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{
"Pollyanna":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"Potemkin village":{
"as in Trojan horse , fig leaf":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fig leaf",
"Trojan horse",
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover",
"covering",
"coverture",
"cover-up",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mantle",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocket":{
"available money":{
"examples":[
"the fancy sports car I wanted to buy for myself was beyond my pocket"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankroll",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"fund",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shirt",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"tender",
"wampum",
"assets",
"capital",
"deep pockets",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"roll",
"substance",
"wealth",
"purse",
"treasury",
"cash flow",
"financing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"a pocket dictionary"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
]
},
"of or relating to money, banking, or investments":{
"examples":[
"his pocket involvement in the company was minimal"
],
"synonyms":[
"dollars-and-cents",
"financial",
"fiscal",
"monetary",
"pecuniary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capitalist",
"capitalistic",
"commercial",
"economic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"submerge",
"suppress",
"swallow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"quash",
"quell",
"bottle up",
"contain",
"muffle",
"squelch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"express",
"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"boost",
"filch",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"purloin",
"rip off",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"knock over",
"rob",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"pick",
"rifle",
"poach",
"rustle",
"shoplift",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"take",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"shanghai",
"spirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand over",
"present"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"pocketed his wife's messy habits"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pocket book":{
"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
"examples":[
"she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"handbag",
"purse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clutch",
"clutch bag",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"billfold",
"wallet",
"compact",
"vanity",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"shoulder bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in paper , pocket edition":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardback",
"hardcover",
"paper",
"paperback",
"paperbound",
"pocket edition",
"softback",
"softcover",
"trade book",
"trade edition",
"book",
"tome",
"volume",
"folio",
"quarto",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"manual",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"cyclopedia",
"cyclopaedia",
"dictionary",
"encyclopedia",
"monograph",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook",
"tract",
"treatise",
"novel",
"novelette",
"pulp",
"album",
"almanac",
"anthology",
"casebook",
"chapbook",
"omnibus",
"picture book"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocket editions":{
"as in dwarfs , minis":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in papers , trade editions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocketing":{
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"submerging",
"suppressing",
"swallowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlling",
"governing",
"managing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"bottling up",
"containing",
"muffling",
"squelching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressing",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"taking out",
"unleashing",
"venting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriating",
"boosting",
"filching",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pinching",
"purloining",
"ripping off",
"snitching",
"stealing",
"swiping",
"thieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizing",
"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buying",
"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"pocketed his wife's messy habits"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pocketknife":{
"as in machete , dagger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bayonet",
"bodkin",
"bolo",
"bowie knife",
"cutlass",
"dagger",
"dirk",
"jackknife",
"machete",
"poniard",
"sheath knife",
"stiletto",
"stylet",
"switchblade",
"switch knife",
"yataghan",
"cutter",
"knife",
"shank",
"shiv",
"cleaver",
"hack",
"rapier",
"saber",
"sabre",
"steel",
"sword",
"scalpel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pockmark":{
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
"examples":[
"the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"blight",
"blotch",
"defect",
"deformity",
"disfigurement",
"excrescence",
"excrescency",
"fault",
"flaw",
"imperfection",
"mar",
"mark",
"scar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abnormality",
"distortion",
"irregularity",
"malformation",
"misshape",
"bug",
"glitch",
"kink",
"blot",
"blur",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"damage",
"defacement",
"impairment",
"injury",
"failing",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adornment",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"enhancement",
"ornament"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pococurante":{
"having or showing a lack of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"she has put up a strangely pococurante front throughout this whole ordeal"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathetic",
"casual",
"complacent",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"perfunctory",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"uninterested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"aloof",
"cold",
"numb",
"remote",
"unemotional",
"callous",
"hard-hearted",
"insensitive",
"unfeeling",
"calm",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"careless",
"heedless",
"mindless",
"impassive",
"impervious",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"unimpressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attentive",
"aware",
"conscientious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"caring",
"sensitive",
"warmhearted",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"keen",
"passionate",
"warm",
"zealous"
],
"antonyms":[
"concerned",
"interested"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pods":{
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"a fuel pod"
],
"synonyms":[
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointers":{
"an arrow-shaped piece on a dial or scale for registering information":{
"examples":[
"the pointer on my bathroom scale must be stuck\u2014I know I lost weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"hands",
"indexes",
"indices",
"indicators",
"needles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dials",
"faces",
"gauges",
"gages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece of advice or useful information especially from an expert":{
"examples":[
"the instructor gave me a few pointers but otherwise let me do the cooking by myself"
],
"synonyms":[
"hints",
"leads",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advice",
"advisements",
"assistances",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"recommendations",
"suggestions",
"cautions",
"signals",
"signs",
"telltales",
"tip-offs",
"warnings",
"briefs",
"directions",
"feedback",
"instructions",
"observations",
"prompts",
"reminders",
"urgings",
"answers",
"clues",
"solutions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poisoned":{
"containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing":{
"examples":[
"leaving poisoned food to try to kill the roaches"
],
"synonyms":[
"envenomed",
"poison",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"venomous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contagious",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pathogenic",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"virulent",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"calamitous",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"lethal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficial",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"benign",
"harmless",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemished",
"darkened",
"marred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"touched",
"vitiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimed",
"besmeared",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"dirtied",
"discolored",
"polluted",
"smeared",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"smutted",
"soiled",
"sullied",
"tarred",
"abased",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"lowered",
"sank",
"sunk",
"shamed",
"bastardized",
"corrupted",
"debauched",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"perverted",
"subverted",
"colored",
"distorted",
"twisted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansed",
"purified",
"dignified",
"elevated",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"hallowed",
"magnified",
"uplifted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"exhaust fumes poisoning the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"tainted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infected",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"fouled up",
"grimed",
"mired",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied",
"corrupted",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"adulterated",
"doctored",
"diluted",
"watered down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"purged",
"filtered",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"sterilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purified"
]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"bastardized",
"cankered",
"cheapened",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"deteriorated",
"lessened",
"perverted",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"subverted",
"vitiated",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"diluted",
"dirtied",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened",
"descended",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
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"damaged",
"defaced",
"destroyed",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
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"tarnished",
"wrecked",
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"exalted",
"honored",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"refined",
"restored",
"respected"
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"ennobled",
"uplifted"
]
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"malicious rumors had poisoned many church members against the new pastor"
],
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"biassed",
"prejudiced",
"turned"
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"inclined",
"predisposed",
"influenced",
"prepossessed",
"convinced",
"persuaded",
"suggested"
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"examples":[
"some evil person was leaving out poisonous meat for neighborhood dogs to eat"
],
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"envenomed",
"poison",
"poisoned",
"toxic",
"venomous"
],
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"contagious",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pathogenic",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"virulent",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"calamitous",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"lethal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficial",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"benign",
"harmless",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal"
],
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"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
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"Poking fun at the corny romantic comedies they watch is a favorite pleasure of theirs."
],
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"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"laugh (at)",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"skewer"
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"scorn",
"sneer (at)",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"disparage",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"put down",
"chaff",
"jive",
"josh",
"kid",
"quiz",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ride",
"tease",
"tweak",
"twit",
"bait",
"barrack",
"bug",
"catcall",
"harass",
"harry",
"hassle",
"heckle",
"needle",
"pester",
"rag",
"target",
"taunt",
"torment",
"ape",
"burlesque",
"caricature",
"imitate",
"lampoon",
"mimic",
"parody",
"parrot",
"pillory",
"satirize",
"take off (on)",
"travesty"
],
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"applaud",
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction"
],
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},
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"phrase"
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"joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey"
],
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"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polar":{
"being as different as possible":{
"examples":[
"they're friends despite their polar positions on a number of issues"
],
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"antipodal",
"antipodean",
"antithetical",
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"diametric",
"diametrical",
"opposite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverse",
"negative",
"unfavorable",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"counter",
"cross",
"hostile",
"converse",
"inverse",
"obverse",
"reverse",
"alien",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"divergent",
"unalike",
"unlike"
],
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"alike",
"analogous",
"like",
"similar",
"equivalent",
"identical",
"same",
"synonymous"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncontradictory"
]
},
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
"examples":[
"a polar air mass seemed to have settled over our area in January"
],
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"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"ultracold",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"bracing",
"brisk",
"crisp",
"invigorating",
"rigorous",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"frosted",
"frozen",
"iced",
"refrigerated",
"unheated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"equatorial",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"ardent",
"blazing",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"glowing",
"hot",
"igneous",
"molten",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"sultry",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"warming",
"white-hot"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polarizations":{
"as in atomizations , dichotomizations":{
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"atomizations",
"dichotomizations",
"decompositions",
"disassemblies",
"dismemberments",
"segmentations",
"subdivisions",
"diffusions",
"dispersals",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"divorces",
"severances",
"administrations",
"apportionments",
"distributions",
"breaches",
"ruptures",
"isolations",
"seclusions",
"segregations",
"sequestrations",
"bifurcations",
"breakups",
"cleavages",
"dissolutions",
"disunions",
"divisions",
"fractionalizations",
"fractionations",
"partitions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"separations",
"splits"
],
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"unifications",
"unions",
"assemblages",
"associations",
"attachments",
"conjunctions",
"connections",
"linkages",
"links",
"linkups",
"aggregations",
"combinations",
"consolidations",
"fusions"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police":{
"a body of officers of the law":{
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"examples":[
"the National Guard will serve as backup for the metropolitan police in the event of violent protests"
],
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"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"peeler",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"policewoman",
"shamus",
"trooper"
],
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"constabulary",
"finest",
"force",
"fuzz",
"heat",
"man",
"police force"
]
},
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"the department of government that keeps order, fights crime, and enforces statutes":{
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"examples":[
"the appearance of a ransom note meant that the teenager's disappearance was now a matter for the police"
],
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"related":[
"judiciary",
"jurisprudence",
"justice"
],
"synonyms":[
"law"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"polish":{
"a high level of taste and enlightenment as a result of extensive intellectual training and exposure to the arts":{
"examples":[
"acquired a great deal of polish during his year abroad"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"civilization",
"couth",
"cultivation",
"culture",
"refinement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"education",
"erudition",
"intellectualism",
"intellectuality",
"knowledge",
"learning",
"literacy",
"scholarship",
"cosmopolitanism",
"sophistication",
"urbanity",
"breeding",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"manners",
"class",
"elegance",
"grace",
"taste",
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"politeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"illiteracy",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"rusticity",
"unsophistication",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"barbarianism",
"barbarism",
"philistinism"
]
},
"brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{
"examples":[
"buffed the silver plate to a high polish"
],
"synonyms":[
"burnish",
"gloss",
"luminance",
"luster",
"lustre",
"sheen",
"shine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glare",
"gleam",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glisten",
"glow",
"shimmer",
"blink",
"flicker",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"illumination",
"irradiation",
"iridescence",
"luminescence",
"brilliance",
"luminosity",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"refulgence",
"finish",
"glaze"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimness",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"drabness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"flatness",
"grayness",
"paleness",
"cloudiness",
"gloom",
"murkiness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"somberness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"buff",
"burnish",
"dress",
"furbish",
"gloss",
"grind",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleek",
"slick",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"finish",
"perfect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"follow through (with)",
"stick out",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"effect",
"carry out",
"carry through",
"discharge",
"do",
"execute",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"perform",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"machine",
"refine",
"round (off or out)",
"shine",
"touch up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"desert",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"forsake",
"quit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"politeness":{
"speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{
"examples":[
"the little girl's politeness greatly impressed her teacher"
],
"synonyms":[
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentiveness",
"consideration",
"thoughtfulness",
"ceremonialness",
"ceremoniousness",
"ceremony",
"formality",
"chivalrousness",
"chivalry",
"courtliness",
"gallantry",
"gentlemanliness",
"knighthood",
"knightliness",
"breeding",
"manners",
"suaveness",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity",
"elegance",
"refinement",
"deference",
"respect",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"gentilesse",
"polish",
"politesse",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"seemliness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"sociability",
"felicitousness",
"gracefulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"shyness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"casualness",
"informality",
"delinquency",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"presumption",
"pretentiousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"rudeness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness"
]
},
"an act or utterance that is a customary show of good manners":{
"examples":[
"inquiring after his wife was a simple politeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenity",
"attention",
"civility",
"courtesy",
"formality",
"gesture",
"pleasantry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"honors",
"ceremony",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"form",
"manners",
"mores",
"proprieties",
"addresses",
"devoirs",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"favor",
"grace",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"protocol",
"rules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poll tax":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poller":{
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"pollster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
"antonyms":[
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polluting":{
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purifying"
],
"examples":[
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"purging",
"filtering",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"sterilizing"
],
"related":[
"infecting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"dirtying",
"fouling up",
"griming",
"miring",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"soiling",
"staining",
"sullying",
"corrupting",
"rotting",
"spoiling",
"adulterating",
"doctoring",
"diluting",
"watering down"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"fouling",
"poisoning",
"tainting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polychromatic":{
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
"examples":[
"a polychromatic tropical bird"
],
"synonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near synonyms":[
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polyhistoric":{
"as in learned , erudite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"polymath",
"polymathic",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"professorial",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"didactic",
"high-toned",
"hyperintellectual",
"pedantic",
"blue",
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"high-hat",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"educated",
"schooled",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"smart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"dumb",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"slow",
"stupid",
"unintelligent",
"benighted",
"unenlightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pommeled":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pommeling":{
"as in cudgeling , pounding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"bashing",
"battering",
"battery",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"licking",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"smashing",
"socking",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"frenzy",
"fury",
"onslaught",
"outbreak",
"outrage",
"paroxysm",
"rage",
"rampage",
"revolt",
"riot",
"rupture",
"shock",
"storm",
"terror",
"threat",
"tumult",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming",
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"crippling",
"maiming",
"mayhem",
"mutilation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pacificism",
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pommels":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pompous":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"the pompous waiter served us in the manner of a person doing some poor soul a great favor"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
"examples":[
"a pompous piano teacher who thought that the music world was lucky to have her"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish",
"condescending",
"patronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent"
]
},
"self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance":{
"examples":[
"a pompous gambling casino decorated to look like a palace in ancient Rome"
],
"synonyms":[
"affected",
"grandiose",
"high-minded",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"snippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airy",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"high-toned",
"sententious",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"imperious",
"important",
"overweening",
"presumptuous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"self-aggrandizing",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"flaunting",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"homely",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"retiring",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[
"modest",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ponder":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"I'm pondering whether or not I should join another committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muse (upon)",
"reflect (on or upon)",
"reminisce",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ponderous":{
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
"examples":[
"fell asleep during the ponderous speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
]
},
"having great weight":{
"examples":[
"those ponderous pachyderms more commonly known as elephants"
],
"synonyms":[
"heavy",
"hefty",
"massive",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdensome",
"leaden",
"lumpish",
"bulky",
"elephantine",
"massy",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"voluminous",
"overweight",
"top-heavy",
"solid",
"substantial",
"ultraheavy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"airy",
"ethereal",
"feathery",
"fluffy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"flimsy",
"insubstantial",
"slight",
"lightweight",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"underweight",
"ultralight",
"ultralightweight"
],
"antonyms":[
"light",
"weightless"
]
},
"difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design":{
"examples":[
"lugged a ponderous movie camera all over China"
],
"synonyms":[
"awkward",
"bunglesome",
"clumsy",
"clunky",
"cranky",
"cumbersome",
"cumbrous",
"ungainly",
"unhandy",
"unwieldy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"bulky",
"dinosaurian",
"dinosauric",
"elephantine",
"heavy",
"hulking",
"massive",
"impracticable",
"impractical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"useful"
],
"antonyms":[
"handy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ponders":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"I'm pondering whether or not I should join another committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"pores (over)",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"reminisces",
"analyzes",
"explores",
"reviews",
"concludes",
"reasons",
"second-guesses",
"speculates (about)",
"broods (about or over)",
"dwells (on or upon)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"frets (about or over)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"believes",
"conceives",
"opines",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooch":{
"a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"walking down the street with several pooches on leashes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"bitch",
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"bandog",
"bird dog",
"coonhound",
"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"sled dog",
"watchdog",
"wolf dog",
"wolfhound",
"guide dog",
"police dog",
"working dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"tyke",
"tike"
]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his lower lip pooched out in disappointment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"related":[
"dome",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"dilate",
"distend",
"expand",
"mushroom",
"snowball",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch"
],
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"bag",
"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
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"examples":[
"his lower lip pooched out in disappointment"
],
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"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
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"inflated",
"dilated",
"distended",
"expanded",
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"stretched"
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"overhung",
"poked",
"pouched",
"pouted",
"projected",
"protruded",
"started",
"stood out",
"stuck out",
"swelled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
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"brushed (off)",
"dismissed",
"flouted",
"rejected",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"defied",
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"mocked",
"rebelled (against)",
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"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
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"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
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"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"bucked",
"combated",
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"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
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],
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"capitulated (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"served",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"cooperated (with)",
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"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"obliged",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
"poohed":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
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"brushed (off)",
"dismissed",
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"rejected",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
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"disobeyed",
"mocked",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
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"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
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"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
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"capitulated (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"deferred (to)",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"served",
"stooped (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
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"acquiesced (to)",
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"heard",
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"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"watched",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"minded",
"obeyed"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooled":{
"used or done by a number of people as a group":{
"examples":[
"pooled coverage of the congressional hearings by the major broadcast networks"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborative",
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"concerted",
"conjoint",
"conjunct",
"cooperative",
"joint",
"multiple",
"mutual",
"public",
"shared",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bilateral",
"consensual",
"reciprocal",
"symbiotic",
"synergic",
"synergistic",
"two-way",
"mass",
"popular",
"general",
"generic",
"universal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"personal",
"private",
"independent",
"separate",
"several",
"esoteric",
"particular",
"special",
"specialized"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclusive",
"individual",
"one-man",
"one-sided",
"one-way",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"unilateral"
]
},
"as in joined , connected":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"united",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"scraped (up or together)",
"balled",
"batched",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"re-collected",
"regathered",
"regrouped",
"archived",
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"poor":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"every year, we make up a basket of food at Thanksgiving for a poor family in the neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"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"
]
},
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
"examples":[
"land that is too poor for farming"
],
"synonyms":[
"barren",
"bony",
"boney",
"dead",
"desolate",
"hardscrabble",
"impoverished",
"infertile",
"stark",
"unfertile",
"unproductive",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bleak",
"inhospitable",
"lifeless",
"uncultivable",
"untillable",
"bankrupted",
"consumed",
"debilitated",
"depleted",
"diminished",
"drained",
"dried-up",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"spent",
"used up",
"arid",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dry",
"rainless",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"sunbaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arable",
"tillable",
"green",
"sylvan",
"verdant"
],
"antonyms":[
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"lush",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"rich"
]
},
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
"examples":[
"a poor crop because of the drought this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"bare",
"bare-bones",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"prolific",
"rich",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"proliferative",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"excess",
"extra",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"a pretty poor musician, even for a garage band"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
]
},
"of low quality":{
"examples":[
"the poor workmanship of the goods from that store"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
]
},
"deserving of one's pity":{
"examples":[
"aw, the poor kitten hurt its paw"
],
"synonyms":[
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"miserable",
"pathetic",
"piteous",
"pitiable",
"pitiful",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplorable",
"lamentable",
"regrettable",
"emotional",
"impressive",
"inspiring",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"awful",
"horrible",
"terrible",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting",
"grievous",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"woeful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressive",
"uninspiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poor-mouthing":{
"as in disparagement , belittlement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"minimizing",
"meiosis",
"understatement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caricature",
"coloring",
"elaboration",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"embroidery",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"padding",
"stretching",
"amplification",
"enhancement",
"fabrication",
"misrepresentation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poor-spirited":{
"as in uncourageous , weakhearted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"upset",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"worried",
"unmanly",
"weak",
"wimpy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"Spartan",
"undeterred",
"undismayed",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"popping off":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"he didn't pop off until the ripe old age of 102"
],
"synonyms":[
"checking out",
"conking (out)",
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"demising",
"departing",
"dropping",
"dying",
"ending",
"exiting",
"expiring",
"falling",
"flatlining",
"going",
"kicking in",
"kicking off",
"parting",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"pegging out",
"perishing",
"stepping out",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceasing",
"consuming",
"disappearing",
"drying up",
"fading",
"failing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coming to",
"reviving",
"lingering",
"being",
"existing",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathing",
"living"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"populous":{
"having a large population":{
"examples":[
"a populous seaport",
"the most populous state in the U.S."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging",
"aboil",
"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pore (over)":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
],
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"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muse (upon)",
"reflect (on or upon)",
"reminisce",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
],
"synonyms":[
"peruse",
"read"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browse",
"dip (into)",
"leaf (through)",
"scan",
"skim",
"speed-read",
"thumb (through)",
"turn over",
"devour",
"gobble (up)",
"slog (through)",
"wade (through)",
"reread",
"proofread",
"decipher",
"review",
"study",
"apprehend",
"comprehend",
"get",
"grasp",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"see",
"tumble (to)",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"porny":{
"dealing in or with explicitly sexual material":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"G-rated"
],
"examples":[
"a collection of porny postcards of the type that American servicemen once brought back from Europe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"related":[
"hard-core",
"soft-core",
"bedroom",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"sexy",
"suggestive",
"bawdy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"lustful",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"ribald",
"salacious",
"smutty",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"immodest",
"kinky",
"prurient",
"earthy",
"racy",
"salty",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"debasing",
"perverted",
"profane",
"naughty",
"wicked"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult",
"mature",
"pornographic",
"X-rated"
]
},
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
],
"examples":[
"found porny magazines hidden in an old box stored in the attic of the house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"related":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"portly":{
"having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"a portly gentleman who loved to cook for his family and friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"plumpish",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"ample",
"buxom",
"corn-fed",
"ripe",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"endomorphic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic"
],
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
]
},
"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
"examples":[
"walked with the portly grace of the grande dame that she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"dignified",
"distingu\u00e9",
"distinguished",
"imposing",
"solemn",
"staid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"grave",
"grim",
"po-faced",
"sober",
"somber",
"sombre",
"aristocratic",
"elegant",
"elevated",
"handsome",
"lordly",
"magisterial",
"majestic",
"noble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"improper",
"indecent",
"uncouth",
"unseemly",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"silly",
"undignified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poshness":{
"as in smartness , style":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chic",
"chicness",
"dapperness",
"elegance",
"smartness",
"style",
"swank",
"swankiness",
"cool",
"coolness",
"fashionableness",
"hip",
"hipness",
"hipsterism",
"modishness",
"stylishness",
"trendiness",
"voguishness",
"class",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"majesty",
"stateliness",
"artfulness",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unfashionableness",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"gracelessness",
"grotesqueness",
"tackiness",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"positively":{
"in an approving manner":{
"examples":[
"for the most part audiences have responded positively to his avant-garde music"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiringly",
"appreciatively",
"approvingly",
"complimentarily",
"favorably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lovingly",
"regardfully",
"respectfully",
"reverently",
"worshipfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captiously",
"hypercritically",
"deploringly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"unflatteringly"
],
"antonyms":[
"adversely",
"disapprovingly",
"negatively",
"unfavorably"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"positiveness":{
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"I can't state with any positiveness that I know what really happened"
],
"synonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"cocksureness",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"doubtlessness",
"face",
"satisfaction",
"sureness",
"surety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarianism",
"dogmatism",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"resolve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitancy",
"hesitation",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution",
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"anxiety",
"concern",
"misgiving",
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"suspicion"
],
"antonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"nonconfidence",
"uncertainty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possession":{
"the fact or state of having (something) at one's disposal":{
"examples":[
"a student who was found to have several overdue library books in his possession"
],
"synonyms":[
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power",
"repossession",
"retention",
"claiming",
"collaring",
"commandeering",
"confiscation",
"procurement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"surrendering",
"transferal"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpossession"
]
},
"transportable items that one owns":{
"examples":[
"we packed up all of our possessions and excitedly moved into a new house"
],
"synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"stuff",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"treasures",
"valuables",
"appointments",
"fixtures",
"furnishings",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles",
"collateral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immovables",
"real estate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or fact of residing in a place":{
"examples":[
"squatters had established possession in the abandoned warehouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"habitation",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"residency"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tenancy",
"tenantry",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"ejectment",
"vacancy",
"vacating",
"vacation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possibilities":{
"something that can develop or become actual":{
"examples":[
"there's a possibility for violence in the situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"capabilities",
"eventualities",
"potentialities",
"potentials",
"prospects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likelihoods",
"probabilities",
"latencies",
"potencies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"realities",
"certainties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that might happen":{
"examples":[
"winning the championship is a real possibility for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"cases",
"contingences",
"contingencies",
"contingents",
"events",
"eventualities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"probabilities",
"accidents",
"chances",
"haps",
"hazards",
"risks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possible":{
"capable of being done or carried out":{
"examples":[
"I think that building the entire set in two days is possible , albeit difficult"
],
"synonyms":[
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"practicable",
"realizable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"practical",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"contingent",
"likely",
"probable",
"acceptable",
"believable",
"conceivable",
"creditable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"actionable",
"available",
"usable",
"useable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"far-fetched",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"implausible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"futile",
"useless",
"vain",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous",
"unthinkable"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"impossible",
"impracticable",
"infeasible",
"nonviable",
"unattainable",
"undoable",
"unfeasible",
"unrealizable",
"unviable",
"unworkable"
]
},
"existing only as a possibility and not in fact":{
"examples":[
"only one of several possible outcomes"
],
"synonyms":[
"implicit",
"potential"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivable",
"generable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"likely",
"probable",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"purported",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"practicable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"factual",
"real"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"possibly":{
"it is possible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he may possibly recover after such a serious mistake, but it doesn't seem likely"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"likely",
"probably",
"certainly",
"doubtless",
"sure",
"surely",
"undoubtedly",
"assumably",
"presumably",
"presumedly",
"supposably",
"supposedly"
],
"synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"posted":{
"as in published , announced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"spotlighted",
"nonclassified",
"unclassified",
"well-known",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"general",
"popular",
"communal",
"shared",
"open",
"public",
"reported",
"reputed",
"rumored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidential",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"classified",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"clandestine",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"intimate",
"personal",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"reserved",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
"examples":[
"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
],
"synonyms":[
"placarded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nailed",
"plastered",
"tacked (up)",
"advertised",
"announced",
"billed",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"called",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"posted the students' grades"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
],
"synonyms":[
"detailed",
"stationed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set",
"appointed",
"placed",
"positioned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the postal system":{
"examples":[
"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"mailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airmailed",
"franked",
"addressed",
"consigned",
"directed",
"dispatched",
"forwarded",
"remitted",
"routed",
"shipped",
"transmitted",
"transported",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"got",
"received"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"posteriors":{
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the baseball players were always slapping one another on the posterior"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"sterns",
"moons"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsides",
"behinds",
"booties",
"bottoms",
"breeches",
"bums",
"buns",
"buttocks",
"butts",
"cabooses",
"cans",
"cheeks",
"derrieres",
"derri\u00e8res",
"duffs",
"fannies",
"fundaments",
"hams",
"haunches",
"heinies",
"hunkers",
"keisters",
"keesters",
"nates",
"rear ends",
"rears",
"rumps",
"seats",
"tail ends",
"tails",
"tushes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"posthole":{
"as in water hole , chuckhole":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postmen":{
"a person who delivers mail":{
"examples":[
"the postman comes at around nine every morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"letter carriers",
"mail carriers",
"mailmen",
"posties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"couriers",
"messengers",
"postmasters",
"postmistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postulates":{
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
"examples":[
"one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumptions",
"givens",
"hypotheticals",
"ifs",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"suppositions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypotheses",
"propositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"axioms",
"truisms",
"verities",
"beliefs",
"canons",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"gospels",
"laws",
"precepts",
"principles",
"rules",
"standards",
"tenets",
"bases",
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"sea",
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"throng",
"gazillion",
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"sight",
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"spate",
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"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
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"vowed that he would never get a pot , that telltale sign of middle age"
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"stomach",
"tummy",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fleshiness",
"obesity",
"overweight",
"paunchiness",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"chunkiness",
"heaviness",
"stoutness"
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"beer belly",
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"gut",
"paunch",
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"everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars"
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"kitty",
"bet",
"stake",
"wager"
],
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"jack",
"jackpot",
"pool"
]
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a potent tea that is the perfect morning pick-me-up"
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"concentrated",
"full",
"full-bodied",
"heady",
"lusty",
"muscular",
"plush",
"rich",
"robust",
"strong"
],
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"straight",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"high-octane",
"high-test",
"enriched",
"fortified"
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"dilute",
"diluted",
"watered-down",
"watery"
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"light",
"mild",
"thin",
"thinned",
"weak",
"weakened"
]
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"a potent argument for expanding our program of space exploration"
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"heavy-duty",
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"mighty",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"significant",
"strong"
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"senior",
"top",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
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"tyrannic",
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"famous",
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"energetic",
"forceful",
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"vigorous"
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"flimsy",
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"infirm",
"anonymous",
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"little",
"powerless",
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"weak"
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"potent medicine that can be obtained through a doctor's prescription"
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"effective",
"effectual",
"efficacious",
"efficient",
"fruitful",
"operative",
"productive"
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"ultraefficient",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent",
"accomplished",
"adept",
"consummate",
"experienced",
"expert",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"killer",
"sound",
"striking",
"telling",
"valid",
"active",
"dynamic",
"useful",
"working",
"applicable",
"feasible",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"realizable",
"usable",
"useable",
"workable"
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"counterproductive",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"unqualified",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"abortive",
"bootless",
"futile",
"vain",
"empty",
"hollow",
"idle",
"pointless",
"unavailing",
"unprofitable",
"unsuccessful",
"inoperative",
"worthless"
],
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"fruitless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"inoperative",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive",
"useless"
]
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"potful":{
"a considerable amount":{
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"visitors to the theme park will have a potful of fun"
],
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"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
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"deal",
"dozen",
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"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
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"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
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"multiplicity",
"myriad",
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"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
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"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
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"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
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"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
