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{
"gee":{
"as in oh , hey":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gee whiz",
"ha",
"hello",
"hey",
"lo",
"oh",
"ah",
"aha",
"come on",
"fie",
"indeed",
"my word",
"no",
"pshaw",
"well",
"what",
"why",
"fiddlesticks",
"phooey",
"pooh",
"there",
"oops",
"whoops",
"woops",
"ugh",
"(the) deuce",
"egad",
"gad",
"gadzooks",
"the devil",
"the dickens",
"zounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"interjection"
]
},
"geeked":{
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
"examples":[
"she's really geeked to see the exhibit featuring the latest in home electronics"
],
"synonyms":[
"agog",
"antsy",
"anxious",
"ardent",
"athirst",
"avid",
"crazy",
"desirous",
"eager",
"enthused",
"enthusiastic",
"excited",
"great",
"greedy",
"gung ho",
"hepped up",
"hopped-up",
"hot",
"hungry",
"impatient",
"juiced",
"keen",
"nuts",
"pumped",
"raring",
"solicitous",
"stoked",
"thirsty",
"voracious",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engaged",
"interested",
"happy",
"hung up",
"obsessed",
"ambitious",
"appetent",
"covetous",
"craving",
"hankering",
"longing",
"pining",
"breathless",
"restive",
"restless",
"amenable",
"disposed",
"game",
"glad",
"inclined",
"ready",
"unreluctant",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casual",
"incurious",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"disinterested",
"impassive",
"stolid",
"halfhearted",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"lukewarm",
"spiritless",
"averse",
"disinclined",
"hesitant",
"loath",
"loth",
"loathe",
"reluctant",
"unwilling"
],
"antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gel":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin"
],
"synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cake",
"concrete",
"firm (up)",
"fix",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify",
"stiffen",
"condense",
"thicken",
"clump",
"curd",
"curdle",
"gum",
"lump (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"thaw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelate":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"biomedical applications for substances that gelate in water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"thaw"
],
"related":[
"cake",
"concrete",
"firm (up)",
"fix",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify",
"stiffen",
"condense",
"thicken",
"clump",
"curd",
"curdle",
"gum",
"lump (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"set"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelatinize":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"pain relievers with a gelatinized coating"
],
"synonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"gelate",
"jell",
"jelly",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cake",
"concrete",
"firm (up)",
"fix",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"solidify",
"stiffen",
"condense",
"thicken",
"clump",
"curd",
"curdle",
"gum",
"lump (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"flux",
"fuse",
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"melt",
"thaw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelcaps":{
"as in drops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drops",
"dosages",
"doses",
"boluses",
"pilules",
"potions",
"preparations",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"cures",
"drugs",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"caps",
"capsules",
"lozenges",
"pills",
"tablets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geld":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"rouse",
"stir",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"excite",
"ferment",
"fire",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"spark",
"trigger",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"lift",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelding":{
"as in filly , colt":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"antonyms":[
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying"
],
"examples":[
"by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"firing",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"related":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"lobotomizing",
"petrifying"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gems":{
"a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a ring set with diamonds and other precious gems"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughs"
],
"related":[
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"birthstones",
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"solitaires",
"teardrops",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"crown jewels",
"jewelries"
],
"synonyms":[
"brilliants",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks"
]
},
"as in diamonds , jewels":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that new car is a real gem",
"she's dating a real gem these days"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"related":[
"blessings",
"finds",
"godsends",
"goodies",
"valuables",
"windfalls",
"booties",
"loots",
"plunders",
"spoils",
"swags",
"brass rings",
"glories",
"prides",
"golds",
"jackpots",
"prize moneys",
"treasure troves"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"prizes",
"treasures"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gem\u00fctlich":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gendarmes":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"the senator reiterated his conviction that it is not the role of the United States to be a kind of global gendarme"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generable":{
"as in plausible , conceivable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"implicit",
"possible",
"potential",
"likely",
"probable",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"purported",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"practicable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"factual",
"real",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"general":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"examples":[
"a general increase in postage rates",
"there's been a general improvement in the economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"across-the-board",
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
]
},
"relating to the main elements and not to specific details":{
"examples":[
"gave the general impression of being kindhearted",
"a general course of study in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-around",
"all-round",
"bird's-eye",
"broad",
"nonspecific",
"overall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprehensive",
"inclusive",
"absolute",
"boundless",
"expansive",
"extensive",
"infinite",
"panoramic",
"sweeping",
"vast",
"wide",
"indeterminate",
"nebulous",
"nondescript",
"vague",
"unlimited",
"unrestricted",
"unspecified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limited",
"restricted",
"specified",
"distinct",
"explicit",
"precise",
"sharp",
"comprehensive",
"elaborate",
"full",
"mapped (out)",
"thorough",
"enumerated",
"inventoried",
"itemized",
"listed",
"individual",
"singular",
"particular",
"peculiar"
],
"antonyms":[
"close-up",
"delineated",
"detailed",
"molecular",
"particularized",
"specific"
]
},
"held by or applicable to a majority of the people":{
"examples":[
"it was the general opinion that the politician was a liar",
"the general mood of the nation was one of hope and optimism"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"majority",
"overall",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"public",
"received",
"ruling",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unanimous",
"universal",
"pop",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"household",
"usual",
"well-known",
"contemporary",
"current",
"present",
"dominant",
"predominant",
"preponderant",
"characteristic",
"typical",
"pandemic",
"pervasive",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rare",
"strange",
"unknown",
"unusual",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"idiosyncratic",
"peculiar",
"special",
"unique",
"individual",
"separate",
"singular",
"nonpublic",
"personal",
"private"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncommon",
"unpopular"
]
},
"not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{
"examples":[
"a new kitchen tool of general usefulness",
"a general education"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-around",
"all-round",
"all-purpose",
"catholic",
"general-purpose",
"unlimited",
"unqualified",
"unrestricted",
"unspecialized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mixed-use",
"multipurpose",
"broad",
"wide",
"nonspecific",
"unspecified",
"vague"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"demarcated",
"determinate",
"finite",
"qualified",
"dedicated",
"selective"
],
"antonyms":[
"limited",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"technical"
]
},
"as in director , executive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"employer",
"executive",
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"general-purpose":{
"not limited or specialized in application or purpose":{
"examples":[
"a general-purpose glue for routine household repairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-around",
"all-round",
"all-purpose",
"catholic",
"general",
"unlimited",
"unqualified",
"unrestricted",
"unspecialized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mixed-use",
"multipurpose",
"broad",
"wide",
"nonspecific",
"unspecified",
"vague"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounded",
"circumscribed",
"confined",
"definite",
"demarcated",
"determinate",
"finite",
"qualified",
"dedicated",
"selective"
],
"antonyms":[
"limited",
"restricted",
"specialized",
"technical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"generalship":{
"as in leadership , administration":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generated":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers"
],
"synonyms":[
"begot",
"begat",
"bred",
"brought",
"brought about",
"brought on",
"catalyzed",
"caused",
"created",
"did",
"drew on",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"engendered",
"induced",
"invoked",
"made",
"occasioned",
"produced",
"prompted",
"resulted (in)",
"spawned",
"translated (into)",
"worked",
"wrought",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduced (to)",
"contributed (to)",
"decided",
"determined",
"began",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"inaugurated",
"initiated",
"innovated",
"instituted",
"introduced",
"launched",
"pioneered",
"set",
"set up",
"started",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"developed",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"enacted",
"rendered",
"turned out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"dampened",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"arrested",
"checked",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"retarded",
"canned",
"killed",
"snuffed (out)",
"stilled",
"abolished",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"extinguished",
"liquidated",
"quenched"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"generosities":{
"the quality or state of being generous":{
"examples":[
"a sidewalk beggar who benefited from the generosity of kindhearted passersby"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigheartedness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"munificence",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficence",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"selflessness",
"kindness",
"gift",
"gratuity",
"lagniappe",
"tribute",
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"wastefulness",
"spendthrift",
"dissipating",
"squandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"scraping",
"cutting back"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheapness",
"closeness",
"meanness",
"miserliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"selfishness",
"stinginess",
"tightness",
"ungenerosity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genial":{
"having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations":{
"examples":[
"a genial host who makes a point of speaking personally to each and every guest"
],
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"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"mellow",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"sweet",
"well-disposed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amicable",
"clever",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"neighborly",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kind",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"glad",
"sunny",
"companionable",
"conversable",
"sociable",
"civil",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"accommodating",
"amenable",
"obliging",
"attractive",
"delightful",
"enjoyable",
"likable",
"likeable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boorish",
"discourteous",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"rude",
"surly",
"uncivil",
"unkind",
"unmannerly",
"unsociable",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"unappealing",
"unattractive",
"sour",
"vinegary"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"unamiable",
"ungenial",
"ungracious",
"unpleasant"
]
},
"having or showing kindly feeling and sincere interest":{
"examples":[
"genial new neighbors who helped us unpack boxes and brought us dinner our first night in the new place"
],
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"amicable",
"bonhomous",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"collegial",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"hail-fellow",
"hail-fellow-well-met",
"hearty",
"matey",
"neighborly",
"palsy",
"palsy-walsy",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affable",
"agreeable",
"approachable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"nice",
"sweet",
"clubby",
"convivial",
"folksy",
"gregarious",
"hospitable",
"sociable",
"social",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"brotherly",
"fraternal",
"sisterly",
"close",
"familiar",
"intimate",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"devoted",
"fond",
"lovesome",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alienated",
"estranged",
"chilly",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"icy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"aggressive",
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"disputatious",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"inhospitable",
"inimical"
],
"antonyms":[
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{
"examples":[
"his genial offer to give me his seat on the bus"
],
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"affable",
"cordial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"benign",
"benignant",
"congenial",
"convivial",
"friendly",
"kind",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"urbane",
"approachable",
"attentive",
"outgoing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"snippy",
"antisocial",
"disagreeable",
"discourteous",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"rude",
"sullen",
"surly",
"uncivil",
"unfriendly",
"unkind",
"unmannerly",
"crabbed",
"crabby",
"cross",
"crusty",
"grumpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inhospitable",
"ungenial",
"ungracious",
"unsociable"
]
},
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
"examples":[
"wanted to move to a more genial clime for health reasons"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"soft",
"temperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"tranquil",
"delightful",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"windy",
"misty",
"rainy",
"showery",
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dismal",
"foggy",
"gloomy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"bitter",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"raw"
],
"antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"severe"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gentilesse":{
"as in civility , politeness":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"politesse",
"etiquette",
"dignity",
"grace",
"refinement",
"decency",
"decorum",
"form",
"propriety",
"discretion",
"prudence",
"appropriateness",
"correctitude",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"character",
"goodness",
"high-mindedness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"straightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"gracelessness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"vulgarity",
"imprudence",
"indiscretion",
"badness",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gentle":{
"a man or woman of high birth or social position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the archbishop treated both the gentles and the commoners with respect and kindness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canaille",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"roturier",
"boor",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon"
],
"related":[
"socialite",
"swell",
"magnate",
"magnifico",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocrat",
"blue blood",
"gentleperson",
"noble",
"patrician"
]
},
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
"antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"severe"
],
"examples":[
"whisk the egg yolks in a double boiler set over a gentle heat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"windy",
"misty",
"rainy",
"showery",
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dismal",
"foggy",
"gloomy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"bitter",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"raw"
],
"related":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"tranquil",
"delightful",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"genial",
"mild",
"moderate",
"soft",
"temperate"
]
},
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
"antonyms":[
"abrasive",
"caustic",
"coarse",
"hard",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scathing",
"stern",
"ungentle"
],
"examples":[
"use a gentle detergent on that delicate silk blouse",
"her gentle ways"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"clement",
"compassionate",
"easy",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"emollient",
"softening",
"sleek",
"slick",
"smooth"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"benign",
"bland",
"delicate",
"light",
"mellow",
"mild",
"nonabrasive",
"soft",
"soothing",
"tender"
]
},
"not loud in pitch or volume":{
"antonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"overloud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"examples":[
"the mother spoke in a gentle voice to her child"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brazen",
"crashing",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident",
"clarion",
"clear",
"trumpetlike"
],
"related":[
"dead",
"silent",
"still",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"synonyms":[
"dull",
"low",
"quiet",
"soft"
]
},
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
],
"examples":[
"loved reading about the days when gentle lords and ladies danced at fancy balls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"related":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"genteel",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
]
},
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"antonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"madden",
"outrage"
],
"examples":[
"employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"antagonize",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"put out",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"pester",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"perturb",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"slight"
],
"related":[
"calm",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"hush",
"quiet",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"endear (to)",
"ingratiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"adulate",
"blarney",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"soft-soap",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"dulcify",
"sweeten"
],
"synonyms":[
"appease",
"assuage",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heighten",
"intensify",
"sharpen"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"obtund",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"relieve"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffer",
"cushion",
"soften"
]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bill",
"canoodle",
"cuddle",
"neck",
"nestle",
"nose",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle",
"spoon",
"feel up",
"paw",
"cradle",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"hug",
"bounce",
"dandle",
"knead",
"massage",
"baby",
"coddle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"synonyms":[
"caress",
"fondle",
"love",
"pat",
"pet",
"stroke"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gentlefolk":{
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"gentlewomen":{
"a woman of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"in the 19th century a number of American gentlewomen used their wealth and influence to further abolitionism, women's rights, and other worthy causes"
],
"synonyms":[
"dames",
"ladies",
"miladies",
"noblewomen",
"peeresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baronesses",
"countesses",
"duchesses",
"marchese",
"marchionesses",
"marquises",
"princesses",
"queens",
"viscountesses",
"dowagers",
"matriarchs",
"matrons",
"mistresses",
"ladyships",
"madams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gentling":{
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"assuaging",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"hushing",
"quieting",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"endearing (to)",
"ingratiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"adulating",
"blarneying",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"soft-soaping",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"sweet-talking",
"wheedling",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"dulcifying",
"sweetening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"antagonizing",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"persecuting",
"pestering",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"iring",
"maddening",
"outraging"
]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressing",
"fondling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"necking",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"examples":[
"adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"softening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"dampening",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"obtunding",
"moderating",
"modulating",
"tempering",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"relieving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"sharpening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genuineness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geography":{
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
"examples":[
"the geography of the region matches ancient descriptions of the location of the lost city"
],
"synonyms":[
"chorography",
"geomorphology",
"landscape",
"terrain",
"topography"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenery",
"ground",
"land",
"landform",
"terrane",
"terrene"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"germinate":{
"to come into being":{
"examples":[
"A new counterculture germinating in the city's art district."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emerge",
"evolve",
"develop",
"form",
"grow",
"mature",
"play out",
"unfold",
"work out",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"fall out",
"pan out",
"prove",
"shake out",
"turn out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something, as a seed) to grow":{
"examples":[
"She began by reading up on the best ways to germinate apple seeds."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"quicken",
"ripen",
"root",
"sprout",
"breed",
"produce",
"propagate",
"plant",
"sow",
"gather",
"glean",
"harvest",
"reap",
"crop",
"cultivate",
"culture",
"dress",
"grow",
"promote",
"raise",
"rear",
"tend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kill",
"dig",
"extirpate",
"pick",
"pluck",
"pull (up)",
"uproot",
"cut",
"hay",
"mow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"germinating":{
"to come into being":{
"examples":[
"A new counterculture germinating in the city's art district."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emerging",
"evolving",
"developing",
"forming",
"growing",
"maturing",
"playing out",
"unfolding",
"working out",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"falling out",
"panning out",
"proving",
"shaking out",
"turning out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (something, as a seed) to grow":{
"examples":[
"She began by reading up on the best ways to germinate apple seeds."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"quickening",
"ripening",
"rooting",
"sprouting",
"breeding",
"producing",
"propagating",
"planting",
"sowing",
"gathering",
"gleaning",
"harvesting",
"reaping",
"cropping",
"cultivating",
"culturing",
"dressing",
"growing",
"promoting",
"raising",
"rearing",
"tending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killing",
"digging",
"extirpating",
"picking",
"plucking",
"pulling (up)",
"uprooting",
"cutting",
"haying",
"mowing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gestured":{
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"examples":[
"the police officer gestured me to the side of the road to tell me my headlight was out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoned",
"flagged",
"motioned",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodded",
"gesticulated",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"get":{
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
"examples":[
"I'm not sure I ever got the new math"
],
"synonyms":[
"learn",
"master",
"pick up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"comprehend",
"grasp",
"know",
"understand",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)",
"imbibe",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig up",
"discern",
"discover",
"examine",
"find out",
"hear",
"hit (on or upon)",
"run down",
"scare up",
"search (for)",
"see",
"track (down)",
"tumble (to)",
"unearth",
"major (in)",
"study",
"memorize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forget",
"misunderstand",
"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[
"unlearn"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"don't cough on me\u2014I don't want to get your cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"come down (with)",
"contract",
"go down (with)",
"sicken (with)",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break out (with)",
"die (from)",
"succumb (to)",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover (from)",
"shake (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become the father of":{
"examples":[
"Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son"
],
"synonyms":[
"beget",
"father",
"sire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"multiply",
"procreate",
"propagate",
"reproduce",
"spawn",
"bear",
"engender",
"gender",
"generate",
"produce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"bring",
"bring around",
"convert",
"convince",
"gain",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandish",
"blarney",
"cajole",
"coax",
"entreat",
"exhort",
"fast-talk",
"urge",
"wheedle",
"allure",
"beguile",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"snow",
"tempt",
"brainwash",
"overpersuade",
"incline",
"influence",
"prompt",
"sell",
"sway",
"attract",
"draw",
"entice",
"interest",
"chew over",
"converse",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"reason (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"unsell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"redid the math problem until I got the right answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig out",
"dig up",
"discover",
"dredge (up)",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"hit (on or upon)",
"hunt (down or up)",
"learn",
"locate",
"nose out",
"root (out)",
"rout (out)",
"rummage",
"run down",
"scare up",
"scout (up)",
"track (down)",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espy",
"sight",
"spot",
"look for",
"search (for or out)",
"seek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace",
"misset"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"pass over"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"continuously clearing your throat like that is starting to get to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"it's going to get colder as winter approaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"become",
"come",
"go",
"grow",
"run",
"turn",
"wax"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alter",
"change",
"metamorphose",
"modify",
"mutate",
"transfigure",
"transform",
"transmute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"be",
"continue",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"got an A on his final paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"pull down",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"she was speaking so fast\u2014did you get what she said?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"register",
"savvy",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the defense tackled the running back and got the ball"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"you may have won this game, but I'll get you next time"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"communicate (with)",
"contact",
"reach"
],
"near synonyms":[
"get through (to)",
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"clue",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"inform",
"instruct",
"notify",
"tell",
"wise (up)",
"buzz",
"call",
"phone",
"ring (up)",
"telephone",
"keep up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"\"I'll get you if you talk to the cops,\" the loan shark warned"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"what gets me is why she would do such a weird thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"pose",
"puzzle",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
"examples":[
"in some animal species, a new mate will refuse to raise another male's get"
],
"synonyms":[
"fruit",
"issue",
"offspring",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed",
"spawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brood",
"hatch",
"litter",
"young",
"child",
"scion",
"family",
"kin",
"lineage",
"stock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"parent",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"get a charge out of":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"It's clear that people get a kick out of silly cat videos."
