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{
"emaciating":{
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate"
],
"synonyms":[
"decaying",
"drooping",
"fading",
"failing",
"flagging",
"going",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"sagging",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"wearing out",
"yielding",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"rotting",
"running down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalescing",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"gaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emanates":{
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"discharges",
"emits",
"evolves",
"exhales",
"expels",
"expires",
"gives out",
"irradiates",
"issues",
"radiates",
"releases",
"sends (out)",
"shoots",
"throws out",
"vents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminates",
"evacuates",
"excretes",
"exudes",
"oozes",
"secretes",
"ejects",
"erupts",
"gushes",
"jets",
"outpours",
"pours",
"spews",
"spouts",
"sprays",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbs",
"inhales",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emanation":{
"as in emission , effluence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emancipate":{
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emancipating":{
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"antonyms":[
"binding",
"confining",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"restraining"
],
"examples":[
"under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"committing",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"locking (up)",
"conquering",
"enslaving",
"subduing",
"subjugating"
],
"related":[
"bailing (out)",
"delivering",
"paroling",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"disembarrassing",
"disencumbering",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"unshackling"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharging",
"disenthralling",
"disenthraling",
"enfranchising",
"enlarging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emancipations":{
"the act of setting free from slavery":{
"antonyms":[
"enslavements"
],
"examples":[
"a book discussing the role that emancipation played in the nation's history"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondages",
"serfdoms",
"servitudes",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"yokes",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"conquests",
"subjugations"
],
"related":[
"deliverances",
"redemptions",
"salvations",
"autonomies",
"freedoms",
"independences",
"independencies",
"liberties",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"synonyms":[
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emasculate":{
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
"antonyms":[
"nerve"
],
"examples":[
"being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortify",
"strengthen",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten"
],
"related":[
"debilitate",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"neuter",
"weaken",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"frighten",
"intimidate",
"psych (out)",
"scare",
"terrify",
"terrorize",
"daunt",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"craze",
"derange",
"madden",
"unbalance",
"unhinge",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"faze",
"perturb",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoralize",
"paralyze",
"undo",
"unman",
"unnerve",
"unstring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embankment":{
"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
"examples":[
"the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"dam",
"dike",
"head",
"levee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwater",
"jetty",
"seawall",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"rampart",
"canal",
"channel",
"ditch",
"gutter",
"trough",
"lock",
"barricade",
"barrier",
"block",
"floodgate",
"sluice",
"barrage",
"milldam",
"stank",
"weir"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embargoed":{
"as in excluded , ruled out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"halted",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"debarred",
"deprived",
"disallowed",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"vetoed",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"banned",
"barred",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"warranted",
"abetted",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"supported",
"bade",
"bid",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarkation":{
"as in embarkment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embarkment",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus",
"disembarkation",
"egress",
"flight",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"running away",
"withdrawal",
"abandonment",
"forsaking",
"relinquishment",
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave",
"leave-taking",
"lighting out",
"outgo",
"parting",
"quitting",
"walking out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"coming",
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embarkment":{
"as in embarkation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embarkation",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"evacuation",
"exodus",
"disembarkation",
"egress",
"flight",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"running away",
"withdrawal",
"abandonment",
"forsaking",
"relinquishment",
"decamping",
"decampment",
"departing",
"departure",
"exit",
"exiting",
"farewell",
"going",
"leave",
"leave-taking",
"lighting out",
"outgo",
"parting",
"quitting",
"walking out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"coming",
"approach",
"entrance",
"ingress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embarrasses":{
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"queers",
"shames"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"relieves",
"soothes",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"assures",
"reassures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"a lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogs",
"cramps",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"hog-ties",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"manacles",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"short-circuits",
"stymies",
"ties up",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balks",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"reins",
"restrains",
"binds",
"chains",
"halters",
"leashes",
"tethers",
"ties",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"delays",
"retains",
"retards",
"barricades",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"roadblocks",
"bogs (down)",
"mires",
"chokes",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suffocates",
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"stumps",
"thwarts",
"derails",
"disrupts",
"sabotages",
"muzzles",
"represses",
"suppresses",
"confines",
"hedges (in)",
"hems (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"makes way",
"opens",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"unties",
"loosens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"encourages",
"furthers",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[
"aids",
"assists",
"facilitates",
"helps"
]
},
"to make complex or difficult":{
"examples":[
"claims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"complexes",
"complexifies",
"complicates",
"entangles",
"perplexes",
"sophisticates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develops",
"elaborates",
"expands",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"messes (up)",
"mixes (up)",
"muddles",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"eases",
"facilitates",
"disentangles",
"straightens (out)",
"unravels",
"untangles",
"oversimplifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarrassments":{
"the emotional state of being made self-consciously uncomfortable":{
"examples":[
"experienced the great embarrassment of tripping while on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"abashments",
"confusions",
"discomfitures",
"disconcertments",
"flusters",
"mortifications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitations",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposures",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"perturbations",
"upsets",
"disgraces",
"ignominies",
"shames",
"debasements",
"degradations",
"humiliations",
"humble pies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplombs",
"assurances",
"composures",
"confidences",
"equanimities",
"poises",
"self-confidences",
"self-possessions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that makes movement or progress difficult":{
"examples":[
"a big suitcase filled with clothes proved to be more an embarrassment than a convenience on my trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks",
"bars",
"blocks",
"chains",
"clogs",
"cramps",
"crimps",
"deterrents",
"drags",
"encumbrances",
"fetters",
"handicaps",
"hindrances",
"holdbacks",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"inhibitions",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"shackles",
"stops",
"stumbling blocks",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches",
"hitches",
"rubs",
"snags",
"barriers",
"blockades",
"blockages",
"brick walls",
"stone walls",
"arrests",
"bits",
"brakes",
"checks",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"hobbles",
"reins",
"restraints",
"embargoes",
"stoppages",
"delays",
"holdups",
"stalls",
"burdens",
"cumbers",
"loads",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"perils",
"reefs",
"adversities",
"difficulties",
"disadvantages",
"drawbacks",
"hardships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalysts",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"advantages",
"breaks",
"edges",
"aids",
"assistances",
"benefits",
"boosts",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embattle":{
"as in mobilize , mechanize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanize",
"mobilize",
"equip",
"reequip",
"weapon",
"arm",
"militarize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demilitarize",
"disarm",
"demobilize",
"denuclearize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embattling":{
"as in mobilizing , mechanizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanizing",
"mobilizing",
"equipping",
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"weaponing",
"arming",
"militarizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demilitarizing",
"disarming",
"demobilizing",
"denuclearizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embayment":{
"a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{
"examples":[
"a fingerlike embayment of the Bay of Fundy",
"a river embayment"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"loch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harbor",
"port",
"road(s)",
"roadstead",
"narrow",
"sound",
"strait",
"bayou",
"backwater",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embed":{
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"enroot",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"impact",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"root"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbue",
"infuse",
"instill",
"beat (into)",
"drive (into)",
"establish",
"place",
"put",
"settle",
"stick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"eject",
"expel",
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disengage",
"remove"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodge",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embellished":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"minimized",
"played down",
"understated"
],
"related":[
"dressed up",
"gussied up",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"fudged",
"hedged",
"overdid",
"overdrew",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"overstated",
"emphasized",
"played up",
"stressed",
"caricatured",
"satirized"
],
"synonyms":[
"colored",
"elaborated (on)",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"hyperbolized",
"magnified",
"padded",
"stretched"
]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"examples":[
"the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"embellishments":{
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"examples":[
"a colorful mobile is just the embellishment that the soon-to-be nursery needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
"examples":[
"the actor's penchant for embellishment suggests that his memoirs would be more appropriately shelved in the fiction section"
],
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"caricatures",
"colorings",
"elaborations",
"embroideries",
"exaggerations",
"hyperboles",
"magnifications",
"overstatements",
"paddings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enhancements",
"fabrications",
"misrepresentations",
"hypes",
"pufferies",
"superlatives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlements",
"disparagements"
],
"antonyms":[
"meioses",
"understatements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embezzlements":{
"as in misappropriations , grafts":{
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"near synonyms":[
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"burglaries",
"housebreakings",
"petit larcenies",
"petty larcenies",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries",
"pilferages",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"rapines",
"spoliations",
"black marketeerings",
"banditries",
"piracies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embitterment":{
"as in antagonism , envenoming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"antagonism",
"envenoming",
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"disgruntlement",
"estrangement",
"souring",
"breach",
"breakup",
"divorce",
"rift",
"rupture",
"schism",
"separation",
"split",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"aggravation",
"furor",
"fury",
"incensing",
"indignation",
"infuriation",
"ire",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"disenchantment",
"disillusionment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"endearment",
"ingratiation",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"propitiation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emblazon":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come"
],
"synonyms":[
"bless",
"carol",
"celebrate",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"hymn",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise",
"resound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adore",
"belaud",
"deify",
"idolize",
"worship",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"renown",
"salute",
"chant",
"cheer",
"eulogize",
"rhapsodize",
"cite",
"flatter",
"crack up",
"recommend",
"tout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"criticize",
"reprove",
"admonish",
"chide",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"castigate",
"lambaste",
"lambast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emblazonry":{
"as in blazonry , bells and whistles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim",
"fal-lal",
"flounce",
"flourish",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embossment",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"bedizenment",
"gilt",
"glitter",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emboldened":{
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
"examples":[
"not too surprisingly, rock climbing tends to attract the more emboldened seekers of outdoor adventure"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"swashbuckling",
"unafraid",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"witless",
"unnecessary",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chickenhearted",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"milky",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"wary",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sage",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"examples":[
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore up",
"bucked up",
"buoyed (up)",
"cheered (up)",
"chirked (up)",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"inspirited",
"steeled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"assured",
"reassured",
"boosted",
"energized",
"excited",
"galvanized",
"provoked",
"quickened",
"rallied",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralized",
"depressed",
"saddened",
"debilitated",
"enfeebled",
"hamstrung",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"intimidated",
"psyched (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"daunted",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"embosom":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"mantle",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embossment":{
"as in embroidery , appliqu\u00e9":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"bedizenment",
"gilt",
"glitter",
"fal-lal",
"flounce",
"flourish",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings",
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellisher",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embowers":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embraces",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embracing":{
"as in surrounding , encircling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"ambient",
"encompassing",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous",
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugging",
"clasping",
"crushing",
"enclasping",
"enfolding",
"grasping",
"hugging",
"straining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamping",
"clinging",
"cradling",
"grabbing",
"gripping",
"holding",
"bosoming",
"embosoming",
"encircling",
"entwining",
"enveloping",
"enwinding",
"folding",
"locking",
"twining",
"wrapping",
"cuddling",
"fondling",
"nestling",
"nuzzling",
"patting",
"petting",
"snuggling",
"stroking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopting",
"borrowing",
"espousing",
"taking on",
"taking up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticating",
"naturalizing",
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"incorporating",
"quoting",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"cultivating",
"following",
"heeding",
"honoring",
"using",
"utilizing",
"bringing up",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"raising",
"rearing",
"affecting",
"assuming",
"copying",
"imitating",
"pretending",
"putting on",
"simulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"abjuring",
"abnegating",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
"examples":[
"the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community"
],
"synonyms":[
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"lapping (up)",
"welcoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"espousing",
"taking up",
"greeting",
"hailing",
"enjoying",
"liking",
"preferring",
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"deciding (on)",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"selecting",
"singling (out)",
"taking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"spurning",
"throwing over",
"turning down",
"demurring (to)",
"objecting (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying",
"comprehending",
"containing",
"encompassing",
"entailing",
"including",
"involving",
"numbering",
"subsuming",
"taking in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprising",
"consisting (of)",
"bracketing",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"possessing",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"composing",
"constituting",
"forming",
"making",
"assimilating",
"embodying",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"denying",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"ruling out",
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluding",
"leaving (out)",
"missing out",
"omitting"
]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"a sleepy village embraced by low hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"circling",
"compassing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"environing",
"girding",
"girdling",
"ringing",
"surrounding",
"wreathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribing",
"closing in",
"cordoning (off)",
"fencing (in)",
"hemming (in)",
"walling",
"besetting",
"besieging",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"investing",
"swarming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"embracive":{
"covering everything or all important points":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\"pickle\" is an embracive term for any kind of food preserved in brine or vinegar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"exact",
"precise",
"individual",
"singular",
"specific",
"incomplete",
"patchy",
"sketchy"
],
"related":[
"broad",
"catholic",
"encyclical",
"general",
"inclusionary",
"overall",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"extensive",
"far",
"far-reaching",
"grand",
"large",
"panoptic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"wide-ranging",
"blanket",
"indiscriminate",
"unrestricted"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"all-in",
"all-inclusive",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"compendious",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"cover-all",
"cyclopedic",
"encyclopedic",
"exhaustive",
"full",
"global",
"in-depth",
"inclusive",
"omnibus",
"panoramic",
"thorough",
"universal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"embrocation":{
"as in cream , lotion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balm",
"cream",
"liniment",
"lotion",
"ointment",
"salve",
"unguent",
"cataplasm",
"dressing",
"plaster",
"poultice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emends":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"spoils",
"aggravates",
"worsens"
],
"related":[
"redrafts",
"redraws",
"restyles",
"revises",
"reworks",
"rewrites",
"blue-pencils",
"cuts",
"shortens",
"redresses",
"rights",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"improves",
"perfects",
"polishes",
"touches up",
"fixes",
"mends",
"repairs",
"adjusts",
"modulates",
"regulates",
"alters",
"changes",
"modifies"
],
"synonyms":[
"amends",
"corrects",
"debugs",
"rectifies",
"red-pencils",
"reforms",
"remedies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
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"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
],
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"comes up",
"crops (up)",
"materializes",
"springs (up)",
"surfaces"
],
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"comes out",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"chances",
"comes",
"comes about",
"falls out",
"goes off",
"goes (on)",
"happens",
"haps",
"occurs",
"passes",
"transpires",
"interferes",
"interposes",
"intervenes",
"intrudes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emigrations":{
"as in exoduses , evacuations":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"eminently":{