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"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
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"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
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"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
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"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
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"noun"
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"pothers":{
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
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"always in a pother over the state of her garden"
],
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"dithers",
"flusters",
"frets",
"fusses",
"huffs",
"lathers",
"stews",
"sweats",
"swelters",
"swivets",
"tizzies",
"twitters"
],
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"bothers",
"dudgeons",
"piques",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"hand-wringings",
"panics",
"ados",
"agitations",
"deliriums",
"distractions",
"furors",
"hysterias",
"uproars",
"nervous breakdowns"
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"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the pother of city traffic that commuters face every day"
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"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoos",
"blathers",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bothers",
"bustles",
"clatters",
"clutters",
"coils",
"commotions",
"corroborees",
"disturbances",
"dos",
"do's",
"foofaraws",
"fun",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"helter-skelters",
"hoo-has",
"hoo-hahs",
"hooplas",
"hubble-bubbles",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurlies",
"hurly-burlies",
"hurricanes",
"hurry-scurries",
"hurry-skurries",
"kerfuffles",
"moils",
"pandemoniums",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"splores",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"storms",
"to-dos",
"tumults",
"turmoils",
"uproars",
"welters",
"whirls",
"williwaws",
"zoos"
],
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"cacophonies",
"clamors",
"dins",
"howls",
"hue and cries",
"noises",
"outcries",
"rackets",
"roars",
"disorders",
"upheavals",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"brawls",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"hassles",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"scuffles",
"dithers",
"fevers",
"frets",
"lathers",
"tizzies"
],
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"calms",
"hushes",
"peaces",
"quiets",
"quietudes",
"rests",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities",
"orders"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potion":{
"a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone":{
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"a potion that is supposed to improve health",
"The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess.",
"medical potions",
"sleeping potions"
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"cordial",
"tonic",
"cure",
"drug",
"medicament",
"medication",
"medicinal",
"medicine",
"pharmaceutical",
"physic",
"remedy",
"specific",
"cure-all",
"nostrum",
"panacea",
"botanical",
"patent medicine",
"prescription",
"prescription drug",
"miracle drug",
"wonder drug",
"cap",
"capsule",
"pill",
"tablet",
"injection",
"shot",
"embrocation",
"liniment",
"lotion",
"ointment",
"poultice",
"salve",
"syrup",
"sirup",
"tincture",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"serum",
"cathartic",
"purgative"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"potted":{
"as in":{
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"being under the influence of alcohol":{
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"sober",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"work was so awful that I'm just going to go out and get potted tonight"
],
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"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"related":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"potterer":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"antonyms":[
"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist"
],
"examples":[
"a camera designed for people who don't pretend to be anything more than potterers at photography"
],
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"all-rounder",
"generalist",
"general practitioner",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"hobbyist",
"layman",
"nonexpert",
"nonprofessional",
"putterer",
"tinkerer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potters (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckles (down)",
"knuckles down",
"sets (to)",
"settles (down)"
],
"related":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"clowns (around)",
"horses around",
"diddles (with)",
"tinkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodles",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs about",
"kicks around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"potty":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
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"examples":[
"the little girl announced loudly that she needed to go to the potty"
],
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"related":[
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"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"synonyms":[
"bath",
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
]
},
"being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior":{
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"examples":[
"a ridiculous woman with pretentious airs and potty pronunciations for everyday words"
],
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"democratic",
"egalitarian",
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"antielitist"
],
"related":[
"aloof",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"hoity-toity",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppity",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"prideful",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swelled-headed",
"swellheaded"
],
"synonyms":[
"aristocratic",
"elitist",
"high-hat",
"persnickety",
"ritzy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"snotty",
"toffee-nosed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
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"as in jump , tackle":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"mug",
"tackle",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"storm",
"strike",
"charge",
"sally",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"capture",
"ensnare",
"entrap",
"mousetrap",
"net",
"snare",
"trap",
"hunt",
"prey (on or upon)",
"stalk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pounce (on or upon)":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[
"the muggers pounced on the unsuspecting tourists as soon as they rounded the corner"
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"envelop",
"flank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pound":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"give the nail a final pound with the hammer"
],
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"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
"examples":[
"stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified"
],
"synonyms":[
"cage",
"coop",
"corral",
"hutch",
"pen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kennel",
"run",
"kraal",
"stockade",
"cote",
"dovecote",
"dovecot",
"henhouse",
"fold",
"sheepfold",
"pigpen",
"aquarium",
"terrarium",
"live-box",
"fence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"pounding down the road as fast as he could run"
],
"synonyms":[
"barge",
"clump",
"flog",
"flounder",
"galumph",
"lumber",
"lump",
"plod",
"scuff",
"scuffle",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"slog",
"slough",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stumble",
"stump",
"tramp",
"tromp",
"trudge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drag",
"flop",
"haul",
"blunder",
"careen",
"dodder",
"lurch",
"reel",
"stagger",
"sway",
"teeter",
"totter",
"waddle",
"weave",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"waft"
],
"antonyms":[
"breeze",
"coast",
"glide",
"slide",
"waltz",
"whisk"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"pounding nails into boards all day long"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"examples":[
"pounding out a depression in the metal"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"draw",
"forge",
"hammer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chase",
"planish",
"fashion",
"form",
"knead",
"model",
"mold",
"pat",
"work",
"coin",
"mint",
"stamp",
"abate",
"boast",
"carve",
"chisel",
"cut",
"grave",
"hew",
"knap",
"sculpt",
"sculpture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomize",
"beat",
"bray",
"comminute",
"crush",
"disintegrate",
"grind",
"mill",
"mull",
"powder",
"pulverize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grate",
"kibble",
"crumble",
"crunch",
"break",
"bust",
"dash",
"fracture",
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"micronize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pound (down)":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt (down)",
"drink",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lap",
"lick",
"suck",
"consume",
"down",
"ingurgitate",
"kill",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"nip",
"tipple",
"pledge",
"toast",
"wine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pounded (out)":{
"as in hammered out , forged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fashioned",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"crafted",
"handcrafted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cobbled (together or up)",
"jury-rigged",
"patched (together)",
"threw up",
"dashed (off)",
"jerry-built"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pourparlers":{
"as in negotiations , consultancies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"consultancies",
"negotiations",
"discourses",
"disquisitions",
"chats",
"conversations",
"raps",
"words",
"bull sessions",
"chat rooms",
"forums",
"fora",
"meetings",
"roundtables",
"round tables",
"seminars",
"skull sessions",
"skull practices",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"talkathons",
"argumentations",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"back-and-forths",
"colloquies",
"confabs",
"confabulations",
"conferences",
"consultations",
"consults",
"councils",
"counsel",
"debates",
"deliberations",
"dialogues",
"dialogs",
"discussions",
"give-and-takes",
"palavers",
"parleys",
"talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pouting":{
"given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability":{
"examples":[
"stayed in a pouting mood until her boyfriend apologized, though he didn't have the vaguest idea what he was apologizing for"
],
"synonyms":[
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouty",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"morose",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"testy",
"waspish",
"brooding",
"moping",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"huffy",
"sensitive",
"temperamental",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sociable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gladsome",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"perky",
"sunny",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"her lips pouted as she glared at him silently"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"ballooning",
"beetling",
"bellying",
"billowing",
"bulging",
"bunching",
"jutting",
"overhanging",
"poking",
"pooching",
"pouching",
"projecting",
"protruding",
"standing out",
"starting",
"sticking out",
"swelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doming",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"dilating",
"distending",
"expanding",
"mushrooming",
"snowballing",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"shrinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"pouted and didn't say a word to anyone all morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumping",
"moping",
"sulking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brooding",
"dwelling (on)",
"mulling (over)",
"musing (over)",
"pondering",
"frowning",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling",
"carrying on",
"taking on",
"petting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"poverty":{
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"he dreamed of finding a good job and working his way out of poverty and debt"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"necessity",
"need",
"neediness",
"pauperism",
"penuriousness",
"penury",
"poorness",
"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"
]
},
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"examples":[
"a poverty of information about the new policies"
],
"synonyms":[
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"drought",
"drouth",
"failure",
"famine",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"lack",
"lacuna",
"paucity",
"pinch",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absence",
"omission",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundance",
"adequacy",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"sufficiency",
"wealth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"powdered":{
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"you have to powder the antibiotic tablet and mix it with food"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomized",
"beat",
"brayed",
"comminuted",
"crushed",
"disintegrated",
"ground",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pounded",
"pulverized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grated",
"kibbled",
"crumbled",
"crunched",
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"dashed",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"splintered",
"micronized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"powered":{
"as in pushed , charged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charged",
"electrified",
"energized",
"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
"pushed",
"kicked over",
"turned over",
"discharged",
"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"activated",
"actuated",
"cranked (up)",
"drove",
"moved",
"ran",
"run",
"set off",
"sparked",
"started",
"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"reactivated",
"recharged",
"aroused",
"excited",
"jump-started",
"kick-started",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"ignited",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"quickened",
"stirred up",
"accelerated",
"catalyzed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"stepped up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivated",
"killed",
"shut off",
"turned off",
"arrested",
"braked",
"checked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"stuck",
"decelerated",
"repressed",
"slowed",
"stunted",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pox":{
"as in curse , spell":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polemic":{
"as in diatribe , tirade":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"powdery":{
"consisting of very small particles":{
"examples":[
"the kind of powdery snow that is perfect for skiing"
],
"synonyms":[
"dusty",
"fine",
"floury"
],
"near synonyms":[
"smooth",
"filtered",
"pulverized",
"refined",
"superfine",
"ultrafine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy",
"pebbly",
"rocky",
"stony",
"stoney",
"lumpy",
"mealy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"portraits":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"his account created in the jurors' heads a detailed portrait of a lonely old man"
],
"synonyms":[
"definitions",
"delineations",
"depictions",
"descriptions",
"pictures",
"portraitures",
"portrayals",
"renderings",
"sketches",
"vignettes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounts",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"chronicles",
"narratives",
"reports",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"demonstrations",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"clarifications",
"elucidations",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poppycock":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"starting with the cherry tree, much of what was written by Washington's early biographers was pure poppycock"
],
"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",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
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"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"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polarizing":{
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"examples":[
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"centering",
"centralizing",
"compacting",
"concentering",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"related":[
"coordinating",
"harmonizing",
"integrating",
"orchestrating",
"blending",
"coalescing",
"combining",
"fusing",
"incorporating",
"merging",
"reducing",
"conjoining",
"joining",
"linking",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"colligating",
"gathering",
"reunifying",
"reuniting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"segregating",
"separating"
],
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"decentralizing",
"deconcentrating",
"spreading (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pocked":{
"as in pitted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"policeman":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"reported the crime to the nearest policeman"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"police officer",
"shamus"
],
"related":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pogroms":{
"the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion":{
"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poll":{
"the upper or front part of the body that contains the brain, the major sense organs, and the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a jaunty cap was perched on his poll"
],
"synonyms":[
"bean",
"block",
"dome",
"head",
"mazard",
"mazzard",
"nob",
"noddle",
"noggin",
"noodle",
"nut",
"pate"
],
"related":[
"cranium",
"crown",
"scalp",
"skull",
"occiput"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"solicit",
"survey"
],
"related":[
"circularize",
"interrogate",
"question",
"feel (out)",
"sound (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut",
"cut back",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"pare",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip",
"trim"
],
"related":[
"skive",
"whittle",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"powders":{
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"you have to powder the antibiotic tablet and mix it with food"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizes",
"beats",
"brays",
"comminutes",
"crushes",
"disintegrates",
"grinds",
"mills",
"mulls",
"pounds",
"pulverizes"
],
"related":[
"grates",
"kibbles",
"crumbles",
"crunches",
"breaks",
"busts",
"dashes",
"fractures",
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"micronizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in oils , creams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pouncing (on)":{
"as in jumping , tackling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"mugging",
"tackling",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"storming",
"striking",
"charging",
"sallying",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"capturing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"mousetrapping",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"hunting",
"preying (on or upon)",
"stalking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pontificate":{
"to speak or express your opinion about something in a way that shows that you think you are always right":{
"examples":[
"We had to listen to her pontificate about the best way to raise children."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloviate",
"blow",
"declaim",
"harangue",
"mouth (off)",
"orate",
"bluster",
"fulminate",
"huff",
"rant",
"rave",
"spout",
"sound off",
"speak out",
"speak up",
"blare",
"blurt (out)",
"bolt",
"carry on",
"rage",
"storm",
"take on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"point men":{
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
"examples":[
"the point man for the automaker announced a recall of several models with defective parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"mouthpieces",
"mouths",
"point people",
"prophets",
"speakers",
"spokesmen",
"spokespeople"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spokesmodels",
"spokeswomen",
"fronts",
"promoters",
"shills",
"communicators",
"sayers",
"talkers",
"agents",
"ambassadors",
"delegates",
"emissaries",
"envoys",
"representatives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potter's field":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"criminals and unidentified people are sometimes buried in a potter's field"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyard",
"cemetery",
"God's acre",
"graveyard",
"memorial park",
"necropolis"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyard",
"crypt",
"grave",
"mausoleum",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb",
"vault"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointed (to)":{
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
"examples":[
"the reduced production points to declining efficiency within the plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespoke",
"betokened",
"denoted",
"indicated",
"meant",
"signified",
"told (of)"
],
"related":[
"boded",
"foreshowed",
"foretold",
"presaged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poltroon":{
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
"examples":[
"a military commander who was so poltroon that he surrendered without having fired so much as a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"spineless",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"timid",
"timorous",
"afraid",
"frightened",
"scared",
"careful",
"cautious",
"wary",
"bashful",
"coy",
"shy",
"feeble",
"soft",
"unmanly",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audacious",
"bold",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"nervy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
]
},
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"those poltroons in the state legislature who have caved in to bigotry on this important issue of basic civil rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"coward",
"craven",
"cur",
"dastard",
"funk",
"recreant",
"sissy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"quitter",
"cream puff",
"milquetoast",
"pushover",
"pussy",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"caitiff",
"snake",
"sneak",
"ostrich",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevil"
],
"antonyms":[
"hero",
"stalwart",
"valiant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"poignancy":{
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"there was a poignancy to his wit that often left his targets smarting"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poverty-stricken":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"poverty-stricken immigrants struggling to make ends meet"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"related":[
"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"
]
},
"powerful":{
"having great power or influence":{
"examples":[
"a powerful producer in the music business who is considered responsible for the careers of several superstars"
],
"synonyms":[
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"important",
"influential",
"mighty",
"potent",
"puissant",
"significant",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"celebrated",
"distinguished",
"dominant",
"eminent",
"famed",
"famous",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"notorious",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"high-powered",
"robust",
"vigorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"flimsy",
"frail",
"infirm",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"ineffective",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unfit",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"antonyms":[
"helpless",
"impotent",
"insignificant",
"little",
"powerless",
"unimportant",
"weak"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"portions":{
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
"examples":[
"he had always just assumed that lifelong bachelorhood would be his portion"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumstances",
"destinies",
"dooms",
"fates",
"fortunes",
"kismets",
"lots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidents",
"casualties",
"chances",
"happenchances",
"happenstances",
"haps",
"hazards",
"luck",
"predestinations",
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"developments",
"effects",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{
"examples":[
"equal portions of the students' day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"members",
"partitions",
"parts",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"near synonyms":[
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"factors",
"ingredients",
"moieties",
"parcels",
"cuts",
"lengths",
"bits",
"fragments",
"particles",
"scraps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wholes",
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"examples":[
"each camper gets an equal portion of the food"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotments",
"allowances",
"cuts",
"ends",
"parts",
"pieces",
"proportions",
"quotas",
"shares",
"slices",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lots",
"rations",
"commissions",
"percentages",
"members",
"partitions",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"pools",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"portioned out the medical supplies equally"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"allocates",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"prorates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasures",
"allots",
"allows",
"appropriates",
"assigns",
"dishes out",
"divides",
"divvies (up)",
"dollops (out)",
"lots",
"measures (out)",
"parts",
"proportions",
"rations",
"redistributes",
"sets",
"shares (out)",
"splits",
"bestows",
"disburses",
"furnishes",
"issues",
"provides",
"shares",
"supplies",
"circulates",
"disperses",
"disseminates",
"scatters",
"spreads",
"chips in",
"contributes",
"donates",
"pledges",
"reallocates",
"reapportions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudges",
"declines",
"denies",
"deprives (of)",
"disallows",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"withholds",
"niggles (out)",
"pinches",
"skimps",
"stints"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocates"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"postmortem examination":{
"examination of a dead body especially to find out the cause of death":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"autopsy",
"necropsy",
"postmortem"
],
"related":[
"dissection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"biopsy",
"vivisection"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"Pollyannish":{
"as in optimistic , hopeful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"upbeat",
"dewy-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"sentimental",
"tender-minded",
"doctrinaire",
"ideological",
"ideologic",
"crusading",
"messianic",
"zealous",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"idealist",
"idealistic",
"quixotic",
"quixotical",
"romantic",
"starry",
"starry-eyed",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"tough-minded",
"unsentimental",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pottered (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodled",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung about",
"kicked around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"clowned (around)",
"horsed around",
"diddled (with)",
"tinkered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckled (down)",
"knuckled down",
"settled (down)",
"set (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poach":{
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"examples":[
"poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"boil",
"coddle",
"parboil",
"simmer",
"stew"
],
"related":[
"scald",
"braise",
"fricassee",
"pressure-cook",
"smother",
"steam",
"reboil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pointing (up)":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"pointed up his warning by furiously wagging his finger at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"accenting",
"accentuating",
"emphasizing",
"featuring",
"foregrounding",
"highlighting",
"illuminating",
"playing up",
"pressing",
"punctuating",
"stressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focusing",
"focussing",
"identifying",
"pinpointing",
"spotlighting",
"advertising",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"publicizing",
"overplaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toning (down)",
"underemphasizing",
"understating",
"belittling",
"discounting",
"disparaging",
"minimizing"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizing",
"playing down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poaching":{
"as in rustling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rustling",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"banditry",
"piracy",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft",
"thievery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam":{
"examples":[
"poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling",
"coddling",
"parboiling",
"simmering",
"stewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scalding",
"braising",
"fricasseeing",
"pressure-cooking",
"smothering",
"steaming",
"reboiling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"positive":{
"expressing approval":{
"examples":[
"hoped for a positive reaction from the audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"admiring",
"applauding",
"appreciative",
"approbatory",
"approving",
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"friendly",
"good"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"warm",
"encomiastic",
"eulogistic",
"flattering",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"panegyrical",
"praiseful",
"respectful",
"supportive",
"sympathetic",
"adoring",
"adulatory",
"idolizing",
"worshipful",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"advisory",
"recommendatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"censuring",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"scornful",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[
"adverse",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"disapproving",
"inappreciative",
"negative",
"unappreciative",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"unfriendly"
]
},
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"I'm positive that this is the right direction"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"clear",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"doubtless",
"implicit",
"sanguine",
"sure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-assured",
"self-conceited",
"self-confident",
"decisive",
"resolute",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unquestioning",
"unwavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"diffident",
"unassuming"
],
"antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
]
},
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
"examples":[
"seeks positive proof that UFO's exist"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"irrefutable",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"definite",
"hands-down",
"uncontested",
"uncontradicted",
"undisputed",
"unquestioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"uncertain",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"antonyms":[
"answerable",
"arguable",
"contradictable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"moot",
"negotiable",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"refutable"
]
},
"as in yes , yea":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"yea",
"yes",
"pro",
"acceptance",
"approval",
"grace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nay",
"negative",
"no",
"non placet",
"con",
"blackball",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"post":{
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
"examples":[
"the post always comes at tea time"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondence",
"mail",
"matter",
"parcel post",
"snail mail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airmail",
"airpost",
"certified mail",
"registered mail",
"rural delivery",
"rural free delivery",
"special delivery",
"special handling",
"direct mail",
"junk mail",
"mailer",
"card",
"dispatch",
"epistle",
"letter",
"message",
"missive",
"note",
"postal card",
"postcard",
"printed matter",
"bundle",
"package",
"shipment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
"examples":[
"selling lemonade was my post at the church fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignment",
"brief",
"business",
"charge",
"detail",
"job",
"mission",
"operation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"chore",
"duty",
"need",
"obligation",
"office",
"requirement",
"responsibility",
"errand",
"labor",
"work",
"commitment",
"pledge",
"promise",
"appointment",
"commission",
"designation",
"nomination",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"restraint"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
"examples":[
"he wisely stayed at his post during the emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"position",
"quarter",
"station"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignment",
"brief",
"business",
"charge",
"detail",
"job",
"operation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
"examples":[
"she's held a number of teaching posts at local colleges"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointment",
"berth",
"billet",
"capacity",
"connection",
"function",
"job",
"place",
"position",
"situation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"business",
"employ",
"employment",
"occupation",
"profession",
"work",
"office",
"spot",
"calling",
"pursuit",
"trade",
"vocation",
"line",
"racket",
"engagement",
"gig",
"livelihood",
"living",
"career",
"lifework",
"practice",
"practise",
"duty",
"mission",
"posting",
"service",
"task"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocation",
"joblessness",
"unemployment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
"examples":[
"hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence"
],
"synonyms":[
"column",
"pier",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"stanchion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caryatid",
"pedestal",
"buttress",
"flying buttress",
"needle",
"obelisk",
"pile",
"piling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
"examples":[
"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
],
"synonyms":[
"placard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nail",
"plaster",
"tack (up)",
"advertise",
"announce",
"bill",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"call",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remove",
"take down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"posted the students' grades"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"release",
"sound",
"trumpet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
],
"synonyms":[
"detail",
"station"
],
"near synonyms":[
"set",
"appoint",
"place",
"position"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the postal system":{
"examples":[
"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"mail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airmail",
"frank",
"address",
"consign",
"direct",
"dispatch",
"forward",
"remit",
"route",
"ship",
"transmit",
"transport",
"register"
],
"near antonyms":[
"get",
"receive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ponds":{
"as in lakes , lagoons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lagoons",
"lakes",
"lochs",
"loughs",
"reservoirs",
"tarns",
"water holes",
"billabongs",
"meres",
"pools",
"puddles",
"stanks",
"wells",
"basins",
"holes",
"potholes",
"sinkholes",
"swimming pools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polluted":{
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"called in to clean up the polluted stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"impure",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"poisoned",
"tainted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infected",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"dirtied",
"fouled up",
"grimed",
"mired",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained",
"sullied",
"corrupted",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"adulterated",
"doctored",
"diluted",
"watered down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"purged",
"filtered",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"sterilized"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"poeticize":{
"as in soften , sweeten":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"euphemize",
"soften",
"sweeten",
"heroicize",
"heroize",
"adulate",
"canonize",
"deify",
"idolize",
"glamorize",
"glamourize",
"glamour (up)",
"glorify",
"idealize",
"romanticize",
"aggrandize",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"enthrone",
"magnify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deglamorize",
"belittle",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poachers":{
"as in smugglers , rustlers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rustlers",
"smugglers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"bandits",
"footpads",
"highwaymen",
"pirates",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers",
"muggers",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"sneak thiefs",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hunters , trappers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"birders",
"falconers",
"fowlers",
"hawkers",
"hunters",
"huntsmen",
"nimrods",
"huntresses",
"sportsmen",
"sportswomen",
"hunter-gatherers",
"trappers",
"archers",
"gunners"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointing (to)":{
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
"examples":[
"the reduced production points to declining efficiency within the plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaking",
"betokening",
"denoting",
"indicating",
"meaning",
"signifying",
"telling (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boding",
"foreshowing",
"foretelling",
"presaging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"popped off":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"he didn't pop off until the ripe old age of 102"
],
"synonyms":[
"checked out",
"conked (out)",
"croaked",
"deceased",
"demised",
"departed",
"died",
"dropped",
"ended",
"exited",
"expired",
"fell",
"flatlined",
"kicked in",
"kicked off",
"parted",
"passed away",
"passed (on)",
"pegged out",
"perished",
"stepped out",
"succumbed",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceased",
"consumed",
"disappeared",
"dried up",
"faded",
"failed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came to",
"revived",
"lingered",
"existed",
"subsisted",
"was",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathed",
"lived"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pokiness":{
"as in slowness , procrastination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dilatoriness",
"lateness",
"procrastination",
"slowness",
"deliberateness",
"deliberation",
"languor",
"leisureliness",
"lethargy",
"sluggishness",
"torpor",
"dormancy",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"quiescence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"haste",
"hastiness",
"hurry",
"hustle",
"precipitation",
"precipitousness",
"rush",
"bustle",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"stir",
"whirl",
"beeline",
"dash",
"scramble",
"stampede"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pores":{
"as in interspaces":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interspaces",
"notches",
"slits",
"slots",
"splits",
"abysses",
"apertures",
"cavities",
"chasms",
"gapes",
"orifices",
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"fissures",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"severances",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"discontinuities",
"gaps",
"gulfs",
"hiatuses",
"holes",
"interstices",
"intervals",
"openings",
"rents",
"rifts",
"separations",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pomposity":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"restaurant reviews that are written with a pomposity that will leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"his over-the-top trophy mansion should give you some idea of his pomposity"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polling":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"assigned to poll residents on their views about a program for recycling"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"soliciting",
"surveying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularizing",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"feeling (out)",
"sounding (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
"examples":[
"time to poll the sheep's wool"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbing",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"paring",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"snipping",
"trimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skiving",
"whittling",
"manicuring",
"mowing",
"pinching",
"stumping",
"curtailing",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policies":{
"a way of acting or proceeding":{
"examples":[
"it's always been my policy not to spread rumors"
],
"synonyms":[
"courses",
"lines",
"methodologies",
"procedures",
"programs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blueprints",
"designs",
"plans",
"schemes",
"strategies",
"intentions",
"intents",
"purposes",
"approaches",
"directions",
"methods",
"paths",
"pathways",
"tacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postponing":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferring",
"delaying",
"holding off (on)",
"holding over",
"holding up",
"laying over",
"putting off",
"putting over",
"remitting",
"shelving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspending",
"hesitating",
"pausing",
"staying",
"detaining",
"retarding",
"slowing",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching (out)",
"waiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acting",
"dealing (with)",
"deciding (upon)",
"doing",
"working (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"powering":{
"as in pushing , charging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"pushing",
"kicking over",
"turning over",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
"activating",
"actuating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"running",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"reactivating",
"recharging",
"arousing",
"exciting",
"jump-starting",
"kick-starting",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"igniting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"stirring up",
"accelerating",
"catalyzing",
"speeding (up)",
"stepping up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cutting",
"cutting out",
"deactivating",
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off",
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking",
"stopping",
"decelerating",
"repressing",
"slowing",
"stunting",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"porticos":{
"a row of columns supporting a roof at the entrance of a building":{
"examples":[
"Entry to the mansion is through a lavish portico ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colonnades",
"galilees",
"terraces",
"galleries",
"lanais",
"piazzas",
"piazze",
"porches",
"stoops",
"verandas",
"verandahs",
"sleeping porches",
"solaria",
"solariums",
"sunporches",
"sunrooms",
"sun parlors",
"porte cocheres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocket-sized":{
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"a pocket-size country in the Pyrenees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polyandry":{
"as in polygamy , polyamory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamy",
"polyamory",
"polygamy",
"polygyny",
"conjugality",
"connubiality",
"marriage",
"match",
"matrimony",
"wedlock",
"monogamy",
"intermarriage",
"miscegenation",
"mixed marriage",
"remarriage",
"cohabitation",
"common-law marriage",
"civil union",
"domestic partnership",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"relationship",
"betrothal",
"engagement",
"espousal",
"hand",
"pledge",
"promise",
"proposal",
"troth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulment",
"divorce",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postman":{
"a person who delivers mail":{
"examples":[
"the postman comes at around nine every morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"letter carrier",
"mail carrier",
"mailman",
"postie"
],
"near synonyms":[
"courier",
"messenger",
"postmaster",
"postmistress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pouches":{
"a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic)":{
"examples":[
"we sealed the catnip in a cloth pouch and tossed it to the cat"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"pokes",
"sacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carryalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"traveling bags",
"wallets",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"backpacks",
"barracks bags",
"duffel bags",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"rucksacks",
"satchels",
"totes",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks",
"purses",
"tote bags",
"ditty bags",
"flight bags",
"garment bags",
"kit bags",
"shopping bags",
"work bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"as he grew older, the skin on his neck pouched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"balloons",
"beetles",
"bellies",
"billows",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"pokes",
"pooches",
"pouts",
"projects",
"protrudes",
"stands out",
"starts",
"sticks out",
"swells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"dilates",
"distends",
"expands",
"mushrooms",
"snowballs",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"police reporters":{
"as in staffers , sportswriters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muckrakers",
"photojournalists",
"sportswriters",
"staffers",
"stringers",
"correspondents",
"intelligencers",
"journalists",
"newshounds",
"newsmen",
"newspeople",
"pressmen",
"reporters",
"announcers",
"broadcasters",
"newscasters",
"newspapermen",
"newspaperwomen",
"newswomen",
"anchormen",
"anchorpeople",
"anchors",
"anchorwomen",
"byliners",
"columnists",
"commentators",
"copyreaders",
"editors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potluck":{
"as in barbecue , picnic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"roast",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"supper",
"tea",
"board",
"chow",
"feed",
"meal",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast",
"table"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postulate":{
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
"examples":[
"one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumption",
"given",
"hypothetical",
"if",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"supposition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"axiom",
"truism",
"verity",
"belief",
"canon",
"doctrine",
"dogma",
"gospel",
"law",
"precept",
"principle",
"rule",
"standard",
"tenet",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"conclusion",
"deduction",
"inference",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"avouchment",
"declaration",
"dictum",
"ipse dixit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"hypothecate",
"hypothesize",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"say",
"suppose"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accept",
"believe",
"credit",
"swallow",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"take",
"conjecture",
"figure",
"guess",
"reckon",
"surmise",
"suspect",
"suspicion",
"think",
"conceive",
"dream",
"fancy",
"imagine",
"perceive",
"preconceive",
"speculate",
"theorize",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"declare",
"insist",
"maintain",
"profess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disbelieve",
"discount",
"discredit",
"dispute",
"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"wonder (about)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"belie",
"confute",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pouncing":{
"as in attacking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attacking",
"capering",
"caprioling",
"cavorting",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"shooting",
"skyrocketing",
"bucking",
"bouncing",
"hurdling",
"leapfrogging",
"loping",
"skipping",
"bounding",
"hopping",
"jumping",
"leaping",
"springing",
"vaulting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"potentate":{
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
"examples":[
"Charles inherited the position of potentate of the Holy Roman Empire from his grandfather, as well that of king of Spain from his father"
],
"synonyms":[
"autocrat",
"monarch",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruler",
"Caesar",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"emir",
"amir",
"ameer",
"emperor",
"empress",
"kaiser",
"khan",
"khedive",
"king",
"lord",
"mikado",
"mogul",
"prince",
"queen",
"satrap",
"shah",
"sultan",
"suzerain",
"authoritarian",
"Big Brother",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"monocrat",
"overlord",
"paramount",
"tyrant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pontifical":{
"given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions":{
"examples":[
"a theater critic known for his pontifical pronouncements on what is or is not worth seeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctrinaire",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"opinioned",
"self-opinionated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broadminded",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive"
],
"antonyms":[
"latitudinarian",
"undoctrinaire",
"undogmatic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poor-mouths":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"disses",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks",
"vilipends",
"writes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommends",
"abuses",
"scolds",
"disapproves (of)",
"dislikes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"asperses",
"defames",
"maligns",
"rips",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"discredits",
"disgraces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"countenances",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"favors",
"recommends",
"sanctions",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"magnifies",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"popularity":{
"the state of enjoying widespread approval":{
"examples":[
"she wasn't a fan of the sudden popularity of skinny jeans and leggings"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashionability",
"fashionableness",
"favor",
"hotness",
"modishness",
"vogue",
"voguishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craze",
"fad",
"mode",
"rage",
"style",
"trend",
"bandwagon",
"boom",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"prominence",
"renown",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"oblivion",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"unpopularity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polite":{
"showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{
"examples":[
"it's only polite to hold the door for the person behind you"
],
"synonyms":[
"civil",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"well-bred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentive",
"careful",
"considerate",
"nice",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"chivalrous",
"civilized",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gentlemanlike",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"red-carpet",
"couth",
"formal",
"smooth",
"suave",
"unctuous",
"urbane",
"elegant",
"refined",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"comme il faut",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful",
"demure",
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassertive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"casual",
"informal",
"unceremonious",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"uncalled-for",
"unrespectable",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"conceited",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
]
},
"following the established traditions of refined society and good taste":{
"examples":[
"such matters are never mentioned in polite conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitting",
"correct",
"de rigueur",
"decent",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"dress",
"dressy",
"formal",
"dignified",
"elegant",
"gracious",
"priggish",
"prim",
"stiff",
"stuffy",
"apt",
"material",
"relevant",
"compatible",
"congenial",
"harmonious",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"kosher",
"permitted"
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"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"casual",
"grungy",
"informal",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"banned",
"barred",
"disallowed",
"forbidden",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"awkward",
"gauche",
"ungraceful"
],
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"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"unbecoming",
"ungenteel",
"unseemly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pointedness":{
"as in thorniness":{
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"thorniness",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
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"mildness",
"softness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poniards":{
"as in bowie knifes , daggers":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"bayonets",
"bodkins",
"bolos",
"bowie knifes",
"bowie knives",
"cutlasses",
"daggers",
"dirks",
"jackknives",
"machetes",
"pocketknives",
"sheath knives",
"stilettos",
"stilettoes",
"stylets",
"switchblades",
"switch knives",
"yataghans",
"cutters",
"knives",
"shanks",
"shivs",
"cleavers",
"hacks",
"rapiers",
"sabers",
"sabres",
"steels",
"swords",
"scalpels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pikes , bayonets":{
"examples":[],
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"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"prongs",
"quills",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"spindles",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices",
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spikes",
"spits",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pontificated":{
"to speak or express your opinion about something in a way that shows that you think you are always right":{
"examples":[
"We had to listen to her pontificate about the best way to raise children."