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get the better of":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I realized my exhaustion gotten the better of me when I started nodding off at my desk."
],
"near antonyms":[
"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
"related":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get the hang of":{
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
"examples":[
"He's really getting the hang of riding his bike now."
],
"synonyms":[
"get",
"learn",
"master",
"pick up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"comprehend",
"grasp",
"know",
"understand",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)",
"imbibe",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"dig up",
"discern",
"discover",
"examine",
"find out",
"hear",
"hit (on or upon)",
"run down",
"scare up",
"search (for)",
"see",
"track (down)",
"tumble (to)",
"unearth",
"major (in)",
"study",
"memorize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forget",
"misunderstand",
"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[
"unlearn"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get up":{
"clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"went to the prom in some elaborately beaded getup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clothes",
"duds",
"habiliment(s)",
"raiment",
"fashion",
"mode",
"style",
"array",
"caparison",
"vestments"
],
"synonyms":[
"costume",
"drag",
"dress",
"garb",
"guise",
"outfit",
"togs"
]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the wine book's getup is pretty standard, with wines being arranged according to country of origin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"format",
"layout",
"makeup",
"ordonnance",
"pattern"
]
},
"to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm still trying to get up the energy to reply"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"educe",
"elicit",
"evoke",
"raise"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjure (up)",
"gather",
"summon"
]
},
"to leave one's bed":{
"antonyms":[
"bed (down)",
"retire",
"turn in"
],
"examples":[
"you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drop off",
"lie up",
"nap",
"nod",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze",
"bunk",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle",
"couch",
"doss (down)",
"flop (down)",
"lie (down)",
"recline"
],
"related":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"bestir",
"stir",
"wake"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"rise",
"roll out",
"turn out",
"uprise"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
],
"examples":[
"all got up in her Sunday best"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"related":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"suit",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"get-go":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"from the get-go , their relationship was tumultuous and doomed to fail"
],
"synonyms":[
"alpha",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing board",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one",
"creation",
"founding",
"inauguration",
"initiation",
"institution",
"origination",
"cradle",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"germ",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring",
"dawning",
"opening",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence",
"childhood",
"infancy",
"youth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"closing",
"closure",
"completion",
"finale",
"finish",
"period",
"stop",
"termination",
"windup"
],
"antonyms":[
"close",
"conclusion",
"end",
"ending",
"omega"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get-goes":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"from the get-go , their relationship was tumultuous and doomed to fail"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get-up-and-go":{
"active strength of body or mind":{
"examples":[
"even after her broken hip healed, Grandma never regained her get-up-and-go"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
],
"antonyms":[
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getaways":{
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
"examples":[
"the bank robbers jumped into the waiting car and made their getaway"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakouts",
"breaks",
"bunks",
"escapes",
"flights",
"lams",
"routs",
"slips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jailbreaks",
"deliverances",
"liberations",
"redemptions",
"releases",
"rescues",
"salvations",
"close calls",
"close shaves",
"near misses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"custodies",
"detentions",
"holdings",
"holds",
"retentions",
"endangerments",
"hazards",
"imperilments",
"jeopardies",
"perils",
"risks",
"troubles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gets":{
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
"examples":[
"I'm not sure I ever got the new math"
],
"synonyms":[
"learns",
"masters",
"picks up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"grasps",
"knows",
"understands",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)",
"imbibes",
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"digs up",
"discerns",
"discovers",
"examines",
"finds out",
"hears",
"hits (on or upon)",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"searches (for)",
"sees",
"tracks (down)",
"tumbles (to)",
"unearths",
"majors (in)",
"studies",
"memorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgets",
"misunderstands",
"misses",
"overlooks",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[
"unlearns"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"don't cough on me\u2014I don't want to get your cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches",
"comes down (with)",
"contracts",
"goes down (with)",
"sickens (with)",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks out (with)",
"dies (from)",
"succumbs (to)",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes back",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers (from)",
"shakes (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become the father of":{
"examples":[
"Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"fathers",
"sires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"multiplies",
"procreates",
"propagates",
"reproduces",
"spawns",
"bears",
"engenders",
"genders",
"generates",
"produces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused"
],
"synonyms":[
"argues",
"brings",
"brings around",
"converts",
"convinces",
"gains",
"induces",
"moves",
"persuades",
"prevails (on or upon)",
"satisfies",
"talks (into)",
"wins (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"entreats",
"exhorts",
"fast-talks",
"urges",
"wheedles",
"allures",
"beguiles",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"snows",
"tempts",
"brainwashes",
"overpersuades",
"inclines",
"influences",
"prompts",
"sells",
"sways",
"attracts",
"draws",
"entices",
"interests",
"chews over",
"converses",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over)",
"moots",
"reasons (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"unsells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"redid the math problem until I got the right answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"digs out",
"digs up",
"discovers",
"dredges (up)",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"hits (on or upon)",
"hunts (down or up)",
"learns",
"locates",
"noses out",
"roots (out)",
"routs (out)",
"rummages",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"scouts (up)",
"tracks (down)",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espies",
"sights",
"spots",
"looks for",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces",
"missets"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"passes over"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"continuously clearing your throat like that is starting to get to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"it's going to get colder as winter approaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"becomes",
"comes",
"goes",
"grows",
"runs",
"turns",
"waxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alters",
"changes",
"metamorphoses",
"modifies",
"mutates",
"transfigures",
"transforms",
"transmutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"continues",
"is",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"got an A on his final paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquires",
"attains",
"bags",
"brings in",
"captures",
"carries",
"comes by",
"draws",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"knocks down",
"lands",
"makes",
"obtains",
"procures",
"pulls down",
"realizes",
"reaps",
"secures",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clears",
"grosses",
"nets",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"notches (up)",
"scores",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"racks up",
"catches",
"picks up",
"annexes",
"occupies",
"takes over",
"reacquires",
"reattains",
"recaptures",
"regains",
"remakes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accords",
"gives",
"grants",
"pays",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"parts (with)",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeits",
"loses"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"she was speaking so fast\u2014did you get what she said?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciates",
"apprehends",
"assimilates",
"beholds",
"catches",
"catches on (to)",
"cognizes",
"compasses",
"comprehends",
"conceives",
"cottons (to or on to)",
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"digs",
"discerns",
"grasps",
"groks",
"intuits",
"knows",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"recognizes",
"registers",
"savvies",
"sees",
"seizes",
"senses",
"tumbles (to)",
"twigs",
"understands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"digests",
"takes in",
"realizes",
"fathoms",
"penetrates",
"pierces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehends",
"misconceives",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misperceives",
"misreads",
"mistakes",
"misunderstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the defense tackled the running back and got the ball"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets off",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"you may have won this game, but I'll get you next time"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"communicates (with)",
"contacts",
"reaches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gets through (to)",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"informs",
"instructs",
"notifies",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"keeps up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"\"I'll get you if you talk to the cops,\" the loan shark warned"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"what gets me is why she would do such a weird thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"bamboozles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"poses",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets (away)":{
"as in escapes , gets off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets along":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"copes",
"does",
"fares",
"gets by",
"gets on",
"makes out",
"manages",
"shifts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries on",
"contrives",
"scrapes (by or through)",
"scrounges",
"lasts",
"survives",
"ekes out",
"scrapes (out)",
"squeezes",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"affords",
"swings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fails",
"falls short",
"fizzles",
"flounders",
"declines",
"peters (out)",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"gives up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the preparations for the party are getting along just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"comes along",
"does",
"fares",
"forges",
"gets on",
"goes",
"goes along",
"goes off",
"marches",
"paces",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"fast-forwards",
"speeds",
"approaches",
"nears",
"journeys",
"passes",
"repairs",
"runs",
"travels",
"wends",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"takes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"balks",
"blocks",
"checks",
"detains",
"halts",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"nips",
"obstructs",
"slows (down or up)",
"stems",
"represses",
"retards",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"delays",
"interrupts",
"stalls",
"cramps",
"hampers",
"inhibits",
"ceases",
"lets up",
"pauses",
"regresses",
"waits"
],
"antonyms":[
"remains",
"stands",
"stays",
"stops"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets back":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses",
"mislays",
"misplaces"
],
"related":[
"recruits",
"replenishes",
"redeems",
"repurchases",
"rescues"
],
"synonyms":[
"reacquires",
"recaptures",
"reclaims",
"re-collects",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"regains",
"repossesses",
"retakes",
"retrieves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets through":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall"
],
"synonyms":[
"appears",
"arrives",
"comes",
"gets in",
"lands",
"shows up",
"turns up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetches",
"hits",
"makes",
"reaches",
"pulls in",
"touches down",
"debarks",
"disembarks",
"barges (in)",
"blows in",
"breezes (in)",
"bursts (in or into)",
"waltzes (in)",
"checks in",
"clocks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checks out",
"clocks (out)",
"flees",
"vamooses"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"leaves"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting a charge out of":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"getting about":{
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"it got about that the company was having financial difficulties"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"circulating",
"coming out",
"getting around",
"getting out",
"getting round",
"leaking (out)",
"outing",
"spreading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developing",
"transpiring",
"unfolding",
"disclosing",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"masking",
"secreting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting after":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"My professor got after me about my overdue assignments."
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"ticking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"castigating",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"haranguing",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"railing (at or against)",
"rating",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"upbraiding",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"minimizing",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"deriding",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"applauding",
"extolling",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"saluting",
"touting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting ahead":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a recent college graduate trying to get ahead in the working world"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting along":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"coping",
"doing",
"faring",
"getting by",
"getting on",
"making out",
"managing",
"shifting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying on",
"contriving",
"scraping (by or through)",
"scrounging",
"lasting",
"surviving",
"eking out",
"scraping (out)",
"squeezing",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"affording",
"swinging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"falling short",
"fizzling",
"floundering",
"declining",
"petering (out)",
"slumping",
"waning",
"giving up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the preparations for the party are getting along just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"coming",
"coming along",
"doing",
"faring",
"forging",
"getting on",
"going",
"going along",
"going off",
"marching",
"pacing",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"fast-forwarding",
"speeding",
"approaching",
"nearing",
"journeying",
"passing",
"repairing",
"running",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"wending",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"taking out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"balking",
"blocking",
"checking",
"detaining",
"halting",
"hindering",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"nipping",
"obstructing",
"slowing (down or up)",
"stemming",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"delaying",
"interrupting",
"stalling",
"cramping",
"hampering",
"inhibiting",
"ceasing",
"letting up",
"pausing",
"regressing",
"waiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"remaining",
"standing",
"staying",
"stopping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting around":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"examples":[
"somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"related":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
]
},
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"antonyms":[
"complying (with)",
"following",
"keeping",
"obeying",
"observing"
],
"examples":[
"somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"avoiding",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"end-running",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"outflanking",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shunning",
"disobeying",
"disregarding",
"flouting",
"ignoring",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"shortcutting",
"sidestepping",
"skirting"
]
},
"to become known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"word of the discovery of gold quickly got around"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"masking",
"secreting"
],
"related":[
"developing",
"transpiring",
"unfolding",
"disclosing",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"circulating",
"coming out",
"getting about",
"getting out",
"getting round",
"leaking (out)",
"outing",
"spreading"
]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
],
"related":[
"missing",
"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)",
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"precluding",
"ruling out",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"skirting",
"foiling",
"foxing",
"frustrating",
"outfoxing",
"outsmarting",
"outwitting",
"overreaching",
"thwarting"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"finessing",
"scaping",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shuffling (out of)",
"shunning",
"weaseling (out of)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting around (to)":{
"as in getting down (to) , getting round (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"getting down (to)",
"getting round (to)",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"entering (into or upon)",
"falling (to)",
"getting off",
"kicking off",
"launching",
"leading off",
"opening",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating",
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting hold of":{
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"He had no problem getting hold of his lawyer late at night."
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"getting",
"reaching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getting through (to)",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing",
"cluing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting off (on)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he really gets off on being the person in charge of everyone else"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"related":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"It's time to get with it and find yourself a better job."
],
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"addressing",
"applying",
"bending",
"buckling",
"devoting",
"giving"
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"readdressing",
"reapplying",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)",
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"committing",
"concerning",
"engaging",
"involving",
"exerting",
"exhausting",
"putting out",
"spending",
"straining",
"stressing",
"taxing",
"troubling",
"wearing out",
"carrying on",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"grinding",
"humping",
"hustling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging (away)",
"working"
],
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"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"idling",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
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"phrase"
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"as in fountains , springs":{
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"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"headsprings",
"hot springs",
"springs",
"wellsprings",
"heads",
"headstreams",
"headwaters",
"sources",
"branches",
"feeders",
"tributaries"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spouters":{
"examples":[],
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"spouters",
"spits",
"sprays",
"spritzes",
"blasts",
"bursts",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"spews",
"jets",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gestation":{
"the state of containing unborn young within the body":{
"examples":[
"the length of gestation for the gray wolf is about 63 days"
],
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"family way",
"gravidity",
"pregnancy"
],
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"conception",
"begetting",
"breeding",
"generation",
"procreation",
"siring",
"spawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barrenness",
"infertility"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generations":{
"the act or instance of producing something":{
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"Our economy relies on the generation of new ideas.",
"The organization has turned its focus toward the generation of solar energy."
],
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"creations",
"geneses",
"nascencies",
"originations",
"productions",
"rises",
"innovations",
"inventions",
"constructions",
"developments",
"fabrications",
"formations",
"births",
"conceptions"
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"antonyms":[]
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"examples":[
"The automaker is set to release the newest generation of electric vehicles."
],
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"branches",
"sections",
"sorts",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the length of time between the birth of parents and the birth of their children":{
"examples":[
"She has been at the job for a generation , and is seen as a motherly figure to her younger coworkers."
],
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"ages",
"days",
"epochs",
"eras",
"periods",
"times",
"cycles",
"years",
"bits",
"spaces",
"spans",
"spells",
"stretches",
"whiles",
"dates",
"vintages"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gemstones":{
"a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament":{
"examples":[
"traditionally, the gemstone for someone born in May is an emerald"
],
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"brilliants",
"gems",
"jewels",
"rocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"birthstones",
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"solitaires",
"teardrops",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"crown jewels",
"jewelries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"germs":{
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
"examples":[
"this hastily scribbled equation on a cocktail napkin became the germ of a new scientific theory"
],
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"fountainheads",
"origins",
"roots",
"seed",
"seeds",
"seedbeds"
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"fonts",
"fountains",
"springs",
"wellheads",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"geneses",
"inceptions",
"incipiencies",
"launches",
"mornings",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"originations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geezerhood":{
"as in senescence , senectitude":{
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"near synonyms":[
"senectitude",
"senescence",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"infirmity",
"anility",
"caducity",
"dotage",
"second childhood",
"senility"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getting together":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"We all have busy schedules, but we try to get together at least once a month."
],
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"assembling",
"clustering",
"collecting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"conglomerating",
"congregating",
"convening",
"converging",
"forgathering",
"foregathering",
"gathering",
"meeting",
"rendezvousing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"caucusing",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"consolidating",
"consorting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"federating",
"ganging up",
"joining",
"merging",
"uniting",
"reassembling",
"reconvening",
"regathering",
"remeeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"leaving",
"taking off",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"They got together enough signatures for the petition."
],
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"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"bulking (up)",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"corralling",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"lumping",
"picking up",
"rounding up"
],
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"balling",
"batching",
"bunching",
"clustering",
"huddling",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"banding",
"brigading",
"mustering",
"raising",
"rallying",
"flocking",
"herding",
"hiving",
"packing",
"pressing",
"swarming",
"thronging",
"combining",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"merging",
"pooling",
"uniting",
"archiving",
"arranging",
"collating",
"compiling",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"scraping (up or together)",
"re-collecting",
"regathering",
"regrouping"
],
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"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting (up)",
"dismissing",
"sending"
],
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"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"generic":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"examples":[
"a love of big things\u2014big cars, big meals\u2014seems to be a generic trait of the American people"
],
"synonyms":[
"across-the-board",
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"global",
"overall",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gelds":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrates",
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"lobotomizes",
"petrifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"wears",
"wears out",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"excites",
"ferments",
"fires",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"reenergizes",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"get a load of":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"Get a load of my new house!",
"You have to get a load of his outfit today\u2014it is quite the fashion statement."