"to a great degree":{
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"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
],
"examples":[
"an applicant who is eminently qualified for the job"
],
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"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
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"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"emitted":{
"to send forth using the vocal chords":{
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"examples":[
"I was so scared I couldn't emit a peep"
],
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"related":[
"delivered",
"blurted (out)",
"ejaculated",
"exclaimed",
"gasped",
"groaned",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hooted",
"moaned",
"panted",
"quavered",
"snarled",
"sobbed",
"sputtered",
"squawked",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"stammered",
"stuttered",
"whimpered",
"yowled",
"lipped",
"mouthed",
"whispered"
],
"synonyms":[
"uttered"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"nuclei that emit gamma rays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbed",
"inhaled",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)",
"took up"
],
"related":[
"eliminated",
"evacuated",
"excreted",
"exuded",
"oozed",
"secreted",
"ejected",
"erupted",
"gushed",
"jetted",
"outpoured",
"poured",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"sprayed",
"spurted",
"squirted"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharged",
"emanated",
"evolved",
"exhaled",
"expelled",
"expired",
"gave out",
"irradiated",
"issued",
"radiated",
"released",
"sent (out)",
"shot",
"threw out",
"vented"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emollient":{
"as in softening , cushioning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"softening",
"clement",
"compassionate",
"easy",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"sleek",
"slick",
"smooth",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"balmy",
"benign",
"bland",
"delicate",
"gentle",
"light",
"mellow",
"mild",
"nonabrasive",
"soft",
"soothing",
"tender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrasive",
"caustic",
"coarse",
"hard",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scathing",
"stern",
"ungentle",
"exquisite",
"fierce",
"intense",
"powerful",
"severe",
"forceful",
"forcible",
"savage",
"violent",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"strong",
"abrading",
"irritating",
"roughening",
"grim",
"gruff",
"rude",
"stiff",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive",
"pitiless",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"emotion":{
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my emotions after hearing the shocking news went from utter disbelief to overwhelming sorrow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"unfeelingness"
],
"related":[
"impression",
"perception",
"sensation",
"sense",
"angle",
"attitude",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"notion",
"opinion",
"persuasion",
"verdict",
"view",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"synonyms":[
"chord",
"feeling",
"passion",
"sentiment"
]
},
"depth of feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity"
],
"examples":[
"the emotion that the singer is able to instill in \"Amazing Grace\" is truly stirring"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardency",
"ardor",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emotionalistic":{
"as in emotional , affected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"emotional",
"sensational",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"operatic",
"stagy",
"stagey",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"actorish",
"actorly",
"actressy",
"dramaturgic",
"dramaturgical",
"ham",
"hammy",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"exciting",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"overdramatic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undramatic",
"matter-of-fact",
"monotonous",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"stale",
"unexceptional"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"emotionality":{
"as in sentimentality , melodrama":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emotionalism",
"histrionics",
"mawkishness",
"melodrama",
"sappiness",
"sentimentality",
"cathexis",
"eagerness",
"earnestness",
"excitement",
"gusto",
"keenness",
"zest",
"ardency",
"ardor",
"emotion",
"enthusiasm",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"fire",
"heat",
"intenseness",
"intensity",
"passion",
"passionateness",
"vehemence",
"violence",
"warmth",
"white heat",
"fanaticism",
"fever",
"hot-bloodedness",
"infatuation",
"mania",
"obsession",
"zeal",
"compassion",
"responsiveness",
"sentiment",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"torridity",
"torridness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"insensibleness",
"insensitiveness",
"insensitivity",
"aloofness",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"detachedness",
"dryness",
"phlegm",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"reticence",
"taciturnity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"stoicism",
"stoniness",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness",
"chilliness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emotionlessness":{
"a lack of emotion or emotional expressiveness":{
"examples":[
"her seeming emotionlessness at her husband's funeral masked a grief that was beyond words"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectlessness",
"apathy",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodlessness",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"halfheartedness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"heartlessness",
"imperturbability",
"insensitivity",
"obduracy",
"blankness",
"deadness",
"emptiness",
"vacancy",
"aloofness",
"detachment",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"stiffness",
"woodenness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassion",
"empathy",
"pity",
"sympathy",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"responsiveness",
"sensitivity",
"solicitude",
"tenderness",
"understanding",
"warmth",
"hand-wringing",
"histrionics",
"hysteria",
"hysterics",
"melodrama",
"vehemence"
],
"antonyms":[
"emotion",
"feeling",
"sensibility"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emphasizing":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"accenting",
"accentuating",
"featuring",
"foregrounding",
"highlighting",
"illuminating",
"playing up",
"pointing (up)",
"pressing",
"punctuating",
"stressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focusing",
"focussing",
"identifying",
"pinpointing",
"spotlighting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"overplaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toning (down)",
"underemphasizing",
"understating",
"belittling",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizing",
"playing down"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuating",
"bringing out",
"italicizing",
"stressing",
"underlining",
"underscoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplifying",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"augmenting",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"enlarging",
"heightening",
"magnifying",
"maximizing",
"supplementing",
"enlivening",
"jazzing (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"minimizing",
"reducing",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"understating",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emphatically":{
"as in resolutely , steadfastly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"emplace":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"employe":{
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
"examples":[
"an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand",
"hireling",
"jobholder",
"retainer",
"worker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assistant",
"cog",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"yes-man",
"drudge",
"gandy dancer",
"grub",
"hack",
"jobber",
"laborer",
"navvy",
"toiler",
"nine-to-fiver",
"wage earner",
"wage slave",
"wageworker",
"workingman",
"workingwoman",
"workman",
"workwoman",
"associate",
"colleague",
"coworker",
"temp",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"superior",
"supervisor"
],
"antonyms":[
"employer",
"gaffer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"employee":{
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
"examples":[
"an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand",
"hireling",
"jobholder",
"retainer",
"worker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assistant",
"cog",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"yes-man",
"drudge",
"gandy dancer",
"grub",
"hack",
"jobber",
"laborer",
"navvy",
"toiler",
"nine-to-fiver",
"wage earner",
"wage slave",
"wageworker",
"workingman",
"workingwoman",
"workman",
"workwoman",
"associate",
"colleague",
"coworker",
"temp",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"superior",
"supervisor"
],
"antonyms":[
"employer",
"gaffer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"employment":{
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the employment of the kitchen oven as a storage cupboard had predictably disastrous results"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuse",
"nonuse"
],
"related":[
"exertion",
"reuse"
],
"synonyms":[
"application",
"exercise",
"operation",
"play",
"usage",
"use"
]
},
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his regular employment is that of a restaurant waiter, but he always identifies himself as an actor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocation",
"hobby",
"pursuit"
],
"related":[
"call",
"lifework",
"business",
"enterprise",
"field",
"livelihood",
"living",
"m\u00e9tier",
"metier",
"racket",
"assignment",
"engagement",
"gig",
"mission",
"art",
"craft",
"handcraft",
"handicraft",
"appointment",
"berth",
"billet",
"office",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation",
"duty",
"function",
"job",
"load",
"task",
"workload"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"game",
"lay",
"line",
"occupation",
"profession",
"trade",
"vocation",
"work"
]
},
"the state of being provided with a paying job":{
"antonyms":[
"joblessness",
"nonemployment",
"unemployment"
],
"examples":[
"the parents tried to convey to their adult son the joys of steady employment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boot",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"firing",
"removal",
"sack",
"severance",
"demotion",
"suspension",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"leave",
"liberty",
"retirement"
],
"related":[
"appointment",
"assignment",
"conscription",
"enlistment",
"recruitment",
"incumbency",
"tenure",
"occupation",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"employ",
"engagement",
"hire"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"employments":{
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"the employment of the kitchen oven as a storage cupboard had predictably disastrous results"
],
"synonyms":[
"applications",
"exercises",
"operations",
"plays",
"usages",
"uses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exertions",
"reuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuses",
"nonuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
"examples":[
"his regular employment is that of a restaurant waiter, but he always identifies himself as an actor"
],
"synonyms":[
"callings",
"games",
"lays",
"lines",
"occupations",
"professions",
"trades",
"vocations",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calls",
"lifeworks",
"businesses",
"enterprises",
"fields",
"livelihoods",
"livings",
"m\u00e9tiers",
"metiers",
"rackets",
"assignments",
"engagements",
"gigs",
"missions",
"arts",
"crafts",
"handcrafts",
"handicrafts",
"appointments",
"berths",
"billets",
"offices",
"places",
"positions",
"posts",
"situations",
"duties",
"functions",
"jobs",
"loads",
"tasks",
"workloads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocations",
"hobbies",
"pursuits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being provided with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"the parents tried to convey to their adult son the joys of steady employment"
],
"synonyms":[
"employs",
"engagements",
"hires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appointments",
"assignments",
"conscriptions",
"enlistments",
"recruitments",
"incumbencies",
"tenures",
"occupations",
"places",
"positions",
"posts",
"situations",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boots",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"firings",
"removals",
"sacks",
"severances",
"demotions",
"suspensions",
"furloughs",
"layoffs",
"leaves",
"liberties",
"retirements"
],
"antonyms":[
"unemployments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"employs":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"a new factory that will employ 500 people"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
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"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills"
],
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"applies",
"exercises",
"exploits",
"harnesses",
"operates",
"uses",
"utilizes"
],
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"handles",
"manipulates",
"wields",
"directs",
"runs",
"works",
"cannibalizes",
"recycles",
"reuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being provided with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"employments",
"engagements",
"hires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appointments",
"assignments",
"conscriptions",
"enlistments",
"recruitments",
"incumbencies",
"tenures",
"occupations",
"places",
"positions",
"posts",
"situations",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boots",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"firings",
"removals",
"sacks",
"severances",
"demotions",
"suspensions",
"furloughs",
"layoffs",
"leaves",
"liberties",
"retirements"
],
"antonyms":[
"unemployments"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"empowered":{
"as in enfranchised":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enfranchised",
"unconquered",
"unruled",
"unsupervised",
"democratic",
"republican",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"freeborn",
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"subject",
"unfree",
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"the federal agency empowered to collect taxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"authorized",
"certified",
"chartered",
"commissioned",
"enabled",
"invested",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"qualified",
"vested",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approved",
"cleared",
"credentialed",
"credentialled",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"sanctioned",
"affirmed",
"confirmed",
"validated",
"inaugurated",
"inducted",
"initiated",
"installed",
"instated",
"swore in",
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"enfranchised",
"entitled",
"privileged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disbarred",
"discouraged",
"disenfranchised",
"disfranchised",
"excluded",
"held back",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"prevented",
"shut out",
"stopped",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
],
"antonyms":[
"disqualified"
]
},
"to make able or possible":{
"examples":[
"workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"enabled",
"let",
"permitted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fitted",
"fit",
"habilitated",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"readied",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"conditioned",
"equipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"precluded",
"disallowed",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited"
],
"antonyms":[
"prevented"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"empowering":{
"to give official or legal power to":{
"antonyms":[
"disqualifying"
],
"examples":[
"the federal agency empowered to collect taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banning",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disbarring",
"discouraging",
"disenfranchising",
"disfranchising",
"excluding",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"preventing",
"shutting out",
"stopping",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing"
],
"related":[
"approving",
"clearing",
"credentialing",
"credentialling",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"affirming",
"confirming",
"validating",
"inaugurating",
"inducting",
"initiating",
"installing",
"instating",
"swearing in",
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"enfranchising",
"entitling",
"privileging"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"authorizing",
"certifying",
"chartering",
"commissioning",
"enabling",
"investing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"qualifying",
"vesting",
"warranting"
]
},
"to make able or possible":{
"antonyms":[
"preventing"
],
"examples":[
"workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhibiting",
"precluding",
"disallowing",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting"
],
"related":[
"fitting",
"habilitating",
"preparing",
"qualifying",
"readying",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"conditioning",
"equipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"enabling",
"letting",
"permitting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empyrean":{
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"antonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition"
],
"examples":[
"ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferno",
"limbo",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"underworld",
"abyss",
"pit"
],
"related":[
"Beulah",
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla",
"afterlife",
"afterworld",
"hereafter",
"otherworld"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
]
},
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopia",
"dystopia",
"hell"
],
"examples":[
"most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fool's paradise"
],
"related":[
"arcadia",
"dreamland",
"dreamworld",
"fairyland",
"wonderland",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"euphoria",
"gladness",
"joy"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelot",
"Cockaigne",
"Eden",
"Elysium",
"fantasyland",
"heaven",
"lotusland",
"never-never land",
"New Jerusalem",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"promised land",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"Zion",
"Sion"
]
},
"of, relating to, or suggesting heaven":{
"antonyms":[
"chthonic",
"chthonian",
"hellish",
"infernal",
"plutonian",
"sulfurous",
"Tartarean"
],
"examples":[
"movie scenes set in heaven often suggest that harps are the favored instruments for empyrean music"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrestrial",
"worldly",
"anti-utopian",
"dystopian"
],
"related":[
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly",
"unworldly",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"beatific",
"blissful",
"Olympian",
"paradisiacal",
"paradisiac",
"utopian",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"galactic",
"stellar"
],
"synonyms":[
"celestial",
"elysian",
"empyreal",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"supernal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"emulated":{
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
"examples":[
"what they offered at the new resort didn't begin to emulate the kind of pampering we were used to getting at the resort that closed down"
],
"synonyms":[
"added up (to)",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"corresponded (to)",
"equaled",
"equalled"
],
"related":[
"approached",
"matched",
"measured (up)",
"met",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"touched",
"connoted",
"denoted",
"expressed",
"imported",
"meant",
"signified",
"smacked (of)",
"spelled",
"suggested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a pro athlete who has often said that children should emulate their parents\u2014not him"
],
"synonyms":[
"aped",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"imitated",
"mimed",
"mimicked"
],
"related":[
"dittoed",
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"repeated",
"burlesqued",
"caricatured",
"lampooned",
"mocked",
"parodied",
"travestied",
"impersonated",
"performed",
"played",
"pantomimed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emotionalism":{
"as in sentimentality , melodrama":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emerge":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"come up",
"crop (up)",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathic":{
"having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another":{
"examples":[
"gave an empathic nod as I recounted my repeated efforts to land a decent-paying job in a tough economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"commiserative",
"compassionate",
"empathetic",
"humane",
"sympathetic",
"understanding"
],
"related":[
"feeling",
"perceptive",
"sensitive",
"considerate",
"gentle",
"softhearted",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"bighearted",
"charitable",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"largehearted",
"magnanimous",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"tolerant",
"pitying",
"ruthful",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"well-disposed",
"affectionate",
"loving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking",
"aloof",
"cool",
"indifferent",
"uncaring",
"uninterested",
"unaffectionate",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"bigoted",
"blinkered",
"narrow-minded",
"small-minded",
"brutal",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"hard-boiled",
"harsh",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"unrelenting",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"hostile",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"unkind",
"virulent"
],
"antonyms":[
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"coldhearted",
"hard",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"obdurate",
"unfeeling",
"unsympathetic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"embellisher":{
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"examples":[
"that simple dress is beautiful by itself and doesn't need any embellishers"
],
"synonyms":[
"adornment",
"beautifier",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"doodad",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"garnishment",
"garniture",
"ornament",
"ornamentation",
"setoff",
"trim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparel",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonry",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichi",
"emblazonry",
"filigree",
"finery",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"frosting",
"froufrou",
"fal-lal",
"flounce",
"flourish",
"furbelow",
"ruffle",
