18911 lines
369 KiB
JSON
18911 lines
369 KiB
JSON
{
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"GIs":{
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"to remove the dirt from":{
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"examples":[
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"in preparation for one of her mother-in-law's dreaded visits, she had GI'd the whole house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cleans",
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"cleanses",
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"deterges",
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"turns out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"decontaminates",
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"purges",
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"purifies",
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"disinfects",
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"sanitizes",
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"brushes",
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"combs",
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"dry-cleans",
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"dusts",
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"launders",
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"mops",
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"mucks (out)",
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"rinses",
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"scours",
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"scrubs",
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"shampoos",
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"sponges",
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"swabs",
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"sweeps",
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"vacuums",
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"washes",
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"wipes",
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"brightens",
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"deodorizes",
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"freshens",
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"spruces (up)",
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"sweetens",
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"picks up",
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"straightens (up)",
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"tidies",
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"unclutters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"begrimes",
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"muddies",
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"defiles",
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"pollutes",
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"taints",
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"blackens",
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"discolors"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"besmirches",
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"dirties",
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"fouls",
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"soils",
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"spots",
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"stains",
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"sullies"
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]
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},
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"as in soldiers , servicemen":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"men-at-arms",
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"rank and file",
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"servicemen",
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"servicewomen",
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"soldiers",
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"soldiery",
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"armed forces",
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"color",
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"military",
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"service",
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"troops",
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"force",
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"militia",
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"reserves",
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"armor",
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"defense",
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"gendarmerie",
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"gendarmery"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"civilians",
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"noncombatants"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gibbeting":{
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"as in pillorying , excoriating":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berating",
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"castigating",
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"crucifying",
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"excoriating",
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"flaying",
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"hammering",
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"keelhauling",
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"lambasting",
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"lashing",
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"pillorying",
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"scolding",
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"upbraiding",
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"blaming",
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"censuring",
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"condemning",
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"criticizing",
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"denouncing",
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"dispraising",
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"dissing",
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"faulting",
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"knocking",
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"panning",
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"reprehending",
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"slagging",
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"skewering",
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"tweaking",
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"assailing",
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"attacking",
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"blasting",
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"clobbering",
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"slamming",
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"slashing",
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"nicking (at)",
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"sniping (at)",
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"beefing",
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"bellyaching",
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"bitching",
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"carping",
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"caviling",
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"cavilling",
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"complaining",
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"crabbing",
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"croaking",
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"fussing",
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"griping",
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"grousing",
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"growling",
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"grumbling",
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"kicking",
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"kvetching",
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"moaning",
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"murmuring",
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"muttering",
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"niggling",
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"quibbling",
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"whining",
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"admonishing",
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"chiding",
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"drubbing",
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"rebuking",
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"reprimanding",
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"reproaching",
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"reproving",
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"bad-mouthing",
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"belittling",
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"decrying",
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"deriding",
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"discommending",
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"disparaging",
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"putting down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approving",
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"commending",
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"endorsing",
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"indorsing",
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"recommending",
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"sanctioning",
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"extolling",
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"lauding",
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"praising"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gibbets":{
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"as in pillories , excoriates":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berates",
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"castigates",
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"crucifies",
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"excoriates",
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"flays",
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"hammers",
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"keelhauls",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"lashes",
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"pillories",
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"scolds",
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"upbraids",
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"blames",
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"censures",
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"condemns",
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"criticizes",
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"denounces",
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"dispraises",
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"disses",
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"faults",
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"knocks",
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"pans",
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"reprehends",
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"slags",
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"skewers",
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"tweaks",
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"assails",
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"attacks",
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"blasts",
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"clobbers",
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"slams",
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"slashes",
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"nicks (at)",
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"snipes (at)",
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"beefs",
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"bellyaches",
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"bitches",
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"carps",
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"cavils",
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"complains",
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"crabs",
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"croaks",
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"fusses",
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"gripes",
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"grouses",
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"growls",
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"grumbles",
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"kicks",
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"kvetches",
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"moans",
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"murmurs",
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"mutters",
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"niggles",
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"quibbles",
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"whines",
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"admonishes",
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"chides",
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"drubs",
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"rebukes",
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"reprimands",
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"reproaches",
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"reproves",
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"bad-mouths",
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"belittles",
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"decries",
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"derides",
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"discommends",
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"disparages",
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"puts down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approves",
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"commends",
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"endorses",
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"indorses",
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"recommends",
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"sanctions",
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"extols",
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"extolls",
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"lauds",
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"praises"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"giber":{
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"as in jeerer , belittler":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"belittler",
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"decrier",
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"denigrator",
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"derider",
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"detractor",
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"insulter",
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"jeerer",
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"scoffer",
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"scorner",
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"baiter",
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"harasser",
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"heckler",
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"mocker",
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"needler",
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"persecutor",
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"ridiculer",
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"taunter",
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"tease",
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"teaser",
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"tormentor",
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"carper",
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"castigator",
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"caviler",
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"caviller",
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"censurer",
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"critic",
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"criticizer",
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"disparager",
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"faultfinder",
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"hypercritic",
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"knocker",
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"niggler",
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"nitpicker"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"commender",
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"praiser",
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"comforter",
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"solace",
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"soother",
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"succorer",
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"bodyguard",
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"champion"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"gift":{
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"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
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"examples":[
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"gave him an unusual birthday gift"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bestowal",
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"comp",
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"donation",
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"donative",
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"fairing",
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"freebie",
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"freebee",
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"giveaway",
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"handsel",
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"lagniappe",
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"largesse",
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"largess",
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"present",
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"presentation"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alms",
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"benefaction",
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"beneficence",
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"benevolence",
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"charity",
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"contribution",
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"dole",
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"handout",
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"oblation",
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"offering",
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"philanthropy",
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"tithe",
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"box",
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"care package",
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"foy",
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"grant",
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"subsidy",
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"remembrance",
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"tribute",
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"valentine",
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"bonus",
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"boon",
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"windfall",
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"courtesy",
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"favor",
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"generosity",
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"sacrifice",
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"gratuity",
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"propine",
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"tip",
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"award",
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"prize",
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"reward",
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"dowry",
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"bequest",
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"legacy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advance",
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"loan",
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"bribe",
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"douceur",
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"peace offering",
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"sop"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a special and usually inborn ability":{
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"examples":[
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"has a gift for making guests feel right at home"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"aptitude",
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"bent",
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"endowment",
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"faculty",
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"flair",
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"genius",
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"head",
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"knack",
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"talent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"affinity",
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"bias",
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"disposition",
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"habitude",
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"impulse",
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"inclination",
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"leaning",
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"partiality",
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"penchant",
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"predilection",
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"predisposition",
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"proclivity",
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"propensity",
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"tendency",
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"turn",
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"ear",
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"eye",
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"mind",
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"nose",
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"feel",
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"hang",
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"instinct",
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"touch",
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"way",
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"capability",
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"competence",
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"facility",
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"proficiency",
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"skill",
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"capacity",
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"potential",
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"power",
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"forte",
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"specialism",
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"speciality",
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"specialty"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disability",
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"handicap",
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"inability",
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"incapacity",
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"shortcoming",
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"weakness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
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"examples":[
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"gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bless",
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"endow",
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"endue",
