00eates noires",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"combatants",
"invaders",
"competitors",
"rivals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buddies",
"chums",
"compadres",
"cronies",
"fellows",
"hail-fellows",
"hail-fellows-well-met",
"hearties",
"hobnobbers",
"mates",
"musketeers",
"pals",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"accomplices",
"allies",
"collaborators",
"colleagues",
"comrades",
"confederates",
"friendlies",
"partners",
"adherents",
"disciples",
"followers",
"backers",
"benefactors",
"exponents",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"well-wishers",
"amigos",
"friends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arguer":{
"a person who takes part in a dispute":{
"examples":[
"he's is demand on the Sunday morning political shows because he's an eager and indefatigable arguer"
],
"synonyms":[
"argufier",
"bickerer",
"brawler",
"debater",
"disputant",
"disputer",
"fighter",
"quarreler",
"quarreller",
"scrapper",
"squabbler",
"wrangler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"codefendant",
"defendant",
"plaintiff",
"pleader",
"challenger",
"contender",
"contestant",
"skirmisher",
"fusser",
"nitpicker",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"argufy":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"tedious departmental meetings at which staffers would argufy endlessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercate",
"argue",
"bicker",
"brabble",
"brawl",
"controvert",
"dispute",
"fall out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
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"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"clash",
"contend",
"contest",
"tangle",
"cavil",
"fuss",
"nitpick",
"consider",
"debate",
"discuss",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexist",
"get along",
"accept",
"agree",
"assent",
"concur",
"consent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"around":{
"close to":{
"examples":[
"I wouldn't stand around those rocks\u2014there could be snakes under them"
],
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"about",
"by",
"near",
"next to",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alongside",
"beside",
"across",
"along",
"at",
"circa",
"toward",
"towards"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
"examples":[
"huge, strangely shaped rocks were scattered around the canyon floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"across",
"over",
"round",
"through",
"throughout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"on"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"on all sides or in every direction":{
"examples":[
"he looked around",
"butterflies were flying all around"
],
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"about",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all over",
"everyplace",
"everywhere",
"abroad",
"afloat",
"hereabouts",
"hereabout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"toward the opposite direction":{
"examples":[
"she turned around and saw him"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"back",
"backward",
"backwards",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behind",
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"obversely",
"reversely",
"across",
"athwart",
"counter",
"counterclockwise",
"widdershins",
"withershins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clockwise",
"deasil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
"examples":[
"our dog usually stays around our yard",
"he'll be getting in around 6:00"
],
"synonyms":[
"by",
"close",
"hard",
"in",
"near",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"along",
"alongside",
"accessibly",
"conveniently",
"handily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"from beginning to end":{
"examples":[
"a team that plays all year around"
],
"synonyms":[
"over",
"round",
"through",
"throughout"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"close to but not exactly":{
"examples":[
"there's around a hundred books still left to be packed in boxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"approximately",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"near",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say",
"some"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
]
},
"in one place and another":{
"examples":[
"while typewriters can still be seen around , they are no longer the common office fixtures they once were"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"here and there",
"passim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all over",
"everyplace",
"everywhere",
"far and wide",
"high and low",
"right and left",
"throughout",
"ubiquitously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nowhere"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having being at the present time":{
"examples":[
"she's generally regarded as one of the most talented singers around"
],
"synonyms":[
"alive",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"living"
],
"near synonyms":[
"active",
"busy",
"flourishing",
"functioning",
"operating",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defunct",
"destroyed",
"exterminated",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"departed",
"gone",
"lost",
"nonexistent",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"extinct",
"nonextant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
"armored":{
"as in safe , guarded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safe",
"safeguarded",
"secure",
"shielded",
"inviolable",
"unassailable",
"unbreachable",
"untouchable",
"unbeaten",
"unbowed",
"unconquered",
"undefeated",
"unsubdued",
"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"insurmountable",
"invincible",
"invulnerable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"unstoppable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"superable",
"surmountable",
"vincible",
"vulnerable",
"exposed",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"insecure",
"liable",
"open",
"susceptible",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unsafe",
"defenseless",
"helpless",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ensheathed , encapsulated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cocooned",
"encapsulated",
"encapsuled",
"encysted",
"ensheathed",
"ensphered",
"enwombed",
"encircled",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enframed",
"enlaced",
"framed",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"contained",
"limited",
"restricted",
"boxed (in)",
"caged",
"closeted",
"cooped (up)",
"corralled",
"encaged",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"enveloped",
"fenced (in)",
"hedged",
"hemmed (in)",
"housed",
"immured",
"included",
"mewed (up)",
"penned",
"walled (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"arroyo":{
"as in runoff , freshet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billabong",
"fresh",
"freshet",
"runoff",
"beck",
"bourn",
"bourne",
"brook",
"brooklet",
"burn",
"creek",
"gill",
"rill",
"rivulet",
"run",
"runlet",
"runnel",
"streamlet",
"bayou",
"coulee",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"stream",
"wash",
"canal",
"channel",
"cut",
"cutoff",
"gut",
"kill",
"millrace",
"millstream",
"race",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"affluent",
"branch",
"confluent",
"distributary",
"influent",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrives":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appears",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"as in comers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comers",
"arrivistes",
"nouveaux riches",
"parvenus",
"upstarts",
"adventurers",
"snobs",
"social climbers",
"fat cats",
"moneybags",
"nabobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arbitrating":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"deciding",
"determining",
"judging",
"refereeing",
"ruling (on)",
"settling",
"umpiring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considering",
"deeming",
"deliberating",
"hearing",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"sizing up",
"mediating",
"moderating",
"negotiating",
"prosecuting",
"trying",
"finding (for or against)",
"concluding",
"resolving",
"redetermining",
"rejudging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"argentine":{
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"an argentine sky hinted at a coming storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"gray",
"grey",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slate",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"argle-bargle":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"after a lot of argle-bargle even with members of his own party, the prime minister managed to get the measure through parliament"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"article of faith":{
"mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon":{
"examples":[
"That the meek shall inherit the earth is, for her, an article of faith ."
],
"synonyms":[
"belief",
"credence",
"credit",
"faith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"axiom",
"law",
"precept",
"principle",
"tenet",
"assurance",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"conviction",
"positiveness",
"sureness",
"confidence",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance",
"trust",
"hope",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"philosophy",
"dogmatism",
"fanaticism",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"skepticism",
"suspicion",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"disbelief",
"discredit",
"doubt",
"nonbelief",
"unbelief"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"articulates":{
"to utter clearly and distinctly":{
"examples":[
"uses a very measured tone and articulates every syllable when issuing scoldings"
],
"synonyms":[
"enunciates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expresses",
"pronounces",
"says",
"speaks",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"voices",
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falters",
"grunts",
"halts",
"hesitates",
"maunders",
"splutters",
"sputters",
"stammers",
"stumbles",
"stutters",
"mouths",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers",
"breathes",
"drawls",
"gasps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"an essay that masterfully articulates the case for a greater commitment to space exploration"
],
"synonyms":[
"clothes",
"couches",
"expresses",
"formulates",
"phrases",
"puts",
"says",
"states",
"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'm not articulating my thoughts very well"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings out",
"enunciates",
"passes",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrayed":{
"as in dressed , decorated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adorned",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"decked",
"decorated",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"enriched",
"garnished",
"ornamented",
"trimmed",
"elaborate",
"extreme",
"flowery",
"frilly",
"lacy",
"bedaubed",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"extravagant",
"flamboyant",
"spectacular",
"splashy",
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed",
"arabesque",
"baroque",
"rococo",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"fussy",
"gingerbread",
"gingerbreaded",
"gingerbready",
"ornate",
"overdecorated",
"overwrought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"austere",
"plain",
"severe",
"stark",
"unadorned",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"modest",
"simple",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"tasteful",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"bossed",
"chased",
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"filleted",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"redecorated",
"redid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"suited",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"classified",
"codified",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"laid out",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"ranged",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groomed",
"made up",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)",
"unscrambled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"cued",
"lined",
"lined up",
"queued",
"alphabetized",
"filed",
"hierarchized",
"prioritized",
"sequenced",
"emplaced",
"placed",
"set",
"displayed",
"mapped (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranged",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disordered",
"messed (up)",
"mussed (up)",
"rumpled",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"aromatized":{
"as in perfumed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"perfumed",
"peppered",
"salted",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"sauced",
"flavored",
"laced",
"savored",
"savoured",
"seasoned",
"spiced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrowed":{
"as in beelined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beelined",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
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"poked",
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"dillydallied",
"dragged",
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"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
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"verb"
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"executive",
"manager",
"superintendent",
"supervisor"
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"official",
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"minister",
"boss",
"chief",
"head",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"woodlot",
"greenwood",
"wildwood",
"brake",
"brushwood",
"chaparral",
"coppice",
"copse",
"covert",
"grove",
"scrubland",
"stand",
"thicket",
"forest",
"forestland",
"timber",
"timberland",
"wood(s)",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in folk song , part-song":{
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"barcarolle",
"blues",
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"chanty",
"shanty",
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"croon",
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"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
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"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"solo",
"song",
"vocal",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
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"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
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"fight song",
"torch song",
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"medley",
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"noun"
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"nonaesthetic"
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"nonartistic",
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"adjective"
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"columns",
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"shorings",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"mountings",
"mounts",
"props",
"reinforcements",
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"spurs",
"stays",
"supports",
"underpinnings",
"arches",
"bolsters",
"brackets",
"cantilevers",
"girders",
"frames",
"bearings",
"daises",
"platforms",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"tribunes",
"crutches",
"pegs",
"posts",
"stakes",
"stanchions",
"stilts",
"struts",
"trusses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"foundations",
"pedestals",
"plinths",
"stands"
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"noun"
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"as in gunner":{
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"gunner",
"huntress",
"sportsman",
"sportswoman",
"birder",
"falconer",
"fowler",
"hawker",
"hunter",
"huntsman",
"nimrod",
"hunter-gatherer",
"trapper",
"poacher"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"the person or entity toward whom you feel the most hatred or hostility":{
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"The country went to war with its archenemy ."