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"genuine":{
"being exactly as appears or as claimed":{
"examples":[
"had a genuine van Gogh hanging in their living room"
],
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"sure-enough",
"true"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"historical",
"original",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"identifiable",
"recognizable",
"verifiable",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unmistakable",
"unquestionable",
"veritable",
"very",
"accurate",
"correct",
"proper",
"pure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"simulated",
"synthetic",
"unnatural",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"misleading"
],
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
]
},
"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
"examples":[
"genuine compliments about her boss's flair for fashion"
],
"synonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"impressionable",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"persuasible",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"candid",
"direct",
"frank",
"free",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"single-minded",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"unwary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"manipulative",
"two-faced",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"flattering",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth",
"sycophantic",
"unctuous",
"feigned",
"forced",
"strained"
],
"antonyms":[
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
]
},
"existing in fact and not merely as a possibility":{
"examples":[
"there's genuine value in learning how to do household repairs on one's own"
],
"synonyms":[
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"existent",
"factual",
"real",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-life",
"real-world",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual"
],
"antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gets back (at)":{
"as in retaliates , avenges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avenges",
"retaliates",
"revenges",
"gives back",
"refunds",
"reimburses",
"restitutes",
"compensates",
"indemnifies",
"pays",
"recoups",
"remunerates",
"satisfies",
"exchanges",
"reciprocates",
"recompenses",
"repays",
"requites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gent":{
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"ladies and gents"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"near synonyms":[
"master",
"mister",
"sir",
"buddy",
"buster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get back (at)":{
"as in retaliate , avenge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avenge",
"retaliate",
"revenge",
"give back",
"refund",
"reimburse",
"restitute",
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"pay",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"satisfy",
"exchange",
"reciprocate",
"recompense",
"repay",
"requite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"get on one's nerves":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"That constant humming is really getting on my nerves ."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gemmy":{
"as in sparkling , shimmering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid",
"superbright",
"ultrabright"
],
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"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant",
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"getting at":{
"as in greasing the hand of , oiling the hand of":{
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"greasing the hand of",
"greasing the palm of",
"oiling the hand of",
"oiling the palm of",
"bribing",
"buying",
"corrupting",
"having",
"paying off",
"squaring"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelled":{
"as in thickened , congealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"clabbered",
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"curdled",
"thickened",
"knobbed",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"lumpish",
"broken",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"knotted",
"knotty",
"pebbly",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"thick",
"viscous",
"chunky",
"clumpy",
"curdy",
"lumpy",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin"
],
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"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelated",
"gelatinized",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caked",
"concreted",
"firmed (up)",
"fixed",
"froze",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"solidified",
"stiffened",
"condensed",
"thickened",
"clumped",
"curded",
"curdled",
"gummed",
"lumped (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesced",
"fluxed",
"fused",
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"melted",
"thawed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"getting a move on":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"She told her partner to get a move on or they would be late."
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"geste":{
"the way or manner in which one conducts oneself":{
"examples":[
"historical fiction in which the hero faces every adversity with honorable geste"
],
"synonyms":[
"actions",
"address",
"bearing",
"behavior",
"comportment",
"conduct",
"demeanor",
"deportment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"p's and q's",
"amenity",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"politeness",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"aspect",
"look",
"mien",
"formality",
"protocol",
"rules",
"custom",
"habit",
"habitude",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"form",
"mode",
"style",
"affectation",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"trait",
"distinctiveness",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"singularity",
"strangeness",
"uniqueness",
"weirdness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"germproof":{
"as in clean , salutiferous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clean",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"wholesome",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened",
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"antibacterial",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"germicidal",
"microbicidal",
"aseptic",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"sterile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"germy",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"infectious",
"miasmic",
"pathogenetic",
"pathogenic",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"bedraggled",
"besmirched",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"unwashed",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterilized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gets wind of":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"When I got wind of the open position, I did not waste one minute before applying."
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"catches on (to)",
"discovers",
"finds out",
"gets on (to)",
"hears",
"learns",
"realizes",
"sees",
"wises (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hits (on or upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"descries",
"detects",
"encounters",
"espies",
"sees",
"spots",
"calculates",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"finds",
"puzzles (out)",
"discerns",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"perceives",
"divines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"forgets",
"unlearns",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"occults",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"genealogy":{
"the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{
"examples":[
"has a distinguished genealogy that traces back to William the Conqueror"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"blood",
"bloodline",
"breeding",
"descent",
"extraction",
"family tree",
"line",
"lineage",
"origin",
"parentage",
"pedigree",
"stock",
"strain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heredity",
"succession",
"family",
"house",
"kin",
"kindred",
"relations",
"relatives",
"race"
],
"near antonyms":[
"offspring",
"child",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"son",
"successor"
],
"antonyms":[
"issue",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gets after":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"My professor got after me about my overdue assignments."
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"castigates",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"harangues",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rails (at or against)",
"rates",
"scolds",
"scores",
"upbraids",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"knocks",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"minimizes",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"derides",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"OKs",
"okays",
"sanctions",
"applauds",
"extols",
"extolls",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"touts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting across":{
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"what I'm trying to get across is that there simply is no money for the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"construing",
"demonstrating",
"demystifying",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"simplifying",
"spelling out",
"unriddling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"disentangling",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"resolving",
"solving",
"defining",
"specifying",
"annotating",
"commentating",
"glossing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogging",
"clouding",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"obfuscating"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscuring"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genocides":{
"the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pogroms",
"bloodbaths",
"butcheries",
"carnages",
"deaths",
"holocausts",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"bloodlettings",
"bloodsheds",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"manslaughters",
"murders",
"slayings",
"mortalities",
"annihilations",
"decimations",
"destructions",
"devastations",
"eradications",
"exterminations",
"assassinations",
"executions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geared up":{
"as in mounted , gathered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battened",
"gathered",
"mounted",
"braced",
"fortified",
"girded",
"girt",
"steeled",
"educated",
"indoctrinated",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"trained",
"tutored",
"fitted",
"fit",
"fixed",
"groomed",
"laid",
"prepared",
"prepped",
"readied",
"booted (up)",
"primed",
"arranged",
"set",
"spread",
"armed",
"equipped",
"forearmed",
"furnished",
"outfitted",
"provided",
"supplied",
"inclined",
"predisposed",
"drafted",
"drew up",
"framed",
"warmed (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genteelness":{
"speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{
"examples":[
"the young man displays the kind of old-school genteelness that one rarely encounters on today's college campuses"
],
"synonyms":[
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"politeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentiveness",
"consideration",
"thoughtfulness",
"ceremonialness",
"ceremoniousness",
"ceremony",
"formality",
"chivalrousness",
"chivalry",
"courtliness",
"gallantry",
"gentlemanliness",
"knighthood",
"knightliness",
"breeding",
"manners",
"suaveness",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity",
"elegance",
"refinement",
"deference",
"respect",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"gentilesse",
"polish",
"politesse",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"seemliness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"sociability",
"felicitousness",
"gracefulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"shyness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"casualness",
"informality",
"delinquency",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"presumption",
"pretentiousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"rudeness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gelidity":{
"as in coldness , frigidness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"iciness",
"wintriness",
"briskness",
"crispness",
"cold",
"freeze",
"snap",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"chill",
"chilliness",
"nip",
"nippiness",
"rawness",
"sharpness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balminess",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"heat",
"hotness",
"sultriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genies":{
"a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it":{
"examples":[
"He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"afreets",
"afrits",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghosts",
"ghoulies",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"shaitans",
"hags",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"vampires",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"nightmares",
"succubi",
"apparitions",
"banshees",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugbears",
"familiars",
"familiar spirits",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spooks",
"visions",
"wraiths",
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls",
"monsters",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genocide":{
"the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political, or cultural group":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pogrom",
"bloodbath",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"death",
"holocaust",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"bloodletting",
"bloodshed",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"manslaughter",
"murder",
"slaying",
"mortality",
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishing",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"eradication",
"extermination",
"assassination",
"execution"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genealogists":{
"as in archivists , chronologists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archivists",
"chronologists",
"hagiographers",
"autobiographers",
"biographers",
"annalists",
"chroniclers",
"historians"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geyser":{
"as in fountain , spring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"headspring",
"hot spring",
"spring",
"wellspring",
"head",
"headstream",
"headwater",
"source",
"branch",
"feeder",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spouter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spouter",
"spit",
"spray",
"spritz",
"blast",
"burst",
"flush",
"gush",
"spew",
"jet",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"germfree":{
"free from filth, infection, or dangers to health":{
"examples":[
"had to prepare the microscope slides in an isolated and germfree environment"
],
"synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"sterile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"germproof",
"antibacterial",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"germicidal",
"microbicidal",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"wholesome",
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infectious",
"miasmic",
"pathogenetic",
"pathogenic",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"bedraggled",
"besmirched",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"unwashed",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"germy",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gentlefolks":{
"the highest class in a society":{
"examples":[
"an 18th-century painter whose works are typically of well-dressed gentlefolk wooing and frolicking in sylvan settings"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocracy",
"elite",
"gentility",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"quality",
"upper class",
"upper crust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"A-list",
"beau monde",
"beautiful people",
"caf\u00e9 society",
"Four Hundred",
"400",
"glitterati",
"haut monde",
"haute monde",
"jet set",
"society",
"carriage trade",
"plutocracy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"(the) crowd",
"(the) masses",
"peasantry",
"peonage",
"(the) people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"(the) populace",
"(the) public",
"rank and file",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class",
"working class",
"dregs",
"(the) herd",
"(the) mob",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"scum",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[
"proletarians",
"proletariat"
]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"gets across":{
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"what I'm trying to get across is that there simply is no money for the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"construes",
"demonstrates",
"demystifies",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"explicates",
"expounds",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"simplifies",
"spells out",
"unriddles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deciphers",
"decodes",
"analyzes",
"breaks down",
"disentangles",
"undoes",
"unravels",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"resolves",
"solves",
"defines",
"specifies",
"annotates",
"commentates",
"glosses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogs",
"clouds",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"obfuscates"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscures"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"generousness":{
"the quality or state of being generous":{
"examples":[
"many of the donations seemed to have been made more out of a nagging sense of guiltiness than in a true spirit of generousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigheartedness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"munificence",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficence",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"selflessness",
"kindness",
"gift",
"gratuity",
"lagniappe",
"tribute",
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"wastefulness",
"spendthrift",
"dissipating",
"squandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"scraping",
"cutting back"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheapness",
"closeness",
"meanness",
"miserliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"selfishness",
"stinginess",
"tightness",
"ungenerosity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getting back (at)":{
"as in retaliating , avenging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"avenging",
"retaliating",
"revenging",
"giving back",
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"restituting",
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"paying",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"satisfying",
"exchanging",
"reciprocating",
"recompensing",
"repaying",
"requiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting back":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"reacquiring",
"recapturing",
"reclaiming",
"re-collecting",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"regaining",
"repossessing",
"retaking",
"retrieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruiting",
"replenishing",
"redeeming",
"repurchasing",
"rescuing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"germ":{
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
"examples":[
"this hastily scribbled equation on a cocktail napkin became the germ of a new scientific theory"
],
"synonyms":[
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seed",
"seedbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"font",
"fountain",
"spring",
"well",
"wellhead",
"wellspring",
"beginning",
"birth",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"genesis",
"inception",
"incipiency",
"launch",
"morning",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"creation",
"inauguration",
"origination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genius loci":{
"as in sense , aureole":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"climate",
"flavor",
"halo",
"karma",
"mood",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getting down":{
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
"examples":[
"I was getting down from the seaplane when a gust of wind swept away my hat"
],
"synonyms":[
"alighting",
"descending",
"disembarking",
"dismounting",
"lighting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplaning",
"detraining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boarding",
"climbing (aboard)",
"getting in",
"mounting",
"enplaning",
"emplaning",
"entraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"embarking"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"it's really getting him down that there does not seem to be one woman who will date him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming (out)",
"burdening",
"dashing",
"dejecting",
"depressing",
"oppressing",
"saddening",
"weighing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ailing",
"distressing",
"troubling",
"afflicting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"assuring",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"exciting",
"inspiring",
"stimulating",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting"
],
"antonyms":[
"brightening",
"buoying",
"cheering (up)",
"gladdening",
"lightening",
"rejoicing"
]
},
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
"examples":[
"with her sore throat, liquids are the only thing she can get down"
],
"synonyms":[
"downing",
"ingesting",
"swallowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"imbibing",
"knocking back",
"sipping",
"bolting",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gulping",
"ingurgitating",
"consuming",
"eating",
"mouthing (down)",
"putting away",
"supping",
"gorging",
"scarfing",
"scoffing",
"wolfing",
"chewing",
"gnawing (at or on)",
"lapping",
"licking",
"munching",
"nibbling (on)",
"pecking (at)",
"ruminating",
"dispatching",
"finishing",
"polishing off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gendering":{
"to bring about (something new)":{
"examples":[
"They hope the new technology genders a whole new generation of products for the company."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing",
"engendering",
"generating",
"having",
"producing",
"multiplying",
"procreating",
"propagating",
"reproducing",
"spawning",
"breeding",
"hatching",
"begetting",
"fathering",
"getting",
"mothering",
"parenting",
"siring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genealogist":{
"as in archivist , chronologist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archivist",
"chronologist",
"hagiographer",
"autobiographer",
"biographer",
"annalist",
"chronicler",
"historian"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gesticulate":{
"to move your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way":{
"examples":[
"He was gesticulating wildly during his speech."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gesture",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"sign",
"beckon",
"flag",
"gesture",
"motion",
"signal",
"wave",
"nod",
"signalize",
"acquaint",
"advise",
"inform",
"relate",
"tell",
"flourish",
"shrug"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting in":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"it will be late when you get in , so you may have trouble finding a taxi"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearing",
"arriving",
"coming",
"getting through",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"pulling in",
"touching down",
"debarking",
"disembarking",
"barging (in)",
"blowing in",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"checking in",
"clocking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checking out",
"clocking (out)",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"antonyms":[
"going",
"leaving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting":{
"to acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in":{
"examples":[
"I'm not sure I ever got the new math"
],
"synonyms":[
"learning",
"mastering",
"picking up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apprehending",
"comprehending",
"grasping",
"knowing",
"understanding",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)",
"imbibing",
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"digging up",
"discerning",
"discovering",
"examining",
"finding out",
"hearing",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"searching (for)",
"seeing",
"tracking (down)",
"tumbling (to)",
"unearthing",
"majoring (in)",
"studying",
"memorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgetting",
"misunderstanding",
"missing",
"overlooking",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"unlearning"
]
},
"to become affected with (a disease or disorder)":{
"examples":[
"don't cough on me\u2014I don't want to get your cold"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching",
"coming down (with)",
"contracting",
"going down (with)",
"sickening (with)",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking out (with)",
"dying (from)",
"succumbing (to)",
"failing",
"languishing",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"worsening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming back",
"gaining",
"healing",
"mending",
"recouping",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"snapping back",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering (from)",
"shaking (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become the father of":{
"examples":[
"Abraham was quite old when he got Isaac, his only son"
],
"synonyms":[
"begetting",
"fathering",
"siring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"multiplying",
"procreating",
"propagating",
"reproducing",
"spawning",
"bearing",
"engendering",
"gendering",
"generating",
"producing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"tried to get the mayor to let us stage the concert in the town square, but she refused"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bringing",
"bringing around",
"converting",
"convincing",
"gaining",
"inducing",
"moving",
"persuading",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"satisfying",
"talking (into)",
"winning (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishing",
"blarneying",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"entreating",
"exhorting",
"fast-talking",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"alluring",
"beguiling",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"snowing",
"tempting",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuading",
"inclining",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"selling",
"swaying",
"attracting",
"drawing",
"enticing",
"interesting",
"chewing over",
"conversing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"reasoning (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"unselling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
"examples":[
"redid the math problem until I got the right answer"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"digging out",
"digging up",
"discovering",
"dredging (up)",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"hunting (down or up)",
"learning",
"locating",
"nosing out",
"rooting (out)",
"routing (out)",
"rummaging",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"scouting (up)",
"tracking (down)",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"espying",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"looking for",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing",
"mislaying",
"misplacing",
"missetting",
"mis-setting"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"passing over"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"continuously clearing your throat like that is starting to get to me"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to eventually have as a state or quality":{
"examples":[
"it's going to get colder as winter approaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"becoming",
"coming",
"going",
"growing",
"running",
"turning",
"waxing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altering",
"changing",
"metamorphosing",
"modifying",
"mutating",
"transfiguring",
"transforming",
"transmuting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"being",
"continuing",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"examples":[
"got an A on his final paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"pulling down",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"examples":[
"she was speaking so fast\u2014did you get what she said?"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciating",
"apprehending",
"assimilating",
"beholding",
"catching",
"catching on (to)",
"cognizing",
"compassing",
"comprehending",
"conceiving",
"cottoning (to or on to)",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"digging",
"discerning",
"grasping",
"grokking",
"intuiting",
"knowing",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"recognizing",
"registering",
"savvying",
"seeing",
"seizing",
"sensing",
"tumbling (to)",
"twigging",
"understanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"digesting",
"taking in",
"realizing",
"fathoming",
"penetrating",
"piercing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehending",
"misconceiving",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misperceiving",
"misreading",
"mistaking",
"misunderstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the defense tackled the running back and got the ball"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"will get away to the Bahamas for a vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"you may have won this game, but I'll get you next time"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"I've been trying all day, but I can't get either of them in order to ask the question"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"reaching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getting through (to)",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing",
"cluing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"\"I'll get you if you talk to the cops,\" the loan shark warned"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"bumping off",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"slaying",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"what gets me is why she would do such a weird thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"addling",
"baffling",
"bamboozling",
"beating",
"befogging",
"befuddling",
"bemusing",
"bewildering",
"buffaloing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discombobulating",
"disorienting",
"flummoxing",
"foxing",
"fuddling",
"graveling",
"gravelling",
"mazing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"posing",
"puzzling",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticking",
"stumping",
"weirding out",
"abashing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"chagrining",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"stunning",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"humbugging",
"misguiding",
"misleading",
"snowing",
"stringing along",
"taking in",
"tricking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"satisfying",
"enlightening",
"informing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gestations":{
"the state of containing unborn young within the body":{
"examples":[
"the length of gestation for the gray wolf is about 63 days"
],
"synonyms":[
"family way",
"gravidity",
"pregnancy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conception",
"begetting",
"breeding",
"generation",
"procreation",
"siring",
"spawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barrenness",
"infertility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genderless":{
"suitable to or for either sex":{
"examples":[
"a trendy boutique selling genderless accessories\u2014bandannas, caps, bracelets, etc."