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"indue",
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"favor",
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"invest"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"equip",
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"provide",
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"supply",
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"bestow (on or upon)",
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"clothe",
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"confer (on)",
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"cover",
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"accord",
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"award",
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"grant",
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"empower",
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"enable",
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"enhance",
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"enrich",
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"heighten",
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"bequeath",
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"will"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dispossess",
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"divest",
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"strip",
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"deplete",
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"drain",
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"exhaust",
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"skimp",
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"stint"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gifted":{
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"as in blessed , privileged":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in talented , inspired":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dispossessed",
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"divested",
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"stripped",
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"stript",
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"depleted",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"skimped",
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"stinted"
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],
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"related":[
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"equipped",
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"provided",
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"supplied",
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"bestowed (on or upon)",
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"clothed",
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"clad",
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"conferred (on)",
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"covered",
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"accorded",
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"awarded",
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"granted",
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"empowered",
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"enabled",
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"enhanced",
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"enriched",
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"heightened",
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"bequeathed",
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"willed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blessed",
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"blest",
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"endowed",
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"endued",
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"indued",
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"favored",
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"invested"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gigantesque":{
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"unusually large":{
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"examples":[
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"a gigantesque poster of the rock star covered most of the wall"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astronomical",
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"astronomic",
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"Brobdingnagian",
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"bumper",
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"colossal",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"cyclopean",
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"elephantine",
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"enormous",
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"galactic",
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"gargantuan",
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"giant",
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"gigantic",
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"grand",
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"herculean",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"Himalayan",
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"huge",
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"humongous",
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"humungous",
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"immense",
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"jumbo",
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"king-size",
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"king-sized",
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"leviathan",
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"mammoth",
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"massive",
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"mega",
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"mighty",
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"monster",
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"monstrous",
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"monumental",
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"mountainous",
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"oceanic",
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"pharaonic",
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"planetary",
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"prodigious",
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"super",
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"super-duper",
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"supersize",
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"supersized",
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"titanic",
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"tremendous",
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"vast",
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"vasty",
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"walloping",
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"whacking",
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"whopping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"big",
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"bulky",
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"considerable",
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"extensive",
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"good",
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"goodly",
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"great",
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"gross",
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"handsome",
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"hefty",
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"hulking",
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"largish",
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"major",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"overgrown",
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"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"august",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"half-pint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bantam",
|
|
"bitty",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gigantism":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being very large":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gigantism that is this newest ocean liner is impossible to describe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"giantism",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"vastitude",
|
|
"vastness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"sizableness",
|
|
"voluminousness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"awesomeness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"tremendousness",
|
|
"boundlessness",
|
|
"limitlessness",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"capaciousness",
|
|
"commodiousness",
|
|
"spaciousness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"immoderacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giggling":{
|
|
"as in smiling , amused":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amused",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"festive",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hilarious",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"witty",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some audience members thought that they were being clever by giggling during the serious scenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"cackling",
|
|
"chortling",
|
|
"chuckling",
|
|
"cracking up",
|
|
"hee-hawing",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"snickering",
|
|
"tittering",
|
|
"twittering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"puling",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"sniffling",
|
|
"sniveling",
|
|
"snivelling",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gigglingly":{
|
|
"as in joyfully , joyously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusedly",
|
|
"exuberantly",
|
|
"giddily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"jocosely",
|
|
"jovially",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"smilingly",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"gladsomely",
|
|
"laughingly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"amicably",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"jocularly",
|
|
"hopefully",
|
|
"optimistically",
|
|
"sanguinely",
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"elatedly",
|
|
"euphorically",
|
|
"rapturously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"wretchedly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"mournfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"sourly",
|
|
"sternly",
|
|
"sulkily",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"pessimistically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gilding":{
|
|
"as in whitewashing , varnishing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading",
|
|
"belying",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in painting , appliqu\u00e9ing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"furbelowing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gillnetter":{
|
|
"as in scalloper , trawler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"seiner",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"airboat",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicle",
|
|
"hovercraft",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"hydroplane",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"assault boat",
|
|
"PT boat",
|
|
"torpedo boat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"gilt":{
|
|
"as in glitter , bedizenment":{
|
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedizenment",
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|
"glitter",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"embossment",
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|
"embroidery",
|
|
"fancywork",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"enrichment",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
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"regalia",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"fal-lal",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"flourish",
|
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"furbelow",
|
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"ruffle",
|
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"apparel",
|
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"bells and whistles",
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"blazonry",
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"bric-a-brac",
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"chichi",
|
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"emblazonry",
|
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"filigree",
|
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"finery",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"frosting",
|
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"froufrou",
|
|
"adornment",
|
|
"beautifier",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"embellisher",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"garnish",
|
|
"garnishment",
|
|
"garniture",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"ornamentation",
|
|
"setoff",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"disfigurement",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimmick":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that free dinner is just a sales gimmick to get you to listen to their sales pitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shenanigan",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"end run",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"smoke screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a car equipped with a parking spot locator and other neat gimmicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gizmo",
|
|
"gismo",
|
|
"jigger",
|
|
"widget"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"utensil",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"hootenanny",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deal sounds too good to be true, so make sure there aren't any gimmicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booby trap",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"gotcha",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trip wire",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombshell",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"lure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimmicks":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that free dinner is just a sales gimmick to get you to listen to their sales pitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"end runs",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"chicaneries",
|
|
"cozenages",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"crookeries",
|
|
"cunnings",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"duperies",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"juggleries",
|
|
"legerdemains",
|
|
"skulduggeries",
|
|
"skullduggeries",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"smoke screens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deal sounds too good to be true, so make sure there aren't any gimmicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"trip wires",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bombshells",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"lures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booby traps",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"gotchas",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"land mines",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a car equipped with a parking spot locator and other neat gimmicks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implements",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"utensils",
|
|
"ingenuities",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"hootenannies",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"thingummies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"contraptions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"gadgets",
|
|
"gizmos",
|
|
"gismos",
|
|
"jiggers",
|
|
"widgets"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ginger (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"find some human-interest anecdotes that will ginger up this news article on the recent downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"juice up",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify",
|
|
"zip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"enkindle",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"refreshen",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"reinvigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restimulate",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"kill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingerbreaded":{
|
|
"elaborately and often excessively decorated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unadorned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gingerbreaded gazebo with multicolored shingles and frilly fretwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arabesque",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"bedaubed",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"lacy",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"gingerbread",
|
|
"gingerbready",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingered (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"killed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"find some human-interest anecdotes that will ginger up this news article on the recent downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
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"awoke",
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"awaked",
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"raised",
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"roused",
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"stirred",
|
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"woke (up)",
|
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"waked (up)",
|
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"activated",
|
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"actuated",
|
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"drove",
|
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"impelled",
|
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"motivated",
|
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"motived",
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"moved",
|
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"propelled",
|
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"charged",
|
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"electrified",
|
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"galvanized",
|
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"enkindled",
|
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"excited",
|
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"fermented",
|
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"fomented",
|
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"incited",
|
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"inflamed",
|
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"enflamed",
|
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"instigated",
|
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"kindled",
|
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"provoked",
|
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"set off",
|
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"sparked",
|
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"triggered",
|
|
"turned on",
|
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"whipped (up)",
|
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"abetted",
|
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"boosted",
|
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"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
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"infused",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"rallied",
|
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"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
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"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"recreated",
|
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"reenergized",
|
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"re-energized",
|
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"refreshed",
|
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"refreshened",
|
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"regenerated",
|
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"reinvigorated",
|
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"rejuvenated",
|
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"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restimulated",
|
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"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"amped (up)",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"filliped",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"juiced up",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified",
|
|
"zipped (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gird":{
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her farewell speech, the departing governor got in some retaliatory girds at the media"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungird",
|
|
"unwrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons",
|
|
"she girded her waist with a delicate sash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"unshackle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"enwreathe",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"begird",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"engird",
|
|
"engirdle",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"cordon (off)",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprive",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"allot",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"reequip",
|
|
"refit",
|
|
"refurnish",
|
|
"reoutfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutre",
|
|
"accouter",
|
|
"equip",
|
|
"fit (out)",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"kit (up or out)",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"provision",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"supply"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girded":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons",
|
|
"she girded her waist with a delicate sash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"begirt",
|
|
"begirded",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"engirded",
|
|
"engirdled",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girted",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"enwreathed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"taped",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"unshackled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirded",
|
|
"unwrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutred",
|
|
"accoutered",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"fitted (out)",
|
|
"fit (out)",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"kitted (up or out)",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"provisioned",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"supplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stocked",
|
|
"stored",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"allotted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"reequipped",
|
|
"re-equipped",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refurnished",
|
|
"reoutfitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girdle":{
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"ceinture",
|
|
"cincture",
|
|
"cummerbund",
|
|
"cumberbund",
|
|
"sash",
|
|
"self-belt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"waistband",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"baldric",
|
|
"bandolier",
|
|
"bandoleer",
|
|
"Sam Browne belt",
|
|
"cestus",
|
|
"obi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view",
|
|
"wire girdling the bundle of firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"begird",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"engird",
|
|
"engirdle",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"enwreathe",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"unshackle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungird",
|
|
"unwrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circumnavigate",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulate",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"traverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"environ",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"surround",
|
|
"wreathe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribe",
|
|
"close in",
|
|
"cordon (off)",
|
|
"fence (in)",
|
|
"hem (in)",
|
|
"wall",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girdled":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view",
|
|
"wire girdling the bundle of firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"begirt",
