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{
"near":{
"close to":{
"examples":[
"please don't cough near me"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"by",
"next to",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alongside",
"beside",
"across",
"along",
"at",
"circa",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being the less far of two":{
"examples":[
"grab the comforter from the near side of the bed and fold it in half"
],
"synonyms":[
"closer",
"hither",
"nigher",
"this"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fore",
"forward",
"front",
"inside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distant",
"remote",
"remoter",
"back",
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[
"far",
"farther",
"further",
"opposite",
"other",
"that"
]
},
"being such only when compared to something else":{
"examples":[
"the incessant busyness of the family next-door makes us look like we live in near retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"almost",
"approximate",
"comparative",
"relative"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alike",
"comparable",
"similar",
"equal",
"equivalent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"genuine",
"real",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[
"absolute",
"complete",
"downright",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"pure",
"unqualified"
]
},
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
"examples":[
"the dress is made from a near silk that would fool anyone but an expert"
],
"synonyms":[
"lifelike",
"living",
"natural",
"naturalistic",
"naturalist",
"photo-realistic",
"realistic",
"three-dimensional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alike",
"like",
"matching",
"similar",
"verisimilar",
"akin",
"analogous",
"approximate",
"comparable",
"resembling",
"accurate",
"close",
"faithful",
"true",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"expressive",
"graphic",
"graphical",
"gritty",
"vivid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dissimilar",
"off",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"incomparable",
"unmatched",
"contrasted",
"contrasting",
"different",
"disparate",
"fake",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonnatural",
"nonrealistic",
"unnatural",
"unrealistic"
]
},
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
"examples":[
"the famous prediction that in the near future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close-up",
"immediate",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
]
},
"closely acquainted":{
"examples":[
"only her nearest friends know she's pregnant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"buddy-buddy",
"chummy",
"close",
"especial",
"familiar",
"friendly",
"inseparable",
"intimate",
"inward",
"thick",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clannish",
"close-knit",
"tight-knit",
"affable",
"boon",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hearty",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"easy",
"snug",
"amicable",
"neighborly",
"confidential",
"secretive",
"adoring",
"affectionate",
"dear",
"devoted",
"fond",
"loving",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloof",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"unfriendly",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"antonyms":[
"distant"
]
},
"at, within, or to a short distance or time":{
"examples":[
"as the campers grew cold, so they gravitated nearer to the campfire",
"as summer draws near , we usually start planning our annual vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"by",
"close",
"hard",
"in",
"nearby",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hereabouts",
"hereabout",
"hereaway",
"hereaways",
"thereabouts",
"thereabout",
"along",
"alongside",
"accessibly",
"conveniently",
"handily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to a close degree":{
"examples":[
"copy the artist's drawing into your own sketchbook as near as you can"
],
"synonyms":[
"closely",
"nearly"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"distantly",
"remotely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"it's near six o'clock, so we should start preparing dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"close to but not exactly":{
"examples":[
"it takes somewhere near an hour to get there"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say",
"some"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"as the procession nears , you'll be able to take a better picture of the graduates"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"belly up",
"close",
"close in",
"come up",
"draw on",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrive",
"attain",
"come",
"gain",
"hit",
"land",
"make",
"reach",
"show up",
"turn up",
"waltz (up)",
"creep up",
"sneak up",
"adjoin",
"border",
"touch",
"verge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear out",
"depart",
"exit",
"go",
"leave",
"light out",
"pull out",
"quit",
"remove",
"run away",
"shove (off)",
"take off",
"walk out"
],
"antonyms":[
"back (up or away)",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
]
},
"to move closer to":{
"examples":[
"as we near the church, you'll be able to see the bas-relief sculptures better"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"approach",
"come",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drop in",
"enter",
"pop (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depart",
"exit",
"leave"
],
"antonyms":[
"go",
"recede (from)",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
"near miss":{
"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"close call",
"close shave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squeaker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misfire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nearest":{
"as in inner , innermost":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"equidistant",
"inmost",
"inner",
"innermost",
"central",
"halfway",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"medial",
"median",
"mediate",
"medium",
"mid",
"middle",
"midmost",
"betwixt and between",
"borderline",
"gray",
"grey",
"in-between"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outer",
"peripheral",
"extreme",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"remotest",
"utmost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in nearby , close":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"ambient",
"encompassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous",
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nearsightedness":{
"as in myopia":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neaten":{
"to make neat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"neatened the living room in anticipation of company"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"related":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"synonyms":[
"pick up",
"redd (up or out)",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up or out)",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"nebulous":{
"having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"made nebulous references to some major changes the future may hold"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"arcane",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"deep",
"Delphic",
"double-edged",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"fuliginous",
"inscrutable",
"murky",
"mysterious",
"mystic",
"obscure",
"occult",
"opaque"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstruse",
"esoteric",
"recondite",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"disguised",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"hazy",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"muddy",
"obfuscatory",
"obnubilated",
"obscurant",
"obscurantic",
"shaded",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"sphinxlike",
"indefinite",
"inexact",
"inexplicit",
"noncommittal",
"questionable",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague",
"impenetrable",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"inexplicable",
"eerie",
"eery",
"uncanny",
"weird",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unanswerable",
"unknowable",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"complex",
"complicated",
"difficult",
"obtuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"legible",
"pellucid",
"understandable",
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure",
"defined",
"determined",
"direct",
"straightforward",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"appreciable",
"palpable",
"tangible",
"visible",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"accessible",
"clear",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal"
]
},
"not seen or understood clearly":{
"examples":[
"could just make out the nebulous outline of a fishing shack in the dense fog"
],
"synonyms":[
"blear",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"murky",
"obscure",
"opaque",
"pale",
"shadowy",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"vague"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"indiscernible",
"inexplicable",
"mysterious",
"obfuscatory",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"obvious",
"plain",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"definite",
"pellucid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"necessary":{
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
],
"examples":[
"an emissions test is necessary before you can renew the registration for your car"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"related":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
]
},
"impossible to avoid or evade":{
"antonyms":[
"avoidable",
"evadable",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
],
"examples":[
"taxes will always be a necessary evil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preventable",
"preventible",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"unclear",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"improbable",
"unlikely"
],
"related":[
"decided",
"definite",
"settled",
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"destined",
"fated",
"foreordained",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"preordained",
"inexorable",
"relentless",
"unremitting",
"unstoppable"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"ineluctable",
"ineludible",
"inescapable",
"inevitable",
"sure",
"unavoidable",
"unescapable"
]
},
"impossible to do without":{
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
],
"examples":[
"food and water are necessary for survival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
],
"examples":[
"a modest income that provided the family with only the necessaries of life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"related":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"necessitating":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"needing",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"necessitous":{
"impossible to do without":{
"examples":[
"all the dreaded, necessitous decisions that one must make when arranging the funeral of a loved one"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
]
},
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"amidst the holiday feasting, merrymaking and spending, it was easy to overlook the necessitous members of the community"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"needing immediate attention":{
"examples":[
"firmly of the belief that no matter is so necessitous that it cannot be put off until tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"burning",
"clamant",
"compelling",
"critical",
"crying",
"dire",
"emergent",
"exigent",
"imperative",
"imperious",
"importunate",
"instant",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demanding",
"extreme",
"immediate",
"insistent",
"intense",
"overriding",
"crucial",
"desperate",
"grave",
"life-and-death",
"life-or-death",
"serious",
"severe",
"vital",
"dangerous",
"explosive",
"hazardous",
"perilous",
"precarious",
"unstable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incidental",
"low-pressure",
"minor",
"negligible",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"nonthreatening",
"safe",
"stable"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncritical",
"nonurgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"needed":{
"impossible to do without":{
"examples":[
"pack only what will be needed"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
]
},
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"challenged",
"claimed",
"demanded",
"necessitated",
"required",
"took",
"wanted",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailed",
"involved",
"asked",
"begged",
"clamored (for)",
"cried (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lacked",
"commanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"quested",
"stipulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed"
],
"antonyms":[
"had",
"held"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"needle":{
"a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin":{
"examples":[
"the nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing"
],
"synonyms":[
"hype",
"hypodermic",
"hypodermic needle",
"hypodermic syringe",
"syringe"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
"examples":[
"simply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand",
"index",
"indicator",
"pointer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dial",
"face",
"gauge",
"gage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
],
"synonyms":[
"bait",
"hassle",
"haze",
"heckle",
"ride",
"taunt",
"tease"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deride",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"fret",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"gnaw (at)",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"hagride",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nag",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"trouble",
"vex",
"aggravate",
"exasperate",
"goad",
"test",
"try",
"aggrieve",
"agitate",
"bedevil",
"beleaguer",
"discomfort",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"badger",
"dog",
"hound",
"browbeat",
"bully",
"hector",
"harass",
"harry",
"persecute",
"plague",
"terrorize",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
],
"synonyms":[
"dog",
"henpeck",
"hound",
"nag",
"peck (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carp (at)",
"fuss (about or over)",
"nitpick",
"annoy",
"badger",
"bait",
"bother",
"bug",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"irk",
"pester",
"plague",
"ride",
"vex",
"yap (at)",
"egg",
"goad",
"incite",
"prod",
"prompt",
"spur",
"urge",
"exhort",
"insist",
"press",
"pressure",
"push",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"wheedle",
"beg",
"importune",
"plead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliment",
"commend",
"laud",
"praise",
"recommend",
"tout",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"build up",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"needlelike":{
"being of less than usual width":{
"examples":[
"I need a needlelike piece of wire to finish making this wreath"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"hairline",
"narrow",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"needless":{
"not needed by the circumstances or to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"needless expenditures that pushed the construction project way over budget"
],
"synonyms":[
"dispensable",
"gratuitous",
"inessential",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unwarranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"redundant",
"superfluous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all-important",
"crucial",
"important",
"vital",
"imperative",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"antonyms":[
"essential",
"indispensable",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"needy":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"those generous souls who regularly give money and donate clothes to help the needy"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"negatived":{
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
"examples":[
"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"downed",
"killed",
"nixed",
"shot down",
"vetoed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"declined",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"blacklisted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admitted",
"allowed",
"approved",
"assented (to)",
"passed",
"sanctioned",
"elected",
"supported"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirmed",
"ratified"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disaffirmed",
"disallowed",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disconfirmed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"refuted",
"rejected",
"repudiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traversed",
"challenged",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disputed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"affirmed",
"announced",
"asserted",
"averred",
"claimed",
"declared",
"maintained",
"professed",
"submitted",
"authenticated",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"allowed",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confirmed",
"owned"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"refused",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw out",
"threw over",
"turned down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
]
},
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult"
],
"synonyms":[
"annulled",
"canceled (out)",
"cancelled (out)",
"compensated (for)",
"corrected",
"counteracted",
"counterbalanced",
"counterpoised",
"made up (for)",
"neutralized",
"offset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidated",
"negated",
"neutered",
"nullified",
"atoned (for)",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"redeemed",
"redressed",
"relieved",
"remedied",
"overrode",
"overruled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"nixed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"withheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed",
"rebuffed",
"repelled",
"spurned",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"held",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"balked (at)",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afforded",
"furnished",
"gave",
"provided",
"supplied",
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"conceded",
"granted",
"let",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"permitted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"negatives":{
"a vote or decision against something":{
"examples":[
"in the absence of an unambiguous negative from the commander, we decided to continue on the mission"
],
"synonyms":[
"nays",
"noes",
"nos",
"non placets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cons",
"blackballs",
"vetoes",
"denials",
"negations",
"refusals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pros",
"acceptances",
"approvals",
"graces"
],
"antonyms":[
"positives",
"yeas",
"yeses",
"yesses"
]
},
"something that is as different as possible from something else":{
"examples":[
"the desire to control another person is actually the negative of real love"
],
"synonyms":[
"antipodes",
"antitheses",
"contraries",
"counters",
"obverses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"negations",
"antonyms",
"counterpoints",
"converses",
"inverses",
"mirror images"
],
"near antonyms":[
"synonyms",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"counterparts",
"carbon copies",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"replicas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success":{
"examples":[
"the main negative of this job is that I have to get up at 4:30 a.m."
],
"synonyms":[
"debits",
"disadvantages",
"disbenefits",
"downsides",
"drawbacks",
"handicaps",
"incommodities",
"liabilities",
"minuses",
"strikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"millstones",
"strangleholds",
"disabilities",
"impairments",
"failings",
"shortcomings",
"bars",
"catches",
"checks",
"clogs",
"crimps",
"embarrassments",
"hindrances",
"hitches",
"hurdles",
"impediments",
"interferences",
"lets",
"manacles",
"obstacles",
"obstructions",
"rubs",
"shackles",
"stops",
"trammels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"vantages",
"head starts",
"jumps",
"leads",
"margins",
"starts",
"ascendancies",
"ascendencies",
"betters",
"commands",
"controls",
"drops",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"superiorities",
"supremacies",
"transcendences",
"upper hands",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"breaks",
"opportunities",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[
"advantages",
"assets",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses"
]
},
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
"examples":[
"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"downs",
"kills",
"nixes",
"shoots down",
"vetoes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"declines",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"blacklists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admits",
"allows",
"approves",
"assents (to)",
"passes",
"sanctions",
"elects",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirms",
"ratifies"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disaffirms",
"disallows",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disconfirms",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"refutes",
"rejects",
"repudiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traverses",
"challenges",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disputes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"affirms",
"announces",
"asserts",
"avers",
"claims",
"declares",
"maintains",
"professes",
"submits",
"authenticates",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"allows",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confirms",
"owns"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"balks (at)",
"declines",
"deselects",
"disapproves",
"nixes",
"passes",
"passes up",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"throws out",
"throws over",
"turns down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows off",
"disdains",
"rebuffs",
"scorns",
"scouts",
"shoots down",
"overrules",
"vetoes",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"dismisses",
"ignores",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"sticks",
"abjures",
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"recants",
"renounces",
"retracts",
"takes back",
"unsays",
"withdraws",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"detours",
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disowns",
"negates",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disproves",
"disputes",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"backs down",
"backs off",
"backtracks",
"disallows",
"recalls",
"reneges",
"revokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condones",
"countenances",
"swallows",
"tolerates",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"receives",
"takes",
"welcomes",
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"consents",
"chooses",
"handpicks",
"selects",
"espouses",
"supports"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"agrees (to)",
"approves"
]
},
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult"
],
"synonyms":[
"annuls",
"cancels (out)",
"compensates (for)",
"corrects",
"counteracts",
"counterbalances",
"counterpoises",
"makes up (for)",
"neutralizes",
"offsets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidates",
"negates",
"neuters",
"nullifies",
"atones (for)",
"outbalances",
"outweighs",
"redeems",
"redresses",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"overrides",
"overrules"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan"
],
"synonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"nixes",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"reprobates",
"withholds"
],
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"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes",
"rebuffs",
"repels",
"spurns",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"holds",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains",
"restricts",
"balks (at)",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affords",
"furnishes",
"gives",
"provides",
"supplies",
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"warrants",
"accords",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes"
],
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"concedes",
"grants",
"lets",
"OKs",
"okays",
"permits"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"negativing":{
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
"examples":[
"although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument",
"we promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackballing",
"downing",
"killing",
"nixing",
"shooting down",
"vetoing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"declining",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"blacklisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"admitting",
"allowing",
"approving",
"assenting (to)",
"passing",
"sanctioning",
"electing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"confirming",
"ratifying"
]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"the governor's press secretary promptly negatived the rumor that he was not intending to run for reelection"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disaffirming",
"disallowing",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disconfirming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"refuting",
"rejecting",
"repudiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traversing",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disputing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"allowing",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confirming",
"owning"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"examples":[
"even though I had originally negatived the invitation, Mom thought I should go anyway"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"throwing over",
"turning down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
]
},
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"no amount of flattery is likely to negative that overheard insult"
],
"synonyms":[
"annulling",
"canceling (out)",
"cancelling (out)",
"compensating (for)",
"correcting",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"counterpoising",
"making up (for)",
"neutralizing",
"offsetting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidating",
"negating",
"neutering",
"nullifying",
"atoning (for)",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"redeeming",
"redressing",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"overriding",
"overruling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unwilling to grant":{
"examples":[
"ultimately, we negatived the request for a personal loan"
],
"synonyms":[
"declining",
"denying",
"disallowing",
"disapproving",
"nixing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"withholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"vetoing",
"rebuffing",
"repelling",
"spurning",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"restricting",
"balking (at)",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affording",
"furnishing",
"giving",
"providing",
"supplying",
"authorizing",
"commissioning",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"consenting (to)",
"warranting",
"according",
"sanctioning",
"vouchsafing"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"conceding",
"granting",
"letting",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"permitting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neglect":{
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
"examples":[
"for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down"
],
"synonyms":[
"desolation",
"dilapidation",
"disrepair",
"seediness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inattention",
"negligence",
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"dereliction",
"deterioration",
"disintegration",
"dumpiness",
"ruin",
"ruination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservation",
"preservation",
"upkeep"
],
"antonyms":[
"keeping",
"repair"
]
},
"the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{
"examples":[
"your ongoing neglect of your health is going to land you in the hospital someday"
],
"synonyms":[
"default",
"delinquency",
"dereliction",
"failure",
"misprision",
"negligence",
"nonfeasance",
"oversight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"laxity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliance",
"discharge",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypass",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight",
"slur (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fail",
"miss",
"omit",
"brush (aside or off)",
"reject",
"shrug off",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"disdain",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"scorn",
"scant",
"skimp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"cultivate",
"foster",
"nurse",
"nurture",
"pamper",
"remember",
"listen (to)",
"watch",
"follow",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"remark"
],
"antonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"heed",
"mind",
"regard",
"tend (to)"
]
},
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
"examples":[
"I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"forget",
"shirk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slack (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry out",
"do",
"execute",
"perform",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"keep up",
"maintain"
],
"antonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"remember"
]
},
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
"examples":[
"conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record"
],
"synonyms":[
"fail",
"forget",
"omit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"pretermit",
"slight",
"slide",
"slip",
"default",
"skip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heed",
"mind",
"remember",
"keep",
"observe",
"carry out",
"do",
"execute",
"perform",
"practice",
"practise",
"discharge",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"meet",
"satisfy",
"comply (with)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"negligible":{
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
"examples":[
"the two cents in change was such a negligible sum that she left the store without bothering to take it"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"de minimis",
"footling",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"measly",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minute",
"niggling",
"no-account",
"nominal",
"paltry",
"peanut",
"petty",
"picayune",
"piddling",
"piddly",
"piffling",
"pimping",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inferior",
"mean",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"little",
"puny",
"tiny",
"hairsplitting",
"nitpicking",
"pettifogging",
"quibbling",
"one-horse",
"small-fry",
"two-bit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"serious",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"eventful",
"momentous",
"pivotal",
"conspicuous",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"striking",
"appreciable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"measurable"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"considerable",
"important",
"material",
"significant"
]
},
"lacking importance":{
"examples":[
"the results from that small study of coffee drinkers are negligible and can be ignored"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
]
},
"small in degree":{
"examples":[
"there's a negligible chance I may make it to the picnic, but don't count on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"fragile",
"frail",
"off",
"outside",
"remote",
"slight",
"slim",
"small"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marginal",
"minimal",
"minor",
"little",
"tiny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"great",
"large",
"distinct",
"significant",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"healthy",
"largish",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy"
],
"antonyms":[
"good"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"negotiant":{
"as in negotiator , bargainer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bargainer",
"negotiator",
"moderator",
"appeaser",
"pacificator",
"pacifier",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"agent",
"attorney",
"deputy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"broker",
"buffer",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"honest broker",
"interceder",
"intercessor",
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"interposer",
"mediator",
"middleman",
"peacemaker",
"liaison",
"medium",
"ambassador",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"legate",
"messenger",
"delegate",
"representative",
"busybody",
"interferer",
"meddler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiated (about)":{
"as in exchanged (for) , dealt (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bartered (for)",
"dealt (for)",
"dickered (over)",
"exchanged (for)",
"haggled (for)",
"traded (for)",
"financed",
"paid (for)",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"bargained (with)",
"chaffered (with)",
"horse-traded (with)",
"paltered (with)",
"acquired",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"obtained",
"procured",
"secured",
"won",
"bade",
"bid",
"offered",
"bought",
"copped",
"picked up",
"purchased",
"took",
"rebought",
"repurchased"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"retailed",
"sold",
"vended"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"negotiates (about)":{
"as in exchanges (for) , deals (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barters (for)",
"deals (for)",
"dickers (over)",
"exchanges (for)",
"haggles (for)",
"trades (for)",
"finances",
"pays (for)",
"springs (for)",
"bargains (with)",
"chaffers (with)",
"horse-trades (with)",
"palters (with)",
"acquires",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"obtains",
"procures",
"secures",
"wins",
"bids",
"offers",
"buys",
"cops",
"picks up",
"purchases",
"takes",
"rebuys",
"repurchases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"retails",
"sells",
"vends"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"negotiation":{
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
"examples":[
"it will take some negotiation , but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodation",
"compromise",
"concession",
"give-and-take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haggle",
"horse trade",
"accord",
"arrangement",
"bargain",
"concurrence",
"consensus",
"deal",
"understanding",
"agreement",
"settlement",
"mediation",
"treaty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiations":{
"the act or practice of each side giving up something in order to reach an agreement":{
"examples":[
"it will take some negotiation , but I think we can get each side to agree to a cease-fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodations",
"compromises",
"concessions",
"give-and-takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"haggles",
"horse trades",
"accords",
"arrangements",
"bargains",
"concurrences",
"consensuses",
"deals",
"understandings",
"agreements",
"settlements",
"mediations",
"treaties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neighborhood":{
"an approximate amount, extent, or degree":{
"examples":[
"a movie that's said to have cost in the neighborhood of 100 million dollars"
],
"synonyms":[
"matter",
"tune",
"vicinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ballpark",
"nearness",
"proximity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature":{
"examples":[
"are you familiar with the city's Latino neighborhood ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"district",
"nabe",
"quarter",
"section"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"zone",
"department",
"division",
"part",
"precinct",
"ward",
"area",
"backyard",
"locality",
"place",
"region",
"barrio",
"enclave",
"ghetto",
"hood",
"'hood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the people living in a particular area":{
"examples":[
"invited practically the whole neighborhood over for a big party"
],
"synonyms":[
"community"
],
"near synonyms":[
"city",
"commune",
"hamlet",
"town",
"village",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"citizenry",
"culture",
"people",
"populace",
"public",
"society"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"we were somewhere in the neighborhood of the Capitol because we could see the dome"
],
"synonyms":[
"backyard",
"environs",
"purlieus",
"vicinage",
"vicinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environment",
"surround",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nemesis":{
"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
"examples":[
"Batman is the Joker's main nemesis and always foils his wicked plots"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenger",
"castigator",
"chastiser",
"punisher",
"scourge",
"vigilante"
],
"near synonyms":[
"revenger",
"redresser",
"righter",
"requiter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomer",
"redeemer",
"vindicator"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
"examples":[
"social ostracism was once society's nemesis for those who defied its sexual mores"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"comeuppance",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reprisal",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"mulct",
"example",
"sentence",
"confinement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denouncement",
"censure",
"criticism",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesty",
"indemnity",
"pardon",
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"release",
"commutation",
"reprieve",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"remitment",
"condonation",
"disregard",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"irrationality is the nemesis of democracy, for good government depends upon the wisdom of the electorate"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"bane",
"curse",
"scourge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"danger",
"hazard",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"threat",
"trouble",
"booby trap",
"catch",
"pitfall",
"snag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"gift",
"help",
"relief",
"support",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"armor",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safety",
"security",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"good",
"manna",
"windfall"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neoconservative":{
"as in blimpish , Tory":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in neocon":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"nerdish":{
"much given to learning and thinking":{
"antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine"
],
"examples":[
"nerdish students will find several university organizations where they will fit in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"dumb",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"slow",
"stupid",
"unintelligent",
"benighted",
"unenlightened"
],
"related":[
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"polyhistoric",
"polymath",
"polymathic",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"professorial",
"didactic",
"high-toned",
"hyperintellectual",
"pedantic",
"high-hat",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"educated",
"schooled",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"smart"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nerds":{
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was such a nerd in college that she spent Saturday nights at the library"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"goof-offs",
"slackers",
"underachievers",
"lowbrows"
],
"related":[
"double-domes",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"academics",
"bookmen",
"scholars",
"gearheads",
"techies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bookworms",
"dinks",
"dorks",
"geeks",
"grinds",
"swots",
"weenies",
"wonks"
]
},
"a person with strong intellectual interests":{
"antonyms":[
"anti-intellectuals",
"lowbrows",
"philistines"
],
"examples":[
"an unlikely romance between a nerd and a campus beauty queen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"half-wits",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"pinheads",
"simpletons"
],
"related":[
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"Brahmins",
"mandarins",
"sages",
"intellectualizers",
"pseuds",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"synonyms":[
"double-domes",
"geeks",
"highbrows",
"intellectualists",
"intellectuals",
"longhairs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nerved":{
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
"examples":[
"a nerved and fearless driver of race cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nervy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"swashbuckling",
"unafraid",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"witless",
"unnecessary",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chickenhearted",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"milky",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"wary",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sage",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
]
},
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"braced",
"forearmed",
"fortified",
"poised",
"psyched (up)",
"readied",
"steeled",
"strengthened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"buttressed",
"enforced",
"propped (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supported",
"sustained",
"cheered (up)",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"rallied",
"roused",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"psyched (out)",
"shook",
"unnerved",
"debilitated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"nest egg":{
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"paid for the computer out of his nest egg"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"budget",
"deposit",
"fund",
"kitty",
"pool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chest",
"coffer(s)",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings account",
"bankroll",
"cache",
"collection",
"cushion",
"hoard",
"pocketbook",
"reserve",
"treasure",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nestle":{
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deploy",
"emplace",
"fix",
"locate",
"park",
"plant",
"position",
"set",
"situate",
"station",
"anchor",
"bivouac",
"camp",
"camp (out)",
"burrow",
"curl up",
"dig in",
"harbor",
"house"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconce",
"install",
"lodge",
"perch",
"roost",
"settle"
]
},
"to lie close":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blench",
"flinch",
"quail",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"shy",
"start",
"wince"
],
"related":[
"curl up",
"crouch",
"huddle"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddle",
"nuzzle",
"snoozle",
"snuggle"
]
},
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"nestling with her children on the couch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"burrow",
"couch",
"crouch",
"huddle",
"hunch",
"hunker (down)",
"scrunch",
"squat",
"squinch"
],
"synonyms":[
"curl up",
"snug",
"snuggle"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"nestles":{
"to lie close":{
"examples":[
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddles",
"nuzzles",
"snoozles",
"snuggles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curls up",
"crouches",
"huddles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blenches",
"flinches",
"quails",
"recoils",
"shies",
"shrinks",
"starts",
"winces"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
"examples":[
"nestling with her children on the couch"
],
"synonyms":[
"curls up",
"snuggles",
"snugs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrows",
"couches",
"crouches",
"huddles",
"hunches",
"hunkers (down)",
"scrunches",
"squats",
"squinches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"installs",
"lodges",
"perches",
"roosts",
"settles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deploys",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"locates",
"parks",
"plants",
"positions",
"sets",
"situates",
"stations",
"anchors",
"bivouacs",
"camps",
"camps (out)",
"burrows",
"curls up",
"digs in",
"harbors",
"houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"nestling":{
"as in baby , infant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babe",
"baby",
"bantling",
"infant",
"neonate",
"newborn",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weanling",
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"adolescent",
"minor",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"preschooler",
"rug rat",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"schoolkid",
"imp",
"jackanapes",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"cherub",
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"subteen",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween",
"lad",
"nipper",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"bobby-soxer",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen",
"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie close":{
"examples":[
"nestled in next to the other kittens in the box"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuddling",
"nuzzling",
"snoozling",
"snuggling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curling up",
"crouching",
"huddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blenching",
"flinching",
"quailing",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"shying",
"starting",
"wincing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to sit or recline comfortably or cozily":{
"examples":[
"nestling with her children on the couch"
],
"synonyms":[
"curling up",
"snugging",
"snuggling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burrowing",
"couching",
"crouching",
"huddling",
"hunching",
"hunkering (down)",
"scrunching",
"squatting",
"squinching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{
"examples":[
"we had scarcely nestled the children in their beds when there was a knock at the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"installing",
"lodging",
"perching",
"roosting",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deploying",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"locating",
"parking",
"planting",
"positioning",
"setting",
"situating",
"stationing",
"anchoring",
"bivouacking",
"camping",
"camping (out)",
"burrowing",
"curling up",
"digging in",
"harboring",
"housing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"nests":{
"a place or environment that favors the development of something":{
"examples":[
"suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding grounds",
"hotbeds",
"hothouses",
"nidi",
"niduses",
"nurseries",
"seedbeds",
"seminaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crucibles",
"bases",
"capitals",
"centers",
"cores",
"cynosures",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"meccas",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"foci",
"focuses",
"headquarters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
"examples":[
"headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation"
],
"synonyms":[
"concealments",
"coverts",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"hidey-holes",
"hidy-holes",
"lairs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blinds",
"covers",
"nooks",
"recesses",
"hangouts",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"haunts",
"havens",
"redoubts",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"shelters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"net":{
"a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"the basketball didn't go into the basket\u2014it just hit the net"
],
"synonyms":[
"mesh",
"netting",
"network"
],
"near synonyms":[
"web",
"webbing",
"grille",
"grill",
"lattice",
"screen",
"screening",
"wirework",
"bobbinet",
"Brussels lace",
"filigree",
"fishnet",
"lace",
"marquisette",
"tulle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{
"examples":[
"drug runners caught in an elaborate net set by the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambush",
"snare",
"trap",
"web"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshment",
"entanglement",
"entrapment",
"envelopment",
"booby trap",
"catch",
"hazard",
"land mine",
"pitfall",
"snag",
"artifice",
"cheat",
"cheating",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"subterfuge",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that catches and holds":{
"examples":[
"caught in a net of palace intrigues"
],
"synonyms":[
"entanglement",
"mesh(es)",
"morass",
"noose",
"quagmire",
"quicksand",
"snare",
"tanglement",
"toil(s)",
"trap",
"web"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"cat's cradle",
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"cobweb",
"spiderweb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{
"examples":[
"his net for the year was about 60% of his total income"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gain",
"lucre",
"payoff",
"proceeds",
"profit",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanup",
"killing",
"windfall",
"bottom line",
"gross",
"sales",
"compensation",
"emolument",
"income",
"pay",
"payment",
"remittal",
"requital",
"salary",
"wages",
"interest",
"revenue",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"cost",
"disbursement",
"expenditure",
"expense",
"loss",
"outgo",
"outlay"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"the net of the report on race relations is that things are better but not good enough"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom line",
"bull's-eye",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat",
"meat and potatoes",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"point",
"root",
"sum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"course",
"direction",
"drift",
"tenor",
"body",
"content",
"substance",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"purport",
"subject",
"theme",
"thesis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch up",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"ensnarl",
"entangle",
"entoil",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"birdlime",
"capture",
"collar",
"embroil",
"implicate",
"involve",
"mire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"extricate",
"clear",
"free",
"liberate"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"untangle"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
"examples":[
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
],
"synonyms":[
"clear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"make",
"realize",
"cash in (on)",
"rake (in)",
"clean up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gross"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"nether":{
"situated lower down":{
"examples":[
"skied the nether slope of the mountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"inferior",
"lower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"underlying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"highest",
"uppermost",
"overhanging",
"overhead"
],
"antonyms":[
"higher",
"superior",
"upper"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"netting":{
"a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"wore a veil of netting"
],
"synonyms":[
"mesh",
"net",
"network"
],
"near synonyms":[
"web",
"webbing",
"grille",
"grill",
"lattice",
"screen",
"screening",
"wirework",
"bobbinet",
"Brussels lace",
"filigree",
"fishnet",
"lace",
"marquisette",
"tulle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching up",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"ensnarling",
"entangling",
"entoiling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"snaring",
"tangling",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"birdliming",
"capturing",
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"involving",
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"detaching",
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"clearing",
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"disentangling",
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"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
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"bagging",
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"getting",
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"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
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"gloving",
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"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
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"baying",
"cornering",
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"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
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"gripping",
"holding",
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"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
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"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
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"discharging",
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"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
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"unhanding"
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"missing"
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"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
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"clearing"
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"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"making",
"realizing",
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"cleaning up"
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"grossing"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
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"appeased",
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"mollified",
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"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
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"comforted",
"consoled",
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"quieted",
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"solaced",
"soothed"
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"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
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"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
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"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
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"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
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"ate",
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"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
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"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
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"verb"
]
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"causing annoyance":{
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"examples":[
"a few nettlesome details that still required attention"
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"delightful",
"pleasing"
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"related":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
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"abrasive",
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"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"neurologists":{
"as in pediatricians , dermatologists":{
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"near synonyms":[
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"optometrists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"podiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"family doctors",
"family physicians",
"family practitioners",
"general practitioners",
"attendings",
"clinicians",
"hospitalists",
"specialists",
"plastic surgeons",
"surgeons",
"interns",
"internes",
"residents",
"aidmen",
"nurse-practitioners",
"nurses",
"EMTs",
"paramedics",
"paramedicals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in abnormality , weirdness":{
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in desexed , altered":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to remove the sex organs of":{
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"examples":[
"agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered"
],
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"castrated",
"emasculated",
"gelded",
"spayed",
"sterilized"
],
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"altered",
"desexed",
"fixed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"neutering":{
"to remove the sex organs of":{
"examples":[
"agreed to let the children have the dog on the condition that they have her neutered"
],
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"altering",
"desexing",
"fixing"
],
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"castrating",
"emasculating",
"gelding",
"spaying",
"sterilizing"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations"
],
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"annulled",
"canceled (out)",
"cancelled (out)",
"compensated (for)",
"corrected",
"counteracted",
"counterbalanced",
"counterpoised",
"made up (for)",
"negatived",
"offset"
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"invalidated",
"negated",
"neutered",
"nullified",
"atoned (for)",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"redeemed",
"redressed",
"relieved",
"remedied",
"overrode",
"overruled"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him"
],
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"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slew",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"took out",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neutralizing":{
"as in nullifying , negating":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"negating",
"nullifying",
"deterrent",
"deterring",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"precautionary",
"preventative",
"preventive",