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"bane",
"b\u00eate noire",
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"attacker",
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"invader",
"competitor",
"rival"
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"buddy",
"chum",
"compadre",
"crony",
"fellow",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"hobnobber",
"mate",
"musketeer",
"pal",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"accomplice",
"ally",
"collaborator",
"colleague",
"comrade",
"confederate",
"friendly",
"partner",
"adherent",
"disciple",
"follower",
"backer",
"benefactor",
"exponent",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"well-wisher",
"amigo",
"friend"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
"examples":[
"the company needs to update its archaic computer system"
],
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"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"moth-eaten",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"atavistic",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"historic",
"historical",
"late",
"old-world",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"fresh",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"armoring":{
"as in ensheathing , encapsulating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cocooning",
"encapsulating",
"encapsuling",
"encysting",
"ensheathing",
"ensphering",
"enwombing",
"encircling",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enframing",
"enlacing",
"framing",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"bounding",
"circumscribing",
"confining",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"boxing (in)",
"caging",
"closeting",
"cooping (up)",
"corralling",
"encaging",
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"enveloping",
"fencing (in)",
"hedging",
"hemming (in)",
"housing",
"immuring",
"including",
"mewing (up)",
"penning",
"walling (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"armature":{
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"examples":[
"the rigid armature of a highly stratified society"
],
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"architecture",
"cadre",
"configuration",
"edifice",
"fabric",
"frame",
"framework",
"framing",
"infrastructure",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"structure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cage",
"lattice",
"network",
"contour",
"figure",
"outline",
"profile",
"shape",
"silhouette",
"chassis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"art house":{
"as in art theater , cinematheque":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"art theater",
"cinematheque",
"megaplex",
"multiplex",
"plex",
"'plex",
"fleapit",
"grind house",
"nickelodeon",
"drive-in",
"cinema",
"playhouse",
"theater",
"theatre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armistice":{
"a temporary stopping of fighting":{
"examples":[
"both sides in the conflict agreed to an armistice during the solemn holy days"
],
"synonyms":[
"cease-fire",
"truce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accord",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"d\u00e9tente",
"detente",
"peace",
"peacetime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war",
"war"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"around-the-clock":{
"as in round-the-clock , hourly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"24-7",
"24/7",
"hourly",
"round-the-clock",
"cyclic",
"cyclical",
"chronic",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"continual",
"intermittent",
"recurrent",
"recurring",
"expected",
"usual",
"constant",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"periodical",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconstant",
"infrequent",
"irregular",
"episodic",
"episodical",
"occasional",
"unexpected",
"unusual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arterials":{
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
"examples":[
"one of the main arterials connecting the airport with the city"
],
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"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"causeways",
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"superhighways",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"through streets",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places",
"closes",
"culs-de-sac",
"cul-de-sacs",
"dead ends",
"corridors",
"tracks",
"trails"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrogant":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"the arrogant young lawyer elbowed his way to the head of the line of customers, declaring that he was too busy to wait like everybody else"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"archived":{
"as in organized , compiled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"balled",
"batched",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"pooled",
"united",
"scraped (up or together)",
"re-collected",
"regathered",
"regrouped",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arousals":{
"as in intoxications , highs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buzzes",
"electrifications",
"highs",
"intoxications",
"bangs",
"boots",
"charges",
"exhilarations",
"frissons",
"jollies",
"kicks",
"rushes",
"thrills",
"titillations",
"wallops",
"jolts",
"shocks",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"delectations",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"joys",
"lifts",
"pleasures",
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"treats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arc":{
"something that curves or is curved":{
"examples":[
"the stars seemed to align themselves into one vast glittering arc"
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
"wind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kink",
"warp",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the ball arced toward the batter and nearly hit him"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"fall off",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"straighten"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"articulate":{
"able to express oneself clearly and well":{
"examples":[
"the television crew covering the science fair were looking for photogenic and articulate students to explain their projects on the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"eloquent",
"fluent",
"silver-tongued",
"well-spoken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facile",
"glib",
"smooth-tongued",
"voluble",
"expressive",
"outspoken",
"verbal",
"vocal",
"blabby",
"chatty",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"talkative",
"verbose",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"faltering",
"halting",
"hesitant",
"maundering",
"mumbling",
"muttering",
"sputtering",
"stammering",
"stumbling",
"stuttering",
"mute",
"speechless",
"tongueless",
"tongue-tied",
"voiceless"
],
"antonyms":[
"inarticulate",
"ineloquent",
"unvocal"
]
},
"to utter clearly and distinctly":{
"examples":[
"uses a very measured tone and articulates every syllable when issuing scoldings"
],
"synonyms":[
"enunciate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"express",
"pronounce",
"say",
"speak",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"voice",
"speak out",
"speak up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falter",
"grunt",
"halt",
"hesitate",
"maunder",
"splutter",
"sputter",
"stammer",
"stumble",
"stutter",
"mouth",
"mumble",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"whisper",
"breathe",
"drawl",
"gasp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"an essay that masterfully articulates the case for a greater commitment to space exploration"
],
"synonyms":[
"clothe",
"couch",
"express",
"formulate",
"phrase",
"put",
"say",
"state",
"word"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craft",
"frame",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"paraphrase",
"rephrase",
"restate",
"reword",
"summarize",
"translate",
"communicate",
"disclose",
"speak",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"describe",
"render",
"write up"
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"examples":[
"I'm not articulating my thoughts very well"
],
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"bring out",
"enunciate",
"pass",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize"
],
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"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"blabber",
"bolt",
"blurt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"purr",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"formulize",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"rip (out)",
"snarl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"artillery":{
"large firearms (as cannon or rockets)":{
"examples":[
"during the brutal artillery attack families hid in their cellars"
],
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"guns",
"ordnance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunition",
"armament",
"arms",
"munitions",
"weaponry",
"weapons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arquebus":{
"as in shotgun , musket":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"arm",
"firearm",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"speargun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbor":{
"a wooden shelter in a garden that is shaped like an arch and that plants grow over":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bower",
"pergola",
"awning",
"canopy",
"ceiling",
"cover",
"roof",
"tent",
"dome",
"marquee",
"pavilion",
"screen",
"shade",
"shelter",
"shield",
"sunshade",
"umbrella",
"canvas",
"canvass",
"fly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbitrates":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
],
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"adjudges",
"adjudicates",
"decides",
"determines",
"judges",
"referees",
"rules (on)",
"settles",
"umpires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considers",
"deems",
"deliberates",
"hears",
"ponders",
"weighs",
"sizes up",
"mediates",
"moderates",
"negotiates",
"prosecutes",
"tries",
"finds (for or against)",
"concludes",
"resolves",
"redetermines",
"rejudges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocates",
"hedges",
"pussyfoots",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrests":{
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehends",
"busts",
"collars",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nicks",
"picks up",
"pinches",
"pulls in",
"restrains",
"runs in",
"seizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"gets",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps",
"commits",
"confines",
"detains",
"holds",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"jugs",
"locks (up)",
"binds",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"unchains"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings up",
"catches",
"checks",
"draws up",
"fetches up",
"halts",
"holds up",
"pulls up",
"stalls",
"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 hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzles",
"catches up",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"mesmerizes",
"spellbinds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptures",
"entrances",
"thrills",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"charms",
"absorbs",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"involves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act of taking into one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"there have been only two arrests for driving while intoxicated in the county in the last six months"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehensions",
"arrestments",
"busts",
"collars",
"pinches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raids",
"house arrests",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"seizures",
"captivities",
"confinements",
"detentions",
"enchainments",
"holds",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"rearrests",
"remands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"liberations",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharges"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"\"hemostasis\" is the technical term for arrest of bleeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrestments",
"ceases",
"cessations",
"checks",
"closedowns",
"closes",
"closures",
"conclusions",
"cutoffs",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuations",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"offsets",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stays",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arranging (for)":{
"as in signing up (for) , ordering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bespeaking",
"booking",
"contracting (for)",
"ordering",
"reserving",
"signing up (for)",
"checking out",
"subleasing",
"subletting",
"chartering",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"leasing",
"renting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arsons":{
"the illegal burning of a building or other property; the crime of setting fire to something":{
"examples":[
"The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but investigators suspect arson .",
"The town has suffered a rash of arson attacks."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"flare-ups",
"conflagrations",
"fires",
"holocausts",
"infernos",
"backfires",
"bonfires",
"brush fires",
"campfires",
"forest fires",
"wildfires"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arriv\u00e9s":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appears",
"comes",
"gets in",
"gets through",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"as in comers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comers",
"arrivistes",
"nouveaux riches",
"parvenus",
"upstarts",
"adventurers",
"snobs",
"social climbers",
"fat cats",
"moneybags",
"nabobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arranger":{
"as in scorer , orchestrator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"orchestrator",
"orchestrater",
"scorer",
"symphonist",
"librettist",
"lyricist",
"lyrist",
"cocomposer",
"composer",
"melodist",
"musician",
"songsmith",
"songwriter",
"tunesmith"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in organizer , planner":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatcher",
"organizer",
"planner",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"contriver",
"designer",
"formulator",
"originator",
"spawner",
"finagler",
"machinator",
"maneuverer",
"captain",
"commander",
"director",
"handler",
"leader",
"manager",
"quarterback",
"developer",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"inspirer",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"pioneer",
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"architect",
"engineer",
"mastermind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aromatizing":{
"as in perfuming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"perfuming",
"peppering",
"salting",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"saucing",
"flavoring",
"lacing",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"seasoning",
"spicing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"argufies":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"tedious departmental meetings at which staffers would argufy endlessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercates",
"argues",
"bickers",
"brabbles",
"brawls",
"controverts",
"disputes",
"falls out",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"rows",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"clashes",
"contends",
"contests",
"tangles",
"cavils",
"fusses",
"nitpicks",
"considers",
"debates",
"discusses",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexists",
"gets along",
"accepts",
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs",
"consents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"architectures":{
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"examples":[
"the nonlinear architecture of the novel reflects a postmodern sensibility"
],
"synonyms":[
"armatures",
"cadres",
"configurations",
"edifices",
"fabrics",
"frames",