],
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"blew",
"bloviated",
"declaimed",
"harangued",
"mouthed (off)",
"orated",
"blustered",
"fulminated",
"huffed",
"ranted",
"raved",
"spouted",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"blared",
"blurted (out)",
"bolted",
"carried on",
"raged",
"stormed",
"took on"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooh":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brush (off)",
"dismiss",
"flout",
"reject",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"defy",
"disobey",
"mock",
"rebel (against)",
"disoblige",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulate (to)",
"concede (to)",
"defer (to)",
"goose-step (to)",
"serve",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)",
"cooperate (with)",
"keep",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"oblige",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"watch",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"mind",
"obey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"politesse":{
"as in civility , politeness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"gentilesse",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"etiquette",
"dignity",
"grace",
"refinement",
"decency",
"decorum",
"form",
"propriety",
"discretion",
"prudence",
"appropriateness",
"correctitude",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"fitness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"character",
"goodness",
"high-mindedness",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"straightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"gracelessness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"vulgarity",
"imprudence",
"indiscretion",
"badness",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portended":{
"to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen":{
"examples":[
"The distant thunder portended a storm.",
"If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boded",
"foreboded",
"forboded",
"promised",
"augured",
"called",
"forecast",
"forecasted",
"foretold",
"predicted",
"presaged",
"prognosticated",
"prophesied",
"read",
"vaticinated",
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"warned",
"anticipated",
"divined",
"foreknew",
"foresaw",
"announced",
"declared",
"heralded",
"proclaimed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"related",
"reported",
"told"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"points (up)":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"pointed up his warning by furiously wagging his finger at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"accents",
"accentuates",
"emphasizes",
"features",
"foregrounds",
"highlights",
"illuminates",
"plays up",
"presses",
"punctuates",
"stresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focuses",
"focusses",
"identifies",
"pinpoints",
"spotlights",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"overplays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tones (down)",
"underemphasizes",
"understates",
"belittles",
"discounts",
"disparages",
"minimizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasizes",
"plays down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"potpourri":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"a potpourri of hit songs from the last 10 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potterers":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"a camera designed for people who don't pretend to be anything more than potterers at photography"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"hobbyists",
"laymen",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"putterers",
"tinkerers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"generalists",
"general practitioners",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potently":{
"as in aggressively , assertively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"manfully",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"directly",
"emphatically",
"fast",
"fixedly",
"intensively",
"intently",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"rigidly",
"smartly",
"solidly",
"soundly",
"squarely",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"surely",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously",
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly",
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"polkas":{
"as in waltzes , twists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogies",
"boogeys",
"bops",
"fox-trots",
"gavottes",
"jigs",
"jitterbugs",
"jives",
"mambos",
"shags",
"shimmies",
"shuffles",
"tangos",
"tap-dances",
"twists",
"waltzes",
"prances",
"struts",
"trips",
"treads",
"dances",
"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"steps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"police dogs":{
"as in guide dogs , working dogs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guide dogs",
"working dogs",
"bandogs",
"bird dogs",
"coonhounds",
"coursers",
"gundogs",
"hunters",
"sheepdogs",
"sled dogs",
"watchdogs",
"wolf dogs",
"wolfhounds",
"lapdogs",
"puppies",
"puppy dogs",
"pups",
"whelps",
"bitches",
"curs",
"mongrels",
"mutts",
"canines",
"doggies",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pooches",
"tykes",
"tikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"policemen":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"reported the crime to the nearest policeman"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"flatfeet",
"fuzzes",
"gendarmes",
"lawmen",
"officers",
"police officers",
"shamuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolmen",
"policewomen",
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"inspectors",
"investigators",
"plainclothesmen",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds",
"sleuths",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"sheriffs",
"troopers",
"peace officers",
"captains",
"lieutenants",
"sergeants",
"constabularies",
"heat",
"men",
"police",
"police forces",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"powerhouses":{
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
"examples":[
"from the very start of her singing career, she had a reputation for being a very determined powerhouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootstrappers",
"go-aheads",
"go-getters",
"highfliers",
"highflyers",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"live wires",
"self-starters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eager beavers",
"achievers",
"comers",
"doers",
"enterprisers",
"he-men",
"individualists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawdlers",
"idlers",
"loafers",
"loungers",
"putterers",
"triflers",
"goldbricks",
"malingerers",
"procrastinators",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"drones",
"lazybones",
"sluggards",
"dalliers",
"laggards",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"slowpokes",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"ignorers",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"neglecters",
"daydreamers",
"dreamers",
"dropouts",
"quitters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postmaster":{
"as in postmistress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"postmistress",
"courier",
"messenger",
"letter carrier",
"mail carrier",
"mailman",
"postie",
"postman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"porter":{
"a person who tends a door":{
"examples":[
"he generously tipped the porter for hailing a taxi"
],
"synonyms":[
"doorkeeper",
"doorman",
"gatekeeper",
"janitor"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polygyny":{
"as in polygamy , polyamory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamy",
"polyamory",
"polyandry",
"polygamy",
"conjugality",
"connubiality",
"marriage",
"match",
"matrimony",
"wedlock",
"monogamy",
"intermarriage",
"miscegenation",
"mixed marriage",
"remarriage",
"cohabitation",
"common-law marriage",
"civil union",
"domestic partnership",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"relationship",
"betrothal",
"engagement",
"espousal",
"hand",
"pledge",
"promise",
"proposal",
"troth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulment",
"divorce",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police officer":{
"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
"examples":[
"there were police officers directing traffic around the scene of the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"flatfoot",
"fuzz",
"gendarme",
"lawman",
"officer",
"policeman",
"shamus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patrolman",
"policewoman",
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"inspector",
"investigator",
"plainclothesman",
"sherlock",
"sleuth",
"sleuthhound",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"sheriff",
"trooper",
"peace officer",
"captain",
"lieutenant",
"sergeant",
"constabulary",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilian"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointless":{
"having no meaning":{
"examples":[
"a pointless remark that left everyone scratching their heads in confusion"
],
"synonyms":[
"empty",
"inane",
"meaningless",
"senseless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"mindless",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"silly",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unintelligent",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"aimless",
"haphazard",
"purposeless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eloquent",
"expressive",
"pregnant",
"revealing",
"suggestive",
"telling",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"key",
"major",
"momentous",
"substantial",
"weighty"
],
"antonyms":[
"meaningful",
"significant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"potpourris":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"a potpourri of hit songs from the last 10 years"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"botches",
"clutters",
"collages",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"motleys",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"pastiches",
"patchwork quilts",
"patchworks",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"catchalls",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"half baths",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms",
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"bathrooms",
"baths",
"bogs",
"cans",
"cloakrooms",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"potties",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"posting":{
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
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"a posting in the local newspaper of the public auction of a house on which a bank had foreclosed"
],
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"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"release"
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"broadside",
"brochure",
"circular",
"flyer",
"flier",
"fly sheet",
"gazette",
"handbill",
"handout",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"playbill",
"poster",
"show bill",
"sign",
"broadcast",
"cablecast",
"newscast",
"telecast",
"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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"antonyms":[]
},
"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
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"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
],
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"placarding"
],
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"nailing",
"plastering",
"tacking (up)",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"billing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"calling",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing"
],
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"removing",
"taking down"
],
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},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"posted the students' grades"
],
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"advertising",
"announcing",
"annunciating",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"enunciating",
"flashing",
"giving out",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"releasing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting"
],
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"barking",
"calling (off or out)",
"crying",
"billboarding",
"billing",
"bulletining",
"gazetting",
"knelling",
"ringing",
"tolling",
"blurbing",
"featuring",
"pitching",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"puffing",
"disseminating",
"spreading",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"introducing",
"kithing",
"kything",
"manifesting",
"reporting",
"revealing",
"showing",
"advising",
"apprising",
"handing down",
"informing",
"notifying",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"intimating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealing",
"hushing (up)",
"silencing",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"revoking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
],
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"detailing",
"stationing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"setting",
"appointing",
"placing",
"positioning"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the postal system":{
"examples":[
"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"mailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airmailing",
"franking",
"addressing",
"consigning",
"directing",
"dispatching",
"forwarding",
"remitting",
"routing",
"shipping",
"transmitting",
"transporting",
"registering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"getting",
"receiving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poems":{
"a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{
"examples":[
"your assignment is to write two poems about springtime"
],
"synonyms":[
"lyrics",
"runes",
"songs",
"verses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"ballads",
"lays",
"anacreontics",
"clerihews",
"dithyrambs",
"eclogues",
"elegies",
"English sonnets",
"epics",
"epigrams",
"epodes",
"epopees",
"eposes",
"georgics",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"jingles",
"laments",
"limericks",
"madrigals",
"odes",
"pastorales",
"pastorals",
"psalms",
"rondeaux",
"rondelets",
"rondelles",
"rondels",
"sonnets",
"triolets",
"villanelles",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tankas",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"minstrelsies",
"poesies",
"poetries",
"versifications",
"vers libres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poverties":{
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
"examples":[
"a poverty of information about the new policies"
],
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"crunches",
"dearths",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"droughts",
"drouths",
"failures",
"famines",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies",
"lacks",
"lacunae",
"lacunas",
"paucities",
"pinches",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absences",
"omissions",
"necessities",
"needs",
"privations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"oversupplies",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundances",
"adequacies",
"amplitudes",
"opulences",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"sufficiencies",
"wealths"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointed (up)":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"pointed up his warning by furiously wagging his finger at them"
],
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"accented",
"accentuated",
"emphasized",
"featured",
"foregrounded",
"highlighted",
"illuminated",
"played up",
"pressed",
"punctuated",
"stressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focused",
"focussed",
"identified",
"pinpointed",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"advertised",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"publicized",
"overplayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"toned (down)",
"underemphasized",
"understated",
"belittled",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"played down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polyphonic":{
"as in orchestral , harmonic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chordal",
"harmonic",
"homophonic",
"orchestral",
"tonal",
"cadenced",
"lilting",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"songful",
"songlike",
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"pleasant",
"quavering",
"trilling",
"warbling",
"echoing",
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"dulcet",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"sweet",
"blending",
"chiming",
"flowing",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"canorous",
"euphonic",
"euphonious",
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"symphonic",
"symphonious",
"tuneful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discordant",
"disharmonious",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"tuneless",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"blaring",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"clattering",
"grating",
"harsh",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"metallic",
"raspy",
"raucous",
"scratching",
"screeching",
"shrill",
"squeaky",
"strident",
"disagreeable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"atonal",
"off-key"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"postholes":{
"as in water holes , chuckholes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boreholes",
"chuckholes",
"craters",
"potholes",
"sinkholes",
"wallows",
"water holes",
"wells",
"burrows",
"caverns",
"caves",
"ditches",
"excavations",
"furrows",
"grooves",
"gutters",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"basins",
"bowls",
"valleys",
"alcoves",
"clefts",
"niches",
"nooks",
"openings",
"recesses",
"sockets",
"alveoli",
"dimples",
"gouges",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"notches",
"pockets",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"gulfs",
"vacuities",
"vacuums",
"vacua",
"voids",
"cavities",
"concavities",
"dents",
"depressions",
"dints",
"holes",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indentures",
"pits",
"recesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hills",
"mounds",
"rises",
"bumps",
"bunches",
"humps",
"lumps",
"pimples",
"swellings",
"swells",
"tumors",
"bulges",
"cambers",
"convexities",
"juts",
"projections",
"protrusions",
"protuberances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollsters":{
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassers",
"canvasers",
"interviewers",
"pollers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"askers",
"inquirers",
"queriers",
"querists",
"questioners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answerers",
"repliers",
"responders",
"attesters",
"informants",
"reporters",
"testifiers",
"witnesses"
],
"antonyms":[
"interviewees",
"pollees",
"respondents"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pottering (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodling",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging about",
"kicking around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"clowning (around)",
"horsing around",
"diddling (with)",
"tinkering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckling (down)",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"post chaise":{
"as in caroche , jaunting car":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"four-in-hand",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hackney",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"landau",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"surrey",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postponed":{
"as in delayed , detained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delayed",
"detained",
"behind",
"behindhand",
"belated",
"delinquent",
"late",
"latish",
"overdue",
"tardy",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"unhurried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"early",
"inopportune",
"precocious",
"premature",
"unseasonable",
"untimely",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"timely",
"prompt",
"punctual"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in delayed , deferred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"suspended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afoot",
"under way",
"under weigh"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information"
],
"synonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"held off (on)",
"held over",
"held up",
"laid over",
"put off",
"put over",
"remitted",
"shelved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspended",
"hesitated",
"paused",
"stayed",
"detained",
"retarded",
"slowed",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched (out)",
"waited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acted",
"dealt (with)",
"decided (upon)",
"did",
"worked (on)",
"wrought (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"port":{
"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
"examples":[
"the cruise ship stops at each port for one night only"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"dock",
"marina",
"moorage",
"mooring",
"arm",
"bay",
"bight",
"cove",
"creek",
"embayment",
"estuary",
"firth",
"fjord",
"fiord",
"gulf",
"inlet",
"lagoon",
"loch",
"lough",
"narrow",
"roads",
"roadstead",
"canal",
"channel",
"sound",
"strait",
"containerport",
"home port",
"seaport"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocky":{
"as in pockmarked , pitted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pitted",
"pockmarked",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"wavy",
"inexact",
"irregular",
"unaligned",
"warped",
"bumpy",
"coarse",
"lumpy",
"rough",
"uneven",
"unsmoothed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flat",
"flush",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"potentiality":{
"something that can develop or become actual":{
"examples":[
"would like to see a colony on the moon as an actuality and not merely a potentiality"
],
"synonyms":[
"capability",
"eventuality",
"possibility",
"potential",
"prospect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likelihood",
"probability",
"latency",
"potency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"reality",
"certainty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocket moneys":{
"as in spending moneys":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spending moneys",
"outflows",
"prices",
"rates",
"tabs",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"overheads",
"charges",
"costs",
"disbursements",
"expenditures",
"expenses",
"outgoes",
"outlays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police action":{
"as in civil war , world war":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civil war",
"cold war",
"holy war",
"limited war",
"world war",
"conflagration",
"conflict",
"hostilities",
"hot war",
"war",
"action",
"battle",
"engagement",
"skirmish",
"combat",
"fighting",
"warfare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peace",
"demilitarization",
"demobilization",
"disarmament",
"pacification",
"cease-fire",
"truce",
"calm",
"peacefulness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pockmarked":{
"as in dimpled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dimpled",
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced",
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed",
"sunken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant",
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"portraitures":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"the author's meticulous portraiture of a small Midwestern town at the turn of the century"
],
"synonyms":[
"definitions",
"delineations",
"depictions",
"descriptions",
"pictures",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"renderings",
"sketches",
"vignettes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accounts",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"chronicles",
"narratives",
"reports",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"demonstrations",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"clarifications",
"elucidations",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poked":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"saw his head poking through the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"ballooned",
"beetled",
"bellied",
"billowed",
"bulged",
"bunched",
"jutted",
"overhung",
"pooched",
"pouched",
"pouted",
"projected",
"protruded",
"started",
"stood out",
"stuck out",
"swelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domed",
"blew up",
"inflated",
"dilated",
"distended",
"expanded",
"mushroomed",
"snowballed",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"stretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[
"told him to stop poking into other people's business"
],
"synonyms":[
"butted in",
"interfered",
"interloped",
"intermeddled",
"intruded",
"meddled",
"messed",
"mucked (about or around)",
"nosed",
"obtruded",
"pried",
"snooped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interceded",
"interposed",
"intervened",
"barged (in)",
"chiseled (in)",
"chiselled (in)",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"fiddled",
"fooled",
"monkeyed",
"played",
"tampered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"diddled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"lollygagged",
"lallygagged",
"moped",
"shilly-shallied",
"tarried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"ambled",
"eased",
"inched",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)",
"filibustered",
"procrastinated",
"stalled",
"temporized"
],
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"bowled",
"breezed",
"darted",
"humped",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"scrambled",
"stampeded",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"ran",
"run",
"sprinted",
"trotted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"bolted",
"careered",
"coursed",
"dashed",
"flew",
"hastened",
"hotfooted (it)",
"hurried",
"raced",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"scooted",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"they were just poking along home"
],
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"crawled",
"creaked (along)",
"crept",
"dragged",
"inched",
"limped",
"nosed",
"oozed",
"plodded",
"slouched",
"snailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumbered",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"tramped",
"trudged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"glided",
"sailed",
"hurried",
"tore"
],
"antonyms":[
"flew",
"raced",
"sped",
"speeded",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"postal card":{
"as in card , mail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airmail",
"card",
"electronic mail",
"e-mail",
"junk mail",
"mail",
"postcard",
"billet-doux",
"open letter",
"communication",
"report",
"dispatch",
"epistle",
"letter",
"memo",
"memorandum",
"missive",
"note",
"encyclical"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poling":{
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"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punting",
"canoeing",
"kayaking",
"feathering",
"pulling",
"oaring",
"paddling",
"rowing",
"sculling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"potbellied":{
"having a large protruding abdomen":{
"examples":[
"an old, potbellied cat that now needs a ramp just to get on the sofa"
],
"synonyms":[
"beer-bellied",
"paunchy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"podgy",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby",
"flabby",
"soft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cut",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"sylphlike"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"potions":{
"a drink that is meant to have a special or magical effect on someone":{
"examples":[
"a potion that is supposed to improve health",
"The hero in the play is given a magic potion so that he will fall in love with the princess.",
"medical potions",
"sleeping potions"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cordials",
"tonics",
"cures",
"drugs",
"medicaments",
"medications",
"medicinals",
"medicines",
"pharmaceuticals",
"physics",
"remedies",
"specifics",
"cure-alls",
"nostrums",
"panaceas",
"botanicals",
"patent medicines",
"prescription drugs",
"prescriptions",
"miracle drugs",
"wonder drugs",
"caps",
"capsules",
"pills",
"tablets",
"injections",
"shots",
"embrocations",
"liniments",
"lotions",
"ointments",
"poultices",
"salves",
"syrups",
"sirups",
"tinctures",
"antibiotics",
"antiseptics",
"sera",
"serums",
"cathartics",
"purgatives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pounds (out)":{
"as in hammers out , forges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fashions",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"crafts",
"handcrafts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cobbles (together or up)",
"jury-rigs",
"patches (together)",
"throws up",
"dashes (off)",
"jerry-builds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poster":{
"a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
"examples":[
"we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"bill",
"placard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billboard",
"sign",
"signboard",
"broadside",
"flyer",
"flier",
"handbill",
"handout",
"playbill",
"show bill",
"ad",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"dispatch",
"release"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postmasters":{
"as in postmistresses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"postmistresses",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"letter carriers",
"mail carriers",
"mailmen",
"posties",
"postmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pounces (on or upon)":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"bushwhacks",
"charges",
"descends (on or upon)",
"goes in (on)",
"jumps (on)",
"raids",
"rushes",
"sets on",
"sics",
"sicks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"trashes",
"turns (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushes",
"gangs up (on)",
"mobs",
"swarms",
"mugs",
"robs",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"bangs away (at)",
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"forays",
"invades",
"overruns",
"envelops",
"flanks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covers",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"poetasters":{
"a person who writes poetry":{
"examples":[
"she's a poetaster whose verse never rises above what is found on greeting cards"
],
"synonyms":[
"bards",
"minstrels",
"muses",
"poets",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"poetesses",
"poets laureate",
"poet laureates",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"epigrammatists",
"epigrammatizers",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"sonneteers",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possessiveness":{
"as in materialism , commercialism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commercialism",
"materialism",
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"avidness",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"graspingness",
"greed",
"greediness",
"mercenariness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"gluttonousness",
"gluttony",
"piggishness",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"ravenousness",
"thirst",
"voracity",
"yearning",
"yen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bounteousness",
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"charity",
"generosity",
"generousness",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"magnanimity",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"selflessness",
"contentment",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"gratification",
"satisfaction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocket books":{
"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
"examples":[
"she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"handbags",
"purses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clutch bags",
"clutches",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"billfolds",
"wallets",
"compacts",
"vanities",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"shoulder bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in papers , pocket editions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardbacks",
"hardcovers",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"papers",
"pocket editions",
"softbacks",
"softcovers",
"trade books",
"trade editions",
"books",
"tomes",
"volumes",
"folios",
"quartos",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"manuals",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"cyclopedias",
"cyclopaedias",
"dictionaries",
"encyclopedias",
"monographs",
"primers",
"textbooks",
"texts",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"novelettes",
"novels",
"pulps",
"albums",
"almanacs",
"anthologies",
"casebooks",
"chapbooks",
"omnibuses",
"picture books"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polemists":{
"as in polemicists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polemicists",
"attack dogs",
"mudslingers",
"hatchet men",
"hired guns",
"hit men",
"barracuda",
"barracudas",
"sharks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"popular":{
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
"examples":[
"an actor who was popular in the 1970s"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"crowd-pleasing",
"du jour",
"faddish",
"faddy",
"fashionable",
"favorite",
"happening",
"hot",
"in",
"large",
"modish",
"pop",
"popularized",
"red-hot",
"vogue",
"voguish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semipopular",
"preferred",
"selected",
"desirable",
"liked",
"wanted",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"leading",
"notable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"important",
"significant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"washed-up",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"rejected",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"indistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"unknown",
"inconspicuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"out",
"unfashionable",
"unpopular"
]
},
"accepted, used, or practiced by most people":{
"examples":[
"the popular custom of exchanging greeting cards during the holiday season"
],
"synonyms":[
"conventional",
"current",
"customary",
"going",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"standard",
"stock",
"usual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"everyday",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"regular",
"routine",
"epidemic",
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"widespread",
"accustomed",
"wonted",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"stylish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abnormal",
"exceptional",
"extraordinary",
"uncommon"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonstandard",
"unconventional",
"unpopular",
"unusual"
]
},
"held by or applicable to a majority of the people":{
"examples":[
"popular opinion on that issue has changed dramatically over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"general",
"majority",
"overall",
"prevailing",
"public",
"received",
"ruling",
"vulgar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unanimous",
"universal",
"pop",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"household",
"usual",
"well-known",
"contemporary",
"current",
"present",
"dominant",
"predominant",
"preponderant",
"characteristic",
"typical",
"pandemic",
"pervasive",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rare",
"strange",
"unknown",
"unusual",
"distinctive",
"especial",
"idiosyncratic",
"peculiar",
"special",
"unique",
"individual",
"separate",
"singular",
"nonpublic",
"personal",
"private"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncommon",
"unpopular"
]
},
"of, relating to, or favoring political democracy":{
"examples":[
"a truly popular revolution, not one that replaced one dictatorship with another"
],
"synonyms":[
"democratic",
"republican",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"representative",
"libertarian",
"nontotalitarian"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monarchal",
"monarchial",
"monarchical",
"monarchic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondemocratic",
"undemocratic"
]
},
"being within the financial means of most people":{
"examples":[
"from their inception, DVDs were designed to be sold directly to consumers at popular prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessible",
"affordable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"discount",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"rock-bottom",
"moderate",
"modest",
"reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-end",
"upscale"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"costing little":{
"examples":[
"we also have the popular models, for those who prefer not to invest too much in a new TV"
],
"synonyms":[
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"reasonable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"discount",
"discounted",
"fire-sale",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"wholesale",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"popped":{
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"examples":[
"a balloon popped suddenly and startled us all"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"blew up",
"burst",
"bursted",
"crumped",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"went off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"splintered",
"discharged",
"fired",
"shot",
"ballooned",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"mushroomed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"fizzled"
],
"antonyms":[
"imploded"
]
},
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the last strand popped , causing the chandelier to drop to the floor with a great crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracked",
"snapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rent",
"rended",
"rived",
"split",
"crackled",
"hissed",
"sizzled",
"sputtered",
"burst",
"bursted",
"exploded",
"shattered",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"clicked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"examples":[
"popping popcorn over a campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"blew",
"blew up",
"burst",
"bursted",
"demolished",
"exploded",
"shattered",
"smashed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dynamited",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked",
"detonated",
"discharged",
"fragmented",
"splintered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"imploded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
"examples":[
"went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables"
],
"synonyms":[
"drilled",
"gunned",
"plugged",
"shot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"brought down",
"dropped",
"picked off",
"shot down",
"blazed",
"peppered",
"potshot",
"sniped (at)",
"blasted (at)",
"fired (at)",
"pistoled",
"pistolled",
"shotgunned",
"machine-gunned",
"tommy-gunned",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"iced",
"killed",
"slew",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"butchered",
"decimated",
"massacred",
"slaughtered",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pornographic":{
"dealing in or with explicitly sexual material":{
"examples":[
"opposition to a pornographic bookstore opening in the neighborhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult",
"mature",
"porny",
"X-rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-core",
"soft-core",
"bedroom",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"sexy",
"suggestive",
"bawdy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"lustful",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"ribald",
"salacious",
"smutty",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"immodest",
"kinky",
"prurient",
"earthy",
"racy",
"salty",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"debasing",
"perverted",
"profane",
"naughty",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"G-rated"
]
},
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"examples":[
"the store kept all of its pornographic DVDs locked up, thus ensuring that they would be accessible only to adults"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
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"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polkaed":{
"as in waltzed , twisted":{
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"boogied",
"boogeyed",
"bopped",
"fox-trotted",
"gavotted",
"jigged",
"jitterbugged",
"jived",
"mamboed",
"shagged",
"shimmied",
"shuffled",
"tangoed",
"tap-danced",
"twisted",
"waltzed",
"pranced",
"strutted",
"tripped",
"trod",
"treaded",
"danced",
"footed (it)",
"hoofed (it)",
"stepped"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"possessed":{
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
"examples":[
"remarkably poised and possessed in the midst of all the turmoil"
],
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"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
]
},
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"she possesses a keen insight into people"
],
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"commanded",
"enjoyed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"retained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kept",
"reserved",
"withheld",
"bore",
"carried",
"boasted",
"showed off",
"sported"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"ceded",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"discarded",
"dumped",
"declined",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"needed",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacked",
"wanted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"poor-mouthed":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"dissed",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked",
"vilipended",
"wrote off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommended",
"abused",
"scolded",
"disapproved (of)",
"disliked",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"aspersed",
"defamed",
"maligned",
"ripped",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"discredited",
"disgraced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"countenanced",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"favored",
"recommended",
"sanctioned",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"magnified",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Polyglot":{
"as in Scripture , Bible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Bible",
"Book",
"Good Book",
"Holy Writ",
"Scripture"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police (up)":{
"as in turn out , straighten (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clean (off)",
"neaten",
"straighten (up)",
"turn out",
"unclutter",
"houseclean",
"housekeep",
"arrange",
"order",
"clean (up)",
"pick up",
"tidy (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutter",
"disarrange",
"mess (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pokily":{
"at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{
"examples":[
"we wandered pokily around the mall while the pharmacist filled the prescription"
],
"synonyms":[
"laggardly",
"leisurely",
"slow",
"slowly",
"sluggishly",
"tardily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"deliberately",
"purposefully",
"heavily",
"ploddingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immediately",
"posthaste",
"presto",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"readily",
"soon",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly"
],
"antonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"meteorically",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"poo-bah":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"an annual clambake that attracts political pooh-bahs from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"popularities":{
"the state of enjoying widespread approval":{
"examples":[
"she wasn't a fan of the sudden popularity of skinny jeans and leggings"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashionability",
"fashionableness",
"favor",
"hotness",
"modishness",
"vogue",
"voguishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"craze",
"fad",
"mode",
"rage",
"style",
"trend",
"bandwagon",
"boom",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"prominence",
"renown",
"enthusiasm",
"fervor",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"oblivion",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"unpopularity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"point person":{
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
"examples":[
"she's become known as the point person for the state department's Middle East policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"mouth",
"mouthpiece",
"point man",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spokesmodel",
"spokeswoman",
"front",
"promoter",
"shill",
"communicator",
"sayer",
"talker",
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"representative"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potential":{
"existing only as a possibility and not in fact":{
"examples":[
"I can see a few potential problems with co-owning a beach house with another couple"
],
"synonyms":[
"implicit",
"possible"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivable",
"generable",
"imaginable",
"plausible",
"thinkable",
"likely",
"probable",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"purported",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"achievable",
"attainable",
"doable",
"feasible",
"practicable",
"viable",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"genuine",
"true"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"existent",
"factual",
"real"
]
},
"something that can develop or become actual":{
"examples":[
"a time when cloning was merely a potential and the stuff of science fiction"
],
"synonyms":[
"capability",
"eventuality",
"possibility",
"potentiality",
"prospect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likelihood",
"probability",
"latency",
"potency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"reality",
"certainty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"postlude":{
"as in coda , epilogue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"addendum",
"afterword",
"appendix",
"codicil",
"excursus",
"supplement",
"conclusion",
"ending",
"finale",
"accompaniment",
"addition",
"complement",
"postscript",
"follow-up",
"sequel",
"documentation",
"allonge",
"rider"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"preface",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"porous":{
"capable of being passed into or through":{
"examples":[
"a cleaner that should not be used on porous surfaces"
],
"synonyms":[
"passable",
"penetrable",
"permeable",
"pervious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbent",
"breathable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"airtight",
"watertight",
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"thick"
],
"antonyms":[
"impassable",
"impassible",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"nonporous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poesies":{
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
"examples":[
"in olden days young gentlemen were expected to be proficient in the art of poesy"
],
"synonyms":[
"minstrelsies",
"poetries",
"songs",
"verses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"vers libres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"proses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Potemkin villages":{
"as in Trojan horses , fig leafs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fig leafs",
"fig leaves",
"Trojan horses",
"blinds",
"concealers",
"screens",
"shields",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"faces",
"veneers",
"blankets",
"cloaks",
"copes",
"coverings",
"covers",
"covertures",
"cover-ups",
"curtains",
"hoods",
"mantles",
"masks",
"palls",
"penumbrae",
"penumbras",
"robes",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"wraps",
"glosses",
"varnishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"power":{
"the right or means to command or control others":{
"examples":[
"the emir has nearly complete power over the emirate"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"authority",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"death grip",
"dominion",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"reign",
"rein(s)",
"sway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clout",
"influence",
"leverage",
"pull",
"voice",
"weight",
"jurisdiction",
"direction",
"management",
"dominance",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
]
},
"the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task":{
"examples":[
"the corporation has the power to accomplish almost anything",
"you'll need to build a bit more power in order to be a star pitcher"
],
"synonyms":[
"energy",
"firepower",
"force",
"horsepower",
"might",
"muscle",
"potence",
"potency",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength",
"vigor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aptitude",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"adequacy",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"usefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"inability",
"inaptitude",
"incapability",
"incapableness",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"uselessness",
"helplessness",
"paralysis"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
]
},
"a natural ability of the mind or body":{
"examples":[
"dogs have a very highly developed power of smell"
],
"synonyms":[
"faculty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"function",
"capability",
"capacity",
"aptitude",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"instinct",
"knack",
"talent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inability",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"inaptitude",
"inaptness",
"ineptness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something with a usable capacity for doing work":{
"examples":[
"nuclear power"
],
"synonyms":[
"energy",
"fuel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kindling",
"propellant",
"propellent",
"force"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in push , charge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"push",
"kick over",
"turn over",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on",
"reactivate",
"recharge",
"arouse",
"excite",
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"ignite",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"stir up",
"accelerate",
"catalyze",
"speed (up)",
"step up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick",
"stop",
"decelerate",
"repress",
"slow",
"stunt",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pommel":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"positivist":{
"as in positivistic , optimistic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheerful",
"optimistic",
"positive",
"positivistic",
"rose-colored",
"hopeful",
"Panglossian",
"Pollyanna",
"Pollyannaish",
"Pollyannish",
"rosy",
"upbeat",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"sunny",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"romantic",
"uncynical",
"idealist",
"utopian",
"visionary",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"reassuring",
"favorable",
"good",
"auspicious",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"fair",
"golden",
"heartening",
"likely",
"promising",
"propitious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defeatist",
"fatalistic",
"nihilist",
"nihilistic",
"cynical",
"misanthropic",
"pessimistic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in optimist , Pollyanna":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"idealist",
"sentimentalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynic",
"misanthrope",
"naysayer",
"pessimist",
"misandrist",
"misogynist",
"doubter",
"negativist",
"skeptic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"points (toward)":{
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"examples":[
"the town's monument to its lost fishermen points toward the sea, the source of its wealth as well as its sorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"faces",
"fronts",
"looks (toward)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuts",
"adjoins",
"borders",
"bounds",
"fringes",
"margins",
"meets",
"neighbors",
"rims",
"skirts",
"touches",
"commands",
"dominates",
"overlooks",
"looks down (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poising":{
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the disgraced business executive poised herself for the difficult press conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"bracing",
"forearming",
"fortifying",
"nerving",
"psyching (up)",
"readying",
"steeling",
"strengthening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arming",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"buttressing",
"enforcing",
"propping (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"cheering (up)",
"comforting",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"rallying",
"rousing",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"psyching (out)",
"shaking",
"unnerving",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"examples":[
"the falcon poised in the air for an instant before diving to attack its prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"gliding",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"riding",
"sailing",
"swimming",
"wafting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bobbing",
"dangling",
"suspending",
"buoying",
"ballooning",
"rafting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"lunging",
"plunging",
"dipping",
"immersing",
"submerging",
"submersing"
],
"antonyms":[
"settling",
"sinking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polyhistor":{
"as in Renaissance man , polymath":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellect",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wiz",
"wizard",
"blue",
"bluestocking",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"savant",
"geek",
"longhair",
"nerd",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"ace",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"natural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"ignoramus",
"illiterate",
"know-nothing",
"lowbrow",
"anti-intellectual",
"philistine",
"ass",
"donkey",
"fool",
"jackass",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"louse",
"lout",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"power walks":{
"as in walks , steps out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambulates",
"foots (it)",
"hoofs (it)",
"legs (it)",
"pads",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"walks",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"wanders",
"marches",
"paces",
"steps out",
"strides",
"troops",
"clumps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramples",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"footslogs",
"plods",
"trudges",
"hikes",
"peregrinates",
"treks",
"minces",
"prances",
"pussyfoots",
"tiptoes",
"gimps",
"hobbles",
"limps",
"parades",
"promenades"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policed (up)":{
"as in turned out , straightened (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleaned (off)",
"neatened",
"straightened (up)",
"turned out",
"uncluttered",
"housecleaned",
"housekept",
"arranged",
"ordered",
"cleaned (up)",
"picked up",
"tidied (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttered",
"disarranged",
"messed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"point of view":{
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"examples":[
"From my point of view , the best decision is to quit while we're ahead."