"prophylactic",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"retardant",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations"
],
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"annulling",
"canceling (out)",
"cancelling (out)",
"compensating (for)",
"correcting",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"counterpoising",
"making up (for)",
"negativing",
"offsetting"
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"invalidating",
"negating",
"neutering",
"nullifying",
"atoning (for)",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"redeeming",
"redressing",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"overriding",
"overruling"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him"
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"assassinating",
"bumping off",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"slaying",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"newcomer":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"he's a newcomer to ice hockey"
],
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"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newscast":{
"a radio or television program that reports the news":{
"examples":[
"the nightly TV newscast"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"broadcast",
"cablecast",
"telecast",
"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"posting",
"release",
"broadside",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"fly sheet",
"gazette",
"handbill",
"handout",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"playbill",
"poster",
"show bill",
"sign",
"advertising",
"billing",
"blurb",
"come-on",
"commercial",
"message",
"pitch",
"plugola",
"spot",
"word",
"communication",
"dispatch",
"report",
"annunciation",
"declaration",
"edict",
"proclamation",
"promulgation",
"pronouncement",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"signification",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"buildup",
"campaign",
"plug",
"promo",
"promotion",
"propaganda",
"publicity"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"newscasters":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"newscasters were scrambling to put together an updated report after the unexpected turn of events"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"newsreaders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchormen",
"anchorwomen",
"coanchors",
"co-anchors",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"commentators",
"linkmen",
"telecasters",
"correspondents",
"foreign correspondents",
"interviewers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsies",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"newswomen",
"reporters",
"stringers"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"newsman":{
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
"examples":[
"any newsman will tell you that if you talk to enough people, you'll eventually get a money quote"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter"
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"near synonyms":[
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newspaperwoman",
"newswoman",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor",
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"police reporter",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newspaperwoman":{
"as in broadcaster , announcer":{
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"near synonyms":[
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newswoman",
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor",
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"police reporter",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"newsreader":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"the legendary BBC newsreader now has her own current affairs program"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"anchorperson",
"newscaster"
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"near synonyms":[
"anchorman",
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"correspondent",
"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"newswoman":{
"as in broadcaster , newscaster":{
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"near synonyms":[
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newspaperwoman",
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor",
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"police reporter",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"newsmen":{
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
"examples":[
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"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newspeople",
"pressmen",
"reporters"
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"broadcasters",
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"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"newswomen",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
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"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors",
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"police reporters",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newspapers":{
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"liked to read the newspaper every morning"
],
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"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines"
],
"related":[
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs",
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"newsweeklies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neb":{
"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
"examples":[
"the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb"
],
"synonyms":[
"beak",
"bill",
"nib"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouth",
"muzzle",
"mandible",
"maw",
"maxilla"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
"examples":[
"with her round glasses perched on her small neb , the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance"
],
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"beak",
"conk",
"honker",
"nose",
"nozzle",
"proboscis",
"schnoz",
"schnozz",
"schnozzle",
"smeller",
"snoot",
"snout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pug",
"pugnose"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsletters":{
"a short written report that tells about the recent activities of an organization and that is sent to members of the organization":{
"examples":[
"the club's monthly newsletter"
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"netted":{
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"caught up",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"ensnarled",
"entangled",
"entoiled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped"
],
"related":[
"bagged",
"birdlimed",
"captured",
"collared",
"embroiled",
"implicated",
"involved",
"mired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"extricated",
"cleared",
"freed",
"liberated"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangled",
"untangled"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"related":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
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"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
"examples":[
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
],
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"cleared"
],
"related":[
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"made",
"realized",
"cashed in (on)",
"raked (in)",
"cleaned up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grossed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"negativist":{
"as in suspicious , skeptical":{
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"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in naysayer , pessimist":{
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"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"need":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
],
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"bear",
"challenge",
"claim",
"demand",
"necessitate",
"require",
"take",
"want",
"warrant"
],
"related":[
"entail",
"involve",
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"cry (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"own",
"possess"
],
"antonyms":[
"have",
"hold"
]
},
"to be under necessity or obligation to":{
"examples":[
"you need not stand when she enters the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"have (to)",
"must",
"ought (to)",
"shall",
"should"
],
"related":[
"will"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful":{
"examples":[
"when it came time to wrap the presents, he found he was in need of adhesive tape"
],
"synonyms":[
"absence",
"lack",
"needfulness",
"want"
],
"related":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"dearth",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"skimpiness",
"defect",
"minus",
"deprivation",
"famishment",
"privation",
"demand",
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequacy",
"enough",
"sufficiency",
"fund",
"pool",
"stock",
"supply",
"excess",
"fill",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"plenty",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"hoard",
"stockpile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"got a job that barely provided for his basic needs"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
],
"related":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"no need to apologize"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"charge",
"commitment",
"devoir",
"do",
"duty",
"imperative",
"incumbency",
"obligation",
"office",
"responsibility"
],
"related":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"promise",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"arrangement",
"prearrangement",
"setup",
"compact",
"contract",
"covenant",
"pact",
"trust",
"debt",
"payment",
"tribute",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"must",
"requirement",
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"appointment",
"engagement",
"reservation",
"onus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grace",
"postponement",
"stay",
"discharge",
"ease",
"exemption",
"release",
"relief",
"waiver",
"loophole",
"alternative",
"choice",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"selection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"donating money to help those in need"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"necessity",
"neediness",
"pauperism",
"penuriousness",
"penury",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"want"
],
"related":[
"gutter",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"exigency",
"emergency",
"rainy day",
"austerity",
"deprivation",
"privation",
"bankruptcy",
"insolvency",
"belt-tightening",
"pinching",
"straitening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"luxury",
"prosperity"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"wealth",
"wealthiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"neologism":{
"a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word":{
"examples":[
"scientific neologisms"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"modernism",
"language",
"lingo",
"lexicon",
"mother tongue",
"speech",
"tongue",
"vocabulary",
"acrolect",
"argot",
"cant",
"colloquial",
"dialect",
"idiolect",
"idiom",
"jargon",
"parlance",
"patois",
"patter",
"pidgin",
"slang",
"slanguage",
"vernacular",
"colloquialism",
"localism",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"shibboleth",
"vernacularism",
"terminology"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neoliberalism":{
"as in socialism , liberalism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"left",
"leftism",
"left wing",
"liberalism",
"radicalism",
"socialism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservatism",
"illiberalism",
"immobilism",
"right",
"neoconservatism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needled":{
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
],
"synonyms":[
"baited",
"hassled",
"hazed",
"heckled",
"rode",
"rid",
"taunted",
"teased"
],
"near synonyms":[
"derided",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"fretted",
"frosted",
"galled",
"gnawed (at)",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"hagrode",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"nagged",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"troubled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"aggravated",
"exasperated",
"goaded",
"tested",
"tried",
"aggrieved",
"agitated",
"bedeviled",
"beleaguered",
"discomforted",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"badgered",
"dogged",
"hounded",
"browbeat",
"bullied",
"hectored",
"harassed",
"harried",
"persecuted",
"plagued",
"terrorized",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogged",
"henpecked",
"hounded",
"nagged",
"pecked (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carped (at)",
"fussed (about or over)",
"nitpicked",
"annoyed",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"irked",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"rode",
"rid",
"vexed",
"vext",
"yapped (at)",
"egged",
"goaded",
"incited",
"prodded",
"prompted",
"spurred",
"urged",
"exhorted",
"insisted",
"pressed",
"pressured",
"pushed",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"wheedled",
"begged",
"importuned",
"pleaded",
"pled",
"plead"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complimented",
"commended",
"lauded",
"praised",
"recommended",
"touted",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"built up",
"eulogized",
"extolled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"negates":{
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"this evidence negates his claim that he was not at the scene of the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicts",
"denies",
"disaffirms",
"disallows",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disconfirms",
"disowns",
"gainsays",
"negatives",
"refutes",
"rejects",
"repudiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traverses",
"challenges",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disputes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"affirms",
"announces",
"asserts",
"avers",
"claims",
"declares",
"maintains",
"professes",
"submits",
"authenticates",
"corroborates",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"allows",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confirms",
"owns"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"Prohibition was established by the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, only to be negated by the 21st amendment 13 years later"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"abolishes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"avoids",
"cancels",
"disannuls",
"dissolves",
"invalidates",
"nullifies",
"nulls",
"quashes",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"rolls back",
"strikes down",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overrules",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"retracts",
"reverses",
"revokes",
"suspends",
"withdraws",
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"disallows",
"dismisses",
"rejects",
"annihilates",
"breaks down",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"throws out",
"writes off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacts",
"lays down",
"legislates",
"establishes",
"founds",
"institutes",
"formalizes",
"legalizes",
"legitimates",
"legitimizes",
"validates",
"passes",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"permits",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"commands",
"decrees",
"mandates",
"orders",
"prescribes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think not to be true or real":{
"examples":[
"you simply can't negate your feelings for someone, even if they don't feel the same way about you"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelieves",
"discredits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denies",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"suspects",
"debunks",
"disproves",
"refutes",
"derides",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scoffs (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"trusts"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepts",
"believes",
"credits",
"swallows"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"necessarily":{
"because of necessity":{
"examples":[
"the argument that the existence of the universe necessarily implies the existence of an all-powerful being responsible for creating it"
],
"synonyms":[
"ineluctably",
"inescapably",
"inevitably",
"ipso facto",
"needs",
"perforce",
"unavoidably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"involuntarily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"needlepoint":{
"as in cross-stitch , crewel":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crewel",
"cross-stitch",
"embroidery",
"needlework",
"fagoting",
"faggoting",
"hemstitch",
"smocking",
"fancywork"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsweeklies":{
"as in newsletters , newsmagazines":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"newsletters",
"newsmagazines",
"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines",
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nervelessly":{
"as in ineffectually , uncertainly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously",
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"necks":{
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"we're going to be in your neck of the woods in July, so maybe we can get together then"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts",
"corridors",
"lands",
"parts",
"regions",
"tracts",
"zones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"districts",
"domains",
"latitudes",
"ranges",
"realms",
"terrains",
"territories",
"neighborhoods",
"vicinities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
"examples":[
"only a narrow neck of the South China Sea separates Taiwan from mainland China"
],
"synonyms":[
"channels",
"narrows",
"sounds",
"straits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"bays",
"gulfs",
"inlets",
"roads",
"roadsteads",
"reaches",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small distance or degree":{
"examples":[
"for most of the race he trailed the leader by only a neck"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"hairbreadths",
"hairsbreadths",
"hairlines",
"hairs",
"inches",
"steps",
"stone's throws"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minims",
"mites",
"particles",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"traces",
"trifles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infinities",
"light-years"
],
"antonyms":[
"country miles",
"long hauls",
"miles"
]
},
"as in noses , cuddles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bills",
"canoodles",
"cuddles",
"nestles",
"noses",
"nuzzles",
"snuggles",
"spoons",
"caresses",
"fondles",
"gentles",
"loves",
"pats",
"pets",
"strokes",
"feels up",
"paws",
"cradles",
"embraces",
"enfolds",
"hugs",
"bounces",
"dandles",
"kneads",
"massages",
"babies",
"coddles",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"never":{
"at no time":{
"examples":[
"I have never been out of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"ne'er"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nevermore",
"not",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eternally",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"invariably",
"frequently",
"often",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly"
],
"antonyms":[
"always",
"constantly",
"continuously",
"endlessly",
"ever",
"forever",
"perpetually"
]
},
"not in any degree, way, or under any condition":{
"examples":[
"even though my proposal was turned down, I will never be convinced that my idea isn't a good one"
],
"synonyms":[
"no",
"none",
"nothing",
"noway",
"noways",
"nowise"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"extremely",
"full",
"fully",
"par excellence",
"right",
"very",
"altogether",
"exactly",
"somehow",
"someway",
"someways",
"out"
],
"antonyms":[
"anyhow",
"anyway",
"anywise",
"at all",
"ever",
"half",
"however"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"New Jerusalems":{
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"examples":[
"prayed that the those recently departed will spend eternal life in New Jerusalem"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"blisses",
"elysian fields",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"heavens",
"kingdom comes",
"paradises",
"skies",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glories",
"happy hunting grounds",
"nirvanas",
"promised lands",
"Valhallas",
"afterlives",
"afterworlds",
"hereafters",
"otherworlds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infernos",
"limbos",
"purgatories",
"netherworlds",
"underworlds",
"abysses",
"pits"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"Pandemoniums",
"perditions"
]
},
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
"examples":[
"an idealistic senator who thought that he could singlehandedly turn Washington into the New Jerusalem"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelots",
"Cockaignes",
"Edens",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"fantasylands",
"heavens",
"lotuslands",
"never-never lands",
"nirvanas",
"paradises",
"promised lands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcadias",
"dreamlands",
"dreamworlds",
"fairylands",
"wonderlands",
"blisses",
"euphorias",
"joys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fool's paradises"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopias",
"dystopias",
"hells"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nectars":{
"as in drinks , beverages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beverages",
"drinkables",
"drinks",
"libations",
"potables",
"quenchers",
"alcohols",
"brews",
"intoxicants",
"liquors",
"spirits",
"pops",
"soda pops",
"sodas",
"soft drinks",
"mixers",
"mixes",
"potions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neighboring":{
"having a border in common":{
"examples":[
"he and his future wife grew up on neighboring farms"
],
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"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging"
],
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"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"ambient",
"encompassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the statehouse and its neighboring buildings"
],
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"close",
"close-up",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"the baseball field neighbors a parking lot"
],
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"abutting",
"adjoining",
"bordering (on)",
"butting (on or against)",
"flanking",
"fringing",
"joining",
"marching (with)",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attaching (to)",
"communicating (with)",
"connecting (with)",
"linking (with)",
"bounding",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"lining",
"margining",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"contacting",
"converging",
"meeting"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"neophytes":{
"a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect":{
"examples":[
"neophytes are assigned an experienced church member to guide them through their first year"
],
"synonyms":[
"converts",
"proselytes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regenerates",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"recruits",
"catechumens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a neophyte in snowboarding"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neocon":{
"as in neoconservative":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neoconservative",
"conformist",
"diehard",
"standpatter",
"right",
"right-wing",
"bourbon",
"Colonel Blimp",
"fuddy-duddy",
"square",
"stuffed shirt",
"archconservative",
"conservative",
"paleoconservative",
"reactionary",
"rightist",
"right-winger",
"Tory",
"traditionalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"leftist",
"left-winger",
"lefty",
"liberal",
"progressive",
"extremist",
"radical",
"red",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"reformer",
"reformist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsgroup":{
"as in chat room":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chat room",
"brainstorming",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"assembly",
"conclave",
"congregation",
"congress",
"consistory",
"convention",
"convocation",
"synod",
"caucus",
"town meeting",
"colloquium",
"colloquy",
"conference",
"council",
"forum",
"panel",
"panel discussion",
"parley",
"round-robin",
"roundtable",
"seminar",
"symposium"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiating (about)":{
"as in exchanging (for) , dealing (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bartering (for)",
"dealing (for)",
"dickering (over)",
"exchanging (for)",
"haggling (for)",
"trading (for)",
"financing",
"paying (for)",
"springing (for)",
"bargaining (with)",
"chaffering (with)",
"horse-trading (with)",
"paltering (with)",
"acquiring",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"securing",
"winning",
"bidding",
"offering",
"buying",
"copping",
"picking up",
"purchasing",
"taking",
"rebuying",
"repurchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"retailing",
"selling",
"vending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"negotiate (about)":{
"as in exchange (for) , deal (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"trade (for)",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"bid",
"offer",
"buy",
"cop",
"pick up",
"purchase",
"take",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neurologist":{
"as in pediatrician , dermatologist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"ob-gyn",
"obstetrician",
"ophthalmologist",
"optometrist",
"orthopedist",
"pathologist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"podiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones",
"family doctor",
"family physician",
"family practitioner",
"general practitioner",
"attending",
"clinician",
"hospitalist",
"specialist",
"plastic surgeon",
"surgeon",
"intern",
"interne",
"resident",
"aidman",
"nurse",
"nurse-practitioner",
"EMT",
"paramedic",
"paramedical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctor",
"nonphysician"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newshounds":{
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
"examples":[
"a newshound of the old school, he was highly skeptical of the claim that the firings weren't politically motivated"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"pressmen",
"reporters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"newscasters",
"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"newswomen",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"byliners",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors",
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"police reporters",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neglecter":{
"as in ne'er-do-well , ignorer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ignorer",
"ne'er-do-well",
"dallier",
"laggard",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"slowpoke",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"daydreamer",
"dreamer",
"drone",
"lazybones",
"sluggard",
"dropout",
"quitter",
"goldbrick",
"malingerer",
"procrastinator",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"dawdler",
"idler",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"putterer",
"trifler"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bootstrapper",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"powerhouse",
"self-starter",
"eager beaver",
"achiever",
"comer",
"doer",
"enterpriser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neutralizer":{
"a force or influence that makes an opposing force ineffective or less effective":{
"examples":[
"a police crackdown that's intended as a neutralizer on the rising violence"
],
"synonyms":[
"balance",
"canceler",
"canceller",
"corrective",
"counter",
"counteraction",
"counterbalance",
"counterforce",
"counterpoise",
"counterweight",
"equipoise",
"offset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"trade-off",
"ballast",
"weight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needlers":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"those merciless needlers who had the child in tears almost every day at school"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"persecutors",
"quizzers",
"quizzes",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"insulters",
"jeerers",
"scoffers",
"scorners",
"trash-talkers",
"smart alecks",
"smart alecs",
"smarties",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacres",
"wise guys",
"kidders",
"lampooners",
"satirists",
"accusers",
"blamers",
"troublemakers",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"molesters",
"victimizers",
"bothers",
"disturbers",
"pests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenders",
"deliverers",
"guards",
"protectors",
"rescuers",
"saviors",
"saviours",
"comforters",
"solaces",
"soothers",
"succorers",
"bodyguards",
"champions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"New Jerusalem":{
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"examples":[