"frameworks",
"framings",
"infrastructures",
"shells",
"skeletons",
"structures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cages",
"lattices",
"networks",
"contours",
"figures",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"shapes",
"silhouettes",
"chassis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arm-twist":{
"as in bully , intimidate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"high-pressure",
"menace",
"shame",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"drag",
"blackjack",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"drive",
"force",
"impel",
"impress",
"make",
"muscle",
"obligate",
"oblige",
"press",
"pressure",
"sandbag",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound",
"blackmail",
"exact",
"extort",
"racketeer",
"squeeze",
"wrest",
"wring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"argue",
"convince",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrested":{
"taken and held prisoner":{
"examples":[
"a line of arrested suspects waiting to be booked on a variety of charges"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehended",
"captive",
"captured",
"caught",
"confined",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bound",
"enslaved",
"indentured",
"ensnared",
"trapped",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"occupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"paroled",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[
"free"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the inept robber was promptly arrested by the off-duty policeman he had tried to hold up"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehended",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged"
]
},
"to bring (something) to a standstill":{
"examples":[
"cryogenics is based on the idea that extreme cold can almost arrest molecular motion"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought up",
"caught",
"checked",
"drew up",
"fetched up",
"halted",
"held up",
"pulled up",
"stalled",
"stayed",
"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 hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
"examples":[
"the sight of the daredevil walking a tightrope between high-rises arrested area pedestrians and motorists alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedazzled",
"caught up",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"spellbound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"thrilled",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"charmed",
"absorbed",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"involved"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"armors":{
"means or method of defending":{
"examples":[
"the skunk's primary armor is the foul-smelling fluid that it can eject"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegises",
"egises",
"ammunitions",
"bucklers",
"covers",
"defenses",
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"securities",
"shields",
"walls",
"wards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armaments",
"arms",
"munitions",
"weaponries",
"weapons",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"strongholds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"the crab's armor makes it difficult prey for some smaller predators"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ensheathes , encapsulates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cocoons",
"encapsulates",
"encapsules",
"encysts",
"ensheathes",
"enspheres",
"enwombs",
"encircles",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enframes",
"enlaces",
"frames",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"bounds",
"circumscribes",
"confines",
"contains",
"limits",
"restricts",
"boxes (in)",
"cages",
"closets",
"coops (up)",
"corrals",
"encages",
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"envelops",
"fences (in)",
"hedges",
"hems (in)",
"houses",
"immures",
"includes",
"mews (up)",
"pens",
"walls (in)"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"as in signs up (for) , orders":{
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"bespeaks",
"books",
"contracts (for)",
"orders",
"reserves",
"signs up (for)",
"checks out",
"subleases",
"sublets",
"charters",
"engages",
"hires",
"leases",
"rents"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Armageddon":{
"a final destructive battle or conflict":{
"examples":[
"trying to avoid the threat of a nuclear Armageddon"
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"doomsday",
"end-time",
"apocalypse",
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"tragedy",
"bloodbath",
"collapse",
"crash",
"meltdown",
"convulsion",
"paroxysm",
"upheaval",
"accident",
"casualty",
"fatality",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"blast",
"blow",
"double whammy",
"one-two",
"one-two punch"
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"godsend",
"manna",
"windfall"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"army":{
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"In 218 b.c. , Hannibal crossed the Alps with an army of 26,000 men and, most famously, a number of elephants"
],
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"array",
"battalion",
"host",
"legion"
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"militia",
"national guard",
"standing army",
"infantry",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
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},
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
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"a vast army of loyal fans in line for the band's farewell concert"
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"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm",
"throng"
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"masses",
"millions",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"gaggle",
"heap",
"mountain",
"pile",
"jam",
"logjam"
],
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"a group of people working together on a task":{
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"an army of rescue workers descended on the tornado-stricken town"
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"band",
"brigade",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"platoon",
"squad",
"team"
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"corps",
"troop",
"force",
"host",
"posse",
"stable",
"troupe",
"administration",
"department",
"help",
"personnel",
"staff"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a person of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"could trace his lineage to an English aristocrat of the 17th century"
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"blue bloods",
"gentlepeople",
"gentles",
"nobles",
"patricians"
],
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"socialites",
"swells",
"magnates",
"magnificoes",
"magnificos",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"gentlefolks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canailles",
"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"roturiers",
"boors",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archconservatives":{
"a person whose political beliefs are centered on tradition and keeping things the way they are":{
"examples":[
"archconservatives refused to accept the new law"
],
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"conservatives",
"paleoconservatives",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"Tories",
"traditionalists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rights",
"right-wings",
"conformists",
"neocons",
"neoconservatives",
"diehards",
"standpatters",
"bourbons",
"fuddy-duddies",
"squares",
"stuffed shirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extremists",
"radicals",
"reds",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"reformers",
"reformists"
],
"antonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"left-wingers",
"liberals",
"progressives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"aristocrat":{
"a person of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"could trace his lineage to an English aristocrat of the 17th century"
],
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"blue blood",
"gentle",
"gentleperson",
"noble",
"patrician"
],
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"socialite",
"swell",
"magnate",
"magnifico",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canaille",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"roturier",
"boor",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrogation":{
"the unlawful taking or withholding of something from the rightful owner under a guise of authority":{
"examples":[
"the legislature's arrogation of certain powers that are explicitly reserved by the constitution for the judiciary"
],
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"appropriation",
"commandeering",
"detainer",
"expropriation",
"preemption",
"seizure",
"takeover",
"usurpation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexation",
"assumption",
"attachment",
"confiscation",
"grab",
"impoundment",
"repossession",
"sequestration",
"defalcation",
"embezzlement",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"misuse",
"peculation",
"theft",
"despoilment",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroachment",
"infringement",
"piracy",
"invasion",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"preoccupancy",
"trespass",
"deforcement",
"disfurnishment",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"stripping"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arcadias":{
"as in Edens , Camelots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Camelots",
"Cockaignes",
"Edens",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"fantasylands",
"heavens",
"lotuslands",
"never-never lands",
"New Jerusalems",
"nirvanas",
"paradises",
"promised lands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"Zions",
"Sions",
"dreamlands",
"dreamworlds",
"fairylands",
"wonderlands",
"blisses",
"euphorias",
"joys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-utopias",
"dystopias",
"hells",
"fool's paradises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arabesque":{
"as in baroque , rococo":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baroque",
"rococo",
"bedizened",
"florid",
"fussy",
"gingerbread",
"gingerbreaded",
"gingerbready",
"ornate",
"overdecorated",
"overwrought",
"extravagant",
"flamboyant",
"spectacular",
"splashy",
"bedaubed",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"elaborate",
"extreme",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"decked",
"decorated",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"enriched",
"garnished",
"ornamented",
"trimmed",
"flowery",
"frilly",
"lacy",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"austere",
"plain",
"severe",
"stark",
"unadorned",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"stripped",
"uncovered",
"modest",
"simple",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"muted",
"quiet",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"tasteful",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arboriculture":{
"as in agroforestry , pomology":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agroforestry",
"pomology",
"agribusiness",
"agroecology",
"agronomy",
"aquaculture",
"aquiculture",
"hydroponics",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"farmwork",
"gardening",
"horticulture",
"tillage",
"animal husbandry",
"mixed farming",
"monoculture",
"pastoralism",
"agriculture",
"farming",
"husbandry",
"sharecropping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrangers":{
"as in scorers , orchestrators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"orchestrators",
"orchestraters",
"scorers",
"symphonists",
"librettists",
"lyricists",
"lyrists",
"cocomposers",
"co-composers",
"composers",
"melodists",
"musicians",
"songsmiths",
"songwriters",
"tunesmiths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in organizers , planners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatchers",
"organizers",
"planners",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"formulators",
"originators",
"spawners",
"finaglers",
"machinators",
"maneuverers",
"captains",
"commanders",
"directors",
"handlers",
"leaders",
"managers",
"quarterbacks",
"developers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"inspirers",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"pioneers",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"architects",
"engineers",
"masterminds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"art":{
"an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands":{
"examples":[
"one of the country's finest practitioners of the art of cabinetmaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"craft",
"handcraft",
"handicraft",
"trade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skill",
"calling",
"m\u00e9tier",
"metier",
"occupation",
"profession",
"vocation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
"examples":[
"while some people see it simply as mindless fun or exercise, there is an art to skateboarding"
],
"synonyms":[
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"artistry",
"cleverness",
"craft",
"cunning",
"deftness",
"masterfulness",
"skill",
"skillfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dexterity",
"ease",
"finesse",
"handiness",
"experience",
"expertise",
"expertness",
"know-how",
"proficiency",
"creativity",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amateurishness",
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"crudeness",
"klutziness",
"rudeness",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"ineptitude",
"ineptness",
"maladroitness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbitrarily":{
"as in casually , indiscriminately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capriciously",
"carelessly",
"casually",
"indiscriminately",
"informally",
"offhand",
"offhandedly",
"promiscuously",
"whimsically",
"aimlessly",
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"desultorily",
"erratically",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"helter-skelter",
"hit or miss",
"irregularly",
"randomly",
"willy-nilly",
"accidentally",
"fortuitously",
"inadvertently",
"unconsciously",
"unintentionally",
"unwittingly",
"disconnectedly",
"disjointedly",
"fitfully",
"intermittently",
"spottily",
"unpredictably",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"topsy-turvy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"methodically",
"systematically",
"carefully",
"formally",
"gingerly",
"meticulously",
"orderly",
"punctiliously",
"deliberately",
"intentionally",
"purposefully",
"purposely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"arm-twists":{
"as in bullies , intimidates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"hectors",
"intimidates",
"high-pressures",
"menaces",
"shames",
"terrorizes",
"threatens",
"drags",
"blackjacks",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"dragoons",
"drives",
"forces",
"impels",
"impresses",
"makes",
"muscles",
"obligates",
"obliges",
"presses",
"pressures",
"sandbags",
"badgers",
"harasses",
"hounds",
"blackmails",
"exacts",
"extorts",
"racketeers",
"squeezes",
"wrests",
"wrings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"argues",
"convinces",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"architecture":{
"the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form":{
"examples":[
"the nonlinear architecture of the novel reflects a postmodern sensibility"
],
"synonyms":[
"armature",
"cadre",
"configuration",
"edifice",
"fabric",
"frame",
"framework",
"framing",
"infrastructure",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"structure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cage",
"lattice",
"network",
"contour",
"figure",
"outline",
"profile",
"shape",
"silhouette",
"chassis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Argus-eyed":{
"paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity":{
"examples":[
"an Argus-eyed photographer known for capturing on film many celebrity meltdowns"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"attentive",
"awake",
"observant",
"open-eyed",
"tenty",
"tentie",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alive",