"enhancement",
"enrichment",
"improvement",
"appliqu\u00e9",
"embossment",
"embroidery",
"fancywork",
"bedizenment",
"gilt",
"glitter",
"design",
"figure",
"pattern",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defacement",
"disfigurement",
"scar",
"blot",
"spot",
"stain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emaciates":{
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate"
],
"synonyms":[
"decays",
"droops",
"fades",
"fails",
"flags",
"goes",
"lags",
"languishes",
"sags",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"wears out",
"yields",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"rots",
"runs down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesces",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"gains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embroil":{
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"examples":[
"the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog (down)",
"broil",
"embrangle",
"mire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emblazonries":{
"as in blazonries , bells and whistles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims",
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embowered":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"eminence":{
"the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance":{
"examples":[
"the eminence of the Nobel Prize in the field of awards and prizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinction",
"dominance",
"noteworthiness",
"paramountcy",
"preeminence",
"preponderance",
"preponderancy",
"prepotency",
"prestigiousness",
"primacy",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"transcendence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"famousness",
"glory",
"honor",
"kudos",
"renown",
"reputation",
"repute",
"megastardom",
"stardom",
"superstardom",
"greatness",
"illustriousness",
"nobleness",
"notableness",
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"authority",
"domination",
"dominion",
"influence",
"power",
"prestige",
"weight",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"obscureness",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area of high ground":{
"examples":[
"the old citadel sits on an eminence with a commanding view of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"altitude(s)",
"elevation",
"height",
"highland",
"hill",
"hump",
"mound",
"prominence",
"rise",
"upland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alp",
"mount",
"mountain",
"peak",
"butte",
"mesa",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"bluff",
"cliff",
"crag",
"precipice",
"steep",
"tor",
"ridge",
"sierra",
"dome",
"sugarloaf",
"foothill",
"hillock",
"hummock",
"knob",
"knoll",
"downs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dale",
"dell",
"depression",
"dingle",
"glen",
"hollow",
"vale",
"valley",
"basin",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"fen",
"flat",
"floodplain",
"plain",
"tidewater"
],
"antonyms":[
"lowland"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emasculation":{
"as in femininity , womanhood":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"femininity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanliness",
"girlhood",
"maidenhood",
"effeminacy",
"effeteness",
"femaleness",
"girlishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"machismo",
"macho",
"manhood",
"manliness",
"masculinity",
"virility",
"maleness",
"boyishness",
"mannishness",
"tomboyishness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empowers":{
"to give official or legal power to":{
"examples":[
"the federal agency empowered to collect taxes"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"authorizes",
"certifies",
"charters",
"commissions",
"enables",
"invests",
"licenses",
"licences",
"qualifies",
"vests",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approves",
"clears",
"credentials",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"affirms",
"confirms",
"validates",
"inaugurates",
"inducts",
"initiates",
"installs",
"instates",
"swears in",
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"enfranchises",
"entitles",
"privileges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
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"disallows",
"disbars",
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"disfranchises",
"excludes",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"prevents",
"shuts out",
"stops",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
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"disqualifies"
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"examples":[
"workshops in financial management to empower workers to plan for their retirement"
],
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"allows",
"enables",
"lets",
"permits"
],
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"fits",
"habilitates",
"prepares",
"qualifies",
"readies",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"conditions",
"equips"
],
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"inhibits",
"precludes",
"disallows",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits"
],
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"prevents"
]
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"examples":[
"experienced the great embarrassment of tripping while on stage"
],
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"abashment",
"confusion",
"discomfiture",
"disconcertment",
"fluster",
"mortification"
],
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"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"perturbation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"disgrace",
"ignominy",
"shame",
"debasement",
"degradation",
"humiliation",
"humble pie"
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"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-possession"
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"a big suitcase filled with clothes proved to be more an embarrassment than a convenience on my trip"
],
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"bar",
"block",
"chain",
"clog",
"cramp",
"crimp",
"deterrent",
"drag",
"encumbrance",
"fetter",
"handicap",
"hindrance",
"holdback",
"hurdle",
"impediment",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"let",
"manacle",
"obstacle",
"obstruction",
"shackles",
"stop",
"stumbling block",
"trammel"
],
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"catch",
"hitch",
"rub",
"snag",
"barrier",
"blockade",
"blockage",
"brick wall",
"stone wall",
"arrest",
"bit",
"brake",
"check",
"constraint",
"curb",
"hobble",
"rein",
"restraint",
"embargo",
"stoppage",
"delay",
"holdup",
"stall",
"burden",
"cumber",
"load",
"danger",
"hazard",
"peril",
"reef",
"adversity",
"difficulty",
"disadvantage",
"drawback",
"hardship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catalyst",
"goad",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"advantage",
"break",
"edge",
"aid",
"assistance",
"benefit",
"boost",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"help"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"embargoing":{
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"excluding",
"ruling out",
"shutting out",
"halting",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"stopping",
"debarring",
"depriving",
"disallowing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"vetoing",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"banning",
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing"
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"near antonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"authorizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"warranting",
"abetting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"supporting",
"bidding",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"tolerating"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories"
],
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"color",
"elaborate (on)",
"embellish",
"exaggerate",
"hyperbolize",
"magnify",
"pad",
"stretch"
],
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"dress up",
"gussy up",
"amplify",
"enhance",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)",
"fudge",
"hedge",
"overdo",
"overdraw",
"overemphasize",
"overplay",
"overstate",
"emphasize",
"play up",
"stress",
"caricature",
"satirize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"minimize",
"play down",
"understate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embalmment":{
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"funeral",
"burial",
"burying",
"entombing",
"entombment",
"inhumation",
"interment",
"interring",
"obsequy",
"obsequies",
"sepulture",
"immurement",
"inurnment",
"reburial",
"reinterment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterment",
"exhumation",
"unearthing",
"cremation"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embezzlement":{
"as in misappropriation , embezzling":{
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"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"embarrassing":{
"causing embarrassment":{
"examples":[
"an embarrassing failure of memory inauspiciously marked my first appearance as an actor"
],
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"awkward",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"disturbing",
"flustering",
"uncomfortable"
],
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"confusing",
"difficult",
"disagreeable",
"impossible",
"inconvenient",
"intolerable",
"troublesome",
"unpleasant",
"unwieldy",
"unsettling",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"mortifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"comfortable",
"convenient",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism"
],
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"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"queering",
"shaming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"relieving",
"soothing",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"assuring",
"reassuring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"a lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization"
],
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"clogging",
"cramping",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"short-circuiting",
"stymieing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"binding",
"chaining",
"haltering",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"tying",
"tieing",
"arresting",
"braking",
"delaying",
"retaining",
"retarding",
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"roadblocking",
"bogging (down)",
"miring",
"choking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suffocating",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"stumping",
"thwarting",
"derailing",
"disrupting",
"sabotaging",
"muzzling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"confining",
"hedging (in)",
"hemming (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"making way",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"loosening",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"furthering",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"facilitating",
"helping"
]
},
"to make complex or difficult":{
"examples":[
"claims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"complexifying",
"complexing",
"complicating",
"entangling",
"perplexing",
"sophisticating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developing",
"elaborating",
"expanding",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"snarling",
"tangling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"disentangling",
"straightening (out)",
"unraveling",
"untangling",
"oversimplifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"empirics":{
"as in empiricists , fact finders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"empiricists",
"fact finders",
"monitors",
"observers",
"field-workers",
"experimenters",
"investigators",
"researchers",
"examiners",
"inspectors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emissaries":{
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"examples":[
"most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"ambassadors",
"delegates",
"envoys",
"legates",
"ministers",
"representatives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadresses",
"attach\u00e9s",
"charg\u00e9s d'affaires",
"consuls",
"deputies",
"diplomats",
"foreign ministers",
"nuncios",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"apostles",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"deputations",
"detachments",
"legations",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"mouthpieces",
"spokespeople"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
"examples":[
"the embassy's staff likely contains at least one emissary who reports to the home country's chief of intelligence"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"assets",
"intelligencers",
"moles",
"operatives",
"spies",
"spooks",
"undercovers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"couriers",
"counterspies",
"double agents",
"sleepers",
"infiltrators",
"informers",
"stool pigeons",
"spymasters",
"superspies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embalmer":{
"as in mortician , undertaker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"funeral director",
"mortician",
"undertaker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emulator":{
"as in ape , impersonator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ape",
"impersonator",
"impressionist",
"mimic",
"parrot",
"aper",
"copycat",
"copyist",
"echo",
"follower",
"imitator",
"rubber stamp",
"wannabe",
"wannabee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in rival , competitor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"competitor",
"rival",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"combatant",
"invader",
"bane",
"b\u00eate noire",
"ill-wisher",
"archenemy",
"archfoe",
"nemesis",
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"enemy",
"foe",
"hostile",
"opponent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amigo",
"friend",
"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"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emulsifies":{
"to mix liquids together to form an emulsion":{
"examples":[
"Emulsify the oil and vinegar by whisking them together."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coalesces",
"compounds",
"amalgamates",
"blends",
"combines",
"comingles",
"commingles",
"commixes",
"composites",
"concretes",
"conflates",
"fuses",
"homogenizes",
"immingles",
"immixes",
"incorporates",
"integrates",
"interfuses",
"intermingles",
"intermixes",
"melds",
"merges",
"mingles",
"adds",
"admixes",
"beats (in)",
"cuts in",
"folds",
"stirs",
"tosses",
"conjoins",
"joins",
"knits",
"links",
"unites",
"intertwines",
"interweaves",
"weaves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"separates",
"unmixes",
"cleaves",
"disjoins",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ruptures",
"severs",
"sunders",
"disperses",
"dissolves",
"scatters",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"splits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emerging":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"problems emerged almost as soon as the contractor began the excavation for the swimming pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emergences":{
"the act of becoming known or coming into view; the act of emerging":{
"examples":[
"her rapid emergence as a national political figure",
"the emergence of the Internet as an important means of communication"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds",
"openings",
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups",
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embarks (on or upon)":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"enters (into or upon)",
"falls (to)",
"gets off",
"kicks off",
"launches",
"leads off",
"opens",
"starts",
"strikes (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"pioneers",
"sets up",
"spawns",
"gets around (to)",
"gets down (to)",
"gets round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceases",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"quits",
"stops",
"closes",
"completes",
"abandons",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"phases out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"terminates"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"emboss":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embodiment":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"manifestation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
],
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"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emblazons":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come"
],
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"blesses",
"carols",
"celebrates",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"hymns",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises",
"resounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adores",
"belauds",
"deifies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"renowns",
"salutes",
"chants",
"cheers",
"eulogizes",
"rhapsodizes",
"cites",
"flatters",
"cracks up",
"recommends",
"touts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"criticizes",
"reproves",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"keelhauls",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"castigates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emoted":{
"to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way":{
"examples":[
"He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly."
],
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"doted (on)",
"fawned",
"drooled",
"effused",
"enthused",
"fussed",
"gushed",
"raved",
"rhapsodized",
"sentimentalized",
"slobbered"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embryonic":{
"as in budding , infant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"budding",
"germinal",
"infant",
"ancient",
"early",
"primal",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"aged",
"age-old",
"antediluvian",
"antiquated",
"antique",
"dateless",
"hoary",
"old",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
],
"near antonyms":[
"late",
"advanced",
"complex",
"developed",
"evolved",
"high",
"higher",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"full-scale"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in emergent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emergent",
"ephebic",
"minor",
"preteen",
"subadult",
"teenage",
"teenaged",
"underage",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"puerile",
"raw",
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful",
"babyish",
"childish",
"childlike",
"infantile",
"infantine",
"kiddish",
"undeveloped",
"unfinished",
"unfledged",
"unformed",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"matured",
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"elderly",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"oldish",
"senescent",
"senior",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"golden",
"mellow",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"middle-aged",
"anile",
"decrepit",
"doddering",
"over-the-hill",
"senile",
"spavined",
"tottery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"emblazing":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"the days when movies were shown in palaces that were lavishly emblazed to look like ancient Egypt or exotic Arabia"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"a time when Broadway was emblazed by the lights of dozens of theaters"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"beaconing",
"illuminating",
"illuming",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"lighting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"beaming",
"beating (down)",
"radiating",
"shining",
"enhaloing",
"haloing",
"floodlighting",
"highlighting",
"spotlighting",
"blazing",
"burning",
"firing",
"flaming",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"igniting",
"incinerating",
"kindling",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling",
"gleaming",
"glistening",
"glittering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring",
"covering",
"shrouding",
"veiling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackening",
"darkening",
"obfuscating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embracement":{
"as in acceptance , embrace":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"embrace",
"accession",
"adhesion",
"assent",
"assentation",
"consent",
"approbation",
"approval",
"favor",
"accord",
"agreement",
"concurrence",
"concurrency",
"consensus",
"unanimity",
"unison",
"alliance",
"collaboration",
"collusion",
"complicity",
"conspiracy",
"compliance",
"concert",
"concertedness",
"concord",
"concordance",
"conformity",
"consonance",
"harmony",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"understanding",
"union",
"empathy",
"rapport",
"sympathy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflict",
"disagreement",
"dissensus",
"discord",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissent",
"opposition",
"resistance",
"disapprobation",
"disapproval",
"disfavor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emulative":{
"using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{
"examples":[
"right now she's an emulative singer, not having yet created a style of her own"
],
"synonyms":[
"apish",
"canned",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"formulaic",
"imitative",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"slavish",
"unoriginal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copied",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mock",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"duplicated",
"photocopied",
"reduplicated",
"reproduced",
"transcribed",
"backup",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"perfunctory",
"routine",
"uninspired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"classic",
"ideal",
"model"
],
"antonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"emptiness":{
"a need or desire for food":{
"examples":[
"the emptiness that usually sets in about three o'clock in the afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"appetite",
"belly",
"famishment",
"hunger",
"munchies",
"stomach"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"ravenousness",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"malnutrition",
"starvation",
"undernourishment",
"craving",
"sweet tooth",
"famine",
"fast",
"hunger strike",
"gluttony",
"gourmandism",
"greed",
"hoggishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fill",
"fullness",
"glut",
"repleteness",
"repletion",
"satiation",
"satiety",
"satisfaction",
"surfeit"
],
"antonyms":[
"inappetence"
]
},
"empty space":{
"examples":[
"there in the vast emptiness of the desert was a long-abandoned jeep"
],
"synonyms":[
"black hole",
"blank",
"blankness",
"vacancy",
"vacuity",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nothingness",
"inane",
"vacuum",
"air",
"open",
"waste",
"bareness",
"barrenness",
"bleakness",
"desolateness",