"prayed that the those recently departed will spend eternal life in New Jerusalem"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Beulah",
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla",
"afterlife",
"afterworld",
"hereafter",
"otherworld"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferno",
"limbo",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"underworld",
"abyss",
"pit"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition"
]
},
"an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{
"examples":[
"an idealistic senator who thought that he could singlehandedly turn Washington into the New Jerusalem"
],
"synonyms":[
"Camelot",
"Cockaigne",
"Eden",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"fantasyland",
"heaven",
"lotusland",
"never-never land",
"nirvana",
"paradise",
"promised land",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"Zion",
"Sion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arcadia",
"dreamland",
"dreamworld",
"fairyland",
"wonderland",
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"euphoria",
"gladness",
"joy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fool's paradise"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-utopia",
"dystopia",
"hell"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nettle":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"don't nettle your brother while he's trying to do his homework"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neglects":{
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
"examples":[
"for years the barn sat in neglect until one day it finally fell down"
],
"synonyms":[
"desolations",
"dilapidations",
"disrepairs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inattentions",
"negligences",
"abandonments",
"desertions",
"decays",
"decrepitudes",
"derelictions",
"deteriorations",
"disintegrations",
"ruinations",
"ruins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservations",
"preservations",
"upkeeps"
],
"antonyms":[
"repair"
]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypasses",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights",
"slurs (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fails",
"misses",
"omits",
"brushes (aside or off)",
"rejects",
"shrugs off",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"disdains",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"scorns",
"scants",
"skimps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"cultivates",
"fosters",
"nurses",
"nurtures",
"pampers",
"remembers",
"listens (to)",
"watches",
"follows",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"remarks"
],
"antonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"heeds",
"minds",
"regards",
"tends (to)"
]
},
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
"examples":[
"I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"forgets",
"shirks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slacks (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries out",
"does",
"executes",
"performs",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"keeps up",
"maintains"
],
"antonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"remembers"
]
},
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
"examples":[
"conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record"
],
"synonyms":[
"fails",
"forgets",
"omits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"pretermits",
"slights",
"slides",
"slips",
"defaults",
"skips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeds",
"minds",
"remembers",
"keeps",
"observes",
"carries out",
"does",
"executes",
"performs",
"practices",
"practises",
"discharges",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"meets",
"satisfies",
"complies (with)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"next":{
"being the one that comes immediately after another":{
"examples":[
"my house is the next one",
"turn at the next street, not this one",
"she was next in line for concert tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming",
"ensuing",
"following",
"succeeding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecutive",
"sequential",
"successive",
"posterior",
"subsequent",
"immediate",
"second"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anterior",
"former",
"past",
"last"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"foregoing",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
]
},
"as in then , later":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"by and by",
"hereafter",
"presently",
"since",
"soon",
"then",
"thereupon",
"after",
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"later",
"latterly",
"subsequently",
"thereafter",
"hereinbelow",
"infra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead",
"antecedently",
"anteriorly",
"before",
"beforehand",
"earlier",
"previously",
"formerly",
"heretofore",
"theretofore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alongside , next to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alongside",
"next to",
"against",
"on",
"upon",
"upside"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
"neutralities":{
"lack of favoritism toward one side or another":{
"examples":[
"his unimpeachable neutrality makes him the ideal person to judge which of us is right"
],
"synonyms":[
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance",
"fence-sitting",
"straddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"subjectiveness",
"subjectivity",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"antonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nets":{
"a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"the basketball didn't go into the basket\u2014it just hit the net"
],
"synonyms":[
"meshes",
"nettings",
"networks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"webbings",
"webs",
"grilles",
"grills",
"lattices",
"screenings",
"screens",
"wireworks",
"bobbinets",
"Brussels laces",
"filigrees",
"fishnets",
"laces",
"marquisettes",
"tulles"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a device or scheme for capturing another by surprise":{
"examples":[
"drug runners caught in an elaborate net set by the police"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambushes",
"snares",
"traps",
"webs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enmeshments",
"entanglements",
"entrapments",
"envelopments",
"booby traps",
"catches",
"hazards",
"land mines",
"pitfalls",
"snags",
"artifices",
"cheats",
"deceptions",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"ploys",
"ruses",
"subterfuges",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that catches and holds":{
"examples":[
"caught in a net of palace intrigues"
],
"synonyms":[
"entanglements",
"meshes",
"morasses",
"nooses",
"quagmires",
"quicksands",
"snares",
"tanglements",
"toils",
"traps",
"webs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"cat's cradles",
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"cobwebs",
"spiderwebs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the amount of money left when expenses are subtracted from the total amount received":{
"examples":[
"his net for the year was about 60% of his total income"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnings",
"gains",
"lucre",
"payoffs",
"proceeds",
"profits",
"returns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cleanups",
"killings",
"windfalls",
"bottom lines",
"grosses",
"sales",
"compensations",
"emoluments",
"incomes",
"payments",
"pays",
"remittals",
"requitals",
"salaries",
"wages",
"interests",
"revenues",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"costs",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"losses",
"outgoes",
"outlays"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"the net of the report on race relations is that things are better but not good enough"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom lines",
"bull's-eyes",
"bullseyes",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"gists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"meat and potatoes",
"meats",
"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":[]
},
"to catch or hold as if in a net":{
"examples":[
"the kite was stubbornly netted in the branches of the willow tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"catches up",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"ensnarls",
"entangles",
"entoils",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"snares",
"tangles",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bags",
"birdlimes",
"captures",
"collars",
"embroils",
"implicates",
"involves",
"mires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"extricates",
"clears",
"frees",
"liberates"
],
"antonyms":[
"disentangles",
"untangles"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"a police sting that netted drug dealers from all parts of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"bays",
"corners",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"rends",
"wrests",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"spirits (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[
"misses"
]
},
"to receive after charges and deductions have been made":{
"examples":[
"the entrepreneur netted millions on that deal"
],
"synonyms":[
"clears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"gets",
"makes",
"realizes",
"cashes in (on)",
"rakes (in)",
"cleans up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grosses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"negated":{
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"this evidence negates his claim that he was not at the scene of the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disaffirmed",
"disallowed",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disconfirmed",
"disowned",
"gainsaid",
"negatived",
"refuted",
"rejected",
"repudiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traversed",
"challenged",
"confuted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disputed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"affirmed",
"announced",
"asserted",
"averred",
"claimed",
"declared",
"maintained",
"professed",
"submitted",
"authenticated",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"allowed",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confirmed",
"owned"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"Prohibition was established by the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, only to be negated by the 21st amendment 13 years later"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"abolished",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"avoided",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"disannulled",
"dissolved",
"invalidated",
"nulled",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"rolled back",
"struck down",
"vacated",
"voided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanded",
"overrode",
"overruled",
"overturned",
"vetoed",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"retracted",
"reversed",
"revoked",
"suspended",
"withdrew",
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"disallowed",
"dismissed",
"rejected",
"annihilated",
"broke down",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"threw out",
"wrote off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacted",
"laid down",
"legislated",
"established",
"founded",
"instituted",
"formalized",
"legalized",
"legitimated",
"legitimized",
"validated",
"passed",
"ratified",
"allowed",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"permitted",
"sanctioned",
"warranted",
"commanded",
"decreed",
"mandated",
"ordered",
"prescribed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think not to be true or real":{
"examples":[
"you simply can't negate your feelings for someone, even if they don't feel the same way about you"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discredited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denied",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"mistrusted",
"suspected",
"debunked",
"disproved",
"refuted",
"derided",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"scoffed (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"trusted"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"believed",
"credited",
"swallowed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"nervousness":{
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
"examples":[
"your nervousness over your son's safety is only natural"
],
"synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strain",
"stress",
"tension",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"franticness",
"hand-wringing",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"panic",
"tremor",
"angst",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"vexation",
"cold feet",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"qualm",
"scruple"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"easiness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"placidness",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace"
],
"antonyms":[
"unconcern"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nervous breakdown":{
"a mental or nervous collapse":{
"examples":[
"you're going to have a nervous breakdown if you keep up that pace"
],
"synonyms":[
"breakdown",
"crack-up",
"tailspin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frazzle",
"freak-out",
"meltdown",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"apprehension",
"disquiet",
"excitability",
"nervousness",
"disturbance",
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation",
"basket case"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"self-possession",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nerve center":{
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nexus",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting ground",
"hive",
"hotbed",
"hot spot",
"playground",
"playland",
"kernel",
"nub",
"pith",
"deep",
"thick",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"attraction",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet",
"polestar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nettling":{
"causing annoyance":{
"examples":[
"your constant sniffling is extremely nettling"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrasive",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"carking",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"frustrating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"maddening",
"nettlesome",
"peeving",
"pesky",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"pesty",
"plaguey",
"plaguy",
"rankling",
"rebarbative",
"riling",
"vexatious",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"discomforting",
"displeasing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"importunate",
"importune",
"inconveniencing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"infuriating",
"brattish",
"bratty",
"mischievous",
"offensive",
"troublesome",
"upsetting",
"distractive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"tiresome",
"troubling",
"trying",
"worrisome",
"biting",
"grating",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"spiny",
"thorny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delightful",
"pleasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"don't nettle your brother while he's trying to do his homework"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"nerve-wracking":{
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
"examples":[
"the nerve-racking wait to learn the identities of the passengers who were killed in the plane crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"anxious",
"creepy",
"disquieting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fraught",
"hairy",
"nail-biting",
"nervous",
"restless",
"tense",
"uneasy",
"unnerving",
"unsettling",
"worrisome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bothersome",
"troublesome",
"foreboding",
"misgiving",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"strained",
"restive",
"unrestful",
"awkward",
"embarrassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restful",
"pacific"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"comfortable",
"easy",
"peaceful",
"quiet",
"quieting",
"tranquil"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nevermore":{
"as in not":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"not",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"ne'er",
"never"
],
"near antonyms":[
"always",
"constantly",
"continuously",
"endlessly",
"ever",
"forever",
"perpetually",
"frequently",
"often",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"nears":{
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"as the procession nears , you'll be able to take a better picture of the graduates"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaches",
"bellies up",
"closes",
"closes in",
"comes up",
"draws on",
"nighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrives",
"attains",
"comes",
"gains",
"hits",
"lands",
"makes",
"reaches",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"waltzes (up)",
"creeps up",
"sneaks up",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"touches",
"verges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears out",
"departs",
"exits",
"goes",
"leaves",
"lights out",
"pulls out",
"quits",
"removes",
"runs away",
"shoves (off)",
"takes off",
"walks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backs (up or away)",
"recedes",
"retires",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
]
},
"to move closer to":{
"examples":[
"as we near the church, you'll be able to see the bas-relief sculptures better"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"approaches",
"comes",
"nighs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drops in",
"enters",
"pops (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departs",
"exits",
"leaves"
],
"antonyms":[
"goes",
"recedes (from)",
"retreats",
"withdraws"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neutral":{
"not favoring or joined to either side in a quarrel, contest, or war":{
"examples":[
"Sweden remained neutral during World War II, refusing to join either side in the conflict"
],
"synonyms":[
"nonpartisan"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nonaligned",
"hands-off",
"noninterventionist",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"unaffiliated",
"nonbelligerent",
"individualistic",
"disinterested",
"evenhanded",
"fair",
"impartial",
"indifferent",
"unbiased",
"uninfluenced",
"unprejudiced",
"bipartisan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"biased",
"partial",
"partisan",
"prejudiced",
"unfair",
"affiliated",
"associated",
"federated",
"belligerent"
],
"antonyms":[
"allied",
"confederate"
]
},
"lacking in distinctive features or qualities":{
"examples":[
"the hero is the novel's only fully fleshed person, all the others being rather neutral characters who are just there to advance the plot"
],
"synonyms":[
"beige",
"characterless",
"faceless",
"featureless",
"indistinctive",
"noncommittal",
"nondescript",
"vanilla"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boring",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dry",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arresting",
"bold",
"catchy",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"neurotics":{
"having or showing a very nervous or disordered state of mind":{
"examples":[
"Her neurotic tendencies tend to manifest in her obsessive need for cleanliness.",
"Our dog is a bit neurotic ; she tends to panic around strangers."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"overanxious",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"fixated",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unneurotic",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nearness":{
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"examples":[
"my cousin and I have lost that nearness we had when we were kids"
],
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"belonging",
"chumminess",
"closeness",
"familiarity",
"inseparability",
"intimacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediacy",
"affinity",
"kinship",
"commitment",
"devotedness",
"devotion",
"affection",
"attachment",
"fondness",
"love",
"passion",
"constancy",
"faithfulness",
"fidelity",
"amity",
"fellowship",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"affability",
"conviviality",
"cordiality",
"geniality",
"mutuality",
"cliquishness",
"clubbiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"coolness",
"remoteness",
"reserve"
],
"antonyms":[
"distance"
]
},
"the state or condition of being near":{
"examples":[
"our nearness to the theme park has made us beloved by relatives from all over the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjacency",
"closeness",
"contiguity",
"immediacy",
"propinquity",
"proximity",
"vicinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutment",
"juxtaposition"
],
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"antonyms":[
"distance",
"remoteness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nemeses":{
"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
"examples":[
"Batman is the Joker's main nemesis and always foils his wicked plots"
],
"synonyms":[
"avengers",
"castigators",
"chastisers",
"punishers",
"scourges",
"vigilantes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"revengers",
"redressers",
"righters",
"requiters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomers",
"redeemers",
"vindicators"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
"examples":[
"social ostracism was once society's nemesis for those who defied its sexual mores"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"comeuppances",
"corrections",
"deserts",
"disciplines",
"penalties",
"punishments",
"wraths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reprisals",
"retaliations",
"retributions",
"revenges",
"vengeances",
"assessments",
"charges",
"fines",
"mulcts",
"examples",
"sentences",
"confinements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denouncements",
"censures",
"criticisms",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesties",
"indemnities",
"pardons",
"paroles",
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"impunities",
"releases",
"commutations",
"reprieves",
"absolutions",
"remissions",
"remitments",
"condonations",
"disregards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"irrationality is the nemesis of democracy, for good government depends upon the wisdom of the electorate"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"banes",
"curses",
"scourges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"menaces",
"perils",
"risks",
"threats",
"troubles",
"booby traps",
"catches",
"pitfalls",
"snags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantages",
"aids",
"assistances",
"gifts",
"help",
"reliefs",
"supports",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces",
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"armors",
"defenses",
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"safeties",
"securities",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"benefits",
"blessings",
"boons",
"felicities",
"godsends",
"goods",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neat":{
"being clean and in good order":{
"examples":[
"keep the kitchen neat so the cook doesn't have to work around piles of dirty dishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic"
],
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
]
},
"free from added matter":{
"examples":[
"I like my soda neat , so skip the ice cubes"
],
"synonyms":[
"absolute",
"fine",
"plain",
"pure",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"rendered",
"tried",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
"antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"that new skateboard park is neat"
],
"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",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"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"
]
},
"following a set method, arrangement, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"regime change is rarely a neat process, particularly in a country where a coup d'\u00e9tat is more likely to occur than an election"
],
"synonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ordered",
"regularized",
"standardized",
"structured",
"accurate",
"clocklike",
"correct",
"exact",
"precise",
"detailed",
"specific"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chaotic",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"shambolic",
"unordered"
],
"antonyms":[
"disorganized",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"immethodical",
"irregular",
"nonsystematic",
"patternless",
"planless",
"systemless",
"unsystematic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nest":{
"a place or environment that favors the development of something":{
"examples":[
"suspected that the elite private universities were a nest of antigovernment sentiments"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding ground",
"hotbed",
"hothouse",
"nidus",
"nursery",
"seedbed",
"seminary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crucible",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"core",
"cynosure",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"mecca",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"focus",
"headquarters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{
"examples":[
"headed back to her cozy nest in the mountains for a little rest and relaxation"
],
"synonyms":[
"concealment",
"covert",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"hidey-hole",
"hidy-hole",
"lair"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"cover",
"nook",
"recess",
"hangout",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haunt",
"haven",
"redoubt",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nearing":{
"being soon to appear or take place":{
"examples":[
"teachers preparing for the fast- nearing school year"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"imminent",
"impending",
"oncoming",
"pending",
"proximate",
"upcoming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"future",
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"expected",
"foreseen",
"predicted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"foregone",
"former",
"old",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"sometime",
"whilom"
],
"antonyms":[
"late",
"recent"
]
},
"as in approach , arrival":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advent",
"approach",
"arrival",
"coming",
"current",
"drift",
"flow",
"flux",
"stream",
"way",
"bound",
"jump",
"leap",
"step",
"stride",
"advance",
"advancement",
"furtherance",
"going",
"headway",
"march",
"onrush",
"passage",
"process",
"procession",
"progress",
"progression",
"impetus",
"momentum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recess",
"recession",
"regress",
"regression",
"retreat",
"retrogression",
"backwash",
"ebb",
"reflux",
"retraction",
"return",
"reversal",
"reverse",
"about-face",
"turnabout",
"turnaround"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come near or nearer":{
"examples":[
"as the procession nears , you'll be able to take a better picture of the graduates"
],
"synonyms":[
"approaching",
"bellying up",
"closing",
"closing in",
"coming up",
"drawing on",
"nighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arriving",
"attaining",
"coming",
"gaining",
"hitting",
"landing",
"making",
"reaching",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"waltzing (up)",
"creeping up",
"sneaking up",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing out",
"departing",
"exiting",
"going",
"leaving",
"lighting out",
"pulling out",
"quitting",
"removing",
"running away",
"shoving (off)",
"taking off",
"walking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"backing (up or away)",
"receding",
"retiring",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
]
},
"to move closer to":{
"examples":[
"as we near the church, you'll be able to see the bas-relief sculptures better"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"approaching",
"coming",
"nighing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropping in",
"entering",
"popping (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"departing",
"exiting",
"leaving"
],
"antonyms":[
"going",
"receding (from)",
"retreating",
"withdrawing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"nerve-racking":{
"marked by or causing agitation or uncomfortable feelings":{
"examples":[
"the nerve-racking wait to learn the identities of the passengers who were killed in the plane crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"anxious",
"creepy",
"disquieting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fraught",
"hairy",
"nail-biting",
"nervous",
"restless",
"tense",
"uneasy",
"unnerving",
"unsettling",
"worrisome"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bothersome",
"troublesome",
"foreboding",
"misgiving",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"strained",
"restive",
"unrestful",
"awkward",
"embarrassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restful",
"pacific"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"comfortable",
"easy",
"peaceful",
"quiet",
"quieting",
"tranquil"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"next door to":{
"close to":{
"examples":[
"Though Brazil is next door to several other South American nations, its culture and language differ in many ways."