"aware",
"conscious",
"sensitive",
"cognizant",
"heedful",
"keen",
"mindful",
"observing",
"regardful",
"sharp",
"sharp-eyed",
"hyperalert",
"hypervigilant",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"careful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"wary",
"prepared",
"ready"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absent",
"absentminded",
"absorbed",
"abstracted",
"daydreaming",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dreaming",
"dreamy",
"engrossed",
"faraway",
"insensible",
"oblivious",
"preoccupied",
"sleeping",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"careless",
"heedless",
"inattentive",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"unthinking",
"unwary",
"unprepared",
"unready"
],
"antonyms":[
"asleep"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"artery":{
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
"examples":[
"there's an accident on the main artery into town, so I'll be late"
],
"synonyms":[
"arterial",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"causeway",
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place",
"close",
"cul-de-sac",
"dead end",
"corridor",
"track",
"trail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"articulated":{
"as in pronounced , enunciated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enunciated",
"pronounced",
"sonant",
"oral",
"spoken",
"uttered",
"vocal",
"voiced",
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"intoned",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"purred",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"sputtered",
"squeaked",
"whispered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonvocal",
"inarticulate",
"mute",
"quiet",
"silent",
"unexpressed",
"unsaid",
"unspoken",
"unuttered",
"unvoiced",
"surd",
"voiceless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter clearly and distinctly":{
"examples":[
"uses a very measured tone and articulates every syllable when issuing scoldings"
],
"synonyms":[
"enunciated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expressed",
"pronounced",
"said",
"spoke",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"voiced",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"faltered",
"grunted",
"halted",
"hesitated",
"maundered",
"spluttered",
"sputtered",
"stammered",
"stumbled",
"stuttered",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered",
"breathed",
"drawled",
"gasped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"an essay that masterfully articulates the case for a greater commitment to space exploration"
],
"synonyms":[
"clothed",
"clad",
"couched",
"expressed",
"formulated",
"phrased",
"put",
"said",
"stated",
"worded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crafted",
"framed",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"paraphrased",
"rephrased",
"restated",
"reworded",
"summarized",
"translated",
"communicated",
"disclosed",
"spoke",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized",
"described",
"rendered",
"wrote up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
"examples":[
"I'm not articulating my thoughts very well"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought out",
"enunciated",
"passed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aired",
"discussed",
"gave",
"looked",
"shared",
"sounded",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced",
"blabbered",
"blurted",
"bolted",
"got off",
"shot",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"lipped",
"mouthed",
"murmured",
"purred",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"spouted",
"whispered",
"clothed",
"clad",
"couched",
"formulated",
"formulized",
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"comings",
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"ingresses",
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"births",
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"exoduses"
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"exits",
"farewells",
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"partings"
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"noun"
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"the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up"
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"woke"
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"catnapped",
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"lain up",
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"dossed (down)",
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"note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment"
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"occurred",
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"transpired",
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"interposed",
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"discontinued",
"finished",
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"ceased",
"ended",
"stopped"
]
},
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"slowly the hot-air balloon arose , and the round-the-world flight was begun"
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"climbed",
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"mounted",
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"soared",
"thrust",
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"upreared",
"uprisen",
"upthrusted",
"upturned"
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"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"taken off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"slid",
"sunk"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fallen (off)",
"plunged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{
"examples":[
"membership in the society is reserved for the literary world's aristocracy"
],
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"A-lists",
"best",
"choices",
"corps d'elite",
"creams",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"flowers",
"illuminati",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"priesthoods",
"primes",
"royalties",
"upper crusts"
],
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"establishments",
"gentries",
"nobilities",
"qualities",
"societies",
"top drawers",
"tops",
"upper classes",
"caviars",
"caviares",
"who's whos"
],
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"commoners",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"rank and files",
"unwasheds"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"I love the aroma of bread baking in the oven"
],
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"attar",
"otto",
"balm",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"incense",
"perfume",
"redolence",
"scent",
"spice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essence",
"odor"
],
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"fetor",
"malodor",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the ripe aroma of a sweatshirt that's in dire need of laundering"
],
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"odor",
"redolence",
"scent",
"smell",
"sniff"
],
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"whiff",
"attar",
"otto",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"perfume",
"ambrosia",
"lusciousness",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"spice",
"tang",
"acridness",
"fetidness",
"fetor",
"foulness",
"funk",
"gaminess",
"malodor",
"noisomeness",
"rancidity",
"rankness",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink",
"aromaticity",
"odoriferousness",
"odorousness",
"incense",
"musk"
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"the aroma of wealth and privilege that pervades the manicured confines of the country club"
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"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"climate",
"flavor",
"halo",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
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"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"arcadia":{
"as in Eden , Camelot":{
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"Camelot",
"Cockaigne",
"Eden",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"fantasyland",
"heaven",
"lotusland",
"never-never land",
"New Jerusalem",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"promised land",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"Zion",
"Sion",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"euphoria",
"gladness",
"joy",
"dreamland",
"dreamworld",
"fairyland",
"wonderland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-utopia",
"dystopia",
"hell",
"fool's paradise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"architect":{
"a person who designs and guides a plan or undertaking":{
"examples":[
"the architect of the economic plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II"
],
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"engineer",
"mastermind"
],
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"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"captain",
"commander",
"director",
"handler",
"leader",
"manager",
"quarterback",
"contriver",
"designer",
"formulator",
"originator",
"spawner",
"arranger",
"hatcher",
"organizer",
"planner",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"finagler",
"machinator",
"maneuverer",
"developer",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"inspirer",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"pioneer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arsonist":{
"a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property":{
"examples":[
"they finally caught the arsonist , but only after he'd set fire to four barns"
],
"synonyms":[
"firebug",
"incendiary",
"torch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pyromaniac",
"flamer",
"igniter",
"ignitor",
"immolator",
"inflamer",
"kindler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arguers":{
"a person who takes part in a dispute":{
"examples":[
"he's is demand on the Sunday morning political shows because he's an eager and indefatigable arguer"
],
"synonyms":[
"argufiers",
"bickerers",
"brawlers",
"debaters",
"disputants",
"disputers",
"fighters",
"quarrelers",
"quarrellers",
"scrappers",
"squabblers",
"wranglers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"codefendants",
"co-defendants",
"defendants",
"plaintiffs",
"pleaders",
"challengers",
"contenders",
"contestants",
"skirmishers",
"fussers",
"nitpickers",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"argumentative":{
"given to arguing":{
"examples":[
"he's too argumentative to be part of a project in which teamwork is critical"
],
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"contentious",
"controversial",
"disputatious",
"polemical",
"polemic",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"feisty",
"fractious",
"surly",
"balky",
"contrary",
"ornery",
"perverse",
"restive",
"wayward",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"pigheaded",
"resistant",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"uncooperative",
"unreasonable",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"acidic",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"captious",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"huffy",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"querulous",
"rude",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"splenetic",
"testy",
"touchy",
"waspish",
"battling",
"fighting",
"warring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conciliatory",
"cooperative",
"obliging",
"docile",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{
"examples":[
"an argumentative gang of bullies always looking for a fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"fierce",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered",
"acidic",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bristly",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"huffy",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"ornery",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"querulous",
"rude",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"stroppy",
"surly",
"testy",
"touchy",
"ugly",
"waspish",
"savage",
"vicious",
"battling",
"fighting",
"warring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-imperialist",
"antimilitarist",
"unwarlike",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"complaisant",
"conciliatory",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"kindhearted",
"obliging",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"calm",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kindly",
"mild"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious"
]
},
"relating to or causing the expression of opposing opinions":{
"examples":[
"a topic that sparked more than a few argumentative conversations around the watercooler"
],
"synonyms":[
"contentious",
"controversial",
"disputatious",
"hot-button",
"polemical",
"polemic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delicate",
"difficult",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"spiny",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"touchy",
"tough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"irrefutable",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncontroversial",
"safe",
"uncontroversial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"armament":{
"as in ammunition , weaponry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ammunition",
"arms",
"munitions",
"weaponry",
"weapons",
"artillery",
"guns",
"ordnance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arc lamps":{
"as in sun lamps , fluorescent lamps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"sun lamps",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arriv\u00e9":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appear",
"come",
"get in",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"debark",
"disembark",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"check in",
"clock (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[
"go",
"leave"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"as in comer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comer",
"arriviste",
"nouveau riche",
"parvenu",
"upstart",
"adventurer",
"snob",
"social climber",
"fat cat",
"moneybags",
"nabob"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"aromatic":{
"having a pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"aromatic flowers can add greatly to the ambience of a room"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"pungent",
"spicy",
"odiferous",
"odored",
"odoriferous",
"odorous",
"clean",
"fresh",
"pure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"odorless",
"unscented",
"fusty",
"musty",
"stale",
"gamy",
"gamey"
],
"antonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"malodorous",
"noisome",
"putrid",
"rancid",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"skunky",
"smelly",
"stenchful",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arts":{
"an occupation requiring skillful use of the hands":{
"examples":[
"one of the country's finest practitioners of the art of cabinetmaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"crafts",
"handcrafts",
"handicrafts",
"trades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skills",
"callings",
"m\u00e9tiers",
"metiers",
"occupations",
"professions",
"vocations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrivistes":{
"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"the town's old money immediately shunned these vulgar arrivistes , who may have had the cash but certainly not the class"
],
"synonyms":[
"nouveaux riches",
"parvenus",
"upstarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriv\u00e9s",
"comers",
"adventurers",
"snobs",
"social climbers",
"fat cats",
"moneybags",
"nabobs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arch":{
"coming before all others in importance":{
"examples":[
"since the start of her acting career her parents have steadfastly remained her arch supporters"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"supreme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
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"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
]
},