"hollowness",
"cavity",
"gap",
"hole",
"hollow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fullness",
"fulness",
"repleteness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being empty":{
"examples":[
"the emptiness of the interior of the isolated house just made it seem all the more eerie"
],
"synonyms":[
"bareness",
"vacancy",
"vacantness",
"vacuity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hollowness",
"blankness",
"vacuum",
"void",
"nothingness",
"barrenness",
"bleakness",
"desolateness",
"availability",
"clearness",
"openness",
"depletion",
"dryness",
"exhaustion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completeness",
"abundance",
"fatness",
"repleteness"
],
"antonyms":[
"fullness",
"fulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emotes":{
"to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way":{
"examples":[
"He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dotes (on)",
"fawns",
"drools",
"effuses",
"enthuses",
"fusses",
"gushes",
"raves",
"rhapsodizes",
"sentimentalizes",
"slobbers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embossments":{
"as in embroideries , appliqu\u00e9s":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings",
"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishers",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emboldening":{
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"examples":[
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing up",
"bucking up",
"buoying (up)",
"cheering (up)",
"chirking (up)",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"steeling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"hamstringing",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathizes":{
"to have the same feelings as another person; to feel empathy for someone \u2014 often + with":{
"examples":[
"He learned to empathize with the poor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserates",
"condoles",
"sympathizes",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"boosts",
"buoys (up)",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"calms",
"quiets",
"relaxes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"frets",
"upsets",
"worries",
"aggravates",
"intensifies",
"worsens",
"annoys",
"irks",
"irritates",
"harasses",
"pesters",
"distresses",
"torments",
"tortures",
"troubles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emplaces":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposes",
"deposits",
"disposes",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"positions",
"puts",
"sets",
"sets up",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"rearranges",
"reorders",
"shifts",
"orients",
"establishes",
"locates",
"plants",
"settles",
"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"plunks down",
"slaps",
"ensconces",
"niches",
"assembles",
"collects",
"carries",
"berths",
"parks",
"affixes",
"anchors",
"locks",
"lodges",
"wedges",
"arrays",
"lays out",
"lines up",
"queues",
"ranks",
"sets down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"eminent":{
"standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement":{
"examples":[
"many eminent surgeons are on the hospital's staff"
],
"synonyms":[
"astral",
"bright",
"distinguished",
"illustrious",
"luminous",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"redoubtable",
"signal",
"star",
"superior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrated",
"exalted",
"famed",
"famous",
"glorious",
"honored",
"renowned",
"reputable",
"infamous",
"notorious",
"dominant",
"paramount",
"predominant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificant",
"minor",
"unimportant",
"average",
"inferior",
"mediocre",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unsung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"emulsified":{
"to mix liquids together to form an emulsion":{
"examples":[
"Emulsify the oil and vinegar by whisking them together."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coalesced",
"compounded",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"comingled",
"commingled",
"commixed",
"composited",
"concreted",
"conflated",
"fused",
"homogenized",
"immingled",
"immixed",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"interfused",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"melded",
"merged",
"mingled",
"added",
"admixed",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"folded",
"stirred",
"tossed",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"knit",
"knitted",
"linked",
"united",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"wove",
"weaved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke down",
"broke up",
"separated",
"unmixed",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"disjoined",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ruptured",
"severed",
"sundered",
"dispersed",
"dissolved",
"scattered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embraceable":{
"as in kissable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"kissable",
"adorable",
"darling",
"dear",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"lovable",
"loveable",
"lovesome",
"precious",
"sweet",
"winning",
"winsome",
"beloved",
"cherished",
"favored",
"favorite",
"loved",
"treasured",
"attractive",
"beautiful",
"desirable",
"lovely",
"alluring",
"appealing",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"engaging",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"fetching",
"admirable",
"likable",
"likeable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"cheerful",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"kind",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"delightful",
"pleasing",
"well-disposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"loathsome",
"odious",
"unlovable",
"unloved",
"contemptible",
"disagreeable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"heinous",
"horrible",
"lousy",
"nasty",
"offensive",
"unlikable",
"unpleasant",
"wretched",
"frightful",
"grotesque",
"hideous",
"ill-favored",
"monstrous",
"ogreish",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"ugly",
"unattractive",
"unsightly",
"vile",
"appalling",
"awful",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"horrendous",
"horrid",
"nauseating",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"revolting",
"scandalous",
"shocking",
"sickening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"empiric":{
"as in empiricist , fact finder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"empiricist",
"fact finder",
"monitor",
"observer",
"field-worker",
"experimenter",
"investigator",
"researcher",
"examiner",
"inspector"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emcee":{
"a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity":{
"examples":[
"acted as emcee for the evening's entertainment at the political convention"
],
"synonyms":[
"announcer",
"host",
"MC"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mistress of ceremonies",
"DJ",
"disc jockey",
"disk jockey",
"shock jock",
"veejay",
"VJ",
"huckster",
"pitchman",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"newscaster",
"CBer",
"ham",
"radioman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emboldens":{
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"examples":[
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears up",
"bucks up",
"buoys (up)",
"cheers (up)",
"chirks (up)",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"inspirits",
"steels"
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"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
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"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"assures",
"reassures",
"boosts",
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"excites",
"galvanizes",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"rallies",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
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"demoralizes",
"depresses",
"saddens",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"hamstrings",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"intimidates",
"psychs (out)"
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"daunts",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
]
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"verb"
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"as in empty , vacant":{
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"empty",
"unoccupied",
"vacant",
"enterable",
"navigable",
"passable",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"clear",
"cleared",
"free",
"open",
"unclogged",
"unclosed",
"unobstructed",
"unstopped",
"gaping",
"wide",
"yawning",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unclasped",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed",
"unbuttoned",
"unclenched",
"unfolded",
"unfurled",
"unzipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocked",
"clogged",
"closed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged",
"shut",
"stopped",
"stuffed",
"uncleared",
"impassable",
"impassible",
"constricted",
"cramped",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"interfered (with)",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"dammed",
"gated"
],
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},
"to remove the contents of":{
"examples":[
"empty the room before starting to paint the ceiling"
],
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"cleared",
"evacuated",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
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"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"exhausted",
"wasted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"cleaned",
"flushed",
"purged",
"scoured",
"swept"
],
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"antonyms":[
"filled",
"loaded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"EMTs":{
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"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"specialists",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emitting":{
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"nuclei that emit gamma rays"
],
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"casting",
"discharging",
"emanating",
"evolving",
"exhaling",
"expelling",
"expiring",
"giving out",
"irradiating",
"issuing",
"radiating",
"releasing",
"sending (out)",
"shooting",
"throwing out",
"venting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminating",
"evacuating",
"excreting",
"exuding",
"oozing",
"secreting",
"ejecting",
"erupting",
"gushing",
"jetting",
"outpouring",
"pouring",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spraying",
"spurting",
"squirting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"inhaling",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)",
"taking up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send forth using the vocal chords":{
"examples":[
"I was so scared I couldn't emit a peep"
],
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"uttering"
],
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"delivering",
"blurting (out)",
"ejaculating",
"exclaiming",
"gasping",
"groaning",
"heaving",
"hooting",
"moaning",
"panting",
"quavering",
"snarling",
"sobbing",
"sputtering",
"squawking",
"squeaking",
"squealing",
"stammering",
"stuttering",
"whimpering",
"yowling",
"lipping",
"mouthing",
"whispering"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emphasized":{
"as in heightened , enhanced":{
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"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"stressed",
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"violent",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft",
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories"
],
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"accented",
"accentuated",
"featured",
"foregrounded",
"highlighted",
"illuminated",
"played up",
"pointed (up)",
"pressed",
"punctuated",
"stressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focused",
"focussed",
"identified",
"pinpointed",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"overplayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toned (down)",
"underemphasized",
"understated",
"belittled",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"played down"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuated",
"brought out",
"italicized",
"stressed",
"underlined",
"underscored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplified",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"augmented",
"deepened",
"enhanced",
"enlarged",
"heightened",
"magnified",
"maximized",
"supplemented",
"enlivened",
"jazzed (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"minimized",
"reduced",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"understated",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"embrowns":{
"as in darkens , tones (down)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"darkens",
"tones (down)",
"brightens",
"lightens",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"speckles",
"specks",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"variegates",
"bepaints",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorizes",
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"whitens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emcees":{
"a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity":{
"examples":[
"acted as emcee for the evening's entertainment at the political convention"
],
"synonyms":[
"announcers",
"hosts",
"MCs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mistresses of ceremonies",
"disc jockeys",
"disk jockeys",
"DJs",
"shock jocks",
"veejays",
"VJs",
"hucksters",
"pitchmen",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"newscasters",
"CBers",
"hams",
"radiomen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empathized (with)":{
"as in felt (for) , sympathized (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"felt (for)",
"sympathized (with)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"attended",
"heeded",
"regarded",
"cared",
"looked out (for)",
"minded",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embonpoint":{
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"clothes for women who may be inclined to embonpoint but who still want to look stylish"
],
"synonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"brawniness",
"burliness",
"endomorphy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"antonyms":[
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emasculated":{
"as in gelded , castrated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"castrated",
"gelded",
"altered",
"desexed",
"neutered",
"sterilized",
"spayed",
"barren",
"fruitless",
"impotent",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fat",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"fecund",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"prolific",
"enriched",
"fertilized",
"rich",
"impregnated",
"pregnant",
"potent",
"bearing",
"producing",
"yielding",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
"examples":[
"being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoralized",
"paralyzed",
"undid",
"unmanned",
"unnerved",
"unstrung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"neutered",
"weakened",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"wasted",
"frightened",
"intimidated",
"psyched (out)",
"scared",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"daunted",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dismayed",
"dispirited",
"crazed",
"deranged",
"maddened",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"perturbed",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"weirded out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortified",
"strengthened",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened"
],
"antonyms":[
"nerved"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"emendations":{
"a change designed to correct or improve a written work":{
"examples":[
"the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched"
],
"synonyms":[
"amendments",
"corrections"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cuts",
"deletions",
"additions",
"amplifications",
"supplements",
"adjustments",
"alterations",
"modifications",
"revisions",
"improvements",
"renovations",
"clarifications",
"explanations",
"explications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embankments":{
"a bank of earth constructed to control water":{
"examples":[
"the embankment is steep, so be careful walking along the ridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"dams",
"dikes",
"heads",
"levees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwaters",
"jetties",
"seawalls",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"ramparts",
"canals",
"channels",
"ditches",
"gutters",
"troughs",
"locks",
"barricades",
"barriers",
"blocks",
"floodgates",
"sluices",
"barrages",
"milldams",
"stanks",
"weirs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emission":{
"a flowing or going out":{
"examples":[
"The government is considering some new measures to limit vehicle emissions ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discharge",
"effluence",
"emanation",
"exodus",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpour",
"outpouring",
"drain",
"flow",
"ebb",
"reflow",
"reflux",
"diaspora",
"emigration",
"flight",
"rush",
"stampede"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flux",
"income",
"inflow",
"influx",
"inpouring",
"inrush"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embroils":{
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"examples":[
"the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogs (down)",
"broils",
"embrangles",
"mires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"ensnarls",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"snares",
"tangles",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathizer":{
"as in well-wisher":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"well-wisher",
"abettor",
"abetter",
"ally",
"backer",
"bedfellow",
"confederate",
"fellow traveler",
"supporter",
"sympathizer",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accomplice",
"coalitionist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"adjunct",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"helper",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"fellow",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"companion",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"pal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittler",
"detractor",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"foe",
"opponent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embattled":{
"as in mobilized , mechanized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanized",
"mobilized",
"equipped",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"weaponed",
"armed",
"militarized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demilitarized",
"disarmed",
"demobilized",
"denuclearized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarkations":{
"as in embarkments":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embarkments",
"diasporas",
"emigrations",
"evacuations",
"exoduses",
"disembarkations",
"egresses",
"flights",
"retirements",
"retreats",
"withdrawals",
"abandonments",
"relinquishments",
"decampments",
"departures",
"exits",
"farewells",
"goings",
"leaves",
"leave-takings",
"outgoes",
"partings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"comings",
"approaches",
"entrances",
"ingresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empathetic":{
"having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another":{
"examples":[
"an empathetic social worker who soon realized that the single mother was at her breaking point"
],
"synonyms":[
"commiserative",
"compassionate",
"empathic",
"humane",
"sympathetic",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"feeling",
"perceptive",
"sensitive",
"considerate",
"gentle",
"softhearted",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"bighearted",
"charitable",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"largehearted",
"magnanimous",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"tolerant",
"pitying",
"ruthful",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"well-disposed",
"affectionate",
"loving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking",
"aloof",
"cool",
"indifferent",
"uncaring",
"uninterested",
"unaffectionate",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"bigoted",
"blinkered",
"narrow-minded",
"small-minded",
"brutal",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"hard-boiled",
"harsh",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"unrelenting",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"hostile",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"unkind",
"virulent"
],
"antonyms":[
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"coldhearted",
"hard",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"obdurate",
"unfeeling",
"unsympathetic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"emplane":{
"as in entrain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"entrain",
"board",
"climb (aboard)",
"get in",
"mount",
"embark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alight",
"descend",
"disembark",
"dismount",
"get down",
"light",
"deplane",
"detrain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embellishing":{
"serving to add beauty":{
"examples":[
"the chef tends to overuse sprigs of parsley and other embellishing garnishes on dishes that don't need them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorning",
"beautifying",
"cosmetic",
"decorative",
"ornamental"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"charming",
"delightful",
"glamorous",
"glamourous",
"pleasing",
"prepossessing",
"beauteous",
"beautiful",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"comely",
"fair",
"gorgeous",
"handsome",
"lovely",
"pretty",
"stunning",
"detailed",
"elaborate",
"fancy",
"ornate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"functional",
"utilitarian"
]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"the story of the comic marriage proposal was embellished as it passed from one generation to the next in the family"
],
"synonyms":[
"coloring",
"elaborating (on)",
"embroidering",
"exaggerating",
"hyperbolizing",
"magnifying",
"padding",
"stretching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dressing up",
"gussying up",
"amplifying",
"enhancing",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)",
"fudging",
"hedging",
"overdoing",
"overdrawing",
"overemphasizing",
"overplaying",
"overstating",
"emphasizing",
"playing up",
"stressing",
"caricaturing",
"satirizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"understating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the French restaurant are embellished with scenes of Parisian life"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"emoting":{
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"examples":[
"He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly."