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"by",
"near",
"next to",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alongside",
"beside",
"across",
"along",
"at",
"circa",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"neglectfulness":{
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
"examples":[
"as a result of the mother's chronic neglectfulness of their welfare, the children were placed in foster care"
],
"synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"negligence",
"remissness",
"slackness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiates":{
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"bargains",
"concerts",
"concludes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settles (on or upon)",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters",
"agrees",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"argues",
"debates",
"discusses",
"hammers out",
"hashes (over)",
"reasons",
"talks",
"talks over",
"works out",
"renegotiates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"fields",
"grapples (with)",
"hacks",
"handles",
"manages",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"plays",
"swings",
"takes",
"treats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrives",
"engineers",
"finagles",
"finesses",
"frames",
"machinates",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"masterminds",
"wangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranges",
"concerts",
"concludes",
"hammers out",
"works out",
"angles (for)",
"compasses",
"intrigues",
"plots",
"schemes",
"connives",
"brews",
"concocts",
"cooks (up)",
"hatches",
"captains",
"commands",
"conducts",
"directs",
"handles",
"manages",
"quarterbacks",
"runs",
"gerrymanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"flubs",
"fumbles",
"gums (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"deals",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argues",
"bickers",
"clashes",
"fights",
"hassles",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"squabbles",
"wrangles",
"comparison shops",
"shops (around)",
"barters",
"exchanges",
"trades",
"hawks",
"peddles",
"buys",
"purchases"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"makes",
"performs",
"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off",
"puts through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"implements",
"aces",
"nails",
"engages (in)",
"practices",
"practises",
"works (at)",
"reduplicates",
"reenacts",
"repeats",
"actualizes",
"attains",
"realizes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"winds up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fails",
"skimps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"networks":{
"a fabric made of strands loosely twisted, knotted, or woven together at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"didn't like to embroider network as it tore so easily"
],
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"meshes",
"nets",
"nettings"
],
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"webbings",
"webs",
"grilles",
"grills",
"lattices",
"screenings",
"screens",
"wireworks",
"bobbinets",
"Brussels laces",
"filigrees",
"fishnets",
"laces",
"marquisettes",
"tulles"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something made up of many interdependent or related parts":{
"examples":[
"a telephone network"
],
"synonyms":[
"complexes",
"systems"
],
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"interlacements",
"meshes",
"meshworks",
"nets",
"plexuses",
"webs",
"aggregates",
"conglomerates",
"totalities",
"wholes",
"sequences",
"series",
"supersystems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"being gradually introduced to the network of African-American business leaders in the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"gangs",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"packs",
"rings",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neatnik":{
"as in old maid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"old maid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven",
"slattern"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needful":{
"impossible to do without":{
"examples":[
"purchase needful provisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"all-important",
"critical",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessitous",
"needed",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prerequisite",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"consequential",
"crucial",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"weighty",
"basic",
"central",
"fundamental",
"key",
"organic",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"excess",
"external",
"extra",
"extraneous",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"dispensable",
"inessential",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded"
]
},
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"let's first help the needful families in our own community"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"fortunately, the family had the needful to stock up the larder before the long hard winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"packed a warm jacket and other needfuls for an autumn weekend in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"nerts":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"nerts ! that's all I have to say about that idea"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"nexuses":{
"a series of things linked together":{
"examples":[
"the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships"
],
"synonyms":[
"catenae",
"catenas",
"catenations",
"chains",
"concatenations",
"consecutions",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"strings",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chain reactions",
"belts",
"circles",
"cycles",
"vicious circles",
"vicious cycles",
"continua",
"continuums",
"gamuts",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"scales",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"flows",
"rivers",
"streams",
"files",
"lines",
"queues",
"ranges",
"rows",
"successions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"as the nexus for three great religions, Jerusalem has had a troubled as well as illustrious history"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bases",
"capitals",
"centers",
"centrals",
"cores",
"cynosures",
"epicenters",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"ground zeros",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"loci",
"meccas",
"navels",
"nerve centers",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"omphali",
"seats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting grounds",
"hives",
"hotbeds",
"hot spots",
"playgrounds",
"playlands",
"kernels",
"nubs",
"piths",
"deeps",
"thicks",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"attractions",
"lodestones",
"loadstones",
"magnets",
"polestars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nerve centers":{
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"Wall Street's undisputed status as the nerve center for the world of high finance"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bases",
"capitals",
"centers",
"centrals",
"cores",
"cynosures",
"epicenters",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"ground zeros",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"loci",
"meccas",
"navels",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"omphali",
"seats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting grounds",
"hives",
"hotbeds",
"hot spots",
"playgrounds",
"playlands",
"kernels",
"nubs",
"piths",
"deeps",
"thicks",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"attractions",
"lodestones",
"loadstones",
"magnets",
"polestars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needleworkers":{
"as in embroiderers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embroiderers",
"tailors",
"knitters",
"weavers",
"needlewomen",
"seamstresses",
"seamsters",
"sewers",
"stitchers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nebulously":{
"as in vaguely , indeterminately":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"indeterminately",
"vaguely",
"cursorily",
"imperfectly",
"inadequately",
"narrowly",
"shallowly",
"sketchily",
"summarily",
"superficially",
"aimlessly",
"desultorily",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"randomly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"detailedly",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"inside out",
"minutely",
"roundly",
"sweepingly",
"systematically",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"meticulously",
"microscopically",
"all out",
"full blast",
"intensively"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"Neanderthals":{
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"they looked like a tribe of Neanderthals compared to the bridegroom's patrician-looking family"
],
"synonyms":[
"clodhoppers",
"clods",
"gawks",
"hulks",
"louts",
"lubbers",
"lugs",
"lumps",
"oafs",
"palookas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"turkeys",
"slouches",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"blunderers",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"galoots",
"ganders",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos",
"anthropoids",
"apes",
"beasts",
"boors",
"brutes",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"louses",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"villains",
"boobies",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"scamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes":{
"examples":[
"made the mistake of dining with some Neanderthal who repeatedly mistook his shirtsleeve for a napkin"
],
"synonyms":[
"cavemen",
"troglodytes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"heathens",
"heathen",
"primitives",
"savages",
"animals",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"louses",
"louts",
"swine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newest":{
"as in new , latest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"cutting-edge",
"latest",
"leading-edge",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"novel",
"now",
"present-day",
"recent",
"space-age",
"supermodern",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"advanced",
"developed",
"evolved",
"forward",
"high",
"higher",
"improved",
"late",
"progressive",
"refined",
"precocious",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"full-scale",
"aged",
"grown",
"mature",
"matured",
"perfected",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"civilized",
"educated",
"enhanced",
"enlightened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"green",
"immature",
"underdeveloped",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"underweight",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"savage",
"uncivilized",
"uneducated",
"early",
"embryonic",
"germinal",
"primeval",
"primordial",
"antediluvian",
"antiquated",
"antique",
"dated",
"fusty",
"hoary",
"musty",
"Neanderthal",
"Neandertal",
"obsolete",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"past",
"backward",
"low",
"lower",
"nonprogressive",
"primitive",
"retarded",
"rude",
"rudimentary",
"undeveloped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Neanderthal":{
"a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{
"examples":[
"they looked like a tribe of Neanderthals compared to the bridegroom's patrician-looking family"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"clodhopper",
"gawk",
"hulk",
"lout",
"lubber",
"lug",
"lump",
"oaf",
"palooka"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"turkey",
"slouch",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"blunderer",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dum-dum",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"galoot",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo",
"anthropoid",
"ape",
"beast",
"boor",
"brute",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"louse",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"tyke",
"tike",
"villain",
"booby",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"scamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a man with crude manners and habits and outmoded attitudes":{
"examples":[
"made the mistake of dining with some Neanderthal who repeatedly mistook his shirtsleeve for a napkin"
],
"synonyms":[
"caveman",
"troglodyte"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"heathen",
"primitive",
"savage",
"animal",
"beast",
"brute",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"louse",
"lout",
"swine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not civilized":{
"examples":[
"her boyfriend's Neanderthal tastes and manners were often embarrassing"
],
"synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"heathen",
"heathenish",
"natural",
"rude",
"savage",
"uncivil",
"uncivilized",
"uncultivated",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coarse",
"crude",
"primitive",
"rough",
"uncouth",
"uncultured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cultured",
"enlightened",
"humane",
"sophisticated",
"genteel",
"polished",
"polite",
"refined",
"urbane",
"well-bred",
"semicivilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"civilized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"necklace":{
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
"examples":[
"found a lovely necklace to match the bracelet and ring her mother had given her"
],
"synonyms":[
"choker",
"collar",
"dog collar",
"lei"
],
"near synonyms":[
"torque",
"torc",
"beads",
"carcanet",
"rivi\u00e8re",
"rope",
"strand",
"bangle",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"locket",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negativistic":{
"inclined to doubt or question claims":{
"examples":[
"if we were to listen to those negativistic bean counters, we would never have a marketing campaign of any kind"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"distrustful",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"mistrustful",
"questioning",
"show-me",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unbelieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"critical",
"puzzled",
"quizzical",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"gun-shy",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"cynical",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"curious",
"inquiring",
"inquisitive",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"snoopy",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"hesitant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"certain",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"callow",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"beguiled",
"deceived",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary"
],
"antonyms":[
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"uncritical",
"unquestioning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nearshore":{
"of, relating to, or situated in the waters near the shore":{
"examples":[
"red tide had a particularly devastating effect on nearshore shellfisheries"
],
"synonyms":[
"alongshore",
"coastal",
"inshore",
"littoral",
"offshore",
"shoreside"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beachside",
"seaside",
"waterside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blue-water",
"deepwater",
"oceanic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"neurosis":{
"an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry":{
"examples":[
"The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"psychosis",
"aberration",
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"rage",
"instability",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria",
"hallucinosis",
"hypomania",
"paranoia",
"schizophrenia",
"senile dementia",
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"monomania",
"obsession",
"phobia",
"abnormality",
"dementedness",
"unsoundness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lucidity",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"normality",
"soundness",
"mind",
"saneness",
"sanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newness":{
"the quality or appeal of being new":{
"examples":[
"all that the skyscraper has going for it is its newness , for it's an ugly, poorly designed building"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshness",
"novelty",
"originality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hipness",
"trendiness",
"bizarreness",
"strangeness",
"unfamiliarity",
"unusualness",
"progressiveness",
"currentness",
"recentness",
"up-to-dateness",
"departure",
"divergence",
"innovation",
"offshoot",
"shoot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banality",
"commonness",
"familiarity",
"outdatedness",
"staleness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"netizens":{
"an active participant in the online community of the Internet":{
"examples":[
"the dismaying rudeness that so many netizens exhibit while online"
],
"synonyms":[
"cybercitizens",
"cybernauts",
"cybersurfers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browsers",
"surfers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsmagazines":{
"as in newsletters , newsweeklies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"newsletters",
"newsweeklies",
"books",
"bulletins",
"diurnals",
"gazettes",
"journals",
"magazines",
"mags",
"newspapers",
"organs",
"papers",
"periodicals",
"rags",
"reviews",
"serials",
"zines",
"annuals",
"bimonthlies",
"biweeklies",
"dailies",
"monthlies",
"quarterlies",
"semimonthlies",
"semiweeklies",
"triweeklies",
"weeklies",
"yearbooks",
"digests",
"little magazines",
"fanzines",
"pictorials",
"slicks",
"broadsides",
"editions",
"extras",
"sheets",
"supplements",
"tabloids",
"tabs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negligences":{
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
"examples":[
"exhibiting his usual negligence , he failed to set the emergency brake, and the car rolled down the steep hill and crashed into the telephone pole"
],
"synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"remissness",
"slackness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness"
]
},
"the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{
"examples":[
"the factory's owners are being charged with criminal negligence for the fire that killed a dozen workers"
],
"synonyms":[
"default",
"delinquency",
"dereliction",
"failure",
"misprision",
"neglect",
"nonfeasance",
"oversight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"laxity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliance",
"discharge",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nervous Nelly":{
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
"examples":[
"many new parents are nervous Nellies when it comes to the health of their babies"
],
"synonyms":[
"handwringer",
"worrier",
"worrywart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"fatalist",
"pessimist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiate":{
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"bargain",
"concert",
"conclude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settle (on or upon)",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"agree",
"contract",
"covenant",
"argue",
"debate",
"discuss",
"hammer out",
"hash (over)",
"reason",
"talk",
"talk over",
"work out",
"renegotiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"manage",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"play",
"swing",
"take",
"treat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineer",
"finesse",
"jockey",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"get off",
"pull",
"command",
"direct",
"guide",
"steer",
"control",
"micromanage",
"regulate",
"run",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"scamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finagle",
"finesse",
"frame",
"machinate",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"wangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"angle (for)",
"compass",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"connive",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"hatch",
"captain",
"command",
"conduct",
"direct",
"handle",
"manage",
"quarterback",
"run",
"gerrymander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gum (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"deal",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argue",
"bicker",
"clash",
"fight",
"hassle",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"squabble",
"wrangle",
"comparison shop",
"shop (around)",
"barter",
"exchange",
"trade",
"hawk",
"peddle",
"buy",
"purchase"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neutralists":{
"as in internationalists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"internationalists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chauvinists",
"flag-wavers",
"jingoes",
"nationalists",
"superpatriots",
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"hawks",
"warmongers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nebulosity":{
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"the stupefying nebulosity of his philosophical musings"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulousness",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newly":{
"not long ago":{
"examples":[
"a newly married couple still getting to know one another"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshly",
"just",
"late",
"lately",
"new",
"now",
"only",
"recently"
],
"near synonyms":[
"latterly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ago",
"before",
"earlier",
"early",
"erstwhile",
"formerly",
"previously",
"heretofore",
"hitherto"
],
"antonyms":[
"anciently"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"nepotism":{
"the unfair practice by a powerful person of giving jobs and other favors to relatives":{
"examples":[
"Nepotism by the owner has hurt the company because the new executives are not qualified for their jobs."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"cronyism",
"favoritism",
"bias",
"favor",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"parti pris",
"partisanship",
"ply",
"prejudice",
"tendentiousness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"self-partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment",
"prepossession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"open-mindedness",
"unbiasedness",
"calm",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"indifference"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nearsighted":{
"able to see near things more clearly than distant ones":{
"examples":[
"I am a little nearsighted and need to wear glasses to drive"
],
"synonyms":[
"myopic",
"shortsighted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astigmatic",
"purblind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"presbyopic"
],
"antonyms":[
"farsighted",
"hypermetropic",
"hyperopic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"neophyte":{
"a person who has recently been persuaded to join a religious sect":{
"examples":[
"neophytes are assigned an experienced church member to guide them through their first year"
],
"synonyms":[
"convert",
"proselyte"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regenerate",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"recruit",
"catechumen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a neophyte in snowboarding"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nerves":{
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
"examples":[
"a veteran performer who still gets a case of the nerves before performances"
],
"synonyms":[
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"screaming meemies",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"whim-whams",
"willies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cold sweat",
"creeps",
"fidgets",
"goose bumps",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"fear",
"hysteria",
"uneasiness",
"frazzle",
"nervous breakdown",
"edginess",
"jumpiness",
"skittishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calm",
"composure",
"equanimity",
"imperturbability",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"braces",
"forearms",
"fortifies",
"poises",
"psyches (up)",
"readies",
"steels",
"strengthens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arms",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"buoys (up)",
"buttresses",
"enforces",
"props (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"supports",
"sustains",
"cheers (up)",
"comforts",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"rallies",
"rouses",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"psychs (out)",
"shakes",
"unnerves",
"debilitates",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"prostrates",
"saps",
"softens",
"tires",
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"new-fashioned":{
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
"examples":[
"the many new-fashioned ways of keeping in touch with your friends and family"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"designer",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"new",
"new age",
"newfangled",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fashionable",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"nouvelle",
"now",
"stylish",
"last",
"latest",
"modernized",
"updated",
"futuristic",
"high-tech",
"hi-tech",
"latter-day",
"recent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anachronistic",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"hoary",
"old",
"venerable",
"bygone",
"former",
"late",
"olden",
"past",
"antique",
"historic",
"historical",
"retro",
"retrograde",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"unmodernized",
"old-world",
"discarded",
"disused",
"moth-eaten",
"forgotten",
"remote",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"timeless"
],
"antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"fusty",
"musty",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nexus":{
"a series of things linked together":{
"examples":[
"the oft-repeated claim that any person on the planet can be connected to any other person through a nexus of six relationships"
],
"synonyms":[
"catena",
"catenation",
"chain",
"concatenation",
"consecution",
"progression",
"sequence",
"string",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chain reaction",
"belt",
"circle",
"cycle",
"vicious circle",
"vicious cycle",
"continuum",
"gamut",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"scale",
"spectrum",
"flow",
"river",
"stream",
"file",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"row",
"succession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
"examples":[