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
"examples":[
"was so arch as to ask him outright if he was wearing a toupee"
],
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"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assertive",
"forward",
"obtrusive",
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"shameless",
"unabashed",
"unblushing",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"curt",
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"lippy",
"mouthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"humble",
"modest",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"proper",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"abashed",
"ashamed",
"blushing",
"embarrassed",
"shamefaced",
"gentle",
"mild",
"inconspicuous",
"unobtrusive"
],
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"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
]
},
"tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness":{
"examples":[
"the arch look on the girl's face betrayed her as the one who had tricked the babysitter into believing that the house was haunted"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilish",
"elvish",
"espi\u00e8gle",
"impish",
"knavish",
"leprechaunish",
"mischievous",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"pixieish",
"prankish",
"puckish",
"rascally",
"roguish",
"scampish",
"sly",
"tricksy",
"waggish",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antic",
"coltish",
"coy",
"frisky",
"frolicsome",
"kittenish",
"playful",
"sportful",
"sportive",
"gay",
"happy",
"lighthearted",
"whimsical",
"energetic",
"lively",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"wily",
"misbehaving",
"naughty",
"troublemaking",
"pestering",
"riling",
"teasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grave",
"grim",
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"staid",
"stern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that curves or is curved":{
"examples":[
"the limestone arch is a natural formation that is the product of many years of erosion"
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"arc",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curvature",
"curve",
"inflection",
"turn",
"wind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kink",
"warp",
"circle",
"ring",
"ringlet",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curlicue",
"curlycue",
"buckle",
"convolution",
"flexure",
"fold",
"loop",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twist",
"winding",
"incurvature",
"reflection",
"decline",
"inclination",
"incline",
"slope",
"corner",
"turnoff",
"dogleg",
"hairpin"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to turn away from a straight line":{
"examples":[
"the cat arched her back whenever she was stroked"
],
"synonyms":[
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"swerve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arc",
"round",
"incurvate",
"incurve",
"inflect",
"reflect",
"deflect",
"divert",
"entwine",
"kink",
"swirl",
"turn",
"twine",
"twist",
"veer",
"warp",
"coil",
"curl",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"loop",
"spiral",
"dent",
"dimple",
"meander",
"wave",
"weave",
"wind",
"decline",
"incline",
"slope"
],
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"antonyms":[
"straighten",
"unbend",
"uncurl"
]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the path gradually arches off into the woods"
],
"synonyms":[
"arc",
"bend",
"bow",
"crook",
"curve",
"fall off",
"hook",
"round",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"trend",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circle",
"coil",
"curlicue",
"curl",
"loop",
"spiral",
"turn",
"twist",
"wind",
"deviate",
"veer"
],
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"antonyms":[
"straighten"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"argosy":{
"an abundant source":{
"examples":[
"a book that is an argosy of stories and legends about the golden age of Hollywood"
],
"synonyms":[
"cornucopia",
"gold mine",
"mine",
"mother lode",
"treasure trove",
"wellspring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armory",
"repository",
"stockpot",
"store",
"storehouse",
"treasure-house",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stash",
"bonanza",
"Golconda",
"gravy train",
"honeypot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black hole",
"sinkhole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archness":{
"as in rascality , devilry":{
"examples":[],
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"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hob",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery",
"coyness",
"kittenishness",
"devilishness",
"diabolicalness",
"knavery",
"coltishness",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"friskiness",
"impishness",
"larkiness",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"playfulness",
"prankishness",
"sportfulness",
"sportiveness",
"tricksiness",
"frivolousness",
"energy",
"liveliness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunkiness",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"jocularity",
"jocundity",
"lightheartedness",
"mirthfulness",
"whimsicality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"soberness",
"sobersidedness",
"graveness",
"grimness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"sternness",
"priggishness",
"starchiness",
"stuffiness",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"self-control"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arguable":{
"open to question or dispute":{
"examples":[
"frankly, it's arguable whether you deserve the promotion"
],
"synonyms":[
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"issuable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"questionable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradictable",
"refutable",
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"shaky",
"uncertain",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irrefutable",
"definite",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"hands-down",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"positive",
"questionless",
"settled",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undebatable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arraigned":{
"to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge \u2014 usually used as (be) arraigned":{
"examples":[
"He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appealed",
"booked",
"cited",
"summoned",
"accused",
"charged",
"criminated",
"defamed",
"impeached",
"incriminated",
"indicted",
"blamed",
"called (on)",
"castigated",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"faulted",
"impugned",
"reproached",
"reprobated",
"chid",
"chided",
"rebuked",
"reproved",
"taxed",
"prosecuted",
"sued",
"tried",
"framed",
"implicated",
"inculpated",
"informed (against)",
"named",
"reported",
"recriminated",
"retaliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"excused",
"forgave",
"justified",
"pardoned",
"remitted",
"shrived",
"shrove",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"cleared",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arbitrament":{
"as in pronouncement , dictum":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"award",
"declaration",
"deliverance",
"dictum",
"pronouncement",
"decree",
"edict",
"injunction",
"order",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"determination",
"opinion",
"resolution",
"authority",
"discipline",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"inquest",
"verdict",
"doom",
"finding",
"holding",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"ruling",
"sentence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrange (for)":{
"as in sign up (for) , order":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bespeak",
"book",
"contract (for)",
"order",
"reserve",
"sign up (for)",
"check out",
"sublease",
"sublet",
"charter",
"engage",
"hire",
"lease",
"rent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arias":{
"a melody in an opera sung by one person":{
"examples":[
"the soprano's magnificent aria"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"solos",
"songs",
"vocals",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrogated":{
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"examples":[
"arrogated the corner office without obtaining prior approval"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"commandeered",
"converted",
"expropriated",
"pirated",
"preempted",
"pressed",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annexed",
"attached",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"impounded",
"repossessed",
"sequestered",
"assumed",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"snatched",
"stole",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"trespassed",
"embezzled",
"misapplied",
"misappropriated",
"misused",
"peculated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9es":{
"as in second thoughts , misgivings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"misgivings",
"second thoughts",
"fence-sittings",
"hesitances",
"hesitancies",
"hesitations",
"indecisions",
"irresolutions",
"pauses",
"shilly-shallies",
"vacillations",
"wobblings",
"wabblings",
"reconsiderations",
"retreats",
"delays",
"procrastinations",
"considerations",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"doubts",
"incertitudes",
"indeterminations",
"reservations",
"uncertainties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"determinations",
"resolutions",
"alacrities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archetypal":{
"constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated":{
"examples":[
"St. Peter's basilica in Rome is considered by some art historians to be the archetypal structure in the baroque style"
],
"synonyms":[
"classic",
"definitive",
"exemplary",
"imitable",
"model",
"paradigmatic",
"quintessential",
"textbook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ideal",
"nonpareil",
"special",
"unique",
"absolute",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect",
"A-OK",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"nifty",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"primo",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"low-grade",
"poor",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"deficient",
"disappointing",
"failed",
"inadequate",
"inferior",
"average",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"representative",
"typical",
"mediocre",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing the qualities associated with the members of a particular group or kind":{
"examples":[
"the movie's hero is pretty archetypal , lacking in any distinctive qualities that would distinguish him from countless other masked avengers"
],
"synonyms":[
"average",
"characteristic",
"normal",
"regular",
"representative",
"standard",
"true",
"typical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"common",
"commonplace",
"conventional",
"customary",
"everyday",
"ordinary",
"usual",
"wonted",
"workaday",
"classic",
"textbook",
"vintage",
"expected",
"familiar",
"habitual",
"predictable",
"routine",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"predominant",
"preponderant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncommon",
"unconventional",
"uncustomary",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"infrequent",
"noteworthy",
"rare",
"remarkable",
"singular",
"special",
"unexpected",
"unfamiliar",
"unique",
"unpredictable",
"eccentric",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"peculiar",
"unknown",
"unorthodox",
"curious",
"erratic",
"funky",
"funny",
"odd",
"oddball",
"offbeat",
"outlandish",
"quirky",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"bizarre",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"far-out",
"freak",
"freakish",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"out-of-the-way",
"outrageous",
"outr\u00e9",
"rare",
"singular",
"unnatural",
"weird",
"wild"
],
"antonyms":[
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"anomalous",
"atypical",
"deviant",
"irregular",
"nonrepresentative",
"nontypical",
"untypical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arrhythmic":{
"as in unmeasured , unrhythmic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nonmetrical",
"unmeasured",
"unrhythmic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cadenced",
"cadent",
"measured",
"metrical",
"metric",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"even",
"metronomic",
"metronomical",
"regular",
"steady",
"uniform",
"lilting",
"musical",
"swaying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arid":{
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"an arid speech about duty and responsibility"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"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"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"marked by little or no precipitation or humidity":{
"examples":[
"arid wastelands unfit for human habitation"
],
"synonyms":[
"droughty",
"dry",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"air-dry",
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"sunbaked",
"rainless",
"desert",
"desertic",
"desertlike",
"xerothermic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated"
],
"antonyms":[
"damp",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"wet"
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"adjective"
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"designs",
"game plans",
"games",
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"master plans",
"plans",
"programs",
"projects",
"road maps",
"schemes",
"strategies",
"systems"
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"collusions",
"conspiracies",
"plots",
"contrivances",
"devices",
"gambits",
"maneuvers",
"ruses",
"stratagems",
"subterfuges",
"tricks",
"counterplans",
"counterstrategies",
"counter-strategies",
"means",
"tactics",
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"ways",
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"protocols",
"conceptions",
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"projets",
"proposals",
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"specifics",
"aims",
"intentions",
"intents",
"purposes",
"diagrams",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"layouts",
"maps",
"patterns",
"platforms",
"policies",
"recipes",
"setups"
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"an artistic arrangement of the vases on the shelf"
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"configurations",
"conformations",
"formations",
"formats",
"layouts",
"setouts",
"setups"
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"designs",
"plans",
"schemes",
"compositions",
"constitutions",
"getups",
"makeups",
"builds",
"constructions",
"structures"
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"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
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"the close arrangement of the figures in the family portrait is meant to be symbolic of their close emotional attachment"
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"designs",
"formats",
"forms",
"getups",
"layouts",
"makeups",
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"patterns"
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"motifs",
"themes"
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"the ill-advised arrangement of works in the piano recital resulted in pieces of similar mood being played back-to-back"
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"arrays",
"disposals",
"dispositions",
"distributions",
"orderings",
"orders",
"sequences",
"setups"
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"continuities",
"precedences",
"priorities",
"chains",
"processions",
"progressions",
"successions",
"series",
"alignments",
"alinements",
"designs",
"layouts",
"patterns",
"structures",
"systems"
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"confusions",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"disruptions",
"upsets",
"disconnections"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"examples":[
"The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but investigators suspect arson .",
"The town has suffered a rash of arson attacks."