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"eye view",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"vantage point",
"viewpoint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"spin",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"mind-set",
"notion",
"opinion",
"perception",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"impression",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"posers":{
"a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people":{
"examples":[
"He's not really interested in art. He's just a poser ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"actors",
"apers",
"apes",
"hams",
"imitators",
"impressionists",
"maskers",
"masqueraders",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"pantomimes",
"pantomimists",
"personators"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poppet":{
"a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything":{
"examples":[
"a scruffy old poppet that had once belonged to my great grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"action figure",
"doll",
"dolly",
"puppet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rag doll",
"figure",
"figurine",
"handpuppet",
"marionette"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"positioning":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"positioned the chairs around the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposing",
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"laying",
"placing",
"putting",
"setting",
"setting up",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"reordering",
"shifting",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging",
"arraying",
"laying out",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"ranking",
"setting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polemist":{
"as in polemicist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polemicist",
"attack dog",
"mudslinger",
"hatchet man",
"hired gun",
"hit man",
"barracuda",
"shark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"points of no return":{
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"examples":[
"We've reached the point of no return and have no choice but to see this through."
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"tinderboxes",
"zero hours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contingencies",
"possibilities",
"climaxes",
"turning points",
"happenings",
"landmarks",
"milestones",
"conditions",
"passes",
"situations",
"straits",
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"last ditches",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots",
"eleventh hours",
"last minutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"popinjay":{
"as in coxcomb , fancy Dan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcomb",
"fancy Dan",
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"buck",
"dandy",
"dude",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy",
"blade",
"cavalier",
"dasher",
"clotheshorse",
"exquisite",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poncho":{
"as in capelet , cowl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trench , trench coat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sou'wester",
"trench",
"trench coat",
"rain gear",
"rainwear",
"mac",
"mack",
"mackintosh",
"macintosh",
"oilskin",
"raincoat",
"slicker",
"waterproof"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"posthumous":{
"occurring after one's death":{
"examples":[
"the soldier was awarded a posthumous medal for valor"
],
"synonyms":[
"postmortem"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belated",
"delayed",
"late"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poltergeists":{
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"we thought a poltergeist was knocking dishes off the shelves, but it turned out to just be vibrations from passing trains"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparitions",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"familiar spirits",
"ghosts",
"hants",
"haunts",
"materializations",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"sprites",
"visions",
"visitants",
"wraiths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angels",
"daimones",
"daimons",
"familiars",
"genies",
"genii",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"shaitans",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"fetches",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"succubi",
"vampires",
"zombies",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghouls",
"imps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police reporter":{
"as in staffer , sportswriter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muckraker",
"photojournalist",
"sportswriter",
"staffer",
"stringer",
"correspondent",
"intelligencer",
"journalist",
"newshound",
"newsman",
"newsperson",
"pressman",
"reporter",
"announcer",
"broadcaster",
"newscaster",
"newspaperman",
"newspaperwoman",
"newswoman",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"byliner",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"copyreader",
"editor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pomp":{
"the impressive decorations, music, clothing etc., that are part of some formal events":{
"examples":[
"the pomp of a royal ceremony"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dazzle",
"fanfare",
"foofaraw",
"pageantry",
"razzle-dazzle",
"razzmatazz",
"spectacle",
"flamboyance",
"flash",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness",
"swank",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"\u00e9clat",
"extravaganza",
"mummery",
"pageant",
"parade",
"show",
"adornment",
"decoration",
"dressing",
"embellishment",
"garnishment",
"ornamentation",
"trimming",
"extravagance",
"fanciness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"magnificence",
"opulence",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"luridness",
"meretriciousness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservativeness",
"moderation",
"modesty",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"understatement",
"elegance",
"gracefulness",
"tastefulness",
"minimalism",
"austerity",
"plainness",
"severity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possibility":{
"something that can develop or become actual":{
"examples":[
"there's a possibility for violence in the situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"capability",
"eventuality",
"potential",
"potentiality",
"prospect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likelihood",
"probability",
"latency",
"potency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"reality",
"certainty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that might happen":{
"examples":[
"winning the championship is a real possibility for us"
],
"synonyms":[
"case",
"contingence",
"contingency",
"contingent",
"event",
"eventuality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"probability",
"accident",
"chance",
"hap",
"hazard",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poetess":{
"as in poet , troubadour":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bard",
"minstrel",
"muse",
"poet",
"poetaster",
"rhymester",
"rimester",
"versifier",
"epigrammatist",
"epigrammatizer",
"lyricist",
"rhymer",
"sonneteer",
"scop",
"troubadour",
"rhapsode",
"rhapsodist",
"poet laureate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potables":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"hid the potables in the back hall closet"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"bottles",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"moonshines",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps",
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snifters",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"wines",
"barley-brees",
"barley-broos",
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"Dutch courages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a liquid suitable for drinking":{
"examples":[
"keeps the wet bar stocked with an array of top-shelf liquors, mixers, and other fine potables"
],
"synonyms":[
"beverages",
"drinkables",
"drinks",
"libations",
"quenchers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"potions",
"pops",
"soda pops",
"sodas",
"soft drinks",
"nectars",
"alcohols",
"brews",
"intoxicants",
"liquors",
"spirits",
"mixers",
"mixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pouring":{
"marked by or abounding with rain":{
"examples":[
"a pouring , miserable day"
],
"synonyms":[
"precipitating",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drippy",
"drizzling",
"drizzly",
"misty",
"mizzly",
"spitting",
"sprinkling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to flow in a stream":{
"examples":[
"she lifted the teakettle and poured some hot water from the spout"
],
"synonyms":[
"streaming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ladling",
"spooning",
"cascading",
"trickling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in a stream":{
"examples":[
"water gently pouring down the canal toward the dam"
],
"synonyms":[
"flowing",
"rolling",
"running",
"streaming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arising",
"disemboguing",
"effusing",
"emanating",
"issuing",
"springing",
"coursing",
"racing",
"rushing",
"fountaining",
"gushing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"deluging",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overrunning",
"swamping",
"cascading",
"dribbling",
"dripping",
"guttering",
"riffling",
"rippling",
"sheeting",
"trickling",
"flushing",
"washing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"congealing",
"gelling",
"hardening",
"setting"
],
"antonyms":[
"backing up"
]
},
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
"examples":[
"tears pouring down his cheeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"gushing",
"jetting",
"rushing",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"squirting",
"swooshing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cascading",
"issuing",
"rolling",
"running",
"streaming",
"plashing",
"sloshing",
"splashing",
"washing",
"surging",
"swelling",
"flushing",
"sluicing",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"submerging",
"submersing",
"swamping",
"fountaining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"spattering",
"sprinkling",
"bleeding",
"exuding",
"leaking",
"oozing",
"percolating",
"seeping",
"straining",
"weeping"
],
"antonyms":[
"dribbling",
"dripping",
"dropping",
"trickling"
]
},
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
"examples":[
"it's pouring outside, so you'd better take an umbrella"
],
"synonyms":[
"precipitating",
"raining",
"storming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showering",
"spitting",
"hailing",
"squalling",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"swamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzling",
"misting",
"mizzling",
"spitting",
"sprinkling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give readily and in large quantities":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly poured money into the revitalization of the downtown area"
],
"synonyms":[
"heaping",
"lavishing",
"raining",
"showering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"streaming",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"swamping",
"bombarding",
"hailing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holding back",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pounding":{
"as in thrashing , hammering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bashing",
"battering",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch",
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"pounding down the road as fast as he could run"
],
"synonyms":[
"barging",
"clumping",
"flogging",
"floundering",
"galumphing",
"lumbering",
"lumping",
"plodding",
"scuffing",
"scuffling",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"slogging",
"sloughing",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"stumbling",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"tromping",
"trudging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dragging",
"flopping",
"hauling",
"blundering",
"careening",
"doddering",
"lurching",
"reeling",
"staggering",
"swaying",
"teetering",
"tottering",
"waddling",
"weaving",
"wobbling",
"wabbling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"poising",
"wafting"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezing",
"coasting",
"gliding",
"sliding",
"waltzing",
"whisking"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"pounding nails into boards all day long"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"examples":[
"pounding out a depression in the metal"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"drawing",
"forging",
"hammering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chasing",
"planishing",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"kneading",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"molding",
"patting",
"working",
"coining",
"minting",
"stamping",
"abating",
"boasting",
"carving",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"cutting",
"graving",
"hewing",
"knapping",
"sculpting",
"sculpturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizing",
"beating",
"braying",
"comminuting",
"crushing",
"disintegrating",
"grinding",
"milling",
"mulling",
"powdering",
"pulverizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grating",
"kibbling",
"crumbling",
"crunching",
"breaking",
"busting",
"dashing",
"fracturing",
"fragmenting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"micronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poorness":{
"the state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"each country has its own standard of poorness , and one nation's needy inhabitant can be another's fairly well-off citizen"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggary",
"destituteness",
"destitution",
"impecuniosity",
"impecuniousness",
"impoverishment",
"indigence",
"necessity",
"need",
"neediness",
"pauperism",
"penuriousness",
"penury",
"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"
]
},
"polestar":{
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
"examples":[
"under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities"
],
"synonyms":[
"compass",
"cynosure",
"direction",
"focus",
"lodestar",
"loadstar"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"grade",
"mark",
"measure",
"par",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"yardstick",
"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"dream",
"goal",
"intention",
"object",
"objective",
"purpose",
"target"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"populating":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"a small island populated only by woodland creatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonizing",
"peopling",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabiting",
"moving (to)",
"relocating (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulating",
"unpeopling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pointing (toward)":{
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"examples":[
"the town's monument to its lost fishermen points toward the sea, the source of its wealth as well as its sorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"facing",
"fronting",
"looking (toward)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutting",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"bounding",
"fringing",
"margining",
"meeting",
"neighboring",
"rimming",
"skirting",
"touching",
"commanding",
"dominating",
"overlooking",
"looking down (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polygamies":{
"the state or practice of being married to more than one person at the same time":{
"examples":[
"Some cultures practice polygamy ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamies",
"polyamories",
"polyandries",
"polygynies",
"conjugalities",
"connubialities",
"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
"wedlocks",
"monogamies",
"intermarriages",
"miscegenations",
"mixed marriages",
"remarriages",
"cohabitations",
"common-law marriages",
"civil unions",
"domestic partnerships",
"attachments",
"commitments",
"relationships",
"betrothals",
"engagements",
"espousals",
"hands",
"pledges",
"promises",
"proposals",
"troths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pounding (down)":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers"
],
"synonyms":[
"belting (down)",
"drinking",
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"hoisting",
"imbibing",
"knocking back",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slugging (down)",
"slurping",
"supping",
"swigging",
"swilling",
"tossing (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lapping",
"licking",
"sucking",
"consuming",
"downing",
"ingurgitating",
"killing",
"mouthing (down)",
"putting away",
"nipping",
"tippling",
"pledging",
"toasting",
"wining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pouted":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"her lips pouted as she glared at him silently"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"ballooned",
"beetled",
"bellied",
"billowed",
"bulged",
"bunched",
"jutted",
"overhung",
"poked",
"pooched",
"pouched",
"projected",
"protruded",
"started",
"stood out",
"stuck out",
"swelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domed",
"blew up",
"inflated",
"dilated",
"distended",
"expanded",
"mushroomed",
"snowballed",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"stretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"pouted and didn't say a word to anyone all morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumped",
"moped",
"sulked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brooded",
"dwelled (on)",
"dwelt (on)",
"mulled (over)",
"mused (over)",
"pondered",
"frowned",
"glowered",
"lowered",
"loured",
"scowled",
"carried on",
"took on",
"petted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"postern":{
"as in portcullis , trapdoor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double door",
"Dutch door",
"French door",
"lattice",
"portcullis",
"revolving door",
"storm door",
"trapdoor",
"wicket",
"door",
"gate",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"porcelain":{
"a ceramic ware made from a hard, white substance that is very delicate":{
"examples":[
"The family only used their porcelain for their formal Christmas dinner."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"china",
"chinaware",
"crockery",
"earthenware",
"pottery",
"stoneware",
"ware",
"dinnerware",
"tableware",
"place setting",
"setting",
"setup",
"crystal",
"glassware",
"plate",
"saucer",
"cup",
"demitasse",
"glass",
"goblet",
"mug",
"teacup",
"bowl",
"casserole",
"charger",
"platter",
"tureen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pose":{
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"posed an interesting question for the visiting astronomer"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"bounce",
"offer",
"proffer",
"propose",
"propound",
"suggest",
"vote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"nominate",
"recommend",
"present",
"submit",
"tender",
"trot out",
"file",
"lay",
"lodge",
"arrange",
"calculate",
"chart",
"contrive",
"cover",
"frame",
"map",
"plan",
"plot",
"shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"utterly posed by the barrage of questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"baffle",
"bamboozle",
"beat",
"befog",
"befuddle",
"bemuse",
"bewilder",
"buffalo",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discombobulate",
"disorient",
"flummox",
"fox",
"fuddle",
"get",
"gravel",
"maze",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"mystify",
"perplex",
"puzzle",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stick",
"stump",
"weird out",
"abash",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"agitate",
"bother",
"chagrin",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"disturb",
"perturb",
"stun",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"humbug",
"misguide",
"mislead",
"snow",
"string along",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assure",
"reassure",
"satisfy",
"enlighten",
"inform"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
"examples":[
"my cheerfulness was just a pose , for I was feeling miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"airs",
"charade",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"guise",
"masquerade",
"playacting",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"put-on",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impersonation",
"performance",
"portrayal",
"image",
"persona",
"appearance",
"color",
"gloss",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"affectation",
"deceit",
"deception",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"fraud",
"guile",
"betrayal",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"treason",
"unfaithfulness",
"excuse",
"pretext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bluntness",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"openheartedness",
"outspokenness",
"plainspokenness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"artlessness",
"genuineness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"postcards":{
"as in cards , mails":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airmails",
"cards",
"electronic mails",
"e-mails",
"junk mails",
"mails",
"postal cards",
"billets-doux",
"open letters",
"communications",
"reports",
"dispatches",
"epistles",
"letters",
"memorandums",
"memoranda",
"memos",
"missives",
"notes",
"encyclicals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poor boy":{
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"ordered a fried catfish po'boy"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwich",
"grinder",
"hero",
"hoagie",
"hoagy",
"Italian sandwich",
"sub",
"submarine",
"torpedo"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"popularizes":{
"as in overdoes , depletes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hackneys",
"overexposes",
"overuses",
"stereotypes",
"vulgarizes",
"depletes",
"jades",
"tires",
"wears out",
"bores",
"exhausts",
"overdoes",
"coarsens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pothole":{
"as in basin , floodplain":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"floodplain",
"kettle",
"canyon",
"col",
"couloir",
"defile",
"flume",
"gap",
"gill",
"gorge",
"gulch",
"gulf",
"kloof",
"linn",
"notch",
"pass",
"ravine",
"saddle",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"cirque",
"cleft",
"crevasse",
"crevice",
"cwm",
"fissure",
"combe",
"coombe",
"coomb",
"dale",
"dell",
"glen",
"hollow",
"shut-in",
"vale",
"valley",
"arroyo",
"barranca",
"barranco",
"coulee",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"gutter",
"nullah",
"trench",
"trough",
"wadi",
"wash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"point (up)":{
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
"examples":[
"pointed up his warning by furiously wagging his finger at them"
],
"synonyms":[
"accent",
"accentuate",
"emphasize",
"feature",
"foreground",
"highlight",
"illuminate",
"play up",
"press",
"punctuate",
"stress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"focus",
"identify",
"pinpoint",
"spotlight",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"overplay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tone (down)",
"underemphasize",
"understate",
"belittle",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize"
],
"antonyms":[
"de-emphasize",
"play down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polytheists":{
"as in theist , monotheists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deists",
"monotheists",
"theist",
"cultists",
"pietists",
"zealots",
"churchgoers",
"communicants",
"congregants",
"fundamentalists",
"believers",
"religionists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in neo-pagans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"neo-pagans",
"atheists",
"giaours",
"infidels",
"misbelievers",
"miscreants",
"nonbelievers",
"unbelievers",
"gentiles",
"heathens",
"heathen",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"pagans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pout":{
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
"examples":[
"that storekeeper's face seems to be in a permanent pout"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"moue",
"mouth",
"mow",
"mug",
"scowl",
"snoot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinch",
"squinch",
"wince",
"growl",
"snarl",
"rictus",
"simper",
"smirk",
"scoff",
"sneer",
"glare",
"glower",
"look",
"stare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grin",
"laugh",
"smile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of resentful silence or irritability":{
"examples":[
"she stayed in the pouts all day"
],
"synonyms":[
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"snit",
"sulk",
"sulkiness",
"sullenness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blues",
"dumps",
"mopes",
"surliness",
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"fantods",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"surliness",
"testiness",
"waspishness",
"cantankerousness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gladsomeness",
"high-spiritedness",
"lightheartedness",
"perkiness",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"pleasantness",
"sociability",
"sociality",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"her lips pouted as she glared at him silently"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"poke",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dome",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"dilate",
"distend",
"expand",
"mushroom",
"snowball",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"pouted and didn't say a word to anyone all morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"grump",
"mope",
"sulk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brood",
"dwell (on)",
"mull (over)",
"muse (over)",
"ponder",
"frown",
"glower",
"lower",
"lour",
"scowl",
"carry on",
"take on",
"pet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poor-mouth":{
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"examples":[
"regardless of whatever is nominated, there'll be those who will poor-mouth the Oscar nominees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"diminish",
"dis",
"diss",
"discount",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk",
"vilipend",
"write off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discommend",
"abuse",
"scold",
"disapprove (of)",
"dislike",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate",
"asperse",
"defame",
"malign",
"rip",
"slander",
"slur",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"discredit",
"disgrace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"countenance",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"favor",
"recommend",
"sanction",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize"
],
"antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"magnify",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pocks":{
"a small, inflamed swelling of the skin":{
"examples":[
"noticed strange pocks on his torso"
],
"synonyms":[
"boils",
"festers",
"hickeys",
"papules",
"pimples",
"pustules",
"whelks",
"zits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackheads",
"blisters",
"milia",
"whiteheads",
"bumps",
"lumps",
"protuberances",
"sores",
"warts",
"weals",
"welts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocketed":{
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"pocketed my anger and just let the insult pass"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"suppressed",
"swallowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"she casually pocketed the note from his desk to read later"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"purloined",
"ripped off",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"pocketed his wife's messy habits"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"po-faced":{
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"we rarely invite her to our parties because she's always so po-faced"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polestars":{
"a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{
"examples":[
"under the polestar of progress, urban renewal programs gutted the historic districts of many cities"
],
"synonyms":[
"compasses",
"cynosures",
"directions",
"foci",
"focuses",
"lodestars",
"loadstars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"grades",
"marks",
"measures",
"pars",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks",
"aims",
"ambitions",
"aspirations",
"dreams",
"goals",
"intentions",
"objectives",
"objects",
"purposes",
"targets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"posteriorly":{
"as in back , rearward":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"after",
"back",
"backward",
"backwards",
"behind",
"rearward",
"rearwards",
"abaft",
"aft",
"astern",
"sternward",
"sternwards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fore",
"forward",
"anteriorly",
"ahead",
"before"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"ponies":{
"as in mustangs , broncos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"equids",
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels",
"equines",
"horses",
"horse",
"nags",
"steeds",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"porkpie hat":{
"as in cowboy hat , baseball cap":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"posts":{
"communications or parcels sent or carried through the postal system":{
"examples":[
"the post always comes at tea time"
],
"synonyms":[
"correspondences",
"mails",
"matters",
"parcel posts",
"snail mail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airmails",
"airposts",
"certified mails",
"registered mails",
"rural deliveries",
"rural free deliveries",
"special deliveries",
"special handlings",
"direct mails",
"junk mails",
"mailers",
"cards",
"dispatches",
"epistles",
"letters",
"messages",
"missives",
"notes",
"postal cards",
"postcards",
"printed matters",
"bundles",
"packages",
"shipments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{
"examples":[
"selling lemonade was my post at the church fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"assignments",
"briefs",
"businesses",
"charges",
"details",
"jobs",
"missions",
"operations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burdens",
"chores",
"duties",
"needs",
"obligations",
"offices",
"requirements",
"responsibilities",
"errands",
"labors",
"works",
"commitments",
"pledges",
"promises",
"appointments",
"commissions",
"designations",
"nominations",
"compulsions",
"constraints",
"restraints"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
"examples":[
"he wisely stayed at his post during the emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"positions",
"quarters",
"stations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignments",
"briefs",
"businesses",
"charges",
"details",
"jobs",
"operations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
"examples":[
"she's held a number of teaching posts at local colleges"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointments",
"berths",
"billets",
"capacities",
"connections",
"functions",
"jobs",
"places",
"positions",
"situations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"businesses",
"employments",
"employs",
"occupations",
"professions",
"works",
"offices",
"spots",
"callings",
"pursuits",
"trades",
"vocations",
"lines",
"rackets",
"engagements",
"gigs",
"livelihoods",
"livings",
"careers",
"lifeworks",
"practices",
"practises",
"duties",
"missions",
"postings",
"services",
"tasks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocations",
"unemployments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an upright shaft that supports an overhead structure":{
"examples":[
"hung the hammock between a tree and a post in the fence"
],
"synonyms":[
"columns",
"piers",
"pilasters",
"pillars",
"stanchions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caryatids",
"caryatides",
"pedestals",
"buttresses",
"flying buttresses",
"needles",
"obelisks",
"piles",
"pilings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place":{
"examples":[
"the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board"
],
"synonyms":[
"placards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nails",
"plasters",
"tacks (up)",
"advertises",
"announces",
"bills",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"calls",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"posted the students' grades"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"annunciates",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"enunciates",
"flashes",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"releases",
"sounds",
"trumpets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barks",
"calls (off or out)",
"cries",
"billboards",
"bills",
"bulletins",
"gazettes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls",
"blurbs",
"features",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"puffs",
"disseminates",
"spreads",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"introduces",
"kithes",
"manifests",
"reports",
"reveals",
"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
"informs",
"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a place or position":{
"examples":[
"the police are planning to post an officer outside the hospital room of the witness"
],
"synonyms":[
"details",
"stations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sets",
"appoints",
"places",
"positions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the postal system":{
"examples":[
"be sure to post the letter this afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"mails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"airmails",
"franks",
"addresses",
"consigns",
"directs",
"dispatches",
"forwards",
"remits",
"routes",
"ships",
"transmits",
"transports",
"registers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gets",
"receives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"postdate":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years"
],
"synonyms":[
"follow",
"succeed",
"supervene"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"ensue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poses (as)":{
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
"examples":[
"posing as a soldier, the spy sneaked onto the base with surprising ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"impersonates",
"masquerades (as)",
"personates",
"plays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apes",
"copies",
"imitates",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"mocks",
"monkeys",
"parodies",
"travesties",
"performs",
"portrays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooped":{
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
"examples":[
"\"I'm really pooped after that hike,\" she sighed"
],
"synonyms":[
"all in",
"aweary",
"beat",
"beaten",
"bleary",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"bushed",
"dead",
"done",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"jaded",
"knackered",
"limp",
"logy",
"loggy",
"played out",
"prostrate",
"spent",
"tapped out",
"tired",
"tuckered (out)",
"washed-out",
"wearied",
"weary",
"wiped out",
"worn",
"worn-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overfatigued",
"overtaxed",
"overworked",
"broken-down",
"run-down",
"debilitated",
"enervate",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"drowsy",
"heavy",
"sleepy",
"lethargic",
"sluggish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"refreshed",
"rejuvenated",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"revitalized",
"active",
"energetic",
"invigorated",
"peppy",
"strengthened",
"strong",
"tireless",
"vitalized",
"weariless"
],
"antonyms":[
"unwearied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"popping":{
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"examples":[
"a balloon popped suddenly and startled us all"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"blowing up",
"bursting",
"crumping",
"detonating",
"exploding",
"going off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragmenting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"discharging",
"firing",
"shooting",
"ballooning",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"mushrooming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"fizzling"
],
"antonyms":[
"imploding"
]
},
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the last strand popped , causing the chandelier to drop to the floor with a great crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracking",
"snapping"
],
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"rending",
"riving",
"splitting",
"crackling",
"hissing",
"sizzling",
"sputtering",
"bursting",
"exploding",
"shattering",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"clicking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"examples":[
"popping popcorn over a campfire"
],
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"blasting",
"blowing",
"blowing up",
"bursting",
"demolishing",
"exploding",
"shattering",
"smashing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dynamiting",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"destroying",
"ruining",
"wrecking",
"detonating",
"discharging",
"fragmenting",
"splintering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"imploding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
"examples":[
"went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables"
],
"synonyms":[
"drilling",
"gunning",
"plugging",
"shooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"bringing down",
"dropping",
"picking off",
"shooting down",
"blazing",
"peppering",
"potshotting",
"sniping (at)",
"blasting (at)",
"firing (at)",
"pistoling",
"pistolling",
"shotgunning",
"machine-gunning",
"tommy-gunning",
"croaking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"icing",
"killing",
"slaying",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"butchering",
"decimating",
"massacring",
"slaughtering",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"postings":{
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
"examples":[
"a posting in the local newspaper of the public auction of a house on which a bank had foreclosed"
],
"synonyms":[
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"releases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"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"
]
},
"polychrome":{
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
"examples":[
"polychrome pottery featuring designs from the American Southwest"
],
"synonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near synonyms":[
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid"
]
},
"as in stripe , speckle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"speck",
"speckle",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"variegate",
"darken",
"embrown",
"tone (down)",
"brighten",
"lighten",
"bepaint",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorize",
"blanch",
"bleach",
"whiten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"posterns":{
"as in portcullises , trapdoors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double doors",
"Dutch doors",
"French doors",
"lattices",
"portcullises",
"revolving doors",
"storm doors",
"trapdoors",
"wickets",
"doors",
"gates",
"hatches",
"portals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"podium":{
"a level usually raised surface":{
"examples":[
"the conductor on the podium tonight is one of the leading figures of classical music"
],
"synonyms":[
"dais",
"platform",
"rostrum",
"stage",
"stand",
"tribune"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altar",
"bimah",
"bima",
"footpace",
"pulpit",
"riser",
"scaffold",
"balcony",
"gallery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointing (for)":{
"as in preparing (for) , training (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"preparing (for)",
"training (with)",
"grooving",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"drilling",
"repeating",
"exercising",
"practicing",
"practising",
"rehearsing",
"running over",
"working (at or on)",
"reviewing",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"powder room":{
"as in half bath":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"half bath",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room",
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"bath",
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"populaces":{
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
"examples":[
"high officials awkwardly mingling with the general populace"
],
"synonyms":[
"commoners",
"commons",
"crowds",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"people",
"plebeians",
"plebes",
"publics",
"rank and files"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cattle",
"proletariats",
"rabblements",
"rabbles",
"ragtag and bobtails",
"riffraffs",
"routs",
"scums",
"tag, rag, and bobtails",
"tagrag and bobtails",
"trash",
"unwasheds",
"bourgeoisies",
"middle classes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentilities",
"gentlefolks",
"gentries",
"haute mondes",
"nobilities",
"patriciates",
"peerages",
"qualities",
"royalties",
"societies"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-lists",
"aristocracies",
"best",
"choices",
"corps d'elite",
"creams",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"flowers",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"upper crusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poring (over)":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"pondering",
"questioning",
"revolving",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"musing (upon)",
"reflecting (on or upon)",
"reminiscing",
"analyzing",
"exploring",
"reviewing",
"concluding",
"reasoning",
"second-guessing",
"speculating (about)",
"brooding (about or over)",
"dwelling (on or upon)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"fretting (about or over)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"opining",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
],
"synonyms":[
"perusing",
"reading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browsing",
"dipping (into)",
"leafing (through)",
"scanning",
"skimming",
"speed-reading",
"thumbing (through)",
"turning over",
"devouring",
"gobbling (up)",
"slogging (through)",
"wading (through)",
"rereading",
"proofreading",
"deciphering",
"reviewing",
"studying",
"apprehending",
"comprehending",
"getting",
"grasping",
"making",
"making out",
"perceiving",
"seeing",
"tumbling (to)",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poking fun at":{
"to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter":{
"examples":[
"Poking fun at the corny romantic comedies they watch is a favorite pleasure of theirs."
],
"synonyms":[
"deriding",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"laughing (at)",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"skewering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"sneering (at)",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"disparaging",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"putting down",
"chaffing",
"jiving",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzing",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"riding",
"teasing",
"tweaking",
"twitting",
"baiting",
"barracking",
"bugging",
"catcalling",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"needling",
"pestering",
"ragging",
"targeting",
"taunting",
"tormenting",
"aping",
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"imitating",
"lampooning",
"mimicking",
"parodying",
"parroting",
"pillorying",
"satirizing",
"taking off (on)",
"travestying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applauding",
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pokes (around)":{
"as in grubs (about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grubs (about)",
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"discovers",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"learns",
"locates",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"tracks (down)",
"explores",
"probes",
"prospects",
"skirmishes",
"snoops",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"browses",
"glances (over)",
"looks over",
"frisks",
"pats down",
"shakes down",
"peruses",
"studies",
"combs",
"digs (through)",
"dredges",
"hunts (through)",
"rakes",
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"scours",
"searches",
"sorts (through)",
"trolls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"abandons",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polysyllable":{
"as in word , vernacularism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archaism",
"coinage",
"colloquialism",
"euphemism",
"loanword",
"modernism",
"neologism",
"vernacularism",
"linguistic form",
"monosyllable",
"morpheme",
"speech form",
"expression",
"term",
"word",
"collocation",
"idiom",
"locution",
"phrase"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"popularizing":{
"as in overdoing , depleting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hackneying",
"overexposing",
"overusing",
"stereotyping",
"vulgarizing",
"depleting",
"jading",
"tiring",
"wearing out",
"boring",
"exhausting",
"overdoing",
"coarsening"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"portending":{
"to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen":{
"examples":[
"The distant thunder portended a storm.",
"If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boding",
"foreboding",
"forboding",
"promising",
"auguring",
"calling",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"reading",
"vaticinating",
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"forewarning",
"warning",
"anticipating",
"divining",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"heralding",
"proclaiming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"relating",
"reporting",
"telling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"portraiture":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"the author's meticulous portraiture of a small Midwestern town at the turn of the century"
],
"synonyms":[
"definition",
"delineation",
"depiction",
"description",
"picture",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"rendering",
"sketch",
"vignette"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"anecdote",
"chronicle",
"narrative",
"report",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"demonstration",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polyandries":{
"as in polygamies , polyamories":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamies",
"polyamories",
"polygamies",
"polygynies",
"conjugalities",
"connubialities",
"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
"wedlocks",
"monogamies",
"intermarriages",
"miscegenations",
"mixed marriages",
"remarriages",
"cohabitations",
"common-law marriages",
"civil unions",
"domestic partnerships",
"attachments",
"commitments",
"relationships",
"betrothals",
"engagements",
"espousals",
"hands",
"pledges",
"promises",
"proposals",
"troths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polysyllables":{
"as in words , vernacularisms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"archaisms",
"coinages",
"colloquialisms",
"euphemisms",
"loanwords",
"modernisms",
"neologisms",
"vernacularisms",
"linguistic forms",
"monosyllables",
"morphemes",
"speech forms",
"expressions",
"terms",
"words",
"collocations",
"idioms",
"locutions",
"phrases"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"populist":{
"as in socialist , democrat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"social democrat",
"socialist",
"democrat",
"egalitarian",
"leveler",
"leveller"
],
"near antonyms":[
"snob",
"snoot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollutes":{
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"outmoded factories polluting the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"fouls",
"poisons",
"taints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infects",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"fouls up",
"grimes",
"mires",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies",
"corrupts",
"rots",
"spoils",
"adulterates",
"doctors",
"dilutes",
"waters down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"purges",
"filters",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"sterilizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polishing":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffing",
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"furbishing",
"glossing",
"grinding",
"rubbing",
"shining",
"smoothening",
"smoothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeking",
"slicking",
"coating",
"glazing",
"japanning",
"lacquering",
"varnishing",
"facing",
"finishing",
"veneering",
"brightening",
"filing",
"rasping",
"sandblasting",
"sanding",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scrubbing",
"bobbing",
"boning",
"lapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"ruffling",
"scuffing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
],
"synonyms":[
"completing",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"perfecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"following through (with)",
"sticking out",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"effecting",
"carrying out",
"carrying through",
"discharging",
"doing",
"executing",
"fulfilling",
"performing",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"machining",
"refining",
"rounding (off or out)",
"shining",
"touching up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"forsaking",
"quitting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pope":{
"as in bishop , archbishop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"religious",
"high priest",
"high priestess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular",
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portioned (out)":{
"as in doled out , meted (out)":{
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"doled out",
"meted (out)",
"rationed (out)",
"nursed",
"scanted",
"skimped (on)",
"spared",
"stinted (on)",
"pinched",
"shortchanged",
"conserved",
"preserved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heaped",
"lavished",
"poured",
"rained",
"showered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poetic":{
"having qualities suggestive of poetry":{
"examples":[
"your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bardic",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"poetical",
"poeticized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metrical",
"metric",
"rhyming",
"riming",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"florid",
"flowery",
"grandiloquent",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-flown",
"ornate",
"purple",
"glamorized",
"glamourized",
"idealized",
"romanticized",
"figurative",
"metaphoric",
"metaphorical",
"symbolic",
"symbolical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"factual",
"literal",
"matter-of-fact",
"antipoetic"
],
"antonyms":[
"prosaic",
"prose",
"unlyrical",
"unpoetic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"position":{
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
"examples":[
"he holds the position of manager at the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointment",
"berth",
"billet",
"capacity",
"connection",
"function",
"job",
"place",
"post",
"situation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"business",
"employ",
"employment",
"occupation",
"profession",
"work",
"office",
"spot",
"calling",
"pursuit",
"trade",
"vocation",
"line",
"racket",
"engagement",
"gig",
"livelihood",
"living",
"career",
"lifework",
"practice",
"practise",
"duty",
"mission",
"posting",
"service",
"task"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocation",
"joblessness",
"unemployment"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"man's position in the universe"
],
"synonyms":[
"business",
"capacity",
"function",
"job",
"part",
"place",
"purpose",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"task",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affair",
"concern",
"hand",
"involvement",
"participation",
"niche",
"office",
"post",
"situation",
"calling",
"occupation",
"pursuit",
"vocation",
"activity",
"assignment",
"charge",
"commission",
"duty",
"employ",
"mission",
"responsibility",
"service",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"I knew that someone had been in the room because the chair was out of its usual position"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacement",
"locale",
"locality",
"location",
"locus",
"place",
"point",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scene",
"precinct",
"region",
"section",
"sector",
"here",
"there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
"examples":[
"the soldiers were commanded to hold their position on the hill at all costs"
],
"synonyms":[
"post",
"quarter",
"station"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignment",
"brief",
"business",
"charge",
"detail",
"job",
"operation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"examples":[
"holds the lead position in the standings"
],
"synonyms":[
"degree",
"echelon",
"footing",
"level",
"place",
"rank",
"ranking",
"reach(es)",
"rung",
"situation",
"standing",
"station",
"status",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condition",
"estate",
"order",
"walk",
"capacity",
"function",
"rating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"positioned the chairs around the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"potter (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"pottering around indoors on a rainy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodle",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang about",
"kick around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"clown (around)",
"horse around",
"diddle (with)",
"tinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckle (down)",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"points of view":{
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"examples":[
"From my point of view , the best decision is to quit while we're ahead."