"as the nexus for three great religions, Jerusalem has had a troubled as well as illustrious history"
],
"synonyms":[
"axis",
"base",
"capital",
"center",
"central",
"core",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"eye",
"focus",
"ground zero",
"heart",
"hub",
"locus",
"mecca",
"navel",
"nerve center",
"nucleus",
"omphalos",
"seat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headquarters",
"happy hunting ground",
"hive",
"hotbed",
"hot spot",
"playground",
"playland",
"kernel",
"nub",
"pith",
"deep",
"thick",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"attraction",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet",
"polestar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newspaper":{
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
"examples":[
"liked to read the newspaper every morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"organ",
"paper",
"periodical",
"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annual",
"bimonthly",
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid",
"newsletter",
"newsmagazine",
"newsweekly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ne'er-do-well":{
"having no ambition, success, or value to society":{
"examples":[
"the ne'er-do-well denizens of a seedy bar near the docks"
],
"synonyms":[
"good-for-nothing",
"no-account",
"no-good"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idle",
"indolent",
"lazy",
"shiftless",
"slothful",
"unambitious",
"useless",
"worthless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"diligent",
"enterprising",
"industrious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an idle worthless person":{
"examples":[
"the local ne'er-do-wells seem to hang out on the street corners at all hours of the day and night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum",
"derelict",
"do-nothing",
"good-for-nothing",
"no-account",
"no-good",
"no-goodnik",
"slacker",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hobo",
"sundowner",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"panhandler",
"dodger",
"goldbrick",
"shirker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif",
"drone",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard",
"down-and-out",
"down-and-outer",
"indigent",
"pauper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"success",
"winner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"needler":{
"a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another":{
"examples":[
"those merciless needlers who had the child in tears almost every day at school"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"giber",
"jiber",
"insulter",
"jeerer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"trash-talker",
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wise guy",
"kidder",
"lampooner",
"satirist",
"accuser",
"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"molester",
"victimizer",
"bother",
"disturber",
"pest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defender",
"deliverer",
"guard",
"protector",
"rescuer",
"savior",
"saviour",
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"succorer",
"bodyguard",
"champion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necking":{
"as in nosing , cuddling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billing",
"canoodling",
"cuddling",
"nestling",
"nosing",
"nuzzling",
"snuggling",
"spooning",
"caressing",
"fondling",
"gentling",
"loving",
"patting",
"petting",
"stroking",
"feeling up",
"pawing",
"cradling",
"embracing",
"enfolding",
"hugging",
"bouncing",
"dandling",
"kneading",
"massaging",
"babying",
"coddling",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Neptune":{
"the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth":{
"examples":[
"sailors shipwrecked by the wild waves of Neptune"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"brine",
"deep",
"ocean",
"sea",
"seven seas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue water",
"high seas",
"main",
"waters",
"basin",
"Davy Jones's locker",
"depths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nefarious":{
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
"examples":[
"the chaste heroines and nefarious villains of old-time melodramas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vicious",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"disreputable",
"evil-minded",
"ignoble",
"ill",
"infernal",
"low",
"mean",
"snide",
"sordid",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"disallowed",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"needfuls":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"packed a warm jacket and other needfuls for an autumn weekend in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"must-haves",
"musts",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needs",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"sine qua nons",
"sine quibus non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neck":{
"a broad geographical area":{
"examples":[
"we're going to be in your neck of the woods in July, so maybe we can get together then"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt",
"corridor",
"land",
"part(s)",
"region",
"tract",
"zone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"district",
"domain",
"latitude(s)",
"range",
"realm",
"terrain",
"territory",
"neighborhood",
"vicinity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a narrow body of water between two land masses":{
"examples":[
"only a narrow neck of the South China Sea separates Taiwan from mainland China"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"narrows",
"sound",
"strait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"bay",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"reach",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small distance or degree":{
"examples":[
"for most of the race he trailed the leader by only a neck"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"hair",
"hairbreadth",
"hairsbreadth",
"hairline",
"hop, skip, and jump",
"inch",
"shouting distance",
"step",
"stone's throw"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"mite",
"particle",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"trace",
"trifle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infinity",
"light-year"
],
"antonyms":[
"country mile",
"long haul",
"mile"
]
},
"as in nose , cuddle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bill",
"canoodle",
"cuddle",
"nestle",
"nose",
"nuzzle",
"snuggle",
"spoon",
"caress",
"fondle",
"gentle",
"love",
"pat",
"pet",
"stroke",
"feel up",
"paw",
"cradle",
"embrace",
"enfold",
"hug",
"bounce",
"dandle",
"knead",
"massage",
"baby",
"coddle",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"neologisms":{
"a new word or expression or a new meaning of a word":{
"examples":[
"scientific neologisms"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coinages",
"modernisms",
"languages",
"lexica",
"lexicons",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"mother tongues",
"speeches",
"tongues",
"vocabularies",
"acrolects",
"argots",
"cants",
"colloquials",
"dialects",
"idiolects",
"idioms",
"jargons",
"parlances",
"patois",
"patter",
"pidgins",
"slangs",
"slanguages",
"vernaculars",
"colloquialisms",
"localisms",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"shibboleths",
"vernacularisms",
"terminologies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newcomers":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"he's a newcomer to ice hockey"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neutralizes":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations"
],
"synonyms":[
"annuls",
"cancels (out)",
"compensates (for)",
"corrects",
"counteracts",
"counterbalances",
"counterpoises",
"makes up (for)",
"negatives",
"offsets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidates",
"negates",
"neuters",
"nullifies",
"atones (for)",
"outbalances",
"outweighs",
"redeems",
"redresses",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"overrides",
"overrules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"necklaces":{
"an ornamental chain or string (as of beads) worn around the neck":{
"examples":[
"found a lovely necklace to match the bracelet and ring her mother had given her"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokers",
"collars",
"dog collars",
"leis"
],
"near synonyms":[
"torques",
"torcs",
"beads",
"carcanets",
"rivi\u00e8res",
"ropes",
"strands",
"bangles",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres",
"lockets",
"pendants",
"pendents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negating":{
"as in nullifying , neutralizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neutralizing",
"nullifying",
"deterrent",
"deterring",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"precautionary",
"preventative",
"preventive",
"prophylactic",
"blocking",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"retardant",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare not to be true":{
"examples":[
"this evidence negates his claim that he was not at the scene of the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disaffirming",
"disallowing",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disconfirming",
"disowning",
"gainsaying",
"negativing",
"refuting",
"rejecting",
"repudiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"traversing",
"challenging",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disputing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"affirming",
"announcing",
"asserting",
"averring",
"claiming",
"declaring",
"maintaining",
"professing",
"submitting",
"authenticating",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"allowing",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confirming",
"owning"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"Prohibition was established by the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, only to be negated by the 21st amendment 13 years later"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"abolishing",
"abrogating",
"annulling",
"avoiding",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"retracting",
"reversing",
"revoking",
"suspending",
"withdrawing",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"disallowing",
"dismissing",
"rejecting",
"annihilating",
"breaking down",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"throwing out",
"writing off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to think not to be true or real":{
"examples":[
"you simply can't negate your feelings for someone, even if they don't feel the same way about you"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"discrediting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denying",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"suspecting",
"debunking",
"disproving",
"refuting",
"deriding",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scoffing (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"trusting"
],
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"crediting",
"swallowing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"neatniks":{
"as in old maids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"old maids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slobs",
"slovens",
"slatterns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsy":{
"having the style and content of everyday conversation":{
"examples":[
"a newsy TV program covering the local scene"
],
"synonyms":[
"chattery",
"chatty",
"colloquial",
"conversational",
"dishy",
"gossipy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casual",
"familiar",
"informal",
"intimate",
"tell-all",
"digressive",
"discursive",
"rambling",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ceremonious",
"dignified",
"elevated",
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"needleworker",
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"noun"
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"filigrees",
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"marquisettes",
"tulles"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"a person skilled in using supernatural forces":{
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"Magians",
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"voodooists",
"voodoos",
"witches",
"wizards"
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"theurgists",
"wonder-workers",
"medicine men",
"shamanists",
"shamans",
"witch doctors",
"crystal gazers",
"diviners",
"foreseers",
"fortune-tellers",
"prognosticators",
"prophesiers",
"prophets",
"seers",
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"media",
"exorcisers",
"exorcists"
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"noun"
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"requirement",
"requisite"
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"pool",
"stock",
"supply",
"excess",
"fill",
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"oversupply",
"plenty",
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"surplus",
"hoard",
"stockpile"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"deliberations",
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"conclaves",
"congregations",
"congresses",
"consistories",
"conventions",
"convocations",
"synods",
"caucuses",
"town meetings",
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"colloquies",
"conferences",
"councils",
"forums",
"fora",
"panel discussions",
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"parleys",
"round-robins",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
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"symposiums"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"having or showing a very nervous or disordered state of mind":{
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"paranoidal",
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"bedlam",
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"gaga",
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"kooky",
"kookie",
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"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
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"mental",
"meshuga",
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"meshuggah",
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"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
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"pixillated",
"queer",
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"unreasonable",
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"obsessed"
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"tranquillized",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
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"adjective"
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"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
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"The pilot's near escape after the crash was the talk of the town for weeks."
],
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"close shave",
"near miss"
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"squeaker"
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"misfire"
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"phrase"
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"as in liberals , progressives":{
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"extremists",
"radicals",
"reformers",
"reformists",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"lefties",
"leftists",
"liberals",
"progressives",
"modernists",
"moderns",
"ultramodernists",
"bohemians"
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"near antonyms":[
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"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fogies",
"fogeys",
"fossils",
"fuddy-duddies",
"reactionaries",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"conservatives",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"standpatters",
"Tories",
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"conformists",
"traditionalists",
"archconservatives",
"diehards",
"neocons",
"neoconservatives",
"paleoconservatives",
"squares",
"stuffed shirts"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"because of necessity":{
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],
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"ineluctably",
"inescapably",
"inevitably",
"ipso facto",
"necessarily",
"perforce",
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"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
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"challenges",
"claims",
"demands",
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"requires",
"takes",
"wants",
"warrants"
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"involves",
"asks",
"begs",
"clamors (for)",
"cries (for)",
"hurts (for)",
"lacks",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists",
"presses",
"quests",
"stipulates"
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"near antonyms":[
"owns",
"possesses"
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"antonyms":[
"has",
"holds"
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"to be under necessity or obligation to":{
"examples":[
"you need not stand when she enters the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"has (to)",
"must",
"ought (to)",
"shall",
"should"
],
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"will"
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"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"got a job that barely provided for his basic needs"
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"demands",
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"must-haves",
"musts",
"necessaries",
"necessities",
"needfuls",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"sine qua nons",
"sine quibus non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"desiderata",
"desiderations",
"wishes"
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"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"extravagances",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"superfluities",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
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"nonessentials",
"nonnecessities"
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"something one must do because of prior agreement":{
"examples":[
"no need to apologize"
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"burdens",
"charges",
"commitments",
"devoirs",
"dos",
"do's",
"duties",
"imperatives",
"incumbencies",
"obligations",
"offices",
"responsibilities"
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"oaths",
"pledges",
"promises",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"arrangements",
"prearrangements",
"pre-arrangements",
"setups",
"compacts",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"pacts",
"trusts",
"debts",
"payments",
"tributes",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints",
"musts",
"requirements",
"coercions",
"duresses",
"forces",
"appointments",
"engagements",
"reservations",
"onuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"graces",
"postponements",
"stays",
"discharges",
"eases",
"exemptions",
"releases",
"reliefs",
"waivers",
"loopholes",
"alternatives",
"choices",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"selections"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
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},
"nester":{
"as in homesteader":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"homesteader",
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"subsistence farmer",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"granger",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"rancher",
"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"campesino",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"farmer",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"never mind":{
"to say nothing of":{
"examples":[
"I have a hard enough time getting out of bed before sunrise, never mind getting to work so early"
],
"synonyms":[
"let alone",
"much less",
"still less"
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"near synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"conjunction"
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"a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others":{
"examples":[
"the neighborhood newsmonger came over to tell us that the Clarksons were putting in a pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"circulators",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"quidnuncs",
"talebearers",
"tale-tellers",
"telltales",
"yentas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"betrayers",
"blabbermouths",
"informants",
"informers",
"snitchers",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"libelers",
"scandalmongers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"neoplasm":{
"an abnormal mass of tissue":{
"examples":[
"removed a neoplasm from the patient's abdomen"
],
"synonyms":[
"excrescence",
"excrescency",
"growth",
"lump",
"tumor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outgrowth",
"cancer",
"carcinoma",
"lymphoma",
"malignancy",
"melanoma",
"polyp",
"cyst",
"tubercle",
"wart"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"neoconservatives":{
"as in neocons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neocons",
"conformists",
"diehards",
"standpatters",
"rights",
"right-wings",
"bourbons",
"fuddy-duddies",
"squares",
"stuffed shirts",
"archconservatives",
"conservatives",
"paleoconservatives",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"Tories",
"traditionalists"
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"near antonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"left-wingers",
"liberals",
"progressives",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"reds",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"reformers",
"reformists"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"newscaster":{
"one who reads and introduces news reports on a news program":{
"examples":[
"newscasters were scrambling to put together an updated report after the unexpected turn of events"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"anchorperson",
"newsreader"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorman",
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"correspondent",
"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsie",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neo-pagan":{
"as in polytheist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polytheist",
"atheist",
"giaour",
"infidel",
"misbeliever",
"miscreant",
"nonbeliever",
"unbeliever",
"gentile",
"heathen",
"idolater",
"idolator",
"pagan"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"nebbishes":{
"as in milquetoasts , wusses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cowards",
"mice",
"milquetoasts",
"nervous Nellies",
"pussies",
"wusses",
"wussies",
"doormats",
"jellyfish",
"namby-pambies",
"pushovers",
"reeds",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"sheep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stalwarts",
"mensches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"newsweekly":{
"as in newsletter , newsmagazine":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"newsletter",
"newsmagazine",
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
"periodical",
"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine",
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"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needleworker":{
"as in embroiderer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embroiderer",
"tailor",
"knitter",
"weaver",
"needlewoman",
"seamstress",
"seamster",
"sewer",
"stitcher"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neglig\u00e9":{
"as in lingerie , nightie":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lingerie",
"nightie",
"nighty",
"nightcap",
"pajamas",
"pj's",
"nightclothes",
"gown",
"nightdress",
"nightgown",
"nightshirt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neutralize":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"a pro-government rally that is intended to neutralize the antiwar demonstrations"
],
"synonyms":[
"annul",
"cancel (out)",
"compensate (for)",
"correct",
"counteract",
"counterbalance",
"counterpoise",
"make up (for)",
"negative",
"offset"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidate",
"negate",
"neuter",
"nullify",
"atone (for)",
"outbalance",
"outweigh",
"redeem",
"redress",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"override",
"overrule"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"orders to find the renegade colonel and to neutralize him"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"nephews":{
"as in nieces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nieces",
"bastards",
"by-blows",
"love children",
"whoresons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiable":{
"capable of being traveled on":{
"examples":[
"some of the national park's roads are not negotiable in winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"navigable",
"passable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"cleared",
"free",
"open",
"unclogged",
"unclosed",
"unobstructed",
"unstopped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"closed",
"congested",
"dammed",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed",
"barricaded",
"blockaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"unnegotiable",
"unpassable"
]
},
"open to question or dispute":{
"examples":[
"the final judgment is not negotiable"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"issuable",
"moot",
"questionable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradictable",
"refutable",
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"shaky",
"uncertain",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irrefutable",
"definite",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"hands-down",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"positive",
"questionless",
"settled",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undebatable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nearly":{
"to a close degree":{
"examples":[
"copy that design as nearly as you can"
],
"synonyms":[
"closely",
"near"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"distantly",
"remotely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"I nearly fell down the stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"neoconservatism":{
"as in Toryism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Toryism",
"conservatism",
"conservativeness",
"die-hardism",
"reactionaryism",
"traditionalism",
"ultraconservatism",
"bigotry",