],
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"doting (on)",
"fawning",
"drooling",
"effusing",
"enthusing",
"fussing",
"gushing",
"raving",
"rhapsodizing",
"sentimentalizing",
"slobbering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emplaned":{
"as in entrained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"entrained",
"boarded",
"climbed (aboard)",
"got in",
"mounted",
"embarked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alighted",
"alit",
"descended",
"disembarked",
"dismounted",
"got down",
"lit",
"lighted",
"deplaned",
"detrained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emphasizes":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"supermarket tabloids that emphasize sensational news stories"
],
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"accents",
"accentuates",
"features",
"foregrounds",
"highlights",
"illuminates",
"plays up",
"points (up)",
"presses",
"punctuates",
"stresses"
],
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"focuses",
"focusses",
"identifies",
"pinpoints",
"spotlights",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"overplays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tones (down)",
"underemphasizes",
"understates",
"belittles",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizes",
"plays down"
]
},
"to make more apparent":{
"examples":[
"that huge belt buckle only emphasizes his big gut"
],
"synonyms":[
"accentuates",
"brings out",
"italicizes",
"stresses",
"underlines",
"underscores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplifies",
"beefs (up)",
"boosts",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"augments",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"enlarges",
"heightens",
"magnifies",
"maximizes",
"supplements",
"enlivens",
"jazzes (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"minimizes",
"reduces",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"understates",
"weakens"
],
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"de-emphasizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empties":{
"to remove the contents of":{
"examples":[
"empty the room before starting to paint the ceiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"exhausts",
"wastes",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges",
"scours",
"sweeps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fills",
"loads"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embellishers":{
"something that decorates or beautifies":{
"examples":[
"that simple dress is beautiful by itself and doesn't need any embellishers"
],
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"adornments",
"beautifiers",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"doodads",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"garnishments",
"garnitures",
"ornamentations",
"ornaments",
"setoffs",
"trims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparels",
"bells and whistles",
"blazonries",
"bric-a-brac",
"chichis",
"emblazonries",
"filigrees",
"fineries",
"foofaraws",
"fripperies",
"frostings",
"froufrous",
"frou-frous",
"fal-lals",
"flounces",
"flourishes",
"furbelows",
"ruffles",
"enhancements",
"enrichments",
"improvements",
"appliqu\u00e9s",
"embossments",
"embroideries",
"fancyworks",
"bedizenments",
"gilts",
"glitters",
"designs",
"figures",
"patterns",
"furnishings",
"regalia",
"trappings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defacements",
"disfigurements",
"scars",
"blots",
"spots",
"stains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embezzler":{
"as in grafter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grafter",
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler",
"bandit",
"footpad",
"highwayman",
"pirate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embraced":{
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugged",
"clasped",
"crushed",
"enclasped",
"enfolded",
"grasped",
"hugged",
"strained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamped",
"clung",
"cradled",
"grabbed",
"gripped",
"held",
"bosomed",
"embosomed",
"encircled",
"entwined",
"enveloped",
"enwound",
"folded",
"locked",
"twined",
"wrapped",
"cuddled",
"fondled",
"nestled",
"nuzzled",
"patted",
"petted",
"snuggled",
"stroked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world"
],
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"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopted",
"borrowed",
"espoused",
"took on",
"took up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticated",
"naturalized",
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"took over",
"usurped",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"incorporated",
"quoted",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"cultivated",
"followed",
"heeded",
"honored",
"used",
"utilized",
"brought up",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"raised",
"reared",
"affected",
"assumed",
"copied",
"imitated",
"pretended",
"put on",
"simulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disowned",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
"examples":[
"the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community"
],
"synonyms":[
"ate (up)",
"drank (in)",
"lapped (up)",
"welcomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"espoused",
"took up",
"greeted",
"hailed",
"enjoyed",
"liked",
"preferred",
"cherry-picked",
"chose",
"culled",
"decided (on)",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"selected",
"singled (out)",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"passed up",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned",
"threw over",
"turned down",
"demurred (to)",
"objected (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried",
"comprehended",
"contained",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"involved",
"numbered",
"subsumed",
"took in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"admitted",
"received",
"composed",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"a sleepy village embraced by low hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"circled",
"compassed",
"encircled",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"environed",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"ringed",
"surrounded",
"wreathed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribed",
"closed in",
"cordoned (off)",
"fenced (in)",
"hemmed (in)",
"walled",
"beset",
"besieged",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"invested",
"swarmed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embark":{
"as in launch , sail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"launch",
"sail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchor",
"dock",
"land",
"berth",
"moor",
"tie up",
"beach",
"ground"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in get (on) , board":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"board",
"get (on)",
"weigh (anchor)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debark",
"disembark",
"land",
"beach",
"anchor",
"dock",
"put in"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embassies":{
"as in missions , legations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legations",
"missions",
"contingents",
"delegacies",
"delegations",
"bands",
"companies",
"crews",
"detachments",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emporiums":{
"an establishment where goods are sold to consumers":{
"examples":[
"an emporium for home electronic equipment filled with stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want"
],
"synonyms":[
"bazaars",
"shops",
"shoppes",
"stores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marketplaces",
"markets",
"outlets",
"showrooms",
"boutiques",
"chain stores",
"department stores",
"dime stores",
"exchanges",
"five-and-tens",
"five-and-dimes",
"marts",
"mini-marts",
"thrift shops",
"variety stores",
"big boxes",
"supercenters",
"superstores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emporium":{
"an establishment where goods are sold to consumers":{
"examples":[
"an emporium for home electronic equipment filled with stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want"
],
"synonyms":[
"bazaar",
"shop",
"shoppe",
"store"
],
"near synonyms":[
"market",
"marketplace",
"outlet",
"showroom",
"boutique",
"chain store",
"department store",
"dime store",
"exchange",
"five-and-ten",
"five-and-dime",
"mart",
"mini-mart",
"thrift shop",
"variety store",
"big box",
"supercenter",
"superstore"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emolument":{
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"the annual emolument for the director of the charity is officially only one dollar"
],
"synonyms":[
"hire",
"packet",
"pay",
"pay envelope",
"paycheck",
"payment",
"salary",
"stipend",
"wage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wage",
"minimum wage",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pay",
"double time",
"overtime",
"time and a half",
"compensation",
"recompense",
"remittance",
"remuneration",
"requital",
"return",
"recoupment",
"redress",
"reparation",
"restitution",
"reimbursement",
"repayment",
"earnings",
"profit",
"takings",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emotional":{
"having or expressing great depth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"worship at revival meetings often takes a markedly emotional form"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"charged",
"demonstrative",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"feverish",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"incandescent",
"intense",
"passional",
"passionate",
"perfervid",
"red-hot",
"religious",
"superheated",
"torrid",
"vehement",
"warm",
"warm-blooded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"sugary",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"frenzied",
"orgiastic",
"overemotional",
"overexcited",
"overheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
"antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
]
},
"having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies":{
"examples":[
"in one emotional scene in the movie the boy must say goodbye to his extraterrestrial friend"
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"impactful",
"impressive",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"demonstrative",
"excitable",
"feeling",
"passionate",
"responsive",
"sensitive",
"exciting",
"inspirational",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cathartic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"deadpan"
],
"antonyms":[
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
]
},
"showing feeling freely":{
"examples":[
"the fact that he is not a very emotional person does not mean that he is not a loving, caring father"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"touchy-feely",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"hyperemotional",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"affectionate",
"feeling",
"intense",
"loving",
"passionate",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"warm",
"blunt",
"candid",
"frank",
"outspoken",
"plain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"bashful",
"modest",
"retiring",
"shy",
"introverted",
"self-directed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"unconcerned",
"unfeeling",
"chilly",
"cold",
"frigid",
"glacial",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hard-hearted",
"icy",
"unfriendly"
],
"antonyms":[
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"empirical":{
"based on observation or experience":{
"examples":[
"guidelines for raising children that are based on empirical evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"existential",
"experiential",
"experimental",
"objective",
"observational"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"factual",
"genuine",
"hard",
"material",
"real",
"accepted",
"established",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"indisputable",
"undeniable",
"demonstrable",
"provable",
"verifiable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"unproven",
"unsubstantiated",
"metaphysical",
"transcendentalist",
"visionary"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonempirical",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"unempirical"
]
},
"capable of being proven as true or real":{
"examples":[
"a philosopher who does not regard \"God exists\" as an empirical statement"
],
"synonyms":[
"checkable",
"confirmable",
"demonstrable",
"provable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"verifiable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certifiable",
"documentable",
"well-founded",
"defensible",
"excusable",
"justifiable",
"vindicable",
"warrantable",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"surmised",
"suspected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debatable",
"disprovable",
"disputable",
"refutable"
],
"antonyms":[
"indemonstrable",
"insupportable",
"unprovable",
"unsupportable",
"unsustainable",
"unverifiable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"emulating":{
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
"examples":[
"what they offered at the new resort didn't begin to emulate the kind of pampering we were used to getting at the resort that closed down"
],
"synonyms":[
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)",
"coming (to)",
"corresponding (to)",
"equaling",
"equalling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approaching",
"matching",
"measuring (up)",
"meeting",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"touching",
"connoting",
"denoting",
"expressing",
"importing",
"meaning",
"signifying",
"smacking (of)",
"spelling",
"suggesting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a pro athlete who has often said that children should emulate their parents\u2014not him"
],
"synonyms":[
"aping",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"miming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dittoing",
"echoing",
"reechoing",
"repeating",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"lampooning",
"mocking",
"parodying",
"travestying",
"impersonating",
"performing",
"playing",
"pantomiming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embrasure":{
"as in indentation , indent":{
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"near synonyms":[
"dent",
"indent",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"cubicle",
"ambry",
"housing",
"shrine",
"corner",
"cranny",
"cubbyhole",
"alcove",
"niche",
"nook",
"recess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embeds":{
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"enroots",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"impacts",
"implants",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"lodges",
"roots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbues",
"infuses",
"instills",
"beats (into)",
"drives (into)",
"establishes",
"places",
"puts",
"settles",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"ejects",
"expels",
"detaches",
"disconnects",
"disengages",
"removes"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodges",
"roots (out)",
"uproots"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emancipation":{
"the act of setting free from slavery":{
"examples":[
"a book discussing the role that emancipation played in the nation's history"
],
"synonyms":[
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliverance",
"redemption",
"salvation",
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondage",
"serfdom",
"servitude",
"thralldom",
"thraldom",
"yoke",
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"conquest",
"subjugation"
],
"antonyms":[
"enslavement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emulsify":{
"to mix liquids together to form an emulsion":{
"examples":[
"Emulsify the oil and vinegar by whisking them together."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coalesce",
"compound",
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"comingle",
"commingle",
"commix",
"composite",
"concrete",
"conflate",
"fuse",
"homogenize",
"immingle",
"immix",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"interfuse",
"intermingle",
"intermix",
"meld",
"merge",
"mingle",
"add",
"admix",
"beat (in)",
"cut in",
"fold",
"stir",
"toss",
"conjoin",
"join",
"knit",
"link",
"unite",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"weave"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break down",
"break up",
"separate",
"unmix",
"cleave",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"rupture",
"sever",
"sunder",
"disperse",
"dissolve",
"scatter",
"detach",
"disengage",
"split"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emancipates":{
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"under the cover of darkness animal rights activists emancipated the inhabitants of the mink ranch"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"enfranchises",
"enlarges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"paroles",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embrangled":{
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"examples":[
"it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogged (down)",
"broiled",
"embroiled",
"mired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathize (with)":{
"as in feel (for) , sympathize (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feel (for)",
"sympathize (with)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"attend",
"heed",
"regard",
"care",
"look out (for)",
"mind",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embosoming":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathized":{
"to have the same feelings as another person; to feel empathy for someone \u2014 often + with":{
"examples":[
"He learned to empathize with the poor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserated",
"condoled",
"sympathized",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"fretted",
"upset",
"worried",
"aggravated",
"intensified",
"worsened",
"annoyed",
"irked",
"irritated",
"harassed",
"pestered",
"distressed",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"troubled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embowering":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"over the years grapevines have completely embowered the summerhouse in the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"mantling",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empyreans":{
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"examples":[
"ascended into the empyrean after a life filled with good deeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"blisses",
"elysian fields",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"heavens",
"kingdom comes",
"New Jerusalems",
"paradises",
"skies",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glories",
"happy hunting grounds",
"nirvanas",
"promised lands",
"Valhallas",
"afterlives",
"afterworlds",
"hereafters",
"otherworlds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infernos",
"limbos",
"purgatories",
"netherworlds",
"underworlds",
"abysses",
"pits"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"Pandemoniums",
"perditions"
]
},
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
"examples":[
"most ticket buyers have no trouble envisioning the empyrean that winning the lottery would inevitably bring about"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelots",
"Cockaignes",
"Edens",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"fantasylands",
"heavens",
"lotuslands",
"never-never lands",
"New Jerusalems",
"nirvanas",
"paradises",
"promised lands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcadias",
"dreamlands",
"dreamworlds",
"fairylands",
"wonderlands",
"blisses",
"euphorias",
"joys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fool's paradises"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopias",
"dystopias",
"hells"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empowerments":{
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"the empowerment of her husband to make medical decisions on her behalf is clearly stated in her living will"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditations",
"authorizations",
"commissions",
"delegations",
"licenses",
"licences",
"mandates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendations",
"consignments",
"entrustments",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"orderings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embodiments":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"Mother Theresa was often regarded as the embodiment of selfless devotion to others"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"instantiations",
"manifestations",
"objectifications",
"personifications",
"personifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emote":{
"to express emotion in a very dramatic or obvious way":{
"examples":[
"He stood on the stage, emoting and gesturing wildly."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dote (on)",
"fawn",
"drool",
"effuse",
"enthuse",
"fuss",
"gush",
"rave",
"rhapsodize",
"sentimentalize",
"slobber"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emblematizing":{
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
"examples":[
"the burned-out church emblematizes how the religious strife has destroyed that nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"representing",
"symbolizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodying",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"incarnating",
"manifesting",
"materializing",
"objectifying",
"personalizing",
"personifying",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embezzle":{
"to steal money that you have been trusted with":{
"examples":[
"He was caught embezzling money from his clients."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"misapply",
"misappropriate",
"misuse",
"peculate",
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"commandeer",
"convert",
"expropriate",
"pirate",
"preempt",
"press",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp",
"annex",
"attach",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"impound",
"repossess",
"sequester",
"assume",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"snatch",
"steal",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"occupy",
"preoccupy",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emblems":{
"a device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark":{
"examples":[
"the oil company uses a scallop shell as its emblem"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensigns",
"hallmarks",
"impresas",
"logos",
"symbols",
"totems",
"trademarks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attributes",
"icons",
"ikons",
"pictographs",
"logograms",
"logographs",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"cognizances",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias",
"monograms",
"colophons",
"stamps",
"tokens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emergence":{
"the act of becoming known or coming into view; the act of emerging":{
"examples":[
"her rapid emergence as a national political figure",
"the emergence of the Internet as an important means of communication"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"alpha",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"dawning",
"opening",
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup",
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emphases":{
"a special notice or importance given to something":{
"examples":[
"a prep school with a long-established emphasis on sports"
],
"synonyms":[
"accents",
"accentuations",
"stresses",
"weights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentions",
"concentrations",
"foci",
"focuses",
"spotlights",
"consequences",
"imports",
"moments",
"notes",
"significances",
"values",
"worths",
"precedences",
"primacies",
"priorities",
"top billings",
"considerations",
"heeds",
"regards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizations",
"underemphases",
"disregards",
"indifferences"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphases"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embroideries":{
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
"examples":[
"it's doubtful that she ever told an anecdote without considerable embroidery"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricatures",
"colorings",
"elaborations",
"embellishments",
"exaggerations",
"hyperboles",
"magnifications",
"overstatements",
"paddings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enhancements",
"fabrications",
"misrepresentations",
"hypes",
"pufferies",
"superlatives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlements",
"disparagements"
],
"antonyms":[
"meioses",
"understatements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embarrass":{
"to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{
"examples":[
"the modest young soldiers were embarrassed by the public praise for their heroism"
],
"synonyms":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"put off",
"put out",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"queer",
"shame"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"relieve",
"soothe",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"assure",
"reassure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"a lot of this paperwork is unnecessary and just embarrasses the organization"
],
"synonyms":[
"clog",
"cramp",
"encumber",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"handcuff",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hog-tie",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"short-circuit",
"stymie",
"tie up",
"trammel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balk",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"bind",
"chain",
"halter",
"leash",
"tether",
"tie",
"arrest",
"brake",
"delay",
"retain",
"retard",
"barricade",
"block",
"blockade",
"roadblock",
"bog (down)",
"mire",
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suffocate",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"stump",
"thwart",
"derail",
"disrupt",
"sabotage",
"muzzle",
"repress",
"suppress",
"confine",
"hedge (in)",
"hem (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"make way",
"open",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"untie",
"loosen",
"smooth",
"encourage",
"further",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[
"aid",
"assist",
"facilitate",
"help"
]
},
"to make complex or difficult":{
"examples":[
"claims that the new government regulations will needlessly embarrass the operations of small businesses in the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"complex",
"complexify",
"complicate",
"entangle",
"perplex",
"sophisticate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develop",
"elaborate",
"expand",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"cut",
"shorten",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"unravel",
"untangle",
"oversimplify"
],
"antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embark (on":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"he's eager to finish college and to embark upon a career in teaching"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"enter (into or upon)",
"fall (to)",
"get off",
"kick off",
"launch",
"lead off",
"open",
"start",
"strike (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"take up",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"pioneer",
"set up",
"spawn",
"get around (to)",
"get down (to)",
"get round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cease",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"quit",
"stop",
"close",
"complete",
"abandon",
"forsake",
"leave",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"phase out"
],
"antonyms":[
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"terminate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarked (on or upon)":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"began",
"commenced",
"entered (into or upon)",
"fell (to)",
"got off",
"kicked off",
"launched",
"led off",
"opened",
"started",
"struck (into)"
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"generated",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
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"invented",
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"founded",
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"pioneered",
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"spawned",
"got around (to)",
"got down (to)",
"got round (to)"
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"ceased",
"desisted",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"knocked off",
"laid off",
"quit",
"quitted",
"stopped",
"closed",
"completed",
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"forsook",
"left",
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"demolished",
"destroyed",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"phased out"
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"finished",
"terminated"
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"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
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"amended",
"corrected",
"debugged",
"rectified",
"red-penciled",
"reformed",
"remedied"
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"redrafted",
"redrew",
"restyled",
"revised",
"reworked",
"rewrote",
"blue-penciled",
"cut",
"shortened",
"redressed",
"righted",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"fixed",
"mended",
"repaired",
"adjusted",
"modulated",
"regulated",
"altered",
"changed",
"modified"
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"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"aggravated",
"worsened"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"not feeling or showing emotion":{
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"endured an unsatisfying marriage to a seemingly emotionless man"
],
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"apathetic",
"cold-blooded",
"impassible",
"impassive",
"numb",
"passionless",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
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"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"unmoved",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"imperturbable",
"unflappable",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"bland",
"blank",
"deadpan",
"dry",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"inexpressive",
"stone-faced",
"straight-faced",
"vacant",
"wooden",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"aloof",
"bloodless",
"detached",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"unconcerned",
"unsentimental",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"unresponsive",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless"
],
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"blazing",
"burning",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"glowing",
"red-hot",
"ardent",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"warm-blooded",
"zealous",
"gushing",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"sentimental",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"overemotional",
"overheated",
"perfervid",
"compassionate",
"responsive",
"sympathetic",
"reactive",
"sensitive"
],
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"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"hot-blooded",
"impassioned",
"passional",
"passionate",
"vehement"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"employer":{
"a person or company that has people who do work for wages or a salary; a person or company that has employees":{
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"It was the employer's responsibility to improve workplace safety.",
"Your travel expenses should be paid for by your employer ."
],
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"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up",
"boss",
"boss man",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"forewoman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"honcho",
"jefe",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"mistress",
"taskmaster",
"taskmistress",
"leadman",
"manager",
"overseer",
"principal",
"skipper",
"standard-bearer",
"steward",
"straw boss",
"superintendent",
"superior",
"supervisor",
"gaffer",
"ganger",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"figurehead",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"czarina",
"tsarina",
"tzarina",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"top gun",
"cohead",
"coleader",
"micromanager",
"subchief",
"subdirector"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embrowned":{
"as in darkened , toned (down)":{
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"darkened",
"toned (down)",
"brightened",
"lightened",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated",
"bepainted",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
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"decolorized",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embanks":{
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"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collects",
"conglomerates",
"gathers",
"groups",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"masses",
"wads",
"heaps",
"piles",
"pyramids",
"stacks",
"banks",
"hills",
"mounds"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathizing":{
"to have the same feelings as another person; to feel empathy for someone \u2014 often + with":{
"examples":[
"He learned to empathize with the poor."