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"blaze",
"flare-up",
"conflagration",
"fire",
"holocaust",
"inferno",
"backfire",
"bonfire",
"brush fire",
"campfire",
"forest fire",
"wildfire"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"the ball arced toward the batter and nearly hit him"
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"arching",
"bending",
"bowing",
"crooking",
"curving",
"falling off",
"hooking",
"rounding",
"sweeping",
"swerving",
"trending",
"wheeling"
],
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"circling",
"coiling",
"curlicuing",
"curling",
"looping",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"turning",
"twisting",
"winding",
"deviating",
"veering"
],
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"antonyms":[
"straightening"
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"verb"
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"examples":[
"her boyfriend's articulation of his feelings for her was very touching"
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"expressions",
"formulations",
"phrasings",
"statements",
"utterances",
"verbalisms",
"voices",
"wordings"
],
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"outlets",
"vents",
"observations",
"reflections",
"remarks",
"thoughts",
"speeches",
"tongues"
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"you will have to work on your articulation if you want to be an announcer on TV"
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"dictions",
"enunciations"
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"elocution",
"expressions",
"utterances",
"speeches",
"wordings"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"archfiend":{
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"examples":[
"he sold his soul to the archfiend"
],
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"Beelzebub",
"devil",
"fiend",
"Lucifer",
"Old Nick",
"Satan",
"serpent"
],
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"deuce",
"dickens",
"Mephistopheles"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"artificiality":{
"as in smoothness , unctuousness":{
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"glibness",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"unctuousness",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"fraudulentness",
"shamming",
"affectation",
"affectedness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"sanctimoniousness",
"self-righteousness",
"self-satisfaction",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"double-dealing",
"falsity",
"perfidy",
"two-facedness",
"cant",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"piousness"
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"genuineness",
"sincereness",
"sincerity",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"probity",
"straightforwardness",
"truthfulness",
"artlessness",
"guilelessness",
"naturalness",
"unaffectedness"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"something (as money) which is owed":{
"examples":[
"since it lost the discrimination lawsuit, the employer will have to pay the worker all arrears in salary"
],
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"arrearage",
"debt",
"indebtedness",
"liability",
"liabilities",
"obligation",
"score"
],
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"bond",
"debit",
"delinquency",
"bankruptcy",
"default",
"embarrassment",
"insolvency"
],
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"quietus",
"quittance",
"repayment",
"asset"
],
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},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
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"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"a door arrayed for the holidays with a beautiful evergreen wreath"
],
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"adorning",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
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"accessorizing",
"dressing up",
"trapping",
"tricking (out)",
"brightening",
"freshening",
"smartening",
"sprucing (up)",
"bossing",
"chasing",
"braiding",
"embroidering",
"feathering",
"figuring",
"filigreeing",
"filleting",
"flouncing",
"frilling",
"fringing",
"furbelowing",
"garlanding",
"hanging",
"lacing",
"ribboning",
"swagging",
"wreathing",
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
"gilding",
"painting",
"diamonding",
"gemming",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"redecorating",
"redoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying"
],
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"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"arrayed in a wedding dress that has been handed down in the family for generations"
],
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"appareling",
"apparelling",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
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"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"arrayed his baseball cards in order of their rarity and consequent monetary value"
],
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"arranging",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"laying out",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
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"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)",
"unscrambling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"cuing",
"cueing",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"alphabetizing",
"filing",
"hierarchizing",
"prioritizing",
"sequencing",
"emplacing",
"placing",
"setting",
"displaying",
"mapping (out)",
"setting out"
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"antonyms":[
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)",
"rumpling",
"upsetting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"articulation":{
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
"examples":[
"her boyfriend's articulation of his feelings for her was very touching"
],
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"expression",
"formulation",
"phrasing",
"statement",
"utterance",
"verbalism",
"voice",
"wording"
],
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"outlet",
"vent",
"observation",
"reflection",
"remark",
"thought",
"speech",
"tongue"
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"antonyms":[]
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"the clear and accurate pronunciation of words especially in public speaking":{
"examples":[
"you will have to work on your articulation if you want to be an announcer on TV"
],
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"diction",
"enunciation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elocution",
"expression",
"utterance",
"speech",
"wording"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arboretums":{
"as in plantations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plantations",
"woodlots",
"greenwoods",
"wildwoods",
"brakes",
"brushwoods",
"chaparrals",
"coppices",
"copses",
"coverts",
"groves",
"scrublands",
"stands",
"thickets",
"forestlands",
"forests",
"timberlands",
"timbers",
"woodlands",
"woods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ardency":{
"depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the ardency in the social worker's voice surprised me"
],
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"ardor",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cathexis",
"emotionalism",
"emotionality",
"histrionics",
"mawkishness",
"melodrama",
"sappiness",
"sentimentality",
"eagerness",
"earnestness",
"excitement",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"zest",
"fanaticism",
"fever",
"hot-bloodedness",
"infatuation",
"mania",
"obsession",
"zeal",
"compassion",
"responsiveness",
"sentiment",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofness",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"detachedness",
"dryness",
"phlegm",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"reticence",
"taciturnity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"stoicism",
"stoniness",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness",
"chilliness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armed forces":{
"the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation":{
"examples":[
"our nation's armed forces are stationed throughout the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"colors",
"military",
"service",
"troops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"GIs",
"GI's",
"men-at-arms",
"rank and file",
"servicemen",
"servicewomen",
"soldiers",
"soldiery",
"force",
"militia",
"reserves",
"armor",
"defense",
"gendarmerie",
"gendarmery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians",
"noncombatants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"arousal":{
"as in intoxication , high":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buzz",
"electrification",
"high",
"intoxication",
"bang",
"boot",
"charge",
"exhilaration",
"frisson",
"jollies",
"kick",
"rush",
"thrill",
"titillation",
"wallop",
"jolt",
"shock",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"joy",
"lift",
"pleasure",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"treat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archbishops":{
"as in bishops , popes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbots",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular",
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arming":{
"as in preparing , fortifying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"stocking",
"storing",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging",
"supplying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"archbishop":{
"as in bishop , pope":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbot",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular",
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetic mean":{
"as in average":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"average",
"golden mean",
"mean",
"medium",
"middle",
"middle ground",
"midpoint",
"median",
"norm",
"par",
"standard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maximum",
"utmost",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arena theaters":{
"as in music halls , theaters-in-the-round":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"music halls",
"odea",
"playhouses",
"theaters-in-the-round",
"amphitheaters",
"arenas",
"auditoriums",
"auditoria",
"gardens",
"halls",
"theaters",
"theatres",
"ballrooms",
"lyceums",
"chambers",
"houses",
"senates",
"cafetoriums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"argy-bargies":{
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"wouldn't be a cricket match without a little argy-bargy over the umpire's every call"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the perennial argy-bargy over whether the monarchy should be abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"battles royal",
"battle royals",
"battles royale",
"battle royales",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"articulacy":{
"the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way":{
"examples":[
"the impressive articulacy of the members of the debating society known as the Oxford Union"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulateness",
"eloquence",
"poetry",
"rhetoric"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expression",
"expressiveness",
"declamation",
"elocution",
"oratory",
"cogency",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"meaningfulness",
"persuasion",
"persuasiveness",
"ardor",
"emotion",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"heat",
"intensity",
"passion",
"power",
"vehemence",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"inarticulateness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrogance":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"in his arrogance the president of the club made all the arrangements for the annual banquet without consulting the members"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"argued":{
"to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"argued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash"
],
"synonyms":[
"asserted",
"contended",
"maintained",
"pleaded",
"pled",
"plead",
"reasoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adduced",
"cited",
"mentioned",
"claimed",
"insisted",
"affirmed",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"advanced",
"gave",
"offered",
"proposed",
"submitted",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"recommended",
"suggested",
"urged",
"convinced",
"persuaded",
"advocated",
"championed",
"defended",
"enforced",
"espoused",
"supported",
"explained",
"justified",
"rationalized",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"confuted",
"countered",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"that couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercated",
"argufied",
"bickered",
"brabbled",
"brawled",
"controverted",
"disputed",
"fell out",
"fought",
"hassled",
"jarred",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"rowed",
"scrapped",
"spatted",
"squabbled",
"tiffed",
"wrangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"clashed",
"contended",
"contested",
"tangled",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"fussed",
"nitpicked",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisted",
"got along",
"accepted",
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred",
"consented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought",
"brought around",
"converted",
"convinced",
"gained",
"got",
"induced",
"moved",
"persuaded",
"prevailed (on or upon)",
"satisfied",
"talked (into)",
"won (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandished",
"blarneyed",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"entreated",
"exhorted",
"fast-talked",
"urged",
"wheedled",
"allured",
"beguiled",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"snowed",
"tempted",
"brainwashed",
"overpersuaded",
"inclined",
"influenced",
"prompted",
"sold",
"swayed",
"attracted",
"drew",
"enticed",
"interested",
"chewed over",
"conversed",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"reasoned (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"unsold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"candidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"bandied",