"illiberalism",
"conventionalism",
"conventionality",
"fogyism",
"fogeyism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"liberalism",
"liberalness",
"open-mindedness",
"progressivism",
"neoliberalism",
"extremism",
"radicalism",
"nonconformism",
"nonconformity",
"unconventionalism",
"unorthodoxy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"new":{
"taking the place of one that came before":{
"examples":[
"after my bike was stolen, my scooter became my new mode of transportation"
],
"synonyms":[
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"substitutive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"alternative",
"pinch",
"different",
"other",
"separate",
"extra",
"spare",
"improvised",
"jury",
"another",
"second",
"utility",
"successive",
"equivalent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"first",
"former",
"equal",
"identical",
"same",
"lasting",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[
"original"
]
},
"not known or experienced before":{
"examples":[
"Spanish was a new course of study for her",
"advances in optical technology allow us to observe new planets"
],
"synonyms":[
"fresh",
"novel",
"original",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"innovative",
"unique",
"nontraditional",
"unconventional",
"untried",
"unused",
"unworn",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conventional",
"established",
"traditional",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"derivative",
"imitative"
],
"antonyms":[
"familiar",
"hackneyed",
"old",
"time-honored",
"tired",
"warmed-over"
]
},
"recently made and never used before":{
"examples":[
"that unique scent that comes with a new car"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand-new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"unused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clean",
"fresh",
"mint",
"pristine",
"unspoiled",
"untouched",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"natural",
"raw",
"unprocessed",
"untreated",
"unworked",
"virgin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dirty",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"stale",
"aged",
"beat-up",
"old",
"shabby",
"shopworn",
"well-handled",
"worn"
],
"antonyms":[
"hand-me-down",
"secondhand",
"used"
]
},
"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"a little rest made him a new man after the exhausting basketball game"
],
"synonyms":[
"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"newborn",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
"examples":[
"new techniques in plastic surgery"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"designer",
"hot",
"mod",
"modern",
"modernistic",
"new age",
"new-fashioned",
"newfangled",
"present-day",
"red-hot",
"space-age",
"state-of-the-art",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fashionable",
"happening",
"in",
"modish",
"nouvelle",
"now",
"stylish",
"last",
"latest",
"modernized",
"updated",
"futuristic",
"high-tech",
"hi-tech",
"latter-day",
"recent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anachronistic",
"aged",
"age-old",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"hoary",
"old",
"venerable",
"bygone",
"former",
"late",
"olden",
"past",
"antique",
"historic",
"historical",
"retro",
"retrograde",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"unmodernized",
"old-world",
"discarded",
"disused",
"moth-eaten",
"forgotten",
"remote",
"ageless",
"dateless",
"timeless"
],
"antonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"fusty",
"musty",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"out-of-date",
"pass\u00e9"
]
},
"not long ago":{
"examples":[
"new -mown grass"
],
"synonyms":[
"freshly",
"just",
"late",
"lately",
"newly",
"now",
"only",
"recently"
],
"near synonyms":[
"latterly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ago",
"before",
"earlier",
"early",
"erstwhile",
"formerly",
"previously",
"heretofore",
"hitherto"
],
"antonyms":[
"anciently"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"neocons":{
"as in neoconservatives":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neoconservatives",
"conformists",
"diehards",
"standpatters",
"rights",
"right-wings",
"bourbons",
"fuddy-duddies",
"squares",
"stuffed shirts",
"archconservatives",
"conservatives",
"paleoconservatives",
"reactionaries",
"rightists",
"right-wingers",
"Tories",
"traditionalists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"left-wingers",
"liberals",
"progressives",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"reds",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"reformers",
"reformists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"netherworld":{
"a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream":{
"examples":[
"the shadowy netherworld of all-night raves"
],
"synonyms":[
"demimonde",
"demiworld",
"half-world",
"underbelly",
"underworld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abyss",
"depths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neatening":{
"to make neat":{
"examples":[
"neatened the living room in anticipation of company"
],
"synonyms":[
"picking up",
"redding (up or out)",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up or out)",
"tidying (up)",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"discomposing",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"disorganizing",
"disrupting",
"disturbing",
"jumbling",
"messing (up)",
"mixing (up)",
"muddling",
"mussing",
"rumpling",
"scrambling",
"shuffling",
"tousling",
"tumbling",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"necrologies":{
"a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account":{
"examples":[
"the club's founder recently died, and this month's newsletter includes a lengthy necrology"
],
"synonyms":[
"obits",
"obituaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eulogies",
"memorials",
"testimonials",
"tributes",
"epitaphs",
"hic jacets",
"inscriptions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsworthy":{
"interesting or important enough to report as news":{
"examples":[
"The rescue was certainly a newsworthy story."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"particular",
"remarkable",
"special",
"curious",
"extraordinary",
"funny",
"odd",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"peculiar",
"queer",
"rare",
"singular",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"weird",
"citable",
"memorable",
"mentionable",
"nameable",
"namable",
"observable",
"quotable",
"repeatable",
"indelible",
"unforgettable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unexceptional",
"expected",
"predictable",
"familiar",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical",
"average",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"unexceptional",
"common",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"usual",
"forgettable",
"unmemorable",
"unremarkable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"needlewomen":{
"as in seamstresses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seamstresses",
"seamsters",
"sewers",
"stitchers",
"tailors",
"embroiderers",
"needleworkers",
"knitters",
"weavers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nervosity":{
"an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble":{
"examples":[
"a palpable feeling of nervosity in every corner of the city after the terrorist attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strain",
"stress",
"tension",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"franticness",
"hand-wringing",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"panic",
"tremor",
"angst",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"vexation",
"cold feet",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"qualm",
"scruple"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"calmness",
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"easiness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"placidness",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace"
],
"antonyms":[
"unconcern"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negligibility":{
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
"examples":[
"the negligibility of so much that is churned out by weekly television"
],
"synonyms":[
"immateriality",
"inconsequence",
"inconsequentiality",
"inconsiderableness",
"insignificance",
"insignificancy",
"littleness",
"nullity",
"pettiness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emptiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"substance",
"value",
"worth"
],
"antonyms":[
"bigness",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"significance",
"weight",
"weightiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negligence":{
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
"examples":[
"exhibiting his usual negligence , he failed to set the emergency brake, and the car rolled down the steep hill and crashed into the telephone pole"
],
"synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"remissness",
"slackness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness"
]
},
"the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action":{
"examples":[
"the factory's owners are being charged with criminal negligence for the fire that killed a dozen workers"
],
"synonyms":[
"default",
"delinquency",
"dereliction",
"failure",
"misprision",
"neglect",
"nonfeasance",
"oversight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"laxity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliance",
"discharge",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiating":{
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"bargaining",
"concerting",
"concluding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settling (on or upon)",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"paltering",
"agreeing",
"contracting",
"covenanting",
"arguing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"hammering out",
"hashing (over)",
"reasoning",
"talking",
"talking over",
"working out",
"renegotiating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"hacking",
"handling",
"managing",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"taking",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriving",
"engineering",
"finagling",
"finessing",
"framing",
"machinating",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"masterminding",
"wangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"hammering out",
"working out",
"angling (for)",
"compassing",
"intriguing",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"conniving",
"brewing",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"hatching",
"captaining",
"commanding",
"conducting",
"directing",
"handling",
"managing",
"quarterbacking",
"running",
"gerrymandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"flubbing",
"fumbling",
"gumming (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"paltering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bickering",
"clashing",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"squabbling",
"wrangling",
"comparison shopping",
"shopping (around)",
"bartering",
"exchanging",
"trading",
"hawking",
"peddling",
"buying",
"purchasing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
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"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
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"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
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"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
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"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in white dwarfs , red dwarfs":{
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"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"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"
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"noun"
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"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
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"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"potter's fields"
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"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"genii",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"ways",
"wonts",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"properties",
"traits",
"attitudes",
"characters",
"humors",
"identities",
"individualities",
"natures",
"personalities",
"temperaments",
"affectations",
"airs",
"crotchets",
"curiosities",
"eccentricities",
"erraticisms",
"idiosyncrasies",
"individualisms",
"kinks",
"mannerisms",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quiddities",
"quips",
"quirks",
"singularities",
"tics",
"tricks",
"twists"
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"conformities"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
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"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
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"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"potter's fields"
],
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"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"internationalist"
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"chauvinist",
"flag-waver",
"jingo",
"nationalist",
"superpatriot",
"loyalist",
"patriot",
"hawk",
"warmonger"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a social sphere that exists outside of the mainstream":{
"examples":[
"the shadowy netherworld of all-night raves"
],
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"demimondes",
"demiworlds",
"half-worlds",
"underbellies",
"underworlds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysses",
"depths"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a barely successful escape from something undesirable":{
"examples":[
"a near miss with death prompted him to give up skydiving"
],
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"close calls",
"close shaves"
],
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"squeakers"
],
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"misfires"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"an emotional illness in which a person experiences strong feelings of fear or worry":{
"examples":[
"The patient is clearly suffering from a neurosis ."
],
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"aberrations",
"dementias",
"derangements",
"insanities",
"lunacies",
"manias",
"rages",
"instabilities",
"irrationalities",
"deliriums",
"frenzies",
"hysterias",
"hallucinoses",
"hypomanias",
"paranoias",
"schizophrenias",
"senile dementias",
"delusions",
"hallucinations",
"monomanias",
"obsessions",
"phobias",
"abnormalities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lucidities",
"rationalities",
"reasonabilities",
"normalities",
"minds"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neonate":{
"a recently born person":{
"examples":[
"the hospital has added a new wing especially for neonates"
],
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"babe",
"baby",
"bambino",
"child",
"infant",
"newborn"
],
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"cherub",
"foundling",
"nursling",
"suckling",
"preemie",
"premie",
"bantling",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"boy",
"nipper",
"tad",
"juvenile",
"minor",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"imp",
"squirt",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"girl",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
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"adult",
"grown-up",
"elder",
"graybeard",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in mermaids , sirens":{
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"mermaids",
"Oceanids",
"sea-maids",
"sea-maidens",
"sirens",
"water nymphs",
"dryads",
"hamadryads",
"naiads",
"naiades",
"nymphs",
"oreads",
"wood nymphs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"made or become fresh in spirits or vigor":{
"examples":[
"felt like a newborn activist after that pep rally"
],
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"energized",
"freshened",
"invigorated",
"new",
"reanimated",
"reborn",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"renewed",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"exhilarated",
"jazzed (up)",
"resurrected",
"rested",
"untired",
"unwearied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tired",
"weary",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"emasculated",
"unmanned",
"demoralized",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
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"drained",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"weakened"
]
},
"a recently born person":{
"examples":[
"intentionally bought clothes that were too big for her newborn but which undoubtedly would fit him in a few months"
],
"synonyms":[
"babe",
"baby",
"bambino",
"child",
"infant",
"neonate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cherub",
"foundling",
"nursling",
"suckling",
"preemie",
"premie",
"bantling",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"boy",
"nipper",
"tad",
"juvenile",
"minor",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"imp",
"squirt",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"girl",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"elder",
"graybeard",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"newsletter":{
"a short written report that tells about the recent activities of an organization and that is sent to members of the organization":{
"examples":[
"the club's monthly newsletter"
],
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"newsmagazine",
"newsweekly",
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
"periodical",
"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine",
"annual",
"bimonthly",
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neutralism":{
"lack of favoritism toward one side or another":{
"examples":[
"his neutralism in the matter is questionable, since he owns thousands of shares in the company"
],
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"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance",
"fence-sitting",
"straddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"subjectiveness",
"subjectivity",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"antonyms":[
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiators":{
"as in mediators , intermediaries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"intermediaries",
"intermediates",
"mediators",
"mediatrixes",
"moderators",
"jurists",
"justices",
"magistrates",
"conciliators",
"go-betweens",
"peacemakers",
"reconcilers",
"troubleshooters",
"adjudicators",
"arbiters",
"arbitrators",
"judges",
"referees",
"umpires",
"deciders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiator":{
"as in mediator , intermediary":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"intermediary",
"intermediate",
"mediator",
"mediatrix",
"moderator",
"jurist",
"justice",
"magistrate",
"conciliator",
"go-between",
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"troubleshooter",
"adjudicator",
"arbiter",
"arbitrator",
"judge",
"referee",
"umpire",
"decider"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negations":{
"a refusal to confirm the truth of a statement":{
"examples":[
"issued specific negations of all of the charges against her"
],
"synonyms":[
"contradictions",
"denegations",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disavowals",
"disclaimers",
"disconfirmations",
"rejections",
"repudiations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disproofs",
"rebuttals",
"refutations",
"negatives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concessions",
"confessions",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"declarations",
"attestations",
"corroborations",
"documentations",
"substantiations",
"testaments",
"testimonies",
"validations"
],
"antonyms":[
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"confirmations"
]
},
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"examples":[
"a ruling by the Supreme Court that many regarded as a negation of the basic right of privacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatements",
"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"annulments",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"retractions",
"reversals",
"revocations",
"suspensions",
"withdrawals",
"forbiddances",
"prohibitions",
"disallowances",
"dismissals",
"rejections",
"eliminations",
"eradications",
"erasures",
"liquidations",
"removals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactments",
"legislations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"necropoleis":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"an ancient necropolis that has given archaeologists valuable insights into how people once lived and died"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"potter's fields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neglecting":{
"failing to give proper care and attention":{
"examples":[
"our chronically neglecting custodian has let trash accumulate around the warehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"disregardful",
"lax",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heedless",
"incautious",
"irresponsible",
"reckless",
"wild",
"unguarded",
"unwary",
"forgetful",
"disregarding",
"inattentive",
"oblivious",
"thoughtless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"unthinking",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"delinquent",
"loose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"alert",
"heedful",
"heeding",
"mindful",
"observant",
"regardful",
"regarding",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"responsible",
"thinking",
"thoughtful",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"antonyms":[
"attentive",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"nonnegligent"
]
},
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
"examples":[
"as usual the news media neglected the real issues of the campaign and focused on personalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypassing",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting",
"slurring (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"failing",
"missing",
"omitting",
"brushing (aside or off)",
"rejecting",
"shrugging off",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"disdaining",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"scorning",
"scanting",
"skimping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"cultivating",
"fostering",
"nursing",
"nurturing",
"pampering",
"remembering",
"listening (to)",
"watching",
"following",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"remarking"
],
"antonyms":[
"attending (to)",
"heeding",
"minding",
"regarding",
"tending (to)"
]
},
"to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness":{
"examples":[
"I've neglected my garden, and now it's overgrown with weeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"forgetting",
"shirking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slacking (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying out",
"doing",
"executing",
"performing",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"keeping up",
"maintaining"
],
"antonyms":[
"attending (to)",
"remembering"
]
},
"to miss the opportunity or obligation":{
"examples":[
"conveniently, the job applicant neglected to mention his criminal record"
],
"synonyms":[
"failing",
"forgetting",
"omitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"pretermitting",
"slighting",
"sliding",
"slipping",
"defaulting",
"skipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heeding",
"minding",
"remembering",
"keeping",
"observing",
"carrying out",
"doing",
"executing",
"performing",
"practicing",
"practising",
"discharging",
"fulfilling",
"meeting",
"satisfying",
"complying (with)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"neigh":{
"to make the cry typical of a horse":{
"examples":[
"the horses neighed when the rider came into the barn"
],
"synonyms":[
"nicker",
"whicker",
"whinny"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whinny , bleat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"bay",
"bellow",
"blat",
"bleat",
"bray",
"cackle",
"calling",
"caterwaul",
"caw",
"cheep",
"chirp",
"cluck",
"coo",
"crake",
"croak",
"crow",
"grunt",
"honk",
"hoot",
"howl",
"low",
"meow",
"miaow",
"mew",
"moo",
"oink",
"peep",
"quack",
"roar",
"screech",
"squall",
"squawk",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"trumpet",
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
"twitter",
"whinny",
"yap",
"yelp",
"yip",
"yowl",
"call",
"cry",
"note"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"newspeople":{
"a person employed by a newspaper, magazine, or radio or television station to gather, write, or report news":{
"examples":[
"the host of that morning show prefers to think of himself as a newsperson and not as an entertainer"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsmen",
"pressmen",
"reporters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"newscasters",
"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"newswomen",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"byliners",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors",
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"police reporters",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needling":{
"as in mocking , ridiculing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baiting",
"deriding",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"taunting",
"bandying",
"quipping",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"sarcastic",
"scornful",
"bantering",
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzical",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiting",
"hassling",
"hazing",
"heckling",
"riding",
"taunting",
"teasing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"fretting",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"gnawing (at)",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"hagriding",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"nagging",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"troubling",
"vexing",
"aggravating",
"exasperating",
"goading",
"testing",
"trying",
"aggrieving",
"agitating",
"bedeviling",
"beleaguering",
"discomforting",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"badgering",
"dogging",
"hounding",
"browbeating",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"persecuting",
"plaguing",
"terrorizing",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogging",
"henpecking",
"hounding",
"nagging",