],
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"commiserating",
"condoling",
"sympathizing",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"calming",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"aggravating",
"intensifying",
"worsening",
"annoying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"harassing",
"pestering",
"distressing",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"troubling"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"embracements":{
"as in acceptances , embraces":{
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"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"embraces",
"accessions",
"adhesions",
"assentations",
"assents",
"consents",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"favors",
"accords",
"agreements",
"concurrences",
"concurrencies",
"consensuses",
"unanimities",
"unisons",
"alliances",
"collaborations",
"collusions",
"complicities",
"conspiracies",
"compliances",
"concerts",
"concordances",
"concords",
"conformities",
"consonances",
"harmonies",
"solidarities",
"understandings",
"unions",
"empathies",
"rapports",
"sympathies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"disagreements",
"dissensuses",
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emblazoning":{
"to proclaim the glory of":{
"examples":[
"colossal statues and other monumental constructions that were intended to emblazon his name for eons to come"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessing",
"caroling",
"carolling",
"celebrating",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"hymning",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising",
"resounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adoring",
"belauding",
"deifying",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"renowning",
"saluting",
"chanting",
"cheering",
"eulogizing",
"rhapsodizing",
"citing",
"flattering",
"cracking up",
"recommending",
"touting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"criticizing",
"reproving",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"castigating",
"lambasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emprises":{
"an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand":{
"examples":[
"he always seems to be having the sort of high emprise that most of us experience only in our dreams"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventures",
"experiences",
"exploits",
"gests",
"gestes",
"happenings",
"times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escapades",
"larks",
"ploys",
"actions",
"acts",
"deeds",
"doings",
"feats",
"episodes",
"occasions",
"baptisms",
"ordeals",
"tests",
"trials",
"tribulations",
"enterprises",
"risks",
"ventures",
"expeditions",
"explorations",
"missions",
"performances",
"quests",
"stunts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"bummers",
"busts",
"downers",
"drags"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emblaze":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"the days when movies were shown in palaces that were lavishly emblazed to look like ancient Egypt or exotic Arabia"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"do up",
"doll up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"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 supply with light":{
"examples":[
"a time when Broadway was emblazed by the lights of dozens of theaters"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"beacon",
"illume",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"irradiate",
"light",
"lighten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"beam",
"beat (down)",
"radiate",
"shine",
"enhalo",
"halo",
"floodlight",
"highlight",
"spotlight",
"blaze",
"burn",
"fire",
"flame",
"glare",
"glow",
"ignite",
"incinerate",
"kindle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"gleam",
"glisten",
"glitter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"obscure",
"cover",
"shroud",
"veil",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blacken",
"darken",
"obfuscate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emplacement":{
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"the emplacement of the house, which is between two hulking mansions, makes it seem smaller than it is"
],
"synonyms":[
"locale",
"locality",
"location",
"locus",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scene",
"precinct",
"region",
"section",
"sector",
"here",
"there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emotions":{
"a subjective response to a person, thing, or situation":{
"examples":[
"my emotions after hearing the shocking news went from utter disbelief to overwhelming sorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"chords",
"feelings",
"passions",
"sentiments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impressions",
"perceptions",
"sensations",
"senses",
"angles",
"attitudes",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"opinions",
"persuasions",
"verdicts",
"views",
"receptivities",
"sensibilities",
"sensitivities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensitivities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emblematizes":{
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
"examples":[
"the burned-out church emblematizes how the religious strife has destroyed that nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"represents",
"symbolizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"incarnates",
"manifests",
"materializes",
"objectifies",
"personalizes",
"personifies",
"exemplifies",
"illustrates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embitterments":{
"as in antagonisms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonisms",
"alienations",
"disaffections",
"disgruntlements",
"estrangements",
"breaches",
"breakups",
"divorces",
"rifts",
"ruptures",
"schisms",
"separations",
"splits",
"animosities",
"antagonisms",
"antipathies",
"hostilities",
"jaundices",
"rancors",
"aggravations",
"furies",
"furors",
"indignations",
"infuriations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"rages",
"spleens",
"wraths",
"disenchantments",
"disillusionments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"endearments",
"ingratiations",
"appeasements",
"conciliations",
"mollifications",
"pacifications",
"propitiations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embrocations":{
"as in creams , lotions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balms",
"creams",
"liniments",
"lotions",
"ointments",
"salves",
"unguents",
"cataplasms",
"dressings",
"plasters",
"poultices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embroidery":{
"decorative stitching done on cloth with the use of a needle":{
"examples":[
"she's been able to turn her skill at embroidery into a second business selling decorative items"
],
"synonyms":[
"needlework"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crewel",
"cross-stitch",
"needlepoint",
"fagoting",
"faggoting",
"hemstitch",
"smocking",
"fancywork"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the representation of something in terms that go beyond the facts":{
"examples":[
"it's doubtful that she ever told an anecdote without considerable embroidery"
],
"synonyms":[
"caricature",
"coloring",
"elaboration",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"padding",
"stretching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amplification",
"enhancement",
"fabrication",
"misrepresentation",
"fudging",
"hedging",
"hype",
"puffery",
"superlative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"minimizing",
"poor-mouthing"
],
"antonyms":[
"meiosis",
"understatement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embargo":{
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house"
],
"synonyms":[
"ban",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"deterrent",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"prevention",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"negation",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"objection",
"protest",
"caveat",
"warning",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"edict",
"injunction",
"mandate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"antonyms":[
"prescription"
]
},
"as in exclude , rule out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exclude",
"rule out",
"shut out",
"halt",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"stop",
"debar",
"deprive",
"disallow",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"veto",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"ban",
"bar",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"suffer",
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"authorize",
"license",
"licence",
"warrant",
"abet",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"support",
"bid",
"command",
"order",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"emirate":{
"as in principality , sultanate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duchy",
"dukedom",
"principality",
"seigniory",
"seignory",
"sultanate",
"domain",
"dominion",
"empire",
"kingdom",
"realm",
"republic",
"democracy",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"oligarchy",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"theocracy",
"city-state",
"microstate",
"ministate",
"nation-state",
"client state",
"colony",
"condominium",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"province",
"settlement",
"soil",
"trust territory",
"commonwealth",
"country",
"land",
"nation",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"state",
"fatherland",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"great power",
"power",
"sea power",
"superpower",
"world power",
"welfare state"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embarking (on or upon)":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"entering (into or upon)",
"falling (to)",
"getting off",
"kicking off",
"launching",
"leading off",
"opening",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"getting around (to)",
"getting down (to)",
"getting round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"empoison":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"a series of misfortunes had empoisoned him against the whole world"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange",
"set (against)",
"curdle",
"sour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"assuage",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"sweeten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embraces":{
"to put one's arms around and press tightly":{
"examples":[
"upon being finally reunited, the overjoyed father embraced his son"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear-hugs",
"clasps",
"crushes",
"enclasps",
"enfolds",
"grasps",
"hugs",
"strains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clamps",
"clings",
"cradles",
"grabs",
"grips",
"holds",
"bosoms",
"embosoms",
"encircles",
"entwines",
"envelops",
"enwinds",
"folds",
"locks",
"twines",
"wraps",
"cuddles",
"fondles",
"nestles",
"nuzzles",
"pats",
"pets",
"snuggles",
"strokes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"the stone walls that embrace the monastery serve to symbolize its function as a retreat from an unquiet world"
],
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"bosoms",
"bowers",
"circumfuses",
"cocoons",
"embosoms",
"embowers",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"enshrouds",
"enswathes",
"envelops",
"enwraps",
"invests",
"involves",
"laps",
"mantles",
"muffles",
"shrouds",
"swathes",
"veils",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtains",
"drapes",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"encases",
"swaddles",
"blankets",
"overlays",
"overspreads",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"disguises",
"masks",
"circles",
"encircles",
"enlaces",
"enwinds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"denudes",
"exposes",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take for one's own use (something originated by another)":{
"examples":[
"rap music came to be embraced by people who were far removed from the places where it originated"
],
"synonyms":[
"adopts",
"borrows",
"espouses",
"takes on",
"takes up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domesticates",
"naturalizes",
"appropriates",
"arrogates",
"takes over",
"usurps",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"incorporates",
"quotes",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"cultivates",
"follows",
"heeds",
"honors",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"brings up",
"fosters",
"nurtures",
"raises",
"rears",
"affects",
"assumes",
"copies",
"imitates",
"pretends",
"puts on",
"simulates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"abjures",
"abnegates",
"disowns",
"rejects",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
"examples":[
"the exchange student was gratified to be so quickly embraced by people of the small rural community"
],
"synonyms":[
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"laps (up)",
"welcomes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"espouses",
"takes up",
"greets",
"hails",
"enjoys",
"likes",
"prefers",
"cherry-picks",
"chooses",
"culls",
"decides (on)",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"names",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"selects",
"singles (out)",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"spurns",
"throws over",
"turns down",
"demurs (to)",
"objects (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"a course in social studies can embrace everything from sociology to civics and economics"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries",
"comprehends",
"contains",
"encompasses",
"entails",
"includes",
"involves",
"numbers",
"subsumes",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprises",
"consists (of)",
"brackets",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"possesses",
"admits",
"receives",
"composes",
"constitutes",
"forms",
"makes",
"assimilates",
"embodies",
"incorporates",
"integrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"denies",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"rules out",
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"antonyms":[
"excludes",
"leaves (out)",
"misses out",
"omits"
]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"a sleepy village embraced by low hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"compasses",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girds",
"rings",
"surrounds",
"wreathes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribes",
"closes in",
"cordons (off)",
"fences (in)",
"hems (in)",
"walls",
"besets",
"besieges",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"invests",
"swarms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in acceptances , concessions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"embracements",
"accessions",
"adhesions",
"assentations",
"assents",
"consents",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"favors",
"accords",
"agreements",
"concurrences",
"concurrencies",
"consensuses",
"unanimities",
"unisons",
"alliances",
"collaborations",
"collusions",
"complicities",
"conspiracies",
"compliances",
"concerts",
"concordances",
"concords",
"conformities",
"consonances",
"harmonies",
"solidarities",
"understandings",
"unions",
"empathies",
"rapports",
"sympathies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicts",
"disagreements",
"dissensuses",
"discords",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"dissents",
"oppositions",
"resistances",
"disapprobations",
"disapprovals",
"disfavors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hugs , clinches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clinches",
"hugs",
"footholds",
"footings",
"toeholds",
"grabs",
"seizures",
"anchorages",
"leverages",
"purchases",
"clasps",
"clenches",
"grapples",
"grasps",
"grips",
"handgrips",
"handholds",
"holds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"releases",
"relinquishments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"emporia":{
"an establishment where goods are sold to consumers":{
"examples":[
"an emporium for home electronic equipment filled with stuff I didn't know I needed but now desperately want"
],
"synonyms":[
"bazaars",
"shops",
"shoppes",
"stores"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marketplaces",
"markets",
"outlets",
"showrooms",
"boutiques",
"chain stores",
"department stores",
"dime stores",
"exchanges",
"five-and-tens",
"five-and-dimes",
"marts",
"mini-marts",
"thrift shops",
"variety stores",
"big boxes",
"supercenters",
"superstores"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embroiderers":{
"as in needleworkers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"needleworkers",
"tailors",
"knitters",
"weavers",
"needlewomen",
"seamstresses",
"seamsters",
"sewers",
"stitchers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empoisoned":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"a series of misfortunes had empoisoned him against the whole world"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"alienated",
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"estranged",
"set (against)",
"curdled",
"soured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"appeased",
"assuaged",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"sweetened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emplaced":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"the plan is to emplace more guns on the ridge north of the camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposed",
"deposited",
"disposed",
"fixed",
"laid",
"placed",
"positioned",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moved",
"rearranged",
"reordered",
"shifted",
"oriented",
"established",
"located",
"planted",
"settled",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"flopped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"slapped",
"ensconced",
"niched",
"assembled",
"collected",
"carried",
"berthed",
"parked",
"affixed",
"anchored",
"locked",
"lodged",
"wedged",
"arrayed",
"laid out",
"lined up",
"queued",
"ranked",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocated",
"removed",
"took",
"banished",
"dislodged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"employes":{
"one who works for another for wages or a salary":{
"examples":[
"an employer who was loved and admired by generations of employees"
],
"synonyms":[
"hands",
"hirelings",
"jobholders",
"retainers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assistants",
"cogs",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"yes-men",
"drudges",
"gandy dancers",
"grubs",
"hacks",
"jobbers",
"laborers",
"navvies",
"toilers",
"nine-to-fivers",
"wage earners",
"wage slaves",
"wageworkers",
"workingmen",
"workingwomen",
"workmen",
"workwomen",
"associates",
"colleagues",
"coworkers",
"co-workers",
"temporaries",
"temps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bosses",
"superiors",
"supervisors"
],
"antonyms":[
"employers",
"gaffers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embossed":{
"as in embroidered , emblazoned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embroidered",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed",
"gold",
"golden",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"gold-plated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"embosomed":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"a villa that has been embosomed by the verdant hills of northern Italy for three centuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"mantled",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathy":{
"the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions":{
"examples":[
"He felt great empathy toward the poor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pity",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"charity",
"clemency",
"forbearance",
"lenience",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"quarter",
"humanitarianism",
"philanthropy",
"commiseration",
"favor",
"grace",
"benevolence",
"care",
"compassion",
"gentleness",
"goodness",
"goodwill",
"humaneness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"meekness",
"mildness",
"niceness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"nobility",
"affection",
"devotion",
"love",
"worship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"uncharitableness",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"cruelty",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"violence",
"wantonness",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"discipline",
"punishment",
"scolding",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"cattiness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"coarseness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"roughness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empowerment":{
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"the empowerment of her husband to make medical decisions on her behalf is clearly stated in her living will"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditation",
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"license",
"licence",
"mandate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"facilitation",
"fostering",
"promotion",
"commanding",
"directing",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emir":{
"as in sultan , king":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Caesar",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"czarina",
"tsarina",
"tzarina",
"emperor",
"empress",
"kaiser",
"khan",
"khedive",
"king",
"lady",
"lord",
"mikado",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"satrap",
"shah",
"sultan",
"sultana",
"suzerain",
"autocrat",
"monarch",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"coruler",
"authoritarian",
"Big Brother",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"monocrat",
"overlord",
"paramount",
"tyrant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emprise":{
"an exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand":{
"examples":[
"he always seems to be having the sort of high emprise that most of us experience only in our dreams"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventure",
"experience",
"exploit",
"gest",
"geste",
"happening",
"time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"escapade",
"lark",
"ploy",
"act",
"action",
"deed",
"doing",
"feat",
"episode",
"occasion",
"baptism",
"ordeal",
"test",
"trial",
"tribulation",
"enterprise",
"risk",
"venture",
"expedition",
"exploration",
"mission",
"performance",
"quest",
"stunt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"bummer",
"bust",
"downer",
"drag"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embezzles":{
"to steal money that you have been trusted with":{
"examples":[
"He was caught embezzling money from his clients."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"misapplies",
"misappropriates",
"misuses",
"peculates",
"appropriates",
"arrogates",
"commandeers",
"converts",
"expropriates",
"pirates",
"preempts",
"presses",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps",
"annexes",
"attaches",
"claims",
"confiscates",
"impounds",
"repossesses",
"sequesters",
"assumes",
"collars",
"grabs",
"grasps",
"snatches",
"steals",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"despoils",
"loots",
"pillages",
"encroaches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"occupies",
"preoccupies",
"trespasses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embark (on or upon)":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"he's eager to finish college and to embark upon a career in teaching"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"enter (into or upon)",
"fall (to)",
"get off",
"kick off",
"launch",
"lead off",
"open",
"start",
"strike (into)"
],
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"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"take up",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"pioneer",
"set up",
"spawn",
"get around (to)",
"get down (to)",
"get round (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cease",
"desist",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"knock off",
"lay off",
"quit",
"stop",
"close",
"complete",
"abandon",
"forsake",
"leave",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"phase out"
],
"antonyms":[
"conclude",
"end",
"finish",
"terminate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empoisons":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"a series of misfortunes had empoisoned him against the whole world"
],
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"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"envenoms"
],
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"aggravates",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"alienates",
"disaffects",
"disgruntles",
"estranges",
"sets (against)",
"curdles",
"sours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"appeases",
"assuages",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"sweetens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emigrating":{
"to leave a country or region to live elsewhere \u2014 often + from":{
"examples":[
"My grandparents emigrated from Hungary."