"batted (around or back and forth)",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over or out)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewed",
"spoke (about)",
"talked (about)",
"broached",
"introduced",
"propounded",
"raised",
"stirred up",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"talked out",
"thrashed (out)",
"wrestled (with)",
"chewed over",
"considered",
"deliberated",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"the security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building"
],
"synonyms":[
"attested",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"certified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"supported",
"validated",
"verified",
"vindicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouched",
"backed (up)",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"declared",
"professed",
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"artificial":{
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
"examples":[
"their artificial smiles did not make us feel very welcome"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"assumed",
"bogus",
"contrived",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"feigned",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"plastic",
"pretended",
"pseudo",
"put-on",
"sham",
"simulated",
"spurious",
"strained",
"unnatural"
],
"near synonyms":[
"automatic",
"canned",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"hokey",
"labored",
"manufactured",
"pat",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"double-dealing",
"empty",
"facile",
"hollow",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"exaggerated",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cute",
"cutesy",
"genteel",
"goody-goody",
"mincing",
"overrefined",
"simpering",
"conventional",
"formal",
"impersonal",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stylized",
"wooden",
"artful",
"calculated",
"conscious",
"cultivated",
"deliberate",
"premeditated",
"studied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real",
"realistic",
"right",
"true",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"unpretending",
"easy",
"effortless",
"smooth",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"unconscious",
"unprompted",
"unrehearsed",
"unstudied"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"natural",
"spontaneous",
"unaffected",
"uncontrived",
"unfeigned",
"unforced"
]
},
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
"examples":[
"the familiar sight of the award winner accepting the artificial congratulations of the other nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"assumed",
"claptrap",
"contrived",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"put-on",
"simulated",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"empty",
"hollow",
"meaningless",
"deceitful",
"devious",
"dishonest",
"false",
"untruthful",
"facile",
"glib",
"superficial",
"bogus",
"sham",
"campy",
"facetious",
"jocular",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"canting",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous",
"simon-pure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned"
]
},
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
"examples":[
"artificial fruit made from wax"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"unauthentic",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
]
},
"produced by humans rather than natural processes":{
"examples":[
"I find that artificial sweeteners often have an odd aftertaste"
],
"synonyms":[
"man-made",
"nonnatural",
"synthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"cultivated",
"processed",
"refined",
"industrial",
"mechanical",
"ersatz",
"faux",
"imitation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crude",
"raw"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"arbitrated":{
"to give an opinion about (something at issue or in dispute)":{
"examples":[
"will arbitrate the dispute between the company and the labor union"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudged",
"adjudicated",
"decided",
"determined",
"judged",
"refereed",
"ruled (on)",
"settled",
"umpired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"considered",
"deemed",
"deliberated",
"heard",
"pondered",
"weighed",
"sized up",
"mediated",
"moderated",
"negotiated",
"prosecuted",
"tried",
"found (for or against)",
"concluded",
"resolved",
"redetermined",
"rejudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocated",
"hedged",
"pussyfooted",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arrestment":{
"the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the arrestment of the bank president for embezzlement was accomplished as quietly as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehension",
"arrest",
"bust",
"collar",
"pinch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raid",
"house arrest",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"seizure",
"captivity",
"confinement",
"detention",
"enchainment",
"hold",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"liberation",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"the arrestment of all brain activity in the patient"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armory":{
"a place where military arms are stored":{
"examples":[
"the soldier was sent to the armory to get a replacement weapon for the one that had been stolen"
],
"synonyms":[
"arsenal",
"depot",
"dump",
"magazine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fort",
"fortress",
"stronghold",
"repository",
"storehouse",
"warehouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arbiter":{
"a person who impartially decides or resolves a dispute or controversy":{
"examples":[
"the dean of student affairs is the proper arbiter when a student disputes a grade"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjudicator",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"mediator",
"mediatrix",
"moderator",
"negotiator",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"decider"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armadas":{
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
"examples":[
"an armada of ships sailing up the coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"caravans",
"cavalcades",
"fleets",
"lines",
"motorcades",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argosies",
"convoys",
"flotillas",
"navies",
"columns",
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"parades",
"processions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e":{
"as in second thought , misgiving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"misgiving",
"second thought",
"faltering",
"fence-sitting",
"hesitance",
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"irresolution",
"pause",
"shilly-shally",
"shilly-shallying",
"vacillation",
"wavering",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"reconsideration",
"retreat",
"delay",
"hawing",
"procrastination",
"waiting",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"indecisiveness",
"indetermination",
"reservation",
"uncertainness",
"uncertainty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"sureness",
"alacrity",
"eagerness",
"readiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"armor":{
"means or method of defending":{
"examples":[
"the skunk's primary armor is the foul-smelling fluid that it can eject"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"ammunition",
"buckler",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"security",
"shield",
"wall",
"ward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"armament",
"munitions",
"weapon",
"weaponry",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"stronghold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"the crab's armor makes it difficult prey for some smaller predators"
],
"synonyms":[
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"bark",
"crust",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ensheathe , encapsulate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cocoon",
"encapsulate",
"encapsule",
"encyst",
"ensheathe",
"ensphere",
"enwomb",
"encircle",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enframe",
"enlace",
"frame",
"ring",
"surround",
"bound",
"circumscribe",
"confine",
"contain",
"limit",
"restrict",
"box (in)",
"cage",
"closet",
"coop (up)",
"corral",
"encage",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"envelop",
"fence (in)",
"hedge",
"hem (in)",
"house",
"immure",
"include",
"mew (up)",
"pen",
"wall (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"arcs":{
"something that curves or is curved":{
"examples":[
"the stars seemed to align themselves into one vast glittering arc"
],
"synonyms":[
"angles",
"arches",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curvatures",
"curves",
"inflections",
"turns",
"winds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kinks",
"warps",
"circles",
"ringlets",
"rings",
"rounds",
"coils",
"curlicues",
"curlycues",
"curls",
"buckles",
"convolutions",
"flexures",
"folds",
"loops",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twists",
"windings",
"incurvatures",
"reflections",
"declines",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"slopes",
"corners",
"turnoffs",
"doglegs",
"hairpins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
"examples":[
"the ball arced toward the batter and nearly hit him"
],
"synonyms":[
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"bows",
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"hooks",
"rounds",
"sweeps",
"swerves",
"trends",
"wheels"
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"circles",
"coils",
"curlicues",
"curls",
"loops",
"spirals",
"turns",
"twists",
"winds",
"deviates",
"veers"
],
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"verb"
]
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"a person who has the job of collecting and storing the materials in an archive":{
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"consulted with the archivist in conducting her research"
],
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"bookkeeper",
"recorder",
"reporter",
"transcriptionist",
"clerk",
"register",
"registrar",
"scribe",
"secretary",
"annalist",
"chronicler",
"documenter",
"historian"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
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"arrange a time for the meeting",
"arrange money matters for your trip"
],
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"agreeing (on)",
"deciding",
"fixing",
"setting",
"settling"
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"pledging",
"promising",
"blueprinting",
"calculating",
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"designing",
"drafting",
"framing",
"hammering out",
"intriguing",
"laying out",
"maneuvering",
"mapping (out)",
"planning",
"programming",
"programing",
"schematizing",
"scheming",
"shaping",
"squaring away",
"working out",
"choosing",
"concluding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"opting",
"resolving",
"affirming",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"closing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up",
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating"
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"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"differing (over)",
"disagreeing (with)",
"countering",
"debating",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"resisting",
"contesting",
"disputing"
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"arrange the flowers so that the taller ones are at the center of the bouquet"
],
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"arraying",
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"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"laying out",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
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"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)",
"unscrambling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"cuing",
"cueing",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"alphabetizing",
"filing",
"hierarchizing",
"prioritizing",
"sequencing",
"emplacing",
"placing",
"setting",
"displaying",
"mapping (out)",
"setting out"
],
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"antonyms":[
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)",
"rumpling",
"upsetting"
]
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"examples":[
"I'll arrange your free movie pass with the cinema's manager"
],
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"bargaining",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"negotiating"
],
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"settling (on or upon)",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"paltering",
"agreeing",
"contracting",
"covenanting",
"arguing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"hammering out",
"hashing (over)",
"reasoning",
"talking",
"talking over",
"working out",
"renegotiating"
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"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
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"we need to arrange our European vacation so that we can get the best deals"
],
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"blueprinting",
"budgeting",
"calculating",
"charting",
"choreographing",
"designing",
"framing",
"laying out",
"mapping (out)",
"organizing",
"planning",
"preparing",
"projecting",
"scheming (out)",
"shaping",
"strategizing (about)"
],
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"conspiring",
"contriving",
"devising",
"intriguing",
"machinating",
"plotting",
"putting up",
"concerting",
"getting up",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"sketching",
"aiming",
"figuring",
"having on",
"intending",
"meaning",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"premeditating"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"arena":{
"a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings":{
"examples":[
"watched the hockey game in the new sports arena"
],
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"amphitheater",
"auditorium",
"garden",
"hall",
"theater",