"pecking (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carping (at)",
"fussing (about or over)",
"nitpicking",
"annoying",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"irking",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"riding",
"vexing",
"yapping (at)",
"egging",
"goading",
"inciting",
"prodding",
"prompting",
"spurring",
"urging",
"exhorting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"pressuring",
"pushing",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"wheedling",
"begging",
"importuning",
"pleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"complimenting",
"commending",
"lauding",
"praising",
"recommending",
"touting",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"building up",
"eulogizing",
"extolling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"necromancy":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"in the conjuring of the souls of the dead, necromancy seemed to offer human beings a means of exerting some control over an uncertain world"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"augur",
"omen",
"exorcism",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needles":{
"a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin":{
"examples":[
"the nurse inserted the needle into his vein and collected some blood for testing"
],
"synonyms":[
"hypes",
"hypodermic needles",
"hypodermics",
"hypodermic syringes",
"syringes"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
"examples":[
"simply by reading the compass needle you should be able to figure out in which direction we're heading"
],
"synonyms":[
"hands",
"indexes",
"indices",
"indicators",
"pointers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dials",
"faces",
"gauges",
"gages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attack repeatedly with mean put-downs or insults":{
"examples":[
"we needled him mercilessly for thinking that he had any chance of being the prom date for the school's most popular girl"
],
"synonyms":[
"baits",
"hassles",
"hazes",
"heckles",
"rides",
"taunts",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"frets",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"gnaws (at)",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"hagrides",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"nags",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"troubles",
"vexes",
"aggravates",
"exasperates",
"goads",
"tests",
"tries",
"aggrieves",
"agitates",
"bedevils",
"beleaguers",
"discomforts",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"badgers",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"browbeats",
"bullies",
"hectors",
"harasses",
"harries",
"persecutes",
"plagues",
"terrorizes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to subject (someone) to constant scoldings and sharp reminders":{
"examples":[
"quit needling me! I'll take out the trash in a minute!"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogs",
"henpecks",
"hounds",
"nags",
"pecks (at)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carps (at)",
"fusses (about or over)",
"nitpicks",
"annoys",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"harasses",
"harries",
"hassles",
"irks",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"rides",
"vexes",
"yaps (at)",
"eggs",
"goads",
"incites",
"prods",
"prompts",
"spurs",
"urges",
"exhorts",
"insists",
"presses",
"pressures",
"pushes",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"wheedles",
"begs",
"importunes",
"pleads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compliments",
"commends",
"lauds",
"praises",
"recommends",
"touts",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"builds up",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"newbies":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a newbie to woodworking, he was still trying to learn all the terms and techniques of the craft"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negligibly":{
"in a very small quantity or degree":{
"examples":[
"this box is negligibly bigger than the other one, but it's such a slight difference I don't think it matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"little",
"nominally",
"slightly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"entirely",
"purely",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"eminently",
"exceptionally",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"noticeably",
"palpably",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"generously",
"handsomely",
"liberally",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"hugely",
"monstrously",
"monumentally"
],
"antonyms":[
"awful",
"awfully",
"beastly",
"considerably",
"deadly",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extensively",
"extra",
"extremely",
"far",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"jolly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"rattling",
"real",
"right",
"significantly",
"so",
"something",
"substantially",
"super",
"terribly",
"too",
"very",
"whacking"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"necessitate":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"challenge",
"claim",
"demand",
"need",
"require",
"take",
"want",
"warrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entail",
"involve",
"ask",
"beg",
"clamor (for)",
"cry (for)",
"hurt (for)",
"lack",
"command",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist",
"press",
"quest",
"stipulate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"own",
"possess"
],
"antonyms":[
"have",
"hold"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ne'er":{
"at no time":{
"examples":[
"fare thee well, for ne'er shall I return"
],
"synonyms":[
"never"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nevermore",
"not",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eternally",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"invariably",
"frequently",
"often",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly"
],
"antonyms":[
"always",
"constantly",
"continuously",
"endlessly",
"ever",
"forever",
"perpetually"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"newscasts":{
"a radio or television program that reports the news":{
"examples":[
"the nightly TV newscast"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"telecasts",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases",
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"needing":{
"to have as a requirement":{
"examples":[
"a national crisis that needs a strong leader to solve it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"challenging",
"claiming",
"demanding",
"necessitating",
"requiring",
"taking",
"wanting",
"warranting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"entailing",
"involving",
"asking",
"begging",
"clamoring (for)",
"crying (for)",
"hurting (for)",
"lacking",
"commanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting",
"pressing",
"questing",
"stipulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owning",
"possessing"
],
"antonyms":[
"having",
"holding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"nebs":{
"the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering":{
"examples":[
"the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaks",
"bills",
"nibs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mouths",
"muzzles",
"mandibles",
"maws",
"maxillae",
"maxillas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{
"examples":[
"with her round glasses perched on her small neb , the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaks",
"conks",
"honkers",
"noses",
"nozzles",
"proboscises",
"proboscides",
"schnozzes",
"schnozzolas",
"schnozzles",
"smellers",
"snoots",
"snouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pugnoses",
"pugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neck and neck":{
"showing little difference in the standing of the competitors":{
"examples":[
"a neck and neck finish in which only a fraction of a second separated the winner from the runner-up"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"down-to-the-wire",
"hairbreadth",
"narrow",
"nip and tuck",
"tight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"necessity":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"examples":[
"on any road trip, accurate maps are a necessity"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite",
"sine qua non"
],
"near synonyms":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
]
},
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"two years of unemployment had reduced the family to abject necessity"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"need",
"neediness",
"pauperism",
"penuriousness",
"penury",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gutter",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"exigency",
"emergency",
"rainy day",
"austerity",
"deprivation",
"privation",
"bankruptcy",
"insolvency",
"belt-tightening",
"pinching",
"straitening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"luxury",
"prosperity"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"wealth",
"wealthiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nesses":{
"an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast":{
"examples":[
"from atop the ness , there was a beautiful view of the coastline as it stretched for miles into the distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"headlands",
"points",
"promontories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capes",
"forelands",
"peninsulas",
"spits",
"breakwaters",
"jetties",
"levees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
"examples":[
"the little skiff rounded the tip of the ness"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"capes",
"forelands",
"headlands",
"peninsulas",
"points",
"promontories",
"spits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwaters",
"jetties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsie":{
"as in reporter , journalist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correspondent",
"foreign correspondent",
"interviewer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"newswoman",
"reporter",
"stringer",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"commentator",
"linkman",
"telecaster",
"anchorman",
"anchorwoman",
"coanchor",
"anchor",
"anchorperson",
"newscaster",
"newsreader"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negligee":{
"as in lingerie , nightie":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lingerie",
"nightie",
"nighty",
"nightcap",
"pajamas",
"pj's",
"nightclothes",
"gown",
"nightdress",
"nightgown",
"nightshirt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"New York minute":{
"a very small space of time":{
"examples":[
"in a New York minute she had signed the contract and was off on her first assignment"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"eyeblink",
"flash",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiff",
"jiffy",
"minute",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink"
],
"near synonyms":[
"microsecond",
"snatch",
"spurt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"eternity",
"forever",
"infinity",
"lifetime"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nevertheless":{
"in spite of that":{
"examples":[
"I really don't want to; nevertheless , I will do it because you asked me to"
],
"synonyms":[
"even so",
"howbeit",
"however",
"nonetheless",
"notwithstanding",
"still",
"still and all",
"though",
"withal",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"after all",
"anyhow",
"regardless",
"per contra"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"nebulousness":{
"the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning":{
"examples":[
"the nebulousness of the imagery in his poetry seems to be part of its attraction to some readers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"darkness",
"equivocalness",
"equivocation",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"murkiness",
"mysteriousness",
"nebulosity",
"obliqueness",
"obliquity",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"opaqueness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mystery",
"reconditeness",
"cloudiness",
"dimness",
"faintness",
"fogginess",
"fuzziness",
"haziness",
"indefiniteness",
"indistinctness",
"mistiness",
"shade",
"shadow",
"uncertainty",
"vagueness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"incomprehensibleness",
"circuitousness",
"circuity",
"indirectness",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"abstruseness",
"abstrusity",
"complexity",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"obtuseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comprehensibility",
"intelligibility",
"legibility",
"brightness",
"distinctness",
"self-evidence",
"certainty",
"surety",
"definiteness",
"exactness",
"explicitness",
"incision",
"incisiveness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"perspicuity",
"perspicuousness",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"openness",
"straightforwardness",
"palpability",
"tangibility",
"tangibleness",
"visibility",
"readability",
"readableness",
"obviousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"clarity",
"clearness",
"obviousness",
"plainness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"negotiated":{
"to bring about through discussion and compromise":{
"examples":[
"wanted to negotiate a higher salary before she accepted the job offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranged",
"bargained",
"concerted",
"concluded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"settled (on or upon)",
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"paltered",
"agreed",
"contracted",
"covenanted",
"argued",
"debated",
"discussed",
"hammered out",
"hashed (over)",
"reasoned",
"talked",
"talked over",
"worked out",
"renegotiated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"she's good at negotiating personality conflicts between coworkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"fielded",
"grappled (with)",
"hacked",
"handled",
"managed",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"played",
"swung",
"took",
"treated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"the prisoners negotiated their escape by using Morse code to tap messages to each other through the walls"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"finessed",
"framed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"wangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk over or dispute the terms of a purchase":{
"examples":[
"told them I'd take $8,000 for the car and wasn't in the mood to negotiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dealt",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"paltered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argued",
"bickered",
"clashed",
"fought",
"hassled",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"squabbled",
"wrangled",
"comparison shopped",
"shopped (around)",
"bartered",
"exchanged",
"traded",
"hawked",
"peddled",
"bought",
"purchased"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"scores of experiments later, the chemists managed to negotiate the development of a more durable polymer"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"neo-pagans":{
"as in polytheists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polytheists",
"atheists",
"giaours",
"infidels",
"misbelievers",
"miscreants",
"nonbelievers",
"unbelievers",
"gentiles",
"heathens",
"heathen",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"pagans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nerdy":{
"much given to learning and thinking":{
"examples":[
"a fringe party of nerdy political activists who have no chance of getting elected"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue",
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"polyhistoric",
"polymath",
"polymathic",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"professorial",
"didactic",
"high-toned",
"hyperintellectual",
"pedantic",
"high-hat",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"educated",
"schooled",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"smart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"dumb",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"slow",
"stupid",
"unintelligent",
"benighted",
"unenlightened"
],
"antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nesters":{
"as in homesteaders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"homesteaders",
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"subsistence farmers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"grangers",
"workfolks",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"campesinos",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"farmers",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neighborliness":{
"kindly concern, interest, or support":{
"examples":[
"showing uncommon neighborliness , one of my new coworkers took me out to lunch on my first day"
],
"synonyms":[
"amity",
"benevolence",
"brotherhood",
"charity",
"cordiality",
"cordialness",
"fellowship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
"good-fellowship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bonhomie",
"camaraderie",
"collegiality",
"community",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradeship",
"civility",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"rapport",
"rapprochement",
"generosity",
"affinity",
"communion",
"empathy",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tolerance",
"altruism",
"philanthropy",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"intolerance",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hate",
"hatred",
"hostility",
"incivility",
"malice",
"rancor",
"belligerency",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ill will",
"malevolence",
"venom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neighs":{
"to make the cry typical of a horse":{
"examples":[
"the horses neighed when the rider came into the barn"
],
"synonyms":[
"nickers",
"whickers",
"whinnies"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in whinnies , bleats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barks",
"bays",
"bellows",
"blats",
"bleats",
"brays",
"cackles",
"callings",
"caterwauls",
"caws",
"cheeps",
"chirps",
"clucks",
"coos",
"crakes",
"croaks",
"crows",
"grunts",
"honks",
"hoots",
"howls",
"lows",
"meows",
"miaows",
"mews",
"moos",
"oinks",
"peeps",
"quacks",
"roars",
"screeches",
"squalls",
"squawks",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"trumpets",
"tu-whit tu-whoos",
"twitters",
"whinnies",
"yaps",
"yelps",
"yips",
"yowls",
"calls",
"cries",
"notes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"neighborhoods":{
"an area (as of a city) set apart for some purpose or having some special feature":{
"examples":[
"are you familiar with the city's Latino neighborhood ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"districts",
"nabes",
"quarters",
"sections"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"zones",
"departments",
"divisions",
"parts",
"precincts",
"wards",
"areas",
"backyards",
"localities",
"places",
"regions",
"barrios",
"enclaves",
"ghettos",
"ghettoes",
"hoods",
"'hoods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the people living in a particular area":{
"examples":[
"invited practically the whole neighborhood over for a big party"
],
"synonyms":[
"communities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cities",
"communes",
"hamlets",
"towns",
"villages",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"citizenries",
"cultures",
"people",
"populaces",
"publics",
"societies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"we were somewhere in the neighborhood of the Capitol because we could see the dome"
],
"synonyms":[
"backyards",
"environs",
"purlieus",
"vicinages",
"vicinities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environments",
"surroundings",
"surrounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neighbor":{
"as in brother , fellow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody",
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"the baseball field neighbors a parking lot"
],
"synonyms":[
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border (on)",
"butt (on or against)",
"flank",
"fringe",
"join",
"march (with)",
"skirt",
"touch",
"verge (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attach (to)",
"communicate (with)",
"connect (with)",
"link (with)",
"bound",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence",
"line",
"margin",
"rim",
"surround",
"contact",
"converge",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"nest eggs":{
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"paid for the computer out of his nest egg"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"budgets",
"deposits",
"funds",
"kitties",
"pools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chests",
"coffers",
"assets",
"savings",
"savings accounts",
"bankrolls",
"caches",
"collections",
"cushions",
"hoards",
"pocketbooks",
"reserves",
"treasures",
"petty cashes",
"pin money",
"pocket moneys",
"spending moneys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"neither here nor there":{
"not having anything to do with the matter at hand":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"impertinent",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incidental",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"dead",
"moot",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"empty",
"inane",
"meaningless",
"pointless",
"senseless",
"useless",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"unsuitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"important",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"sensible",
"useful",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"suitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"germane",
"material",
"pertinent",
"pointed",
"relative",
"relevant"
]
},
"lacking importance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"newsies":{
"as in reporters , journalists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correspondents",
"foreign correspondents",
"interviewers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"newswomen",
"reporters",
"stringers",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"commentators",
"linkmen",
"telecasters",
"anchormen",
"anchorwomen",
"coanchors",
"co-anchors",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"newscasters",
"newsreaders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ne plus ultras":{
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"this new sports car is being billed as the ne plus ultra of automotive achievement"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"next-door":{
"not being distant in time, space, or significance":{
"examples":[
"a next-door neighbor who is always helpful and friendly"
],
"synonyms":[
"close",
"close-up",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"neighboring",
"nigh",
"proximate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"contiguous",
"approaching",
"coming",
"forthcoming",
"oncoming",
"upcoming",
"accessible",
"convenient",
"handy",
"close-in",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divorced",
"removed",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"away",
"deep",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"remote"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nervous wrecks":{
"a person who is inclined to worry":{
"examples":[
"Between her upcoming deadlines and a baby on the way, Nellie is a nervous wreck ."
],
"synonyms":[
"handwringers",
"nervous Nellies",
"worriers",
"worrywarts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatists",
"fatalists",
"pessimists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"needlework":{
"decorative stitching done on cloth with the use of a needle":{
"examples":[
"a visit to the art museum to see an exhibition of 18th-century needlework"
],
"synonyms":[
"embroidery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crewel",
"cross-stitch",
"needlepoint",
"fagoting",
"faggoting",
"hemstitch",
"smocking",
"fancywork"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nebbish":{
"as in milquetoast , wuss":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coward",
"milquetoast",
"mouse",
"nervous Nellie",
"nervous Nelly",
"pussy",
"wuss",
"wussy",
"doormat",
"jellyfish",
"namby-pamby",
"pushover",
"reed",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"sheep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stalwart",
"mensch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"newsmagazine":{
"as in newsletter , newsweekly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"newsletter",
"newsweekly",
"book",
"bulletin",
"diurnal",
"gazette",
"journal",
"mag",
"magazine",
"newspaper",
"organ",
"paper",
"periodical",
"rag",
"review",
"serial",
"zine",
"annual",
"bimonthly",
"biweekly",
"daily",
"monthly",
"quarterly",
"semimonthly",
"semiweekly",
"triweekly",
"weekly",
"yearbook",
"digest",
"little magazine",
"fanzine",
"pictorial",
"slick",
"broadside",
"edition",
"extra",
"sheet",
"supplement",
"tab",
"tabloid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nettles":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"don't nettle your brother while he's trying to do his homework"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"newswomen":{
"as in broadcasters , newscasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"newscasters",
"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"pressmen",
"reporters",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"byliners",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors",
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"police reporters",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"next to":{
"close to":{
"examples":[
"enjoys living next to the ocean"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"by",
"near",
"nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alongside",
"beside",
"across",
"along",
"at",
"circa",
"toward",
"towards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"subsequent to in time or order":{
"examples":[
"next to the war, the flagging economy was the biggest campaign issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"after",
"apr\u00e8s",
"behind",
"below",
"following",
"past"
],
"near synonyms":[
"since"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toward",
"towards"
],
"antonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead of",
"before",
"ere",
"of",
"previous to",
"prior to",
"to"
]
},
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"bought it for next to nothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
}
}
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