|
|
"begirded",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"engirded",
|
|
"engirdled",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girted",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"enwreathed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"taped",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"unshackled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirded",
|
|
"unwrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"circuited",
|
|
"circumnavigated",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulated",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"traversed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"environed",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"ringed",
|
|
"surrounded",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"closed in",
|
|
"cordoned (off)",
|
|
"fenced (in)",
|
|
"hemmed (in)",
|
|
"walled",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"besieged",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"swarmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girdling":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view",
|
|
"wire girdling the bundle of firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"begirding",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"engirding",
|
|
"engirdling",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"girting",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"enwreathing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"cording",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"taping",
|
|
"wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"unshackling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirding",
|
|
"unwrapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circuiting",
|
|
"circumnavigating",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"rounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulating",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"traversing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"cordoning (off)",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlfriends":{
|
|
"a female romantic companion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he proposed to his girlfriend of seven years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"old ladies",
|
|
"women"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"molls",
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"valentines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlishness":{
|
|
"as in femaleness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"femaleness",
|
|
"femininity",
|
|
"feminity",
|
|
"muliebrity",
|
|
"womanhood",
|
|
"womanishness",
|
|
"womanliness",
|
|
"effeminacy",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"girlhood",
|
|
"maidenhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"manhood",
|
|
"manliness",
|
|
"masculinity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"androgyny",
|
|
"boyishness",
|
|
"mannishness",
|
|
"tomboyishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girly":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girt":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungird",
|
|
"unwrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the EMTs girted his wounded leg with bandages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"unshackle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"enwreathe",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"begird",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"engird",
|
|
"engirdle",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girting":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirding",
|
|
"unwrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the EMTs girted his wounded leg with bandages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"unshackling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"enwreathing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"cording",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"taping",
|
|
"wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"begirding",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"engirding",
|
|
"engirdling",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gismo":{
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"utensil",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"hootenanny",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jigger",
|
|
"widget"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gists":{
|
|
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"didn't catch every word between them, but heard enough to get the gist of the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottom lines",
|
|
"bull's-eyes",
|
|
"bullseyes",
|
|
"centerpieces",
|
|
"cores",
|
|
"cruxes",
|
|
"cruces",
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"hearts",
|
|
"kernels",
|
|
"keynotes",
|
|
"meat and potatoes",
|
|
"meats",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"nubs",
|
|
"nuclei",
|
|
"nucleuses",
|
|
"piths",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"substances",
|
|
"hypotheses",
|
|
"propositions",
|
|
"purports",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"themes",
|
|
"theses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give (in)":{
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"resist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give in and have some chocolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"stifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"buckle (under)",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"give over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give away":{
|
|
"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offering a Caribbean vacation giveaway to the millionth customer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"fairing",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"presentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"dole",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"oblation",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"tithe",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"care package",
|
|
"foy",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"propine",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"dowry",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"legacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"douceur",
|
|
"peace offering",
|
|
"sop"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insincerity of his apology was given away by that slight smirk on his face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"gave away all her potted plants when she moved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"throw in",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"dish out",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"pungle (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"sacrifice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"sell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give in (to)":{
|
|
"as in submit (to) , succumb (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"capitulate (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)",
|
|
"accede (to)",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"consent (to)",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"shoulder",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"dissent (to)",
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"fight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give one's word":{
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gave her word she would return home once the mission was complete."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenant",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"swear",
|
|
"vow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiance",
|
|
"betroth",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"troth",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"ensure",
|
|
"guarantee",
|
|
"undertake",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"insist",
|
|
"warrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give over":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave over his entire savings to an investor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"hand in",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"recommit",
|
|
"redeliver",
|
|
"retransfer",
|
|
"retransmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give the lie to":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"New methodologies give the lie to the notion that students who struggle with standardized tests lack intelligence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confute",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"disconfirm",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disprove",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refute",
|
|
"shoot down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overturn",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"document",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"back (up)",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"adduce",
|
|
"attest",
|
|
"authenticate",
|
|
"certify",
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"manifest"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"verify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give-and-takes":{
|
|
"an exchange of views for the purpose of exploring a subject or deciding an issue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a give-and-take about what we should do Saturday night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argumentations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"back-and-forths",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"consultations",
|
|
"consults",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull sessions",
|
|
"chat rooms",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"skull sessions",
|
|
"skull practices",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"talkathons",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"consultancies",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"pourparlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"negotiating the terms of the deal will require some give-and-take on both sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"negotiations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"horse trades",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"bargains",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consensuses",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"understandings",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"settlements",
|
|
"mediations",
|
|
"treaties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giveaway":{
|
|
"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offering a Caribbean vacation giveaway to the millionth customer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"fairing",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"handsel",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"presentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"dole",
|
|
"handout",
|
|
"oblation",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"tithe",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"care package",
|
|
"foy",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"remembrance",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"propine",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"dowry",
|
|
"bequest",
|
|
"legacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"douceur",
|
|
"peace offering",
|
|
"sop"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the insincerity of his apology was given away by that slight smirk on his face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"evince",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"misrepresent",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"falsify",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave away all her potted plants when she moved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"throw in",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"dish out",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"pungle (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
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"tender",
|
|
"sacrifice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"sell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives over":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave over his entire savings to an investor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving one's word":{
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gave her word she would return home once the mission was complete."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affiancing",
|
|
"betrothing",
|
|
"plighting",
|
|
"trothing",
|
|
"acceding",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"consenting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"ensuring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"insisting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenanting",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"swearing",
|
|
"vowing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving out":{
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's information that I'm not prepared to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"calling (off or out)",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"billboarding",
|
|
"billing",
|
|
"bulletining",
|
|
"gazetting",
|
|
"knelling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"tolling",
|
|
"blurbing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"puffing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"kithing",
|
|
"kything",
|
|
"manifesting",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"advising",
|
|
"apprising",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"intimating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"annunciating",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starting (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fizzling",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"malfunctioning",
|
|
"jamming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"stalling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"inhaling",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"excreting",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"evolving",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"sending (out)",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving over":{
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his wife suggested that he give over working such long hours if it was making him so unhappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave over his entire savings to an investor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gizmo":{
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implement",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"tool",
|
|
"utensil",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"adjunct",
|
|
"mechanism",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"hickey",
|
|
"hootenanny",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliance",
|
|
"contraption",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"gadget",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jigger",
|
|
"widget"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gizmos":{
|
|
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appliances",
|
|
"contraptions",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"gadgets",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jiggers",
|
|
"widgets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implements",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"utensils",
|
|
"ingenuities",
|
|
"innovations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"accessories",
|
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"accessaries",
|
|
"adjuncts",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"dinguses",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"doohickeys",
|
|
"doohickies",
|
|
"hickeys",
|
|
"hootenannies",
|
|
"thingamabobs",
|
|
"thingamajigs",
|
|
"thingumajigs",
|
|
"thingummies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives off":{
|
|
"as in discharges , emits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"transudes",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give up the ghost":{
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Her estranged sister gave up the ghost years ago."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibbered":{
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop gibbering , and pull yourself together!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give air to":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He gave air to his concerns about the proposal."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"write up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given the lie to":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"New methodologies give the lie to the notion that students who struggle with standardized tests lack intelligence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confuted",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"disconfirmed",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"falsified",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted",
|
|
"shot down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overthrown",
|
|
"overturned",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"hashed (over)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"evidenced",
|
|
"evinced",
|
|
"recorded",
|
|
"shown",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"buttressed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"adduced",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"manifested"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gill":{
|
|
"a female romantic companion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every Jack must have his Gill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"girlfriend",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"old lady",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"moll",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"valentine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow gill in the Cumbrian Mountains of the Lake District"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"canyon",
|
|
"ca\u00f1on",
|
|
"col",
|
|
"couloir",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulch",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"kloof",
|
|
"linn",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"ravine",
|
|
"saddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"chasm",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"crevasse",
|
|
"crevice",
|
|
"cwm",
|
|
"fissure",
|
|
"combe",
|
|
"coombe",
|
|
"coomb",
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"shut-in",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"kettle",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"barranca",
|
|
"barranco",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"gully",
|
|
"gulley",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"nullah",
|
|
"trench",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"wadi",
|
|
"wash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a natural body of running water smaller than a river":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow but surprisingly deep gill runs the length of the rocky gorge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"brooklet",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"rill",
|
|
"rivulet",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"runlet",
|
|
"runnel",
|
|
"streamlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"billabong",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"freshet",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"millrace",
|
|
"millstream",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"confluent",
|
|
"distributary",
|
|
"influent",
|
|
"tributary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingers (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"find some human-interest anecdotes that will ginger up this news article on the recent downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amps (up)",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"juices up",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"vivifies",
|
|
"zips (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"wakes (up)",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"reawakens",
|
|
"reawakes",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"recreates",
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
|
"refreshens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"reinvigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restimulates",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"kills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girding":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the celebration of the heroes' return, well-wishers girded hundreds of trees with yellow ribbons",
|
|
"she girded her waist with a delicate sash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"begirding",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"engirding",
|
|
"engirdling",
|
|
"enwinding",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"girthing",
|
|
"girting",
|
|
"wrapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"trussing",
|
|
"tying up",
|
|
"tieing up",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"enwreathing",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"bandaging",
|
|
"enswathing",
|
|
"swathing",
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"cording",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"roping",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"taping",
|
|
"wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"unshackling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirding",
|
|
"unwrapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Spartan warrior girded himself for battle with sword and shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accoutring",
|
|
"accoutering",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"fitting (out)",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"kitting (up or out)",
|
|
"outfitting",
|
|
"provisioning",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"supplying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"stocking",
|
|
"storing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"allotting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"arming",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"reequipping",
|
|
"re-equipping",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refurnishing",
|
|
"reoutfitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depriving",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tall hedge girds the exclusive estate and shields it from prying eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"compassing",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"enclosing",
|
|
"inclosing",
|
|
"encompassing",
|
|
"environing",
|
|
"girdling",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"surrounding",
|
|
"wreathing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribing",
|
|
"closing in",
|
|
"cordoning (off)",
|
|
"fencing (in)",
|
|
"hemming (in)",
|
|
"walling",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"swarming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gigged":{
|
|
"as in drove , rode":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bused",
|
|
"bussed",
|
|
"cabbed",
|
|
"coached",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"navigated",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"trundled",
|
|
"migrated",
|
|
"road-tripped",
|
|
"barnstormed",
|
|
"gallivanted",
|
|
"galavanted",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jaunted",
|
|
"knocked (about)",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"roamed",
|
|
"roved",
|
|
"traipsed",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"journeyed",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"pilgrimaged",
|
|
"toured",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trekked",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"voyaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"GI":{
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in preparation for one of her mother-in-law's dreaded visits, she had GI'd the whole house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"deterge",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dry-clean",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"mop",
|
|
"muck (out)",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"scrub",
|
|
"shampoo",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"swab",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"vacuum",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wipe",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"deodorize",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"sweeten",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"unclutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"discolor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"sully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in naval , mercenary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gladiatorial",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"naval",
|
|
"soldierly",
|
|
"martial",
|
|
"military",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"militarist",
|
|
"militaristic",
|
|
"warlike",
|
|