"theatre"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arena theater",
"music hall",
"odeum",
"playhouse",
"theater-in-the-round",
"ballroom",
"lyceum",
"chamber",
"house",
"senate",
"cafetorium"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"has a lot of influence in the local business arena"
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"area",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
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"frontier",
"study",
"subject",
"territory",
"turf",
"occupation",
"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"subfield",
"subspecialty"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"art theater":{
"as in art house , cinematheque":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"art house",
"cinematheque",
"megaplex",
"multiplex",
"plex",
"'plex",
"fleapit",
"grind house",
"nickelodeon",
"drive-in",
"cinema",
"playhouse",
"theater",
"theatre"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"archaistic":{
"as in antiquated , obsolete":{
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"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"fusty",
"geriatric",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moldy",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9",
"aging",
"ageing",
"mature",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"old-world",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"hoar",
"hoary",
"immemorial",
"old",
"venerable",
"durable",
"enduring",
"lasting",
"long-lived",
"permanent",
"ageless",
"hallowed",
"time-honored",
"timeless",
"time-tested",
"timeworn",
"traditional",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"classic",
"classical",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"primeval",
"primordial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modern",
"new",
"recent",
"fresh",
"vernal",
"young",
"youthful",
"contemporary",
"current",
"latest",
"mod",
"novel",
"present-day",
"ultramodern",
"untested",
"untried",
"brand-new",
"unused",
"unworn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"argumentations":{
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
"examples":[
"the matter is not subject to argumentation ; my decision is final"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"pourparlers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"areas":{
"a part or portion having no fixed boundaries":{
"examples":[
"I last saw your dog over in that general area"
],
"synonyms":[
"demesnes",
"fields",
"regions",
"zones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corners",
"sections",
"locales",
"localities",
"locations",
"loci",
"places",
"points",
"positions",
"sites",
"spaces",
"spots"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"a top researcher in the area of human genetics"
],
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"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontiers",
"studies",
"subjects",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"subfields",
"subspecialties",
"sub-specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arraign":{
"to state the charges against someone who is accused of a crime in a formal procedure before a judge \u2014 usually used as (be) arraigned":{
"examples":[
"He was arraigned on charges of manslaughter."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"appeal",
"book",
"cite",
"summon",
"accuse",
"charge",
"criminate",
"defame",
"impeach",
"incriminate",
"indict",
"blame",
"call (on)",
"castigate",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"damn",
"denounce",
"fault",
"impugn",
"reproach",
"reprobate",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprove",
"tax",
"prosecute",
"sue",
"try",
"frame",
"implicate",
"inculpate",
"inform (against)",
"name",
"report",
"recriminate",
"retaliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"justify",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"armhole":{
"as in buttonhole , keyhole":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airhole",
"buttonhole",
"keyhole",
"knothole",
"peephole",
"pothole",
"wormhole",
"pinhole",
"pinprick",
"punch",
"puncture",
"entrance",
"inlet",
"intake",
"exit",
"mouth",
"outlet",
"pore",
"vent",
"slot",
"space",
"breach",
"break",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"cut",
"fissure",
"gash",
"notch",
"rent",
"rift",
"rupture",
"slash",
"slit",
"split",
"tear",
"loophole",
"aperture",
"hole",
"opening",
"orifice",
"perforation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"filler",
"filling",
"patch",
"plug",
"seal",
"stopper",
"barrier",
"blockage",
"obstacle",
"obstruction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arriviste":{
"one who has recently acquired wealth and social position":{
"examples":[
"the town's old money immediately shunned these vulgar arrivistes , who may have had the cash but certainly not the class"
],
"synonyms":[
"nouveau riche",
"parvenu",
"upstart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriv\u00e9",
"comer",
"adventurer",
"snob",
"social climber",
"fat cat",
"moneybags",
"nabob"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arrived":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"when will the guests arrive ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeared",
"came",
"got in",
"got through",
"landed",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetched",
"hit",
"made",
"reached",
"pulled in",
"touched down",
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"barged (in)",
"blew in",
"breezed (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"bursted (in or into)",
"waltzed (in)",
"checked in",
"clocked (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checked out",
"clocked (out)",
"fled",
"vamoosed"
],
"antonyms":[
"left",
"went"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"the actress knew she'd arrived when she received an Oscar nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"argots":{
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
"examples":[
"used the argot of figure skaters"
],
"synonyms":[
"cants",
"dialects",
"jargons",
"jives",
"languages",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"patois",
"patter",
"shops",
"shoptalk",
"slangs",
"terminologies",
"vocabularies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquialisms",
"colloquials",
"idioms",
"localisms",
"parlances",
"pidgins",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"speeches",
"vernacularisms",
"vernaculars",
"slanguages",
"bureaucrateses",
"computereses",
"cyberspeaks",
"educationeses",
"governmenteses",
"journaleses",
"technobabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arithmetic":{
"the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value":{
"examples":[
"I haven't actually done the arithmetic yet, but I suspect we're losing money on the deal"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculation",
"calculus",
"ciphering",
"computation",
"figures",
"figuring",
"math",
"mathematics",
"number crunching",
"numbers",
"reckoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addition",
"division",
"multiplication",
"subtraction",
"calibration",
"measurement",
"mensuration",
"appraisal",
"assessment",
"estimation",
"evaluation",
"valuation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arie":{
"a melody in an opera sung by one person":{
"examples":[
"the soprano's magnificent aria"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"solos",
"songs",
"vocals",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archons":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"as archon of the nation's most prestigious university, he became something of a national figure"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrants",
"administrators",
"directors",
"execs",
"executives",
"managers",
"superintendents",
"supervisors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirectors",
"co-directors",
"comanagers",
"co-managers",
"co-organizers",
"middle managers",
"boardmen",
"officers",
"officials",
"commissioners",
"ministers",
"bosses",
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"presidents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"artilleryman":{
"as in gunner , rifleman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"commando",
"raider",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"servicewoman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"artisans":{
"a person whose occupation requires skill with the hands":{
"examples":[
"we visited a re-created 19th-century New England village that features an array of artisans \u2014a cooper, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a potter, a glassblower"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificers",
"crafters",
"craftsmen",
"craftspeople",
"handcraftsmen",
"handicrafters",
"handicraftsmen",
"handworkers",
"tradesmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craftswomen",
"artists",
"makers",
"journeymen",
"masters",
"mechanics",
"operatives",
"shapers",
"smiths",
"technicians",
"wrights",
"handymen",
"handypeople",
"workmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"artistry":{
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
"examples":[
"the high level of artistry involved in painting miniatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"art",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"cleverness",
"craft",
"cunning",
"deftness",
"masterfulness",
"skill",
"skillfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dexterity",
"ease",
"finesse",
"handiness",
"experience",
"expertise",
"expertness",
"know-how",
"proficiency",
"creativity",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"aptitude",
"bent",
"flair",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amateurishness",
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"crudeness",
"klutziness",
"rudeness",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"ineptitude",
"ineptness",
"maladroitness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"arose":{
"to leave one's bed":{
"examples":[
"the travelers arose before dawn and were on their way as the sun came up"
],
"synonyms":[
"got up",
"rolled out",
"rose",
"turned out",
"uprose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"bestirred",
"stirred",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"dropped off",
"lay up",
"napped",
"nodded",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed",
"bunked",
"perched",
"roosted",
"settled",
"couched",
"dossed (down)",
"flopped (down)",
"lay (down)",
"reclined"
],
"antonyms":[
"bedded (down)",
"retired",
"turned in"
]
},
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"note in your report any problems that arise while you are conducting the experiment"
],
"synonyms":[
"came up",
"cropped (up)",
"emerged",
"materialized",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"surfaced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeared",
"came out",
"showed up",
"turned up",
"came",
"came about",
"chanced",
"fell out",
"happed",
"happened",
"occurred",
"passed",
"transpired",
"went off",
"went (on)",
"interfered",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"intruded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into existence":{
"examples":[
"it is not known exactly how mammals arose , but scientists date the earliest mammals to the Triassic period"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualized",
"appeared",
"began",
"broke",
"commenced",
"dawned",
"engendered",
"formed",
"materialized",
"originated",
"set in",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"started"
],
"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 move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"slowly the hot-air balloon arose , and the round-the-world flight was begun"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascended",
"aspired",
"climbed",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"thrust",
"upped",
"upreared",
"uprose",
"upthrusted",
"upturned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"took off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slid"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell (off)",
"plunged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"argufying":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"tedious departmental meetings at which staffers would argufy endlessly"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercating",
"arguing",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"armpit":{
"as in pit , abyss":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abyss",
"pit",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"depth",
"nadir",
"rock bottom",
"zero"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"bloom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"crescendo",
"high",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"crest",
"roof"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"archly":{
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"an archly competitive young executive"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"archetype":{
"something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed":{
"examples":[
"the abacus is sometimes cited as the archetype of the modern digital calculator"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"daddy",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"granddaddy",
"grandaddy",
"precursor",
"predecessor",
"prototype"
],
"near synonyms":[
"model",
"original",
"originator",
"sire",
"father",
"mother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off",
"daughter",
"son"
],
"antonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent"
]
},
"something from which copies are made":{
"examples":[
"Beowulf is considered by some scholars to be the archetype for medieval British heroic tales"
],
"synonyms":[
"original",
"prototype"
],
"near synonyms":[
"source",
"example",
"mold",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"beau ideal",
"classic",
"exemplar",
"ideal",
"model",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"blueprint",
"draft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"copy",
"imitation",
"replica",
"reproduction",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"sham"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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