],
"synonyms":[
"angles",
"eye views",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"shoes",
"slants",
"standpoints",
"vantage points",
"viewpoints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interpretations",
"spins",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"mind-sets",
"notions",
"opinions",
"perceptions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views",
"impressions",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"posterities":{
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
"examples":[
"an association for people who have claims for being the posterity of Thomas Jefferson"
],
"synonyms":[
"fruit",
"get",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"seed",
"spawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brood",
"hatch",
"litter",
"young",
"child",
"scion",
"family",
"kin",
"lineage",
"stock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"parent",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"police force":{
"a body of officers of the law":{
"examples":[
"mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal"
],
"synonyms":[
"constabulary",
"finest",
"force",
"fuzz",
"heat",
"man",
"police"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoat",
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"peeler",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"policewoman",
"shamus",
"trooper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possessionless":{
"as in ruined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ruined",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out",
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"police dog":{
"as in guide dog , working dog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"guide dog",
"working dog",
"bandog",
"bird dog",
"coonhound",
"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"sled dog",
"watchdog",
"wolf dog",
"wolfhound",
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"bitch",
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"pooch",
"tyke",
"tike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portcullis":{
"as in postern , trapdoor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"double door",
"Dutch door",
"French door",
"lattice",
"postern",
"revolving door",
"storm door",
"trapdoor",
"wicket",
"door",
"gate",
"hatch",
"portal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pouching":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"as he grew older, the skin on his neck pouched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"ballooning",
"beetling",
"bellying",
"billowing",
"bulging",
"bunching",
"jutting",
"overhanging",
"poking",
"pooching",
"pouting",
"projecting",
"protruding",
"standing out",
"starting",
"sticking out",
"swelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doming",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"dilating",
"distending",
"expanding",
"mushrooming",
"snowballing",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"shrinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"populates":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"a small island populated only by woodland creatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonizes",
"peoples",
"settles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabits",
"moves (to)",
"relocates (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulates",
"unpeoples"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"powerhouse":{
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
"examples":[
"from the very start of her singing career, she had a reputation for being a very determined powerhouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootstrapper",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"self-starter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eager beaver",
"achiever",
"comer",
"doer",
"enterpriser",
"he-man",
"individualist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawdler",
"idler",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"putterer",
"trifler",
"goldbrick",
"malingerer",
"procrastinator",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"drone",
"lazybones",
"sluggard",
"dallier",
"laggard",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"slowpoke",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"ignorer",
"ne'er-do-well",
"neglecter",
"daydreamer",
"dreamer",
"dropout",
"quitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portrays":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineates",
"depicts",
"describes",
"draws",
"images",
"limns",
"paints",
"pictures",
"renders",
"sets out",
"sketches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterizes",
"defines",
"labels",
"qualifies",
"represents",
"demonstrates",
"illustrates",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports",
"tells",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"shows",
"hints",
"suggests",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"traces",
"vignettes",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"touches off",
"redescribes",
"reimages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colors",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"misdescribes",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"traditionally, European authors portrayed the natives as wise and noble"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterizes",
"characters",
"defines",
"depicts",
"describes",
"represents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"pigeonholes",
"types",
"colors",
"identifies",
"indicates",
"names",
"specifies",
"distinguishes",
"individualizes",
"marks",
"particularizes",
"stamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"a landscape that portrays the scenery near the town where the painter grew up"
],
"synonyms":[
"depicts",
"images",
"pictures",
"represents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineates",
"describes",
"documents",
"renders",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"illustrates",
"shows",
"diagrams",
"caricatures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"examples":[
"gained fame portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman show"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"does",
"impersonates",
"interprets",
"performs",
"plays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depicts",
"dramatizes",
"renders",
"represents",
"acts out",
"enacts",
"pantomimes",
"playacts",
"role-plays",
"takes on",
"overacts",
"overplays",
"underplays",
"apes",
"clowns",
"hams",
"imitates",
"masquerades",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"poses (as)",
"stars (in)",
"coacts",
"costars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pool":{
"a small often deep body of water":{
"examples":[
"a secluded pool that has long been a locally favored spot for skinny-dipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"billabong",
"mere",
"puddle",
"stank",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basin",
"hole",
"sinkhole",
"swimming pool",
"lake",
"pond",
"water hole"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"a large pool of applicants for the summer internship"
],
"synonyms":[
"force",
"help",
"labor force",
"manpower",
"personnel",
"staff",
"workforce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labor",
"proletariat",
"rank and file",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"employee",
"employe",
"helper",
"hireling",
"worker",
"blood",
"support"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"examples":[
"a pool of ideas ready to use whenever the cartoonist needs to meet a deadline"
],
"synonyms":[
"budget",
"force",
"fund",
"inventory",
"repertoire",
"reservoir",
"stock",
"supply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserve",
"resource",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stockpile",
"refill",
"renewal",
"replacement",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"pot",
"purse",
"fountain",
"mine",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sum of money set aside for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"office workers setting up a pool for the collective purchase of lottery tickets"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"budget",
"deposit",
"fund",
"kitty",
"nest egg"
],
"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":[]
},
"the total of the bets at stake at one time":{
"examples":[
"two coworkers split last week's football pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"jack",
"jackpot",
"pot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fund",
"kitty",
"bet",
"stake",
"wager"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in join , connect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"combine",
"connect",
"join",
"link",
"merge",
"unite",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"scrape (up or together)",
"ball",
"batch",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"huddle",
"re-collect",
"regather",
"regroup",
"archive",
"arrange",
"collate",
"compile",
"organize",
"systematize",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"bulk (up)",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"congregate",
"constellate",
"corral",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"lump",
"pick up",
"round up",
"band",
"brigade",
"muster",
"raise",
"rally",
"flock",
"herd",
"hive",
"pack",
"press",
"swarm",
"throng"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split (up)",
"dismiss",
"send",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"portioned":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"portioned out the medical supplies equally"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"prorated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasured",
"allotted",
"allowed",
"appropriated",
"assigned",
"dished out",
"divided",
"divvied (up)",
"dolloped (out)",
"lotted",
"measured (out)",
"parted",
"proportioned",
"rationed",
"redistributed",
"set",
"shared (out)",
"split",
"bestowed",
"disbursed",
"furnished",
"issued",
"provided",
"shared",
"supplied",
"circulated",
"dispersed",
"disseminated",
"scattered",
"spread",
"chipped in",
"contributed",
"donated",
"pledged",
"reallocated",
"reapportioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudged",
"declined",
"denied",
"deprived (of)",
"disallowed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"withheld",
"niggled (out)",
"pinched",
"skimped",
"stinted"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poised":{
"as in serene , cool":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-asserting",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"self-promoting",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unself-conscious",
"unshakable",
"disciplined",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"self-poised",
"self-reliant",
"self-sufficient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in hanging , hovering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"awash",
"drifting",
"gliding",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"sailing",
"wafting",
"free-floating",
"buoyant",
"floaty",
"unsinkable",
"afloat",
"floating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sinking",
"sunk",
"aground",
"high and dry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{
"examples":[
"the disgraced business executive poised herself for the difficult press conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"braced",
"forearmed",
"fortified",
"nerved",
"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":[]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"examples":[
"the falcon poised in the air for an instant before diving to attack its prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"glided",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"rode",
"rid",
"sailed",
"swam",
"wafted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bobbed",
"dangled",
"suspended",
"buoyed",
"ballooned",
"rafted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"lunged",
"plunged",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"antonyms":[
"sank",
"sunk",
"settled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"Ponzi scheme":{
"as in pyramid scheme":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pyramid scheme",
"cross",
"fix",
"racket",
"rip-off",
"bunco",
"bunko",
"con",
"fiddle",
"flimflam",
"fraud",
"hustle",
"scam",
"shell game",
"sting",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"three-card monte",
"device",
"dodge",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"ploy",
"scheme",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile",
"gouging",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"humbug",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poured":{
"to cause to flow in a stream":{
"examples":[
"she lifted the teakettle and poured some hot water from the spout"
],
"synonyms":[
"streamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ladled",
"spooned",
"cascaded",
"trickled",
"deluged",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in a stream":{
"examples":[
"water gently pouring down the canal toward the dam"
],
"synonyms":[
"flowed",
"ran",
"run",
"rolled",
"streamed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arose",
"disembogued",
"effused",
"emanated",
"issued",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"coursed",
"raced",
"rushed",
"fountained",
"gushed",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"deluged",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overran",
"swamped",
"cascaded",
"dribbled",
"dripped",
"guttered",
"riffled",
"rippled",
"sheeted",
"trickled",
"flushed",
"washed out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"congealed",
"gelled",
"hardened",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[
"backed up"
]
},
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
"examples":[
"tears pouring down his cheeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"gushed",
"jetted",
"rushed",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"squirted",
"swooshed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cascaded",
"issued",
"ran",
"run",
"rolled",
"streamed",
"plashed",
"sloshed",
"splashed",
"washed",
"surged",
"swelled",
"flushed",
"sluiced",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged",
"submersed",
"swamped",
"fountained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"spattered",
"sprinkled",
"bled",
"exuded",
"leaked",
"oozed",
"percolated",
"seeped",
"strained",
"wept"
],
"antonyms":[
"dribbled",
"dripped",
"dropped",
"trickled"
]
},
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
"examples":[
"it's pouring outside, so you'd better take an umbrella"
],
"synonyms":[
"precipitated",
"rained",
"stormed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showered",
"spit",
"spat",
"hailed",
"squalled",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"swamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzled",
"misted",
"mizzled",
"spit",
"spat",
"sprinkled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give readily and in large quantities":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly poured money into the revitalization of the downtown area"
],
"synonyms":[
"heaped",
"lavished",
"rained",
"showered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushed",
"streamed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped",
"bombarded",
"hailed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"held back",
"kept",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"portent":{
"something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{
"examples":[
"a red sky in the morning can be a portent of a coming storm"
],
"synonyms":[
"augury",
"auspice",
"boding",
"foreboding",
"foreshadowing",
"omen",
"prefiguring",
"presage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forerunner",
"harbinger",
"herald",
"precursor",
"foretaste",
"hint",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"suggestion",
"forewarning",
"forecast",
"foretelling",
"prediction",
"prognostication",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"badge",
"mark",
"note",
"token",
"divination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
"examples":[
"a scout was sent to have a look at this teenage pitcher who was supposed to be the latest portent of the baseball world"
],
"synonyms":[
"caution",
"flash",
"marvel",
"miracle",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"splendor",
"wonder"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curiosity",
"sight",
"spectacle",
"beauty",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"apparition",
"appearance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poets":{
"a person who writes poetry":{
"examples":[
"Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"bards",
"minstrels",
"muses",
"poetasters",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"poetesses",
"poets laureate",
"poet laureates",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"epigrammatists",
"epigrammatizers",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"sonneteers",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postpone":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to postpone a decision until we have all the information"
],
"synonyms":[
"defer",
"delay",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"hold up",
"lay over",
"put off",
"put over",
"remit",
"shelve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspend",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"stay",
"detain",
"retard",
"slow",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"wait"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act",
"deal (with)",
"decide (upon)",
"do",
"work (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooching":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"his lower lip pooched out in disappointment"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagging",
"ballooning",
"beetling",
"bellying",
"billowing",
"bulging",
"bunching",
"jutting",
"overhanging",
"poking",
"pouching",
"pouting",
"projecting",
"protruding",
"standing out",
"starting",
"sticking out",
"swelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doming",
"blowing up",
"inflating",
"dilating",
"distending",
"expanding",
"mushrooming",
"snowballing",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"shrinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policing (up)":{
"as in turning out , straightening (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleaning (off)",
"neatening",
"straightening (up)",
"turning out",
"uncluttering",
"housecleaning",
"housekeeping",
"arranging",
"ordering",
"cleaning (up)",
"picking up",
"tidying (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cluttering",
"disarranging",
"messing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polishes off":{
"as in finishes , dispatches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatches",
"finishes",
"chews",
"gnaws (at or on)",
"laps",
"licks",
"munches",
"nibbles (on)",
"pecks (at)",
"ruminates",
"gorges",
"scarfs",
"scoffs",
"wolfs",
"consumes",
"eats",
"mouths (down)",
"puts away",
"sups",
"bolts",
"devours",
"gobbles (up or down)",
"gulps",
"ingurgitates",
"drinks",
"guzzles",
"imbibes",
"knocks back",
"sips",
"downs",
"gets down",
"ingests",
"swallows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polyamory":{
"as in polygamy , bigamy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamy",
"polyandry",
"polygamy",
"polygyny",
"conjugality",
"connubiality",
"marriage",
"match",
"matrimony",
"wedlock",
"monogamy",
"intermarriage",
"miscegenation",
"mixed marriage",
"remarriage",
"cohabitation",
"common-law marriage",
"civil union",
"domestic partnership",
"attachment",
"commitment",
"relationship",
"betrothal",
"engagement",
"espousal",
"hand",
"pledge",
"promise",
"proposal",
"troth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulment",
"divorce",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pony up":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"despite having good credit, the couple still had to pony up a large down payment for the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"ante (up)",
"balance",
"clear",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"meet",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pounds (down)":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts (down)",
"drinks",
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"hoists",
"imbibes",
"knocks back",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slugs (down)",
"slurps",
"sups",
"swigs",
"swills",
"tosses (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laps",
"licks",
"sucks",
"consumes",
"downs",
"ingurgitates",
"kills",
"mouths (down)",
"puts away",
"nips",
"tipples",
"pledges",
"toasts",
"wines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"points":{
"a particular and often important moment in time":{
"examples":[
"it was at that point that I had to stop and check on the experiment"
],
"synonyms":[
"junctures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beats",
"cracks",
"flashes",
"heartbeats",
"instants",
"jiffies",
"minutes",
"moments",
"nanoseconds",
"seconds",
"shakes",
"split seconds",
"ticks",
"trices",
"twinkles",
"winks",
"bits",
"spells",
"stretches",
"whiles",
"brinks",
"cusps",
"nicks",
"thresholds",
"verges",
"crises",
"crunch times",
"wires"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow":{
"examples":[
"be careful with the point on that umbrella, or you could hurt someone"
],
"synonyms":[
"apexes",
"apices",
"cusps",
"ends",
"nibs",
"noses",
"pike",
"pikes",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pinpoints",
"prongs",
"tines",
"barbs",
"jags",
"prickles",
"snags",
"spikes",
"stickers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
"examples":[
"was at the point of accepting the new job when he realized he didn't want to leave his old one"
],
"synonyms":[
"brinks",
"cusps",
"edges",
"thresholds",
"verges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a separate part in a list, account, or series":{
"examples":[
"went down the list point by point"
],
"synonyms":[
"details",
"items",
"particulars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articles",
"belongings",
"objects",
"stuff",
"things",
"characteristics",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"factors",
"features",
"members",
"ingredients",
"divisions",
"particles",
"partitions",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"segments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"conglomerates",
"entireties",
"summations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a single piece of information":{
"examples":[
"two points that are important to remember"
],
"synonyms":[
"data",
"details",
"facts",
"niceties",
"particularities",
"particulars",
"specifics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"articles",
"items",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"ingredients",
"members",
"parts",
"aspects",
"circumstances",
"facets",
"factors",
"evidences",
"exhibits",
"databases",
"information",
"knowledges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"errors",
"fallacies",
"falsehoods",
"inaccuracies",
"misconceptions",
"misstatements",
"myths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"the little points of gold in the blue ceiling are supposed to represent stars"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"flecks",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast":{
"examples":[
"the racing yacht rounded the point far ahead of its closest rival"
],
"synonyms":[
"headlands",
"nesses",
"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":[
"Point Reyes, California"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"capes",
"forelands",
"headlands",
"nesses",
"peninsulas",
"promontories",
"spits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwaters",
"jetties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
"examples":[
"at this point in your life, you should already be saving for retirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"chapters",
"cuts",
"degrees",
"grades",
"inches",
"notches",
"pegs",
"phases",
"places",
"stages",
"steps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"aspects",
"facets",
"sides",
"amounts",
"measures",
"planes",
"decrements",
"increments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"impeccable politeness has always been her strong point"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"attributes",
"attributions",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"diagnostics",
"differentiae",
"features",
"fingerprints",
"hallmarks",
"markers",
"marks",
"notes",
"particularities",
"peculiarities",
"properties",
"qualities",
"specifics",
"stamps",
"touches",
"traits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badges",
"indications",
"signs",
"emblems",
"symbols",
"tokens",
"charms",
"graces",
"excellences",
"merits",
"virtues",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"oddities",
"quirks",
"individualities",
"singularities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"runners began lining up by the starting point"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacements",
"locales",
"localities",
"locations",
"loci",
"places",
"positions",
"sites",
"spots",
"venues",
"wheres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenes",
"precincts",
"regions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"heres",
"theres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
"examples":[
"what we're doing does have a point \u2014doesn't it?"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"ambitions",
"aspirations",
"bournes",
"bourns",
"designs",
"dreams",
"ends",
"goals",
"ideals",
"ideas",
"intentions",
"intents",
"marks",
"meanings",
"objectives",
"objects",
"plans",
"pretensions",
"purposes",
"targets",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grails",
"holy grails",
"plots",
"projects",
"schemes",
"desires",
"hopes",
"minds",
"wishes",
"nirvanas",
"destinations",
"termini",
"terminuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"methods",
"ways"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"that clueless reviewer seems to have missed the whole point of the book"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom lines",
"bull's-eyes",
"bullseyes",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"gists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"meat and potatoes",
"meats",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"roots",
"sums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"courses",
"directions",
"drifts",
"tenors",
"bodies",
"contents",
"substances",
"hypotheses",
"propositions",
"purports",
"subjects",
"themes",
"theses"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mentions , signals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adverts",
"mentions",
"refers",
"signalizes",
"signals",
"signifies",
"alludes",
"hints",
"implies",
"indicates",
"infers",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"smacks (of)",
"smells (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announces",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"spells out",
"delineates",
"describes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sets , aims":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aims",
"directs",
"homes (in on)",
"hones in (on)",
"levels",
"nails",
"sets",
"zeroes (in on)",
"centers",
"concentrates",
"fastens",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"rivets",
"trains",
"attends",
"heeds",
"minds",
"fixates (on)",
"obsesses (over)",
"refocuses"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poesy":{
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
"examples":[
"in olden days young gentlemen were expected to be proficient in the art of poesy"
],
"synonyms":[
"minstrelsy",
"poetry",
"song",
"verse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhyme",
"rime",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"vers libre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"prose"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointlessness":{
"as in irrelevance , inadequacy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extraneousness",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"inadmissibility",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"meaninglessness",
"senselessness",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"incorrectness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"wrongness",
"inauspiciousness",
"inexpedience",
"inexpediency",
"intolerability",
"undesirability",
"undesirableness",
"unsatisfactoriness",
"uselessness",
"unbecomingness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appositeness",
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"correctness",
"felicitousness",
"felicity",
"fitness",
"fittingness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"admissibility",
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"pointedness",
"relevance",
"relevancy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pounded":{
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"pounding down the road as fast as he could run"
],
"synonyms":[
"barged",
"clumped",
"flogged",
"floundered",
"galumphed",
"lumbered",
"lumped",
"plodded",
"scuffed",
"scuffled",
"shambled",
"shuffled",
"slogged",
"sloughed",
"stamped",
"stomped",
"stumbled",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"tromped",
"trudged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dragged",
"flopped",
"hauled",
"blundered",
"careened",
"doddered",
"lurched",
"reeled",
"staggered",
"swayed",
"teetered",
"tottered",
"waddled",
"weaved",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"poised",
"wafted"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezed",
"coasted",
"glided",
"slid",
"waltzed",
"whisked"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"pounding nails into boards all day long"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"examples":[
"pounding out a depression in the metal"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"drew",
"forged",
"hammered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chased",
"planished",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"kneaded",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"molded",
"patted",
"worked",
"wrought",
"coined",
"minted",
"stamped",
"abated",
"boasted",
"carved",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cut",
"graved",
"hewed",
"knapped",
"sculpted",
"sculptured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomized",
"beat",
"brayed",
"comminuted",
"crushed",
"disintegrated",
"ground",
"milled",
"mulled",
"powdered",
"pulverized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grated",
"kibbled",
"crumbled",
"crunched",
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"dashed",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"splintered",
"micronized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"portrayal":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"his novel presents a moving portrayal of a woman searching for personal fulfillment and happiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"definition",
"delineation",
"depiction",
"description",
"picture",
"portrait",
"portraiture",
"rendering",
"sketch",
"vignette"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"anecdote",
"chronicle",
"narrative",
"report",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"demonstration",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"posses":{
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"a popular teen and his ever-present posse of pals"
],
"synonyms":[
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"entourages",
"followings",
"retinues",
"suites",
"tails",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crews",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves",
"courts",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"helpers",
"retainers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portmanteaux":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau"
],
"synonyms":[
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"wallets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags",
"weekenders",
"cosmetic cases",
"traveling cases",
"carpetbags",
"duffel bags",
"kit bags",
"kits",
"backpacks",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks",
"attach\u00e9 cases",
"attach\u00e9s",
"briefcases",
"valises",
"baggages",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ports":{
"a part of a body of water protected and deep enough to be a place of safety for ships":{
"examples":[
"the cruise ship stops at each port for one night only"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basins",
"docks",
"marinas",
"moorages",
"moorings",
"arms",
"bays",
"bights",
"coves",
"creeks",
"embayments",
"estuaries",
"firths",
"fjords",
"fiords",
"gulfs",
"inlets",
"lagoons",
"lochs",
"loughs",
"narrows",
"roads",
"roadsteads",
"canals",
"channels",
"sounds",
"straits",
"containerports",
"home ports",
"seaports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polemical":{
"given to arguing":{
"examples":[
"during the Middle Ages even theologians could be surprisingly polemical in their writings"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"controversial",
"disputatious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"feisty",
"fractious",
"surly",
"balky",
"contrary",
"ornery",
"perverse",
"restive",
"wayward",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"pigheaded",
"resistant",
"self-opinionated",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"uncooperative",
"unreasonable",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful",
"acidic",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"captious",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"huffy",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"querulous",
"rude",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"splenetic",
"testy",
"touchy",
"waspish",
"battling",
"fighting",
"warring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conciliatory",
"cooperative",
"obliging",
"docile",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"relating to or causing the expression of opposing opinions":{
"examples":[
"an unnecessarily polemical look at the supposed incompatibility between science and religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"controversial",
"disputatious",
"hot-button"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delicate",
"difficult",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"spiny",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"touchy",
"tough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"irrefutable",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"noncontroversial",
"safe",
"uncontroversial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"posters":{
"a sheet bearing an announcement for posting in a public place":{
"examples":[
"we put up a hundred posters announcing the concert"
],
"synonyms":[
"bills",
"placards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"billboards",
"signboards",
"signs",
"broadsides",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"playbills",
"show bills",
"ads",
"advertisements",
"announcements",
"bulletins",
"dispatches",
"releases"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pouts":{
"a state of resentful silence or irritability":{
"examples":[
"she stayed in the pouts all day"
],
"synonyms":[
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"snit",
"sulk",
"sulkiness",
"sullenness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blues",
"dumps",
"mopes",
"surliness",
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"fantods",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"surliness",
"testiness",
"waspishness",
"cantankerousness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gladsomeness",
"high-spiritedness",
"lightheartedness",
"perkiness",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"pleasantness",
"sociability",
"sociality",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"her lips pouted as she glared at him silently"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"balloons",
"beetles",
"bellies",
"billows",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"pokes",
"pooches",
"pouches",
"projects",
"protrudes",
"stands out",
"starts",
"sticks out",
"swells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"dilates",
"distends",
"expands",
"mushrooms",
"snowballs",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"pouted and didn't say a word to anyone all morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumps",
"mopes",
"sulks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broods",
"dwells (on)",
"mulls (over)",
"muses (over)",
"ponders",
"frowns",
"glowers",
"lowers",
"lours",
"scowls",
"carries on",
"takes on",
"pets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"po'boy":{
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"ordered a fried catfish po'boy"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwich",
"grinder",
"hero",
"hoagie",
"hoagy",
"Italian sandwich",
"sub",
"submarine",
"torpedo"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polyamories":{
"as in polygamies , bigamies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamies",
"polyandries",
"polygamies",
"polygynies",
"conjugalities",
"connubialities",
"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
"wedlocks",
"monogamies",
"intermarriages",
"miscegenations",
"mixed marriages",
"remarriages",
"cohabitations",
"common-law marriages",
"civil unions",
"domestic partnerships",
"attachments",
"commitments",
"relationships",
"betrothals",
"engagements",
"espousals",
"hands",
"pledges",
"promises",
"proposals",
"troths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"powdering":{
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"you have to powder the antibiotic tablet and mix it with food"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizing",
"beating",
"braying",
"comminuting",
"crushing",
"disintegrating",
"grinding",
"milling",
"mulling",
"pounding",
"pulverizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grating",
"kibbling",
"crumbling",
"crunching",
"breaking",
"busting",
"dashing",
"fracturing",
"fragmenting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"micronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polymathic":{
"someone who knows a lot about many different things":{
"examples":[
"She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polyhistor",
"Renaissance man",
"Renaissance woman",
"brain",
"brainiac",
"genius",
"intellect",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wiz",
"wizard",
"blue",
"bluestocking",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"savant",
"geek",
"longhair",
"nerd",
"master",
"virtuoso",
"ace",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"natural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoramus",
"illiterate",
"know-nothing",
"lowbrow",
"anti-intellectual",
"philistine",
"ass",
"donkey",
"fool",
"jackass",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in erudite , well-read":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"erudite",
"learned",
"literate",
"polyhistoric",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"professorial",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"didactic",
"high-toned",
"hyperintellectual",
"pedantic",
"blue",
"cerebral",
"eggheaded",
"geeky",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"long-haired",
"longhair",
"nerdish",
"nerdy",
"high-hat",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"educated",
"schooled",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"quick-witted",
"smart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anti-intellectual",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"philistine",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"unread",
"dumb",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"slow",
"stupid",
"unintelligent",
"benighted",
"unenlightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"pooh-poohing":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing (off)",
"dismissing",
"flouting",
"rejecting",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"shrugging off",
"winking (at)",
"defying",
"disobeying",
"mocking",
"rebelling (against)",
"disobliging",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulating (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"deferring (to)",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"serving",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"cooperating (with)",
"keeping",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"obliging",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"watching",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"minding",
"obeying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poisons":{
"a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing":{
"examples":[
"the only way to get rid of rats is to leave out poison"
],
"synonyms":[
"banes",
"toxics",
"toxins",
"venoms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cancers",
"contagions",
"diseases",
"viruses",
"fungicides",
"germicides",
"herbicides",
"insecticides",
"microbicides",
"pesticides",
"toxicants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antidotes",
"antivenins",
"antivenoms",
"mithridates",
"cures",
"cure-alls",
"elixirs",
"panaceas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"darkens",
"mars",
"spoils",
"stains",
"taints",
"tarnishes",
"touches",
"vitiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrimes",
"besmears",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"dirties",
"discolors",
"pollutes",
"smears",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"smuts",
"soils",
"sullies",
"tars",
"tarres",
"abases",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"fouls",
"lowers",
"shames",
"sinks",
"bastardizes",
"corrupts",
"debauches",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"subverts",
"colors",
"distorts",
"twists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"dignifies",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"enshrines",
"glorifies",
"hallows",
"magnifies",
"uplifts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"exhaust fumes poisoning the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"fouls",
"pollutes",
"taints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infects",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"dirties",
"fouls up",
"grimes",
"mires",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains",
"sullies",
"corrupts",
"rots",
"spoils",
"adulterates",
"doctors",
"dilutes",
"waters down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"purges",
"filters",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"sterilizes"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purifies"
]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"bastardizes",
"cankers",
"cheapens",
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"deteriorates",
"lessens",
"perverts",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"subverts",
"vitiates",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"dilutes",
"dirties",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"thins",
"waters down",
"weakens",
"descends",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"shames",
"takes down",
"blemishes",
"damages",
"defaces",
"destroys",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"stains",
"tarnishes",
"wrecks",
"depreciates",
"downgrades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifies",
"exalts",
"honors",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"purifies",
"refines",
"restores",
"respects"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts"
]
},
"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
"examples":[
"malicious rumors had poisoned many church members against the new pastor"
],
"synonyms":[
"biases",
"biasses",
"prejudices",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disposes",
"inclines",
"predisposes",
"influences",
"prepossesses",
"convinces",
"persuades",
"suggests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pouched":{
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"as he grew older, the skin on his neck pouched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"ballooned",
"beetled",
"bellied",
"billowed",
"bulged",
"bunched",
"jutted",
"overhung",
"poked",
"pooched",
"pouted",
"projected",
"protruded",
"started",
"stood out",
"stuck out",
"swelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domed",
"blew up",
"inflated",
"dilated",
"distended",
"expanded",
"mushroomed",
"snowballed",
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"stretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poniarded":{
"as in piked , bayoneted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"spindled",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced",
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"portrait":{
"a vivid representation in words of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"his account created in the jurors' heads a detailed portrait of a lonely old man"
],
"synonyms":[
"definition",
"delineation",
"depiction",
"description",
"picture",
"portraiture",
"portrayal",
"rendering",
"sketch",
"vignette"
],
"near synonyms":[
"account",
"anecdote",
"chronicle",
"narrative",
"report",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"demonstration",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"clarification",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polka dot":{
"as in smutch , spot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"fleck",
"mottle",
"patch",
"pip",
"point",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"birthmark",
"freckle",
"mole",
"spatter",
"splash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portentous":{