"enlisted",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"paramilitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"civilian",
|
|
"nonmilitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in guardsman , Confederate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"spearman",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"combatant",
|
|
"noncombatant",
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"lifer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"conscript",
|
|
"draftee",
|
|
"enrollee",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimleted":{
|
|
"as in bayoneted , piked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"quilled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced",
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"impaled",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"lanced",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spitted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingerly":{
|
|
"having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the cork on the bottle of champagne a gingerly twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"circumspect",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertent",
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"regardful",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"hypercautious",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"canny",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"ultracareful",
|
|
"ultracautious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in carefully , meticulously":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly",
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimmicked (up)":{
|
|
"as in extravagant , flamboyant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"souped-up",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"Byzantine",
|
|
"convoluted",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"involuted",
|
|
"labyrinthian",
|
|
"labyrinthine",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"sophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unfancy",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"plain-vanilla",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"undecorated",
|
|
"unvarnished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gild":{
|
|
"as in whitewash , varnish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"belie",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"paper over",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in paint , appliqu\u00e9":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"braid",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"filigree",
|
|
"fillet",
|
|
"flounce",
|
|
"frill",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"furbelow",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"diamond",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"impearl",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"redecorate",
|
|
"redo",
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"smarten",
|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
"accessorize",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trick (out)",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"scar",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"display",
|
|
"divest",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"strip",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"uglify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives out":{
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's information that I'm not prepared to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"annunciates",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"trumpets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"calls (off or out)",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"billboards",
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"knells",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"blurbs",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"kithes",
|
|
"manifests",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"intimates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"evolves",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"irradiates",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"sends (out)",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"excretes",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"outpours",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"inhales",
|
|
"soaks (up)",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"stalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"malfunctions",
|
|
"jams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"starts (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giftees":{
|
|
"as in recipients , beneficiaries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficiaries",
|
|
"donees",
|
|
"recipients"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"donators",
|
|
"donors",
|
|
"fairy godmothers",
|
|
"Maecenases",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"sugar daddies",
|
|
"benefactresses",
|
|
"patronesses",
|
|
"almoners",
|
|
"almsgivers",
|
|
"philanthropists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girths":{
|
|
"the distance around a round body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fallen tree with a girth of some 26 feet making it wide enough for a full-grown man to walk through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"waistlines",
|
|
"equators",
|
|
"diameters",
|
|
"radii",
|
|
"radiuses",
|
|
"perimeters",
|
|
"peripheries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need to make sure you girth the saddle tightly or you'll fall off the horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"begirds",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"engirdles",
|
|
"engirds",
|
|
"enwinds",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"girts",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"enwreathes",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"bandages",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"tapes",
|
|
"wires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unshackles",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirds",
|
|
"unwraps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giant stars":{
|
|
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"binary stars",
|
|
"brown dwarfs",
|
|
"brown dwarves",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"fixed stars",
|
|
"gassers",
|
|
"lodestars",
|
|
"loadstars",
|
|
"neutron stars",
|
|
"novas",
|
|
"novae",
|
|
"pulsars",
|
|
"quasars",
|
|
"red dwarfs",
|
|
"red giants",
|
|
"red stars",
|
|
"subdwarfs",
|
|
"superclusters",
|
|
"supergiants",
|
|
"supernovas",
|
|
"supernovae",
|
|
"variables",
|
|
"variable stars",
|
|
"white dwarfs",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"suns",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"galaxies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give a hang":{
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't give a hang what you do, as long as you leave me alone."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"pine",
|
|
"yearn",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"despair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giantess":{
|
|
"as in amazon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazon",
|
|
"behemoth",
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"colossus",
|
|
"dinosaur",
|
|
"dreadnought",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"Goliath",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"mastodon",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"titan",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"whopper",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"hulk",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"juggernaut",
|
|
"steamroller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"midget",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peewee",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"pigmy",
|
|
"runt",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"wisp",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibers":{
|
|
"as in jeerers , belittlers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"decriers",
|
|
"denigrators",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"insulters",
|
|
"jeerers",
|
|
"scoffers",
|
|
"scorners",
|
|
"baiters",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"mockers",
|
|
"needlers",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"ridiculers",
|
|
"taunters",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"criticizers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"disparagers",
|
|
"faultfinders",
|
|
"hypercritics",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"nigglers",
|
|
"nitpickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commenders",
|
|
"praisers",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothers",
|
|
"succorers",
|
|
"bodyguards",
|
|
"champions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving way (to)":{
|
|
"as in releasing , taking out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"unleashing",
|
|
"venting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottling (up)",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"pulling in",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"taming",
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"muffling",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"strangling",
|
|
"swallowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving way":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That old chair is going to give way soon."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were urged to give way but chose to stand their ground."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backing away",
|
|
"dropping back",
|
|
"falling back",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"bowing out",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backpedaling",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"climbing down",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"pulling away",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"vacating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"brazening",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"outbraving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girth":{
|
|
"the distance around a round body":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fallen tree with a girth of some 26 feet making it wide enough for a full-grown man to walk through"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumference"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"waistline",
|
|
"equator",
|
|
"diameter",
|
|
"radius",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need to make sure you girth the saddle tightly or you'll fall off the horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"band",
|
|
"begird",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"engird",
|
|
"engirdle",
|
|
"enwind",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"girdle",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"enwreathe",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"wreathe",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"cord",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tape",
|
|
"wire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"unshackle",
|
|
"untie",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungird",
|
|
"unwrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gigs":{
|
|
"a job usually for a specified amount of time (as for a musician, an actor, etc.)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was finally able to book a gig at the nightclub.",
|
|
"her last acting gig"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"livelihoods",
|
|
"livings",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"workloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drives , rides":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buses",
|
|
"busses",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"navigates",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"trundles",
|
|
"migrates",
|
|
"road-trips",
|
|
"barnstorms",
|
|
"gallivants",
|
|
"galavants",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"knocks (about)",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"roams",
|
|
"roves",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"pilgrimages",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"voyages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gig":{
|
|
"a job usually for a specified amount of time (as for a musician, an actor, etc.)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He was finally able to book a gig at the nightclub.",
|
|
"her last acting gig"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lifework",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"livelihood",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"workload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drive , ride":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"navigate",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"trundle",
|
|
"migrate",
|
|
"road-trip",
|
|
"barnstorm",
|
|
"gallivant",
|
|
"galavant",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jaunt",
|
|
"knock (about)",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"roam",
|
|
"rove",
|
|
"traipse",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"pilgrimage",
|
|
"tour",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"voyage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giftedness":{
|
|
"as in talent , genius":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"capableness",
|
|
"resourcefulness",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
"muse",
|
|
"fecundity",
|
|
"fertility",
|
|
"fruitfulness",
|
|
"productiveness",
|
|
"productivity",
|
|
"prolificacy",
|
|
"prolificity",
|
|
"prolificness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"creativeness",
|
|
"creativity",
|
|
"imagination",
|
|
"imaginativeness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"innovativeness",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"originality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dryness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibbering":{
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop gibbering , and pull yourself together!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blathering",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"blithering",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"tittle-tattling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"chuntering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"shrieking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"pronouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimlet":{
|
|
"as in bayonet , pike":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimcracks":{
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a remarkable amount of money is spent on gimcracks and other unnecessary items each year",
|
|
"their apartment has enough gimcracks to fill up a novelty company's warehouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bibelots",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"gauds",
|
|
"gewgaws",
|
|
"geegaws",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girdles":{
|
|
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drew a handkerchief from the girdle around her waist and offered it to the knight as a token of affection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"ceintures",
|
|
"cinctures",
|
|
"cummerbunds",
|
|
"cumberbunds",
|
|
"sashes",
|
|
"self-belts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"waistbands",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"baldrics",
|
|
"bandoliers",
|
|
"bandoleers",
|
|
"Sam Browne belts",
|
|
"cesti",
|
|
"obis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trees girdled the campus, essentially hiding it from view",
|
|
"wire girdling the bundle of firewood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"begirds",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"engirdles",
|
|
"engirds",
|
|
"enwinds",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"girts",
|
|
"wraps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"enwreathes",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"bandages",
|
|
"enswathes",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"tapes",
|
|
"wires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unshackles",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirds",
|
|
"unwraps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel completely around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an asteroid belt that girdles the inner planets of the solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"circumnavigates",
|
|
"circumvents",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumambulates",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"traverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a circle around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rings that famously girdle the planet Saturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"environs",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"surrounds",
|
|
"wreathes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circumscribes",
|
|
"closes in",
|
|
"cordons (off)",
|
|
"fences (in)",
|
|
"hems (in)",
|
|
"walls",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"entrenches",
|
|
"intrenches",
|
|
"invests",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give off":{
|
|
"as in discharge , emit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"transude",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gifts":{
|
|
"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave him an unusual birthday gift"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"fairings",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"giveaways",
|
|
"handsels",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"doles",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"oblations",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"tithes",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"care packages",
|
|
"foys",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"remembrances",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"valentines",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"propines",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"dowries",
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"legacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"bribes",
|
|
"douceurs",
|
|
"peace offerings",
|
|
"sops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a special and usually inborn ability":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"has a gift for making guests feel right at home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"invests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"bestows (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"confers (on)",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"wills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingerbready":{
|
|
"elaborately and often excessively decorated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"festooned with Christmas lights and wreaths, the old Victorian house is particularly gingerbready in the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"gingerbread",
|
|
"gingerbreaded",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arabesque",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"bedaubed",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"lacy",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unadorned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving off":{
|
|
"as in discharging , emitting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"transuding",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giggled":{
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some audience members thought that they were being clever by giggling during the serious scenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"cackled",
|
|
"chortled",
|
|
"chuckled",
|
|
"cracked up",
|
|
"hee-hawed",
|
|
"laughed",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"snickered",
|
|
"tittered",
|
|
"twittered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grinned",
|
|
"smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"sniffled",
|
|
"sniveled",
|
|
"snivelled",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives up (to)":{
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"dedicates",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"sets by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"misapplies",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giftee":{
|
|
"as in recipient , beneficiary":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beneficiary",
|
|
"donee",
|
|
"recipient"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"donator",
|
|
"donor",
|
|
"fairy godmother",
|
|
"Maecenas",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"sugar daddy",
|
|
"benefactress",
|
|
"patroness",
|
|
"almoner",
|
|
"almsgiver",
|
|
"philanthropist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives ground":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There is wildlife in the area, so give ground if you see any when hiking."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backs away",
|
|
"drops back",
|
|
"falls back",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"bows out",
|
|
"backpedals",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"climbs down",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"pulls away",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give over (to)":{
|
|
"as in cater (to) , give in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"buckle (under)",
|
|
"knuckle under"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"stifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girted":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the EMTs girted his wounded leg with bandages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"begirt",
|
|
"begirded",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"engirded",
|
|
"engirdled",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girthed",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"enwreathed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"taped",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"unshackled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirded",
|
|
"unwrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimping":{
|
|
"as in limping , hobbling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"footslogging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"tiptoeing",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"trampling",
|
|
"tromping",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"sashaying",
|
|
"stalking",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"waddling",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"trekking",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"power walking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given in (to)":{
|
|
"as in submitted (to) , succumbed (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"bowed (to)",
|
|
"capitulated (to)",
|
|
"submitted (to)",
|
|
"succumbed (to)",
|
|
"surrendered (to)",
|
|
"yielded (to)",
|
|
"acceded (to)",
|
|
"assented (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"consented (to)",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"brooked",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"shouldered",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"sweat out",
|
|
"sweated out",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"dissented (to)",
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"fought"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give one the creeps":{
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"A noise in the basement gave them the creeps ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affright",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"scarify",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"terrify",
|
|
"terrorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"emasculate",
|
|
"psych (out)",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"unstring",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give the third degree to":{
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"sweat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"cross-question",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"poll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives notice":{
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I gave notice at the company and am starting my own business."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"resigns (from)",
|
|
"retires (from)",
|
|
"steps aside (from)",
|
|
"steps down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"drops out (of)",
|
|
"throws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stays (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girthed":{
|
|
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need to make sure you girth the saddle tightly or you'll fall off the horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"begirt",
|
|
"begirded",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"engirded",
|
|
"engirdled",
|
|
"enwound",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"girdled",
|
|
"girted",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trussed",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"enwreathed",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"bandaged",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"corded",