],
"synonyms":[
"androgynous",
"unisex",
"unisexual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asexual",
"epicene",
"neuter",
"sexless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"antonyms":[
"gendered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"general practitioners":{
"as in generalists , jacks-of-all-trades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"generalists",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"hobbyists",
"laymen",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"potterers",
"putterers",
"tinkerers",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in family physicians , family doctors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"get wind of":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"When I got wind of the open position, I did not waste one minute before applying."
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertain",
"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"get on (to)",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"see",
"wise (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hit (on or upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"descry",
"detect",
"encounter",
"espy",
"see",
"spot",
"calculate",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"find",
"puzzle (out)",
"discern",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"perceive",
"divine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"forget",
"unlearn",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get down":{
"to come down from something (as a vehicle)":{
"examples":[
"I was getting down from the seaplane when a gust of wind swept away my hat"
],
"synonyms":[
"alight",
"descend",
"disembark",
"dismount",
"light"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplane",
"detrain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"board",
"climb (aboard)",
"get in",
"mount",
"enplane",
"emplane",
"entrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"embark"
]
},
"to make sad":{
"examples":[
"it's really getting him down that there does not seem to be one woman who will date him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum (out)",
"burden",
"dash",
"deject",
"depress",
"oppress",
"sadden",
"weigh down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ail",
"distress",
"trouble",
"afflict",
"torment",
"torture",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"unnerve",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"disturb",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"assure",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"excite",
"inspire",
"stimulate",
"elate",
"exhilarate",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"boost",
"elevate",
"lift",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[
"brighten",
"buoy",
"cheer (up)",
"gladden",
"lighten",
"rejoice"
]
},
"to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat":{
"examples":[
"with her sore throat, liquids are the only thing she can get down"
],
"synonyms":[
"down",
"ingest",
"swallow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drink",
"guzzle",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"sip",
"bolt",
"devour",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gulp",
"ingurgitate",
"consume",
"eat",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"sup",
"gorge",
"scarf",
"scoff",
"wolf",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"lap",
"lick",
"munch",
"nibble (on)",
"peck (at)",
"ruminate",
"dispatch",
"finish",
"polish off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"generate":{
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
"examples":[
"his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beget",
"breed",
"bring",
"bring about",
"bring on",
"catalyze",
"cause",
"create",
"do",
"draw on",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"engender",
"induce",
"invoke",
"make",
"occasion",
"produce",
"prompt",
"result (in)",
"spawn",
"translate (into)",
"work",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduce (to)",
"contribute (to)",
"decide",
"determine",
"begin",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"institute",
"introduce",
"launch",
"pioneer",
"set",
"set up",
"start",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"develop",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"enact",
"render",
"turn out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impede",
"limit",
"restrict",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"dampen",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"smother",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"arrest",
"check",
"control",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"retard",
"can",
"kill",
"snuff (out)",
"still",
"abolish",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"extinguish",
"liquidate",
"quench"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets to":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"Sorry I've been cranky, but the humidity's been really getting to me."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"I'll get to the laundry when I finish unpacking."
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"embarks (on or upon)",
"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"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"I think your criticisms really got to him."
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"influences",
"moves",
"reaches",
"strikes",
"sways",
"tells (on)",
"touches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries away",
"dazzles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"ravishes",
"transports",
"biases",
"biasses",
"colors",
"inspires",
"stirs",
"engages",
"interests",
"involves",
"penetrates",
"pierces",
"afflicts",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"flusters",
"harasses",
"harries",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"smites",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"wrings",
"allures",
"attracts",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies",
"underwhelms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gets at":{
"as in greases the hand of , oils the hand of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"greases the hand of",
"greases the palm of",
"oils the hand of",
"oils the palm of",
"bribes",
"buys",
"corrupts",
"has",
"pays off",
"squares"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genitors":{
"as in mothers , moms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daddies",
"dads",
"fathers",
"mamas",
"mammas",
"mommas",
"mammies",
"mas",
"maters",
"mommies",
"moms",
"mothers",
"papas",
"poppas",
"parents",
"pas",
"paters",
"pops",
"stepfathers",
"stepmothers",
"stepparents",
"custodians",
"guardians",
"ancestors",
"antecedents",
"forebearers",
"forebears",
"forbears",
"forefathers",
"grandfathers",
"grandmothers",
"primogenitors",
"progenitors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gestures":{
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
"examples":[
"a teenager who often shrugs her shoulders in a gesture of indifference"
],
"synonyms":[
"gesticulations",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"signals",
"signs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beckons",
"becks",
"flourishes",
"shrugs",
"waves",
"body languages",
"postures",
"indications",
"motions",
"sign languages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
"examples":[
"sent a handwritten thank-you note as a gesture of his gratitude"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenities",
"attentions",
"civilities",
"courtesies",
"formalities",
"pleasantries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honors",
"ceremonies",
"observances",
"rites",
"rituals",
"decorums",
"etiquettes",
"forms",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"addresses",
"devoirs",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"favors",
"graces",
"protocols",
"rules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"examples":[
"the police officer gestured me to the side of the road to tell me my headlight was out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckons",
"flags",
"motions",
"signals",
"waves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nods",
"gesticulates",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"signs",
"signalizes",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"informs",
"relates",
"tells",
"flourishes",
"shrugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"getups":{
"clothing chosen as appropriate for a specific situation":{
"examples":[
"went to the prom in some elaborately beaded getup"
],
"synonyms":[
"costumes",
"drags",
"dresses",
"garbs",
"guises",
"outfits",
"togs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apparels",
"attires",
"clothes",
"duds",
"habiliments",
"raiments",
"fashions",
"modes",
"styles",
"arrays",
"caparisons",
"vestments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"the wine book's getup is pretty standard, with wines being arranged according to country of origin"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"compositions",
"configurations",
"constellations",
"designs",
"formats",
"forms",
"layouts",
"makeups",
"ordonnances",
"patterns"
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"themes"
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"noun"
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"news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media"
],
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"break",
"circulate",
"come out",
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"get around",
"get round",
"leak (out)",
"out",
"spread"
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"transpire",
"unfold",
"disclose",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell"
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"hush (up)",
"suppress",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"hide",
"mask",
"secrete"
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"examples":[
"tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance"
],
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"abscond",
"break out (of)",
"clear out",
"escape",
"flee",
"fly",
"lam",
"run away",
"run off"
],
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"avoid",
"elude",
"evade",
"lose",
"shun",
"decamp",
"depart",
"elope",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"move",
"pull out",
"quit",
"sally (forth)",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"bring off",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"manumit",
"redeem",
"release",
"rescue",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
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"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry",
"come back",
"return"
],
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"examples":[
"a romance novelist who got a new book out every year"
],
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"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"put out"
],
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"copublish",
"reissue",
"reprint",
"republish",
"serialize",
"contribute",
"edit",
"syndicate",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"distribute",
"market"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"suppress"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gesticulatory":{
"as in gesticulative , gesticulant":{
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"gestic",
"gesticulant",
"gesticulative",
"gestural",
"mobile",
"motile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"moving",
"demonstrative",
"expressive",
"active",
"alive",
"animated",
"bright",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"effervescent",
"energetic",
"expansive",
"exuberant",
"lively",
"vivacious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frozen",
"motionless",
"static",
"stationary",
"still",
"wooden",
"blank",
"catatonic",
"deadpan",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"stolid",
"vacant",
"immobile",
"immotile",
"irremovable",
"nonmotile",
"nonmoving",
"unbudging",
"unmovable",
"unresponsive"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"geek":{
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
"examples":[
"was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek"
],
"synonyms":[
"bookworm",
"dink",
"dork",
"grind",
"nerd",
"swot",
"weenie",
"wonk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-dome",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"brain",
"genius",
"academic",
"bookman",
"scholar",
"gearhead",
"techie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"goof-off",
"slacker",
"underachiever",
"lowbrow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
"examples":[
"a jock-dominated campus on which geeks were either ridiculed or ignored"
],
"synonyms":[
"double-dome",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"longhair",
"nerd"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"bluestocking",
"Brahmin",
"mandarin",
"sage",
"intellectualizer",
"pseud",
"brain",
"genius",
"intellect",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockhead",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"half-wit",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"nitwit",
"pinhead",
"simpleton"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"philistine"
]
},
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a friend who is an audio-video geek set up my home theater for me"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"fiend",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pro",
"professional",
"consultant",
"hired gun",
"specialist",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"craftsman",
"journeyman",
"all-rounder",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance man",
"mistress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentice",
"beginner",
"neophyte",
"novice",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"layman",
"nonprofessional"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generalized":{
"as in general , universal":{
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"near synonyms":[
"general",
"generic",
"nonexclusive",
"universal",
"nonspecific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concrete",
"distinct",
"especial",
"express",
"peculiar",
"precise",
"set",
"special",
"specific",
"lone",
"only",
"separate",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"distinctive",
"exclusive",
"individual",
"unique"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"generals":{
"as in directors , executives":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"employers",
"executives",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups",
"bosses",
"boss men",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"forewomen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"honchos",
"jefes",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"mistresses",
"taskmasters",
"taskmistresses",
"leadmen",
"managers",
"overseers",
"principals",
"skippers",
"standard-bearers",
"stewards",
"straw bosses",
"superintendents",
"superiors",
"supervisors",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"figureheads",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gets on (to)":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"by the time the CIA got on to the terrorist plot, it was already in progress"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertains",
"catches on (to)",
"discovers",
"finds out",
"hears",
"learns",
"realizes",
"sees",
"wises (up)"
],
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"hits (on or upon)",
"tumbles (to)",
"descries",
"detects",
"encounters",
"espies",
"spots",
"calculates",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"finds",
"puzzles (out)",
"discerns",
"minds",
"notes",
"observes",
"perceives",
"divines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"overlooks",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"forgets",
"unlearns",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"occults",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelid":{
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"examples":[
"the Titanic passengers could not long survive the gelid waters of the North Atlantic"
],
"synonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
]
},
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
"examples":[
"the judge listened with the gelid detachment of someone who had heard it all before"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"arctic",
"brittle",
"chill",
"chilly",
"clammy",
"cold",
"cold-blooded",
"cold-eyed",
"coldish",
"cool",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"hard-eyed",
"icy",
"uncordial",
"unfriendly",
"unsympathetic",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodless",
"coldhearted",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"kindless",
"pitiless",
"uncaring",
"unfeeling",
"reserved",
"soulless",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional",
"unresponsive",
"apathetic",
"indifferent",
"unenthusiastic",
"uninterested",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"impersonal",
"offish",
"standoffish",
"antisocial",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"demonstrative",
"emotional",
"expressive",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"passionate"
],
"antonyms":[
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"happy",
"hearty",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warm-blooded",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"getting on one's nerves":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"gemming":{
"as in diamonding , jeweling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diamonding",
"impearling",
"jeweling",
"jewelling",
"pearling",
"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",
"redecorating",
"redoing",
"adorning",
"arraying",
"beautifying",
"bedecking",
"bedizening",
"blazoning",
"caparisoning",
"decking",
"decorating",
"doing",
"doing up",
"dolling up",
"draping",
"dressing",
"embellishing",
"emblazing",
"embossing",
"enriching",
"fancifying",
"fancying up",
"festooning",
"garnishing",
"glitzing (up)",
"gracing",
"gussying up",
"ornamenting",
"prettying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplifying",
"streamlining",
"baring",
"denuding",
"dismantling",
"displaying",
"divesting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"stripping",
"uncovering",
"uglifying",
"blemishing",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"marring",
"scarring",
"spoiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"generalization":{
"an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation":{
"examples":[
"the generalization that children who like violent entertainment grow up to be violent criminals"
],
"synonyms":[
"concept",
"conception",
"generality",
"notion",
"stereotype"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bromide",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"platitude",
"truism",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"theory",
"oversimplification",
"simplification",
"simplism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generosity":{
"the quality or state of being generous":{
"examples":[
"a sidewalk beggar who benefited from the generosity of kindhearted passersby"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigheartedness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"munificence",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beneficence",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"selflessness",
"kindness",
"gift",
"gratuity",
"lagniappe",
"tribute",
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"wastefulness",
"spendthrift",
"dissipating",
"squandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"conservation",
"saving",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"scraping",
"cutting back"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheapness",
"closeness",
"meanness",
"miserliness",
"parsimony",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"selfishness",
"stinginess",
"tightness",
"ungenerosity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get with it":{
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"It's time to get with it and find yourself a better job."
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"buckle",
"devote",
"give"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reapply",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gels":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin"
],
"synonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gelates",
"gelatinizes",
"jellies",
"jells",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cakes",
"concretes",
"firms (up)",
"fixes",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"solidifies",
"stiffens",
"condenses",
"thickens",
"clumps",
"curdles",
"curds",
"gums",
"lumps (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"melts",
"thaws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting somewhere":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"After an hour of clearing the snow, it seemed like we were finally getting somewhere ."
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gelded":{
"as in emasculated , castrated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"castrated",
"emasculated",
"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 emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality"
],
"synonyms":[
"castrated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"lobotomized",
"petrified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"wore",
"wore out",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"roused",
"stirred",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fired",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gets going":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"She'd procrastinated long enough and it was time to get going ."
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"embarks (on or upon)",
"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":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gets a move on":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"She told her partner to get a move on or they would be late."
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gentlemanlike":{
"as in civilized , gentlemanly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chivalrous",
"civilized",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"attentive",
"careful",
"considerate",
"nice",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"red-carpet",
"civil",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"well-bred",
"couth",
"formal",
"smooth",
"suave",
"unctuous",
"urbane",
"elegant",
"refined",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"comme il faut",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"casual",
"informal",
"unceremonious",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"uncalled-for",
"unrespectable",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"conceited",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gets off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"told him to get off for home before it got dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"bails",
"bails out",
"books",
"buggers off",
"bugs off",
"bugs out",
"buzzes (off)",
"clears off",
"clears out",
"cuts out",
"departs",
"digs out",
"exits",
"gets",
"goes",
"goes off",
"moves",
"packs (up or off)",
"parts",
"peels off",
"pikes (out or off)",
"pulls out",
"pushes off",
"pushes on",
"quits",
"runs along",
"sallies (forth)",
"scarpers",
"shoves (off)",
"steps (along)",
"takes off",
"vamooses",
"walks out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets out",
"starts",
"strikes out",
"absconds",
"decamps",
"escapes",
"evacuates",
"flees",
"flies",
"gets out",
"mizzles",
"runs away",
"scats",
"scrams",
"skips",
"goes out",
"lights out",
"steps out",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"vacates",
"emigrates",
"adjourns",
"removes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lodges",
"remains",
"settles",
"stays",
"tarries",
"approaches",
"closes",
"nears",
"hits",
"lands",
"reaches"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrives",
"comes",
"shows up",
"turns up"
]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"embarks (on or upon)",
"enters (into or upon)",
"falls (to)",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting in touch with":{
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"getting",
"reaching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"getting through (to)",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing",
"cluing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"gearheads":{
"as in geeks , techies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"geeks",
"techies",
"technocrats",
"technophiles",
"crackers",
"cyberpunks",
"hackers",
"computerists",
"phishers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"computerphobes",
"technophobes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get together":{
"a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{
"examples":[
"promised to meet friends for lunch after that morning's get-together for sales reps"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembly",
"congress",
"convention",
"convocation",
"council",
"gathering",
"huddle",
"meeting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clinic",
"workshop",
"cabinet",
"caucus",
"conclave",
"synod",
"demonstration",
"rally",
"confab",
"conversation",
"dialogue",
"dialog",
"discourse",
"discussion",
"palaver",
"talk",
"negotiation",
"parley",
"summit",
"conference",
"forum",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium",
"audience",
"interview",
"session"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a social gathering":{
"examples":[
"was invited to a neighborhood get-together in the neighbors' backyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia",
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"We all have busy schedules, but we try to get together at least once a month."
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"cluster",
"collect",
"concenter",
"concentrate",
"conglomerate",
"congregate",
"convene",
"converge",
"forgather",
"foregather",
"gather",
"meet",
"rendezvous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"caucus",
"club",
"collaborate",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"consolidate",
"consort",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"federate",
"gang up",
"join",
"merge",
"unite",
"reassemble",
"reconvene",
"regather",
"remeet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"leave",
"take off",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"They got together enough signatures for the petition."
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng",
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"pool",
"unite",
"archive",
"arrange",
"collate",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"scrape (up or together)",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"phrase"
]
},
"gets a charge out of":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"It's clear that people get a kick out of silly cat videos."
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"gets off (on)",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"rejoices (in)",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"devours",
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"feasts (on)",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"cottons (to)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"indulges (in)",
"luxuriates (in)",
"wallows (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"despises",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"genuflecting":{
"as in obsequious , fawning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fawning",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"kowtowing",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"subservient",
"sycophantic",
"toadying",
"reverent",
"reverential",
"venerating",
"worshipful",
"civil",
"courteous",
"gracious",
"polite",
"deferent",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"kid-glove",
"kid-gloved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disrespectful",
"undutiful",
"abusive",
"insulting",
"offensive",
"belittling",
"demeaning",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disparaging",
"contemptuous",
"impudent",
"irreverent",
"scornful",
"discourteous",
"insolent",
"rude",
"uncivil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"getting through (to)":{
"as in telling , getting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquainting",
"advising",
"apprising",
"briefing",
"clueing",
"cluing",
"enlightening",
"familiarizing",
"filling in",
"informing",
"instructing",
"notifying",
"telling",
"wising (up)",
"addressing",
"communicating (with)",
"contacting",
"getting",
"reaching",
"buzzing",
"calling",
"phoning",
"ringing (up)",
"telephoning",
"keeping up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"get off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"told him to get off for home before it got dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"embark (on or upon)",
"enter (into or upon)",
"fall (to)",
"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"
]
},
"gets on one's nerves":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"gets (to)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"Sorry I've been cranky, but the humidity's been really getting to me."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"I'll get to the laundry when I finish unpacking."
],
"synonyms":[
"begins",
"commences",
"embarks (on or upon)",
"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"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"I think your criticisms really got to him."