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
"examples":[
"an eerie and portentous stillness hung over the camp the night before the battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"baleful",
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dim",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"hopeless",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"star-crossed",
"troubled",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"evil",
"malign",
"malignant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"benign",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
]
},
"causing wonder or astonishment":{
"examples":[
"in 1969 people regarded the first landing on the moon as a truly portentous event"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"awful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unthinkable",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"smashing",
"striking",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlightening",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"entertaining",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressive",
"uninspiring",
"unremarkable",
"boring",
"dull",
"jading",
"monotonous",
"tedious",
"tiring",
"uninspired",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"usual",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"potshots":{
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"ended the show with an extended rant in which he potshot an array of personages on the right"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bashes",
"belabors",
"blasts",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"jumps (on)",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"savages",
"scathes",
"slams",
"trashes",
"vituperates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"harangues",
"harasses",
"harries",
"reviles",
"scolds",
"whips",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"execrates",
"imprecates",
"profanes",
"affronts",
"insults",
"slurs",
"asperses",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"blackguards",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"chastises",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"laces (into)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"fulminates",
"lashes (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fusillades , salvos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barrages",
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombardments",
"broadsides",
"bursts",
"cannonades",
"drumfires",
"fusillades",
"hails",
"salvos",
"salvoes",
"showers",
"storms",
"volleys",
"discharges",
"firings",
"shots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pointy":{
"tapering to a thin tip":{
"examples":[
"wears high heels with very pointy toes even though they kill her feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"peaked",
"pointed",
"sharp",
"spired",
"tipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"needlelike",
"spiny",
"barbed",
"jagged",
"pronged",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"bladelike",
"knifelike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"rounded"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunt"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"popping (in)":{
"to make a brief visit":{
"examples":[
"I just popped in to say hello"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"coming by",
"coming over",
"dropping by",
"dropping in",
"running in",
"running (over)",
"stepping in",
"stopping (by or in)",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barging (in)",
"looking up",
"seeing",
"bopping (into)",
"happening (by)",
"frequenting",
"hanging (at)",
"haunting",
"resorting (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pontificates":{
"to speak or express your opinion about something in a way that shows that you think you are always right":{
"examples":[
"We had to listen to her pontificate about the best way to raise children."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloviates",
"blows",
"declaims",
"harangues",
"mouths (off)",
"orates",
"blusters",
"fulminates",
"huffs",
"rants",
"raves",
"spouts",
"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"speaks up",
"blares",
"blurts (out)",
"bolts",
"carries on",
"rages",
"storms",
"takes on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"portioning (out)":{
"as in doling out , meting (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doling out",
"meting (out)",
"rationing (out)",
"nursing",
"scanting",
"skimping (on)",
"sparing",
"stinting (on)",
"pinching",
"shortchanging",
"conserving",
"preserving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heaping",
"lavishing",
"pouring",
"raining",
"showering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"portliness":{
"the condition of having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"the whole family was known for its portliness"
],
"synonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"brawniness",
"burliness",
"endomorphy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"antonyms":[
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pops (in)":{
"to make a brief visit":{
"examples":[
"I just popped in to say hello"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"comes by",
"comes over",
"drops by",
"drops in",
"runs in",
"runs (over)",
"steps in",
"stops (by or in)",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barges (in)",
"looks up",
"sees",
"bops (into)",
"happens (by)",
"frequents",
"hangs (at)",
"haunts",
"resorts (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"postscript":{
"as in aftermath , epilogue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finis",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up",
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog",
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possessing":{
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"she possesses a keen insight into people"
],
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"commanding",
"enjoying",
"having",
"holding",
"owning",
"retaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeping",
"reserving",
"withholding",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"boasting",
"showing off",
"sporting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"ceding",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"discarding",
"dumping",
"declining",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"needing",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacking",
"wanting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poniarding":{
"as in piking , bayoneting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"spindling",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing",
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooh-bah":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"an annual clambake that attracts political pooh-bahs from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"big boy",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"big leaguer",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"big-timer",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"heavy",
"heavy hitter",
"heavyweight",
"high-muck-a-muck",
"high-muckety-muck",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"kingfish",
"kingpin",
"major leaguer",
"muckety-muck",
"muck-a-muck",
"mucky-muck",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"nibs",
"nob",
"wheel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"tycoon",
"VIP"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"mediocrity",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"nobody",
"nonentity",
"nothing",
"shrimp",
"twerp",
"whippersnapper",
"zero",
"zilch"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"popularized":{
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
"examples":[
"a recently popularized hobby among kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"crowd-pleasing",
"du jour",
"faddish",
"faddy",
"fashionable",
"favorite",
"happening",
"hot",
"in",
"large",
"modish",
"pop",
"popular",
"red-hot",
"vogue",
"voguish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"semipopular",
"preferred",
"selected",
"desirable",
"liked",
"wanted",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"well-known",
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"leading",
"notable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"important",
"significant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"washed-up",
"despised",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"rejected",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"indistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"unknown",
"inconspicuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"out",
"unfashionable",
"unpopular"
]
},
"as in overdid , depleted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hackneyed",
"overexposed",
"overused",
"stereotyped",
"vulgarized",
"depleted",
"jaded",
"tired",
"wore out",
"bored",
"exhausted",
"overdid",
"coarsened"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"Podunks":{
"as in cow towns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cow towns",
"bourgs",
"hamlets",
"townlets",
"villages",
"vills",
"whistle-stops",
"outposts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"powerboater":{
"as in sailboater":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sailboater",
"able-bodied seaman",
"able seaman",
"lubber",
"lime-juicer",
"limey",
"coxswain",
"crewman",
"deckhand",
"shipmate",
"gob",
"hearty",
"jack",
"jack-tar",
"mariner",
"navigator",
"sailor",
"salt",
"sea dog",
"seafarer",
"seaman",
"shipman",
"swab",
"swabbie",
"swabby",
"tar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postdating":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years"
],
"synonyms":[
"following",
"succeeding",
"supervening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting",
"ensuing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedating",
"preceding",
"predating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polishes":{
"to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to polish your shoes with a clean rag before the performance"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"glosses",
"grinds",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeks",
"slicks",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{
"examples":[
"once you polish the article a bit, it'll be ready to submit"
],
"synonyms":[
"completes",
"consummates",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"perfects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"follows through (with)",
"sticks out",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"carries out",
"carries through",
"discharges",
"does",
"executes",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"performs",
"ameliorates",
"amends",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"machines",
"refines",
"rounds (off or out)",
"shines",
"touches up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"forsakes",
"quits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"police actions":{
"as in civil wars , world wars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civil wars",
"cold wars",
"holy wars",
"limited wars",
"world wars",
"conflagrations",
"conflicts",
"hostilities",
"hot wars",
"wars",
"actions",
"battles",
"engagements",
"skirmishes",
"combats",
"warfares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"peaces",
"demilitarizations",
"demobilizations",
"disarmaments",
"pacifications",
"cease-fires",
"truces",
"calms",
"tranquillities",
"tranquilities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potting":{
"as in planting , putting in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drilling",
"planting",
"putting in",
"seeding",
"sowing",
"replanting",
"transplanting",
"broadcasting",
"scattering",
"overseeding",
"reseeding",
"bedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathering",
"harvesting",
"reaping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pouncing (on or upon)":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"bushwhacking",
"charging",
"descending (on or upon)",
"going in (on)",
"jumping (on)",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"setting on",
"siccing",
"sicking",
"storming",
"striking",
"trashing",
"turning (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"banging away (at)",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"enveloping",
"flanking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"posed":{
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"posed an interesting question for the visiting astronomer"
],
"synonyms":[
"advanced",
"bounced",
"offered",
"proffered",
"proposed",
"propounded",
"suggested",
"voted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moved",
"nominated",
"recommended",
"presented",
"submitted",
"tendered",
"trotted out",
"filed",
"laid",
"lodged",
"arranged",
"calculated",
"charted",
"contrived",
"covered",
"framed",
"mapped",
"planned",
"plotted",
"shaped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"utterly posed by the barrage of questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"baffled",
"bamboozled",
"beat",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"buffaloed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discombobulated",
"disoriented",
"flummoxed",
"foxed",
"fuddled",
"got",
"graveled",
"gravelled",
"mazed",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"mystified",
"perplexed",
"puzzled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stuck",
"stumped",
"weirded out",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"stunned",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"humbugged",
"misguided",
"misled",
"snowed",
"strung along",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"reassured",
"satisfied",
"enlightened",
"informed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poet laureate":{
"as in poet , poetaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bard",
"minstrel",
"muse",
"poet",
"poetaster",
"rhymester",
"rimester",
"versifier",
"epigrammatist",
"epigrammatizer",
"lyricist",
"rhymer",
"sonneteer",
"rhapsode",
"rhapsodist",
"scop",
"troubadour",
"poetess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocket money":{
"as in petty cash , spending money":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"petty cash",
"spending money",
"chicken feed",
"chump change",
"dime",
"hay",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pin money",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"song",
"two cents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big buck(s)",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabuck(s)",
"mint",
"wad",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"funds",
"means",
"wherewithal",
"opulence",
"pelf",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"heap",
"pile",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"treasury"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postulating":{
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"saying",
"supposing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepting",
"believing",
"crediting",
"swallowing",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"taking",
"conjecturing",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"reckoning",
"surmising",
"suspecting",
"suspicioning",
"thinking",
"conceiving",
"dreaming",
"fancying",
"imagining",
"perceiving",
"preconceiving",
"speculating",
"theorizing",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"declaring",
"insisting",
"maintaining",
"professing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disbelieving",
"discounting",
"discrediting",
"disputing",
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"wondering (about)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"belying",
"confuting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poppa":{
"a male human parent":{
"examples":[
"a proud papa of newborn twins"
],
"synonyms":[
"dad",
"daddy",
"father",
"old man",
"pa",
"pater",
"pop",
"sire"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paterfamilias",
"patriarch",
"father figure",
"father image",
"stepfather"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"political action committees":{
"as in vested interests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"vested interests",
"interest groups",
"interests",
"pressure groups",
"special interests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"pounded (down)":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"Friday nights were usually spent wolfing down pizza and pounding down beers"
],
"synonyms":[
"belted (down)",
"drank",
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"hoisted",
"imbibed",
"knocked back",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slugged (down)",
"slurped",
"supped",
"swigged",
"swilled",
"tossed (down or off)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lapped",
"licked",
"sucked",
"consumed",
"downed",
"ingurgitated",
"killed",
"mouthed (down)",
"put away",
"nipped",
"tippled",
"pledged",
"toasted",
"wined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ponied up":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"despite having good credit, the couple still had to pony up a large down payment for the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poet":{
"a person who writes poetry":{
"examples":[
"Emily Dickinson is famous as the poet who rarely left the house but often journeyed to the depths of the human heart"
],
"synonyms":[
"bard",
"minstrel",
"muse",
"poetaster",
"rhymester",
"rimester",
"versifier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"poetess",
"poet laureate",
"scop",
"troubadour",
"epigrammatist",
"epigrammatizer",
"lyricist",
"rhymer",
"sonneteer",
"rhapsode",
"rhapsodist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polygynies":{
"as in polygamies , polyamories":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bigamies",
"polyamories",
"polyandries",
"polygamies",
"conjugalities",
"connubialities",
"marriages",
"matches",
"matrimonies",
"wedlocks",
"monogamies",
"intermarriages",
"miscegenations",
"mixed marriages",
"remarriages",
"cohabitations",
"common-law marriages",
"civil unions",
"domestic partnerships",
"attachments",
"commitments",
"relationships",
"betrothals",
"engagements",
"espousals",
"hands",
"pledges",
"promises",
"proposals",
"troths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annulments",
"divorces",
"separations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pontificating":{
"as in authoritarian , domineering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in preaching , moralizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moralizing",
"preaching",
"interference",
"kibitzing",
"kibbitzing",
"meddling",
"exhortation",
"lecture",
"lesson",
"sermon",
"speech",
"assistance",
"briefing",
"coaching",
"direction",
"instruction",
"mentoring",
"priming",
"prompting",
"teaching",
"tutoring",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"observation",
"verdict",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"cautioning",
"expostulation",
"forewarning",
"remonstrance",
"remonstration",
"urging",
"warning",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"thought",
"answer",
"solution",
"data",
"feedback",
"information",
"hint",
"pointer",
"tip"
],
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},
"to speak or express your opinion about something in a way that shows that you think you are always right":{
"examples":[
"We had to listen to her pontificate about the best way to raise children."
],
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"bloviating",
"blowing",
"declaiming",
"haranguing",
"mouthing (off)",
"orating",
"blustering",
"fulminating",
"huffing",
"ranting",
"raving",
"spouting",
"sounding off",
"speaking out",
"speaking up",
"blaring",
"blurting (out)",
"bolting",
"carrying on",
"raging",
"storming",
"taking on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pompousness":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"offended by the pompousness of the minor official"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"the pompousness of the self-made billionaire was evident in the gaudy mansion he built for himself"
],
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"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portioning":{
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"portioned out the medical supplies equally"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"allocating",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"prorating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasuring",
"allotting",
"allowing",
"appropriating",
"assigning",
"dishing out",
"dividing",
"divvying (up)",
"dolloping (out)",
"lotting",
"measuring (out)",
"parting",
"proportioning",
"rationing",
"redistributing",
"setting",
"sharing (out)",
"splitting",
"bestowing",
"disbursing",
"furnishing",
"issuing",
"providing",
"sharing",
"supplying",
"circulating",
"dispersing",
"disseminating",
"scattering",
"spreading",
"chipping in",
"contributing",
"donating",
"pledging",
"reallocating",
"reapportioning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudging",
"declining",
"denying",
"depriving (of)",
"disallowing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"withholding",
"niggling (out)",
"pinching",
"skimping",
"stinting"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"posh":{
"having or showing a very high degree of elegance and luxury":{
"examples":[
"Celebrities paraded the red carpet in a wide display of posh outfits.",
"The posh hotel carries a hefty price tag."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swanky",
"chichi",
"flossy",
"haute",
"haut",
"nobby",
"ritzy",
"soign\u00e9",
"soign\u00e9e",
"deluxe",
"exclusive",
"high-end",
"luxe",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"sumptuous",
"upmarket",
"upscale",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glitzy",
"ostentatious",
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"classy",
"courtly",
"elegant",
"fine",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately",
"tasteful",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"ultrachic",
"ultracool",
"ultrahip",
"ultraposh",
"ultrasmart",
"ultrasophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"poem":{
"a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{
"examples":[
"your assignment is to write two poems about springtime"
],
"synonyms":[
"lyric",
"rune",
"song",
"verse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhyme",
"rime",
"ballad",
"lay",
"anacreontic",
"clerihew",
"dithyramb",
"eclogue",
"elegy",
"English sonnet",
"epic",
"epigram",
"epode",
"epopee",
"epos",
"georgic",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"jingle",
"lament",
"limerick",
"madrigal",
"ode",
"pastoral",
"pastorale",
"psalm",
"rondeau",
"rondel",
"rondelle",
"rondelet",
"sonnet",
"triolet",
"villanelle",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tanka",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"minstrelsy",
"poesy",
"poetry",
"versification",
"vers libre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"popes":{
"as in bishops , archbishops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"vicars",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular",
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polyhistors":{
"as in Renaissance men , polymaths":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"wizzes",
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"savants",
"geeks",
"longhairs",
"nerds",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"aces",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"naturals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"illiterates",
"know-nothings",
"lowbrows",
"anti-intellectuals",
"philistines",
"asses",
"donkeys",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"louses",
"louts",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postdates":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years"
],
"synonyms":[
"follows",
"succeeds",
"supervenes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants",
"ensues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedates",
"precedes",
"predates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pose (as)":{
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
"examples":[
"posing as a soldier, the spy sneaked onto the base with surprising ease"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"impersonate",
"masquerade (as)",
"personate",
"play"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ape",
"copy",
"imitate",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mock",
"monkey",
"parody",
"travesty",
"perform",
"portray"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polished off":{
"as in finished , dispatched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatched",
"finished",
"chewed",
"gnawed (at or on)",
"lapped",
"licked",
"munched",
"nibbled (on)",
"pecked (at)",
"ruminated",
"gorged",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"wolfed",
"ate",
"consumed",
"mouthed (down)",
"put away",
"supped",
"bolted",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up or down)",
"gulped",
"ingurgitated",
"drank",
"guzzled",
"imbibed",
"knocked back",
"sipped",
"downed",
"got down",
"ingested",
"swallowed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"portrayed":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineated",
"depicted",
"described",
"drew",
"imaged",
"limned",
"painted",
"pictured",
"rendered",
"set out",
"sketched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterized",
"defined",
"labeled",
"labelled",
"qualified",
"represented",
"demonstrated",
"illustrated",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported",
"told",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"showed",
"hinted",
"suggested",
"drafted",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"traced",
"vignetted",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"touched off",
"redescribed",
"reimaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colored",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"garbled",
"misdescribed",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"traditionally, European authors portrayed the natives as wise and noble"
],
"synonyms":[
"charactered",
"characterized",
"defined",
"depicted",
"described",
"represented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorized",
"classified",
"pigeonholed",
"typed",
"colored",
"identified",
"indicated",
"named",
"specified",
"distinguished",
"individualized",
"marked",
"particularized",
"stamped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"a landscape that portrays the scenery near the town where the painter grew up"
],
"synonyms":[
"depicted",
"imaged",
"pictured",
"represented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineated",
"described",
"documented",
"rendered",
"outlined",
"silhouetted",
"sketched",
"illustrated",
"showed",
"diagrammed",
"diagramed",
"caricatured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"examples":[
"gained fame portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman show"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"did",
"impersonated",
"interpreted",
"performed",
"played"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depicted",
"dramatized",
"rendered",
"represented",
"acted out",
"enacted",
"pantomimed",
"playacted",
"role-played",
"took on",
"overacted",
"overplayed",
"underplayed",
"aped",
"clowned",
"hammed",
"imitated",
"masqueraded",
"mimed",
"mimicked",
"posed (as)",
"starred (in)",
"coacted",
"co-acted",
"costarred",
"co-starred"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"posties":{
"a person who delivers mail":{
"examples":[
"the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business"
],
"synonyms":[
"letter carriers",
"mail carriers",
"mailmen",
"postmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"couriers",
"messengers",
"postmasters",
"postmistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"points (to)":{
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
"examples":[
"the reduced production points to declining efficiency within the plant"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"betokens",
"denotes",
"indicates",
"means",
"signifies",
"tells (of)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodes",
"foreshows",
"foretells",
"presages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"podia":{
"a level usually raised surface":{
"examples":[
"the conductor on the podium tonight is one of the leading figures of classical music"
],
"synonyms":[
"daises",
"platforms",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"stands",
"tribunes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altars",
"bimahs",
"bimas",
"footpaces",
"pulpits",
"risers",
"scaffolds",
"balconies",
"galleries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ponchos":{
"as in capelets , cowls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantelets",
"mantillas",
"palatines",
"pelerines",
"pelisses",
"roquelaures",
"tippets",
"capes",
"capotes",
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"manteaus",
"mantles",
"serapes",
"sarapes",
"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trenches , trench coats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sou'westers",
"trench coats",
"trenches",
"rain gear",
"rainwears",
"mackintoshes",
"macintoshes",
"macs",
"macks",
"oilskins",
"raincoats",
"slickers",
"waterproofs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polarizes":{
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
"examples":[
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"centers",
"centralizes",
"compacts",
"concenters",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"unifies",
"unites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coordinates",
"harmonizes",
"integrates",
"orchestrates",
"blends",
"coalesces",
"combines",
"fuses",
"incorporates",
"merges",
"reduces",
"conjoins",
"joins",
"links",
"assembles",
"collects",
"colligates",
"gathers",
"reunifies",
"reunites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"segregates",
"separates"
],
"antonyms":[
"decentralizes",
"deconcentrates",
"spreads (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policy":{
"a way of acting or proceeding":{
"examples":[
"it's always been my policy not to spread rumors"
],
"synonyms":[
"course",
"line",
"methodology",
"procedure",
"program"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blueprint",
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"strategy",
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"approach",
"direction",
"method",
"path",
"pathway",
"tack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters":{
"examples":[
"you should have exercised greater policy in your online relationships and not divulged so much personal information"
],
"synonyms":[
"common sense",
"discreetness",
"discretion",
"gumption",
"horse sense",
"levelheadedness",
"nous",
"prudence",
"sense",
"sensibleness",
"wisdom",
"wit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"street smarts",
"farsightedness",
"forehandedness",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"forethoughtfulness",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"brains",
"gray matter",
"intelligence",
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"practicality",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"discernment",
"discrimination",
"insight",
"sagacity",
"sapience",
"acumen",
"astuteness",
"clearheadedness",
"keenness",
"penetration",
"perspicacity",
"shrewdness",
"care",
"caution",
"circumspection",
"precaution",
"premeditation"
],
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"shortsightedness",
"brainlessness",
"foolishness",
"half-wittedness",
"idiocy",
"senselessness",
"stupidity",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"unreasonableness"
],
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"imprudence",
"indiscretion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portion (out)":{
"as in dole out , mete (out)":{
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"dole out",
"mete (out)",
"ration (out)",
"nurse",
"scant",
"skimp (on)",
"spare",
"stint (on)",
"pinch",
"shortchange",
"conserve",
"preserve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heap",
"lavish",
"pour",
"rain",
"shower"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"potentialities":{
"something that can develop or become actual":{
"examples":[
"would like to see a colony on the moon as an actuality and not merely a potentiality"
],
"synonyms":[
"capabilities",
"eventualities",
"possibilities",
"potentials",
"prospects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likelihoods",
"probabilities",
"latencies",
"potencies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"realities",
"certainties"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocketbook":{
"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
"examples":[
"she pulled some lip balm out of her pocketbook"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"handbag",
"purse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clutch",
"clutch bag",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"billfold",
"wallet",
"compact",
"vanity",
"poke",
"pouch",
"sack",
"shoulder bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in paper , pocket edition":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardback",
"hardcover",
"paper",
"paperback",
"paperbound",
"pocket edition",
"softback",
"softcover",
"trade book",
"trade edition",
"book",
"tome",
"volume",
"folio",
"quarto",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"manual",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"cyclopedia",
"cyclopaedia",
"dictionary",
"encyclopedia",
"monograph",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook",
"tract",
"treatise",
"novel",
"novelette",
"pulp",
"album",
"almanac",
"anthology",
"casebook",
"chapbook",
"omnibus",
"picture book"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointing":{
"as in mentioning , signaling":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adverting",
"mentioning",
"referring",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signalizing",
"signifying",
"alluding",
"hinting",
"implying",
"indicating",
"inferring",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"smacking (of)",
"smelling (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announcing",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"spelling out",
"delineating",
"describing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in setting , aiming":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aiming",
"directing",
"homing (in on)",
"honing in (on)",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"nailing",
"setting",
"zeroing (in on)",
"centering",
"concentrating",
"fastening",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"riveting",
"training",
"attending",
"heeding",
"minding",
"fixating (on)",
"obsessing (over)",
"refocusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poke (around)":{
"as in grub (about)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grub (about)",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"discover",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learn",
"locate",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"explore",
"probe",
"prospect",
"skirmish",
"snoop",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"browse",
"glance (over)",
"look over",
"frisk",
"pat down",
"shake down",
"peruse",
"study",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"hunt (through)",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour",
"search",
"sort (through)",
"troll"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"abandon",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"potentially":{
"as in likely , possibly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"conclusively",
"decisively",
"definitely",
"definitively",
"indisputably",
"indubitably",
"positively",
"really",
"surely",
"truly",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably",
"assumably",
"doubtless",
"likely",
"presumably",
"probably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"conceivably",
"imaginably",
"plausibly",
"practically",
"reasonably",
"presumedly",
"supposably",
"supposedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improbably",
"implausibly",
"inconceivably",
"incredibly",
"unbelievably",
"unthinkably"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"poison":{
"containing or contaminated with a substance capable of injuring or killing a living thing":{
"examples":[
"the witch gave Snow White a poison apple"
],
"synonyms":[
"envenomed",
"poisoned",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"venomous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contagious",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pathogenic",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"injurious",
"malignant",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"virulent",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"calamitous",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"lethal",
"murderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficial",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"benign",
"harmless",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
]
},
"a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing":{
"examples":[
"the only way to get rid of rats is to leave out poison"
],
"synonyms":[
"bane",
"toxic",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cancer",
"contagion",
"disease",
"virus",
"fungicide",
"germicide",
"herbicide",
"insecticide",
"microbicide",
"pesticide",
"toxicant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antidote",
"antivenin",
"antivenom",
"mithridate",
"cure",
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"panacea"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"poisoning the minds of impressionable children with ethnic hatred"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemish",
"darken",
"mar",
"spoil",
"stain",
"taint",
"tarnish",
"touch",
"vitiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begrime",
"besmear",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"blur",
"cloud",
"dirty",
"discolor",
"pollute",
"smear",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"smut",
"soil",
"sully",
"tar",
"abase",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"lower",
"shame",
"sink",
"bastardize",
"corrupt",
"debauch",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"pervert",
"subvert",
"color",
"distort",
"twist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanse",
"purify",
"dignify",
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"glorify",
"hallow",
"magnify",
"uplift"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
"examples":[
"exhaust fumes poisoning the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"foul",
"pollute",
"taint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infect",
"begrime",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"dirty",
"foul up",
"grime",
"mire",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain",
"sully",
"corrupt",
"rot",
"spoil",
"adulterate",
"doctor",
"dilute",
"water down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"clear",
"distill",
"distil",
"purge",
"filter",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"sterilize"
],
"antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purify"
]
},
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"this party partisanship poisons the national debate we should be having about this urgent problem"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"bastardize",
"canker",
"cheapen",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"debauch",
"degrade",
"demean",
"demoralize",
"deprave",
"deteriorate",
"lessen",
"pervert",
"profane",
"prostitute",
"subvert",
"vitiate",
"warp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"contaminate",
"defile",
"dilute",
"dirty",
"pollute",
"taint",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken",
"descend",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"shame",
"take down",
"blemish",
"damage",
"deface",
"destroy",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"stain",
"tarnish",
"wreck",
"depreciate",
"downgrade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignify",
"exalt",
"honor",
"ameliorate",
"amend",
"better",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"perfect",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"purify",
"refine",
"restore",
"respect"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevate",
"ennoble",
"uplift"
]
},
"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
"examples":[
"malicious rumors had poisoned many church members against the new pastor"
],
"synonyms":[
"bias",
"prejudice",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispose",
"incline",
"predispose",
"influence",
"prepossess",
"convince",
"persuade",
"suggest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"postmistresses":{
"as in postmasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"postmasters",
"couriers",
"messengers",
"letter carriers",
"mail carriers",
"mailmen",
"posties",
"postmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postdated":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"the inscription at the base actually postdates the statue itself by a number of years"
],
"synonyms":[
"followed",
"succeeded",
"supervened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"ensued"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedated",
"preceded",
"predated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pops off":{
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"he didn't pop off until the ripe old age of 102"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks out",
"conks (out)",
"croaks",
"deceases",
"demises",
"departs",
"dies",
"drops",
"ends",
"exits",
"expires",
"falls",
"flatlines",
"goes",
"kicks in",
"kicks off",
"parts",
"passes away",
"passes (on)",
"pegs out",
"perishes",
"steps out",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polychromed":{
"as in striped , speckled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"brightened",
"lightened",
"bepainted",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decolorized",
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"powder keg":{
"a potentially explosive place or situation":{
"examples":[
"the immigration bill has become a political powder keg for legislators on both sides of the aisle"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash point",
"time bomb",
"tinderbox",
"volcano"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot button",
"third rail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pole":{
"as in center , capital":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capital",
"center",
"cynosure",
"epicenter",
"mecca",
"polestar",
"attraction",
"draw",
"lodestone",
"loadstone",
"magnet",
"allure",
"allurement",
"bait",
"enticement",
"fascination",
"lure",
"temptation",
"turn-on",
"appeal",
"call",
"incentive",
"inducement",
"persuasion",
"spur",
"stimulus",
"curiosity",
"sight(s)",
"spectacle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in punt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punt",
"canoe",
"kayak",
"feather",
"pull",
"oar",
"paddle",
"row",
"scull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"popinjays":{
"as in coxcombs , fancy Dans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcombs",
"fancy Dans",
"Beau Brummells",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"bucks",
"dandies",
"dudes",
"fops",
"gallants",
"jays",
"lounge lizards",
"macaronis",
"pretty boys",
"blades",
"cavaliers",
"dashers",
"clotheshorses",
"exquisites",
"swells"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slobs",
"slovens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poorly":{
"in an unsatisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"he tends to perform poorly on standardized tests",
"a poorly drawn figure"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"lousily",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abysmally",
"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
"deplorably",
"detestably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"execrably",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horrifically",
"rottenly",
"terribly",
"intolerably",
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"reprehensibly",
"unsuitably",
"vulgarly",
"naughtily",
"egregiously",
"flagrantly",
"grossly",
"miserably",
"shoddily",
"sleazily",
"trashily",
"unspeakably",
"abominably",
"odiously",
"vilely",
"inferiorly",
"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly"
],
"antonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well"
]
},
"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
"examples":[
"she stayed home because she was feeling poorly"
],
"synonyms":[
"ailing",
"bad",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"punk",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish",
"nauseated",
"nauseous",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"airsick",
"carsick",
"seasick",
"dizzy",
"light-headed",
"shaky",
"woozy",
"achy",
"feverish",
"diseased",
"disordered",
"decrepit",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"invalid",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakly",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"challenged",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"hypochondriac",
"hypochondriacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"cured",
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"rehabilitated",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving"