|
|
"enchained",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"taped",
|
|
"wired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"unlashed",
|
|
"unshackled",
|
|
"untied",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ungirded",
|
|
"unwrapped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives one the gate":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Members of the club gave her the gate after discovering her mishandling of their funds."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"extrudes",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"turfs (out)",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforces",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"reads out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"defenestrates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giver":{
|
|
"someone who gives something to another person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The big giver to the charity wanted to remain anonymous.",
|
|
"a gift giver"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altruist",
|
|
"bestower",
|
|
"contributor",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"donator",
|
|
"donor",
|
|
"fairy godmother",
|
|
"Maecenas",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"sugar daddy",
|
|
"benefactress",
|
|
"patroness",
|
|
"almoner",
|
|
"almsgiver",
|
|
"philanthropist",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"subscriber",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"guardian angel",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"savior",
|
|
"saviour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficiary",
|
|
"donee",
|
|
"giftee",
|
|
"recipient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giggles":{
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"poking fun at the royal family is nothing new, but this movie comedy has a few giggles you haven't heard before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"drolleries",
|
|
"funnies",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"one-liners",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"waggeries",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"witticisms",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee-slappers",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"thigh-slappers",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"leg-pulls",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"practical jokes",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"riffs",
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"persiflages",
|
|
"railleries",
|
|
"repartees",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"wordplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"couldn't help but giggle at his remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly laughs",
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cachinnations",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chortles",
|
|
"chuckles",
|
|
"guffaws",
|
|
"hee-haws",
|
|
"horselaughs",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"laughters",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"titters",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smiles",
|
|
"smirks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some audience members thought that they were being clever by giggling during the serious scenes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chortles",
|
|
"chuckles",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"hee-haws",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"titters",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give up":{
|
|
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"cough up",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"waive",
|
|
"abnegate",
|
|
"renounce",
|
|
"resign",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"part (with)",
|
|
"shed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope you won't give up playing the piano"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"go",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"hang in",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"persevere",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"reopen",
|
|
"restart",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"give (in)",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdo",
|
|
"overindulge",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"luxuriate",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"wallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstain (from)",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forgo",
|
|
"forego",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibbeted":{
|
|
"as in pilloried , excoriated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"pilloried",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"upbraided",
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dispraised",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"faulted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"slagged",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"nicked (at)",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"niggled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"discommended",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"git-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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibs":{
|
|
"as in tomcats":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tomcats",
|
|
"alley cats",
|
|
"tabbies",
|
|
"kits",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"mousers",
|
|
"cats",
|
|
"felines",
|
|
"house cats",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"moggies",
|
|
"pusses",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"pussycats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimme":{
|
|
"as in laugher , walkaway":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laugher",
|
|
"walkaway",
|
|
"sitting duck",
|
|
"no-brainer",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"cakewalk",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"picnic",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"roses",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"horror show",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"sticky wicket",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"brainteaser",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"stumper",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gilds":{
|
|
"as in whitewashes , varnishes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"occults",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in paints , appliqu\u00e9s":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"paints",
|
|
"braids",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"feathers",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fillets",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"fringes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"wreathes",
|
|
"diamonds",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"impearls",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"redecorates",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"smartens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"accessorizes",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"tricks (out)",
|
|
"adorns",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"beautifies",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"bedizens",
|
|
"blazons",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decks",
|
|
"decorates",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"drapes",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"emblazes",
|
|
"embosses",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"fancies up",
|
|
"fancifies",
|
|
"festoons",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"glitzes (up)",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"gussies up",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"pretties (up)",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"denudes",
|
|
"dismantles",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"uglifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gilt-edged":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the forward squandered a gilt-edged opportunity to tie the score"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girls":{
|
|
"a young unmarried woman":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's engaged to a girl that his parents really like"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"damsels",
|
|
"demoiselles",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"virgins",
|
|
"debs",
|
|
"debutantes",
|
|
"ingenues",
|
|
"ing\u00e9nues",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"chits",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"sheilas",
|
|
"sisters",
|
|
"colleens",
|
|
"mademoiselles",
|
|
"mesdemoiselles",
|
|
"senhoritas",
|
|
"senoritas",
|
|
"se\u00f1oritas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when I was a girl , I wanted a horse so badly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"missies",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"sheilas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"junior misses",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"subdebutantes",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"gamines",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a female romantic companion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found an old letter by my grandfather asking my grandmother to be his girl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gals",
|
|
"gills",
|
|
"girlfriends",
|
|
"inamoratas",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladyloves",
|
|
"old ladies",
|
|
"women"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"molls",
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"valentines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving one the creeps":{
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frighting",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"panicking",
|
|
"scarifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"spooking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"terrorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awing",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unstringing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"steeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"giveaways":{
|
|
"something given to someone without expectation of a return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offering a Caribbean vacation giveaway to the millionth customer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"donations",
|
|
"donatives",
|
|
"fairings",
|
|
"freebies",
|
|
"freebees",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"handsels",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"largesses",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"contributions",
|
|
"doles",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"oblations",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"tithes",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"care packages",
|
|
"foys",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"remembrances",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"valentines",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"generosities",
|
|
"sacrifices",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"propines",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"rewards",
|
|
"dowries",
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"legacies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"bribes",
|
|
"douceurs",
|
|
"peace offerings",
|
|
"sops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giblet(s)":{
|
|
"as in chitterlings , variety meat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chitterlings",
|
|
"chitlins",
|
|
"variety meat",
|
|
"bowel(s)",
|
|
"intestine(s)",
|
|
"entrails",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"inside(s)",
|
|
"inwards",
|
|
"viscera",
|
|
"vitals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives back":{
|
|
"as in reciprocates , renders (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reciprocates",
|
|
"renders (to)",
|
|
"refunds",
|
|
"reimburses",
|
|
"repays",
|
|
"compensates",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"remunerates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"pays down",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimcrackeries":{
|
|
"as in virtus , bric-a-brac":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouteries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"trinketries",
|
|
"trumperies",
|
|
"virtus",
|
|
"vertus",
|
|
"baubles",
|
|
"bibelots",
|
|
"curios",
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"gauds",
|
|
"gewgaws",
|
|
"geegaws",
|
|
"gimcracks",
|
|
"kickshaws",
|
|
"knickknacks",
|
|
"nicknacks",
|
|
"novelties",
|
|
"ornamentals",
|
|
"tchotchkes",
|
|
"trinkets",
|
|
"bagatelles",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"figurines",
|
|
"objets d'art",
|
|
"objets",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"keepsakes",
|
|
"mementos",
|
|
"mementoes",
|
|
"souvenirs",
|
|
"conversation pieces",
|
|
"collectibles",
|
|
"collectables",
|
|
"collector's items"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"GI's":{
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in preparation for one of her mother-in-law's dreaded visits, she had GI'd the whole house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"deterges",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"combs",
|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"mops",
|
|
"mucks (out)",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
"shampoos",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"swabs",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"vacuums",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"wipes",
|
|
"brightens",
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
"sweetens",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
"tidies",
|
|
"unclutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"discolors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"sullies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in soldiers , servicemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"men-at-arms",
|
|
"rank and file",
|
|
"servicemen",
|
|
"servicewomen",
|
|
"soldiers",
|
|
"soldiery",
|
|
"armed forces",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"military",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"troops",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"militia",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"armor",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"gendarmerie",
|
|
"gendarmery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians",
|
|
"noncombatants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given out":{
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's information that I'm not prepared to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"annunciated",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"heralded",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"trumpeted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"called (off or out)",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"billboarded",
|
|
"billed",
|
|
"bulletined",
|
|
"gazetted",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"rung",
|
|
"tolled",
|
|
"blurbed",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"puffed",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"kithed",
|
|
"kythed",
|
|
"manifested",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"shown",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"apprised",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"notified",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"intimated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"revoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"evolved",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"irradiated",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"sent (out)",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"thrown out",
|
|
"vented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"excreted",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"secreted",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"outpoured",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"inhaled",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"taken up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"stalled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzled",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"malfunctioned",
|
|
"jammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"started (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girandoles":{
|
|
"as in fluorescent lamps , light bulbs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamps",
|
|
"arc lights",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrums",
|
|
"candelabras",
|
|
"candles",
|
|
"chandeliers",
|
|
"dark lanterns",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flashbulbs",
|
|
"flashcubes",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flashlights",
|
|
"floodlights",
|
|
"fluorescent lamps",
|
|
"gaslights",
|
|
"gasoliers",
|
|
"headlights",
|
|
"incandescent lamps",
|
|
"klieg lights",
|
|
"kleig lights",
|
|
"lanterns",
|
|
"light bulbs",
|
|
"lighthouses",
|
|
"lightings",
|
|
"sconces",
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
"streetlights",
|
|
"sun lamps",
|
|
"beacons",
|
|
"illuminants",
|
|
"lamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives way (to)":{
|
|
"as in releases , takes out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"vents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"pulls in",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"tames",
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"muffles",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"strangles",
|
|
"swallows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimcrack":{
|
|
"of low quality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a store plastered with \"going out of business\" signs and notorious for selling gimcrack merchandise"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapjack",
|
|
"cheesy",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rubbishy",
|
|
"schlock",
|
|
"schlocky",
|
|
"shlock",
|
|
"shlocky",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"shoddy",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"kitschy",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"top-notch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a remarkable amount of money is spent on gimcracks and other unnecessary items each year",
|
|
"their apartment has enough gimcracks to fill up a novelty company's warehouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"bibelot",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"gaud",
|
|
"gewgaw",
|
|
"geegaw",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibes":{
|
|
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"laughs (at)",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"skewers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoffs (at)",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"sneers (at)",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"pooh-poohs",
|
|
"poohs",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"chaffs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"quizzes",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"razzes",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"rides",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"twits",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"heckles",
|
|
"needles",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"targets",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"pillories",
|
|
"satirizes",
|
|
"takes off (on)",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in taunts , quips":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"brickbats",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"dises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"indignities",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"sarcasms",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"invectives",
|
|
"vituperations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applauses",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"flatteries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives of":{
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He is happy to give of his time to help students after school."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"volunteers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"throws in",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"affords",
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"dishes out",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"pungles (up)",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"sacrifices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"sells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gilt-edge":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the forward squandered a gilt-edged opportunity to tie the score"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give back":{
|
|
"as in reciprocate , render (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reciprocate",
|
|
"render (to)",
|
|
"refund",
|
|
"reimburse",
|
|
"repay",
|
|
"compensate",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"remunerate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"pay down",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in kickback , rebate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"rebate",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"forfeiture",
|
|
"penalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"appreciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given in":{
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give in and have some chocolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"buckled (under)",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"given over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"stifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"budged",
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesced",
|
|
"deferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving air to":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He gave air to his concerns about the proposal."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"writing up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting across",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimped":{
|
|
"as in limped , hobbled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"footslogged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tiptoed",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"trampled",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"sashayed",
|
|
"stalked",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"swaggered",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"perambulated",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"wandered",
|
|
"faltered",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"lurched",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"toddled",
|
|
"waddled",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"peregrinated",
|
|
"trekked",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"power walked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving in (to)":{
|
|
"as in submitting (to) , succumbing (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"capitulating (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)",
|
|
"acceding (to)",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"consenting (to)",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"brooking",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"shouldering",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"sweating out",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"welcoming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"dissenting (to)",
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"fighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlfriend":{
|
|
"a female romantic companion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he proposed to his girlfriend of seven years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gal",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"girl",
|
|
"inamorata",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"ladylove",
|
|
"old lady",
|
|
"woman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"moll",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"valentine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives air to":{
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He gave air to his concerns about the proposal."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"writes up",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"puts across",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"submits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given names":{
|
|
"a name that is placed before one's family name":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone calls me Jack, but my given name is John"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Christian names",
|
|
"first names",
|
|
"forenames",
|
|
"prenames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellations",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"designations",
|
|
"cognomens",
|
|
"cognomina",
|
|
"denotations",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"nicknames",
|
|
"sobriquets",
|
|
"soubriquets",