],
"synonyms":[
"affects",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"influences",
"moves",
"reaches",
"strikes",
"sways",
"tells (on)",
"touches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries away",
"dazzles",
"enraptures",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"entrances",
"ravishes",
"transports",
"biases",
"biasses",
"colors",
"inspires",
"stirs",
"engages",
"interests",
"involves",
"penetrates",
"pierces",
"afflicts",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"flusters",
"harasses",
"harries",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"smites",
"strains",
"stresses",
"tries",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"wrings",
"allures",
"attracts",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"enchants",
"fascinates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"palls",
"tires",
"wearies",
"underwhelms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"geared":{
"as in matched , modeled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customized",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"suited",
"tailored",
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets off (on)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"he really gets off on being the person in charge of everyone else"
],
"synonyms":[
"adores",
"delights (in)",
"digs",
"enjoys",
"fancies",
"grooves (on)",
"likes",
"loves",
"rejoices (in)",
"relishes",
"revels (in)",
"savors",
"savours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admires",
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"devours",
"drinks (in)",
"eats (up)",
"feasts (on)",
"dotes (on)",
"idolizes",
"cottons (to)",
"favors",
"prefers",
"indulges (in)",
"luxuriates (in)",
"wallows (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"dislikes",
"hates",
"loathes",
"condemns",
"despises",
"scorns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"get-togethers":{
"a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{
"examples":[
"promised to meet friends for lunch after that morning's get-together for sales reps"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"congresses",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"councils",
"gatherings",
"huddles",
"meetings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clinics",
"workshops",
"cabinets",
"caucuses",
"conclaves",
"synods",
"demonstrations",
"rallies",
"confabs",
"conversations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discourses",
"discussions",
"palavers",
"talks",
"negotiations",
"parleys",
"summits",
"conferences",
"forums",
"fora",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"audiences",
"interviews",
"sessions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a social gathering":{
"examples":[
"was invited to a neighborhood get-together in the neighbors' backyard"
],
"synonyms":[
"affairs",
"bashes",
"binges",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefits",
"fund-raisers",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bacchanalia",
"bacchanals",
"orgies",
"saturnalias",
"bakes",
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generalships":{
"as in leaderships , administrations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"administrations",
"controls",
"directions",
"governances",
"leaderships",
"leads",
"managements",
"observances",
"observations",
"care",
"charges",
"guidance",
"headships",
"oversights",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendences",
"superintendencies",
"supervisions",
"surveillances",
"governments",
"reigns",
"rules",
"aegises",
"egises",
"auspices",
"guardianships",
"protections",
"trusteeships",
"tutelages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gelling":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"the fruit juice should gel after you add the pectin"
],
"synonyms":[
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelating",
"gelatinizing",
"jelling",
"jellying",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caking",
"concreting",
"firming (up)",
"fixing",
"freezing",
"hardening",
"indurating",
"solidifying",
"stiffening",
"condensing",
"thickening",
"clumping",
"curding",
"curdling",
"gumming",
"lumping (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquescing",
"fluxing",
"fusing",
"liquefying",
"liquifying",
"melting",
"thawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genres":{
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"examples":[
"the novel's hero is of a different genre than the traditional kind"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"classes",
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"kinds",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"orders",
"sorts",
"species",
"strains",
"stripes",
"types",
"varieties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"samples",
"specimens",
"brackets",
"bunches",
"categories",
"divisions",
"families",
"grades",
"groupings",
"groups",
"lots",
"persuasions",
"ranks",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getting a kick out of":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"adoring",
"delighting (in)",
"digging",
"enjoying",
"fancying",
"getting off (on)",
"grooving (on)",
"liking",
"loving",
"rejoicing (in)",
"relishing",
"reveling (in)",
"revelling (in)",
"savoring",
"savouring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admiring",
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"devouring",
"drinking (in)",
"eating (up)",
"feasting (on)",
"doting (on)",
"idolizing",
"cottoning (to)",
"favoring",
"preferring",
"indulging (in)",
"luxuriating (in)",
"wallowing (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"disliking",
"hating",
"loathing",
"condemning",
"despising",
"scorning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"getting there":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"She reamed of being a famous actress and would stop at nothing to get there ."
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getaway":{
"as in escape , get off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escape",
"get off",
"holiday",
"vacation",
"break",
"recess",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"slack (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
"examples":[
"the bank robbers jumped into the waiting car and made their getaway"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"breakout",
"bunk",
"escape",
"flight",
"lam",
"rout",
"slip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jailbreak",
"deliverance",
"liberation",
"redemption",
"release",
"rescue",
"salvation",
"close call",
"close shave",
"near miss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"custody",
"detention",
"hold",
"holding",
"retention",
"endangerment",
"hazard",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"risk",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"geomancy":{
"as in astrology , pyromancy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"astrology",
"crystal gazing",
"hydromancy",
"oneiromancy",
"pyromancy",
"rhabdomancy",
"augury",
"divination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generally":{
"according to the usual course of things":{
"examples":[
"after lunch we generally go for a walk"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonly",
"natch",
"naturally",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"typically",
"usually"
],
"near synonyms":[
"customarily",
"habitually",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"familiarly",
"conventionally",
"traditionally"
],
"near antonyms":[
"funnily",
"oddly",
"peculiarly",
"queerly",
"strangely",
"weirdly",
"anomalously",
"irregularly",
"radically"
],
"antonyms":[
"abnormally",
"atypically",
"extraordinarily",
"uncommonly",
"untypically",
"unusually"
]
},
"for the most part":{
"examples":[
"generally , I don't care for raw vegetables"
],
"synonyms":[
"altogether",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"near synonyms":[
"about",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"some",
"virtually",
"well-nigh",
"approximately",
"broadly",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"commonly",
"frequently",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"typically",
"usually",
"incompletely",
"partially",
"partly",
"rather",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"unqualifiedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"genii":{
"a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it":{
"examples":[
"He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"afreets",
"afrits",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghosts",
"ghoulies",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"shaitans",
"hags",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"vampires",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"nightmares",
"succubi",
"apparitions",
"banshees",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugbears",
"familiars",
"familiar spirits",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spooks",
"visions",
"wraiths",
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls",
"monsters",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very smart person":{
"examples":[
"the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius"
],
"synonyms":[
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"wizzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"polyhistors",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"savants",
"geeks",
"longhairs",
"nerds",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"aces",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"naturals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"illiterates",
"know-nothings",
"lowbrows",
"anti-intellectuals",
"philistines",
"asses",
"donkeys",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads"
]
},
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers",
"had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"gifts",
"heads",
"knacks",
"talents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affinities",
"biases",
"dispositions",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"ears",
"eyes",
"minds",
"noses",
"feels",
"hangs",
"instincts",
"touches",
"ways",
"capabilities",
"competences",
"facilities",
"proficiencies",
"skills",
"capacities",
"potentials",
"powers",
"fortes",
"specialisms",
"specialities",
"specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disabilities",
"handicaps",
"inabilities",
"incapacities",
"shortcomings",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"a genius for gambling over his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"affinities",
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"biases",
"bones",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favors",
"partisanships",
"prejudices",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"gifts",
"knacks",
"talents",
"addictions",
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"likings",
"preferences",
"tastes",
"fortes",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"routines",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities"
],
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"allergies",
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"detachments",
"impartialities",
"neutralities",
"objectivities",
"apathies",
"indifferences",
"insouciances",
"nonchalances"
],
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},
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people"
],
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"characters",
"clays",
"colors",
"complexions",
"constitutions",
"natures",
"personalities",
"selves",
"tones"
],
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"individualities",
"singularities",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"earmarks",
"essentialities",
"features",
"flavors",
"hallmarks",
"marks",
"points",
"properties",
"savors",
"savours",
"stamps",
"traits",
"dispositions",
"grains",
"sorts",
"temperaments",
"tempers",
"compositions",
"makeups",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"interiorities",
"interiors",
"souls",
"spirits",
"metals",
"stuff",
"substances",
"habits",
"ways"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands"
],
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"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"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"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geneses":{
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"was present at the meeting which was later considered the genesis of the new political movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts",
"thresholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gee-whiz":{
"arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction":{
"examples":[
"most of the movie's budget must have gone for its gee-whiz special effects"
],
"synonyms":[
"catchpenny",
"lurid",
"screaming",
"sensational",
"sensationalist",
"sensationalistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catchy",
"colorful",
"juicy",
"racy",
"suggestive",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"coarse",
"vulgar",
"gory",
"shocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"tame",
"dignified",
"formal",
"proper",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsensational"
]
},
"as in oh , hey":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gee",
"ha",
"hello",
"hey",
"lo",
"oh",
"ah",
"aha",
"come on",
"fie",
"indeed",
"my word",
"no",
"pshaw",
"well",
"what",
"why",
"fiddlesticks",
"phooey",
"pooh",
"there",
"oops",
"whoops",
"woops",
"ugh",
"(the) deuce",
"egad",
"gad",
"gadzooks",
"the devil",
"the dickens",
"zounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"interjection"
]
},
"gets in touch with":{
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"He has been unable to get in touch with his brother for a few days."
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"communicates (with)",
"contacts",
"gets",
"reaches"
],
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"gets through (to)",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"informs",
"instructs",
"notifies",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"keeps up (with)"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gentled":{
"as in tamed , tame":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broken",
"busted",
"domestic",
"domesticated",
"tame",
"tamed",
"controlled",
"docile",
"familiar",
"semidomesticated",
"subdued",
"submissive",
"halterbroken",
"housebroken",
"trained",
"civilized",
"semicivilized",
"socialized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feral",
"savage",
"unbroken",
"undomesticated",
"untamed",
"wild",
"wilding",
"uncontrolled",
"undocile",
"unsubdued",
"untrained",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeased",
"assuaged",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calmed",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"hushed",
"quieted",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"endeared (to)",
"ingratiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"adulated",
"blarneyed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"dulcified",
"sweetened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"antagonized",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"provoked",
"roused",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"ired",
"maddened",
"outraged"
]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet"
],
"synonyms":[
"caressed",
"fondled",
"loved",
"patted",
"petted",
"stroked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billed",
"canoodled",
"cuddled",
"necked",
"nestled",
"nosed",
"nuzzled",
"snuggled",
"spooned",
"felt up",
"pawed",
"cradled",
"embraced",
"enfolded",
"hugged",
"bounced",
"dandled",
"kneaded",
"massaged",
"babied",
"coddled",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"examples":[
"adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffered",
"cushioned",
"softened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"obtunded",
"moderated",
"modulated",
"tempered",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"lightened",
"mitigated",
"relieved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heightened",
"intensified",
"sharpened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"gewgaws":{
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"had a shelf devoted just to gewgaws featuring his favorite team's mascot"
],
"synonyms":[
"baubles",
"bibelots",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"doodads",
"gauds",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"virtus",
"vertus",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"conversation pieces",
"collectibles",
"collectables",
"collector's items"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gets through (to)":{
"as in tells , gets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"informs",
"instructs",
"notifies",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"addresses",
"communicates (with)",
"contacts",
"gets",
"reaches",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"keeps up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gentles":{
"a man or woman of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"the archbishop treated both the gentles and the commoners with respect and kindness"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocrats",
"blue bloods",
"gentlepeople",
"nobles",
"patricians"
],
"near synonyms":[
"socialites",
"swells",
"magnates",
"magnificoes",
"magnificos",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"gentlefolks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canailles",
"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"roturiers",
"boors",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the anger or agitation of":{
"examples":[
"employees soon learned that their hot-tempered boss needed to be gentled several times a day"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeases",
"assuages",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calms",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"hushes",
"quiets",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"endears (to)",
"ingratiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"adulates",
"blarneys",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"soft-soaps",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"dulcifies",
"sweetens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"antagonizes",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"harasses",
"harries",
"persecutes",
"pesters",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"outrages"
]
},
"to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{
"examples":[
"soothingly gentled his cat's head as she was being treated by the vet"
],
"synonyms":[
"caresses",
"fondles",
"loves",
"pats",
"pets",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bills",
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"necks",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"feels up",
"paws",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"examples":[
"adding a bit of sugar to the salsa will gentle the hot spiciness of the chili peppers"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffers",
"cushions",
"softens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"dampens",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"obtunds",
"moderates",
"modulates",
"tempers",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"eases",
"lightens",
"mitigates",
"relieves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"sharpens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gelcap":{
"as in drop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drop",
"dosage",
"dose",
"bolus",
"pilule",
"potion",
"preparation",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug",
"cure",
"drug",
"medication",
"medicinal",
"pharmaceutical",
"physic",
"remedy",
"specific",
"cap",
"capsule",
"lozenge",
"pill",
"tablet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genetic":{
"genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring":{
"examples":[
"hemophilia and other genetic medical disorders"
],
"synonyms":[
"hereditary",
"heritable",
"inborn",
"inheritable",
"inherited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"congenital",
"inbred",
"inherent",
"innate",
"native",
"natural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquired"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonhereditary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gets around (to)":{
"as in gets down (to) , gets round (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gets down (to)",
"gets round (to)",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"pioneers",
"sets up",
"spawns",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"takes up",
"creates",
"generates",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"invents",
"originates",
"begins",
"commences",
"embarks (on or upon)",
"enters (into or upon)",
"falls (to)",
"gets off",
"kicks off",
"launches",
"leads off",
"opens",
"starts",
"strikes (into)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"terminates",
"ceases",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"quits",
"stops",
"closes",
"completes",
"abandons",
"forsakes",
"leaves",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"phases out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets ahead":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a recent college graduate trying to get ahead in the working world"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrives",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gerrymandered":{
"to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage":{
"examples":[
"gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"finessed",
"framed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"negotiated",
"wangled",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets hold of":{
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"He had no problem getting hold of his lawyer late at night."
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"communicates (with)",
"contacts",
"gets",
"reaches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gets through (to)",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"clues",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"informs",
"instructs",
"notifies",
"tells",
"wises (up)",
"buzzes",
"calls",
"phones",
"rings (up)",
"telephones",
"keeps up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get about":{
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"it got about that the company was having financial difficulties"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"circulate",
"come out",
"get around",
"get out",
"get round",
"leak (out)",
"out",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develop",
"transpire",
"unfold",
"disclose",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hush (up)",
"suppress",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"hide",
"mask",
"secrete"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gendarmery":{
"as in militia , military":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"GIs",
"GI's",
"men-at-arms",
"rank and file",
"servicemen",
"servicewomen",
"soldiers",
"soldiery",
"armed forces",
"color",
"military",
"service",
"troops",
"militia",
"reserves",
"armor",
"defense",
"force"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians",
"noncombatants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geriatric":{
"being of advanced years and especially past middle age":{
"examples":[
"went into nursing to work with geriatric patients"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"elderly",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"over-the-hill",
"senescent",
"senior",
"unyoung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"centenarian",
"nonagenarian",
"octogenarian",
"septuagenarian",
"sexagenarian",
"oldish",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"middle-aged",
"pensioned",
"retired",
"superannuated",
"matriarchal",
"patriarchal",
"venerable",
"anile",
"decrepit",
"doddering",
"senile",
"spavined",
"tottery",
"overage",
"overaged"
],
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"ageless",
"youngish",
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"preteen",
"puerile",
"minor",
"underage",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"babyish",
"childish",
"childlike",
"infantile",
"infantine",
"kiddish"
],
"antonyms":[
"young",
"youthful"
]
},
"a person of advanced years":{
"examples":[
"most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancient",
"elder",
"golden-ager",
"old-timer",
"oldster",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaffer",
"graybeard",
"patriarch",
"whitebeard",
"beldam",
"beldame",
"dowager",
"grandam",
"grandame",
"adult",
"grown-up",
"dotard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adolescent",
"minor",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy"
],
"antonyms":[
"youngster",
"youth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"gets together":{
"to come together into one body or place":{
"examples":[
"We all have busy schedules, but we try to get together at least once a month."
],
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"assembles",
"clusters",
"collects",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"conglomerates",
"congregates",
"convenes",
"converges",
"forgathers",
"foregathers",
"gathers",
"meets",
"rendezvouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"bands (together)",
"caucuses",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"consolidates",
"consorts",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"federates",
"gangs up",
"joins",
"merges",
"unites",
"reassembles",
"reconvenes",
"regathers",
"remeets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"leaves",
"takes off",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)"
]
},
"to bring together in one body or place":{
"examples":[
"They got together enough signatures for the petition."
],
"synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"bulks (up)",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"groups",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balls",
"batches",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"archives",
"arranges",
"collates",
"compiles",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"regroups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"germicide":{
"as in pesticide , insecticide":{
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"fungicide",
"herbicide",
"insecticide",
"microbicide",
"pesticide",
"toxicant",
"bane",
"poison",
"toxic",
"toxin",
"venom",
"cancer",
"contagion",
"disease",
"virus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dressing",
"fertilizer",
"plant food",
"compost",
"manure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generators":{
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"the French painter Paul C\u00e9zanne is considered to be one of the principal generators of modern art"
],
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"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocreators",
"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"organizers",
"promoters",
"encouragers",
"galvanizers",
"inspirations",
"inspirers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disciples",
"followers",
"pupils",
"students",
"supporters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getting to":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"Sorry I've been cranky, but the humidity's been really getting to me."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"I'll get to the laundry when I finish unpacking."
],
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"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"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"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"I think your criticisms really got to him."