],
"antonyms":[
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"police forces":{
"a body of officers of the law":{
"examples":[
"mobilized practically the entire police force to track down the escaped criminal"
],
"synonyms":[
"constabularies",
"forces",
"fuzzes",
"heat",
"men",
"police"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoats",
"bobbies",
"bulls",
"constables",
"coppers",
"cops",
"gendarmes",
"officers",
"peelers",
"policemen",
"police officers",
"policewomen",
"shamuses",
"troopers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"podgy":{
"having an excess of body fat":{
"examples":[
"a podgy little bookseller with a shop in Notting Hill"
],
"synonyms":[
"blubbery",
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"lardy",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"pudgy",
"replete",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"plumpish",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"hefty",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"squat",
"stubby",
"hippy",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"ample",
"buxom",
"corn-fed",
"ripe",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"endomorphic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rawboned",
"sinewy",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"puny",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"slight",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"svelte",
"sylphlike",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"ectomorphic",
"anorexic"
],
"antonyms":[
"lean",
"skinny",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"post chaises":{
"as in caroches , jaunting cars":{
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"barouches",
"broughams",
"buckboards",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"caroches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hackneys",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"landaus",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tandems",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"carriages",
"equipages",
"rigs",
"turnouts"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"powerboat":{
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
"examples":[
"his friend had a powerboat and took them out waterskiing"
],
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"motorboat",
"speedboat",
"stinkpot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabin cruiser",
"cruiser",
"hydrofoil",
"motor sailer",
"runabout",
"sedan",
"sportfisherman"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poppets":{
"a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything":{
"examples":[
"a scruffy old poppet that had once belonged to my great grandmother"
],
"synonyms":[
"action figures",
"dollies",
"dolls",
"puppets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rag dolls",
"figures",
"figurines",
"handpuppets",
"marionettes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointed (toward)":{
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"examples":[
"the town's monument to its lost fishermen points toward the sea, the source of its wealth as well as its sorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"faced",
"fronted",
"looked (toward)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutted",
"adjoined",
"bordered",
"bounded",
"fringed",
"margined",
"met",
"neighbored",
"rimmed",
"skirted",
"touched",
"commanded",
"dominated",
"overlooked",
"looked down (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pops":{
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the soda can opened with a sharp pop"
],
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"bangs",
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"reports",
"slams",
"smashes",
"snaps",
"thunderclaps",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whomps",
"whumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunks",
"whams",
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"knocks",
"raps",
"taps",
"blares",
"clamors",
"howls",
"hubbubs",
"hue and cries",
"hullabaloos",
"outcries",
"roars",
"tumults",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a male human parent":{
"examples":[
"ask your pop if he knows where the keys to the shed are"
],
"synonyms":[
"daddies",
"dads",
"fathers",
"old men",
"papas",
"poppas",
"pas",
"paters",
"sires"
],
"near synonyms":[
"patresfamilias",
"patriarchs",
"father figures",
"father images",
"stepfathers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure":{
"examples":[
"a balloon popped suddenly and startled us all"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"blows up",
"bursts",
"crumps",
"detonates",
"explodes",
"goes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"discharges",
"fires",
"shoots",
"balloons",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"mushrooms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fizzles"
],
"antonyms":[
"implodes"
]
},
"to break suddenly with an explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"the last strand popped , causing the chandelier to drop to the floor with a great crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracks",
"snaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rends",
"rives",
"splits",
"crackles",
"hisses",
"sizzles",
"sputters",
"bursts",
"explodes",
"shatters",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"clicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{
"examples":[
"popping popcorn over a campfire"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"blows up",
"bursts",
"demolishes",
"explodes",
"shatters",
"smashes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dynamites",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"destroys",
"ruins",
"wrecks",
"detonates",
"discharges",
"fragments",
"splinters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"implodes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike with a missile from a gun":{
"examples":[
"went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"guns",
"plugs",
"shoots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"brings down",
"drops",
"picks off",
"shoots down",
"blazes",
"peppers",
"potshots",
"snipes (at)",
"blasts (at)",
"fires (at)",
"pistols",
"shotguns",
"machine-guns",
"tommy-guns",
"croaks",
"destroys",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"ices",
"kills",
"slays",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"butchers",
"decimates",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"positivists":{
"as in optimists , Pollyannas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"idealists",
"sentimentalists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynics",
"misanthropes",
"naysayers",
"pessimists",
"misandrists",
"misogynists",
"doubters",
"negativists",
"skeptics"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"point (for)":{
"as in prepare (for) , train (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prepare (for)",
"train (with)",
"groove",
"perfect",
"refine",
"drill",
"repeat",
"exercise",
"practice",
"practise",
"rehearse",
"run over",
"work (at or on)",
"review",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pockmarks":{
"something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing":{
"examples":[
"the explosion left little pockmarks all over the face of the adjacent building"
],
"synonyms":[
"blemishes",
"blights",
"blotches",
"defects",
"deformities",
"disfigurements",
"excrescences",
"excrescencies",
"faults",
"flaws",
"imperfections",
"marks",
"mars",
"scars"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abnormalities",
"distortions",
"irregularities",
"malformations",
"misshapes",
"bugs",
"glitches",
"kinks",
"blots",
"blurs",
"spots",
"stains",
"taints",
"damages",
"defacements",
"impairments",
"injuries",
"failings",
"weaknesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adornments",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"enhancements",
"ornaments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Pollyannaish":{
"as in optimistic , hopeful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"upbeat",
"dewy-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"sentimental",
"tender-minded",
"doctrinaire",
"ideological",
"ideologic",
"crusading",
"messianic",
"zealous",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"idealist",
"idealistic",
"quixotic",
"quixotical",
"romantic",
"starry",
"starry-eyed",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"hard-nosed",
"tough-minded",
"unsentimental",
"practical",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pointed":{
"tapering to a thin tip":{
"examples":[
"the sansevieria's long pointed leaves make it an easily recognized houseplant"
],
"synonyms":[
"peaked",
"pointy",
"sharp",
"spired",
"tipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"needlelike",
"spiny",
"barbed",
"jagged",
"pronged",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"bladelike",
"knifelike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"rounded"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunt"
]
},
"having to do with the matter at hand":{
"examples":[
"he made a number of pointed remarks on the crisis abroad"
],
"synonyms":[
"applicable",
"apposite",
"apropos",
"germane",
"material",
"pertinent",
"relative",
"relevant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"apt",
"fit",
"fitting",
"suitable",
"important",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"sensible",
"useful",
"admissible",
"allowable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"meaningless",
"purposeless",
"senseless",
"useless",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"unsuitable",
"inadmissible"
],
"antonyms":[
"extraneous",
"immaterial",
"impertinent",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"irrelative",
"irrelevant",
"pointless"
]
},
"as in mentioned , signaled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adverted",
"mentioned",
"referred",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"signalized",
"signified",
"alluded",
"hinted",
"implied",
"indicated",
"inferred",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"smacked (of)",
"smelled (of)",
"smelt (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announced",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"elucidated",
"explained",
"spelled out",
"delineated",
"described"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in set , aimed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aimed",
"directed",
"homed (in on)",
"honed in (on)",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"nailed",
"set",
"zeroed (in on)",
"centered",
"concentrated",
"fastened",
"focused",
"focussed",
"riveted",
"trained",
"attended",
"heeded",
"minded",
"fixated (on)",
"obsessed (over)",
"refocused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ponytail":{
"as in braid , pigtail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"braid",
"pigtail",
"plait",
"queue",
"bob",
"buzz cut",
"crew cut",
"crop",
"fade",
"Mohawk",
"shag",
"shingle",
"trim",
"comb-over",
"ducktail",
"pompadour",
"roach",
"beehive",
"big hair",
"bun",
"chignon",
"French twist",
"pageboy",
"pug",
"updo",
"upsweep",
"Afro",
"conk",
"cornrow",
"dreadlocks",
"perm",
"permanent",
"coiffure",
"cut",
"do",
"haircut",
"hairdo",
"hairstyle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"podiums":{
"a level usually raised surface":{
"examples":[
"the conductor on the podium tonight is one of the leading figures of classical music"
],
"synonyms":[
"daises",
"platforms",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"stands",
"tribunes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"altars",
"bimahs",
"bimas",
"footpaces",
"pulpits",
"risers",
"scaffolds",
"balconies",
"galleries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pod":{
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"a fuel pod"
],
"synonyms":[
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"bark",
"crust",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"postludes":{
"as in codas , epilogues":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"afterwords",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"codicils",
"excursuses",
"excursus",
"supplements",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"finales",
"accompaniments",
"additions",
"complements",
"postscripts",
"follow-ups",
"sequels",
"documentations",
"allonges",
"riders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forewords",
"introductions",
"prefaces",
"prologues",
"prologs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"power walked":{
"as in walked , stepped out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambulated",
"footed (it)",
"hoofed (it)",
"legged (it)",
"padded",
"stepped",
"traipsed",
"trod",
"treaded",
"walked",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"perambulated",
"rambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"wandered",
"marched",
"paced",
"stepped out",
"strode",
"trooped",
"clumped",
"stomped",
"stumped",
"tramped",
"trampled",
"tromped",
"footslogged",
"plodded",
"trudged",
"hiked",
"peregrinated",
"trekked",
"minced",
"pranced",
"pussyfooted",
"tiptoed",
"gimped",
"hobbled",
"limped",
"paraded",
"promenaded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poke":{
"a quick thrust":{
"examples":[
"please stop giving the cat pokes while it's trying to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"dab",
"dig",
"jab",
"lunge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"punch",
"stab",
"stick",
"push",
"shove",
"jam",
"jerk",
"jog",
"nudge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"you'd better shut up if you don't want a poke on the nose"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"the constantly bickering husband and wife seem unable to let five minutes pass without an exchange of gratuitous pokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic)":{
"examples":[
"the old warning against buying a pig in a poke"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"pouch",
"sack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carryall",
"portmanteau",
"traveling bag",
"wallet",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"backpack",
"barracks bag",
"duffel bag",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"rucksack",
"satchel",
"tote",
"handbag",
"pocketbook",
"purse",
"tote bag",
"ditty bag",
"flight bag",
"garment bag",
"kit bag",
"shopping bag",
"work bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"saw his head poking through the window"
],
"synonyms":[
"bag",
"balloon",
"beetle",
"belly",
"billow",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"jut",
"overhang",
"pooch",
"pouch",
"pout",
"project",
"protrude",
"stand out",
"start",
"stick out",
"swell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dome",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"dilate",
"distend",
"expand",
"mushroom",
"snowball",
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"stretch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"shrink"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
"examples":[
"told him to stop poking into other people's business"
],
"synonyms":[
"butt in",
"interfere",
"interlope",
"intermeddle",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"mess",
"muck (about or around)",
"nose",
"obtrude",
"pry",
"snoop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intercede",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"barge (in)",
"chisel (in)",
"encroach",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"fiddle",
"fool",
"monkey",
"play",
"tamper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"eschew",
"shun",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"just poked around all morning and didn't accomplish much"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"to move slowly":{
"examples":[
"they were just poking along home"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creak (along)",
"creep",
"drag",
"inch",
"limp",
"nose",
"ooze",
"plod",
"slouch",
"snail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lumber",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"tramp",
"trudge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"float",
"glide",
"sail",
"hurry",
"tear"
],
"antonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"speed",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pores (over)":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"chews over",
"cogitates",
"considers",
"contemplates",
"debates",
"deliberates",
"entertains",
"eyes",
"kicks around",
"meditates",
"mulls (over)",
"perpends",
"ponders",
"questions",
"revolves",
"ruminates",
"studies",
"thinks (about or over)",
"turns",
"weighs",
"wrestles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"muses (upon)",
"reflects (on or upon)",
"reminisces",
"analyzes",
"explores",
"reviews",
"concludes",
"reasons",
"second-guesses",
"speculates (about)",
"broods (about or over)",
"dwells (on or upon)",
"fixates (on or upon)",
"frets (about or over)",
"obsesses (about or over)",
"believes",
"conceives",
"opines",
"absorbs",
"assimilates",
"digests",
"drinks (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"slights",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"rejects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
],
"synonyms":[
"peruses",
"reads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browses",
"dips (into)",
"leafs (through)",
"scans",
"skims",
"speed-reads",
"thumbs (through)",
"turns over",
"devours",
"gobbles (up)",
"slogs (through)",
"wades (through)",
"rereads",
"proofreads",
"deciphers",
"reviews",
"studies",
"apprehends",
"comprehends",
"gets",
"grasps",
"makes",
"makes out",
"perceives",
"sees",
"tumbles (to)",
"understands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pounces (on)":{
"as in jumps , tackles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"mugs",
"tackles",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"charges",
"sallies",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"captures",
"ensnares",
"entraps",
"mousetraps",
"nets",
"snares",
"traps",
"hunts",
"preys (on or upon)",
"stalks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"populace":{
"the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{
"examples":[
"high officials awkwardly mingling with the general populace"
],
"synonyms":[
"commoners",
"commons",
"crowd",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"mass",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"people",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"public",
"rank and file"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cattle",
"proletariat",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"ragtag and bobtail",
"riffraff",
"rout",
"scum",
"tag, rag, and bobtail",
"tagrag and bobtail",
"trash",
"unwashed",
"bourgeoisie",
"middle class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentility",
"gentlefolk",
"gentlefolks",
"gentry",
"haute monde",
"nobility",
"patriciate",
"peerage",
"quality",
"royalty",
"society"
],
"antonyms":[
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"upper crust"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pour":{
"to cause to flow in a stream":{
"examples":[
"she lifted the teakettle and poured some hot water from the spout"
],
"synonyms":[
"stream"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ladle",
"spoon",
"cascade",
"trickle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in a stream":{
"examples":[
"water gently pouring down the canal toward the dam"
],
"synonyms":[
"flow",
"roll",
"run",
"stream"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arise",
"disembogue",
"effuse",
"emanate",
"issue",
"spring",
"course",
"race",
"rush",
"fountain",
"gush",
"spout",
"spurt",
"deluge",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overrun",
"swamp",
"cascade",
"dribble",
"drip",
"gutter",
"riffle",
"ripple",
"sheet",
"trickle",
"flush",
"wash out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clot",
"coagulate",
"congeal",
"gel",
"harden",
"set"
],
"antonyms":[
"back up"
]
},
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
"examples":[
"tears pouring down his cheeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"gush",
"jet",
"rush",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt",
"swoosh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cascade",
"issue",
"roll",
"run",
"stream",
"plash",
"slosh",
"splash",
"wash",
"surge",
"swell",
"flush",
"sluice",
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse",
"swamp",
"fountain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"spatter",
"sprinkle",
"bleed",
"exude",
"leak",
"ooze",
"percolate",
"seep",
"strain",
"weep"
],
"antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"drop",
"trickle"
]
},
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
"examples":[
"it's pouring outside, so you'd better take an umbrella"
],
"synonyms":[
"precipitate",
"rain",
"storm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shower",
"spit",
"hail",
"squall",
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"swamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzle",
"mist",
"mizzle",
"spit",
"sprinkle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give readily and in large quantities":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly poured money into the revitalization of the downtown area"
],
"synonyms":[
"heap",
"lavish",
"rain",
"shower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gush",
"stream",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"swamp",
"bombard",
"hail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hold back",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"populate":{
"to supply with inhabitants":{
"examples":[
"a small island populated only by woodland creatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonize",
"people",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inhabit",
"move (to)",
"relocate (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"depopulate",
"unpeople"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"powerfully":{
"in a vigorous and forceful manner":{
"examples":[
"began to row powerfully toward the shore"
],
"synonyms":[
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously",
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"directly",
"emphatically",
"fast",
"fixedly",
"intensively",
"intently",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"rigidly",
"smartly",
"solidly",
"soundly",
"squarely",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"surely",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"manfully",
"potently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly"
],
"antonyms":[
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"poetry":{
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
"examples":[
"not all poetry has to rhyme"
],
"synonyms":[
"minstrelsy",
"poesy",
"song",
"verse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhyme",
"rime",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"vers libre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"prose"
]
},
"the art or power of speaking or writing in a forceful and convincing way":{
"examples":[
"the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King were filled with the kind of poetry that touches people of all races"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulacy",
"articulateness",
"eloquence",
"rhetoric"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expression",
"expressiveness",
"declamation",
"elocution",
"oratory",
"cogency",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"meaningfulness",
"persuasion",
"persuasiveness",
"ardor",
"emotion",
"fervency",
"fervidness",
"fervor",
"heat",
"intensity",
"passion",
"power",
"vehemence",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"inarticulateness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polymaths":{
"someone who knows a lot about many different things":{
"examples":[
"She is rightly regarded as something of a polymath in her extensive knowledge of all the earth sciences."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polyhistors",
"Renaissance men",
"Renaissance women",
"brainiacs",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"intellects",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"wizzes",
"blues",
"bluestockings",
"highbrows",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"savants",
"geeks",
"longhairs",
"nerds",
"masters",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"aces",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"naturals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"illiterates",
"know-nothings",
"lowbrows",
"anti-intellectuals",
"philistines",
"asses",
"donkeys",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"nitwits",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointing (out)":{
"as in signaling , signifying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signifying",
"alluding (to)",
"hinting (at)",
"implying",
"indicating",
"inferring",
"intending",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"denominating",
"designating",
"adverting (to)",
"citing",
"dropping",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"naming",
"noticing",
"noting",
"quoting",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)",
"indicating",
"bringing up",
"broaching",
"interjecting",
"interpolating",
"interposing",
"introducing",
"infiltrating",
"insinuating",
"worming",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"pronouncing",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"spelling out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"powerboaters":{
"as in sailboaters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sailboaters",
"able-bodied seamen",
"able seamen",
"lubbers",
"lime-juicers",
"limeys",
"coxswains",
"crewmen",
"deckhands",
"shipmates",
"gobs",
"hearties",
"jacks",
"jack-tars",
"mariners",
"navigators",
"sailors",
"salts",
"sea dogs",
"seafarers",
"seamen",
"shipmen",
"swabbies",
"swabs",
"tars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pontoons":{
"as in canoes , kayaks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels",
"watercrafts",
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"power walking":{
"as in walking , stepping out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambulating",
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"legging (it)",
"padding",
"stepping",
"traipsing",
"treading",
"walking",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"perambulating",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"wandering",
"marching",
"pacing",
"stepping out",
"striding",
"trooping",
"clumping",
"stomping",
"stumping",
"tramping",
"trampling",
"tromping",
"footslogging",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"hiking",
"peregrinating",
"trekking",
"mincing",
"prancing",
"pussyfooting",
"tiptoeing",
"gimping",
"hobbling",
"limping",
"parading",
"promenading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poser":{
"a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people":{
"examples":[
"He's not really interested in art. He's just a poser ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"actor",
"ape",
"aper",
"ham",
"imitator",
"impressionist",
"masker",
"masquerader",
"mime",
"mimic",
"pantomime",
"pantomimist",
"personator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potbellies":{
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
"examples":[
"he began exercising to get rid of his growing potbelly and to improve his health"
],
"synonyms":[
"bay windows",
"beer bellies",
"bellies",
"corporations",
"guts",
"paunches",
"pots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breadbaskets",
"stomachs",
"tummies",
"corpulences",
"fat",
"obesities",
"overweights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"point":{
"a particular and often important moment in time":{
"examples":[
"it was at that point that I had to stop and check on the experiment"
],
"synonyms":[
"juncture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"crack",
"flash",
"heartbeat",
"instant",
"jiffy",
"minute",
"moment",
"nanosecond",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"tick",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"wink",
"bit",
"spell",
"stretch",
"while",
"brink",
"cusp",
"nick",
"threshold",
"verge",
"crisis",
"crunch time",
"wire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the last and usually sharp or tapering part of something long and narrow":{
"examples":[
"be careful with the point on that umbrella, or you could hurt someone"
],
"synonyms":[
"apex",
"cusp",
"end",
"nib",
"nose",
"pike",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pinpoint",
"prong",
"tine",
"barb",
"jag",
"prickle",
"snag",
"spike",
"sticker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
"examples":[
"was at the point of accepting the new job when he realized he didn't want to leave his old one"
],
"synonyms":[
"brink",
"cusp",
"edge",
"threshold",
"verge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a separate part in a list, account, or series":{
"examples":[
"went down the list point by point"
],
"synonyms":[
"detail",
"item",
"particular"
],
"near synonyms":[
"article",
"belonging",
"object",
"stuff",
"thing",
"characteristic",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"factor",
"feature",
"member",
"ingredient",
"division",
"particle",
"partition",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"conglomerate",
"entirety",
"sum",
"summation",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a single piece of information":{
"examples":[
"two points that are important to remember"
],
"synonyms":[
"datum",
"detail",
"fact",
"nicety",
"particular",
"particularity",
"specific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"article",
"item",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient",
"member",
"part",
"aspect",
"circumstance",
"facet",
"factor",
"evidence",
"exhibit",
"database",
"information",
"knowledge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"inaccuracy",
"misconception",
"misstatement",
"myth"
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],
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"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"fleck",
"mottle",
"patch",
"pip",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot"
],
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"freckle",
"mole",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"spatter",
"splash",
"polka dot"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast":{
"examples":[
"the racing yacht rounded the point far ahead of its closest rival"
],
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"headland",
"ness",
"promontory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cape",
"foreland",
"peninsula",
"spit",
"breakwater",
"jetty",
"levee"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
"examples":[
"Point Reyes, California"
],
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"arm",
"cape",
"foreland",
"headland",
"ness",
"peninsula",
"promontory",
"spit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwater",
"jetty"
],
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},
"an individual part of a process, series, or ranking":{
"examples":[
"at this point in your life, you should already be saving for retirement"
],
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"chapter",
"cut",
"degree",
"grade",
"inch",
"notch",
"peg",
"phase",
"place",
"stage",
"step"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"aspect",
"facet",
"side",
"amount",
"measure",
"plane",
"decrement",
"increment"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"impeccable politeness has always been her strong point"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"fingerprint",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"runners began lining up by the starting point"
],
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"emplacement",
"locale",
"locality",
"location",
"locus",
"place",
"position",
"site",
"spot",
"venue",
"where"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scene",
"precinct",
"region",
"section",
"sector",
"here",
"there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect":{
"examples":[
"her jokes are often long, rambling stories that have no point whatsoever"
],
"synonyms":[
"cogency",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"impact",
"punch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"payoff",
"importance",
"significance",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"charm",
"fascination"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
"examples":[
"what we're doing does have a point \u2014doesn't it?"
],
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"aim",
"ambition",
"aspiration",
"bourne",
"bourn",
"design",
"dream",
"end",
"goal",
"idea",
"ideal",
"intent",
"intention",
"mark",
"meaning",
"object",
"objective",
"plan",
"pretension",
"purpose",
"target",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grail",
"holy grail",
"plot",
"project",
"scheme",
"desire",
"hope",
"mind",
"wish",
"nirvana",
"destination",
"terminus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"means",
"method",
"way"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"that clueless reviewer seems to have missed the whole point of the book"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom line",
"bull's-eye",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat",
"meat and potatoes",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"root",
"sum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"course",
"direction",
"drift",
"tenor",
"body",
"content",
"substance",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"purport",
"subject",
"theme",
"thesis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mention , signal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"advert",
"mention",
"refer",
"signal",
"signalize",
"signify",
"allude",
"hint",
"imply",
"indicate",
"infer",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"smack (of)",
"smell (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announce",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"spell out",
"delineate",
"describe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in set , aim":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aim",
"direct",
"home (in on)",
"hone in (on)",
"level",
"nail",
"set",
"zero (in on)",
"center",
"concentrate",
"fasten",
"focus",
"rivet",
"train",
"attend",
"heed",
"mind",
"fixate (on)",
"obsess (over)",
"refocus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"posthaste":{
"with great speed":{
"examples":[
"ran posthaste for the doctor"
],
"synonyms":[
"apace",
"briskly",
"chop-chop",
"double-quick",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"hastily",
"hell-for-leather",
"hot",
"lickety-split",
"presto",
"pronto",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"soon",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immediately",
"promptly",
"readily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"abruptly",
"suddenly",
"energetically",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"lingeringly",
"ploddingly",
"sluggishly",
"deliberately",
"leisurely",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[
"slow",
"slowly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"pollutant":{
"something that is or that makes impure":{
"examples":[
"filtered the pollutants out of the water"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterant",
"contaminant",
"contamination",
"defilement",
"impurity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blot",
"blotch",
"spot",
"stain",
"taint",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"muck",
"scum",
"sludge",
"smut",
"soil",
"blemish",
"defect",
"disfigurement",
"fault",
"flaw",
"abnormality",
"imperfection",
"irregularity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifier",
"filter",
"purifier",
"refiner",
"cleanliness",
"immaculateness",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poll taxes":{
"as in property taxes , income taxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possesses":{
"to keep, control, or experience as one's own":{
"examples":[
"she possesses a keen insight into people"
],
"synonyms":[
"commands",
"enjoys",
"has",
"holds",
"owns",
"retains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeps",
"reserves",
"withholds",
"bears",
"carries",
"boasts",
"shows off",
"sports"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"cedes",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"discards",
"dumps",
"declines",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"needs",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[
"lacks",
"wants"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pound (out)":{
"as in hammer out , forge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fashion",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"craft",
"handcraft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cobble (together or up)",
"jury-rig",
"patch (together)",
"throw up",
"dash (off)",
"jerry-build"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"policewoman":{
"as in officer , policeman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bluecoat",
"bobby",
"bull",
"constable",
"cop",
"copper",
"gendarme",
"officer",
"peeler",
"policeman",
"police officer",
"shamus",
"trooper",
"constabulary",
"finest",
"force",
"fuzz",
"heat",
"man",
"police",
"police force"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollster":{
"a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasser",
"canvaser",
"interviewer",
"poller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asker",
"inquirer",
"querier",
"querist",
"questioner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answerer",
"replier",
"responder",
"attester",
"informant",
"reporter",
"testifier",
"witness"
],
"antonyms":[
"interviewee",
"pollee",
"respondent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pondering":{
"as in meditation , contemplation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cogitation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"rumination",
"account",
"advisement",
"consideration",
"debate",
"deliberation",
"reflection",
"study",
"thought",
"introspection",
"agonizing",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"premeditation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"I'm pondering whether or not I should join another committee"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewing over",
"cogitating",
"considering",
"contemplating",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"entertaining",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"kicking around",
"meditating",
"mulling (over)",
"perpending",
"poring (over)",
"questioning",
"revolving",
"ruminating",
"studying",
"thinking (about or over)",
"turning",
"weighing",
"wrestling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"musing (upon)",
"reflecting (on or upon)",
"reminiscing",
"analyzing",
"exploring",
"reviewing",
"concluding",
"reasoning",
"second-guessing",
"speculating (about)",
"brooding (about or over)",
"dwelling (on or upon)",
"fixating (on or upon)",
"fretting (about or over)",
"obsessing (about or over)",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"opining",
"absorbing",
"assimilating",
"digesting",
"drinking (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"slighting",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"rejecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"polyester":{
"as in unsophisticated , inelegant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inelegant",
"unsophisticated",
"backwoods",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"crude",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"lowbrow",
"unintelligent",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlettered",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"philistine",
"uncivilized",
"uncultured",
"ungenteel",
"unpolished",
"unrefined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accomplished",
"civilized",
"couth",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"high-toned",
"intellectual",
"intellectualist",
"intellectualistic",
"bourgeois"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"pounces":{
"as in attacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attacks",
"capers",
"caprioles",
"cavorts",
"frolics",
"gambols",
"romps",
"shoots",
"skyrockets",
"bucks",
"bounces",
"hurdles",
"leapfrogs",
"lopes",
"skips",
"bounds",
"hops",
"jumps",
"leaps",
"springs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pounding (out)":{
"as in hammering out , forging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fashioning",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"crafting",
"handcrafting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cobbling (together or up)",
"jury-rigging",
"patching (together)",
"throwing up",
"dashing (off)",
"jerry-building"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pore":{
"as in interspace":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interspace",
"notch",
"slit",
"slot",
"split",
"abyss",
"aperture",
"cavity",
"chasm",
"gape",
"orifice",
"chink",
"cleft",
"crack",
"cranny",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"severance",
"sundering",
"breach",
"break",
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"gulf",
"hiatus",
"hole",
"interstice",
"interval",
"opening",
"rent",
"rift",
"separation",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polemics":{
"as in diatribes , tirades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"diatribes",
"harangues",
"tirades",
"castigations",
"chastisements",
"criticisms",
"excoriations",
"opprobriums",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"aspersions",
"belittlements",
"disparagements",
"revilements",
"vilifications",
"expletives",
"swearwords",
"epithets",
"insults",
"put-downs",
"slurs",
"blasphemies",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"profanities",
"blackguardisms",
"abuses",
"billingsgates",
"fulminations",
"invectives",
"obloquies",
"scurrilities",
"vitriols",
"vituperations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"commendations",
"praises",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulations",
"blarneys",
"flatteries",
"overpraises",
"soft soaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pony":{
"as in mustang , bronco":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bronco",
"mustang",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"equid",
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portend":{
"to be a sign or warning that something usually bad or unpleasant is going to happen":{
"examples":[
"The distant thunder portended a storm.",
"If you're superstitious, a black cat portends trouble."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bode",
"forebode",
"forbode",
"promise",
"augur",
"call",
"forecast",
"foretell",
"predict",
"presage",
"prognosticate",
"prophesy",
"read",
"vaticinate",
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarn",
"warn",
"anticipate",
"divine",
"foreknow",
"foresee",
"announce",
"declare",
"herald",
"proclaim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"relate",
"report",
"tell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poetries":{
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
"examples":[
"not all poetry has to rhyme"
],
"synonyms":[
"minstrelsies",
"poesies",
"songs",
"verses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"vers libres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"proses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pocket-size":{
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"a pocket-size country in the Pyrenees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
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"sizeable",
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"tidy",
"whacking",
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"adjective"
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"prepares (for)",
"trains (with)",
"grooves",
"perfects",
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"drills",
"repeats",
"exercises",
"practices",
"practises",
"rehearses",
"runs over",
"works (at or on)",
"reviews",
"studies"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in waltzing , twisting":{
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"boogying",
"boogeying",
"bopping",
"fox-trotting",
"gavotting",
"jigging",
"jitterbugging",
"jiving",
"mamboing",
"shagging",
"shimmying",
"shuffling",
"tangoing",
"tap-dancing",
"twisting",
"waltzing",
"prancing",
"strutting",
"tripping",
"treading",
"dancing",
"footing (it)",
"hoofing (it)",
"stepping"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"postscripts":{
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"aftermaths",
"anticlimaxes",
"codas",
"epilogues",
"epilogs",
"cappers",
"closes",
"closings",
"conclusions",
"consummations",
"endgames",
"endings",
"ends",
"finales",
"finises",
"finishes",
"grand finales",
"homestretches",
"mop-ups",
"windups",
"wrap-ups",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"copestones",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths",
"shanks",
"tag ends",
"tail ends"
],
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"forewords",
"introductions",
"overtures",
"preambles",
"prefaces",
"preludes",
"prologues",
"prologs",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"openings",
"starts"
],
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"noun"
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},
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"a style of hair worn especially by men in which the hair is combed into a high mound at the front of the head":{
"examples":[
"Even with all the dancer's acrobatic moves, his pompadour remained perfectly still atop his head."