|
|
"titles",
|
|
"aliases",
|
|
"noms de plume",
|
|
"pen names",
|
|
"pseudonyms",
|
|
"baptismal names"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives one's word":{
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gave her word she would return home once the mission was complete."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenants",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"swears",
|
|
"vows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affiances",
|
|
"betroths",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"troths",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"ensures",
|
|
"guarantees",
|
|
"undertakes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"insists",
|
|
"warrants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimps":{
|
|
"as in limps , hobbles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"footslogs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"tiptoes",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramples",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"swaggers",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"wanders",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"scuffs",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"toddles",
|
|
"waddles",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"peregrinates",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"power walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gins":{
|
|
"as in whiskeys , vodkas":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"Dutch courages",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giggly":{
|
|
"as in happy , playful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives way":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That old chair is going to give way soon."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"melts down",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were urged to give way but chose to stand their ground."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backs away",
|
|
"drops back",
|
|
"falls back",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"bows out",
|
|
"backpedals",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"climbs down",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"pulls away",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gilded":{
|
|
"covered in a thin layer of gold":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"An antique mirror in a gilded frame hung over the marble fireplace."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gold-plated",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"coming from or characterized by wealth and luxury":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The exclusive nightclub was a popular hangout among the city's gilded youth.",
|
|
"The grand hotel has been lovingly restored to its former gilded splendor."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged",
|
|
"in the chips",
|
|
"arabesque",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"bedaubed",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"lacy",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"gingerbread",
|
|
"gingerbreaded",
|
|
"gingerbready",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in whitewashed , varnished":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"belied",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in painted , appliqu\u00e9d":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"filleted",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimmes":{
|
|
"as in laughers , walkaways":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laughers",
|
|
"walkaways",
|
|
"sitting ducks",
|
|
"no-brainers",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"cakes",
|
|
"cakewalks",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"cream puffs",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"picnics",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"roses",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"horror shows",
|
|
"killers",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"brainteasers",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"stumpers",
|
|
"toughies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given way":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That old chair is going to give way soon."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckled",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gone out",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"melted down",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"given out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"snapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"risen",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"swollen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were urged to give way but chose to stand their ground."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backed away",
|
|
"dropped back",
|
|
"fallen back",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flown",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"shrunken",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"bowed out",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"climbed down",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"pulled away",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"vacated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given ground":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There is wildlife in the area, so give ground if you see any when hiking."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backed away",
|
|
"dropped back",
|
|
"fallen back",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flown",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"shrunken",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"bowed out",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"climbed down",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"pulled away",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"vacated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give way (to)":{
|
|
"as in release , take out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"unleash",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"pull in",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"allay",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"strangle",
|
|
"swallow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibbet":{
|
|
"as in pillory , excoriate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pillory",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"upbraid",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"slag",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"nick (at)",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gin mills":{
|
|
"a place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold to be consumed on the premises":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gin mill famous as the favorite hangout of several noted authors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"cantinas",
|
|
"dramshops",
|
|
"grogshops",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"speakeasies",
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
"wineshops",
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving up (to)":{
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"consecrating",
|
|
"dedicating",
|
|
"devoting",
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"setting by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"sanctifying",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"misapplying",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gifting":{
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gifted with an uncanny ability to persuade people to do things they ordinarily wouldn't"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"enduing",
|
|
"induing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"investing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"bestowing (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"conferring (on)",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"according",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"stinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give way":{
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"That old chair is going to give way soon."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were urged to give way but chose to stand their ground."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back away",
|
|
"drop back",
|
|
"fall back",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"bow out",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"backpedal",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"climb down",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"pull away",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"vacate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingerbread":{
|
|
"elaborately and often excessively decorated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marveled at all the woodwork on the historic gingerbread cottages that lined the coast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"gingerbreaded",
|
|
"gingerbready",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdecorated",
|
|
"overwrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arabesque",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"rococo",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"bedaubed",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"frilly",
|
|
"lacy",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"bejeweled",
|
|
"bejewelled",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"emblazoned",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"sequined",
|
|
"sequinned",
|
|
"wreathed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unadorned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving (in)":{
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give in and have some chocolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"buckling (under)",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"giving over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"stifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescing",
|
|
"deferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gits":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oh, don't be such a silly git , of course your mates want you around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berks",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"charlies",
|
|
"charleys",
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"ding-a-lings",
|
|
"dingbats",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"dipsticks",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"mooncalves",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schlumps",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giller":{
|
|
"as in angler , troller":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angler",
|
|
"fly fisherman",
|
|
"surf caster",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"trawlerman",
|
|
"troller",
|
|
"fisherfolk",
|
|
"fisherwoman",
|
|
"waterman",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fisherman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlie":{
|
|
"as in girlish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"girlish",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"effeminate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"epicene",
|
|
"sissified",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"distaff",
|
|
"petticoat",
|
|
"ultrafeminine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unfeminine",
|
|
"unwomanly",
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"hoydenish",
|
|
"tomboyish",
|
|
"male",
|
|
"manlike",
|
|
"manly",
|
|
"mannish",
|
|
"masculine",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"androgynous",
|
|
"neuter",
|
|
"Amazonian",
|
|
"butch",
|
|
"hairy-chested",
|
|
"hypermasculine",
|
|
"macho"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gin":{
|
|
"as in whiskey , vodka":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"Dutch courage",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimleting":{
|
|
"as in bayoneting , piking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayoneting",
|
|
"bayonetting",
|
|
"dirking",
|
|
"piking",
|
|
"poniarding",
|
|
"pronging",
|
|
"quilling",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"pinpricking",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"knifing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"impaling",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lancing",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pinking",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"transfixing",
|
|
"transpiercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given":{
|
|
"being in the habit or custom":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a quiet man not given to loud expressions of emotion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"wont"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"prone",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"addicted",
|
|
"hooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unapt",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"disaccustomed",
|
|
"weaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"unused",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a tendency to be or act in a certain way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's given to exaggeration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"prone",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"liable",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"predisposed",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"known but not named":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"candidates for the quiz show must complete the qualifying test within a given amount of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"one",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"unidentified",
|
|
"unnamed",
|
|
"unspecified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"known",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"specified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a given that television viewers are influenced by advertising, even consciously or subconsciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"if",
|
|
"postulate",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"supposition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hypothesis",
|
|
"proposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"axiom",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"doctrine",
|
|
"dogma",
|
|
"gospel",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"precept",
|
|
"principle",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tenet",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"inference",
|
|
"affirmation",
|
|
"assertion",
|
|
"avouchment",
|
|
"declaration",
|
|
"dictum",
|
|
"ipse dixit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanked all the tutors who generously gave their time to help students after school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"given away",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"volunteered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"thrown in",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"comped",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"pungled (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tendered",
|
|
"sacrificed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"sold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"delegated",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"given over",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transmitted",
|
|
"trusted",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"vested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"handed in",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"recommitted",
|
|
"redelivered",
|
|
"retransferred",
|
|
"retransmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"taken in",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"taken over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"staged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"shown",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"shown off",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"tendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they loaded the shopping cart with so much food it gave under all the weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckled",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"gone out",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"melted down",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"broken down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"given out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"bursted",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"popped",
|
|
"snapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"risen",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"swollen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't give a nickel for such a run-down car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"outlaid",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"shelled out",
|
|
"spent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"rained",
|
|
"blown",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"thrown away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cached",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave her opinion on the matter very firmly and unmistakably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"described",
|
|
"written",
|
|
"writ",
|
|
"wrote",
|
|
"written up",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoken out",
|
|
"spoken up",
|
|
"chimed in",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"submitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"totally gave himself to his studies in the hopes of winning a scholarship for next year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"buckled",
|
|
"devoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readdressed",
|
|
"reapplied",
|
|
"knuckled down",
|
|
"settled (down)",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"busied",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"worn out",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"plunged (in)",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"pegged (away)",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged (away)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce as revenue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that consistently gives $30 million in profits to the owner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"returned",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brought in",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"paid off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave him my e-mail address"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"handed",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plied (with)",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"allocated",
|
|
"apportioned",
|
|
"dealt (out)",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"parceled (out)",
|
|
"parcelled (out)",
|
|
"portioned",
|
|
"prorated",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"deeded",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"transferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"held (back)",
|
|
"kept (back)",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave the committee her grant proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"tendered",
|
|
"trotted out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"held out",
|
|
"given in",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"volunteered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"approbated",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"finalized",
|
|
"formalized",
|
|
"homologated",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"ratified",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"vetoed",
|
|
"rebuffed",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"withdrawn",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave her cold to me, and now I'm so sick that I can barely get out of bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"conveyed",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"transfused",
|
|
"transmitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"disseminated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"infected",
|
|
"poisoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"come down (with)",
|
|
"contracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girders":{
|
|
"as in beams , crossbeams":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbors",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"crossbars",
|
|
"crossbeams",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"ingots",
|
|
"slabs",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in brackets , arches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"frames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlish":{
|
|
"as in girlie":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"girlie",
|
|
"girly",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"effeminate",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"epicene",
|
|
"sissified",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"distaff",
|
|
"petticoat",
|
|
"ultrafeminine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unfeminine",
|
|
"unwomanly",
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"hoydenish",
|
|
"tomboyish",
|
|
"male",
|
|
"manlike",
|
|
"manly",
|
|
"mannish",
|
|
"masculine",
|
|
"virile",
|
|
"androgynous",
|
|
"neuter",
|
|
"Amazonian",
|
|
"butch",
|
|
"hairy-chested",
|
|
"hypermasculine",
|
|
"macho"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in young , boyish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyish",
|
|
"juvenescent",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"youthful",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantilized",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"maidenly",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"naive",
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"untried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"experienced",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"precocious",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"worldly",
|
|
"worldly-wise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"git":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oh, don't be such a silly git , of course your mates want you around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gingering (up)":{
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"find some human-interest anecdotes that will ginger up this news article on the recent downturn in the economy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amping (up)",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"filliping",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"juicing up",
|
|
"jump-starting",
|
|
"livening (up)",
|
|
"pepping (up)",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"vivifying",
|
|
"zipping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"waking (up)",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"motiving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"enkindling",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"reanimating",
|
|
"reawakening",
|
|
"reawaking",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reenergizing",
|
|
"re-energizing",
|
|
"refreshening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"reinvigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"rekindling",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restimulating",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"kayoing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"killing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimmicky":{
|
|
"as in gadgety , cleverish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleverish",
|
|
"gadgety",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"groundbreaking",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"visionary",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"imaginative",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"innovative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncreative",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"assembly-line",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cookie-cutter",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"unoriginal",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given up":{
|
|
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceded",
|
|
"coughed up",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"consigned",
|
|
"entrusted",
|
|
"intrusted",
|
|
"transferred",
|
|
"forfeited",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"abnegated",
|
|
"renounced",
|
|
"resigned",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"forsaken",
|
|
"parted (with)",
|
|
"shed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope you won't give up playing the piano"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broken off",
|
|
"broken up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"thrown up",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung in",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"restarted",
|
|
"resumed",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"begun",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"started"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"maintained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitulated",