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"impacting",
"impressing",
"influencing",
"moving",
"reaching",
"striking",
"swaying",
"telling (on)",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying away",
"dazzling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"ravishing",
"transporting",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"coloring",
"inspiring",
"stirring",
"engaging",
"interesting",
"involving",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"afflicting",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"flustering",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"smiting",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"wringing",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying",
"underwhelming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting round":{
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"word got round that a movie star was spending the night at a local motel"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"circulating",
"coming out",
"getting about",
"getting around",
"getting out",
"leaking (out)",
"outing",
"spreading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"developing",
"transpiring",
"unfolding",
"disclosing",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"masking",
"secreting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets (on)":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on"
],
"synonyms":[
"copes",
"does",
"fares",
"gets along",
"gets by",
"makes out",
"manages",
"shifts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries on",
"contrives",
"scrapes (by or through)",
"scrounges",
"lasts",
"survives",
"ekes out",
"scrapes (out)",
"squeezes",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"affords",
"swings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fails",
"falls short",
"fizzles",
"flounders",
"declines",
"peters (out)",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"gives up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"comes along",
"does",
"fares",
"forges",
"gets along",
"goes",
"goes along",
"goes off",
"marches",
"paces",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"fast-forwards",
"speeds",
"approaches",
"nears",
"journeys",
"passes",
"repairs",
"runs",
"travels",
"wends",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"takes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"balks",
"blocks",
"checks",
"detains",
"halts",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"nips",
"obstructs",
"slows (down or up)",
"stems",
"represses",
"retards",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"delays",
"interrupts",
"stalls",
"cramps",
"hampers",
"inhibits",
"ceases",
"lets up",
"pauses",
"regresses",
"waits"
],
"antonyms":[
"remains",
"stands",
"stays",
"stops"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gesticulated":{
"to move your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way":{
"examples":[
"He was gesticulating wildly during his speech."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gestured",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"beckoned",
"flagged",
"gestured",
"motioned",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved",
"nodded",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets by":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by \u2014but just barely"
],
"synonyms":[
"copes",
"does",
"fares",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"makes out",
"manages",
"shifts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries on",
"contrives",
"scrapes (by or through)",
"scrounges",
"lasts",
"survives",
"ekes out",
"scrapes (out)",
"squeezes",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"affords",
"swings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fails",
"falls short",
"fizzles",
"flounders",
"declines",
"peters (out)",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"gives up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting (to)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"Sorry I've been cranky, but the humidity's been really getting to me."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"I'll get to the laundry when I finish unpacking."
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"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"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"I think your criticisms really got to him."
],
"synonyms":[
"affecting",
"impacting",
"impressing",
"influencing",
"moving",
"reaching",
"striking",
"swaying",
"telling (on)",
"touching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying away",
"dazzling",
"enrapturing",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"ravishing",
"transporting",
"biasing",
"biassing",
"coloring",
"inspiring",
"stirring",
"engaging",
"interesting",
"involving",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"afflicting",
"agitating",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"flustering",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"smiting",
"straining",
"stressing",
"troubling",
"trying",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"wringing",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"palling",
"tiring",
"wearying",
"underwhelming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gemstone":{
"a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament":{
"examples":[
"traditionally, the gemstone for someone born in May is an emerald"
],
"synonyms":[
"brilliant",
"gem",
"jewel",
"rock"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bauble",
"bijou",
"trinket",
"birthstone",
"baguette",
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"solitaire",
"teardrop",
"paste",
"rhinestone",
"zircon",
"crown jewels",
"jewelry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genius locis":{
"as in senses , aureoles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airs",
"ambiences",
"ambiances",
"aromas",
"atmospheres",
"auras",
"climates",
"flavors",
"halos",
"haloes",
"karmas",
"moods",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses",
"notes",
"odors",
"patinas",
"patinae",
"smells",
"tempers",
"vibrations",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"images",
"marks",
"notions",
"peculiarities",
"pictures",
"properties",
"traits",
"feelings",
"feels",
"sensations",
"senses",
"spirits",
"colors",
"illusions",
"overtones",
"semblances",
"suggestions",
"tones",
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"mystiques",
"romances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gears":{
"as in matches , models":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customizes",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors",
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gear":{
"items needed for the performance of a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"grabbed his gear , threw on his pads, and headed out to the football field for practice"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"apparatus",
"equipment",
"hardware",
"kit",
"material(s)",
"mat\u00e9riel",
"materiel",
"outfit",
"paraphernalia",
"stuff",
"tackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessories",
"appurtenances",
"attachments",
"fittings",
"baggage",
"belongings",
"impedimenta",
"appliances",
"facilities",
"instruments",
"machinery",
"tools",
"apparel",
"attire",
"habiliments",
"raiment",
"trappings",
"armamentarium",
"armory",
"arsenal",
"battery",
"assets",
"resources"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"transportable items that one owns":{
"examples":[
"you can store your gear in the overhead bin during the flight"
],
"synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"possession",
"stuff",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"treasures",
"valuables",
"appointments",
"fixtures",
"furnishings",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles",
"collateral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immovables",
"real estate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"covering for the human body":{
"examples":[
"the latest in kid gear"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"clobber",
"clothes",
"clothing",
"costumery",
"dress",
"duds",
"garments",
"habiliment(s)",
"habit",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vestments",
"vesture",
"wear",
"wearables",
"weeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garderobe",
"wardrobe",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"tatters",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"nightclothes",
"sleepwear",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in match , model":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customize",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor",
"readapt",
"readjust",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"get off (on)":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"he really gets off on being the person in charge of everyone else"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genuinely":{
"in actual fact":{
"examples":[
"is genuinely fond of her older brother"
],
"synonyms":[
"actually",
"authentically",
"certifiably",
"really",
"truly",
"veritably",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accurately",
"exactly",
"just",
"precisely",
"right",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely",
"almost",
"nearly",
"practically",
"virtually",
"literally",
"positively",
"simply"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparently",
"ostensibly",
"outwardly",
"plausibly",
"seemingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"professedly",
"supposedly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"gentlemanly":{
"as in male , manly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"male",
"manly",
"masculine",
"hoydenish",
"manlike",
"mannish",
"tomboyish",
"unfeminine",
"unladylike",
"unwomanly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"female",
"feminine",
"ladylike",
"womanly",
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"unmasculine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"distaff",
"petticoat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in civilized , courtly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chivalrous",
"civilized",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gentlemanlike",
"ladylike",
"attentive",
"careful",
"considerate",
"nice",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"red-carpet",
"civil",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"well-bred",
"couth",
"formal",
"smooth",
"suave",
"unctuous",
"urbane",
"elegant",
"refined",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"comme il faut",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"casual",
"informal",
"unceremonious",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"uncalled-for",
"unrespectable",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"conceited",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"get ahead":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a recent college graduate trying to get ahead in the working world"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get (to)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"Sorry I've been cranky, but the humidity's been really getting to me."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"I'll get to the laundry when I finish unpacking."
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"embark (on or upon)",
"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"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"I think your criticisms really got to him."
],
"synonyms":[
"affect",
"impact",
"impress",
"influence",
"move",
"reach",
"strike",
"sway",
"tell (on)",
"touch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry away",
"dazzle",
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"ravish",
"transport",
"bias",
"color",
"inspire",
"stir",
"engage",
"interest",
"involve",
"penetrate",
"pierce",
"afflict",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fluster",
"harass",
"harry",
"perturb",
"pester",
"plague",
"smite",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"wring",
"allure",
"attract",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary",
"underwhelm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting wind of":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"When I got wind of the open position, I did not waste one minute before applying."
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"getting on (to)",
"hearing",
"learning",
"realizing",
"seeing",
"wising (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hitting (on or upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"encountering",
"espying",
"seeing",
"spotting",
"calculating",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"finding",
"puzzling (out)",
"discerning",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"divining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"forgetting",
"unlearning",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"occulting",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gerrymanders":{
"to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage":{
"examples":[
"gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"concerts",
"concludes",
"hammers out",
"works out",
"contrives",
"engineers",
"finagles",
"finesses",
"frames",
"machinates",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"masterminds",
"negotiates",
"wangles",
"angles (for)",
"compasses",
"intrigues",
"plots",
"schemes",
"connives",
"brews",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"hatches",
"captains",
"commands",
"conducts",
"directs",
"handles",
"manages",
"quarterbacks",
"runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"told him to get off for home before it got dark"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailing",
"bailing out",
"booking",
"buggering off",
"bugging off",
"bugging out",
"buzzing (off)",
"clearing off",
"clearing out",
"cutting out",
"departing",
"digging out",
"exiting",
"getting",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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",
"emigrating",
"adjourning",
"removing",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"lodging",
"remaining",
"settling",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"approaching",
"closing",
"nearing",
"hitting",
"landing",
"reaching"
],
"antonyms":[
"arriving",
"coming",
"showing up",
"turning up"
]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"breakfast helps you get off to a good start in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"entering (into or upon)",
"falling (to)",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"gearing":{
"as in matching , modeling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"customizing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"suiting",
"tailoring",
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gets one's goat":{
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"His contrarian demeanor really gets my goat ."
],
"synonyms":[
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"ires",
"maddens",
"mads",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"ticks off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronts",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"burns (up)",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"gets",
"huffs",
"irritates",
"miffs",
"nettles",
"offends",
"peeves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"envenoms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"soothes",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"calms",
"lulls",
"quiets",
"settles",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"disarms",
"enchants"
],
"antonyms":[
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"It really gets my goat when people invade my personal space."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
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"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"getting up":{
"to leave one's bed":{
"examples":[
"you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"rising",
"rolling out",
"turning out",
"uprising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"bestirring",
"stirring",
"waking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"dropping off",
"lying up",
"napping",
"nodding",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"bunking",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling",
"couching",
"dossing (down)",
"flopping (down)",
"lying (down)",
"reclining"
],
"antonyms":[
"bedding (down)",
"retiring",
"turning in"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"all got up in her Sunday best"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"suiting",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers":{
"examples":[
"I'm still trying to get up the energy to reply"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjuring (up)",
"gathering",
"summoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"raising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"germanely":{
"as in meaningfully , sensibly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"meaningfully",
"pertinently",
"relevantly",
"sensibly",
"infallibly",
"perfectly",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently",
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"correctly",
"fittingly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably",
"well",
"prudently",
"sagely",
"wisely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiss",
"erroneously",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inaccurately",
"inappropriately",
"inaptly",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly",
"misguidedly",
"fallibly",
"imperfectly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"generates":{
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"examples":[
"his rabble-rousing speech generated a lot of controversy among local taxpayers"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"breeds",
"brings",
"brings about",
"brings on",
"catalyzes",
"causes",
"creates",
"does",
"draws on",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"engenders",
"induces",
"invokes",
"makes",
"occasions",
"produces",
"prompts",
"results (in)",
"spawns",
"translates (into)",
"works",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conduces (to)",
"contributes (to)",
"decides",
"determines",
"begins",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"inaugurates",
"initiates",
"innovates",
"institutes",
"introduces",
"launches",
"pioneers",
"sets",
"sets up",
"starts",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"develops",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"enacts",
"renders",
"turns out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"dampens",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"smothers",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"arrests",
"checks",
"controls",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"retards",
"cans",
"kills",
"snuffs (out)",
"stills",
"abolishes",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"extinguishes",
"liquidates",
"quenches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"general assembly":{
"as in legislative assembly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legislative assembly",
"assembly",
"chamber",
"council",
"diet",
"house",
"legislative",
"legislature",
"congress",
"parliament"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geeks":{
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
"examples":[
"was quickly stereotyped as another computer geek"
],
"synonyms":[
"bookworms",
"dinks",
"dorks",
"grinds",
"nerds",
"swots",
"weenies",
"wonks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-domes",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"academics",
"bookmen",
"scholars",
"gearheads",
"techies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"goof-offs",
"slackers",
"underachievers",
"lowbrows"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
"examples":[
"a jock-dominated campus on which geeks were either ridiculed or ignored"
],
"synonyms":[
"double-domes",
"highbrows",
"intellectualists",
"intellectuals",
"longhairs",
"nerds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"Brahmins",
"mandarins",
"sages",
"intellectualizers",
"pseuds",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"half-wits",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"pinheads",
"simpletons"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-intellectuals",
"lowbrows",
"philistines"
]
},
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a friend who is an audio-video geek set up my home theater for me"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"artists",
"authorities",
"cognoscenti",
"connoisseurs",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dab hands",
"dabs",
"experts",
"fiends",
"gurus",
"hands",
"hotshots",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"meisters",
"past masters",
"proficients",
"scholars",
"sharks",
"sharps",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"professionals",
"pros",
"consultants",
"hired guns",
"specialists",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"craftsmen",
"journeymen",
"all-rounders",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance men",
"mistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentices",
"beginners",
"neophytes",
"novices",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"laymen",
"nonprofessionals"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateurs",
"inexperts",
"nonexperts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genera":{
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
"examples":[
"the crime novel, written from the criminal's perspective, is sometimes seen as a particular species of the detective story genus"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"sorts",
"branches",
"sections",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"breeds",
"races",
"generations",
"headings",
"labels",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"general assemblies":{
"as in legislative assemblies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"legislative assemblies",
"assemblies",
"chambers",
"councils",
"diets",
"houses",
"legislatives",
"legislatures",
"congresses",
"parliaments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gets even (for)":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"He took measures to get even for the theft of his school lunch."
],
"synonyms":[
"avenges",
"redresses",
"requites",
"retaliates",
"revenges",
"venges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigates",
"fixes",
"gets",
"penalizes",
"punishes",
"scourges",
"chastens",
"chastises",
"corrects",
"disciplines",
"rights",
"compensates",
"pays (back)",
"recompenses",
"repays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolves",
"condones",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"remits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"geniuses":{
"a very smart person":{
"examples":[
"the 16-year-old college graduate was considered to be a genius"
],
"synonyms":[
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"wizzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"polyhistors",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"savants",
"geeks",
"longhairs",
"nerds",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"aces",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"naturals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"illiterates",
"know-nothings",
"lowbrows",
"anti-intellectuals",
"philistines",
"asses",
"donkeys",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads"
]
},
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
"examples":[
"had a genius for remembering long strings of numbers",
"had a genius for saying the wrong thing, no matter what the social situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"gifts",
"heads",
"knacks",
"talents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affinities",
"biases",
"dispositions",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"ears",
"eyes",
"minds",
"noses",
"feels",
"hangs",
"instincts",
"touches",
"ways",
"capabilities",
"competences",
"facilities",
"proficiencies",
"skills",
"capacities",
"potentials",
"powers",
"fortes",
"specialisms",
"specialities",
"specialties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disabilities",
"handicaps",
"inabilities",
"incapacities",
"shortcomings",
"weaknesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
"examples":[
"a genius for gambling over his head"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"affinities",
"aptitudes",
"bents",
"biases",
"bones",
"devices",
"dispositions",
"habitudes",
"impulses",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favors",
"partisanships",
"prejudices",
"endowments",
"faculties",
"flairs",
"gifts",
"knacks",
"talents",
"addictions",
"appetites",
"fancies",
"likes",
"likings",
"preferences",
"tastes",
"fortes",
"specialities",
"specialties",
"conventions",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"routines",
"tricks",
"ways",
"wonts",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"kinks",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quirks",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allergies",
"aversions",
"disfavors",
"disinclinations",
"dislikes",
"disrelishes",
"distastes",
"detachments",
"impartialities",
"neutralities",
"objectivities",
"apathies",
"indifferences",
"insouciances",
"nonchalances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"putting the needs of the individual before those of society is alien to the genius of the Japanese people"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"clays",
"colors",
"complexions",
"constitutions",
"natures",
"personalities",
"selves",
"tones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"individualities",
"singularities",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"earmarks",
"essentialities",
"features",
"flavors",
"hallmarks",
"marks",
"points",
"properties",
"savors",
"savours",
"stamps",
"traits",
"dispositions",
"grains",
"sorts",
"temperaments",
"tempers",
"compositions",
"makeups",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"interiorities",
"interiors",
"souls",
"spirits",
"metals",
"stuff",
"substances",
"habits",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"the giant tortoise would seem to be the very genius of the unfathomable ancientness that one associates with the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"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"
]
},
"get to":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"Sorry I've been cranky, but the humidity's been really getting to me."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"I'll get to the laundry when I finish unpacking."
],
"synonyms":[
"begin",
"commence",
"embark (on or upon)",
"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"
]
},
"to act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response":{
"examples":[
"I think your criticisms really got to him."