],
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"migrating",
"relocating",
"resettling",
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"getting off",
"going",
"going off",
"moving",
"packing (up or off)",
"parting",
"peeling off",
"piking (out or off)",
"pulling out",
"pushing off",
"pushing on",
"quitting",
"running along",
"sallying (forth)",
"scarpering",
"shoving (off)",
"stepping (along)",
"taking off",
"vamoosing",
"walking out",
"defecting",
"setting out",
"starting",
"striking out",
"absconding",
"decamping",
"escaping",
"evacuating",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"getting out",
"mizzling",
"running away",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping",
"going out",
"lighting out",
"stepping out",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"vacating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immigrating",
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embittering":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonizing",
"empoisoning",
"envenoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"alienating",
"disaffecting",
"disgruntling",
"estranging",
"setting (against)",
"curdling",
"souring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"appeasing",
"assuaging",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"sweetening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarrassment of riches":{
"an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs":{
"examples":[],
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"abundance",
"cornucopia",
"feast",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"plethora",
"superabundance",
"wealth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adequacy",
"competence",
"competency",
"sufficiency",
"ampleness",
"amplitude",
"liberality",
"excess",
"overdose",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"oversupply",
"redundancy",
"superfluity",
"superfluousness",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"copiousness",
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"opulence",
"richness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarcity",
"barrenness",
"infertility",
"sterility"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"undersupply"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"embezzling":{
"as in embezzlement , misappropriation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embezzlement",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to steal money that you have been trusted with":{
"examples":[
"He was caught embezzling money from his clients."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"misapplying",
"misappropriating",
"misusing",
"peculating",
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"commandeering",
"converting",
"expropriating",
"pirating",
"preempting",
"pressing",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"annexing",
"attaching",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"impounding",
"repossessing",
"sequestering",
"assuming",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"snatching",
"stealing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroaching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"occupying",
"preoccupying",
"trespassing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"emend":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
"synonyms":[
"amend",
"correct",
"debug",
"rectify",
"red-pencil",
"reform",
"remedy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redraft",
"redraw",
"restyle",
"revise",
"rework",
"rewrite",
"blue-pencil",
"cut",
"shorten",
"redress",
"right",
"ameliorate",
"better",
"improve",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"fix",
"mend",
"repair",
"adjust",
"modulate",
"regulate",
"alter",
"change",
"modify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"spoil",
"aggravate",
"worsen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathizers":{
"as in well-wishers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"well-wishers",
"abettors",
"abetters",
"allies",
"backers",
"bedfellows",
"confederates",
"fellow travelers",
"supporters",
"sympathizers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"coalitionists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"adjuncts",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"helpers",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"fellows",
"partners",
"buddies",
"chums",
"companions",
"comrades",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"pals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlers",
"detractors",
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"foes",
"opponents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embattlement":{
"as in bulwark , rampart":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battlement",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"parapet",
"rampart",
"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"bunker",
"dugout",
"blockhouse",
"garrison house",
"alcazar",
"casbah",
"kasbah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embalmments":{
"as in funerals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"funerals",
"burials",
"entombments",
"inhumations",
"interments",
"obsequies",
"sepultures",
"immurements",
"inurnments",
"reburials",
"reinterments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinterments",
"exhumations",
"cremations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embody":{
"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"co-opt",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamate",
"blend",
"combine",
"commingle",
"fuse",
"intermingle",
"merge",
"mingle",
"acculturate",
"accustom",
"condition",
"enculturate",
"habituate",
"naturalize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"George Washington embodied so many of the virtues that Americans hold dear"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"epitomize",
"express",
"externalize",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"instantiate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"personalize",
"personify",
"substantiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualize",
"concretize",
"realize",
"exemplify",
"illustrate",
"image",
"objectify",
"symbolize",
"typify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embedded":{
"as in implanted , instilled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"instilled",
"firm",
"fixed",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"immutable",
"irradicable",
"set",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inherent",
"innate",
"integral",
"intrinsic",
"natural",
"bred-in-the-bone",
"confirmed",
"deep",
"deep-rooted",
"deep-seated",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"hard-core",
"inveterate",
"rooted",
"settled",
"accustomed",
"chronic",
"customary",
"habitual",
"regular",
"typical",
"usual",
"abiding",
"enduring",
"lifelong",
"persistent",
"persisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brief",
"ephemeral",
"fleeting",
"impermanent",
"interim",
"momentary",
"provisional",
"short-lived",
"short-term",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"examples":[
"the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedded",
"enrooted",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"impacted",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"rooted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imbued",
"infused",
"instilled",
"beat (into)",
"drove (into)",
"established",
"placed",
"put",
"settled",
"stuck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disengaged",
"removed"
],
"antonyms":[
"dislodged",
"rooted (out)",
"uprooted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"embargoes":{
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"there's a standing embargo against the use of foul language in this house"
],
"synonyms":[
"bans",
"interdictions",
"interdicts",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"vetoes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no's",
"no-nos",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"constraints",
"inhibitions",
"limitations",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"deterrents",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"preventions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"negations",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"objections",
"protests",
"caveats",
"warnings",
"commandments",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"mandates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferances",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"supports",
"compliances",
"obediences",
"submissions",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents"
],
"antonyms":[
"prescriptions"
]
},
"as in excludes , rules out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excludes",
"rules out",
"shuts out",
"halts",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"stops",
"debars",
"deprives",
"disallows",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"vetoes",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"bans",
"bars",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"suffers",
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"authorizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"warrants",
"abets",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"supports",
"bids",
"commands",
"orders",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"employing":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"a new factory that will employ 500 people"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"exercising",
"exploiting",
"harnessing",
"operating",
"using",
"utilizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handling",
"manipulating",
"wielding",
"directing",
"running",
"working",
"cannibalizing",
"recycling",
"reusing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embodying":{
"to make a part of a body or system":{
"examples":[
"they must embody their ideas in substantial institutions if they are to survive"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"co-opting",
"incorporating",
"integrating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amalgamating",
"blending",
"combining",
"commingling",
"fusing",
"intermingling",
"merging",
"mingling",
"acculturating",
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"enculturating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"George Washington embodied so many of the virtues that Americans hold dear"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodying",
"epitomizing",
"expressing",
"externalizing",
"incarnating",
"incorporating",
"instantiating",
"manifesting",
"materializing",
"personalizing",
"personifying",
"substantiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"concretizing",
"realizing",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating",
"imaging",
"objectifying",
"symbolizing",
"typifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emanated":{
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharged",
"emitted",
"evolved",
"exhaled",
"expelled",
"expired",
"gave out",
"irradiated",
"issued",
"radiated",
"released",
"sent (out)",
"shot",
"threw out",
"vented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminated",
"evacuated",
"excreted",
"exuded",
"oozed",
"secreted",
"ejected",
"erupted",
"gushed",
"jetted",
"outpoured",
"poured",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"sprayed",
"spurted",
"squirted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbed",
"inhaled",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)",
"took up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emigrant":{
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
"examples":[
"a city with emigrants from many lands"
],
"synonyms":[
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"immigrant",
"incomer",
"in-migrant",
"migrant",
"out-migrant",
"settler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defector",
"deportee",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee",
"relocatee",
"repatriate",
"alien",
"foreigner",
"noncitizen",
"nonnative",
"colonist",
"newcomer",
"squatter",
"migrator",
"pilgrim",
"pioneer",
"trekker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"resident"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonimmigrant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embodiers":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"a devoted caregiver to her elderly parents, she is the flesh-and-blood embodier of filial duty"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"instantiations",
"manifestations",
"objectifications",
"personifications",
"personifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empathies":{
"the feeling that you understand and share another person's experiences and emotions":{
"examples":[
"He felt great empathy toward the poor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pity",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"charity",
"clemency",
"forbearance",
"lenience",
"leniency",
"lenity",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"quarter",
"humanitarianism",
"philanthropy",
"commiseration",
"favor",
"grace",
"benevolence",
"care",
"compassion",
"gentleness",
"goodness",
"goodwill",
"humaneness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"meekness",
"mildness",
"niceness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"nobility",
"affection",
"devotion",
"love",
"worship"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"uncharitableness",
"reprisal",
"requital",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"cruelty",
"sadism",
"savageness",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"violence",
"wantonness",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"discipline",
"punishment",
"scolding",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"detestation",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"cattiness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"gall",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"coarseness",
"hardness",
"harshness",
"roughness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emigrate":{
"to leave a country or region to live elsewhere \u2014 often + from":{
"examples":[
"My grandparents emigrated from Hungary."
],
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"migrate",
"relocate",
"resettle",
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bugger off",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out",
"defect",
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immigrate",
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emits":{
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"nuclei that emit gamma rays"
],
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"casts",
"discharges",
"emanates",
"evolves",
"exhales",
"expels",
"expires",
"gives out",
"irradiates",
"issues",
"radiates",
"releases",
"sends (out)",
"shoots",
"throws out",
"vents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminates",
"evacuates",
"excretes",
"exudes",
"oozes",
"secretes",
"ejects",
"erupts",
"gushes",
"jets",
"outpours",
"pours",
"spews",
"spouts",
"sprays",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbs",
"inhales",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send forth using the vocal chords":{
"examples":[
"I was so scared I couldn't emit a peep"
],
"synonyms":[
"utters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delivers",
"blurts (out)",
"ejaculates",
"exclaims",
"gasps",
"groans",
"heaves",
"hoots",
"moans",
"pants",
"quavers",
"snarls",
"sobs",
"sputters",
"squawks",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"stammers",
"stutters",
"whimpers",
"yowls",
"lips",
"mouths",
"whispers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emaciate":{
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"examples":[
"without adequate medical supplies, doctors could only look on helplessly as cholera victims continued to emaciate"
],
"synonyms":[
"decay",
"droop",
"fade",
"fail",
"flag",
"go",
"lag",
"languish",
"sag",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"wear out",
"yield",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"rot",
"run down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesce",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"gain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empanelled":{
"as in inducted , enlisted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enlisted",
"inducted",
"enrolled",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"matriculated",
"registered",
"conscripted",
"drafted",
"mustered",
"wait-listed",
"booked",
"scheduled",
"checked in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delisted",
"checked off",
"excluded",
"expelled",
"expunged",
"rejected",
"omitted",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embroiderer":{
"as in needleworker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"needleworker",
"tailor",
"knitter",
"weaver",
"needlewoman",
"seamstress",
"seamster",
"sewer",
"stitcher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"employ":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"a new factory that will employ 500 people"
],
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"assume",
"engage",
"fee",
"hire",
"lay on",
"pay",
"place",
"recruit",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploy",
"reengage",
"rehire",
"apprentice",
"contract",
"job",
"partner",
"subcontract",
"enlist",
"advance",
"promote",
"upgrade",
"keep (on)",
"headhunt",
"scout"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furlough",
"lay off",
"lock out"
],
"antonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"sack"
]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"looking for a job in which she can employ her considerable writing skills"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"exercise",
"exploit",
"harness",
"operate",
"use",
"utilize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handle",
"manipulate",
"wield",
"direct",
"run",
"work",
"cannibalize",
"recycle",
"reuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being provided with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"while you're under our employ , you can't do outside work for our competitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"employment",
"engagement",
"hire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appointment",
"assignment",
"conscription",
"enlistment",
"recruitment",
"incumbency",
"tenure",
"occupation",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boot",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"firing",
"removal",
"sack",
"severance",
"demotion",
"suspension",
"furlough",
"layoff",
"leave",
"liberty",
"retirement"
],
"antonyms":[
"joblessness",
"nonemployment",
"unemployment"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"emasculates":{
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
"examples":[
"being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"paralyzes",
"undoes",
"unmans",
"unnerves",
"unstrings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"neuters",
"weakens",
"prostrates",
"saps",
"softens",
"tires",
"wastes",
"frightens",
"intimidates",
"psychs (out)",
"scares",
"terrifies",
"terrorizes",
"daunts",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dismays",
"dispirits",
"crazes",
"deranges",
"maddens",
"unbalances",
"unhinges",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"fazes",
"perturbs",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortifies",
"strengthens",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens"
],
"antonyms":[
"nerves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emplacements":{
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"the emplacement of the house, which is between two hulking mansions, makes it seem smaller than it is"
],
"synonyms":[
"locales",
"localities",
"locations",
"loci",
"places",
"points",
"positions",
"sites",
"spots",
"venues",
"wheres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenes",
"precincts",
"regions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"heres",
"theres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emigrants":{
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
"examples":[
"a city with emigrants from many lands"
],
"synonyms":[
"\u00e9migr\u00e9s",
"emigr\u00e9s",
"immigrants",
"incomers",
"in-migrants",
"migrants",
"out-migrants",
"settlers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defectors",
"deportees",
"evacuees",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"refugees",
"relocatees",
"repatriates",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"noncitizens",
"nonnatives",
"colonists",
"newcomers",
"squatters",
"migrators",
"pilgrims",
"pioneers",
"trekkers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborigines",
"natives",
"citizens",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"residents"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonimmigrants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emigr\u00e9":{
"a person forced to emigrate for political reasons":{
"examples":[
"the revolution resulted in a flood of \u00e9migr\u00e9s into neighboring countries"
],
"synonyms":[
"deportee",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expat",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alien",
"fugitive",
"castoff",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"loyalist",
"patriot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that leaves one place to settle in another":{
"examples":[
"the \u00e9migr\u00e9s moved to many different nations"
],
"synonyms":[
"emigrant",
"immigrant",
"in-migrant",
"incomer",
"migrant",
"out-migrant",
"settler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defector",
"deportee",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee",
"relocatee",
"repatriate",
"alien",
"foreigner",
"noncitizen",
"nonnative",
"colonist",
"newcomer",
"squatter",
"migrator",
"pilgrim",
"pioneer",
"trekker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"national",
"resident"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonimmigrant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emanations":{
"as in emissions , effluences":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discharges",
"effluences",
"emissions",
"exoduses",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"outpours",
"drains",
"flows",
"ebbs",
"reflows",
"refluxes",
"diasporas",
"emigrations",
"flights",
"rushes",
"stampedes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fluxes",
"incomes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"inpourings",
"inrushes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empty":{
"lacking contents that could or should be present":{
"examples":[
"the refrigerator is empty , so we'll have to eat out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"blank",
"clean",
"devoid",
"stark",
"toom",
"vacant",
"vacuous",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barren",
"hollow",
"available",
"clear",
"free",
"open",
"unfilled",
"unfurnished",
"unattended",
"uninhabited",
"unoccupied",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"emptied",
"forsaken",
"vacated",
"depleted",
"drained",
"dry",
"exhausted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complete",
"replete",
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"filled",
"occupied",
"flush",
"overflowing",
"packed",
"teeming"
],
"antonyms":[
"full"
]
},
"feeling a desire or need for food":{
"examples":[
"as the long car trip wore on, we all started to feel a little empty"
],
"synonyms":[
"famished",
"hungry",
"peckish",
"starved",
"starving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious",
"wolfish",
"malnourished",
"underfed",
"undernourished",
"gluttonous",
"gormandizing",
"greedy",
"hoggish",
"insatiable",
"piggish",
"piggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engorged",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"overfed",