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"quiffs",
"coiffures",
"cuts",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles",
"comb-overs",
"ducktails",
"roaches",
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"permanents",
"perms",
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pageboys",
"pugs",
"updos",
"upsweeps",
"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crew cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"ponytails",
"queues"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poliomyelitis":{
"as in cerebral palsy , multiple sclerosis":{
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"cerebral palsy",
"multiple sclerosis",
"palsy",
"paralysis",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"enfeeblement",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"weakness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"disability",
"impairment",
"diplegia",
"hemiplegia",
"paraplegia",
"paresis",
"quadriplegia",
"spastic paralysis"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mobility",
"motility",
"sensation"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"powerlessness":{
"the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means":{
"examples":[
"cursed his powerlessness to affect the outcome of his friend's life-threatening illness"
],
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"impotence",
"inability",
"inadequacy",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"insufficiency"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disqualification",
"inaptitude",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"inefficiency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aptitude",
"bent",
"endowment",
"flair",
"genius",
"gift",
"knack",
"talent",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"efficaciousness",
"efficiency",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength"
],
"antonyms":[
"ability",
"adequacy",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"potency"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pooches":{
"a domestic mammal that is related to the wolves and foxes":{
"examples":[
"walking down the street with several pooches on leashes"
],
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"canines",
"doggies",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"tykes",
"tikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curs",
"mongrels",
"mutts",
"bitches",
"lapdogs",
"puppies",
"puppy dogs",
"pups",
"whelps",
"bandogs",
"bird dogs",
"coonhounds",
"coursers",
"gundogs",
"hunters",
"sheepdogs",
"sled dogs",
"watchdogs",
"wolf dogs",
"wolfhounds",
"guide dogs",
"police dogs",
"working dogs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
"examples":[
"his lower lip pooched out in disappointment"
],
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"bags",
"balloons",
"beetles",
"bellies",
"billows",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"pouts",
"projects",
"protrudes",
"stands out",
"starts",
"sticks out",
"swells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"blows up",
"inflates",
"dilates",
"distends",
"expands",
"mushrooms",
"snowballs",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"stretches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"shrinks"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"polarized":{
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
"examples":[
"we will need to polarize all of the fractious environmental groups into a united front if we hope to win on this issue"
],
"synonyms":[
"centered",
"centralized",
"compacted",
"concentered",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"unified",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coordinated",
"harmonized",
"integrated",
"orchestrated",
"blended",
"blent",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"fused",
"incorporated",
"merged",
"reduced",
"conjoined",
"joined",
"linked",
"assembled",
"collected",
"colligated",
"gathered",
"reunified",
"reunited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"segregated",
"separated"
],
"antonyms":[
"decentralized",
"deconcentrated",
"spread (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"polygraphs":{
"an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying":{
"examples":[
"intelligence agents were trained to fool the polygraph"
],
"synonyms":[
"lie detectors"
],
"near synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pouty":{
"given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability":{
"examples":[
"we could tell from the way she turned pouty that she'd lost the tennis match"
],
"synonyms":[
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouting",
"sulky",
"sullen",
"surly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"morose",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"testy",
"waspish",
"brooding",
"moping",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"huffy",
"sensitive",
"temperamental",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sociable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gladsome",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"perky",
"sunny",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"portion":{
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
"examples":[
"he had always just assumed that lifelong bachelorhood would be his portion"
],
"synonyms":[
"circumstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"fortune",
"kismet",
"lot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accident",
"casualty",
"chance",
"hap",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"hazard",
"luck",
"predestination",
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"development",
"effect",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{
"examples":[
"equal portions of the students' day are devoted to study, recreation, and sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"member",
"part",
"partition",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near synonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"factor",
"ingredient",
"moiety",
"parcel",
"cut",
"length",
"bit",
"fragment",
"particle",
"scrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole",
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"sum",
"total",
"totality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
"examples":[
"each camper gets an equal portion of the food"
],
"synonyms":[
"allotment",
"allowance",
"cut",
"end",
"part",
"piece",
"proportion",
"quota",
"share",
"slice",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lot",
"ration",
"commission",
"percentage",
"member",
"partition",
"section",
"segment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"pool",
"sum",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{
"examples":[
"portioned out the medical supplies equally"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"prorate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admeasure",
"allot",
"allow",
"appropriate",
"assign",
"dish out",
"divide",
"divvy (up)",
"dollop (out)",
"lot",
"measure (out)",
"part",
"proportion",
"ration",
"redistribute",
"set",
"share (out)",
"split",
"bestow",
"disburse",
"furnish",
"issue",
"provide",
"share",
"supply",
"circulate",
"disperse",
"disseminate",
"scatter",
"spread",
"chip in",
"contribute",
"donate",
"pledge",
"reallocate",
"reapportion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"begrudge",
"decline",
"deny",
"deprive (of)",
"disallow",
"refuse",
"reject",
"withhold",
"niggle (out)",
"pinch",
"skimp",
"stint"
],
"antonyms":[
"misallocate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"polemicist":{
"as in polemist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"polemist",
"attack dog",
"mudslinger",
"hatchet man",
"hired gun",
"hit man",
"barracuda",
"shark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portmanteau":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry-on",
"carryall",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"suitcase",
"traveling bag",
"wallet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overnight bag",
"overnight case",
"weekend bag",
"weekender",
"cosmetic case",
"traveling case",
"carpetbag",
"duffel bag",
"kit",
"kit bag",
"backpack",
"haversack",
"knapsack",
"packsack",
"rucksack",
"attach\u00e9",
"attach\u00e9 case",
"briefcase",
"valise",
"baggage",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"positions":{
"an assignment at which one regularly works for pay":{
"examples":[
"he holds the position of manager at the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointments",
"berths",
"billets",
"capacities",
"connections",
"functions",
"jobs",
"places",
"posts",
"situations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"businesses",
"employments",
"employs",
"occupations",
"professions",
"works",
"offices",
"spots",
"callings",
"pursuits",
"trades",
"vocations",
"lines",
"rackets",
"engagements",
"gigs",
"livelihoods",
"livings",
"careers",
"lifeworks",
"practices",
"practises",
"duties",
"missions",
"postings",
"services",
"tasks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocations",
"unemployments"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists":{
"examples":[
"man's position in the universe"
],
"synonyms":[
"businesses",
"capacities",
"functions",
"jobs",
"parts",
"places",
"purposes",
"roles",
"r\u00f4les",
"tasks",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affairs",
"concerns",
"hands",
"involvements",
"participations",
"niches",
"offices",
"posts",
"situations",
"callings",
"occupations",
"pursuits",
"vocations",
"activities",
"assignments",
"charges",
"commissions",
"duties",
"employs",
"missions",
"responsibilities",
"services",
"uses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
"examples":[
"I knew that someone had been in the room because the chair was out of its usual position"
],
"synonyms":[
"emplacements",
"locales",
"localities",
"locations",
"loci",
"places",
"points",
"sites",
"spots",
"venues",
"wheres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenes",
"precincts",
"regions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"heres",
"theres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the place where someone is assigned to stand or remain":{
"examples":[
"the soldiers were commanded to hold their position on the hill at all costs"
],
"synonyms":[
"posts",
"quarters",
"stations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignments",
"briefs",
"businesses",
"charges",
"details",
"jobs",
"operations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement":{
"examples":[
"holds the lead position in the standings"
],
"synonyms":[
"degrees",
"echelons",
"footings",
"levels",
"places",
"rankings",
"ranks",
"reaches",
"rungs",
"situations",
"standings",
"stations",
"statuses",
"strata"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conditions",
"estates",
"orders",
"walks",
"capacities",
"functions",
"ratings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"positioned the chairs around the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposes",
"deposits",
"disposes",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"puts",
"sets",
"sets up",
"situates",
"sticks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"rearranges",
"reorders",
"shifts",
"orients",
"establishes",
"locates",
"plants",
"settles",
"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"plunks down",
"slaps",
"ensconces",
"niches",
"assembles",
"collects",
"carries",
"berths",
"parks",
"affixes",
"anchors",
"locks",
"lodges",
"wedges",
"arrays",
"lays out",
"lines up",
"queues",
"ranks",
"sets down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ponies up":{
"to give what is owed for":{
"examples":[
"despite having good credit, the couple still had to pony up a large down payment for the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"antes (up)",
"balances",
"clears",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"meets",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"repudiates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polka":{
"as in waltz , twist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boogie",
"boogy",
"boogey",
"bop",
"fox-trot",
"gavotte",
"jig",
"jitterbug",
"jive",
"mambo",
"shag",
"shimmy",
"shuffle",
"tango",
"tap-dance",
"twist",
"waltz",
"prance",
"strut",
"trip",
"tread",
"dance",
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"step"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pounds":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"give the nail a final pound with the hammer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{
"examples":[
"stray dogs wearing tags are kept in that pound until their owners can be notified"
],
"synonyms":[
"cages",
"coops",
"corrals",
"hutches",
"pens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kennels",
"runs",
"kraals",
"stockades",
"cotes",
"dovecotes",
"dovecots",
"henhouses",
"folds",
"sheepfolds",
"pigpens",
"aquariums",
"aquaria",
"terraria",
"terrariums",
"live-boxes",
"fences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move heavily or clumsily":{
"examples":[
"pounding down the road as fast as he could run"
],
"synonyms":[
"barges",
"clumps",
"flogs",
"flounders",
"galumphs",
"lumbers",
"lumps",
"plods",
"scuffles",
"scuffs",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"slogs",
"sloughs",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumbles",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"tromps",
"trudges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drags",
"flops",
"hauls",
"blunders",
"careens",
"dodders",
"lurches",
"reels",
"staggers",
"sways",
"teeters",
"totters",
"waddles",
"weaves",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drifts",
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers",
"poises",
"wafts"
],
"antonyms":[
"breezes",
"coasts",
"glides",
"slides",
"waltzes",
"whisks"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"pounding nails into boards all day long"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"during the storm the waves furiously pounded the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shape with a hammer":{
"examples":[
"pounding out a depression in the metal"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"draws",
"forges",
"hammers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chases",
"planishes",
"fashions",
"forms",
"kneads",
"models",
"molds",
"pats",
"works",
"coins",
"mints",
"stamps",
"abates",
"boasts",
"carves",
"chisels",
"cuts",
"graves",
"hews",
"knaps",
"sculpts",
"sculptures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"the tablet may be pounded and mixed in with the animal's food"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomizes",
"beats",
"brays",
"comminutes",
"crushes",
"disintegrates",
"grinds",
"mills",
"mulls",
"powders",
"pulverizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grates",
"kibbles",
"crumbles",
"crunches",
"breaks",
"busts",
"dashes",
"fractures",
"fragments",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"micronizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poseurs":{
"a person who dresses or behaves in a deceptive way that is meant to impress other people":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"copycats",
"imitators",
"impersonators",
"mimics",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"fakirs",
"frauds",
"hoaxers",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"actors",
"bluffers",
"counterfeiters",
"deceivers",
"dissemblers",
"duper",
"feigners",
"misleaders",
"operators",
"tricksters",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fraudsters",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"authorities",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"past masters",
"professionals",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"posterity":{
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
"examples":[
"an association for people who have claims for being the posterity of Thomas Jefferson"
],
"synonyms":[
"fruit",
"get",
"issue",
"offspring",
"progeny",
"seed",
"spawn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brood",
"hatch",
"litter",
"young",
"child",
"scion",
"family",
"kin",
"lineage",
"stock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"father",
"forebear",
"forbear",
"forebearer",
"forefather",
"grandfather",
"parent",
"primogenitor",
"progenitor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portal":{
"a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened":{
"examples":[
"the main portal to the estate is an elaborate wrought iron gate on the side facing the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"door",
"gate",
"hatch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double door",
"Dutch door",
"French door",
"lattice",
"portcullis",
"postern",
"revolving door",
"storm door",
"trapdoor",
"wicket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possessions":{
"transportable items that one owns":{
"examples":[
"we packed up all of our possessions and excitedly moved into a new house"
],
"synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"duds",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"movables",
"moveables",
"paraphernalia",
"personal effects",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"plunder",
"stuff",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"treasures",
"valuables",
"appointments",
"fixtures",
"furnishings",
"estate",
"property",
"tangibles",
"collateral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immovables",
"real estate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pollees":{
"as in respondents , interviewees":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"interviewees",
"respondents",
"answerers",
"repliers",
"responders",
"attesters",
"informants",
"reporters",
"testifiers",
"witnesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canvassers",
"canvasers",
"interviewers",
"pollers",
"pollsters",
"askers",
"inquirers",
"queriers",
"querists",
"questioners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poultry":{
"as in game , red meat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"game",
"red meat",
"variety meat",
"flesh",
"meat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potter's fields":{
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
"examples":[
"criminals and unidentified people are sometimes buried in a potter's field"
],
"synonyms":[
"boneyards",
"cemeteries",
"God's acres",
"graveyards",
"memorial parks",
"necropolises",
"necropoles",
"necropoleis",
"necropoli"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catacombs",
"churchyards",
"crypts",
"graves",
"mausoleums",
"mausolea",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potable":{
"suitable for drinking":{
"examples":[
"around here, the only potable water comes from wells"
],
"synonyms":[
"drinkable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clean",
"fresh",
"pure",
"uncontaminated",
"unpolluted",
"nonpoisonous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contaminated",
"dirty",
"foul",
"polluted",
"poison",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"undrinkable"
]
},
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"hid the potables in the back hall closet"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a liquid suitable for drinking":{
"examples":[
"keeps the wet bar stocked with an array of top-shelf liquors, mixers, and other fine potables"
],
"synonyms":[
"beverage",
"drink",
"drinkable",
"libation",
"quencher"
],
"near synonyms":[
"potion",
"pop",
"soda",
"soda pop",
"soft drink",
"nectar",
"alcohol",
"brew",
"intoxicant",
"liquor",
"spirits",
"mix",
"mixer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"potentates":{
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
"examples":[
"Charles inherited the position of potentate of the Holy Roman Empire from his grandfather, as well that of king of Spain from his father"
],
"synonyms":[
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"Caesars",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultans",
"suzerains",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potties":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"the little girl announced loudly that she needed to go to the potty"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathrooms",
"baths",
"bogs",
"cans",
"cloakrooms",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"possessor":{
"one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership":{
"examples":[
"she was the possessor of several acres of land in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"holder",
"owner",
"proprietor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"co-owner",
"coproprietor",
"landlord",
"landowner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squatter",
"lessee",
"renter",
"tenant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pokey":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pogrom":{
"the organized killing of many helpless people usually because of their race or religion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"genocide",
"bloodbath",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"death",
"holocaust",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"bloodletting",
"bloodshed",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"manslaughter",
"murder",
"slaying",
"mortality",
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishing",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"eradication",
"extermination",
"assassination",
"execution"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"powder":{
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"you have to powder the antibiotic tablet and mix it with food"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomize",
"beat",
"bray",
"comminute",
"crush",
"disintegrate",
"grind",
"mill",
"mull",
"pound",
"pulverize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grate",
"kibble",
"crumble",
"crunch",
"break",
"bust",
"dash",
"fracture",
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"micronize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in oil , cream":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blush",
"cold cream",
"cream",
"eye shadow",
"kohl",
"lipstick",
"lotion",
"mascara",
"oil",
"rouge",
"vanishing cream",
"cosmetics",
"makeup",
"maquillage",
"paint",
"war paint",
"greasepaint",
"camo",
"camouflage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"poses":{
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"posed an interesting question for the visiting astronomer"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"bounces",
"offers",
"proffers",
"proposes",
"propounds",
"suggests",
"votes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"nominates",
"recommends",
"presents",
"submits",
"tenders",
"trots out",
"files",
"lays",
"lodges",
"arranges",
"calculates",
"charts",
"contrives",
"covers",
"frames",
"maps",
"plans",
"plots",
"shapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to throw into a state of mental uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"utterly posed by the barrage of questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"addles",
"baffles",
"bamboozles",
"beats",
"befogs",
"befuddles",
"bemuses",
"bewilders",
"buffaloes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discombobulates",
"disorients",
"flummoxes",
"foxes",
"fuddles",
"gets",
"gravels",
"mazes",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"mystifies",
"perplexes",
"puzzles",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sticks",
"stumps",
"weirds out",
"abashes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"agitates",
"bothers",
"chagrins",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"perturbs",
"stuns",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"humbugs",
"misguides",
"misleads",
"snows",
"strings along",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assures",
"reassures",
"satisfies",
"enlightens",
"informs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
"examples":[
"my cheerfulness was just a pose , for I was feeling miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"acts",
"airs",
"charades",
"disguises",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"fronts",
"guises",
"masquerades",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"put-ons",
"semblances",
"shows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impersonations",
"performances",
"portrayals",
"images",
"personae",
"personas",
"appearances",
"colors",
"glosses",
"camouflages",
"cloaks",
"affectations",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"dissimulations",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"fakeries",
"frauds",
"guiles",
"betrayals",
"double crosses",
"falsities",
"infidelities",
"perfidies",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"excuses",
"pretexts"
],
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"candors",
"sincerities",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
"naivetes",
"naivet\u00e9s"
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in walk , step out":{
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"ambulate",
"foot (it)",
"hoof (it)",
"leg (it)",
"pad",
"step",
"traipse",
"tread",
"walk",
"amble",
"mosey",
"perambulate",
"ramble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"wander",
"march",
"pace",
"step out",
"stride",
"troop",
"clump",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"trample",
"tromp",
"footslog",
"plod",
"trudge",
"hike",
"peregrinate",
"trek",
"mince",
"prance",
"pussyfoot",
"tiptoe",
"gimp",
"hobble",
"limp",
"parade",
"promenade"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"postiches":{
"as in falls , extensions":{
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"extensions",
"falls",
"switches",
"wiglets",
"fright wigs",
"hairpieces",
"rugs",
"toupees",
"wigs"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"podiatrist":{
"a medical professional who treats injuries and diseases of the foot":{
"examples":[],
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"chiropodist",
"croaker",
"doc",
"doctor",
"medic",
"medico",
"physician",
"sawbones",
"anesthesiologist",
"dermatologist",
"gynecologist",
"internist",
"neurologist",
"ob-gyn",
"obstetrician",
"ophthalmologist",
"optometrist",
"orthopedist",
"pathologist",
"pediatrician",
"pediatrist",
"physiatrist",
"radiologist",
"urologist",
"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",
"physical therapist",
"physiotherapist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctor",
"nonphysician"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pointed (out)":{
"as in signaled , signified":{
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"signaled",
"signalled",
"signified",
"alluded (to)",
"hinted (at)",
"implied",
"indicated",
"inferred",
"intended",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"denominated",
"designated",
"adverted (to)",
"cited",
"dropped",
"instanced",
"mentioned",
"named",
"noted",
"noticed",
"quoted",
"referred (to)",
"specified",
"touched (on or upon)",
"indicated",
"broached",
"brought up",
"interjected",
"interpolated",
"interposed",
"introduced",
"infiltrated",
"insinuated",
"wormed",
"advertised",
"announced",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"proclaimed",
"pronounced",
"publicized",
"published",
"sounded",
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"elucidated",
"explained",
"explicated",
"spelled out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pooh-poohs":{
"to think or say that (something) is not very good or not true":{
"examples":[
"They pooh-poohed my suggestion.",
"He pooh-poohed the idea that the house was haunted."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes (off)",
"dismisses",
"flouts",
"rejects",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"shrugs off",
"winks (at)",
"defies",
"disobeys",
"mocks",
"rebels (against)",
"disobliges",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitulates (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"defers (to)",
"goose-steps (to)",
"serves",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"cooperates (with)",
"keeps",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"obliges",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"watches",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"minds",
"obeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polka dots":{
"as in smutches , spots":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"flecks",
"mottles",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"spatters",
"splashes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pours":{
"to cause to flow in a stream":{
"examples":[
"she lifted the teakettle and poured some hot water from the spout"
],
"synonyms":[
"streams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ladles",
"spoons",
"cascades",
"trickles",
"deluges",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move in a stream":{
"examples":[
"water gently pouring down the canal toward the dam"
],
"synonyms":[
"flows",
"rolls",
"runs",
"streams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arises",
"disembogues",
"effuses",
"emanates",
"issues",
"springs",
"courses",
"races",
"rushes",
"fountains",
"gushes",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"deluges",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overruns",
"swamps",
"cascades",
"dribbles",
"drips",
"gutters",
"riffles",
"ripples",
"sheets",
"trickles",
"flushes",
"washes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clots",
"coagulates",
"congeals",
"gels",
"hardens",
"sets"
],
"antonyms":[
"backs up"
]
},
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
"examples":[
"tears pouring down his cheeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"gushes",
"jets",
"rushes",
"spews",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"squirts",
"swooshes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cascades",
"issues",
"rolls",
"runs",
"streams",
"plashes",
"sloshes",
"splashes",
"washes",
"surges",
"swells",
"flushes",
"sluices",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"submerses",
"swamps",
"fountains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"spatters",
"sprinkles",
"bleeds",
"exudes",
"leaks",
"oozes",
"percolates",
"seeps",
"strains",
"weeps"
],
"antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"drops",
"trickles"
]
},
"to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds":{
"examples":[
"it's pouring outside, so you'd better take an umbrella"
],
"synonyms":[
"precipitates",
"rains",
"storms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showers",
"spits",
"hails",
"squalls",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"inundates",
"swamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drizzles",
"mists",
"mizzles",
"spits",
"sprinkles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give readily and in large quantities":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly poured money into the revitalization of the downtown area"
],
"synonyms":[
"heaps",
"lavishes",
"rains",
"showers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gushes",
"streams",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"swamps",
"bombards",
"hails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holds back",
"keeps",
"reserves",
"retains",
"withholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pother":{
"a state of nervous or irritated concern":{
"examples":[
"always in a pother over the state of her garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"dither",
"fluster",
"fret",
"fuss",
"huff",
"lather",
"stew",
"sweat",
"swelter",
"swivet",
"tizzy",
"twitter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bother",
"dudgeon",
"pique",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"hand-wringing",
"panic",
"ado",
"agitation",
"delirium",
"distraction",
"furor",
"hysteria",
"uproar",
"nervous breakdown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"examples":[
"the pother of city traffic that commuters face every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"ado",
"alarums and excursions",
"ballyhoo",
"blather",
"bluster",
"bobbery",
"bother",
"bustle",
"clatter",
"clutter",
"coil",
"commotion",
"corroboree",
"disturbance",
"do",
"foofaraw",
"fun",
"furor",
"furore",
"fuss",
"helter-skelter",
"hoo-ha",
"hoo-hah",
"hoopla",
"hubble-bubble",
"hubbub",
"hullabaloo",
"hurly",
"hurly-burly",
"hurricane",
"hurry",
"hurry-scurry",
"hurry-skurry",
"kerfuffle",
"moil",
"pandemonium",
"row",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"rumpus",
"shindy",
"splore",
"squall",
"stew",
"stir",
"storm",
"to-do",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"uproar",
"welter",
"whirl",
"williwaw",
"zoo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cacophony",
"clamor",
"din",
"howl",
"hue and cry",
"noise",
"outcry",
"racket",
"roar",
"disorder",
"unrest",
"upheaval",
"eruption",
"flare-up",
"flurry",
"flutter",
"outbreak",
"outburst",
"brawl",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"scuffle",
"dither",
"fever",
"fret",
"lather",
"tizzy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"point man":{
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
"examples":[
"the point man for the automaker announced a recall of several models with defective parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"mouth",
"mouthpiece",
"point person",
"prophet",
"speaker",
"spokesman",
"spokesperson"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spokesmodel",
"spokeswoman",
"front",
"promoter",
"shill",
"communicator",
"sayer",
"talker",
"agent",
"ambassador",
"delegate",
"emissary",
"envoy",
"representative"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pored (over)":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"examples":[
"the committee will probably pore over the results of the study for a long time before making their decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"perpended",
"pondered",
"questioned",
"revolved",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"thought (about or over)",
"turned",
"weighed",
"wrestled (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mused (upon)",
"reflected (on or upon)",
"reminisced",
"analyzed",
"explored",
"reviewed",
"concluded",
"reasoned",
"second-guessed",
"speculated (about)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"dwelled (on or upon)",
"dwelt (on or upon)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"fretted (about or over)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"believed",
"conceived",
"opined",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"digested",
"drank (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go over and mentally take in the content of":{
"examples":[
"he pored over the textbook for hours in preparation for the test"
],
"synonyms":[
"perused",
"read"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browsed",
"dipped (into)",
"leafed (through)",
"scanned",
"skimmed",
"speed-read",
"thumbed (through)",
"turned over",
"devoured",
"gobbled (up)",
"slogged (through)",
"waded (through)",
"reread",
"proofread",
"deciphered",
"reviewed",
"studied",
"apprehended",
"comprehended",
"got",
"grasped",
"made",
"made out",
"perceived",
"saw",
"tumbled (to)",
"understood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"potholes":{
"as in basins , floodplains":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"basins",
"floodplains",
"kettles",
"canyons",
"cols",
"couloirs",
"defiles",
"flumes",
"gaps",
"gills",
"gorges",
"gulches",
"gulfs",
"kloofs",
"linns",
"notches",
"passes",
"ravines",
"saddles",
"abysses",
"chasms",
"cirques",
"clefts",
"crevasses",
"crevices",
"cwms",
"fissures",
"combes",
"coombes",
"coombs",
"dales",
"dells",
"glens",
"hollows",
"shut-ins",
"vales",
"valleys",
"arroyos",
"barrancas",
"barrancos",
"coulees",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"gutters",
"nullahs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"wadis",
"washes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poled":{
"as in punted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punted",
"canoed",
"kayaked",
"feathered",
"pulled",
"oared",
"paddled",
"rowed",
"sculled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"possessors":{
"one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership":{
"examples":[
"she was the possessor of several acres of land in the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"holders",
"owners",
"proprietors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"co-owners",
"coproprietors",
"co-proprietors",
"landlords",
"landowners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"squatters",
"lessees",
"renters",
"tenants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"podiatrists":{
"a medical professional who treats injuries and diseases of the foot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chiropodists",
"croakers",
"docs",
"doctors",
"medicos",
"medics",
"physicians",
"sawbones",
"sawboneses",
"anesthesiologists",
"dermatologists",
"gynecologists",
"internists",
"neurologists",
"ob-gyns",
"obstetricians",
"ophthalmologists",
"optometrists",
"orthopedists",
"pathologists",
"pediatricians",
"pediatrists",
"physiatrists",
"radiologists",
"urologists",
"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",
"physical therapists",
"physiotherapists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nondoctors",
"nonphysicians"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portmanteaus":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"carried her possessions with her in an old portmanteau"
],
"synonyms":[
"carryalls",
"carry-ons",
"grips",
"handbags",
"holdalls",
"suitcases",
"traveling bags",
"wallets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overnight bags",
"overnight cases",
"weekend bags",
"weekenders",
"cosmetic cases",
"traveling cases",
"carpetbags",
"duffel bags",
"kit bags",
"kits",
"backpacks",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"packsacks",
"rucksacks",
"attach\u00e9 cases",
"attach\u00e9s",
"briefcases",
"valises",
"baggages",
"bags",
"luggage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ponytails":{
"as in braids , pigtails":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"braids",
"pigtails",
"plaits",
"queues",
"bobs",
"buzz cuts",
"crew cuts",
"crops",
"fades",
"Mohawk",
"Mohawks",
"shags",
"shingles",
"trims",
"comb-overs",
"ducktails",
"pompadours",
"roaches",
"beehives",
"big hairs",
"buns",
"chignons",
"French twists",
"pageboys",
"pugs",
"updos",
"upsweeps",
"Afros",
"conks",
"cornrows",
"dreadlocks",
"permanents",
"perms",
"coiffures",
"cuts",
"dos",
"do's",
"haircuts",
"hairdos",
"hairstyles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"portray":{
"to give a representation or account of in words":{
"examples":[
"the author portrays her characters with lifelike vividness"
],
"synonyms":[
"delineate",
"depict",
"describe",
"draw",
"image",
"limn",
"paint",
"picture",
"render",
"set out",
"sketch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characterize",
"define",
"label",
"qualify",
"represent",
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report",
"tell",
"display",
"exhibit",
"show",
"hint",
"suggest",
"draft",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"trace",
"vignette",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"touch off",
"redescribe",
"reimage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"color",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"misdescribe",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group":{
"examples":[
"traditionally, European authors portrayed the natives as wise and noble"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"characterize",
"define",
"depict",
"describe",
"represent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"categorize",
"classify",
"pigeonhole",
"type",
"color",
"identify",
"indicate",
"name",
"specify",
"distinguish",
"individualize",
"mark",
"particularize",
"stamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a picture of":{
"examples":[
"a landscape that portrays the scenery near the town where the painter grew up"
],
"synonyms":[
"depict",
"image",
"picture",
"represent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineate",
"describe",
"document",
"render",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"illustrate",
"show",
"diagram",
"caricature"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
"examples":[
"gained fame portraying Susan B. Anthony in a one-woman show"
],
"synonyms":[
"act",
"do",
"impersonate",
"interpret",
"perform",
"play"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depict",
"dramatize",
"render",
"represent",
"act out",
"enact",
"pantomime",
"playact",
"role-play",
"take on",
"overact",
"overplay",
"underplay",
"ape",
"clown",
"ham",
"imitate",
"masquerade",
"mime",
"mimic",
"pose (as)",
"star (in)",
"coact",
"costar"
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"They refused to let their children play violent video games, believing that they caused pollution in a developing mind."
],
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"corruptions",
"debasements",
"profanities",
"affronts",
"insults",
"violations",
"sins",
"trespasses",
"blasphemies",
"defilements",
"desecrations",
"impieties",
"irreverences",
"profanations",
"sacrileges"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poltroons":{
"a person who shows a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"those poltroons in the state legislature who have caved in to bigotry on this important issue of basic civil rights"
],
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"chickens",
"cowards",
"cravens",
"curs",
"dastards",
"funks",
"recreants",
"sissies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatists",
"quitters",
"cream puffs",
"milquetoasts",
"pushovers",
"pussies",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"caitiffs",
"snakes",
"sneaks",
"ostriches",
"scaramouches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"daredevils"
],
"antonyms":[
"heroes",
"stalwarts",
"valiants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"having the power to affect the feelings or sympathies":{
"examples":[
"a poignant story of a love affair that ends in tragedy"
],
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"affecting",
"emotional",
"impactful",
"impressive",
"moving",
"stirring",
"touching"
],
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"eloquent",
"expressive",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"demonstrative",
"excitable",
"feeling",
"passionate",
"responsive",
"sensitive",
"exciting",
"inspirational",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"cathartic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"deadpan"
],
"antonyms":[
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
]
},
"sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"a poignant truthfulness to the author's observations on marriage"
],
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"pert",
"piquant",
"pungent",
"salty",
"savory",
"savoury",
"zesty",
"zingy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"racy",
"spicy",
"fiery",
"gingery",
"hot",
"peppery",
"vinegary",
"acute",
"keen",
"biting",
"bitter",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"trenchant",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlightening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"luscious",
"palatable",
"scrumptious",
"toothsome",
"flavorful",
"savorous",
"tasty",
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"riveting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flat",
"flavorless",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"arid",
"banal",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dry",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"predictable",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"tedious",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"bland",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"insipid",
"zestless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"polices":{
"as in patrols , conducts":{
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"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"polyps":{
"as in cancers , carcinomas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cancers",
"carcinomas",
"carcinomata",
"lymphomas",
"lymphomata",
"malignancies",
"melanomas",
"melanomata",
"outgrowths",
"cysts",
"tubercles",
"warts",
"excrescences",
"excrescencies",
"growths",
"lumps",
"neoplasms",
"tumors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"positioned":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"positioned the chairs around the room"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposed",
"deposited",
"disposed",
"emplaced",
"fixed",
"laid",
"placed",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situated",
"stuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moved",
"rearranged",
"reordered",
"shifted",
"oriented",
"established",
"located",
"planted",
"settled",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"flopped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"slapped",
"ensconced",
"niched",
"assembled",
"collected",
"carried",
"berthed",
"parked",
"affixed",
"anchored",
"locked",
"lodged",
"wedged",
"arrayed",
"laid out",
"lined up",
"queued",
"ranked",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocated",
"removed",
"took",
"banished",
"dislodged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"point (toward)":{
"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
"examples":[
"the town's monument to its lost fishermen points toward the sea, the source of its wealth as well as its sorrow"
],
"synonyms":[
"face",
"front",
"look (toward)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border",
"bound",
"fringe",
"margin",
"meet",
"neighbor",
"rim",
"skirt",
"touch",
"command",
"dominate",
"overlook",
"look down (on)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poops":{
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
"examples":[
"the mother cat carefully cleaned poop off her newborn kitten's bottom"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"night soil",
"stool",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"information not generally available to the public":{
"examples":[
"the poop was that the ship would be headed to the war zone within a matter of weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"411",
"book",
"dope",
"inside",
"lowdown",
"scoop",
"skinny",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dish",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"story",
"hint",
"pointer",
"information",
"intelligence",
"news",
"tidings",
"word"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancient history",
"open secret"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poets laureate":{
"as in poets , poetasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bards",
"minstrels",
"muses",
"poetasters",
"poets",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers",
"epigrammatists",
"epigrammatizers",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"sonneteers",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"poetesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pommelling":{
"as in cudgeling , pounding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"bashing",
"battering",
"battery",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"licking",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"smashing",
"socking",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"frenzy",
"fury",
"onslaught",
"outbreak",
"outrage",
"paroxysm",
"rage",
"rampage",
"revolt",
"riot",
"rupture",
"shock",
"storm",
"terror",
"threat",
"tumult",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming",
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"crippling",
"maiming",
"mayhem",
"mutilation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pacificism",
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"polices (up)":{
"as in turns out , straightens (up)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cleans (off)",
"neatens",
"straightens (up)",
"turns out",
"unclutters",
"housecleans",
"housekeeps",
"arranges",
"orders",
"cleans (up)",
"picks up",
"tidies (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clutters",
"disarranges",
"messes (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"powerboats":{
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
"examples":[
"his friend had a powerboat and took them out waterskiing"
],
"synonyms":[
"motorboats",
"speedboats",
"stinkpots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabin cruisers",
"cruisers",
"hydrofoils",
"motor sailers",
"runabouts",
"sedans",
"sportfishermen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pommelled":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the elderly woman pommeled the would-be thief with her handbag until he begged for mercy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"poo-bahs":{
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
"examples":[
"an annual clambake that attracts political pooh-bahs from around the state"
],
"synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big leaguers",
"bigs",
"big shots",
"big-timers",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"heavies",
"heavy hitters",
"heavyweights",
"high-muck-a-mucks",
"high-muckety-mucks",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"kingfish",
"kingpins",
"major leaguers",
"muckety-mucks",
"muck-a-mucks",
"mucky-mucks",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"nibs",
"nobs",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barons",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"tycoons",
"VIPs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"poet laureates":{
"as in poets , poetasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bards",
"minstrels",
"muses",
"poetasters",
"poets",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers",
"epigrammatists",
"epigrammatizers",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"sonneteers",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"poetesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"potency":{
"the ability to exert effort for the accomplishment of a task":{
"examples":[
"vitamins of high potency that should be taken only in the proper dosage"
],
"synonyms":[
"energy",
"firepower",
"force",
"horsepower",
"might",
"muscle",
"potence",
"power",
"puissance",
"sinew",
"strength",
"vigor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aptitude",
"capability",
"capacity",
"competence",
"competency",
"adequacy",
"effectiveness",
"effectualness",
"usefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"inability",
"inaptitude",
"incapability",
"incapableness",
"incapacity",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness",
"inefficaciousness",
"inefficacy",
"uselessness",
"helplessness",
"paralysis"
],
"antonyms":[
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"polygraph":{
"an instrument for detecting physical signs of the tension that goes with lying":{
"examples":[
"intelligence agents were trained to fool the polygraph"
],
"synonyms":[
"lie detector"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pots":{
"the total of the bets at stake at one time":{
"examples":[
"everyone got a bit nervous when the pot grew to more than a hundred dollars"
],
"synonyms":[
"jackpots",
"jacks",
"pools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"funds",
"kitties",
"bets",
"stakes",
"wagers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"made a pot of money in the real estate market"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"an enlarged or bulging abdomen":{
"examples":[
"vowed that he would never get a pot , that telltale sign of middle age"
],
"synonyms":[
"bay windows",
"beer bellies",
"bellies",
"corporations",
"guts",
"paunches",
"potbellies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breadbaskets",
"stomachs",
"tummies",
"corpulences",
"fat",
"obesities",
"overweights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plants , puts in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drills",
"plants",
"puts in",
"seeds",
"sows",
"replants",
"transplants",
"broadcasts",
"scatters",
"overseeds",
"reseeds",
"beds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathers",
"harvests",
"reaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"postie":{
"a person who delivers mail":{
"examples":[
"the sort of small Cornish village in which the local postie knows everyone's business"
],
"synonyms":[
"letter carrier",
"mail carrier",
"mailman",
"postman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"courier",
"messenger",
"postmaster",
"postmistress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}
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