],
"synonyms":[
"affect",
"impact",
"impress",
"influence",
"move",
"reach",
"strike",
"sway",
"tell (on)",
"touch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry away",
"dazzle",
"enrapture",
"entrance",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"ravish",
"transport",
"bias",
"color",
"inspire",
"stir",
"engage",
"interest",
"involve",
"penetrate",
"pierce",
"afflict",
"agitate",
"bother",
"concern",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fluster",
"harass",
"harry",
"perturb",
"pester",
"plague",
"smite",
"strain",
"stress",
"trouble",
"try",
"upset",
"worry",
"wring",
"allure",
"attract",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"pall",
"tire",
"weary",
"underwhelm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gets on":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on"
],
"synonyms":[
"copes",
"does",
"fares",
"gets along",
"gets by",
"makes out",
"manages",
"shifts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries on",
"contrives",
"scrapes (by or through)",
"scrounges",
"lasts",
"survives",
"ekes out",
"scrapes (out)",
"squeezes",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"affords",
"swings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fails",
"falls short",
"fizzles",
"flounders",
"declines",
"peters (out)",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"gives up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"comes",
"comes along",
"does",
"fares",
"forges",
"gets along",
"goes",
"goes along",
"goes off",
"marches",
"paces",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerates",
"fast-forwards",
"speeds",
"approaches",
"nears",
"journeys",
"passes",
"repairs",
"runs",
"travels",
"wends",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"pushes",
"takes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"balks",
"blocks",
"checks",
"detains",
"halts",
"hinders",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"nips",
"obstructs",
"slows (down or up)",
"stems",
"represses",
"retards",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"delays",
"interrupts",
"stalls",
"cramps",
"hampers",
"inhibits",
"ceases",
"lets up",
"pauses",
"regresses",
"waits"
],
"antonyms":[
"remains",
"stands",
"stays",
"stops"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genitor":{
"as in mother , mom":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dad",
"daddy",
"father",
"ma",
"mama",
"mamma",
"momma",
"mammy",
"mater",
"mom",
"mommy",
"mother",
"pa",
"papa",
"poppa",
"parent",
"pater",
"pop",
"stepfather",
"stepmother",
"stepparent",
"custodian",
"guardian",
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"grandmother",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get along":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"most college students can get along with just a few hours of sleep at night"
],
"synonyms":[
"cope",
"do",
"fare",
"get by",
"get on",
"make out",
"manage",
"shift"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry on",
"contrive",
"scrape (by or through)",
"scrounge",
"last",
"survive",
"eke out",
"scrape (out)",
"squeeze",
"wrest",
"wring",
"afford",
"swing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fail",
"fall short",
"fizzle",
"flounder",
"decline",
"peter (out)",
"slump",
"wane",
"give up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move forward along a course":{
"examples":[
"the preparations for the party are getting along just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"come",
"come along",
"do",
"fare",
"forge",
"get on",
"go",
"go along",
"go off",
"march",
"pace",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"fast-forward",
"speed",
"approach",
"near",
"journey",
"pass",
"repair",
"run",
"travel",
"wend",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"take out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"balk",
"block",
"check",
"detain",
"halt",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"nip",
"obstruct",
"slow (down or up)",
"stem",
"repress",
"retard",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"delay",
"interrupt",
"stall",
"cramp",
"hamper",
"inhibit",
"cease",
"let up",
"pause",
"regress",
"wait"
],
"antonyms":[
"remain",
"stand",
"stay",
"stop"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting it on":{
"sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis":{
"examples":[
"caught in the act of getting it on"
],
"synonyms":[
"coition",
"coitus",
"commerce",
"congress",
"copulating",
"copulation",
"coupling",
"intercourse",
"lovemaking",
"mating",
"relations",
"sex",
"sex act",
"sexual intercourse",
"sexual relations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fornication",
"safe sex",
"carnality",
"sexuality",
"breeding",
"insemination",
"dalliance",
"hanky-panky",
"whoopee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"geniture":{
"the act or instance of being born":{
"examples":[
"in astrology, the influence of a planet on a geniture depends on the planet's position within the zodiac"
],
"synonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creation",
"genesis",
"nascency",
"origination",
"rise",
"accouchement",
"bearing",
"childbearing",
"labor",
"parturition",
"begetting",
"breeding",
"fathering",
"generation",
"mothering",
"parenting",
"reproduction",
"siring",
"spawning",
"fatherhood",
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"parenthood",
"paternity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abortion",
"miscarriage",
"stillbirth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"general practitioner":{
"as in generalist , jack-of-all-trades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounder",
"generalist",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"hobbyist",
"layman",
"nonexpert",
"nonprofessional",
"potterer",
"putterer",
"tinkerer",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in family physician , family doctor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"family doctor",
"family physician",
"family practitioner",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones",
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"neurologist",
"ob-gyn",
"obstetrician",
"ophthalmologist",
"orthopedist",
"pathologist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"podiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"attending",
"clinician",
"hospitalist",
"specialist",
"plastic surgeon",
"surgeon",
"intern",
"interne",
"resident",
"aidman",
"nurse",
"nurse-practitioner",
"EMT",
"paramedic",
"paramedical",
"physical therapist",
"physiotherapist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctor",
"nonphysician"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"get one's act together":{
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"buckle",
"devote",
"give"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdress",
"reapply",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"gentiles":{
"a person who does not worship the God of the Bible":{
"examples":[
"a strict sect that believes that fellowship with gentiles should exist only for the purposes of conversion"
],
"synonyms":[
"heathens",
"heathen",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"pagans"
],
"near synonyms":[
"atheists",
"giaours",
"infidels",
"misbelievers",
"miscreants",
"nonbelievers",
"unbelievers",
"neo-pagans",
"polytheists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get back":{
"to get again in one's possession":{
"examples":[
"the distraught owner cried that she would do anything to get back her lost dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"re-collect",
"reacquire",
"recapture",
"reclaim",
"recoup",
"recover",
"regain",
"repossess",
"retake",
"retrieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recruit",
"replenish",
"redeem",
"repurchase",
"rescue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"get across":{
"to make plain or understandable":{
"examples":[
"what I'm trying to get across is that there simply is no money for the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down",
"disentangle",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"resolve",
"solve",
"define",
"specify",
"annotate",
"commentate",
"gloss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befog",
"cloud",
"confound",
"confuse",
"obfuscate"
],
"antonyms":[
"obscure"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gents":{
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"ladies and gents"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"blokes",
"bucks",
"cats",
"chappies",
"chaps",
"dudes",
"fellas",
"fellers",
"fellows",
"galoots",
"gentlemen",
"guys",
"hombres",
"jacks",
"joes",
"jokers",
"lads",
"males",
"men"
],
"near synonyms":[
"masters",
"misters",
"sirs",
"buddies",
"busters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get after":{
"to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault":{
"examples":[
"My professor got after me about my overdue assignments."
],
"synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"tick off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berate",
"castigate",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"harangue",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rail (at or against)",
"rate",
"scold",
"score",
"upbraid",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"knock",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"mock",
"put down",
"deride",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"OK",
"okay",
"sanction",
"applaud",
"extol",
"extoll",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gets a load of":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"Get a load of my new house!",
"You have to get a load of his outfit today\u2014it is quite the fashion statement."
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spies",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"attends (to)",
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get in touch with":{
"to transmit information or requests to":{
"examples":[
"He has been unable to get in touch with his brother for a few days."
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"communicate (with)",
"contact",
"get",
"reach"
],
"near synonyms":[
"get through (to)",
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"clue",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"inform",
"instruct",
"notify",
"tell",
"wise (up)",
"buzz",
"call",
"phone",
"ring (up)",
"telephone",
"keep up (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get there":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"She reamed of being a famous actress and would stop at nothing to get there ."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"genially":{
"as in cheerfully , amiably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affably",
"amiably",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"congenially",
"cordially",
"friendlily",
"good-heartedly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"considerately",
"courteously",
"hospitably",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"sweetly",
"thoughtfully",
"selflessly",
"ungrudgingly",
"unselfishly",
"amply",
"bounteously",
"bountifully",
"freehandedly",
"freeheartedly",
"generously",
"handsomely",
"lavishly",
"liberally",
"munificently",
"openhandedly",
"unstintingly",
"well",
"altruistically",
"beneficently",
"benevolently",
"bigheartedly",
"charitably",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"magnanimously",
"philanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"parsimoniously",
"stingily",
"ungenerously",
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"obnoxiously",
"provocatively",
"coldly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"frigidly",
"hostilely",
"angrily",
"belligerently",
"begrudgingly",
"grudgingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"geegaw":{
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"had a shelf devoted just to gewgaws featuring his favorite team's mascot"
],
"synonyms":[
"bauble",
"bibelot",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"doodad",
"gaud",
"gimcrack",
"kickshaw",
"knickknack",
"nicknack",
"novelty",
"ornamental",
"tchotchke",
"trinket"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouterie",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackery",
"trinketry",
"trumpery",
"virtu",
"vertu",
"bagatelle",
"trifle",
"figurine",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"ornament",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"souvenir",
"conversation piece",
"collectible",
"collectable",
"collector's item"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gets out":{
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"news of the rock star's secret wedding got out to the news media"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"circulates",
"comes out",
"gets about",
"gets around",
"gets round",
"leaks (out)",
"outs",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develops",
"transpires",
"unfolds",
"discloses",
"reveals",
"spills",
"tells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushes (up)",
"suppresses",
"conceals",
"disguises",
"hides",
"masks",
"secretes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{
"examples":[
"tried but couldn't get out of the old well without assistance"
],
"synonyms":[
"absconds",
"breaks out (of)",
"clears out",
"escapes",
"flees",
"flies",
"lams",
"runs away",
"runs off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"evades",
"loses",
"shuns",
"decamps",
"departs",
"elopes",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"moves",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"sallies (forth)",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"brings off",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"manumits",
"redeems",
"releases",
"rescues",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"hangs around",
"lingers",
"remains",
"stays",
"sticks around",
"tarries",
"comes back",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
"examples":[
"a romance novelist who got a new book out every year"
],
"synonyms":[
"issues",
"prints",
"publishes",
"puts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copublishes",
"reissues",
"reprints",
"republishes",
"serializes",
"contributes",
"edits",
"syndicates",
"manufactures",
"produces",
"distributes",
"markets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting (away)":{
"as in escaping , getting off":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"escaping",
"getting off",
"holidaying",
"vacationing",
"breaking",
"recessing",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"bumming",
"goldbricking",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"slacking (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"geometries":{
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
"examples":[
"the geometry of Sydney's famed opera house is suggestive of some modernistic sailing ship"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"configurations",
"conformations",
"fashions",
"figures",
"forms",
"shapes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contours",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"silhouettes",
"frames",
"frameworks",
"shells",
"skeletons",
"arrangements",
"designs",
"formats",
"layouts",
"makeups",
"organizations",
"patterns",
"plans",
"setups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compositions",
"materials",
"matters",
"raw materials",
"stuff",
"substances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get a kick out of":{
"to take pleasure in":{
"examples":[
"It's clear that people get a kick out of silly cat videos."
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gerrymander":{
"to divide (a state, school district, etc.) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage":{
"examples":[
"gerrymandering urban districts to give rural voters a majority"
],
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"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finagle",
"finesse",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle",
"angle (for)",
"compass",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"connive",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"hatch",
"captain",
"command",
"conduct",
"direct",
"handle",
"manage",
"quarterback",
"run"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"geegaws":{
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
"examples":[
"had a shelf devoted just to gewgaws featuring his favorite team's mascot"
],
"synonyms":[
"baubles",
"bibelots",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"doodads",
"gauds",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"virtus",
"vertus",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"conversation pieces",
"collectibles",
"collectables",
"collector's items"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get somewhere":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"After an hour of clearing the snow, it seemed like we were finally getting somewhere ."
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gelatinizes":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"pain relievers with a gelatinized coating"
],
"synonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gelates",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cakes",
"concretes",
"firms (up)",
"fixes",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"solidifies",
"stiffens",
"condenses",
"thickens",
"clumps",
"curdles",
"curds",
"gums",
"lumps (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"melts",
"thaws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gentlewoman":{
"a woman of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"in the 19th century a number of American gentlewomen used their wealth and influence to further abolitionism, women's rights, and other worthy causes"
],
"synonyms":[
"dame",
"lady",
"milady",
"noblewoman",
"peeress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baroness",
"countess",
"duchess",
"marchesa",
"marchioness",
"marquise",
"princess",
"queen",
"viscountess",
"dowager",
"matriarch",
"matron",
"mistress",
"ladyship",
"madam"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geriatrics":{
"a person of advanced years":{
"examples":[
"most of the clinic's outpatients are geriatrics living on fixed incomes"
],
"synonyms":[
"ancients",
"elders",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gaffers",
"graybeards",
"patriarchs",
"whitebeards",
"beldams",
"beldames",
"dowagers",
"grandams",
"grandames",
"adults",
"grown-ups",
"dotards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adolescents",
"minors",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kids"
],
"antonyms":[
"youngsters",
"youths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gestational":{
"as in childbearing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"childbearing",
"parturient",
"prenatal",
"brooding",
"big",
"caught",
"enceinte",
"expectant",
"expecting",
"gone",
"gravid",
"heavy",
"pregnant",
"quick",
"conceiving",
"impregnated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonpregnant",
"barren",
"infertile",
"aborting",
"miscarrying",
"delivered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"get even (for)":{
"to punish in kind the wrongdoer responsible for":{
"examples":[
"He took measures to get even for the theft of his school lunch."
],
"synonyms":[
"avenge",
"redress",
"requite",
"retaliate",
"revenge",
"venge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"castigate",
"fix",
"get",
"penalize",
"punish",
"scourge",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"right",
"compensate",
"pay (back)",
"recompense",
"repay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolve",
"condone",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"genre":{
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"examples":[
"the novel's hero is of a different genre than the traditional kind"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"class",
"description",
"feather",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"kind",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"order",
"sort",
"species",
"strain",
"stripe",
"type",
"variety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"model",
"sample",
"specimen",
"bracket",
"bunch",
"category",
"division",
"family",
"grade",
"group",
"grouping",
"lot",
"persuasion",
"rank(s)",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gem":{
"a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament":{
"examples":[
"a ring set with diamonds and other precious gems"
],
"synonyms":[
"brilliant",
"gemstone",
"jewel",
"rock"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bauble",
"bijou",
"trinket",
"birthstone",
"baguette",
"cabochon",
"cameo",
"scarab",
"solitaire",
"teardrop",
"paste",
"rhinestone",
"zircon",
"crown jewels",
"jewelry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone or something unusually desirable":{
"examples":[
"that new car is a real gem",
"she's dating a real gem these days"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"find",
"godsend",
"goody",
"goodie",
"valuable",
"windfall",
"booty",
"loot",
"plunder",
"spoil",
"swag",
"brass ring",
"glory",
"pride",
"gold",
"jackpot",
"prize money",
"treasure trove"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lemon",
"loser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in diamond , jewel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diamond",
"impearl",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"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",
"redecorate",
"redo",
"adorn",
"array",
"beautify",
"bedeck",
"bedizen",
"blazon",
"caparison",
"deck",
"decorate",
"do",
"doll up",
"do up",
"drape",
"dress",
"embellish",
"emblaze",
"emboss",
"enrich",
"fancify",
"fancy up",
"festoon",
"garnish",
"glitz (up)",
"grace",
"gussy up",
"ornament",
"pretty (up)",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline",
"bare",
"denude",
"dismantle",
"display",
"divest",
"expose",
"reveal",
"strip",
"uncover",
"uglify",
"blemish",
"deface",
"disfigure",
"mar",
"scar",
"spoil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gears up":{
"as in mounts , gathers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battens",
"gathers",
"mounts",
"braces",
"fortifies",
"girds",
"steels",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"trains",
"tutors",
"fits",
"fixes",
"grooms",
"lays",
"prepares",
"preps",
"readies",
"boots (up)",
"primes",
"arranges",
"sets",
"spreads",
"arms",
"equips",
"forearms",
"furnishes",
"outfits",
"provides",
"supplies",
"inclines",
"predisposes",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"frames",
"warms (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting on (to)":{
"to come to an awareness of":{
"examples":[
"by the time the CIA got on to the terrorist plot, it was already in progress"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascertaining",
"catching on (to)",
"discovering",
"finding out",
"hearing",
"learning",
"realizing",
"seeing",
"wising (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hitting (on or upon)",
"tumbling (to)",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"encountering",
"espying",
"spotting",
"calculating",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"finding",
"puzzling (out)",
"discerning",
"minding",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"divining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"overlooking",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"forgetting",
"unlearning",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"occulting",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gentleman":{
"a man of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"many of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were gentlemen who were risking everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"grandee",
"lord",
"milord",
"nobleman",
"peer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country gentleman",
"squire",
"cavalier",
"chevalier",
"knight",
"don",
"hidalgo",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"seigneur",
"seignior",
"sheikh",
"sheik",
"baron",
"baronet",
"count",
"duke",
"earl",
"esquire",
"marchese",
"margrave",
"marquess",
"marquis",
"master",
"prince",
"princelet",
"princeling",
"raja",
"viscount",
"lordship",
"sire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boor",
"churl",
"cottar",
"cotter",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"toiler"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"ladies and gentlemen , please take your seats"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"buck",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"near synonyms":[
"master",
"mister",
"sir",
"buddy",
"buster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an honorable and courteous man":{
"examples":[
"was such a gentleman that he offered to call a cab for me"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavalier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Galahad",
"knight",
"prince",
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"blade",
"blood",
"buck",
"dandy",
"dude",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"petit-ma\u00eetre",
"captivator",
"charmer",
"ladies' man",
"lady's man",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"aristocrat",
"patrician",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"generality":{
"an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation":{
"examples":[
"the idea that all boys are naturally messy is a gross generality"
],
"synonyms":[
"concept",
"conception",
"generalization",
"notion",
"stereotype"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bromide",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"platitude",
"truism",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"theory",
"oversimplification",
"simplification",
"simplism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
"examples":[
"an important but little-known Scottish inventor whose work was never appreciated by the generality of the public"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"brunt",
"bulk",
"chief",
"core",
"heft",
"main",
"mass",
"staple",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"majority",
"aggregate",
"amount",
"entirety",
"quantum",
"sum",
"sum total",
"total",
"totality",
"whole",
"bottom",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"marrow",
"meat",
"nature",
"pith",
"quintessence",
"root",
"soul",
"stuff",
"substance",
"center",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"middle",
"nucleus",
"nut",
"seat",
"affair",
"argument",
"burden",
"crux",
"focus",
"gist",
"nub",
"pitch",
"point",
"purport",
"matter",
"motif",
"subject",
"text",
"theme",
"topic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"extension",
"offshoot",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient",
"division",
"part",
"piece",
"section",
"segment",
"angle",
"aspect",
"facet",
"feature",
"quality",
"side"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the largest part or quantity of something":{
"examples":[
"the generality of that high school's students will go on to college"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulk",
"lion's share",
"majority",
"mass",
"preponderance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plurality",
"maximum",
"most",
"abundance",
"heap",
"loads",
"lot",
"much",
"oodles",
"plenty",
"profusion",
"reams",
"scads",
"wealth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couple",
"few",
"handful",
"smattering",
"sprinkling",
"least",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"minority"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gentleman farmer":{
"as in tenant farmer , subsistence farmer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crofter",
"cropper",
"sharecropper",
"subsistence farmer",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller",
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"granger",
"rancher",
"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"campesino"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gesticulation":{
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
"examples":[
"as the argument grew more heated, his gesticulations got bigger and wilder"
],
"synonyms":[
"gesture",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"sign",
"signal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beck",
"beckon",
"flourish",
"shrug",
"wave",
"body language",
"posture",
"indication",
"motion",
"sign language"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getting the better of":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"gets with it":{
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"It's time to get with it and find yourself a better job."
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"applies",
"bends",
"buckles",
"devotes",
"gives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reapplies",
"knuckles down",
"sets (to)",
"settles (down)",
"busies",
"commits",
"concerns",
"engages",
"involves",
"exerts",
"exhausts",
"puts out",
"spends",
"strains",
"stresses",
"taxes",
"troubles",
"wears out",
"carries on",
"pitches in",
"plunges (in)",
"grinds",
"humps",
"hustles",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs (away)",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"idles",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"get one's goat":{
"to make angry":{
"examples":[
"His contrarian demeanor really gets my goat ."