"overfull",
"overstuffed",
"replete",
"stuffed",
"surfeited"
],
"antonyms":[
"full",
"sated",
"satiate",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
]
},
"having no meaning":{
"examples":[
"spare me your empty apologies because if you were truly sorry, you'd change"
],
"synonyms":[
"inane",
"meaningless",
"pointless",
"senseless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"mindless",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unintelligent",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"aimless",
"haphazard",
"purposeless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"pregnant",
"revealing",
"suggestive",
"telling",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"key",
"major",
"momentous",
"substantial",
"weighty"
],
"antonyms":[
"meaningful",
"significant"
]
},
"having no usefulness":{
"examples":[
"an empty task that was assigned just to keep us busy"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffy",
"junky",
"no-good",
"null",
"vain",
"valueless",
"worthless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"base",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"duff",
"inferior",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"second-rate",
"bad",
"defective",
"dud",
"flawed",
"imperfect",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"unacceptable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invaluable",
"precious",
"priceless",
"cherished",
"esteemed",
"prized",
"treasured",
"choice",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special"
],
"antonyms":[
"useful",
"valuable",
"worthy"
]
},
"producing no results":{
"examples":[
"all of the leads in the missing-person case were turning up empty"
],
"synonyms":[
"abortive",
"barren",
"bootless",
"fruitless",
"futile",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficacious",
"otiose",
"profitless",
"unavailing",
"unproductive",
"unprofitable",
"unsuccessful",
"useless",
"vain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hollow",
"idle",
"meaningless",
"pointless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"lost",
"no-win",
"unattainable",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"counterproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meaningful",
"worthwhile",
"adequate",
"sufficient",
"applicable",
"feasible",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"realizable",
"usable",
"useable",
"workable"
],
"antonyms":[
"deadly",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"efficient",
"fruitful",
"potent",
"productive",
"profitable",
"successful",
"virtuous"
]
},
"not expressing any emotion":{
"examples":[
"the speaker looked out at a crowd of empty faces"
],
"synonyms":[
"blank",
"catatonic",
"deadpan",
"expressionless",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"stolid",
"vacant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dull",
"vacuous",
"vague",
"vapid",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"impenetrable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"motionless",
"static",
"still",
"wooden",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"aloof",
"apathetic",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"unresponsive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"responsive",
"active",
"alive",
"animated",
"bright",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"effervescent",
"energetic",
"expansive",
"exuberant",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"eloquent",
"revealing",
"revelatory",
"gestic",
"gesticulant",
"gesticulative",
"gesticulatory",
"gestural",
"emotional",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"demonstrative",
"expressive"
]
},
"to remove the contents of":{
"examples":[
"empty the room before starting to paint the ceiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"exhaust",
"waste",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"clean",
"flush",
"purge",
"scour",
"sweep"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fill",
"load"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"empires":{
"a group of businesses or enterprises under one control":{
"examples":[
"the media mogul's empire consists of newspapers, TV stations, and cable companies"
],
"synonyms":[
"conglomerates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"multinationals",
"cartels",
"combinations",
"combines",
"syndicates",
"trusts",
"chains",
"associations",
"corporations",
"organizations",
"pools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embroidered":{
"as in embellished , padded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"enlarged",
"hyped-up",
"magnified",
"overdone",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"overstated",
"padded",
"stretched",
"bloated",
"exaggerated",
"hyperbolized",
"inflated",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overblown",
"overdrawn",
"overweening",
"grandiose",
"preposterous",
"unreal",
"unrealistic",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"realistic",
"reasonable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sequined , emblazoned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bejeweled",
"bejewelled",
"bossed",
"chased",
"emblazoned",
"embossed",
"flounced",
"fringed",
"garlanded",
"laced",
"sequined",
"sequinned",
"wreathed",
"gold",
"golden",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"gold-plated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories"
],
"synonyms":[
"colored",
"elaborated (on)",
"embellished",
"exaggerated",
"hyperbolized",
"magnified",
"padded",
"stretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dressed up",
"gussied up",
"amplified",
"enhanced",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)",
"fudged",
"hedged",
"overdid",
"overdrew",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"overstated",
"emphasized",
"played up",
"stressed",
"caricatured",
"satirized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"minimized",
"played down",
"understated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"embrasures":{
"as in indentations , indents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dents",
"indentations",
"indents",
"indentures",
"cubicles",
"ambries",
"housings",
"shrines",
"corners",
"crannies",
"cubbyholes",
"alcoves",
"niches",
"nooks",
"recesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"empress":{
"as in queen , king":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Caesar",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"czarina",
"tsarina",
"tzarina",
"emir",
"amir",
"ameer",
"emperor",
"kaiser",
"khan",
"khedive",
"king",
"lady",
"lord",
"mikado",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"satrap",
"shah",
"sultan",
"sultana",
"suzerain",
"autocrat",
"monarch",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"coruler",
"authoritarian",
"Big Brother",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"monocrat",
"overlord",
"paramount",
"tyrant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emanate":{
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"honeysuckle emanating such a sweet scent"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharge",
"emit",
"evolve",
"exhale",
"expel",
"expire",
"give out",
"irradiate",
"issue",
"radiate",
"release",
"send (out)",
"shoot",
"throw out",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminate",
"evacuate",
"excrete",
"exude",
"ooze",
"secrete",
"eject",
"erupt",
"gush",
"jet",
"outpour",
"pour",
"spew",
"spout",
"spray",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorb",
"inhale",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embroiders":{
"to add to the interest of by including made-up details":{
"examples":[
"Dad likes to embroider his fishing stories"
],
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"colors",
"elaborates (on)",
"embellishes",
"exaggerates",
"hyperbolizes",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"stretches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dresses up",
"gussies up",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"fudges",
"hedges",
"overdoes",
"overdraws",
"overemphasizes",
"overplays",
"overstates",
"emphasizes",
"plays up",
"stresses",
"caricatures",
"satirizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"understates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarked":{
"as in launched , sailed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"launched",
"sailed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchored",
"docked",
"landed",
"berthed",
"moored",
"tied up",
"beached",
"grounded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in got (on) , boarded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boarded",
"got (on)",
"weighed (anchor)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debarked",
"disembarked",
"landed",
"beached",
"anchored",
"docked",
"put in"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarcadero":{
"as in pier , wharf":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dock",
"float",
"jetty",
"landing",
"levee",
"pier",
"quai",
"quay",
"wharf",
"dockyard",
"marina",
"quayage",
"shipyard",
"wharfage",
"berth",
"mooring",
"slip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emissary":{
"a person sent on a mission to represent another":{
"examples":[
"most of the industrialized nations of the world sent emissaries to the conference on global warming"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"envoy",
"legate",
"minister",
"representative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambassadress",
"attach\u00e9",
"charg\u00e9 d'affaires",
"consul",
"deputy",
"diplomat",
"foreign minister",
"nuncio",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"apostle",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"deputation",
"detachment",
"legation",
"courier",
"messenger",
"mouthpiece",
"spokesperson"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
"examples":[
"the embassy's staff likely contains at least one emissary who reports to the home country's chief of intelligence"
],
"synonyms":[
"agent",
"asset",
"intelligencer",
"mole",
"operative",
"spook",
"spy",
"undercover"
],
"near synonyms":[
"courier",
"counterspy",
"double agent",
"sleeper",
"infiltrator",
"informer",
"stool pigeon",
"spymaster",
"superspy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emergency":{
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"examples":[
"an alert, quick-thinking girl who is good to have around in an emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"tinderbox",
"zero hour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contingency",
"possibility",
"climax",
"turning point",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"last ditch",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot",
"eleventh hour",
"last minute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emulate":{
"to be the same in meaning or effect":{
"examples":[
"what they offered at the new resort didn't begin to emulate the kind of pampering we were used to getting at the resort that closed down"
],
"synonyms":[
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)",
"come (to)",
"correspond (to)",
"equal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approach",
"match",
"measure (up)",
"meet",
"rival",
"touch",
"connote",
"denote",
"express",
"import",
"mean",
"signify",
"smack (of)",
"spell",
"suggest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{
"examples":[
"a pro athlete who has often said that children should emulate their parents\u2014not him"
],
"synonyms":[
"ape",
"copy",
"copycat",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ditto",
"echo",
"reecho",
"repeat",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"mock",
"parody",
"travesty",
"impersonate",
"perform",
"play",
"pantomime"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embarcaderos":{
"as in piers , wharves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"docks",
"floats",
"jetties",
"landings",
"levees",
"piers",
"quais",
"quays",
"wharves",
"wharfs",
"dockyards",
"marinas",
"quayages",
"shipyards",
"wharfages",
"berths",
"moorings",
"slips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emending":{
"to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from":{
"examples":[
"the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended"
],
"synonyms":[
"amending",
"correcting",
"debugging",
"rectifying",
"red-penciling",
"reforming",
"remedying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"redrafting",
"redrawing",
"restyling",
"revising",
"reworking",
"rewriting",
"blue-penciling",
"cutting",
"shortening",
"redressing",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"perfecting",
"polishing",
"touching up",
"fixing",
"mending",
"repairing",
"adjusting",
"modulating",
"regulating",
"altering",
"changing",
"modifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"spoiling",
"aggravating",
"worsening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embroiled":{
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"examples":[
"the town has been embroiled in controversy over the building of the huge shopping mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogged (down)",
"broiled",
"embrangled",
"mired"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empanelling":{
"as in inducting , enlisting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enlisting",
"inducting",
"enrolling",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"matriculating",
"registering",
"conscripting",
"drafting",
"mustering",
"wait-listing",
"booking",
"scheduling",
"checking in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delisting",
"checking off",
"excluding",
"expelling",
"expunging",
"rejecting",
"omitting",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emperors":{
"a man who rules an empire":{
"examples":[
"Roman emperors"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Caesars",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"ladies",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultanas",
"sultans",
"suzerains",
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embrangle":{
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"examples":[
"it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog (down)",
"broil",
"embroil",
"mire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embassy":{
"as in mission , legation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legation",
"mission",
"contingent",
"delegacy",
"delegation",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"detachment",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embossing":{
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
"examples":[
"the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship"
],
"synonyms":[
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embanking":{
"as in collecting , gathering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"bunching",
"bundling",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"massing",
"wadding",
"heaping",
"piling",
"pyramiding",
"stacking",
"banking",
"hilling",
"mounding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embattles":{
"as in mobilizes , mechanizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanizes",
"mobilizes",
"equips",
"reequips",
"weapons",
"arms",
"militarizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demilitarizes",
"disarms",
"demobilizes",
"denuclearizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathizing (with)":{
"as in feeling (for) , sympathizing (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feeling (for)",
"sympathizing (with)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"attending",
"heeding",
"regarding",
"caring",
"looking out (for)",
"minding",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emptying":{
"to remove the contents of":{
"examples":[
"empty the room before starting to paint the ceiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"evacuating",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depleting",
"draining",
"eliminating",
"exhausting",
"wasting",
"bleeding",
"drawing (off)",
"cleaning",
"flushing",
"purging",
"scouring",
"sweeping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"filling",
"loading"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empoisoning":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"a series of misfortunes had empoisoned him against the whole world"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"alienating",
"disaffecting",
"disgruntling",
"estranging",
"setting (against)",
"curdling",
"souring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"appeasing",
"assuaging",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"sweetening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embittered":{
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
"examples":[
"gradually the embittered woman realized that her lingering feelings of hatred were slowly destroying her"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"hard",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"sore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disaffected",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"malcontent",
"contemptuous",
"cynical",
"disdainful",
"misanthropic",
"scornful",
"angry",
"cruel",
"harsh",
"irritated",
"mad",
"rough",
"savage",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"acid",
"caustic",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"sarcastic",
"trenchant",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring",
"forgiving",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"loving",
"sweet",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbitter"
]
},
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonized",
"empoisoned",
"envenomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"alienated",
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"estranged",
"set (against)",
"curdled",
"soured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"appeased",
"assuaged",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"sweetened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"EMT":{
"as in paramedic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"paramedic",
"paramedical",
"aidman",
"nurse",
"nurse-practitioner",
"physical therapist",
"physiotherapist",
"intern",
"interne",
"resident",
"plastic surgeon",
"surgeon",
"specialist",
"attending",
"clinician",
"hospitalist",
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"neurologist",
"ob-gyn",
"obstetrician",
"ophthalmologist",
"orthopedist",
"pathologist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"podiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"family doctor",
"family physician",
"family practitioner",
"general practitioner",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctor",
"nonphysician"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emasculating":{
"to deprive of courage or confidence":{
"examples":[
"being eliminated early in one's very first tennis tournament can be an emasculating experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"paralyzing",
"undoing",
"unmanning",
"unnerving",
"unstringing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"neutering",
"weakening",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"wasting",
"frightening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)",
"scaring",
"terrifying",
"terrorizing",
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"crazing",
"deranging",
"maddening",
"unbalancing",
"unhinging",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"fazing",
"perturbing",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"weirding out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fortifying",
"strengthening",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening"
],
"antonyms":[
"nerving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"empathizes (with)":{
"as in feels (for) , sympathizes (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feels (for)",
"sympathizes (with)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"attends",
"heeds",
"regards",
"cares",
"looks out (for)",
"minds",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emendation":{
"a change designed to correct or improve a written work":{
"examples":[
"the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched"
],
"synonyms":[
"amendment",
"correction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cut",
"deletion",
"addition",
"amplification",
"supplement",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"modification",
"revision",
"improvement",
"renovation",
"clarification",
"explanation",
"explication"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embrangles":{
"to place in conflict or difficulties":{
"examples":[
"it seems everyone who was even remotely connected to the man became somehow embrangled in the scandal surrounding him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bogs (down)",
"broils",
"embroils",
"mires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"ensnarls",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"snares",
"tangles",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emirs":{
"as in sultans , kings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Caesars",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"ladies",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultanas",
"sultans",
"suzerains",
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"embitter":{
"to implant bitter feelings in":{
"examples":[
"the family refused to let their devastating collision with a drunk driver permanently embitter them"
],
"synonyms":[
"antagonize",
"empoison",
"envenom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange",
"set (against)",
"curdle",
"sour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"assuage",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"sweeten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"embolden":{
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"examples":[
"his poor showing in his first swim meet just emboldened him to train even harder"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear up",
"buck up",
"buoy (up)",
"cheer (up)",
"chirk (up)",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"inspirit",
"steel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"assure",
"reassure",
"boost",
"energize",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"rally",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralize",
"depress",
"sadden",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"hamstring",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"intimidate",
"psych (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"daunt",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"emoluments":{
"the money paid regularly to a person for labor or services":{
"examples":[
"the annual emolument for the director of the charity is officially only one dollar"
],
"synonyms":[
"hires",
"packets",
"paychecks",
"pay envelopes",
"payments",
"pays",
"salaries",
"stipends",
"wages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"living wages",
"minimum wages",
"nominal wages",
"take-home pays",
"double times",
"overtimes",
"time and a halfs",
"compensations",
"recompenses",
"remittances",
"remunerations",
"requitals",
"returns",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"reparations",
"restitutions",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"earnings",
"profits",
"takings",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"emblematize":{
"to serve as a material counterpart of":{
"examples":[
"the burned-out church emblematizes how the religious strife has destroyed that nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"represent",
"symbolize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"incarnate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"objectify",
"personalize",
"personify",
"exemplify",
"illustrate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}
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