|
|
"fallen",
|
|
"knuckled under",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"buckled",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"given (in)",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"folded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"luxuriated",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"wallowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained (from)",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"forborne",
|
|
"forgone",
|
|
"foregone",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gib":{
|
|
"as in tomcat":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tomcat",
|
|
"alley cat",
|
|
"tabby",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"mouser",
|
|
"cat",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"house cat",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"moggy",
|
|
"moggie",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"pussycat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimcrackery":{
|
|
"as in virtu , bric-a-brac":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bijouterie",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"trinketry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"bibelot",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"doodad",
|
|
"gaud",
|
|
"gewgaw",
|
|
"geegaw",
|
|
"gimcrack",
|
|
"kickshaw",
|
|
"knickknack",
|
|
"nicknack",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"tchotchke",
|
|
"trinket",
|
|
"bagatelle",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"figurine",
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
"objet",
|
|
"ornament",
|
|
"keepsake",
|
|
"memento",
|
|
"souvenir",
|
|
"conversation piece",
|
|
"collectible",
|
|
"collectable",
|
|
"collector's item"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving":{
|
|
"as in caring , nurturing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"matronly",
|
|
"female",
|
|
"feminine",
|
|
"womanish",
|
|
"womanlike",
|
|
"womanly",
|
|
"parental",
|
|
"maternal",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"motherly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in yielding , bending":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"flexile",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"bendy",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"waxen",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"moldable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"shapable",
|
|
"shapeable",
|
|
"waxy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diorama about pioneer life at the museum that depicts the giving of beads for clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"remitment",
|
|
"remittance",
|
|
"remuneration"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"tendering",
|
|
"reimbursement",
|
|
"repayment",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"prepayment",
|
|
"overpayment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"underpayment"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonpayment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanked all the tutors who generously gave their time to help students after school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"volunteering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipping in",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"pitching in",
|
|
"throwing in",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"enduing",
|
|
"induing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"comping",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"benefiting",
|
|
"benefitting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"dishing out",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"handing out",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"forking (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"pungling (up)",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"tendering",
|
|
"sacrificing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"selling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"delegating",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"trusting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"vesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conferring",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"handing in",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"lending",
|
|
"loaning",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"recommitting",
|
|
"redelivering",
|
|
"retransferring",
|
|
"retransmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"withholding",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"staging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"previewing",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"dramatizing",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"tendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they loaded the shopping cart with so much food it gave under all the weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"popping",
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't give a nickel for such a run-down car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"forking (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"outlaying",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"shelling out",
|
|
"spending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave her opinion on the matter very firmly and unmistakably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"expounding",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"writing",
|
|
"writing up",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"chiming in",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"putting across",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"submitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"totally gave himself to his studies in the hopes of winning a scholarship for next year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"devoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"readdressing",
|
|
"reapplying",
|
|
"knuckling down",
|
|
"setting (to)",
|
|
"settling (down)",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce as revenue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that consistently gives $30 million in profits to the owner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"returning",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bringing in",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"affording",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"paying off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave him my e-mail address"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plying (with)",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"allocating",
|
|
"apportioning",
|
|
"dealing (out)",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"parceling (out)",
|
|
"parcelling (out)",
|
|
"portioning",
|
|
"prorating",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"transferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holding (back)",
|
|
"keeping (back)",
|
|
"reserving",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave the committee her grant proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"tendering",
|
|
"trotting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"posing",
|
|
"proposing",
|
|
"holding out",
|
|
"giving in",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"volunteering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"approbating",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"formalizing",
|
|
"homologating",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"ratifying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"vetoing",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave her cold to me, and now I'm so sick that I can barely get out of bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transfusing",
|
|
"transmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"diffusing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"coming down (with)",
|
|
"contracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives birth to":{
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After a long labor, Alice gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby boy."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"calves",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"miscarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives the lie to":{
|
|
"to prove to be false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"New methodologies give the lie to the notion that students who struggle with standardized tests lack intelligence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belies",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confutes",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"disconfirms",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"falsifies",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"shoots down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overturns",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"queries",
|
|
"questions",
|
|
"doubts",
|
|
"mistrusts",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"hashes (over)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"talks over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"evinces",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"backs (up)",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"adduces",
|
|
"attests",
|
|
"authenticates",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"manifests"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"verifies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibe":{
|
|
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"laugh (at)",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"skewer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoff (at)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"sneer (at)",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"ride",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"twit",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"barrack",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harry",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"heckle",
|
|
"needle",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"target",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"parrot",
|
|
"pillory",
|
|
"satirize",
|
|
"take off (on)",
|
|
"travesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in taunt , quip":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give notice":{
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I gave notice at the company and am starting my own business."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"resign (from)",
|
|
"retire (from)",
|
|
"step aside (from)",
|
|
"step down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"drop out (of)",
|
|
"throw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stay (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girandole":{
|
|
"as in fluorescent lamp , light bulb":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc lamp",
|
|
"arc light",
|
|
"candelabra",
|
|
"candelabrum",
|
|
"candle",
|
|
"chandelier",
|
|
"dark lantern",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flashbulb",
|
|
"flashcube",
|
|
"flashlight",
|
|
"floodlight",
|
|
"fluorescent lamp",
|
|
"gaslight",
|
|
"gasolier",
|
|
"headlight",
|
|
"incandescent lamp",
|
|
"klieg light",
|
|
"kleig light",
|
|
"lantern",
|
|
"light bulb",
|
|
"lighthouse",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"sconce",
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
"streetlight",
|
|
"sun lamp",
|
|
"beacon",
|
|
"illuminant",
|
|
"lamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlhoods":{
|
|
"as in youths , boyhoods":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyhoods",
|
|
"preadolescences",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"adolescences",
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"nonages",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"maturities",
|
|
"manhoods",
|
|
"womanhoods",
|
|
"babyhoods",
|
|
"infancies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gilts":{
|
|
"as in glitters , bedizenments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bedizenments",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9s",
|
|
"embossments",
|
|
"embroideries",
|
|
"fancyworks",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"enhancements",
|
|
"enrichments",
|
|
"improvements",
|
|
"furnishings",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trappings",
|
|
"fal-lals",
|
|
"flounces",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"furbelows",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"bells and whistles",
|
|
"blazonries",
|
|
"bric-a-brac",
|
|
"chichis",
|
|
"emblazonries",
|
|
"filigrees",
|
|
"fineries",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fripperies",
|
|
"frostings",
|
|
"froufrous",
|
|
"frou-frous",
|
|
"adornments",
|
|
"beautifiers",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"doodads",
|
|
"embellishers",
|
|
"embellishments",
|
|
"frills",
|
|
"garnishes",
|
|
"garnishments",
|
|
"garnitures",
|
|
"ornamentations",
|
|
"ornaments",
|
|
"setoffs",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"defacements",
|
|
"disfigurements",
|
|
"scars",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving rise to":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Technological developments have given rise to a new era."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"bringing on",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"causing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drawing on",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"occasioning",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"resulting (in)",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"translating (into)",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducing (to)",
|
|
"contributing (to)",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"quenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gigging":{
|
|
"as in driving , riding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"busing",
|
|
"bussing",
|
|
"cabbing",
|
|
"coaching",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"navigating",
|
|
"riding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"trundling",
|
|
"migrating",
|
|
"road-tripping",
|
|
"barnstorming",
|
|
"gallivanting",
|
|
"galavanting",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"jaunting",
|
|
"knocking (about)",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"roaming",
|
|
"roving",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"journeying",
|
|
"peregrinating",
|
|
"pilgrimaging",
|
|
"touring",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trekking",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"voyaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving a hang":{
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't give a hang what you do, as long as you leave me alone."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"fearing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giants":{
|
|
"something that is unusually large and powerful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Great Pyramids of Egypt are giants among the world's architectural wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behemoths",
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"colossi",
|
|
"dinosaurs",
|
|
"dreadnoughts",
|
|
"elephants",
|
|
"elephant",
|
|
"Goliaths",
|
|
"jumbos",
|
|
"leviathans",
|
|
"mammoths",
|
|
"mastodons",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"titans",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amazons",
|
|
"giantesses",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"juggernauts",
|
|
"steamrollers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"weaklings",
|
|
"wimps",
|
|
"wisps",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diminutives",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"half-pints",
|
|
"midgets",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"peewees",
|
|
"pygmies",
|
|
"pigmies",
|
|
"runts",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"GI'd":{
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in preparation for one of her mother-in-law's dreaded visits, she had GI'd the whole house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"deterged",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
"mucked (out)",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"shampooed",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"swabbed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"vacuumed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"sweetened",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"uncluttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gigolos":{
|
|
"as in fancy men":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fancy men",
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"honeys",
|
|
"lovers",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"significant others",
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"sparkers",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"sweetie pies",
|
|
"sweeties",
|
|
"sweets",
|
|
"valentines",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"escorts",
|
|
"gallants",
|
|
"suitors",
|
|
"wooers",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"steadies",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9s",
|
|
"intendeds",
|
|
"beaux",
|
|
"beaus",
|
|
"boyfriends",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"swains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"girlhood":{
|
|
"as in boyhood , toddlerhood":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyhood",
|
|
"toddlerhood",
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"nonage",
|
|
"springtime",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"juvenescence",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"babyhood",
|
|
"infancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adulthood",
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"middle age",
|
|
"midlife",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in maidenhood":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"maidenhood",
|
|
"effeminacy",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"femaleness",
|
|
"girlishness",
|
|
"femininity",
|
|
"feminity",
|
|
"muliebrity",
|
|
"womanhood",
|
|
"womanishness",
|
|
"womanliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"manhood",
|
|
"manliness",
|
|
"masculinity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"androgyny",
|
|
"boyishness",
|
|
"mannishness",
|
|
"tomboyishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimlets":{
|
|
"as in bayonets , pikes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving back":{
|
|
"as in reciprocating , rendering (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reciprocating",
|
|
"rendering (to)",
|
|
"refunding",
|
|
"reimbursing",
|
|
"repaying",
|
|
"compensating",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"remunerating",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"paying down",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given over (to)":{
|
|
"as in catered (to) , given in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"given in",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"surrendered",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"acquiesced (to)",
|
|
"conceded (to)",
|
|
"buckled (under)",
|
|
"knuckled under"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"held off",
|
|
"resisted",
|
|
"battled",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"combated",
|
|
"combatted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"countered",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"opposed",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"thwarted",
|
|
"withstood",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
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"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"stifled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give rise to":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Technological developments have given rise to a new era."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"draw on",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibed":{
|
|
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teammates gibing each other when one fouls up an important play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"laughed (at)",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"shot down",
|
|
"skewered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoffed (at)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"sneered (at)",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"chaffed",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"joshed",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"razzed",
|
|
"ribbed",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"twitted",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"barracked",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"catcalled",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"needled",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"ragged",
|
|
"targeted",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"pilloried",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"took off (on)",
|
|
"travestied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giveback":{
|
|
"as in reciprocate , render (to)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reciprocate",
|
|
"render (to)",
|
|
"refund",
|
|
"reimburse",
|
|
"repay",
|
|
"compensate",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"remunerate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"pay down",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in kickback , rebate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kickback",
|
|
"rebate",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"forfeiture",
|
|
"penalty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"appreciation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives":{
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanked all the tutors who generously gave their time to help students after school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"volunteers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chips in",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"throws in",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"endows",
|
|
"endues",
|
|
"indues",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"affords",
|
|
"comps",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"regales",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"dishes out",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"hands out",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"pungles (up)",
|
|
"puts up",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"sacrifices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"sells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"consigns",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"entrusts",
|
|
"intrusts",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transmits",
|
|
"trusts",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"vests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confers",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"hands in",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"wills",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"lends",
|
|
"loans",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"recommits",
|
|
"redelivers",
|
|
"retransfers",
|
|
"retransmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"withholds",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"stages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"previews",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"dramatizes",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"tenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they loaded the shopping cart with so much food it gave under all the weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"melts down",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"swells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't give a nickel for such a run-down car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"outlays",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"shells out",
|
|
"spends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave her opinion on the matter very firmly and unmistakably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"describes",
|
|
"writes",
|
|
"writes up",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"chimes in",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"puts across",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"submits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"totally gave himself to his studies in the hopes of winning a scholarship for next year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"devotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce as revenue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that consistently gives $30 million in profits to the owner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brings in",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"affords",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"pays off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave him my e-mail address"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plies (with)",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"allocates",
|
|
"apportions",
|
|