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"ire",
"mad",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"tick off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affront",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"burn (up)",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"get",
"huff",
"irritate",
"miff",
"nettle",
"offend",
"peeve",
"pique",
"provoke",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"assuage",
"relieve",
"comfort",
"console",
"soothe",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"calm",
"lull",
"quiet",
"settle",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"enchant"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"gratify",
"please"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"It really gets my goat when people invade my personal space."
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
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"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
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"cheer",
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"births",
"blood",
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"breedings",
"descents",
"extractions",
"family trees",
"lineages",
"lines",
"origins",
"parentages",
"pedigrees",
"stocks",
"strains"
],
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"heredities",
"successions",
"families",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kins",
"relations",
"relatives",
"races"
],
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"offspring",
"offsprings",
"children",
"heirs",
"inheritors",
"sons",
"successors"
],
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"issues",
"posterities",
"progenies",
"seed",
"seeds"
]
},
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"despite his new job's low pay, he was still getting on"
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"get by",
"make out",
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"shift"
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"scrape (by or through)",
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"squeeze",
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"wring",
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"swing"
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"collapse",
"fail",
"fall short",
"fizzle",
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"slump",
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"give up"
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"find out how the marketing department is getting on with the new ad campaign"
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"fare",
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"go",
"go along",
"go off",
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"pace",
"proceed",
"progress"
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"fast-forward",
"speed",
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"near",
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"pass",
"repair",
"run",
"travel",
"wend",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"push",
"take out"
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"arrest",
"balk",
"block",
"check",
"detain",
"halt",
"hinder",
"hold back",
"impede",
"nip",
"obstruct",
"slow (down or up)",
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"repress",
"retard",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"delay",
"interrupt",
"stall",
"cramp",
"hamper",
"inhibit",
"cease",
"let up",
"pause",
"regress",
"wait"
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"stand",
"stay",
"stop"
]
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},
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"the unique character of desert geomorphology"
],
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"geography",
"landscape",
"terrain",
"topography"
],
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"scenery",
"ground",
"land",
"landform",
"terrane",
"terrene"
],
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"by the time the CIA got on to the terrorist plot, it was already in progress"
],
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"catch on (to)",
"discover",
"find out",
"hear",
"learn",
"realize",
"see",
"wise (up)"
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"hit (on or upon)",
"tumble (to)",
"descry",
"detect",
"encounter",
"espy",
"spot",
"calculate",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"find",
"puzzle (out)",
"discern",
"mind",
"note",
"observe",
"perceive",
"divine"
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"miss",
"overlook",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"forget",
"unlearn",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"occult",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil"
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"After an hour of clearing the snow, it seemed like we were finally getting somewhere ."
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"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
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"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
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"flounders",
"struggles"
],
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"fails"
]
},
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"phrase"
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"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
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"as the argument grew more heated, his gesticulations got bigger and wilder"
],
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"gestures",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"signals",
"signs"
],
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"beckons",
"becks",
"flourishes",
"shrugs",
"waves",
"body languages",
"postures",
"indications",
"motions",
"sign languages"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gentlepeople":{
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"gentlepersons did not want to be seen keeping company with commoners"
],
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"aristocrats",
"blue bloods",
"gentles",
"nobles",
"patricians"
],
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"socialites",
"swells",
"magnates",
"magnificoes",
"magnificos",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"gentlefolks"
],
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"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"roturiers",
"boors",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones"
],
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"noun"
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"gesticulant",
"gesticulative",
"gesticulatory",
"mobile",
"motile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"moving",
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"expressive",
"active",
"alive",
"animated",
"bright",
"busy",
"dynamic",
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"exuberant",
"lively",
"vivacious"
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"frozen",
"motionless",
"static",
"stationary",
"still",
"wooden",
"blank",
"catatonic",
"deadpan",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"stolid",
"vacant",
"immobile",
"immotile",
"irremovable",
"nonmotile",
"nonmoving",
"unbudging",
"unmovable",
"unresponsive"
],
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},
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"adjective"
]
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"to come into being":{
"examples":[
"A new counterculture germinating in the city's art district."
],
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"emerged",
"evolved",
"developed",
"formed",
"grew",
"matured",
"played out",
"unfolded",
"worked out",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"fell out",
"panned out",
"proved",
"shook out",
"turned out"
],
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},
"to cause (something, as a seed) to grow":{
"examples":[
"She began by reading up on the best ways to germinate apple seeds."
],
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"quickened",
"ripened",
"rooted",
"sprouted",
"bred",
"produced",
"propagated",
"planted",
"sowed",
"gathered",
"gleaned",
"harvested",
"reaped",
"cropped",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"dressed",
"grew",
"promoted",
"raised",
"reared",
"tended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"killed",
"dug",
"extirpated",
"picked",
"plucked",
"pulled (up)",
"uprooted",
"cut",
"hayed",
"mowed"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
"generous":{
"giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{
"examples":[
"a civic leader who is very generous with his money and time"
],
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"bighearted",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"free",
"freehanded",
"freehearted",
"fulsome",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"open",
"openhanded",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"unstinting"
],
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"extravagant",
"handsome",
"lavish",
"overgenerous",
"profuse",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"hospitable",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"big",
"greathearted",
"largehearted",
"magnanimous",
"openhearted",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindly",
"samaritan",
"sympathetic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mean",
"petty",
"small",
"frugal",
"spare",
"sparing",
"thrifty",
"chary",
"stinting",
"acquisitive",
"avaricious",
"avid",
"coveting",
"covetous",
"desirous",
"grasping",
"hoggish",
"itchy",
"mercenary",
"rapacious",
"begrudging",
"envious",
"grudging",
"resentful"
],
"antonyms":[
"cheap",
"close",
"closefisted",
"costive",
"illiberal",
"mingy",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penurious",
"selfish",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"uncharitable",
"ungenerous"
]
},
"being more than enough without being excessive":{
"examples":[
"mashed potatoes with a generous serving of butter"
],
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"abundant",
"ample",
"aplenty",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"comfortable",
"cornucopian",
"galore",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"plenty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extra",
"supernumerary",
"surplus",
"abounding",
"blooming",
"overflowing",
"plump",
"replete",
"rich",
"rife",
"teeming",
"wealthy",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"luxuriant",
"prodigal",
"prolific",
"copious",
"fulsome",
"lavish",
"profuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"stingy",
"skimpy",
"least",
"minimum",
"light",
"slight",
"small",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"minimal",
"scant",
"spare"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gendered":{
"as in feminine , masculine":{
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"near synonyms":[
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"androgynous",
"genderless",
"unisex",
"unisexual",
"asexual",
"epicene",
"neuter",
"sexless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring about (something new)":{
"examples":[
"They hope the new technology genders a whole new generation of products for the company."
],
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"bore",
"engendered",
"generated",
"had",
"produced",
"multiplied",
"procreated",
"propagated",
"reproduced",
"spawned",
"bred",
"hatched",
"begot",
"begat",
"fathered",
"got",
"mothered",
"parented",
"sired"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"genteel":{
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
"examples":[
"those bygone days when young women were taught how to drink tea while wearing long gloves and other genteel ways of behaving"
],
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"befitting",
"correct",
"de rigueur",
"decent",
"decorous",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"dress",
"dressy",
"formal",
"dignified",
"elegant",
"gracious",
"priggish",
"prim",
"stiff",
"stuffy",
"apt",
"material",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"kosher",
"permitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"casual",
"grungy",
"informal",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful"
],
"antonyms":[
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"unbecoming",
"ungenteel",
"unseemly"
]
},
"having or showing a taste for the fine arts and gracious living":{
"examples":[
"she grew up in genteel old Savannah"
],
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"accomplished",
"civilized",
"couth",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"high-toned",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"bourgeois",
"educated",
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"civil",
"courteous",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"well-bred",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"urbane",
"hypercivilized",
"overcivilized",
"oversophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"lowbrow",
"unintelligent",
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"backwoods",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"inelegant",
"polyester",
"unsophisticated",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"crude",
"uncouth",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"philistine",
"uncivilized",
"uncultured",
"ungenteel",
"unpolished",
"unrefined"
]
},
"of high birth, rank, or station":{
"examples":[
"the genteel ladies never mixed with the servants",
"prohibited by reason of her genteel birth from marrying the man she loved"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"blue-blooded",
"gentle",
"grand",
"great",
"highborn",
"highbred",
"noble",
"patrician",
"silk-stocking",
"upper-class",
"upper-crust",
"wellborn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high",
"lofty",
"superior",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"exalted",
"gentlemanly",
"kingly",
"knightly",
"ladylike",
"lordly",
"princely",
"queenly",
"regal",
"royal",
"high-level",
"senior"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"knavish",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"abased",
"degraded",
"junior",
"subordinate"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseborn",
"common",
"humble",
"ignoble",
"low",
"lower-class",
"lowly",
"mean",
"nonaristocratic",
"plebeian",
"ungenteel"
]
},
"showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{
"examples":[
"his genteel gesture of holding the door for the ladies"
],
"synonyms":[
"civil",
"courteous",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"well-bred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentive",
"careful",
"considerate",
"nice",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"chivalrous",
"civilized",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gentlemanlike",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"red-carpet",
"couth",
"formal",
"smooth",
"suave",
"unctuous",
"urbane",
"elegant",
"refined",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"comme il faut",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful",
"demure",
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassertive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"casual",
"informal",
"unceremonious",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"uncalled-for",
"unrespectable",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"conceited",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"getting round (to)":{
"as in getting around (to) , getting down (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"getting around (to)",
"getting down (to)",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"pioneering",
"setting up",
"spawning",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"taking up",
"creating",
"generating",
"inaugurating",
"initiating",
"innovating",
"inventing",
"originating",
"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"entering (into or upon)",
"falling (to)",
"getting off",
"kicking off",
"launching",
"leading off",
"opening",
"starting",
"striking (into)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing",
"terminating",
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"laying off",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"closing",
"completing",
"abandoning",
"forsaking",
"leaving",
"abolishing",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"phasing out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gender":{
"to bring about (something new)":{
"examples":[
"They hope the new technology genders a whole new generation of products for the company."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bear",
"engender",
"generate",
"have",
"produce",
"multiply",
"procreate",
"propagate",
"reproduce",
"spawn",
"breed",
"hatch",
"beget",
"father",
"get",
"parent",
"mother",
"sire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelatinizing":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"pain relievers with a gelatinized coating"
],
"synonyms":[
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelating",
"gelling",
"jelling",
"jellying",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caking",
"concreting",
"firming (up)",
"fixing",
"freezing",
"hardening",
"indurating",
"solidifying",
"stiffening",
"condensing",
"thickening",
"clumping",
"curding",
"curdling",
"gumming",
"lumping (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquescing",
"fluxing",
"fusing",
"liquefying",
"liquifying",
"melting",
"thawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"genders":{
"to bring about (something new)":{
"examples":[
"They hope the new technology genders a whole new generation of products for the company."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bears",
"engenders",
"generates",
"has",
"produces",
"multiplies",
"procreates",
"propagates",
"reproduces",
"spawns",
"breeds",
"hatches",
"begets",
"fathers",
"gets",
"mothers",
"parents",
"sires"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Gehennas":{
"a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"the depression that has enshrouded her since the death of her husband is a Gehenna from which she may never be released"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"hells",
"horrors",
"miseries",
"murders",
"nightmares",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"calvaries",
"crosses",
"curses",
"ordeals",
"trials",
"tribulations",
"calamities",
"misfortunes",
"tragedies",
"galls",
"thorns",
"bummers",
"downers",
"drags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"recreations",
"larks",
"picnics",
"riots"
],
"antonyms":[
"heavens",
"paradises"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"get in":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"it will be late when you get in , so you may have trouble finding a taxi"
],
"synonyms":[
"appear",
"arrive",
"come",
"get through",
"land",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetch",
"hit",
"make",
"reach",
"pull in",
"touch down",
"debark",
"disembark",
"barge (in)",
"blow in",
"breeze (in)",
"burst (in or into)",
"waltz (in)",
"check in",
"clock (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"check out",
"clock (out)",
"flee",
"vamoose"
],
"antonyms":[
"go",
"leave"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelates":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"biomedical applications for substances that gelate in water"
],
"synonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gelatinizes",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cakes",
"concretes",
"firms (up)",
"fixes",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"solidifies",
"stiffens",
"condenses",
"thickens",
"clumps",
"curdles",
"curds",
"gums",
"lumps (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesces",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"melts",
"thaws"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gentleperson":{
"a man or woman of high birth or social position":{
"examples":[
"gentlepersons did not want to be seen keeping company with commoners"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocrat",
"blue blood",
"gentle",
"noble",
"patrician"
],
"near synonyms":[
"socialite",
"swell",
"magnate",
"magnifico",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canaille",
"commoner",
"pleb",
"plebeian",
"proletarian",
"roturier",
"boor",
"fellah",
"peasant",
"peon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"geezers":{
"as in coots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coots",
"bohemians",
"mavericks",
"nonconformists",
"quixotes",
"curios",
"rarities",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"flakes",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"kooks",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"weirdos",
"zanies",
"freaks",
"fantasticoes",
"fantasts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformers",
"conformists",
"followers",
"sheep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"genie":{
"a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it":{
"examples":[
"He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"afreet",
"afrit",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan",
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gentlemen farmers":{
"as in tenant farmers , subsistence farmers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crofters",
"croppers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers",
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"workfolks",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"grangers",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"campesinos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gets around":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"somehow, an inexperienced lawyer managed to get around the media giant's stable of high-priced legal eagles"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
]
},
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"examples":[
"somehow she managed to get around the rules for paying the sales tax on a car bought out of state"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"shortcuts",
"sidesteps",
"skirts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"end-runs",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"outflanks",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"disobeys",
"disregards",
"flouts",
"ignores",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"assents (to)",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"observes"
]
},
"to become known":{
"examples":[
"word of the discovery of gold quickly got around"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"circulates",
"comes out",
"gets about",
"gets out",
"gets round",
"leaks (out)",
"outs",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develops",
"transpires",
"unfolds",
"discloses",
"reveals",
"spills",
"tells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushes (up)",
"suppresses",
"conceals",
"disguises",
"hides",
"masks",
"secretes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"their lawyer has spent months trying to get around certain restrictions in the contract"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"finesses",
"scapes",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuffles (out of)",
"shuns",
"weasels (out of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misses",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)",
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"precludes",
"rules out",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"skirts",
"foils",
"foxes",
"frustrates",
"outfoxes",
"outsmarts",
"outwits",
"overreaches",
"thwarts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gelating":{
"to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly":{
"examples":[
"biomedical applications for substances that gelate in water"
],
"synonyms":[
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelatinizing",
"gelling",
"jelling",
"jellying",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caking",
"concreting",
"firming (up)",
"fixing",
"freezing",
"hardening",
"indurating",
"solidifying",
"stiffening",
"condensing",
"thickening",
"clumping",
"curding",
"curdling",
"gumming",
"lumping (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquescing",
"fluxing",
"fusing",
"liquefying",
"liquifying",
"melting",
"thawing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"generalists":{
"as in jacks-of-all-trades , all-rounders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"general practitioners",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"hobbyists",
"laymen",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"potterers",
"putterers",
"tinkerers",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"germicides":{
"as in pesticides , insecticides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fungicides",
"herbicides",
"insecticides",
"microbicides",
"pesticides",
"toxicants",
"banes",
"poisons",
"toxics",
"toxins",
"venoms",
"cancers",
"contagions",
"diseases",
"viruses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dressings",
"fertilizers",
"plant foods",
"composts",
"manures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getting by":{
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by \u2014but just barely"
],
"synonyms":[
"coping",
"doing",
"faring",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"making out",
"managing",
"shifting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying on",
"contriving",
"scraping (by or through)",
"scrounging",
"lasting",
"surviving",
"eking out",
"scraping (out)",
"squeezing",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"affording",
"swinging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"falling short",
"fizzling",
"floundering",
"declining",
"petering (out)",
"slumping",
"waning",
"giving up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"getting through":{
"to get to a destination":{
"examples":[
"we had trouble getting through because of the heavy snowfall"
],
"synonyms":[
"appearing",
"arriving",
"coming",
"getting in",
"landing",
"showing up",
"turning up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fetching",
"hitting",
"making",
"reaching",
"pulling in",
"touching down",
"debarking",
"disembarking",
"barging (in)",
"blowing in",
"breezing (in)",
"bursting (in or into)",
"waltzing (in)",
"checking in",
"clocking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"checking out",
"clocking (out)",
"fleeing",
"vamoosing"
],
"antonyms":[
"going",
"leaving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gesticulates":{
"to move your arms and hands especially when speaking in an angry or emotional way":{
"examples":[
"He was gesticulating wildly during his speech."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gestures",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"signs",
"beckons",
"flags",
"gestures",
"motions",
"signals",
"waves",
"nods",
"signalizes",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"informs",
"relates",
"tells",
"flourishes",
"shrugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"generalizations":{
"an idea or statement about all of the members of a group or all the instances of a situation":{
"examples":[
"the generalization that children who like violent entertainment grow up to be violent criminals"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"generalities",
"notions",
"stereotypes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bromides",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"platitudes",
"truisms",
"adages",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"hypotheses",
"propositions",
"theories",
"oversimplifications",
"simplifications",
"simplisms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"getting going":{
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
"examples":[
"She'd procrastinated long enough and it was time to get going ."
],
"synonyms":[
"beginning",
"commencing",
"embarking (on or upon)",
"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":[
"phrase"
]
},
"gearhead":{
"as in geek , techie":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"geek",
"techie",
"technocrat",
"technophile",
"cracker",
"cyberpunk",
"hacker",
"computerist",
"phisher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"computerphobe",
"technophobe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"germane":{
"having to do with the matter at hand":{
"examples":[
"my personal opinion isn't germane to our discussion of the facts of the case"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"material",
"pertinent",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"fitting",
"suitable",
"important",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"sensible",
"useful",
"admissible",
"allowable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"meaningless",
"purposeless",
"senseless",
"useless",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"unsuitable",
"inadmissible"
],
"antonyms":[
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"impertinent",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"pointless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}
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