"deals (out)",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"parcels (out)",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"prorates",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"cedes",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"transfers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"holds (back)",
|
|
"keeps (back)",
|
|
"reserves",
|
|
"retains",
|
|
"withholds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave the committee her grant proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"tenders",
|
|
"trots out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"holds out",
|
|
"gives in",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"volunteers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"approbates",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"formalizes",
|
|
"homologates",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"ratifies",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave her cold to me, and now I'm so sick that I can barely get out of bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transfuses",
|
|
"transmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"infects",
|
|
"poisons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"comes down (with)",
|
|
"contracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving over (to)":{
|
|
"as in catering (to) , giving in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"giving in",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"acquiescing (to)",
|
|
"conceding (to)",
|
|
"buckling (under)",
|
|
"knuckling under"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holding off",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"stifling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give up (to)":{
|
|
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, when he was in college, weekends were largely given up to binge drinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"dedicate",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"set by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"misapply",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given one's word":{
|
|
"to make a solemn declaration of intent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She gave her word she would return home once the mission was complete."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"covenanted",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"sworn",
|
|
"vowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"plighted",
|
|
"trothed",
|
|
"acceded",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"consented",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"ensured",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"undertaken",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"insisted",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving up":{
|
|
"as in surrender , relinquishment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"rollback",
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"neutralization",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"voidance",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recision",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescission",
|
|
"revocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was in so much debt he had to give up his house and move into a cheaper apartment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"coughing up",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"resigning",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"shedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope you won't give up playing the piano"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"hanging in",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"restarting",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the prospect of a renewed enemy attack, the regiment decided to simply give up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitulating",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"knuckling under",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"succumbing",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"giving (in)",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"folding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"fighting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even in the darkest days of her troubled marriage, she refused to give herself up to feelings of utter hopelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overdoing",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"wallowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining (from)",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"forbearing",
|
|
"forgoing",
|
|
"foregoing",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"denying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibbers":{
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop gibbering , and pull yourself together!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"sputters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"blithers",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"tittle-tattles",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"chunters",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"stammers",
|
|
"stutters",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"shrieks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"pronounces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"GI'ing":{
|
|
"to remove the dirt from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in preparation for one of her mother-in-law's dreaded visits, she had GI'd the whole house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"deterging",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"combing",
|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"mopping",
|
|
"mucking (out)",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"scrubbing",
|
|
"shampooing",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"swabbing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vacuuming",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"wiping",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"deodorizing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"sweetening",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
"tidying",
|
|
"uncluttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"discoloring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gimp":{
|
|
"as in limp , hobble":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"footslog",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"tiptoe",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"trample",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"sashay",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"mosey",
|
|
"perambulate",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"wander",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"scuff",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"toddle",
|
|
"waddle",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"peregrinate",
|
|
"trek",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"power walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given birth to":{
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After a long labor, Alice gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby boy."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthed",
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"produced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"begotten",
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"gotten",
|
|
"sired",
|
|
"calved",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"kittened",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"pupped",
|
|
"whelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"miscarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given the third degree to":{
|
|
"to put a series of questions to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debriefed",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"cross-questioned",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"polled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"given of":{
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He is happy to give of his time to help students after school."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"given away",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"volunteered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipped in",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"pitched in",
|
|
"thrown in",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"conferred",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"endued",
|
|
"indued",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"afforded",
|
|
"comped",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"benefited",
|
|
"benefitted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"administered",
|
|
"dished out",
|
|
"dispensed",
|
|
"doled out",
|
|
"handed out",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"meted (out)",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"pungled (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tendered",
|
|
"sacrificed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"held",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"retained",
|
|
"withheld",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"lent",
|
|
"loaned",
|
|
"sold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving one the gate":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Members of the club gave her the gate after discovering her mishandling of their funds."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extruding",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"turfing (out)",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforcing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expatriating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"reading out",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"defenestrating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gives over (to)":{
|
|
"as in caters (to) , gives in":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"gives in",
|
|
"submits",
|
|
"succumbs",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"wallows",
|
|
"acquiesces (to)",
|
|
"concedes (to)",
|
|
"buckles (under)",
|
|
"knuckles under"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"holds off",
|
|
"resists",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"counters",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"thwarts",
|
|
"withstands",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"stifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give":{
|
|
"to make a present of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thanked all the tutors who generously gave their time to help students after school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chip in",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"throw in",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"endow",
|
|
"endue",
|
|
"indue",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"comp",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"dish out",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"hand out",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"pungle (up)",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"sacrifice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"sell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave my camera to my father to hold while I went swimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"consign",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"entrust",
|
|
"intrust",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transmit",
|
|
"trust",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"vest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confer",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"hand in",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"lend",
|
|
"loan",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"recommit",
|
|
"redeliver",
|
|
"retransfer",
|
|
"retransmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take over"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the author will give a reading from her latest work at 7:00 p.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they loaded the shopping cart with so much food it gave under all the weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"melt down",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"swell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wouldn't give a nickel for such a run-down car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"outlay",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"shell out",
|
|
"spend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave her opinion on the matter very firmly and unmistakably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"describe",
|
|
"write",
|
|
"write up",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"chime in",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"put across",
|
|
"put over",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"submit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"restrict"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"totally gave himself to his studies in the hopes of winning a scholarship for next year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"devote"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce as revenue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a company that consistently gives $30 million in profits to the owner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bring in",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"pay off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave him my e-mail address"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"furnish",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"provide",
|
|
"supply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ply (with)",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"allocate",
|
|
"apportion",
|
|
"deal (out)",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"parcel (out)",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"prorate",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"cede",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"make over",
|
|
"transfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold (back)",
|
|
"keep (back)",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"withhold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put before another for acceptance or consideration":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave the committee her grant proposal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"trot out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"hold out",
|
|
"give in",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"accredit",
|
|
"approbate",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"authorize",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"formalize",
|
|
"homologate",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"ratify",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"rebut",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she gave her cold to me, and now I'm so sick that I can barely get out of bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"convey",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"transfer",
|
|
"transfuse",
|
|
"transmit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"infect",
|
|
"poison"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"come down (with)",
|
|
"contract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gigolo":{
|
|
"as in fancy man":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fancy man",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"honey",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sparker",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"sweetie",
|
|
"sweetie pie",
|
|
"valentine",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"suitor",
|
|
"wooer",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"fianc\u00e9",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"beau",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boyfriend",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"old man",
|
|
"swain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giddy":{
|
|
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the giddy youngsters continued to laugh, joke, and make faces during the ceremonies",
|
|
"the old guy's having an affair with a giddy twentysomething"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"giggly",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a feeling of being whirled about and in danger of falling down":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I love the giddy feeling you get riding roller coasters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aswoon",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"swimmy",
|
|
"vertiginous",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"woozy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"groggy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"experiencing or marked by overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"enrapt",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"intoxicated",
|
|
"rapt",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"blissed-out",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gibber":{
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop gibbering , and pull yourself together!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"sputter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"tittle-tattle",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"stammer",
|
|
"stutter",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"shriek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"unintelligible or meaningless talk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all I could get from her gibber was that something had exploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"burble",
|
|
"double Dutch",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"jabberwocky",
|
|
"mumbo jumbo",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"slobber"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"hocus-pocus",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"twaddle",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"twitter",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"clack",
|
|
"clatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given a hang":{
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't give a hang what you do, as long as you leave me alone."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"feared",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"longed",
|
|
"pined",
|
|
"yearned",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"despaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"borne",
|
|
"born",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"stomached",
|
|
"stuck out",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"taken",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving notice":{
|
|
"to give up (a job or office)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I gave notice at the company and am starting my own business."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"resigning (from)",
|
|
"retiring (from)",
|
|
"stepping aside (from)",
|
|
"stepping down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"dropping out (of)",
|
|
"throwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"staying (at)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given rise to":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Technological developments have given rise to a new era."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begotten",
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought on",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"caused",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drawn on",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"occasioned",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"resulted (in)",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"translated (into)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduced (to)",
|
|
"contributed (to)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"begun",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set",
|
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"set up",
|
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"started",
|
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"advanced",
|
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"cultivated",
|
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"developed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
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"furthered",
|
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"nourished",
|
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"nurtured",
|
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"promoted",
|
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"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"impeded",
|
|
"limited",
|
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"restricted",
|
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"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
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"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":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given name":{
|
|
"a name that is placed before one's family name":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"everyone calls me Jack, but my given name is John"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Christian name",
|
|
"first name",
|
|
"forename",
|
|
"prename"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appellation",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"designation",
|
|
"cognomen",
|
|
"denotation",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"nickname",
|
|
"sobriquet",
|
|
"soubriquet",
|
|
"title",
|
|
"alias",
|
|
"nom de plume",
|
|
"pen name",
|
|
"pseudonym",
|
|
"baptismal name"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give in":{
|
|
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"give in and have some chocolate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"wallow",
|
|
"acquiesce (to)",
|
|
"concede (to)",
|
|
"buckle (under)",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"give over (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"stifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"resist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after withstanding hours of begging, their father finally gave in and let them go to the amusement park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"budge",
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"defer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"hold off",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"resist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"givebacks":{
|
|
"as in kickbacks , rebates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"rebates",
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"forfeitures",
|
|
"penalties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"appreciations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving birth to":{
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"After a long labor, Alice gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby boy."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"birthing",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"calving",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"kittening",
|
|
"littering",
|
|
"pupping",
|
|
"whelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"miscarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"give out":{
|
|
"to make known openly or publicly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's information that I'm not prepared to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"annunciate",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blazon",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"call (off or out)",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"billboard",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"knell",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"toll",
|
|
"blurb",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"kithe",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"advise",
|
|
"apprise",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"notify",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"intimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"withhold",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"revoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw or give off":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this heater gives out a funny smell sometimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"evolve",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"irradiate",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"send (out)",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"vent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"excrete",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"secrete",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"outpour",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"inhale",
|
|
"soak (up)",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"waiting for the fuel pump in my old car to give out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"stall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"wheeze",
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"malfunction",
|
|
"jam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"start (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |