dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/su_mwt.json
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{
"SUV":{
"as in wagon , hatchback":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suasion":{
"the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action":{
"examples":[
"a defense lawyer uses not only legal arguments but also moral suasion to appeal to a jury's sense of right and wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conversion",
"convincing",
"inducement",
"inducing",
"persuading",
"persuasion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishment",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"coaxing",
"entreaty",
"exhortation",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"seduction",
"tempting",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"swaying",
"lobbying",
"pressuring",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuasion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suave":{
"having or showing very polished and worldly manners":{
"examples":[
"the suave gentleman was a great favorite of the elegant ladies who attended parties at the embassy"
],
"synonyms":[
"debonair",
"smooth",
"sophisticated",
"svelte",
"urbane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cavalier",
"glib",
"slick",
"unctuous",
"civilized",
"couth",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"graceful",
"gracious",
"poised",
"polished",
"refined",
"well-bred",
"cosmopolitan",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"smart",
"worldly-wise",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"practiced",
"practised",
"schooled",
"seasoned",
"amiable",
"appealing",
"attractive",
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"puerile",
"raw",
"hick",
"parochial",
"provincial",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"inelegant",
"philistine",
"uncivilized",
"uncultured",
"unrefined",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"gawky",
"lubberly",
"stodgy",
"ungainly",
"diffident",
"insecure"
],
"antonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"classless",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suaveness":{
"as in suavity , gracefulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charm",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"poise",
"savoir faire",
"suavity",
"diplomacy",
"tact",
"tactfulness",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"delicacy",
"graciousness",
"sensitivity",
"thoughtfulness",
"civility",
"etiquette",
"mannerliness",
"manners",
"politeness",
"adroitness",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"finesse",
"deference",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"gaucheness",
"gracelessness",
"maladroitness",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"indelicacy",
"thoughtlessness",
"ungraciousness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"boorishness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"loutishness",
"disregard",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"clumsiness",
"insensitivity",
"tactlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suavity":{
"as in gracefulness , poise":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charm",
"gallantry",
"gentility",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"poise",
"savoir faire",
"suaveness",
"diplomacy",
"tact",
"tactfulness",
"considerateness",
"consideration",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"delicacy",
"graciousness",
"sensitivity",
"thoughtfulness",
"civility",
"etiquette",
"mannerliness",
"manners",
"politeness",
"adroitness",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"finesse",
"deference",
"regard",
"respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"gaucheness",
"gracelessness",
"maladroitness",
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"indelicacy",
"thoughtlessness",
"ungraciousness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"boorishness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"loutishness",
"disregard",
"disrespect",
"disrespectfulness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"clumsiness",
"insensitivity",
"tactlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcategorize":{
"as in break down , draw up":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcontracting":{
"to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{
"examples":[
"Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out",
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdebutante":{
"as in schoolgirl , teenybopper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bobby-soxer",
"junior miss",
"schoolgirl",
"teenybopper",
"filly",
"girl",
"lass",
"lassie",
"miss",
"missy",
"nymph",
"sheila",
"gamine",
"hoyden",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"romp",
"snip",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdivides":{
"as in dissects , bisects":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdividing":{
"as in dissecting , bisecting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcating",
"bisecting",
"cleaving",
"dichotomizing",
"dissecting",
"fractionalizing",
"fractionating",
"halving",
"partitioning",
"quartering",
"segmenting",
"trisecting",
"breaking up",
"decoupling",
"disassociating",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"ramifying",
"resolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"breaking down",
"decomposing",
"disassembling",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"fragmentating",
"fragmenting",
"fragmentizing",
"breaking",
"fracturing",
"pulling",
"rending",
"rifting",
"ripping",
"riving",
"rupturing",
"tearing",
"cutting off",
"insulating",
"isolating",
"secluding",
"segregating",
"sequestering",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"associating",
"blending",
"combining",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"connecting",
"coupling",
"accumulating",
"agglutinating",
"attaching",
"binding",
"cementing",
"closing",
"fastening",
"fusing",
"knitting",
"sticking",
"welding",
"joining",
"linking",
"unifying",
"uniting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subgroups":{
"as in sections , subspecieses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branches",
"generations",
"sections",
"sorts",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subinterval":{
"as in interstice , time lag":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discontinuity",
"gap",
"hiatus",
"hiccup",
"hiccough",
"interim",
"interlude",
"intermission",
"interregnum",
"interruption",
"interstice",
"interval",
"parenthesis",
"caesura",
"comma",
"interspace",
"lag",
"pause",
"space",
"time lag",
"window",
"lull",
"recess",
"respite",
"rest",
"adjournment",
"discontinuance",
"lapse",
"suspension",
"entr'acte",
"bumper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuum",
"run",
"stretch",
"procession",
"progression"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subject":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the subject of our discussion switched from who would be the next president to who was the greatest president in the nation's history"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"theme",
"topic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matter",
"talking point",
"count",
"idea",
"point",
"purpose",
"consideration",
"issue",
"problem",
"body",
"bulk",
"burden",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"fundamental",
"generality",
"gist",
"grist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"main",
"marrow",
"mass",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"purport",
"quick",
"staple",
"substance",
"sum",
"basis",
"bottom",
"essential",
"essentiality",
"affair",
"argument",
"debate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
"tangent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
"examples":[
"because of the tense situation in that country, British subjects were advised to return home as soon as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"citizen",
"freeman",
"national"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compatriot",
"countryman",
"inhabitant",
"native",
"nonimmigrant",
"resident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreigner",
"stranger",
"immigrant",
"nonnative"
],
"antonyms":[
"alien",
"noncitizen"
]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"authority",
"grounds",
"motive",
"reason",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subjugate",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dependent , non-self-governing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"unfree",
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subjected":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"related":[
"annihilated",
"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overpowered",
"pacified",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"subordinated",
"vanquished"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjugating":{
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"a military occupation that was seen by the people of that country as just another subjugating by an outside power"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overpowering",
"pacifying",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subordinating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"beating",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mowing (down)",
"overcoming",
"prevailing (over)",
"reducing",
"routing",
"skunking",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"enslaving",
"breaking",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"smothering",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subjugation":{
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"the subjugation of much of Europe by Napol\u00e9on"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sublet":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sublimity":{
"as in elegance , charm":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submerge":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"gulf",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerse",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanche",
"smother",
"overcome",
"overrun",
"flow",
"flush",
"gush",
"pour",
"sluice",
"spout",
"spurt",
"stream",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"dry",
"parch"
],
"antonyms":[
"drain"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"sop",
"souse",
"submerse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"moisten",
"soak",
"steep",
"wet",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"dive",
"plunge",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"suppress",
"swallow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"govern",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"quash",
"quell",
"bottle up",
"contain",
"muffle",
"squelch"
],
"near antonyms":[
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"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
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"yield (to)",
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"goose-step (to)",
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"obey",
"observe",
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"agree (to)",
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"hear",
"heed",
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"mark",
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"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
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"rebel (against)",
"disoblige",
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"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
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"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
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"subjected",
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"vanquished"
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"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
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"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
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"docility",
"dutifulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"restraint",
"suppression",
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"control",
"discipline",
"dutifulness",
"order",
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"submission",
"subordination"
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"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelling",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness",
"noncooperation",
"recusancy",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"subsequently found the missing glove"
],
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"afterward",
"afterwards",
"later",
"latterly",
"thereafter"
],
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"next",
"by and by",
"hereafter",
"presently",
"since",
"soon",
"then",
"thereupon",
"hereinbelow",
"infra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"formerly",
"heretofore",
"theretofore"
],
"antonyms":[
"afore",
"ahead",
"antecedently",
"anteriorly",
"before",
"beforehand",
"earlier",
"previously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"subservient":{
"having a less important role, job, or place as something else":{
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"examples":[
"The employees used to build things by hand but now were subservient to automated equipment that handled much of production."
],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
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"examples":[
"She was an equal partner in the marriage and not a subservient wife."
],
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"as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep"
],
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"abated",
"declined",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (away or down or out)",
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"drained (away)",
"dropped (off)",
"dwindled",
"eased",
"ebbed",
"fell",
"fell away",
"lessened",
"let up",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"palled",
"phased down",
"ratcheted (down)",
"racheted (down)",
"receded",
"relented",
"remitted",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"tapered",
"tapered off",
"waned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"evaporated",
"faded (away)",
"frittered (away)",
"gave out",
"melted (away)",
"petered (out)",
"tailed (off)",
"vanished",
"slackened",
"slowed (down)",
"alleviated",
"relaxed",
"flagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"weakened",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"deflated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeared",
"emerged",
"showed up",
"blew up",
"distended",
"elongated",
"lengthened"
],
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"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mounted",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"rose",
"snowballed",
"soared",
"swelled",
"waxed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"as in waning , ebbing":{
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"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"waning",
"ceasing",
"closing",
"concluding",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"dying",
"ending",
"expiring",
"finishing",
"lapsing",
"leaving off",
"passing",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"terminating",
"winding up"
],
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"leftover",
"remaining",
"lingering",
"residual",
"abiding",
"biding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"perduring",
"persisting",
"running on"
],
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep"
],
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"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dwindling",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
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"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subsocieties":{
"as in subcultures":{
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"subcultures",
"civilizations",
"cultures",
"lifestyles",
"lives",
"societies",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklores",
"heritages",
"legacies",
"traditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantiality":{
"the quality or state of being large in size":{
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"their donation may not be impressive in its substantiality , but it did come from the heart, and that is what is really important"
],
"synonyms":[
"bigness",
"bulkiness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"heftiness",
"largeness",
"voluminousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"extensiveness",
"grossness",
"healthiness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"massiveness",
"mightiness",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"handsomeness",
"liberality",
"muchness",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"weightiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diminutiveness",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"slightness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"antonyms":[
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"smallness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantially":{
"for the most part":{
"examples":[
"the Little House books are substantially based on the memories of Laura Ingalls Wilder"
],
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"altogether",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally"
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"about",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"some",
"virtually",
"well-nigh",
"approximately",
"broadly",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"commonly",
"frequently",
"normally",
"ordinarily",
"typically",
"usually",
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"partially",
"partly",
"rather",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"perfectly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"unqualifiedly"
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{
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"substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley"
],
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"demonstrate",
"establish",
"prove",
"show"
],
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"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"document",
"evidence",
"support",
"sustain",
"uphold",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"justify",
"validate",
"verify"
],
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"confute",
"discredit",
"invalidate",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
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"disprove"
]
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"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch"
],
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"argue",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"support",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate"
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"near synonyms":[
"avouch",
"back (up)",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
]
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"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes"
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"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"express",
"externalize",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"instantiate",
"manifest",
"materialize",
"personalize",
"personify"
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"near synonyms":[
"actualize",
"concretize",
"realize",
"exemplify",
"illustrate",
"image",
"objectify",
"symbolize",
"typify"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{
"examples":[
"substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures"
],
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"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"validate"
],
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"back (up)",
"buttress",
"circumstantiate",
"corroborate",
"evidence",
"evince",
"record",
"support",
"uphold",
"witness",
"adduce",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"certify",
"identify",
"confirm",
"sustain",
"verify",
"vouch",
"clinch",
"nail",
"settle",
"confess",
"depose",
"testify"
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"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"dispute",
"object",
"allege",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presume",
"surmise",
"suspect"
],
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"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
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"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"bolster",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"shore (up)",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
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"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"as in":{
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"to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{
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"disproved"
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"examples":[
"substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley"
],
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"confuted",
"discredited",
"invalidated",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
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"related":[
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"authenticated",
"bore out",
"documented",
"evidenced",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"justified",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"synonyms":[
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"established",
"proved",
"showed"
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"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
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"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"examples":[
"Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
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"related":[
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"backed (up)",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
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"avowed",
"declared",
"professed",
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
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"synonyms":[
"argued",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"certified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"supported",
"validated",
"verified",
"vindicated"
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"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
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"examples":[
"Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species"
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"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"related":[
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"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
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"synonyms":[
"backed",
"bolstered",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"shored (up)",
"supported"
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"to represent in visible form":{
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"examples":[
"the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes"
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"related":[
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"concretized",
"realized",
"exemplified",
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"imaged",
"objectified",
"symbolized",
"typified"
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"synonyms":[
"bodied",
"embodied",
"epitomized",
"expressed",
"externalized",
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"incorporated",
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"materialized",
"personalized",
"personified"
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},
"to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{
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"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"examples":[
"substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures"
],
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"challenged",
"disputed",
"objected",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"surmised",
"suspected"
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"related":[
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"buttressed",
"circumstantiated",
"corroborated",
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"evinced",
"recorded",
"supported",
"upheld",
"witnessed",
"adduced",
"attested",
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"certified",
"identified",
"confirmed",
"sustained",
"verified",
"vouched",
"clinched",
"nailed",
"settled",
"confessed",
"deposed",
"testified"
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"synonyms":[
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"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"validated"
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"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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"to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{
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"examples":[
"substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley"
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"discredits",
"invalidates",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
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"bears out",
"documents",
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"justifies",
"validates",
"verifies"
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"synonyms":[
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"establishes",
"proves",
"shows"
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"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
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"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"examples":[
"Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"gainsays",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"challenges",
"contests",
"disputes",
"questions"
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"related":[
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"backs (up)",
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"affirms",
"asserts",
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"synonyms":[
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"undermines",
"weakens"
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"avouches",
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"bolsters",
"buttresses",
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"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"shores (up)",
"supports"
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"the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes"
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"images",
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"typifies"
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"embodies",
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"incarnates",
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"instantiates",
"manifests",
"materializes",
"personalizes",
"personifies"
]
},
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"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
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"substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures"
],
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"challenges",
"disputes",
"objects",
"alleges",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"surmises",
"suspects"
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"records",
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"witnesses",
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"attests",
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"confirms",
"sustains",
"verifies",
"vouches",
"clinches",
"nails",
"settles",
"confesses",
"deposes",
"testifies"
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"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"validates"
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"verb"
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"you'll be getting a substitute until your regular teacher is feeling better",
"if you like, you can use nuts as a substitute for coconut in that recipe"
],
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"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second",
"successor",
"superseder"
],
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"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub"
]
},
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"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
],
"examples":[
"substitute wools that supposedly have the look and feel of cashmere"
],
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"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"related":[
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"unauthentic",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"synthetic"
]
},
"taking the place of one that came before":{
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"original"
],
"examples":[
"had to find substitute transportation during the bus strike"
],
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"first",
"former",
"equal",
"identical",
"same",
"lasting",
"permanent"
],
"related":[
"alternate",
"alternative",
"pinch",
"different",
"other",
"separate",
"extra",
"spare",
"improvised",
"jury",
"another",
"second",
"utility",
"successive",
"equivalent"
],
"synonyms":[
"makeshift",
"new",
"substitutive"
]
},
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
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"examples":[
"can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?"
],
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"related":[
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"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"cede",
"hand over",
"surrender",
"yield",
"reciprocate"
],
"synonyms":[
"change",
"commute",
"exchange",
"shift",
"swap",
"switch",
"trade"
]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
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"examples":[
"substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation"
],
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"related":[
"understudy",
"relieve",
"spell",
"double (as)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cover",
"fill in",
"pinch-hit",
"stand in",
"step in",
"sub",
"take over"
]
},
"to take the place of":{
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"examples":[
"\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy"
],
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"related":[
"preempt",
"usurp"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displace",
"displant",
"relieve",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"as in replacement":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substratum":{
"as in substructure , bulwark":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"bed",
"brace",
"bulwark",
"buttress",
"framework",
"infrastructure",
"mount",
"prop",
"shore",
"stay",
"substructure",
"support",
"base",
"basis",
"bedrock",
"bottom",
"cornerstone",
"footing",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"keystone",
"root",
"underpinning",
"warp",
"warp and woof",
"assumption",
"justification",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"rationale",
"supposition",
"theory",
"thesis",
"warrant",
"backbone",
"center",
"core",
"eye",
"focus",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"nucleus",
"seat",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"touchstone"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"subtle":{
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
"examples":[
"used subtle methods of persuasion"
],
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"artful",
"beguiling",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"cute",
"designing",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"scheming",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"sly",
"tricky",
"wily"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astute",
"facile",
"glib",
"sharp",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"dishonest",
"fraudulent",
"insinuating",
"knavish",
"Machiavellian",
"oblique",
"serpentine",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slippery",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"unscrupulous",
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth-tongued",
"two-faced",
"circuitous",
"circular",
"roundabout",
"clandestine",
"concealed",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"secret",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"calculating",
"plotting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"obvious",
"open",
"patent",
"plain",
"public",
"unconcealed",
"aboveboard",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"honest",
"natural",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"straightforward",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"unvarnished",
"childlike",
"impressionable",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"trustful",
"trusting"
],
"antonyms":[
"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"undesigning"
]
},
"made or done with extreme care and accuracy":{
"examples":[
"the subtle strokes of the painter's brush"
],
"synonyms":[
"delicate",
"exact",
"fine",
"finespun",
"hairline",
"hairsplitting",
"minute",
"nice",
"nuanced",
"refined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nitpicking",
"quibbling",
"frivolous",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"negligible",
"petty",
"piddling",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"particular",
"picky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable",
"broad",
"indefinite",
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"slapdash",
"slipshod",
"sloppy"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"inexact",
"rough"
]
},
"satisfying or pleasing because of fineness or mildness":{
"examples":[
"a subtle suggestion of the Near East in the soup's flavoring"
],
"synonyms":[
"airy",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"exquisite",
"nuanced",
"refined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choice",
"elegant",
"extraordinary",
"incomparable",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"rare",
"select",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"picked",
"selected",
"fine",
"fragile",
"frail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"crude",
"rough",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"run-of-the-mill",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"robust",
"strong",
"sturdy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subtlety":{
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"examples":[
"we appreciated the subtlety with which our host indicated that it was time to leave: he volunteered to pack us a little lunch for the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtract (from)":{
"as in reduce , decrease":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"moderate",
"modify",
"reduce",
"retrench",
"shrink",
"slash",
"taper",
"abate",
"compress",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut",
"cut down",
"pare",
"prune",
"trim",
"abstract",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"recapitulate",
"summarize",
"sum up",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"dock",
"elide",
"shorten",
"syncopate",
"truncate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"enlarge",
"expand",
"supplement",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"dilate",
"escalate",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"pump up",
"raise",
"blow up",
"distend",
"inflate",
"swell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"succeeded":{
"to come after in time":{
"antonyms":[
"antedated",
"preceded",
"predated"
],
"examples":[
"only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"ensued"
],
"synonyms":[
"followed",
"postdated",
"supervened"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"antonyms":[
"failed"
],
"examples":[
"if you want to succeed in show business, you have to feel comfortable in front of an audience"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"related":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrived",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve"
]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"antonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"washed out"
],
"examples":[
"the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languished",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"cratered",
"crumbled",
"flamed out",
"choked",
"cracked up",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"fell down",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"related":[
"caught on",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"cooked",
"percolated"
],
"synonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"succeeder":{
"as in representative , heir apparent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"succession":{
"a series of things, people, events, or actions arranged or happening one after another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"He experienced a succession of car repairs that set him back thousands of dollars."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the order of people in a family":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"successional":{
"following one after another without others coming in between":{
"examples":[
"the successional stages that an area goes through following a devastating forest fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"back-to-back",
"consecutive",
"sequent",
"sequential",
"straight",
"succeeding",
"successive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serial",
"constant",
"continuous",
"uninterrupted",
"ensuing",
"following",
"later",
"next",
"posterior",
"subsequent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"inconsecutive",
"inconsequent",
"nonconsecutive",
"nonsequential"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"successive":{
"following one after another without others coming in between":{
"examples":[
"made the honor roll for three successive school terms"
],
"synonyms":[
"back-to-back",
"consecutive",
"sequent",
"sequential",
"straight",
"succeeding",
"successional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serial",
"constant",
"continuous",
"uninterrupted",
"ensuing",
"following",
"later",
"next",
"posterior",
"subsequent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"inconsecutive",
"inconsequent",
"nonconsecutive",
"nonsequential"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"succinct":{
"marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning":{
"examples":[
"a pocket guide that provides succinct explanations for rules of grammar and punctuation"
],
"synonyms":[
"aphoristic",
"apothegmatic",
"brief",
"capsule",
"compact",
"compendious",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"epigrammatic",
"laconic",
"monosyllabic",
"pithy",
"sententious",
"summary",
"telegraphic",
"terse",
"thumbnail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"short",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"meaty",
"substantial",
"meaningful",
"significant",
"well-turned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pleonastic",
"redundant",
"repetitious",
"tautological",
"tautologous",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"exaggerated",
"inflated"
],
"antonyms":[
"circuitous",
"circumlocutory",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"succorers":{
"as in solaces , comforters":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"succumbing (to)":{
"as in dying (from)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"succumbs (to)":{
"as in dies (from)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dies (from)",
"breaks out (with)",
"fails",
"languishes",
"sinks",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"worsens",
"catches",
"comes down (with)",
"contracts",
"gets",
"goes down (with)",
"sickens (with)",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes back",
"gains",
"heals",
"mends",
"recoups",
"recovers",
"recuperates",
"snaps back",
"rallies",
"rebounds",
"recovers (from)",
"shakes (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sucked (up to)":{
"as in kowtowed , fawned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"toadied",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"adulated",
"belauded",
"blarneyed",
"buttered up",
"flattered",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"honeyed",
"honied",
"massaged",
"overpraised",
"puffed",
"soft-soaped",
"stroked",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"romanced",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sucked in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"suckered",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sucker punch":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suckering":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceiving"
],
"examples":[
"a notorious imposter who at one time suckered a lot of people into believing that she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"related":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"snowing",
"spoofing",
"stringing along",
"sucking in",
"taking in",
"tricking"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"suckered millions of desperate dieters with their grossly inflated claims of successful weight loss"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suede":{
"as in nubuck , patent leather":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suffered":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"willingly suffered hardships so that their children would have a better life"
],
"synonyms":[
"endured",
"experienced",
"felt",
"had",
"knew",
"passed",
"saw",
"sustained",
"tasted",
"underwent",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encountered",
"met",
"accepted",
"received",
"assimilated",
"digested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"the husband suffered deeply at the mere suggestion that he had been unfaithful"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"sorrowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached",
"longed (for)",
"pined (away)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"took on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"contends that the death penalty is something that no civilized society should suffer"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"green-lighted",
"had",
"permitted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorized",
"commissioned",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"conceded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"admitted",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"supported",
"tolerated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"censured",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"interdicted",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"deplored",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"frowned (at or on)",
"grudged",
"checked",
"curbed",
"kept",
"repressed",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"vetoed"
]
},
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"I will not suffer you to insult me so!"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"tolerated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"shrugged off",
"winked (at)",
"excused",
"forgave",
"pardoned",
"brooked",
"catered (to)",
"gave in (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"curbed",
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"frustrated",
"held back",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"prevented"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sufferings":{
"as in mournings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sufficed":{
"to be enough":{
"examples":[
"I was told I have to wear shoes\u2014will thong sandals suffice ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"did",
"served"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answered",
"suited",
"assuaged",
"contented",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suffuse":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop"
],
"synonyms":[
"endue",
"indue",
"imbue",
"inculcate",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animate",
"charge",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"leaven",
"implant",
"instill",
"plant",
"impregnate",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"saturate",
"deluge",
"drown",
"fill",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"submerge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"divest",
"strip",
"clear",
"empty",
"eliminate",
"remove",
"take (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"a living room suffused with warm sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrate",
"percolate (into)",
"permeate",
"pervade",
"riddle",
"transfuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffuse (through)",
"impregnate",
"pass (into)",
"penetrate",
"fill (up)",
"drench",
"imbue",
"infuse",
"saturate",
"soak",
"steep",
"flood",
"glut"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suffusing":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduing",
"induing",
"imbuing",
"inculcating",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animating",
"charging",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"leavening",
"implanting",
"instilling",
"planting",
"impregnating",
"permeating",
"pervading",
"saturating",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"filling",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"submerging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"divesting",
"stripping",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"eliminating",
"removing",
"taking (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"a living room suffused with warm sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrating",
"percolating (into)",
"permeating",
"pervading",
"riddling",
"transfusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffusing (through)",
"impregnating",
"passing (into)",
"penetrating",
"filling (up)",
"drenching",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"flooding",
"glutting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sugarcoated":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
],
"examples":[
"those sugarcoated versions of family life that old TV sitcoms portrayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"related":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugary",
"wet"
]
},
"to talk about or describe (something) in a way that makes it seem more pleasant or acceptable than it is":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"textbooks that sugarcoat history",
"She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sugarloaf":{
"as in dome":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suggest":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"this letter suggests that there's more going on than she's telling us"
],
"synonyms":[
"allude",
"hint",
"imply",
"indicate",
"infer",
"insinuate",
"intimate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advert",
"mention",
"point",
"refer",
"signal",
"signalize",
"signify",
"smack (of)",
"smell (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announce",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"spell out",
"delineate",
"describe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I suggested that they talk to a therapist about their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"advise",
"counsel",
"recommend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"espouse",
"favor",
"support",
"exhort",
"urge",
"advance",
"offer",
"propose",
"submit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"might I suggest , for an appetizer, our jumbo shrimp cocktail?"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"bounce",
"offer",
"pose",
"proffer",
"propose",
"propound",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suggestiveness":{
"as in earthiness , saltiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suicided":{
"as in killed , murdered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
"slew",
"took",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suit":{
"a court case for enforcing a right or claim":{
"examples":[
"filed a suit against the company that had manufactured the faulty heater, claiming they were responsible for the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"action",
"lawsuit",
"proceeding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"litigation",
"case",
"cause",
"complaint",
"counterclaim",
"countersuit",
"cross action",
"cross-claim"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"O Lord of Heaven, hear our humble suit"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the series of social engagements shared by a couple looking to get married":{
"examples":[
"a rather old-fashioned fellow, he first sought the consent of the girl's father for the suit"
],
"synonyms":[
"courting",
"courtship",
"dating",
"lovemaking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"wooing",
"affair",
"affaire",
"love affair",
"romance",
"betrothal",
"engagement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"no, a second-floor room won't suit if there's no elevator, since one of us has a disability"
],
"synonyms":[
"befit",
"beseem",
"do",
"fit",
"go",
"serve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfy",
"suffice",
"function",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"the location of our hotel suited us just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (with)",
"content",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"glad",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"pleasure",
"rejoice",
"satisfy",
"warm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe",
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"excite",
"tickle",
"titillate",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"treat",
"captivate",
"charm",
"galvanize",
"thrill",
"calm",
"comfort",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pique",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"agitate",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"upset",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend"
],
"antonyms":[
"displease"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"went to the party suited in a strange getup that he'd picked out himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"caparison",
"clothe",
"costume",
"deck (out)",
"do up",
"dress",
"dress up",
"enrobe",
"garb",
"garment",
"get up",
"gown",
"habit",
"invest",
"rig (out)",
"robe",
"tog (up or out)",
"toilet",
"vesture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloak",
"frock",
"jacket",
"mantle",
"vest",
"drape",
"enswathe",
"hap",
"huddle",
"swaddle",
"swathe",
"wrap",
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"bedight",
"equip",
"furnish",
"habilitate",
"outfit",
"tailor",
"uniform",
"dress down",
"underdress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denude",
"divest",
"uncover",
"undrape",
"unveil"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarray",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"unclothe",
"undress",
"untruss"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
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"a bohemian by nature, she would have to suit her behavior to the corporate culture"
],
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"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"put",
"shape",
"tailor"
],
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"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suitably":{
"in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{
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"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incongruously",
"incorrectly",
"unseemly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
],
"examples":[
"tried to appear suitably amused by his well-intentioned anecdote"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inopportunely",
"unfortunately",
"unseasonably",
"inappositely",
"inaptly",
"irrelevantly",
"awkwardly",
"ungracefully"
],
"related":[
"well",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"tolerably",
"decently",
"decorously"
],
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"appositely",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"duly",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly"
]
},
"in or to a degree or quantity that meets one's requirements or satisfaction":{
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"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"unsatisfactorily"
],
"examples":[
"I need someone who's suitably versed in computers to help me decide what to buy"
],
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"related":[
"acceptably",
"decently",
"fairly",
"moderately",
"passably",
"tolerably",
"meetly",
"properly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"agreeably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"abundantly",
"amply",
"aplenty",
"optimally",
"plenteously",
"plentifully",
"commensurately",
"proportionately"
],
"synonyms":[
"adequately",
"enough",
"satisfactorily",
"sufficiently"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"suite":{
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
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"examples":[
"an athlete accompanied everywhere by a suite of attendants, including his personal trainer, a dietician, and a massage therapist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crew",
"personnel",
"staff",
"court",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"helper",
"retainer"
],
"synonyms":[
"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"entourage",
"following",
"posse",
"retinue",
"tail",
"train"
]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"replaced the mismatched bed and chests of drawers with a handsome new bedroom suite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"related":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set"
]
},
"a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"whenever he visits the city, he stays in his uncle's 10th-floor suite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bed-sitter",
"bedsit",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousing",
"condo",
"condominium",
"duplex",
"duplex apartment",
"efficiency",
"efficiency apartment",
"flatlet",
"floor-through",
"garden apartment",
"granny flat",
"maisonette",
"penthouse",
"railroad flat",
"salon",
"saloon",
"studio",
"studio apartment",
"triplex",
"walk-up",
"gallery",
"wing",
"apartment building",
"apartment house",
"tenement house"
],
"synonyms":[
"apartment",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flat",
"lodgings",
"tenement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suited":{
"as in dressed , attired":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"no, a second-floor room won't suit if there's no elevator, since one of us has a disability"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitted",
"beseemed",
"did",
"fitted",
"fit",
"served",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfied",
"sufficed",
"functioned",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"the location of our hotel suited us just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed (with)",
"contented",
"delighted",
"feasted",
"gassed",
"gladded",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"rejoiced",
"satisfied",
"warmed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"soothed",
"assuaged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"excited",
"tickled",
"titillated",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"treated",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"galvanized",
"thrilled",
"calmed",
"comforted",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"perturbed",
"piqued",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"steamed up",
"provoked",
"roused",
"agitated",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"upset",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeased"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"went to the party suited in a strange getup that he'd picked out himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"arrayed",
"attired",
"bedecked",
"caparisoned",
"clothed",
"clad",
"costumed",
"decked (out)",
"did up",
"dressed",
"dressed up",
"enrobed",
"garbed",
"garmented",
"got up",
"gowned",
"habited",
"invested",
"rigged (out)",
"robed",
"togged (up or out)",
"toileted",
"vestured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaked",
"frocked",
"jacketed",
"mantled",
"vested",
"draped",
"enswathed",
"happed",
"huddled",
"swaddled",
"swathed",
"wrapped",
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"bedighted",
"bedight",
"equipped",
"furnished",
"habilitated",
"outfitted",
"tailored",
"uniformed",
"dressed down",
"underdressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuded",
"divested",
"uncovered",
"undraped",
"unveiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrayed",
"disrobed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"untrussed"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"a bohemian by nature, she would have to suit her behavior to the corporate culture"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"accommodated",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"conditioned",
"conformed",
"doctored",
"edited",
"fashioned",
"fitted",
"fit",
"put",
"shaped",
"tailored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapted",
"readjusted",
"customized",
"geared",
"matched",
"modeled",
"modelled",
"patterned",
"attuned",
"corrected",
"harmonized",
"squared",
"tuned",
"established",
"rooted",
"settled",
"acquainted",
"familiarized",
"orientated",
"oriented",
"equipped",
"prepared",
"primed",
"rehearsed",
"hardened",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"toughened",
"altered",
"converted",
"made over",
"modified",
"recast",
"reclaimed",
"recycled",
"redesigned",
"redeveloped",
"redid",
"reengineered",
"refashioned",
"refigured",
"refitted",
"refocused",
"reinvented",
"rejiggered",
"remade",
"remodeled",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"transformed",
"accustomed",
"habilitated",
"habituated",
"naturalized",
"readied",
"trained",
"bent",
"fiddled (with)",
"fine-tuned",
"phased",
"registered",
"regulated",
"rigged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"suitors":{
"a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her":{
"examples":[
"my sister finally married her suitor of six years on Sunday"
],
"synonyms":[
"gallants",
"swains",
"wooers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beaux",
"beaus",
"boyfriends",
"fellows",
"men",
"old men",
"significant others",
"squeezes",
"admirers",
"crushes",
"steadies",
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"favorites",
"flames",
"honeys",
"lovers",
"loves",
"sparks",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"valentines",
"dates",
"escorts",
"fianc\u00e9s",
"intendeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"the inventor had several suitors for his patent, but he wasn't interested in dealing with a big company"
],
"synonyms":[
"petitioners",
"pleaders",
"solicitors",
"suppliants",
"supplicants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"cadgers",
"moochers",
"schnorrers",
"askers",
"requesters",
"suers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sulk(s)":{
"as in pouts , tantrum":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fit",
"pet",
"pouts",
"tantrum",
"tizzy",
"dander",
"temper",
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"dig",
"indignity",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slap",
"slight",
"slur",
"agitation",
"angriness",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"perturbation",
"upset",
"aggravation",
"anger",
"annoyance",
"bother",
"botheration",
"discomfort",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"miff",
"offense",
"offence",
"peeve",
"pique",
"resentment",
"umbrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"satisfaction",
"appeasement",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"contentment",
"delight",
"gratification",
"happiness",
"pleasure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"the toddler would sulk for hours whenever he didn't get his way"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumps",
"mopes",
"pouts"
],
"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"
]
},
"sulkily":{
"as in sternly , glumly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sulky":{
"given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability":{
"examples":[
"our teenage daughter turns sulky if we refuse to let her borrow the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouting",
"pouty",
"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"
]
},
"sullenness":{
"a state of resentful silence or irritability":{
"examples":[
"her mother-in-law managed to dispel her sullenness with a gals-only shopping spree"
],
"synonyms":[
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"pouts",
"snit",
"sulk",
"sulkiness"
],
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sullied":{
"not clean":{
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"examples":[
"lying in sullied bed linens that had not seen the inside of a washing machine for some time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"related":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
"antonyms":[
"cleaned",
"cleansed"
],
"examples":[
"people that sully our state parks with their trash",
"a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
],
"related":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"daubed",
"dirtied",
"distained",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"stained"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sullying":{
"as in pollution , contamination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contamination",
"pollution",
"tarnishing",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"perversion",
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"profanation",
"violation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purification",
"sanctification",
"rebirth",
"regeneration",
"restoration",
"grace",
"redemption",
"salvation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"people that sully our state parks with their trash",
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"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"draggling",
"jumbling",
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"collying",
"crocking"
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"purifying",
"disinfecting",
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"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
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"verb"
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"epitome",
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"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
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"the sum of the issue is: who will pay for this?"
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"content",
"substance",
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"subject",
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"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat",
"meat and potatoes",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"point",
"root"
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"rock bottom"
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"he declared that he had reached the sum of joy when his newborn daughter was laid in his arms"
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"base",
"foot",
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"blossom",
"flood tide",
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"heyday",
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"apex",
"apogee",
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"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
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"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
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"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
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"can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator"
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"cast (up)",
"foot (up)",
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"tot (up)",
"total",
"totalize",
"tote (up)"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"conspectuses",
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"inventories",
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"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
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"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
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"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
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"noun"
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"reprises",
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"condenses",
"curtails",
"cuts back",
"shortens",
"downsizes",
"shrinks",
"concentrates",
"consolidates",
"decocts",
"essentializes",
"simplifies",
"streamlines"
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"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"amplifies",
"elaborates (on or upon)",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
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"supplements"
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"verb"
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"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
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"cast (up)",
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"tot (up)",
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"tote (up)"
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"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"table",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"work out",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"count",
"enumerate",
"number",
"tell",
"recompute",
"refigure"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"examples":[
"the summation of climatic conditions that affect plant growth"
],
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"nets"
],
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"entireties",
"bulks",
"masses",
"enchiladas",
"schmears"
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"fulls",
"sums",
"sum totals",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
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"in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact"
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"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
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"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
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"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
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"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapitulated",
"recapped",
"reprised",
"summarized",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
]
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"verb"
]
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"the highest part or point":{
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"a new movie that some enthusiastic reviewers are already calling the summit of cinematic achievement"
],
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"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"climax",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith"
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"blossom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"prime",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"roof",
"extreme",
"extremity",
"tip",
"vertex",
"high",
"highlight",
"highspot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abyss",
"base",
"foot",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
]
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"as in mount , ascend":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"ascend",
"breast",
"free-climb",
"get up",
"mount",
"scale",
"surmount",
"shimmy",
"shin",
"shinny",
"skin",
"claw",
"sprawl",
"struggle",
"clamber",
"climb",
"scrabble",
"scramble",
"swarm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"the highest part or point":{
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"a new movie that some enthusiastic reviewers are already calling the summit of cinematic achievement"
],
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"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
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"as in mounts , ascends":{
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"near synonyms":[
"ascends",
"breasts",
"free-climbs",
"gets up",
"mounts",
"scales",
"surmounts",
"shimmies",
"shinnies",
"shins",
"skins",
"claws",
"sprawls",
"struggles",
"clambers",
"climbs",
"scrabbles",
"scrambles",
"swarms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sunbaked":{
"as in parched , baked":{
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"near synonyms":[
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"parched",
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"rainless",
"air-dry",
"desert",
"desertic",
"desertlike",
"xerothermic",
"arid",
"droughty",
"dry",
"sere",
"sear",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damp",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"wet",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sundries":{
"small useful items":{
"examples":[
"the only things she needed for her overnight stay were her carryall and a small bag for sundries"
],
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"etceteras",
"notion",
"novelties",
"odds and ends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baubles",
"bric-a-brac",
"gewgaws",
"geegaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"trinkets",
"gadgets",
"gimmicks",
"jiggers",
"hodgepodge",
"miscellany",
"variety"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"sunk":{
"facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{
"examples":[
"all our savings went for lottery tickets, and now we're sunk"
],
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"dead",
"done",
"done for",
"doomed",
"finished",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"ruined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"endangered",
"imperiled",
"imperilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become worse or of less value":{
"examples":[
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
],
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"atrophied",
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"devolved",
"ebbed",
"regressed",
"retrograded",
"rotted",
"worsened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"broken down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"dilapidated",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fallen",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"run down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated"
]
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"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
],
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"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"fallen",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"skidded",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grown",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"arisen",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"risen",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
],
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"choked (back)",
"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"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",
"taken out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"examples":[
"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
],
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"dematerialized",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"fled",
"flown",
"melted",
"vanished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanked (out)",
"cleared",
"died (away or down or out)",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"dried up",
"blurred",
"dimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrived",
"broken out",
"come out",
"emerged",
"issued",
"loomed",
"shown up",
"showed up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appeared",
"materialized"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broken",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"written down",
"written off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrunk",
"shrunken"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloated",
"blown up",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"swollen",
"upped"
],
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"examples":[
"the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"chastened",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered",
"shamed",
"smirched",
"taken down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"belittled",
"castigated",
"cried down",
"criticized",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"detracted",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"written off",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"defiled",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"boasted",
"celebrated",
"cheered",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"highlighted",
"played up",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"dignified",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"enskied",
"enthroned",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"advanced",
"boosted",
"lifted",
"promoted",
"raised",
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"idealized",
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"deified",
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"exalted"
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"the road sinks abruptly after that curve"
],
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"declined",
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"dipped",
"dropped",
"fallen",
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"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
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"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
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"arisen",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"risen",
"uprisen",
"upswept",
"upturned"
]
},
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"the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home"
],
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"decayed",
"drooped",
"emaciated",
"faded",
"failed",
"flagged",
"gone",
"lagged",
"languished",
"sagged",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered"
],
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"broken down",
"worn out",
"yielded",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"rotted",
"run down"
],
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"convalesced",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"gained"
],
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},
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"the light given off by the star around which the planet Earth revolves":{
"examples":[
"let's raise the shades and let in some sunlight"
],
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"sun",
"sunshine"
],
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"sunburst",
"daylight",
"glare",
"shine"
],
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"cloudiness",
"penumbra",
"shade",
"shadiness",
"shadow",
"umbra"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
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"a job that requires him to get up before sunrise"
],
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"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"day",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"light",
"morn",
"morning",
"sun",
"sunup"
],
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"daytime",
"forenoon"
],
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"dark",
"darkness",
"midnight",
"night",
"nighttime",
"afternoon",
"midday",
"dusk",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"twilight"
],
"antonyms":[
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suns":{
"a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light":{
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"examples":[
"the incomprehensible vastness of a universe filled with billions of suns"
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"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies",
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs"
],
"synonyms":[
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"stars"
]
},
"public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{
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"examples":[
"Olympians basking in the sun of athletic achievement while the public still remembers them"
],
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"celebrities",
"fames",
"renowns",
"reputes",
"compliments",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"toasts",
"tributes",
"acclamations",
"ovations",
"plaudits",
"praises",
"raves",
"rhapsodies",
"citations",
"commendations",
"kudos",
"notes",
"recommendations",
"elevations",
"enshrinements",
"enthronements",
"exaltations",
"glorifications"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"applauses",
"bays",
"credits",
"distinctions",
"glories",
"homages",
"honors",
"kudos",
"lauds",
"laurels",
"props",
"r\u00e9clames"
]
},
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
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"nightfalls",
"sundowns",
"sunsets"
],
"examples":[
"I'm afraid that for this long trip we shall have to leave with the sun"
],
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"darks",
"midnights",
"nights",
"nighttimes",
"afternoons",
"middays",
"dusks",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"gloamings",
"twilights"
],
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"daytimes",
"forenoons"
],
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"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"days",
"lights",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"sunups"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunset":{
"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
"examples":[
"the glow of the western sky at sunset"
],
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"crepuscule",
"crepuscle",
"dusk",
"eve",
"evenfall",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"night",
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"twilight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"nighttime"
],
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"day",
"daytime",
"light",
"forenoon"
],
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"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"morn",
"morning",
"sunrise",
"sunup"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"the time from when the sun begins to set to the onset of total darkness":{
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"auroras",
"aurorae",
"cockcrows",
"dawns",
"daybreaks",
"daylights",
"mornings",
"morns",
"sunrises",
"sunups"
],
"examples":[
"the glow of the western sky at sunset"
],
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"days",
"daytimes",
"lights",
"forenoons"
],
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"darks",
"nighttimes"
],
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"crepuscules",
"crepuscles",
"dusks",
"evenfalls",
"evenings",
"eventides",
"eves",
"gloamings",
"nightfalls",
"nights",
"sundowns",
"twilights"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunshade":{
"a covering used to protect against sun exposure":{
"examples":[
"They spent a relaxing afternoon sipping iced tea under the sunshade ."
],
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"screen",
"shade",
"shelter",
"shield",
"umbrella",
"dome",
"marquee",
"pavilion",
"arbor",
"bower",
"pergola",
"canvas",
"canvass",
"fly",
"awning",
"canopy",
"ceiling",
"cover",
"roof",
"tent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sup":{
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
"examples":[
"the old mariner took a sup of grog and began his tale"
],
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"belt",
"draft",
"drag",
"drink",
"gulp",
"nip",
"quaff",
"shot",
"sip",
"slug",
"snort",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dram",
"drop"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"supped the broth slowly"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt (down)",
"drink",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"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":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"super":{
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"my computer is super slow this morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
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"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"unusually large":{
"examples":[
"drinks come in three sizes: medium, large, or super"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous",
"august",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"cavernous",
"monolithic",
"overwhelming",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"little",
"mini",
"petite",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"half-pint"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"super-duper":{
"unusually large":{
"examples":[
"their super-duper ice cream sundaes are true diet busters"
],
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"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"supersize",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous",
"august",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"cavernous",
"monolithic",
"overwhelming",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"little",
"mini",
"petite",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"half-pint"
],
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"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"superbright":{
"as in ultrabright":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ultrabright",
"burnished",
"polished",
"shined",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"blinding",
"coruscant",
"flaring",
"flashing",
"flickering",
"gemmy",
"glancing",
"glaring",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"scintillant",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"shimmery",
"sparkling",
"sunny",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"ablaze",
"ardent",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"red-hot",
"beaming",
"bedazzling",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"candescent",
"clear",
"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"fulgent",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"lustrous",
"radiant",
"refulgent",
"sheeny",
"shining",
"shiny",
"splendid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"unbright",
"unbrilliant",
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dimmed",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"cloudy",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supercheap":{
"as in ultracheap":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"the supercilious art dealer rolled her eyes when we asked if she had anything for under $1,000"
],
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"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supercooled":{
"as in froze , iced":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in refrozen , quick-frozen":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"being over what is needed":{
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"examples":[
"now that the dress code has been e-mailed to everyone and posted on our intranet site, a paper memo about it seems supererogatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"short",
"shortish",
"skimpy",
"sparse"
],
"related":[
"accessory",
"additional",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"de trop",
"dispensable",
"extraneous",
"gratuitous",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"extra",
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"option"
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"overproduction",
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"scarcity",
"want"
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"noun"
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"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
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"certain superheated liquids change to gas with almost explosive violence"
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"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
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"glowing",
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"heated",
"overheated",
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"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
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"tropical"
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"boiling",
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"burning",
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"hot",
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"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
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]
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"cold",
"cool",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional"
],
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],
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"dry",
"impersonal",
"objective",
"reserved",
"undemonstrative"
],
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"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
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"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"enthusiastic",
"gung ho",
"keen",
"zealous",
"enamored",
"infatuated",
"obsessed",
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"unreserved",
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"flaming",
"glowing",
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"intense",
"passional",
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"red-hot",
"religious",
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"vehement",
"warm",
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]
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"adjective",
"verb"
]
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"to be in charge of":{
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"superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater"
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"run",
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"headed",
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"oversaw",
"quarterbacked",
"supervised"
]
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"homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education"
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"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
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"protected",
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"whoever's superintending the warehouse will know what's been delivered today"
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"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
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"babied",
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"minded",
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"verb"
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"under her lax superintendence the company eventually went bankrupt"
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"administration",
"care",
"charge",
"conduct",
"control",
"direction",
"governance",
"government",
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"handling",
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"management",
"operation",
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"presidency",
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"stewardship",
"superintendency",
"supervision"
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"generalship",
"leadership",
"rulership",
"agency",
"aegis",
"egis",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"lap",
"protection",
"safekeeping",
"trust",
"tutelage",
"ward",
"engineering",
"logistics",
"machination",
"manipulation",
"coadministration",
"codirection",
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"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
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"the superintendence of the local music festival is handled jointly by the city and the county"
],
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"care",
"charge",
"guidance",
"headship",
"oversight",
"regulation",
"stewardship",
"superintendency",
"supervision",
"surveillance"
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"observation",
"observing",
"policing",
"administration",
"control",
"direction",
"generalship",
"hand(s)",
"management",
"running",
"leadership",
"piloting",
"shepherding",
"steering",
"government",
"reign",
"rule",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspices",
"guardianship",
"protection",
"trusteeship",
"tutelage"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
"examples":[
"superintendency of the polling places is largely carried out by retired citizens"
],
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"care",
"charge",
"guidance",
"headship",
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"regulation",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"supervision",
"surveillance"
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"monitoring",
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"observation",
"observing",
"policing",
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"direction",
"generalship",
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"steering",
"government",
"reign",
"rule",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspices",
"guardianship",
"protection",
"trusteeship",
"tutelage"
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"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
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"currently a faculty member is needed for superintendency of the program"
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"care",
"charge",
"conduct",
"control",
"direction",
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"government",
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"handling",
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"management",
"operation",
"oversight",
"presidency",
"regulation",
"running",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"supervision"
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"leadership",
"rulership",
"agency",
"aegis",
"egis",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"lap",
"protection",
"safekeeping",
"trust",
"tutelage",
"ward",
"engineering",
"logistics",
"machination",
"manipulation",
"coadministration",
"codirection",
"comanagement"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"supernormal":{
"being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature":{
"examples":[
"the little boy pretended to be a comic book hero with supernormal powers"
],
"synonyms":[
"magical",
"miraculous",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"superhuman",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"uncanny",
"unearthly"
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"near synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"curious",
"eerie",
"eery",
"far-out",
"funny",
"grotesque",
"kinky",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outrageous",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"shocking",
"aberrant",
"atypical",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"flaky",
"freak",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"prodigious",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unnatural",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"unconventional",
"uncustomary",
"unorthodox",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking"
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"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"expected",
"familiar",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"supernumerary":{
"being over what is needed":{
"examples":[
"a third, supernumerary witness to the signing of the will"
],
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"excess",
"extra",
"redundant",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"surplus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"additional",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"de trop",
"dispensable",
"extraneous",
"gratuitous",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"short",
"shortish",
"skimpy",
"sparse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in walk-on , extra":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extra",
"spear-carrier",
"walk-on",
"coactor",
"costar",
"monologuist",
"monologist",
"lead",
"leading lady",
"leading man",
"star",
"prima donna",
"scene-stealer",
"actress",
"starlet",
"double",
"understudy",
"barnstormer",
"enactor",
"entertainer",
"performer",
"comedian",
"farceur",
"actor",
"impersonator",
"mummer",
"player",
"thesp",
"thespian",
"trouper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"supersensitive":{
"as in sensitive , hypersensitive":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hypersensitive",
"oversensitive",
"sensitive",
"tender",
"huffy",
"tetchy",
"thin-skinned",
"ticklish",
"touchy",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"cross-grained",
"crotchety",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perverse",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"quick-tempered",
"raspy",
"ratty",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"snarky",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"stroppy",
"stuffy",
"testy",
"waspish",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"curmudgeonly",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"querulous",
"surly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"thick-skinned",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"well-disposed",
"carefree",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"relaxed",
"unconcerned",
"forbearing",
"long-suffering",
"obliging",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supersensory":{
"as in extrasensory , supersensible":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extrasensory",
"supersensible",
"mystic",
"mystical",
"occult",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"spiritistic",
"spiritualistic",
"celestial",
"divine",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"numinous",
"spiritual",
"unworldly",
"metaphysical",
"otherworldly",
"paranormal",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"earthly",
"mundane"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supersizes":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to supersize our contributions to our retirement fund"
],
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"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"swells",
"ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)",
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"collects",
"follows up",
"parlays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches"
],
"antonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a physically attractive man":{
"examples":[
"wanting to be taken seriously as an actor, he's unhappy with his image as a superstud"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefcake",
"hunk",
"pretty boy",
"stud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babe",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"eye candy",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"knockout",
"stunner",
"lady-killer",
"sheik",
"womanizer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dog",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"monster",
"nerd"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supervised":{
"to be in charge of":{
"examples":[
"for each sailboat an experienced hand is assigned to supervise a novice seaman"
],
"synonyms":[
"bossed",
"captained",
"handled",
"headed",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"quarterbacked",
"superintended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administered",
"commanded",
"controlled",
"directed",
"guided",
"managed",
"ordered",
"ran",
"run",
"shepherded",
"showed",
"steered",
"monitored",
"presided (over)",
"governed",
"reigned",
"ruled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"supervises all the affairs of the athletic club, including hiring someone to run the summer tennis camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"administrated",
"carried on",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"handled",
"kept",
"managed",
"operated",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"superintended",
"tended"
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"near synonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"watched",
"led",
"piloted",
"steered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"micromanaged",
"stage-managed",
"codirected",
"co-directed",
"comanaged",
"co-managed"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"we need someone to supervise the construction project while the foreman is in the hospital"
],
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"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"tended",
"watched"
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"near synonyms":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
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"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to be in charge of":{
"examples":[
"for each sailboat an experienced hand is assigned to supervise a novice seaman"
],
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"bossing",
"captaining",
"handling",
"heading",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"quarterbacking",
"superintending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administering",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"directing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"ordering",
"running",
"shepherding",
"showing",
"steering",
"monitoring",
"presiding (over)",
"governing",
"reigning",
"ruling"
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"supervises all the affairs of the athletic club, including hiring someone to run the summer tennis camp"
],
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"administrating",
"carrying on",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"keeping",
"managing",
"operating",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"superintending",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"minding",
"watching",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"micromanaging",
"stage-managing",
"codirecting",
"co-directing",
"comanaging",
"co-managing"
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"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
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"we need someone to supervise the construction project while the foreman is in the hospital"
],
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"attending",
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"superintending",
"tending",
"watching"
],
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"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"babying",
"babysitting",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
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},
"type":[
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]
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"examples":[
"They blamed the disaster on supine politicians who allowed large corporations to flout regulations."
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"passive",
"spineless",
"unaggressive",
"acquiescent",
"nonresistant",
"resigned",
"tolerant",
"tolerating",
"unresistant",
"yielding",
"obeisant",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"slavish",
"subservient",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"conformable",
"conformist",
"docile",
"guidable",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"subordinate",
"tractable",
"willing",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"apathetic",
"uncaring",
"unresponsive",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inept",
"unfit",
"useless",
"hamstrung",
"handcuffed",
"helpless",
"high and dry",
"hog-tied",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"paralyzed",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
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"defiant",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"insurgent",
"intractable",
"mutinous",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"uncontrollable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"dominant",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"vigorous",
"balky",
"perverse",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"headstrong",
"willful",
"wilful",
"undisciplined",
"unmanageable",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"important",
"major",
"significant",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"supping":{
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"examples":[
"supped the broth slowly"
],
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"lapping",
"licking",
"sucking",
"consuming",
"downing",
"ingurgitating",
"killing",
"mouthing (down)",
"putting away",
"nipping",
"tippling",
"pledging",
"toasting",
"wining"
],
"synonyms":[
"belting (down)",
"drinking",
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"hoisting",
"imbibing",
"knocking back",
"pounding (down)",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slugging (down)",
"slurping",
"swigging",
"swilling",
"tossing (down or off)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplemental":{
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"examples":[
"the new program will provide supplemental health insurance to thousands of workers"
],
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"accessory",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"peripheral",
"supplementary"
],
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"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"dispensable",
"excess",
"nonessential",
"superfluous",
"surplus",
"unessential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
]
},
"related to each other in such a way that one completes the other":{
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"an astronomer who regards science and religion not as antithetical but as supplemental belief systems"
],
"synonyms":[
"complementary",
"correlative",
"reciprocal",
"supplementary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cooperative",
"mutual",
"symbiotic",
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"conjoint",
"joint",
"shared",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"noncomplementary",
"nonreciprocal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suppliances":{
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"examples":[
"with arms raised in humble suppliance , the priest asked for blessings from above"
],
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"adjurations",
"appeals",
"conjurations",
"cries",
"desires",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"pleas",
"prayers",
"solicitations",
"suits",
"supplications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applications",
"requisitions",
"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supplies":{
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"examples":[
"the supply of parents willing to coach youth soccer seems to be shrinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"budgets",
"forces",
"funds",
"inventories",
"pools",
"repertoires",
"reservoirs",
"stocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserves",
"resources",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stockpiles",
"refills",
"renewals",
"replacements",
"kitties",
"nest eggs",
"pots",
"purses",
"fountains",
"mines",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"be sure to pack your own towels in case the hostel doesn't supply them"
],
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"accoutres",
"accouters",
"equips",
"fits (out)",
"furnishes",
"girds",
"kits (up or out)",
"outfits",
"provisions",
"rigs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocks",
"stores",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"presents",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"hands out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"allocates",
"allots",
"assigns",
"arms",
"fortifies",
"prepares",
"reequips",
"refits",
"refurnishes",
"reoutfits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprives",
"dispossesses",
"divests",
"strips"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"the stable will supply safety helmets, but we need to bring our own riding boots"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivers",
"feeds",
"furnishes",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"provides"
],
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"plies (with)",
"administers",
"allocates",
"apportions",
"deals (out)",
"dispenses",
"distributes",
"doles out",
"metes (out)",
"parcels (out)",
"portions",
"prorates",
"assigns",
"cedes",
"deeds",
"makes over",
"transfers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"keeps up",
"maintains",
"preserves",
"saves"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds (back)",
"keeps (back)",
"reserves",
"retains",
"withholds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"support":{
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"examples":[
"if you don't add a couple more supports to that tower of blocks, it's going to fall down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"shoring",
"column",
"pedestal",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"arch",
"bolster",
"bracket",
"cantilever",
"girder",
"bearing",
"crutch",
"peg",
"post",
"stake",
"stanchion",
"stand",
"stilt",
"strut",
"truss",
"base",
"foundation",
"frame"
],
"synonyms":[
"brace",
"buttress",
"mount",
"mounting",
"prop",
"reinforcement",
"shore",
"spur",
"stay",
"underpinning"
]
},
"an act or instance of helping":{
"antonyms":[
"hindrance"
],
"examples":[
"the team's victory owes a lot to Joe's strong support in left field"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"frustration",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"obstruction",
"repression",
"restraint",
"deterrence",
"discouragement"
],
"related":[
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"attendance",
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy",
"assuagement",
"palliation",
"relief",
"succor"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift"
]
},
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
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"examples":[
"we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandon",
"abjure",
"forsake",
"recant",
"retract",
"take back",
"withdraw",
"reverse",
"switch",
"controvert",
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"related":[
"advocate",
"champion",
"espouse",
"confirm",
"vindicate",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"claim",
"contend",
"insist",
"plead",
"proclaim",
"profess",
"protest",
"state",
"argue",
"debate",
"discuss",
"emphasize",
"stress",
"underline",
"underscore"
],
"synonyms":[
"defend",
"justify",
"maintain",
"uphold"
]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"antonyms":[
"disprove",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"examples":[
"new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"gainsay",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"challenge",
"contest",
"dispute",
"question"
],
"related":[
"avouch",
"back (up)",
"testify (to)",
"vouch (for)",
"witness",
"guarantee",
"warrant",
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avow",
"declare",
"profess",
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"reinforce",
"reenforce"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"attest",
"authenticate",
"bear out",
"certify",
"confirm",
"corroborate",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"verify",
"vindicate"
]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pillars supporting the bridge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"steady",
"truss",
"underlie"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bolster",
"brace",
"buttress",
"carry",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"stay",
"sustain",
"undergird",
"underpin",
"uphold"
]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a young widow supporting a sick mother as well as two small children on a teacher's salary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"finance",
"fund",
"patronize",
"set up",
"sponsor",
"stake",
"underwrite"
],
"synonyms":[
"keep",
"maintain",
"provide (for)"
]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down"
],
"related":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"prop (up)",
"second",
"side (with)",
"backstop",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advance",
"forward",
"further",
"plug",
"preach",
"talk up",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"antonyms":[
"hinder"
],
"examples":[
"sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"restrain",
"strangle",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"inconvenience",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"repress",
"retard",
"stifle",
"straiten",
"stunt",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure"
],
"related":[
"advance",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"launch",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"promote",
"sponsor",
"attend",
"care (for)",
"comfort",
"minister (to)",
"succor",
"sustain",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"advise",
"counsel",
"guide",
"mentor",
"nurture",
"bail out",
"deliver",
"rescue",
"save",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"benefit",
"favor",
"oblige",
"profit",
"serve"
],
"synonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"backstop",
"help",
"prop (up)"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"studies that support the claim that red wine drinkers have a reduced risk of coronary disease and cancer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"related":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"bolster",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"shore (up)",
"substantiate"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side"
],
"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)"
],
"related":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"supporter":{
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
"antonyms":[
"adversary",
"antagonist",
"opponent"
],
"examples":[
"President Lyndon B. Johnson was a strong supporter of civil rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enemy",
"foe",
"rival",
"belittler",
"critic",
"faultfinder"
],
"related":[
"loyalist",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"stalwart",
"adherent",
"cohort",
"disciple",
"follower",
"interpreter",
"applauder",
"cheerleader",
"encourager",
"fellow traveler"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocate",
"advocator",
"apostle",
"backer",
"booster",
"champion",
"espouser",
"exponent",
"expounder",
"friend",
"gospeler",
"gospeller",
"herald",
"hierophant",
"high priest",
"paladin",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"protagonist",
"true believer",
"tub-thumper",
"white knight"
]
},
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"even the President's supporters acknowledge that some of the criticism is justified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittler",
"detractor",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"foe",
"opponent"
],
"related":[
"empathizer",
"well-wisher",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accomplice",
"coalitionist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"adjunct",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"helper",
"associate",
"cohort",
"colleague",
"fellow",
"partner",
"buddy",
"chum",
"companion",
"comrade",
"confidant",
"crony",
"familiar",
"friend",
"intimate",
"mate",
"pal"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettor",
"abetter",
"ally",
"backer",
"bedfellow",
"confederate",
"fellow traveler",
"sympathizer"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supporting":{
"serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something":{
"examples":[
"scientists looking for direct supporting evidence of microscopic black holes, the existence of which is theoretical"
],
"synonyms":[
"confirmational",
"confirmatory",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"corroborative",
"corroboratory",
"probative",
"probatory",
"substantiating",
"supportive",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auxiliary",
"supplementary",
"beneficial",
"helpful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"counter",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"confuting",
"disproving",
"refuting"
]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"plumping (for)",
"plunking (for)",
"plonking (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"propping (up)",
"seconding",
"siding (with)",
"backstopping",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advancing",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"plugging",
"preaching",
"talking up",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"a young widow supporting a sick mother as well as two small children on a teacher's salary"
],
"synonyms":[
"keeping",
"maintaining",
"providing (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financing",
"funding",
"patronizing",
"setting up",
"sponsoring",
"staking",
"underwriting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"pillars supporting the bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"bolstering",
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"carrying",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"staying",
"sustaining",
"undergirding",
"underpinning",
"upholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadying",
"trussing",
"underlying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"studies that support the claim that red wine drinkers have a reduced risk of coronary disease and cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing",
"bolstering",
"buttressing",
"corroborating",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"shoring (up)",
"substantiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"verifying",
"affirming",
"avouching",
"validating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
"examples":[
"we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them"
],
"synonyms":[
"defending",
"justifying",
"maintaining",
"upholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocating",
"championing",
"espousing",
"confirming",
"vindicating",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"claiming",
"contending",
"insisting",
"pleading",
"proclaiming",
"professing",
"protesting",
"stating",
"arguing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"emphasizing",
"stressing",
"underlining",
"underscoring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abjuring",
"forsaking",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"withdrawing",
"reversing",
"switching",
"controverting",
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"certifying",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouching",
"backing (up)",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"professing",
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"gainsaying",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"backstopping",
"helping",
"propping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advancing",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"launching",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"comforting",
"ministering (to)",
"succoring",
"sustaining",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"guiding",
"mentoring",
"nurturing",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"benefiting",
"benefitting",
"favoring",
"obliging",
"profiting",
"serving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balking",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"restraining",
"strangling",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"inconveniencing",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stifling",
"straitening",
"stunting",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindering"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"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":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"supposition":{
"an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation":{
"examples":[
"my supposition is that this grape variety, which flourishes in southern France, should do equally well here, given the similar climate"
],
"synonyms":[
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"theory",
"thesis"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assumption",
"concession",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"theorem",
"conjecture",
"generalization",
"guess",
"guesswork",
"inference",
"speculation",
"surmise",
"proffer",
"proposal",
"suggestion",
"feeling",
"hunch",
"impression",
"inkling",
"notion",
"suspicion",
"abstraction",
"concept",
"conception",
"construct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurance",
"certainty",
"fact",
"knowledge"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"it's pure supposition on your part that there's something illegal going on next door"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjecture",
"guess",
"shot",
"surmise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypothesis",
"hypothetical",
"theory",
"thesis",
"dead reckoning",
"guessing",
"guesswork",
"speculation",
"hunch",
"intuition",
"belief",
"faith"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
"examples":[
"worthless genetic research that was based on the erroneous supposition that acquired characteristics can be passed on to offspring"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumption",
"given",
"hypothetical",
"if",
"postulate",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition"
],
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suppressing":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident"
],
"synonyms":[
"burking",
"covering (up)",
"hushing (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacking out",
"censoring",
"gagging",
"muzzling",
"silencing",
"quashing",
"repressing",
"smothering",
"spiking",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"blabbing",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"publishing",
"spreading",
"describing",
"narrating",
"reciting",
"recounting",
"rehearsing",
"relating",
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead mouse",
"suppressed her anger"
],
"synonyms":[
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"submerging",
"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 hold back the normal growth of":{
"examples":[
"pruning helps suppress buds at the ends of developed branches and encourages new growth elsewhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"dwarfing",
"stunting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arresting",
"catching",
"checking",
"halting",
"holding up",
"stalling",
"staying",
"stilling",
"stopping",
"balking",
"blocking",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"stemming",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"shrinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advancing",
"boosting",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"nothing could suppress the rising tide of protest against the dictator's latest injustices"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"slapping down",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"helping",
"propping up",
"supporting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring",
"whipping (up)",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the defense attorney is openly accusing the prosecutor of attempting to suppress vital evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"belying",
"blanketing",
"blotting out",
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"disguising",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"occulting",
"papering over",
"screening",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burying",
"camouflaging",
"covering (up)",
"smothering",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"blocking",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bringing out",
"presenting",
"clarifying",
"illuminating",
"advertising",
"airing",
"broadcasting",
"getting out",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"spreading"
],
"antonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"displaying",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supremacy":{
"controlling power or influence over others":{
"examples":[
"the Roman empire had supremacy over the entire Mediterranean world"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"dominance",
"domination",
"dominion",
"hegemony",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"predominancy",
"preeminence",
"reign",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primacy",
"superiority",
"lordship",
"scepter",
"arm",
"authority",
"choke hold",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"sway",
"takeover",
"direction",
"jurisdiction",
"management",
"clout",
"might",
"pull",
"weight",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"exceptionally high quality":{
"examples":[
"the supremacy of cashmere among wools accounts for its high price"
],
"synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"first-rateness",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"superbness",
"superiority"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averageness",
"badness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"worthlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance":{
"examples":[
"England's maritime supremacy in the 18th century"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinction",
"dominance",
"eminence",
"noteworthiness",
"paramountcy",
"preeminence",
"preponderance",
"preponderancy",
"prepotency",
"prestigiousness",
"primacy",
"superiority",
"transcendence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"famousness",
"glory",
"honor",
"kudos",
"renown",
"reputation",
"repute",
"megastardom",
"stardom",
"superstardom",
"greatness",
"illustriousness",
"nobleness",
"notableness",
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"authority",
"domination",
"dominion",
"influence",
"power",
"prestige",
"weight",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"obscureness",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surcease":{
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
"examples":[
"hoping the new medicine would bring surcease to his pain"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrest",
"arrestment",
"cease",
"cessation",
"check",
"close",
"closedown",
"closure",
"conclusion",
"cutoff",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuation",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"offset",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stay",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"termination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mop-up",
"phaseout",
"abeyance",
"break",
"interruption",
"layoff",
"letup",
"moratorium",
"pause",
"standstill",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extension",
"persistence",
"prolongation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surcharge":{
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouge",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"sting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheat",
"defraud",
"stick",
"clip",
"fleece",
"skin",
"mischarge"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharge"
]
},
"as in surtax , supertax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supertax",
"surtax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in overload":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overload",
"ballast",
"deadweight",
"bale",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"shipment",
"boatload",
"carload",
"shipload",
"trainload",
"truckload",
"wagonload",
"manifest",
"consignment",
"body",
"bulk",
"mass",
"burden",
"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"load",
"loading",
"payload",
"weight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sure-footed":{
"as in fleet-footed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surface":{
"an outer part or layer":{
"examples":[
"the surface of just about everything in the kitchen was covered with soot after we put the grease fire out"
],
"synonyms":[
"exterior",
"face",
"outside",
"shell",
"skin",
"veneer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"front",
"top",
"cover",
"covering",
"facing",
"appearance",
"disguise",
"guise",
"mask",
"semblance",
"show"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"inside",
"interior"
]
},
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"come up",
"crop (up)",
"emerge",
"materialize",
"spring (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appear",
"come out",
"show up",
"turn up",
"chance",
"come",
"come about",
"fall out",
"go (on)",
"go off",
"hap",
"happen",
"occur",
"pass",
"transpire",
"interfere",
"interpose",
"intervene",
"intrude"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"broach"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerge",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"drop",
"drown",
"founder",
"plunge",
"sink",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"lying on or affecting only the outer layer of something":{
"examples":[
"a surface stain on the wood that can easily be removed with a mild detergent"
],
"synonyms":[
"skin-deep",
"superficial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depthless",
"shallow",
"shoal",
"two-dimensional",
"external"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deep",
"deep-seated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surging":{
"as in swelling , billowing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"billowing",
"swelling",
"rolling",
"rippled",
"rippling",
"wavy",
"rutted",
"rutty",
"undulant",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"inexact",
"unaligned",
"lopsided",
"unbalanced",
"pitted",
"pocked",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"knurled",
"knurly",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"flush",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in streaming , pouring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gushing",
"pouring",
"squirting",
"streaming",
"belching",
"disgorging",
"ejecting",
"eructing",
"erupting",
"expelling",
"jetting",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"emanating",
"exhaling",
"issuing",
"releasing",
"shooting",
"spitting",
"springing",
"venting",
"discharging",
"emitting",
"firing",
"casting",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"launching",
"pitching",
"tossing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"containing",
"restraining",
"shutting (in or up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jumping , skyrocketing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"accelerating",
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"booming",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"climbing",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"gaining",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"rising",
"rolling up",
"snowballing",
"spreading",
"swelling",
"waxing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surmising":{
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"finding out",
"learning"
],
"related":[
"concluding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"theorizing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"expecting",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"taking",
"thinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"imagining",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"suspecting",
"suspicioning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surmounted":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"did down",
"dispatched",
"got",
"got around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"subdued",
"took",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"blew out",
"bombed",
"broke",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell",
"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surpassing":{
"as in extraordinary , huge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extraordinary",
"frightful",
"horrible",
"huge",
"main",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"terrible",
"terrific",
"confirmed",
"habitual",
"hopeless",
"inveterate",
"extreme",
"unrestricted",
"constant",
"endless",
"eternal",
"perpetual",
"undying",
"unremitting",
"authentic",
"classic",
"genuine",
"real",
"veritable",
"absolute",
"all-out",
"arrant",
"blank",
"blooming",
"bodacious",
"categorical",
"categoric",
"clean",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crashing",
"damn",
"damned",
"dead",
"deadly",
"definite",
"downright",
"dreadful",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"pure",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"equivocal",
"qualified",
"questionable",
"restricted",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outclassing",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outgunning",
"outmatching",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"topping",
"towering (over)",
"transcending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-upping",
"outpacing",
"outracing",
"outrunning",
"overpassing",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"outcompeting",
"outperforming",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"shaming",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"overbearing",
"overshadowing",
"trumping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"exceeding",
"outreaching",
"outrunning",
"overpassing",
"overreaching",
"overrunning",
"overshooting",
"overstepping",
"transcending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroaching",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"infringing",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"overdoing",
"overusing",
"overutilizing",
"overworking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surplus":{
"being over what is needed":{
"examples":[
"surplus stock gets shipped to the warehouse and is eventually sold at auction"
],
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"extra",
"redundant",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"superfluous",
"supernumerary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"additional",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"de trop",
"dispensable",
"extraneous",
"gratuitous",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"short",
"shortish",
"skimpy",
"sparse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"we have a surplus of plastic knives, but we're short on forks and spoons for the picnic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyful",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"overplus",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"plus",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplusage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundance",
"bounty",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"profusion",
"sufficiency",
"overproduction",
"overstock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearth",
"lack",
"scarcity",
"want"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"insufficiency",
"undersupply"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"surprizes":{
"a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"waited under cover of darkness and took the enemy encampment by surprise at dawn"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"charges",
"sallies",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"mousetraps",
"snares",
"huntings"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"ambushments",
"traps"
]
},
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the anniversary party was such a complete surprise that the couple was speechless for a moment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"shocks",
"thunderclaps",
"eye-openers",
"revelations",
"shockers",
"amazements",
"marvels",
"wonders",
"fillips",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"twists",
"wrinkles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshells",
"jars",
"jaw-droppers",
"jolts",
"stunners"
]
},
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stared in utter surprise at the deer in his cabin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"startles",
"bewilderments",
"confusions",
"consternations",
"discomfitures",
"dismays"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazements",
"astonishments",
"shocks",
"startlements",
"stupefactions"
]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"jumps",
"mugs",
"pounces (on)",
"tackles",
"charges",
"sallies",
"captures",
"ensnares",
"entraps",
"mousetraps",
"nets",
"snares",
"traps",
"hunts",
"preys (on or upon)",
"stalks"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"waylays"
]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"befuddles",
"bewilders",
"blindsides",
"blows away",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"dazes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"dismays",
"jars",
"muddles",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"perplexes",
"shakes up"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazes",
"astonishes",
"astounds",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"floors",
"rocks",
"shocks",
"startles",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"thunderstrikes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surrender (to)":{
"as in submit (to) , defer (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defer (to)",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)",
"adhere (to)",
"comply (with)",
"conform (to)",
"follow",
"goose-step (to)",
"mind",
"obey",
"observe",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"attend",
"hear",
"heed",
"listen (to)",
"mark",
"note",
"notice",
"regard",
"take",
"watch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defy",
"disobey",
"rebel (against)",
"disoblige",
"challenge",
"dare",
"refuse",
"renounce",
"repudiate",
"direct",
"lead",
"brush (off)",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"tune out",
"wink (at)",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"breach",
"break",
"infringe",
"transgress",
"violate",
"deride",
"flout",
"mock",
"scoff (at)",
"scorn",
"mutiny (against)",
"revolt (against)",
"buck",
"combat",
"contest",
"dispute",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surrendered (to)":{
"as in submitted (to) , deferred (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"took",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surrendering":{
"as in soft , yielding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"soft",
"yielding",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"duteous",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"placable",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"obeisant",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"decorous",
"disciplined",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"controllable",
"disciplinable",
"governable",
"handleable",
"manageable",
"tame",
"teachable",
"trainable",
"gentle",
"meek",
"mild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"noncompliant",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"unamenable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"peevish",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"balky",
"defiant",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty",
"ill-bred",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dispossession , relinquishment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispossession",
"relinquishment",
"transferal",
"nonpossession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"control",
"enjoyment",
"hands",
"keeping",
"possession",
"ownership",
"proprietorship",
"authority",
"command",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"power"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle",
"the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceding",
"coughing up",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"laying down",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"turning in",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committing",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"transferring",
"forfeiting",
"releasing",
"waiving",
"abnegating",
"renouncing",
"resigning",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"discarding",
"forsaking",
"parting (with)",
"shedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"retaining",
"withholding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking",
"bowing",
"budging",
"capitulating",
"conceding",
"giving in",
"knuckling under",
"quitting",
"relenting",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescing",
"deferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contending",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisting"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicating",
"abnegating",
"ceding",
"relinquishing",
"renouncing",
"resigning",
"stepping aside (from)",
"stepping down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjuring",
"demitting",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disowning",
"waiving",
"forsaking",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"yielding",
"abandoning",
"deserting",
"quitting",
"vacating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriating",
"arrogating",
"assuming",
"claiming",
"confiscating",
"seizing",
"taking over",
"usurping",
"wresting",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"securing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowing",
"caving (in)",
"giving in",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"indulging",
"wallowing",
"acquiescing (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"buckling (under)",
"knuckling under",
"giving over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"fighting",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"rejecting",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"restraining",
"stifling"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding off",
"resisting"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"falling",
"giving up",
"knuckling under",
"submitting",
"succumbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowing",
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"giving (in)",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"losing",
"conceding",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucking",
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"beating",
"overcoming",
"winning",
"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing"
],
"antonyms":[
"enduring",
"standing"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"examples":[
"laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"delivering",
"giving up",
"indulging",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overdoing",
"overindulging",
"basking",
"luxuriating",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"rolling",
"wallowing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstaining (from)",
"eschewing",
"forbearing",
"forgoing",
"foregoing",
"refraining (from)",
"checking",
"inhibiting",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"denying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surreptitious":{
"undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{
"examples":[
"a private investigator adept at taking surreptitious pictures of adulterous couples"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstairs",
"behind-the-scenes",
"clandestine",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hole-and-corner",
"hugger-mugger",
"hush-hush",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealth",
"stealthy",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back-channel",
"closed-door",
"off-the-books",
"off-the-record",
"classified",
"confidential",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"undisclosed",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"secreted",
"subterranean",
"unadvertised",
"unexposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"avowed",
"aboveboard",
"straightforward",
"unconcealed",
"undisguised",
"unclassified",
"unrestricted",
"clear",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"patent",
"plain"
],
"antonyms":[
"open",
"overt",
"public"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surrogate":{
"a person or thing that fulfills the role of someone or something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The children's aunt acted as a surrogate for their late mother."
],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surround":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surroundings",
"terrain"
]
},
"to form a circle around":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"circumscribe",
"close in",
"cordon (off)",
"fence (in)",
"hem (in)",
"wall",
"beset",
"besiege",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"invest",
"swarm"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"compass",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"environ",
"gird",
"girdle",
"ring",
"wreathe"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surveil":{
"as in monitor , spy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monitor",
"snoop",
"spy",
"bug",
"tap",
"wiretap",
"attend",
"hear",
"hearken",
"heed",
"mind",
"eavesdrop (on)",
"listen in (on)",
"overhear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surveillances":{
"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
"examples":[
"a neutral country charged with the surveillance of the post-war rebuilding effort"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"charges",
"guidance",
"headships",
"oversights",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendences",
"superintendencies",
"supervisions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observances",
"observations",
"administrations",
"controls",
"directions",
"generalships",
"hands",
"managements",
"leaderships",
"governments",
"reigns",
"rules",
"aegises",
"egises",
"auspices",
"guardianships",
"protections",
"trusteeships",
"tutelages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or period of watching for signs of activity, danger, or opportunity":{
"examples":[
"government surveillance of suspected terrorists"
],
"synonyms":[
"lookouts",
"vigils",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observances",
"observations",
"supervisions",
"inspections",
"scrutinies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"survey":{
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
"examples":[
"a survey of the premises revealed that four of the exit doors were locked"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check",
"checkup",
"examination",
"going-over",
"inspection",
"look-see",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutiny",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analysis",
"assay",
"close-up",
"deconstruction",
"dissection",
"exploration",
"investigation",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"inquisition",
"interrogation",
"once-over",
"perusal",
"recheck",
"reinspection",
"resurvey",
"observation",
"surveillance",
"watch",
"checkout",
"test-drive",
"trial run"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"poll",
"solicit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularize",
"interrogate",
"question",
"feel (out)",
"sound (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition"
],
"synonyms":[
"audit",
"check (out)",
"con",
"examine",
"inspect",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"notice",
"observe",
"watch",
"comb",
"peruse",
"pore (over)",
"analyze",
"dissect",
"parse",
"delve (into)",
"explore",
"investigate",
"plumb",
"probe",
"research",
"study",
"categorize",
"classify",
"pick over",
"reinspect",
"rereview",
"resurvey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skim",
"miss"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surveyed":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"interviewed",
"polled",
"solicited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularized",
"interrogated",
"questioned",
"felt (out)",
"sounded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition"
],
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"audited",
"checked (out)",
"conned",
"examined",
"inspected",
"overlooked",
"oversaw",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"viewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"noticed",
"observed",
"watched",
"combed",
"perused",
"pored (over)",
"analyzed",
"dissected",
"parsed",
"delved (into)",
"explored",
"investigated",
"plumbed",
"probed",
"researched",
"studied",
"categorized",
"classified",
"picked over",
"reinspected",
"rereviewed",
"re-reviewed",
"resurveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimmed",
"missed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surveying":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"related":[
"circularizing",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"feeling (out)",
"sounding (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"polling",
"soliciting"
]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skimming",
"missing"
],
"related":[
"noticing",
"observing",
"watching",
"combing",
"perusing",
"poring (over)",
"analyzing",
"dissecting",
"parsing",
"delving (into)",
"exploring",
"investigating",
"plumbing",
"probing",
"researching",
"studying",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"picking over",
"reinspecting",
"rereviewing",
"re-reviewing",
"resurveying"
],
"synonyms":[
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"conning",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"viewing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"susceptibleness":{
"as in susceptibility":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suspecting":{
"inclined to doubt or question claims":{
"antonyms":[
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"uncritical",
"unquestioning"
],
"examples":[
"suspecting dieters probably wouldn't fall for a weight-loss plan that claims you can eat as much as you want"
],
"near antonyms":[
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"certain",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"callow",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"beguiled",
"deceived",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary"
],
"related":[
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"critical",
"puzzled",
"quizzical",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"gun-shy",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"cynical",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"curious",
"inquiring",
"inquisitive",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"snoopy",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"hesitant"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"distrustful",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"mistrustful",
"negativistic",
"questioning",
"show-me",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"unbelieving"
]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we suspected that the runaway was a little younger than the 16 she claimed to be\u2014more like 13"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"finding out",
"learning"
],
"related":[
"concluding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"theorizing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"expecting",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"taking",
"thinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"imagining",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"supposing",
"surmising",
"suspicioning"
]
},
"to have no trust or confidence in":{
"antonyms":[
"trusting"
],
"examples":[
"I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sister's, since I probably would have heard about him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banking (on or upon)",
"counting (on or upon)",
"depending (on or upon)",
"relying (on or upon)"
],
"related":[
"disbelieving",
"discounting",
"discrediting",
"negating"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"suspenseless":{
"as in unsensational , unnewsworthy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"longsome",
"palling",
"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",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suspension":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"trading with that nation is in suspension until it improves its record on human rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"abeyance",
"cold storage",
"deep freeze",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"holding pattern",
"latency",
"moratorium",
"quiescence",
"suspended animation",
"suspense"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inaction",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"motionlessness",
"impasse",
"standstill",
"coma",
"hibernation",
"hypnosis",
"repose",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"torpor",
"recess",
"recession",
"remission",
"downtime",
"idleness",
"layoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencement",
"renewal",
"resumption",
"resuscitation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suspicion":{
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"antonyms":[
"assurance",
"belief",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"sureness",
"surety",
"trust"
],
"examples":[
"all his promises were received with well-deserved suspicion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"credence",
"faith"
],
"related":[
"disbelief",
"incredulity",
"unbelief",
"anxiety",
"concern",
"paranoia",
"wariness",
"compunction",
"niggle",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"tremor"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"distrustfulness",
"doubt",
"dubiety",
"dubitation",
"incertitude",
"misdoubt",
"misgiving",
"mistrust",
"mistrustfulness",
"query",
"reservation",
"skepticism",
"uncertainty"
]
},
"a very small amount":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"new parents who were alarmed by just a suspicion of a rash on their baby's chest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"oodles",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenty",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"volume",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"chunk",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab"
],
"related":[
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"minim",
"minimum",
"modicum",
"semblance",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"vestige",
"whit",
"atom",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"patch",
"scrap",
"dash",
"drop",
"pinch",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"bite",
"nibble",
"taste",
"handful",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dose",
"shot",
"chip",
"flake",
"fragment",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"smithereens",
"splinter",
"tatter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smack",
"smell",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"soup\u00e7on",
"spark",
"spatter",
"speck",
"splash",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"tad",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"no one will ever suspicion that I'm the one who pulled the prank"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"find out",
"learn"
],
"related":[
"conclude",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"hypothecate",
"hypothesize",
"theorize",
"believe",
"conceive",
"expect",
"judge",
"reckon",
"take",
"think"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"conjecture",
"daresay",
"guess",
"imagine",
"presume",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise",
"suspect"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suspicioned":{
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"no one will ever suspicion that I'm the one who pulled the prank"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"imagined",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised",
"suspected"
],
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"concluded",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"hypothecated",
"hypothesized",
"theorized",
"believed",
"conceived",
"expected",
"judged",
"reckoned",
"thought",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"found out",
"learned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suspicions":{
"a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"all his promises were received with well-deserved suspicion"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubts",
"dubieties",
"dubitations",
"incertitudes",
"misdoubts",
"misgivings",
"mistrust",
"queries",
"reservations",
"skepticism",
"uncertainties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbeliefs",
"incredulities",
"anxieties",
"concerns",
"paranoias",
"compunctions",
"niggles",
"qualms",
"scruples",
"tremors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"credences",
"faiths"
],
"antonyms":[
"assurances",
"beliefs",
"certainties",
"certitudes",
"confidences",
"convictions",
"sureties",
"trusts"
]
},
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"new parents who were alarmed by just a suspicion of a rash on their baby's chest"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
"smells",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"soup\u00e7ons",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"touches",
"traces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
"minima",
"minimums",
"minims",
"modicums",
"semblances",
"syllables",
"tittles",
"vestiges",
"whits",
"atoms",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"patches",
"scraps",
"dashes",
"drops",
"pinches",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"bites",
"nibbles",
"tastes",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"doses",
"shots",
"chips",
"flakes",
"fragments",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"smithereens",
"splinters",
"tatters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"deals",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"oodles",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenties",
"potfuls",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"volumes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"chunks",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"no one will ever suspicion that I'm the one who pulled the prank"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"imagines",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises",
"suspects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"hypothecates",
"hypothesizes",
"theorizes",
"believes",
"conceives",
"expects",
"judges",
"reckons",
"takes",
"thinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"finds out",
"learns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sustaining":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sustained serious injuries in the car crash"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"encountering",
"meeting",
"accepting",
"receiving",
"assimilating",
"digesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"enduring",
"experiencing",
"feeling",
"having",
"knowing",
"passing",
"seeing",
"suffering",
"tasting",
"undergoing",
"witnessing"
]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that old chair won't sustain your weight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"steadying",
"trussing",
"underlying"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"bolstering",
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"carrying",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"staying",
"supporting",
"undergirding",
"underpinning",
"upholding"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I won't sustain such insolence!"
],
"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)"
],
"related":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"hacking",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
]
},
"to supply with nourishment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying",
"nursing",
"suckling",
"cloying",
"filling",
"surfeiting",
"fortifying",
"replenishing",
"strengthening",
"feeding",
"boarding",
"catering",
"provisioning",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"synonyms":[
"nourishing",
"nurturing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sustains":{
"to supply with nourishment":{
"examples":[
"a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"nourishes",
"nurtures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies",
"nurses",
"suckles",
"cloys",
"fills",
"surfeits",
"fortifies",
"replenishes",
"strengthens",
"feeds",
"boards",
"caters",
"provisions",
"victuals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"sustained serious injuries in the car crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"endures",
"experiences",
"feels",
"has",
"knows",
"passes",
"sees",
"suffers",
"tastes",
"undergoes",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounters",
"meets",
"accepts",
"receives",
"assimilates",
"digests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I won't sustain such insolence!"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"hacks",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"that old chair won't sustain your weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bolsters",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"carries",
"props (up)",
"shores (up)",
"stays",
"supports",
"undergirds",
"underpins",
"upholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadies",
"trusses",
"underlies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submissiveness":{
"a readiness or willingness to yield to the wishes of others":{
"examples":[
"his uncharacteristic submissiveness to the doctor's advice must mean he's really sick"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"conformity",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sugar daddies":{
"one that helps another with gifts or money":{
"examples":[
"the only reason the town has any Independence Day fireworks in the first place is because the Internet tycoon has willingly become the event's de facto sugar daddy"
],
"synonyms":[
"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"patrons"
],
"related":[
"benefactresses",
"patronesses",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists",
"altruists",
"bestowers",
"contributors",
"givers",
"helpers",
"subscribers",
"supporters",
"guardian angels",
"protectors",
"saviors",
"saviours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees",
"recipients"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suspensions":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"trading with that nation is in suspension until it improves its record on human rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"abeyances",
"cold storages",
"deep freezes",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"quiescences",
"suspended animations",
"suspenses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills",
"comas",
"hibernations",
"hypnoses",
"reposes",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"torpors",
"recesses",
"recessions",
"remissions",
"downtimes",
"layoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencements",
"renewals",
"resumptions",
"resuscitations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surcharged":{
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouged",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"stung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheated",
"defrauded",
"stuck",
"clipped",
"fleeced",
"skinned",
"mischarged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjectivity":{
"as in subjectiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subjectiveness",
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sugarcoats":{
"to talk about or describe (something) in a way that makes it seem more pleasant or acceptable than it is":{
"examples":[
"textbooks that sugarcoat history",
"She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"varnishes",
"deodorizes",
"excuses",
"explains away",
"extenuates",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"palliates",
"whitewashes",
"apologizes",
"atones",
"confesses",
"accounts (for)",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"soft-pedals",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lessens",
"lightens",
"mitigates",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subedited":{
"as in read , subbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"copyedited",
"read",
"subbed",
"perfected",
"polished",
"touched up",
"reedited",
"edited",
"redrafted",
"revamped",
"revised",
"reworked",
"amended",
"annotated",
"corrected",
"emended",
"rectified",
"fact-checked",
"anthologized",
"collected",
"compiled",
"got out",
"issued",
"printed",
"published",
"abridged",
"blue-penciled",
"redacted",
"red-penciled",
"engrossed",
"recopied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjugates":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overpowers",
"pacifies",
"subdues",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sunbeam":{
"as in sunburst , moonbeam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moonbeam",
"sunburst",
"beam",
"ray",
"shaft",
"laser",
"spotlight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunlight":{
"the light given off by the star around which the planet Earth revolves":{
"examples":[
"let's raise the shades and let in some sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"sun",
"sunshine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sunburst",
"daylight",
"glare",
"shine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloudiness",
"penumbra",
"shade",
"shadiness",
"shadow",
"umbra"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supposably":{
"as in assumably , supposedly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assumably",
"presumably",
"presumedly",
"supposedly",
"certainly",
"doubtless",
"sure",
"surely",
"undoubtedly",
"likely",
"probably",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"suppositional":{
"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
"examples":[
"concepts regarding the origin and structure of the universe must perforce be suppositional"
],
"synonyms":[
"academic",
"academical",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"proposed",
"supposed",
"unproved",
"unproven",
"untested",
"debatable",
"moot",
"abstract",
"conceptual",
"intellectual",
"metaphysical",
"nonclinical",
"nonpractical",
"nonempirical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clinical",
"practical",
"concrete",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"tested",
"time-tested",
"validated",
"verified",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"nonspeculative",
"nontheoretical",
"observational"
],
"antonyms":[
"actual",
"factual",
"real"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supergiant":{
"as in supernova , quasar":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary star",
"brown dwarf",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"nova",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red dwarf",
"red giant",
"red star",
"subdwarf",
"supercluster",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subverted":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"bastardized",
"cankered",
"cheapened",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"deteriorated",
"lessened",
"perverted",
"poisoned",
"profaned",
"prostituted",
"vitiated",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"diluted",
"dirtied",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened",
"descended",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"shamed",
"took down",
"blemished",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"destroyed",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stained",
"tarnished",
"wrecked",
"depreciated",
"downgraded"
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"dignified",
"exalted",
"honored",
"ameliorated",
"amended",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"refined",
"restored",
"respected"
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"elevated",
"ennobled",
"uplifted"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"synonyms":[],
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"subfields",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"studies",
"subjects",
"frontiers",
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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},
"sun parlors":{
"as in solaria , sunporches":{
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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"to talk about or describe (something) in a way that makes it seem more pleasant or acceptable than it is":{
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],
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"varnishing",
"deodorizing",
"excusing",
"explaining away",
"extenuating",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"palliating",
"whitewashing",
"apologizing",
"atoning",
"confessing",
"accounting (for)",
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"soft-pedaling",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lessening",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness)":{
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],
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"aglow",
"beaming",
"bright",
"glowing",
"radiant"
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"related":[
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"dazzling",
"effulgent",
"gleaming",
"luminous",
"refulgent",
"shining",
"starry",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"optimistic",
"upbeat",
"jocund",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blooming",
"rosy",
"blissful",
"chuffed",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"thankful",
"tickled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blank",
"flat",
"listless",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"unemotional",
"black",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"dismal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"melancholy",
"sullen",
"frowning",
"glaring",
"glowering",
"lowering",
"louring",
"scowling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
"examples":[
"momentarily forgot their worries at the sight of the baby's sunny smile"
],
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"blithe",
"blithesome",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"canty",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"eupeptic",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lightsome",
"upbeat",
"winsome"
],
"related":[
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"animated",
"chirpy",
"jaunty",
"lilting",
"lively",
"perky",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned",
"boon",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"tickled",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unsatisfied",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"hangdog",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sorrowful"
],
"antonyms":[
"dour",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"sulky",
"sullen"
]
},
"indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{
"examples":[
"the good-natured waitresses enhance the restaurant's sunny and cheery atmosphere"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"festive",
"gay",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful"
],
"related":[
"amused",
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"smiling",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"carefree",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"upbeat",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"blessed",
"blest",
"blissful",
"delighted",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"gladsome",
"happy",
"high",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"overjoyed",
"radiant",
"rapturous",
"ravished",
"thrilled",
"tickled",
"amusing",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"frolicsome",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"playful",
"sportive",
"witty",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"unconcerned",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"farcical",
"humorous",
"riotous",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"glum",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"low-spirited",
"melancholy",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"unhappy",
"crying",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"moody",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"morose",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"not stormy or cloudy":{
"examples":[
"we are hoping for a sunny weekend so we can spend time at the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"bright",
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"sunshiny",
"unclouded"
],
"related":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"severe",
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"soupy"
],
"antonyms":[
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"overcast",
"rainy",
"raw",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"sunless",
"tempestuous",
"turbulent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surpasses":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outclasses",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outguns",
"outmatches",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"tops",
"towers (over)",
"transcends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-ups",
"outpaces",
"outraces",
"outruns",
"overpasses",
"bests",
"clobbers",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"masters",
"outcompetes",
"outperforms",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"routs",
"shames",
"skunks",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"outbalances",
"outweighs",
"overbears",
"overshadows",
"trumps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"exceeds",
"outreaches",
"outruns",
"overpasses",
"overreaches",
"overruns",
"overshoots",
"oversteps",
"transcends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroaches",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"infringes",
"invades",
"trespasses",
"overdoes",
"overuses",
"overutilizes",
"overworks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substituted":{
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?"
],
"synonyms":[
"changed",
"commuted",
"exchanged",
"shifted",
"swapped",
"switched",
"traded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interchanged",
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"ceded",
"handed over",
"surrendered",
"yielded",
"reciprocated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"covered",
"filled in",
"pinch-hit",
"stepped in",
"stood in",
"subbed",
"took over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudied",
"relieved",
"spelled",
"doubled (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displaced",
"displanted",
"relieved",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempted",
"usurped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcaste":{
"as in caste , stratum":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caste",
"class",
"estate",
"folk",
"gentry",
"order",
"stratum",
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"layer",
"level",
"tier",
"food chain",
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supervision":{
"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
"examples":[
"one of your responsibilities will be the supervision of all fund-raising activities for the club"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"charge",
"guidance",
"headship",
"oversight",
"regulation",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency",
"surveillance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monitoring",
"observance",
"observation",
"observing",
"policing",
"administration",
"control",
"direction",
"generalship",
"hand(s)",
"management",
"running",
"leadership",
"piloting",
"shepherding",
"steering",
"government",
"reign",
"rule",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspices",
"guardianship",
"protection",
"trusteeship",
"tutelage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
"examples":[
"one of the senior editors took over supervision of the project while the editor-in-chief was on maternity leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"administration",
"care",
"charge",
"conduct",
"control",
"direction",
"governance",
"government",
"guidance",
"handling",
"intendance",
"management",
"operation",
"oversight",
"presidency",
"regulation",
"running",
"stewardship",
"superintendence",
"superintendency"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generalship",
"leadership",
"rulership",
"agency",
"aegis",
"egis",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"lap",
"protection",
"safekeeping",
"trust",
"tutelage",
"ward",
"engineering",
"logistics",
"machination",
"manipulation",
"coadministration",
"codirection",
"comanagement"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superiorly":{
"as in marvelously , superlatively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excellently",
"fabulously",
"finely",
"grandly",
"greatly",
"marvelously",
"superbly",
"superlatively",
"terrifically",
"faultlessly",
"flawlessly",
"ideally",
"immaculately",
"impeccably",
"pat",
"perfectly",
"exceptionally",
"fancily",
"specially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiss",
"badly",
"defectively",
"faultily",
"imperfectly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"incompletely",
"insufficiently",
"fallibly",
"atrociously",
"execrably",
"wretchedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sufferer":{
"as in victim":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"victim",
"rehabilitant",
"convalescent",
"nursling",
"inpatient",
"outpatient",
"case",
"patient"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subverter":{
"as in collaborator , collaborationist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodationist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"sellout",
"subversive",
"apostate",
"backstabber",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"Judas",
"quisling",
"recreant",
"serpent",
"snake",
"traitor",
"turncoat",
"coconspirator",
"conspirator",
"intriguer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"gossipmonger",
"informant",
"informer",
"rat",
"rumormonger",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"talebearer",
"talker",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sugarcoat":{
"to talk about or describe (something) in a way that makes it seem more pleasant or acceptable than it is":{
"examples":[
"textbooks that sugarcoat history",
"She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"varnish",
"deodorize",
"excuse",
"explain away",
"extenuate",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"palliate",
"whitewash",
"apologize",
"atone",
"confess",
"account (for)",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"minimize",
"play down",
"soft-pedal",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lessen",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"moderate",
"soften",
"temper",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surprising":{
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
"examples":[
"the surprising news that they were going to have a baby had them rushing to buy nursery furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"blindsiding",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jarring",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unannounced",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"awesome",
"awful",
"breathtaking",
"fabulous",
"heart-stopping",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"flustering",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"upsetting",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unlikely",
"unthinkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
]
},
"causing wonder or astonishment":{
"examples":[
"it's surprising how much knowledge of physics the architects of those immense medieval cathedrals must have had"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"awful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"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":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"waylaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"storming",
"striking",
"jumping",
"mugging",
"pouncing (on)",
"tackling",
"charging",
"sallying",
"capturing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"mousetrapping",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"hunting",
"preying (on or upon)",
"stalking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"submerses":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"gulfs",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
"antonyms":[
"drains"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"immerses",
"sops",
"souses",
"submerges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supernaturals":{
"as in spirits , demons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angels",
"demigods",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"spirits",
"deities",
"divinities",
"gods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superheating":{
"as in overheating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overheating",
"heating",
"hotting (up)",
"toasting",
"warming",
"reheating",
"rewarming",
"thawing",
"baking",
"cooking",
"roasting",
"burning",
"charring",
"firing",
"parching",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chilling",
"cooling",
"refrigerating",
"freezing",
"frosting",
"icing",
"supercooling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sundresses":{
"as in shirtdresses , minidresses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chemises",
"coatdresses",
"granny dresses",
"housedresses",
"jumpers",
"kimonos",
"kirtles",
"minidresses",
"Mother Hubbards",
"muumuus",
"overdresses",
"sacks",
"sheaths",
"shifts",
"shirtdresses",
"shirtwaists",
"sweaterdresses",
"tea gowns",
"dresses",
"frocks",
"gowns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sureness":{
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, he lacked the sureness of his opponent in the tennis match"
],
"synonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"cocksureness",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"doubtlessness",
"face",
"positiveness",
"satisfaction",
"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"
]
},
"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"investors in those risky foreign enterprises were gambling on the sureness of their instincts"
],
"synonyms":[
"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superiority complex":{
"as in vaingloriousness , bumptiousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness",
"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",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sub-chiefs":{
"as in subdirectors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subdirectors",
"sub-directors",
"micromanagers",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"figureheads",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superstar":{
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"a basketball superstar"
],
"synonyms":[
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
"cause celebre",
"celeb",
"celebrity",
"figure",
"icon",
"ikon",
"light",
"luminary",
"megastar",
"name",
"notability",
"notable",
"notoriety",
"personage",
"personality",
"somebody",
"standout",
"star",
"VIP"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"heartthrob",
"hero",
"idol",
"demigod",
"dignitary",
"eminence",
"immortal",
"monument",
"pillar",
"worthy",
"baron",
"big shot",
"bigwig",
"kahuna",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"panjandrum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"mediocrity",
"has-been"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"noncelebrity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"survival":{
"uninterrupted or lasting life":{
"examples":[
"The survival of many endangered species is imperiled by human action."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"survivance",
"survivorship",
"existence",
"viability",
"enduringness",
"permanence",
"abidance",
"ceaselessness",
"continuance",
"continuation",
"continuity",
"continuousness",
"durability",
"duration",
"endurance",
"persistence",
"subsistence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessation",
"close",
"discontinuance",
"discontinuity",
"end",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsoil":{
"as in substratum":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"substratum",
"duff",
"mull",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"clod",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold",
"soil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superliner":{
"as in steamship , tanker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carrier",
"argosy",
"barge",
"coaster",
"collier",
"containership",
"corvette",
"cruiser",
"cutter",
"destroyer",
"ferryboat",
"flagship",
"freighter",
"icebreaker",
"ironclad",
"lightship",
"liner",
"man-of-war",
"man-o'-war",
"merchantman",
"merchant ship",
"motor ship",
"packet",
"steamer",
"steamship",
"supertanker",
"tanker",
"trader",
"tramp",
"transport",
"warship",
"watercraft",
"boat",
"keel",
"ship",
"vessel",
"bark",
"barque",
"brig",
"brigantine",
"caravel",
"clipper",
"junk",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"square-rigger",
"tall ship",
"windjammer",
"xebec",
"yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submits":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"bows",
"budges",
"capitulates",
"concedes",
"gives in",
"knuckles under",
"quits",
"relents",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesces",
"defers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contends",
"fights",
"holds off",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"resists"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bows",
"caves (in)",
"gives in",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"indulges",
"wallows",
"acquiesces (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"buckles (under)",
"knuckles under",
"gives over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"fights",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"rejects",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"restrains",
"stifles"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds off",
"resists"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulates",
"falls",
"gives up",
"knuckles under",
"succumbs",
"surrenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bows",
"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"gives (in)",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"loses",
"concedes",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"beats",
"overcomes",
"wins",
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs"
],
"antonyms":[
"endures",
"stands"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supercluster":{
"as in quasar , supernova":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary star",
"brown dwarf",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"nova",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red dwarf",
"red giant",
"red star",
"subdwarf",
"supergiant",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superficial":{
"lying on or affecting only the outer layer of something":{
"examples":[
"a superficial scratch that barely even broke the skin"
],
"synonyms":[
"skin-deep",
"surface"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depthless",
"shallow",
"shoal",
"two-dimensional",
"external"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deep",
"deep-seated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having or showing a lack of depth of understanding or character":{
"examples":[
"a superficial analysis of how the violence in video games affects young people"
],
"synonyms":[
"facile",
"one-dimensional",
"shallow",
"skin-deep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cursory",
"hasty",
"oversimple",
"passing",
"sketchy",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"limited",
"narrow",
"restricted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discerning",
"penetrant",
"penetrating",
"definitive",
"hard",
"broad",
"complete",
"comprehensive",
"exhaustive",
"extensive",
"far-reaching",
"wide",
"general",
"global",
"inclusive",
"detailed",
"in-depth",
"critical"
],
"antonyms":[
"deep",
"profound"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subtracted":{
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13",
"you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time"
],
"synonyms":[
"abated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"took off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"knocked down",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"docked",
"pared",
"pruned",
"retrenched",
"shortened",
"slashed",
"trimmed",
"truncated",
"whittled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised"
],
"antonyms":[
"added",
"tacked (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surtaxes":{
"as in surcharges , supertaxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supertaxes",
"surcharges",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsidiary":{
"something that is of secondary importance to something else":{
"examples":[
"one of the company's foreign subsidiaries"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompaniment",
"additive",
"complement",
"supplement",
"accessory",
"accoutrement",
"accouterment",
"adapter",
"adaptor",
"add-on",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"option"
],
"near antonyms":[
"essential",
"necessity",
"requirement",
"requisite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in secondary , subordinate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"accessorial",
"accessory",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital",
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"suffer":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"willingly suffered hardships so that their children would have a better life"
],
"synonyms":[
"endure",
"experience",
"feel",
"have",
"know",
"pass",
"see",
"sustain",
"taste",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounter",
"meet",
"accept",
"receive",
"assimilate",
"digest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"the husband suffered deeply at the mere suggestion that he had been unfaithful"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"sorrow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache",
"long (for)",
"pine (away)",
"sigh",
"smart",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"moan",
"sob",
"take on",
"wail",
"weep",
"yammer",
"yowl",
"languish",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"crow",
"delight",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"laugh",
"ravish",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"commiserate",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"sympathize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"contends that the death penalty is something that no civilized society should suffer"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"green-light",
"have",
"permit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorize",
"commission",
"license",
"licence",
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (to)",
"assent (to)",
"consent (to)",
"OK",
"okay",
"warrant",
"accord",
"concede",
"grant",
"sanction",
"vouchsafe",
"admit",
"brook",
"condone",
"countenance",
"endure",
"support",
"tolerate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"censure",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"interdict",
"refuse",
"reject",
"revoke",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"deplore",
"discountenance",
"disfavor",
"dislike",
"frown (at or on)",
"grudge",
"check",
"curb",
"keep",
"repress",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"veto"
]
},
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"I will not suffer you to insult me so!"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"tolerate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"condone",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"shrug off",
"wink (at)",
"excuse",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"brook",
"cater (to)",
"give in (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"curb",
"deter",
"discourage",
"frustrate",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"prevent"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplementary":{
"available to supply something extra when needed":{
"examples":[
"the teacher's edition of the textbook comes with a lot of supplementary material"
],
"synonyms":[
"accessorial",
"accessory",
"appurtenant",
"auxiliary",
"peripheral",
"supplemental"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backup",
"makeshift",
"substitute",
"added",
"additional",
"another",
"further",
"complementary",
"contributory",
"adjuvant",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"helping",
"supportive",
"tributary",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"subsidiary",
"dispensable",
"excess",
"nonessential",
"superfluous",
"surplus",
"unessential"
],
"near antonyms":[
"basic",
"fundamental",
"primary",
"prime",
"all-important",
"essential",
"imperative",
"indispensable",
"integral",
"necessary",
"needed",
"needful",
"required",
"requisite",
"vital"
],
"antonyms":[
"chief",
"main",
"principal"
]
},
"related to each other in such a way that one completes the other":{
"examples":[
"regards theology and philosophy as supplementary fields of study"
],
"synonyms":[
"complementary",
"correlative",
"reciprocal",
"supplemental"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cooperative",
"mutual",
"symbiotic",
"collective",
"combined",
"common",
"communal",
"conjoint",
"joint",
"shared",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"noncomplementary",
"nonreciprocal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"susurrations":{
"as in whispers , sighs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"coos",
"gasps",
"gurgles",
"hisses",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"suspirations",
"susurruses",
"whispers",
"burrs",
"buzzes",
"chirrs",
"churrs",
"drones",
"hums",
"purrs",
"thrums",
"whirs",
"whirrs",
"whizzes",
"zooms",
"whishes",
"zings",
"zips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"howls",
"roars",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suitcase":{
"a bag carried by hand and designed to hold a traveler's clothing and personal articles":{
"examples":[
"it'll be much easier to carry a backpack than to lug that suitcase all over the place"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry-on",
"carryall",
"grip",
"handbag",
"holdall",
"portmanteau",
"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"
]
},
"suchlike":{
"having qualities in common":{
"examples":[
"kept asking me how long I'd lived here, and how I liked it, and suchlike questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"akin",
"alike",
"analogous",
"cognate",
"comparable",
"connate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"ditto",
"like",
"matching",
"parallel",
"resemblant",
"resembling",
"similar",
"such"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commensurate",
"proportionate",
"tantamount",
"virtual",
"allied",
"congeneric",
"congenerous",
"congenial",
"connatural",
"kin",
"kindred",
"relatable",
"related",
"approaching",
"approximating",
"close",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"conformable",
"conforming",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"fungible",
"identical",
"indistinguishable",
"interchangeable",
"me-too",
"redundant",
"same",
"selfsame",
"substitutable",
"synonymous",
"twin",
"entire",
"homogeneous",
"homogenous",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unvaried",
"unvarying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disparate",
"distinct",
"distinguishable",
"nonequivalent",
"noninterchangeable",
"variable",
"varied",
"various",
"varying",
"imprecise",
"inaccurate",
"inexact",
"unconnected",
"unrelated"
],
"antonyms":[
"different",
"dissimilar",
"diverse",
"unakin",
"unlike"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surprised":{
"as in startled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"startled",
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awed",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"marveling",
"marvelling",
"openmouthed",
"wondering",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"puzzled",
"overwhelmed",
"staggered",
"stunned",
"stupefied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressed",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional",
"bored",
"jaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"waylaid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"jumped",
"mugged",
"pounced (on)",
"tackled",
"charged",
"sallied",
"captured",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"mousetrapped",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"hunted",
"preyed (on or upon)",
"stalked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"superstore":{
"as in supercenter , big box":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"big box",
"supercenter",
"boutique",
"chain store",
"department store",
"dime store",
"exchange",
"five-and-ten",
"five-and-dime",
"mart",
"mini-mart",
"thrift shop",
"variety store",
"market",
"marketplace",
"outlet",
"showroom",
"bazaar",
"emporium",
"shop",
"shoppe",
"store"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suspend":{
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge suspended the hearing to give the district attorney more time to process evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourn",
"prorogate",
"prorogue",
"recess"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break off",
"disband",
"discontinue",
"disperse",
"intermit",
"interrupt",
"defer",
"hold off",
"postpone",
"put off",
"reserve",
"shelve",
"table",
"dissolve",
"end",
"halt",
"stop",
"terminate",
"break up",
"close",
"conclude",
"wind up",
"wrap up",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"nullify",
"quash",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurate",
"launch",
"open",
"carry on",
"continue",
"draw out",
"extend",
"proceed",
"prolong",
"renew",
"reopen",
"resume",
"assemble",
"call",
"convene",
"convoke",
"muster",
"rally",
"summon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"suspended a banner proclaiming the town's \"Heritage Days\" from the archway"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangle",
"hang",
"sling",
"swing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hook",
"mount",
"pin",
"tack",
"drape",
"festoon",
"garland",
"string",
"extend (out)",
"jut",
"project",
"stick out",
"overhang",
"protrude",
"cascade",
"depend",
"fall",
"balance",
"poise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subserviently":{
"as in obsequiously , servilely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"suffocate":{
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
"examples":[
"the law requires the owner of a discarded refrigerator to remove its door so that a child won't get trapped inside and suffocate"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garrote",
"garotte",
"throttle",
"asphyxiate",
"drown",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"slay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"exhale",
"expire",
"inhale",
"inspire",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"temporarily suffocated by the seat belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke",
"garrote",
"garotte",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asphyxiate",
"smother",
"stifle",
"scrag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restore",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"suffocating in the thick, black smoke of the burning building"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke",
"gag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heave",
"retch",
"throw up",
"vomit",
"asphyxiate",
"smother",
"stifle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathe",
"respire",
"expire",
"inspire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suspended animations":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"abeyances",
"cold storages",
"deep freezes",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"holding patterns",
"latencies",
"moratoriums",
"moratoria",
"quiescences",
"suspenses",
"suspensions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inactions",
"inertias",
"impasses",
"standstills",
"comas",
"hibernations",
"hypnoses",
"reposes",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"torpors",
"recesses",
"recessions",
"remissions",
"downtimes",
"layoffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencements",
"renewals",
"resumptions",
"resuscitations"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuances",
"continuations"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"subagencies":{
"as in agencies , subagents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agencies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"executors",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"subagents",
"sub-agents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sufficing":{
"as in sufficient , reasonable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"alright",
"decent",
"OK",
"okay",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"common",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"ordinary",
"passable",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"moderate",
"modest",
"presentable",
"respectable",
"minimal",
"unexceptional",
"fine",
"good",
"nice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"A1",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"matchless",
"maximum",
"nifty",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"sensational",
"special",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be enough":{
"examples":[
"I was told I have to wear shoes\u2014will thong sandals suffice ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"doing",
"serving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answering",
"suiting",
"assuaging",
"contenting",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"suspire":{
"as in gasp , puff":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gasp",
"huff",
"pant",
"puff",
"wheeze",
"blow (out)",
"draw",
"expire",
"inbreathe",
"inspire",
"sniff",
"snore",
"snort",
"snuff",
"snuffle",
"whiff",
"breathe",
"respire",
"yawn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiate",
"choke",
"gag",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"garrote",
"garotte",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supported":{
"as in encouraged , promoted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"certified",
"licensed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit",
"permissible",
"regulation",
"authoritative",
"canonical",
"ex officio",
"authorized",
"official",
"sanctioned",
"semiofficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonofficial",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"unsanctioned",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"impermissible",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"unapproved",
"unlicensed",
"verboten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to promote the interests or cause of":{
"examples":[
"though childless themselves, they support the local schools both by volunteering and by fiercely opposing funding cuts"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"plumped (for)",
"plunked (for)",
"plonked (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"helped",
"propped (up)",
"seconded",
"sided (with)",
"backstopped",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advanced",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"plugged",
"preached",
"talked up",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to pay the living expenses of":{
"examples":[
"a young widow supporting a sick mother as well as two small children on a teacher's salary"
],
"synonyms":[
"kept",
"maintained",
"provided (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"financed",
"funded",
"patronized",
"set up",
"sponsored",
"staked",
"underwrote"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"pillars supporting the bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolstered",
"bore",
"braced",
"buttressed",
"carried",
"propped (up)",
"shored (up)",
"stayed",
"sustained",
"undergirded",
"underpinned",
"upheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadied",
"trussed",
"underlay"
],
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},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"studies that support the claim that red wine drinkers have a reduced risk of coronary disease and cancer"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed",
"bolstered",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"shored (up)",
"substantiated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections":{
"examples":[
"we support the students' right to speak out on local issues that affect them"
],
"synonyms":[
"defended",
"justified",
"maintained",
"upheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocated",
"championed",
"espoused",
"confirmed",
"vindicated",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"claimed",
"contended",
"insisted",
"pleaded",
"pled",
"plead",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"protested",
"stated",
"argued",
"debated",
"discussed",
"emphasized",
"stressed",
"underlined",
"underscored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"abjured",
"forsook",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"took back",
"withdrew",
"reversed",
"switched",
"controverted",
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"new evidence supports the original researchers' unexpected conclusions"
],
"synonyms":[
"argued",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"bore out",
"certified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified",
"vindicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouched",
"backed (up)",
"testified (to)",
"vouched (for)",
"witnessed",
"guaranteed",
"warranted",
"affirmed",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avowed",
"declared",
"professed",
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"reinforced",
"reenforced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"gainsaid",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"challenged",
"contested",
"disputed",
"questioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproved",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas"
],
"synonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"backstopped",
"helped",
"propped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advanced",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"launched",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"comforted",
"ministered (to)",
"succored",
"sustained",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"buttressed",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"advised",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"guided",
"mentored",
"nurtured",
"bailed out",
"delivered",
"rescued",
"saved",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"benefited",
"benefitted",
"favored",
"obliged",
"profited",
"served"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balked",
"barred",
"blocked",
"constrained",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"restrained",
"strangled",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"inconvenienced",
"interfered",
"opposed",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted",
"deserted",
"disappointed",
"failed",
"let down",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"repressed",
"retarded",
"stifled",
"straitened",
"stunted",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured"
],
"antonyms":[
"hindered"
]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"he simply cannot support the thought of having to go on living without his beloved wife at his side"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"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":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"succumbed":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"he finally succumbed and let his wife get rid of his dilapidated easy chair"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"bowed",
"budged",
"capitulated",
"conceded",
"gave in",
"knuckled under",
"quit",
"quitted",
"relented",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesced",
"deferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contended",
"fought",
"held off",
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisted"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refused to succumb to her fears and defiantly walked through the dark cemetery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"caved (in)",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"indulged",
"wallowed",
"acquiesced (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"buckled (under)",
"knuckled under",
"gave over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"fought",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"rejected",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"stifled"
],
"antonyms":[
"held off",
"resisted"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"the patient lay so still and pale that everyone thought he had succumbed , and then he opened his eyes"
],
"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",
"popped off",
"stepped out",
"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"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the doctor worked tirelessly until finally he, too, succumbed to the fever"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulated",
"fell",
"gave up",
"knuckled under",
"submitted",
"surrendered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowed",
"buckled",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"gave (in)",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"lost",
"conceded",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"beat",
"overcame",
"won",
"conquered",
"prevailed",
"triumphed"
],
"antonyms":[
"endured",
"stood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"summed":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator"
],
"synonyms":[
"added",
"cast (up)",
"footed (up)",
"summated",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"totalized",
"toted (up)",
"totted (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculated",
"ciphered",
"computed",
"figured",
"reckoned",
"tabled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"worked out",
"divided",
"multiplied",
"subtracted",
"counted",
"enumerated",
"numbered",
"told",
"recomputed",
"refigured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submission":{
"a bending to the authority or control of another":{
"examples":[
"not given to unquestioning submission , he often came in conflict with his superiors"
],
"synonyms":[
"compliance",
"conformity",
"obedience",
"subordination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abidance",
"agreeability",
"amenability",
"teachableness",
"tractability",
"tractableness",
"trainability",
"acquiescence",
"capitulation",
"obeisance",
"obsequiousness",
"submissiveness",
"surrender",
"yielding",
"deference",
"docility",
"dutifulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subordinateness",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"inhibition",
"repression",
"restraint",
"suppression",
"control",
"discipline",
"dutifulness",
"order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncooperation",
"recusancy",
"disrespect",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"insurgence",
"insurgency",
"insurrection",
"mutiny",
"outbreak",
"revolt",
"hardheadedness",
"mulishness",
"mutinousness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"perversity",
"pigheadedness",
"stubbornness",
"misbehavior",
"mischievousness",
"naughtiness",
"dissent",
"dissidence"
],
"antonyms":[
"balkiness",
"contrariness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"noncompliance",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelling",
"rebellion",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"refractoriness",
"self-will",
"unruliness",
"waywardness",
"willfulness"
]
},
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the judge ordered the submission of all of the company's records to the prosecutors"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"rendition",
"submitting",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surrenders":{
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle",
"the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"cedes",
"coughs up",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"lays down",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"turns in",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"transfers",
"forfeits",
"releases",
"waives",
"abnegates",
"renounces",
"resigns",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discards",
"forsakes",
"parts (with)",
"sheds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"retains",
"withholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"bows",
"budges",
"capitulates",
"concedes",
"gives in",
"knuckles under",
"quits",
"relents",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesces",
"defers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contends",
"fights",
"holds off",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"resists"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicates",
"abnegates",
"cedes",
"relinquishes",
"renounces",
"resigns",
"steps aside (from)",
"steps down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjures",
"demits",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"waives",
"forsakes",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"yields",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"quits",
"vacates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriates",
"arrogates",
"assumes",
"claims",
"confiscates",
"seizes",
"takes over",
"usurps",
"wrests",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"secures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette"
],
"synonyms":[
"bows",
"caves (in)",
"gives in",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"indulges",
"wallows",
"acquiesces (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"buckles (under)",
"knuckles under",
"gives over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"fights",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"rejects",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"restrains",
"stifles"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds off",
"resists"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulates",
"falls",
"gives up",
"knuckles under",
"submits",
"succumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bows",
"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"gives (in)",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"loses",
"concedes",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"beats",
"overcomes",
"wins",
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs"
],
"antonyms":[
"endures",
"stands"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"examples":[
"laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"indulges",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overdoes",
"overindulges",
"basks",
"luxuriates",
"revels",
"rolls",
"wallows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstains (from)",
"eschews",
"forbears",
"forgoes",
"foregoes",
"refrains (from)",
"checks",
"inhibits",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"denies"
]
},
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the police demanded the surrender of all hostages as a condition for allowing the hijackers safe passage out of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulations",
"cessions",
"handovers",
"relinquishments",
"renditions",
"submissions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"concessions",
"compromises",
"appeasements",
"conciliations",
"reconcilements",
"reconciliations",
"captures",
"falls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"superfluous":{
"being over what is needed":{
"examples":[
"cleared off all the superfluous stuff on his desk to make room for the new computer"
],
"synonyms":[
"excess",
"extra",
"redundant",
"spare",
"supererogatory",
"supernumerary",
"surplus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accessory",
"additional",
"supplemental",
"supplementary",
"de trop",
"dispensable",
"extraneous",
"gratuitous",
"needless",
"nonessential",
"uncalled-for",
"unessential",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"short",
"shortish",
"skimpy",
"sparse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subduing":{
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"the subduing of the wild horse was accomplished by a method reputedly used by Plains Indians"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugating",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in noninflammatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"noninflammatory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charged",
"edgy",
"exciting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating",
"explosive",
"fiery",
"incendiary",
"inflammatory",
"triggering",
"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"motivational",
"motivative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in unimpressive , unemotional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unaffecting",
"unemotional",
"unimpressive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"motivational",
"motivative",
"charged",
"edgy",
"exciting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating",
"affecting",
"emotional",
"impactful",
"impressive",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overpowering",
"pacifying",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"subordinating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"beating",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mowing (down)",
"overcoming",
"prevailing (over)",
"reducing",
"routing",
"skunking",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"enslaving",
"breaking",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"smothering",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"slapping down",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"helping",
"propping up",
"supporting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring",
"whipping (up)",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sufferances":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"was pointedly reminded that he was at the private beach on sufferance and could be kicked out at any time"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"warrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superbly":{
"as in excellently , marvelously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"excellently",
"fabulously",
"finely",
"grandly",
"greatly",
"marvelously",
"superiorly",
"superlatively",
"terrifically",
"faultlessly",
"flawlessly",
"ideally",
"immaculately",
"impeccably",
"pat",
"perfectly",
"exceptionally",
"fancily",
"specially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amiss",
"badly",
"defectively",
"faultily",
"imperfectly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"incompletely",
"insufficiently",
"fallibly",
"atrociously",
"execrably",
"wretchedly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"succoring":{
"as in attending , comforting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"comforting",
"ministering (to)",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"sustaining",
"advancing",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"launching",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"buttressing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"backstopping",
"helping",
"propping (up)",
"supporting",
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"guiding",
"mentoring",
"nurturing",
"bailing out",
"delivering",
"rescuing",
"saving",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"benefiting",
"benefitting",
"favoring",
"obliging",
"profiting",
"serving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hindering",
"balking",
"barring",
"blocking",
"constraining",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"restraining",
"strangling",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"inconveniencing",
"interfering",
"opposing",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting",
"deserting",
"disappointing",
"failing",
"letting down",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"repressing",
"retarding",
"stifling",
"straitening",
"stunting",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surprized":{
"as in startled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"startled",
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"awed",
"awestruck",
"awestricken",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"marveling",
"marvelling",
"openmouthed",
"wondering",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"puzzled",
"overwhelmed",
"staggered",
"stunned",
"stupefied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressed",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"unemotional",
"bored",
"jaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazed",
"astonished",
"astounded",
"bowled over",
"dumbfounded",
"dumfounded",
"flabbergasted",
"floored",
"rocked",
"shocked",
"startled",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"thunderstruck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddled",
"bewildered",
"blew away",
"blindsided",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"dismayed",
"jarred",
"muddled",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perplexed",
"shook up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"waylaid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"jumped",
"mugged",
"pounced (on)",
"tackled",
"charged",
"sallied",
"captured",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"mousetrapped",
"netted",
"snared",
"trapped",
"hunted",
"preyed (on or upon)",
"stalked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"Sunday schools":{
"as in yeshivas , madrassas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"madrassas",
"madrasas",
"madrassahs",
"madrasahs",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"boarding schools",
"preparatory schools",
"preps",
"prep schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subteens":{
"as in teens , teenagers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"preteen-agers",
"preteens",
"teenagers",
"teeners",
"teens",
"teenyboppers",
"tweens",
"bairns",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"buds",
"chaps",
"chicks",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
"sprats",
"sprat",
"sprouts",
"squirts",
"whelps",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths",
"adolescents",
"minors",
"kindergartners",
"kindergarteners",
"preschoolers",
"rug rats",
"schoolboys",
"schoolchildren",
"schoolgirls",
"schoolkids",
"babes",
"babies",
"bantlings",
"infants",
"neonates",
"nestlings",
"newborn",
"newborns",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weanlings",
"imps",
"jackanapeses",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"lads",
"nippers",
"shavers",
"striplings",
"tads",
"bobby-soxers",
"hoydens",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-agers",
"ancients",
"elders",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors",
"adults",
"grown-ups"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sustentation":{
"the act or activity of keeping something in an existing and usually satisfactory condition":{
"examples":[
"argues that a new toll is needed to pay for the long-term sustentation of the city's bridges"
],
"synonyms":[
"care and feeding",
"conservation",
"conserving",
"keep",
"maintenance",
"preservation",
"preserving",
"upkeep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conservancy",
"support",
"sustaining",
"care",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"defense",
"guarding",
"protection",
"safeguarding",
"safekeeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dereliction",
"disregard",
"ignoring",
"inattention",
"neglect",
"negligence",
"damage",
"demolition",
"destruction",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"ruin",
"ruination"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state":{
"examples":[
"the all-important sustentation of Mount Vernon, Monticello, and other national treasures"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservancy",
"conservation",
"preservation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care",
"maintenance",
"upkeep",
"salvation",
"saving",
"defense",
"guardianship",
"guarding",
"keeping",
"protection",
"safeguarding",
"safekeeping",
"economy",
"husbandry",
"management"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dereliction",
"ignoring",
"neglect",
"squandering",
"waste",
"destruction",
"ruin",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunlit":{
"as in sunny , moonlit":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moonlit",
"shiny",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"ignited",
"kindled",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"ablaze",
"alight",
"bright",
"brightened",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lightsome",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackened",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"lightless",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"gloomy",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"murky",
"obscured",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"lightproof"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"submittal":{
"as in submission , bid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bid",
"presentation",
"submission",
"tender",
"advancement",
"nomination",
"recommendation",
"arrangement",
"game",
"ground plan",
"layout",
"line",
"plan",
"plot",
"project",
"strategy",
"system",
"motion",
"conception",
"idea",
"notion",
"theory",
"thought",
"feeler",
"overture",
"counteroffer",
"counterproposal",
"countersuggestion",
"offer",
"proffer",
"proposal",
"proposition",
"suggestion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surviving":{
"as in current , existing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"existent",
"existing",
"extant",
"going",
"prevailing",
"active",
"animated",
"dynamic",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"resurrected",
"alive",
"animate",
"breathing",
"live",
"living",
"quick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asleep",
"breathless",
"cold",
"dead",
"deceased",
"defunct",
"departed",
"expired",
"inanimate",
"lifeless",
"nonliving",
"dying",
"fading",
"moribund",
"stillborn",
"reposing",
"resting",
"ghostlike",
"ghostly",
"ghosty",
"zombielike",
"absent",
"extinct",
"fallen",
"finished",
"gone",
"lapsed",
"lost",
"nonexistent",
"perished",
"terminated",
"vanished",
"wiped out",
"barren",
"desert"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come safely through":{
"examples":[
"the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall"
],
"synonyms":[
"riding (out)",
"weathering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"outlasting",
"outliving",
"wearing out",
"pulling through",
"abiding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"hanging on",
"holding on",
"holding out",
"holding up",
"lasting",
"leading",
"persisting",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"withstanding",
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living",
"subsisting",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"croaking",
"deceasing",
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"passing (on)",
"perishing",
"succumbing",
"disappearing",
"evaporating",
"fading",
"vanishing",
"ceasing",
"ending",
"stopping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue to operate or to meet one's needs":{
"examples":[
"some old-world customs still survive in modern-day America"
],
"synonyms":[
"holding out",
"holding up",
"keeping up",
"lasting",
"prevailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bearing up",
"carrying on",
"coping",
"enduring",
"faring",
"getting along",
"getting by",
"getting on",
"going",
"hanging in",
"making out",
"managing",
"persevering",
"abiding",
"continuing",
"drawing out",
"hanging on",
"holding on",
"lingering",
"persisting",
"remaining",
"running on",
"stretching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"collapsing",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"cutting out",
"dying",
"expiring",
"stalling",
"stopping",
"running down",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing",
"fizzling",
"giving out",
"going out",
"petering (out)",
"running out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sub-departments":{
"as in subdivisions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subdivisions",
"agencies",
"arms",
"branches",
"bureaus",
"bureaux",
"departments",
"desks",
"divisions",
"offices",
"services"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sustained":{
"to supply with nourishment":{
"examples":[
"a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"nourished",
"nurtured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"nursed",
"suckled",
"cloyed",
"filled",
"surfeited",
"fortified",
"replenished",
"strengthened",
"fed",
"boarded",
"catered",
"provisioned",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"sustained serious injuries in the car crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"endured",
"experienced",
"felt",
"had",
"knew",
"passed",
"saw",
"suffered",
"tasted",
"underwent",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encountered",
"met",
"accepted",
"received",
"assimilated",
"digested"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I won't sustain such insolence!"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"hacked",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"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":[]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"that old chair won't sustain your weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bolstered",
"bore",
"braced",
"buttressed",
"carried",
"propped (up)",
"shored (up)",
"stayed",
"supported",
"undergirded",
"underpinned",
"upheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadied",
"trussed",
"underlay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surrender":{
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle",
"the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"cede",
"cough up",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"lay down",
"relinquish",
"render",
"turn in",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commit",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"transfer",
"forfeit",
"release",
"waive",
"abnegate",
"renounce",
"resign",
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"part (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesce",
"defer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contend",
"fight",
"hold off",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"resist"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicate",
"abnegate",
"cede",
"relinquish",
"renounce",
"resign",
"step aside (from)",
"step down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjure",
"demit",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"disown",
"waive",
"forsake",
"give up",
"hand over",
"yield",
"abandon",
"desert",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"arrogate",
"assume",
"claim",
"confiscate",
"seize",
"take over",
"usurp",
"wrest",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"secure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette"
],
"synonyms":[
"bow",
"cave (in)",
"give in",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"indulge",
"wallow",
"acquiesce (to)",
"concede (to)",
"buckle (under)",
"knuckle under",
"give over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"fight",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"reject",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold off",
"resist"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulate",
"fall",
"give up",
"knuckle under",
"submit",
"succumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bow",
"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"give (in)",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"lose",
"concede",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand",
"beat",
"overcome",
"win",
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph"
],
"antonyms":[
"endure",
"stand"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"examples":[
"laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"deliver",
"give up",
"indulge",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overdo",
"overindulge",
"bask",
"luxuriate",
"revel",
"roll",
"wallow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstain (from)",
"eschew",
"forbear",
"forgo",
"forego",
"refrain (from)",
"check",
"inhibit",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"deny"
]
},
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"the police demanded the surrender of all hostages as a condition for allowing the hijackers safe passage out of the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"rendition",
"submission",
"submitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"supplicate":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"the minister reminded his flock that God is a being to be obeyed and worshipped always and not just someone to be supplicated in times of trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"solicit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sustenances":{
"something that maintains or stimulates the intellect":{
"examples":[
"my only sustenance on the long flight was a trashy novel I'd bought in the airport"
],
"synonyms":[
"aliment",
"food",
"nourishment",
"pabulum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refection"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candy",
"fluff",
"pablum",
"pap",
"trash"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substrata":{
"as in substructures , bulwarks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"beds",
"braces",
"bulwarks",
"buttresses",
"frameworks",
"infrastructures",
"mounts",
"props",
"shores",
"stays",
"substructures",
"supports",
"bases",
"bedrocks",
"bottoms",
"cornerstones",
"footings",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"keystones",
"roots",
"underpinnings",
"warp and woofs",
"warps",
"assumptions",
"justifications",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"rationales",
"suppositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"warrants",
"backbones",
"centers",
"cores",
"eyes",
"foci",
"focuses",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"seats",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"touchstones"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in subsoils":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subsoils",
"duffs",
"mulls",
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"colluvia",
"colluviums",
"detritus",
"loesses",
"marls",
"sediments",
"shingles",
"silts",
"dust",
"gravels",
"sands",
"blacklands",
"clays",
"gaults",
"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
"kaolins",
"muck",
"muds",
"clods",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"molds",
"humuses",
"loams",
"topsoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sub-agents":{
"as in subagencies , agencies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agencies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"executors",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"subagencies",
"sub-agencies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supply":{
"the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time":{
"examples":[
"the supply of parents willing to coach youth soccer seems to be shrinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"budget",
"force",
"fund",
"inventory",
"pool",
"repertoire",
"reservoir",
"stock"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reserve",
"resource",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stockpile",
"refill",
"renewal",
"replacement",
"kitty",
"nest egg",
"pot",
"purse",
"fountain",
"mine",
"source",
"spring",
"well",
"wellspring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"be sure to pack your own towels in case the hostel doesn't supply them"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutre",
"accouter",
"equip",
"fit (out)",
"furnish",
"gird",
"kit (up or out)",
"outfit",
"provision",
"rig"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stock",
"store",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"present",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"hand out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"allocate",
"allot",
"assign",
"arm",
"fortify",
"prepare",
"reequip",
"refit",
"refurnish",
"reoutfit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprive",
"dispossess",
"divest",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"the stable will supply safety helmets, but we need to bring our own riding boots"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliver",
"feed",
"furnish",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"provide"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ply (with)",
"administer",
"allocate",
"apportion",
"deal (out)",
"dispense",
"distribute",
"dole out",
"mete (out)",
"parcel (out)",
"portion",
"prorate",
"assign",
"cede",
"deed",
"make over",
"transfer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"keep up",
"maintain",
"preserve",
"save"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold (back)",
"keep (back)",
"reserve",
"retain",
"withhold"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subsume":{
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of \"recreation\""
],
"synonyms":[
"carry",
"comprehend",
"contain",
"embrace",
"encompass",
"entail",
"include",
"involve",
"number",
"take in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprise",
"consist (of)",
"bracket",
"have",
"hold",
"own",
"possess",
"admit",
"receive",
"compose",
"constitute",
"form",
"make",
"assimilate",
"embody",
"incorporate",
"integrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"deny",
"refuse",
"reject",
"eliminate",
"except",
"rule out",
"lose",
"mislay",
"misplace"
],
"antonyms":[
"exclude",
"leave (out)",
"miss out",
"omit"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subtitles":{
"as in translations , closed-captionings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"closed-captionings",
"translations",
"keys",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"posies",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"captions",
"cutlines",
"legends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suspense":{
"a state of temporary inactivity":{
"examples":[
"the lawsuit is in suspense until the court makes a decision concerning a related lawsuit"
],
"synonyms":[
"abeyance",
"cold storage",
"deep freeze",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"holding pattern",
"latency",
"moratorium",
"quiescence",
"suspended animation",
"suspension"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inaction",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"motionlessness",
"impasse",
"standstill",
"coma",
"hibernation",
"hypnosis",
"repose",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"torpor",
"recess",
"recession",
"remission",
"downtime",
"idleness",
"layoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"recommencement",
"renewal",
"resumption",
"resuscitation"
],
"antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submarines":{
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"always orders a roast beef submarine with the works"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwiches",
"grinders",
"heroes",
"hoagies",
"Italian sandwiches",
"po'boys",
"poor boys",
"subs",
"torpedoes"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunseeker":{
"as in snowbird":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbird",
"journeyer",
"pilgrim",
"wayfarer",
"transient",
"guest",
"hosteler",
"hosteller",
"visitor",
"holidayer",
"holidaymaker",
"vacationer",
"vacationist",
"excursionist",
"rubberneck",
"rubbernecker",
"sightseer",
"tourist",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"tripper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supplied":{
"as in provided , furnished":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"furnished",
"provided",
"appropriable",
"purchasable",
"rentable",
"common",
"omnipresent",
"prevalent",
"ubiquitous",
"universal",
"widespread",
"getatable",
"reachable",
"free",
"free-for-all",
"open",
"public",
"unrestricted",
"accessible",
"acquirable",
"attainable",
"available",
"obtainable",
"procurable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"limited",
"off-limits",
"restricted",
"deficient",
"lacking",
"missing",
"rare",
"scarce",
"uncommon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"be sure to pack your own towels in case the hostel doesn't supply them"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutred",
"accoutered",
"equipped",
"fitted (out)",
"fit (out)",
"furnished",
"girded",
"girt",
"kitted (up or out)",
"outfitted",
"provisioned",
"rigged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocked",
"stored",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"presented",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"handed out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"allocated",
"allotted",
"assigned",
"armed",
"fortified",
"prepared",
"reequipped",
"re-equipped",
"refitted",
"refurnished",
"reoutfitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"dispossessed",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"the stable will supply safety helmets, but we need to bring our own riding boots"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivered",
"fed",
"furnished",
"gave",
"handed",
"handed over",
"provided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plied (with)",
"administered",
"allocated",
"apportioned",
"dealt (out)",
"dispensed",
"distributed",
"doled out",
"meted (out)",
"parceled (out)",
"parcelled (out)",
"portioned",
"prorated",
"assigned",
"ceded",
"deeded",
"made over",
"transferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"kept up",
"maintained",
"preserved",
"saved"
],
"antonyms":[
"held (back)",
"kept (back)",
"reserved",
"retained",
"withheld"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"superlativeness":{
"as in supremeness , marvelousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"exquisiteness",
"fabulousness",
"first-rateness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"marvelousness",
"marvellousness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"specialness",
"splendidness",
"sterlingness",
"superbness",
"superiority",
"supremacy",
"supremeness",
"exceptionality",
"exceptionalness",
"extraordinariness",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability",
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"deficiency",
"unacceptability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averageness",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"commonness",
"commonplaceness",
"everydayness",
"fairness",
"mundaneness",
"mundanity",
"normality",
"normalness",
"passibility",
"routine",
"second-rateness",
"typicality",
"typicalness",
"unremarkableness",
"usualness",
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"satisfactoriness",
"sufficiency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supersized":{
"unusually large":{
"examples":[
"a ship too supersized to fit through the Panama Canal"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersize",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous",
"august",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"cavernous",
"monolithic",
"overwhelming",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"little",
"mini",
"petite",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"half-pint"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to supersize our contributions to our retirement fund"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerated",
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boomed",
"jumped",
"skyrocketed",
"spiked",
"bumped (up)",
"ratcheted (up)",
"racheted (up)",
"blew up",
"dilated",
"distended",
"inflated",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"collected",
"followed up",
"parlayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
"antonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sub-chapters":{
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"offshoots",
"arms",
"divisions",
"wings",
"lodges",
"posts",
"affiliates",
"branches",
"cells",
"chapters",
"councils",
"locals"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surf caster":{
"as in angler , fly fisherman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angler",
"fly fisherman",
"giller",
"trawler",
"trawlerman",
"troller",
"fisherfolk",
"fisherwoman",
"waterman",
"fisher",
"fisherman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfeit":{
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyful",
"excess",
"fat",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"overplus",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"plus",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundance",
"bounty",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"profusion",
"sufficiency",
"overproduction",
"overstock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearth",
"lack",
"scarcity",
"want"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"insufficiency",
"undersupply"
]
},
"to fill with food to capacity":{
"examples":[
"having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"cram",
"glut",
"gorge",
"sate",
"stuff"
],
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"gobble",
"gormandize",
"pig out",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"cloy",
"fill",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diet",
"fast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suffice":{
"to be enough":{
"examples":[
"I was told I have to wear shoes\u2014will thong sandals suffice ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"do",
"serve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answer",
"suit",
"assuage",
"content",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surprizing":{
"causing a strong emotional reaction because of unexpectedness":{
"examples":[
"the surprising news that they were going to have a baby had them rushing to buy nursery furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"blindsiding",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"eye-opening",
"flabbergasting",
"jarring",
"jaw-dropping",
"jolting",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unannounced",
"unanticipated",
"unexpected",
"unforeseen",
"awesome",
"awful",
"breathtaking",
"fabulous",
"heart-stopping",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"extraordinary",
"phenomenal",
"rare",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"flustering",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"upsetting",
"incomprehensible",
"inconceivable",
"incredible",
"unbelievable",
"unimaginable",
"unlikely",
"unthinkable",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"remarkable",
"impressive",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"customary",
"mundane",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsurprising"
]
},
"causing wonder or astonishment":{
"examples":[
"it's surprising how much knowledge of physics the architects of those immense medieval cathedrals must have had"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"awful",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"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":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"bowling over",
"dumbfounding",
"dumfounding",
"flabbergasting",
"flooring",
"rocking",
"shocking",
"startling",
"stunning",
"stupefying",
"thunderstriking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddling",
"bewildering",
"blindsiding",
"blowing away",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"dazing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"jarring",
"muddling",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"perplexing",
"shaking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"waylaying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"storming",
"striking",
"jumping",
"mugging",
"pouncing (on)",
"tackling",
"charging",
"sallying",
"capturing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"mousetrapping",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"hunting",
"preying (on or upon)",
"stalking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"supper clubs":{
"a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)":{
"examples":[
"a posh suburban supper club that caters to a generally well-heeled clientele"
],
"synonyms":[
"bistros",
"bo\u00eetes",
"cabarets",
"caf\u00e9s",
"cafes",
"clubs",
"nightclubs",
"nightspots",
"niteries",
"roadhouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"a-go-gos",
"discos",
"discotheques",
"discoth\u00e9ques",
"barrooms",
"public houses",
"pubs",
"saloons",
"taverns",
"clip joints",
"dives",
"honky-tonks",
"key clubs",
"speakeasies",
"canteens",
"watering holes",
"watering places"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"survey course":{
"as in clinic , institute":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clinic",
"institute",
"seminar",
"elective",
"refresher",
"minicourse",
"class",
"course",
"core",
"curriculum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subverts":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward"
],
"synonyms":[
"abases",
"bastardizes",
"cankers",
"cheapens",
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"demoralizes",
"depraves",
"deteriorates",
"lessens",
"perverts",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subtropical":{
"as in semitropical":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semitropical",
"semitropic",
"equatorial",
"low",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"polar",
"temperate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subhumid":{
"as in tropical , subtropical":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semitropical",
"semitropic",
"subtropical",
"subtropic",
"tropic",
"tropical",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"close",
"heavy",
"oppressive",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"stuffy",
"suffocating",
"damp",
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry",
"clammy",
"dank",
"moist",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry",
"bracing",
"cool",
"crisp",
"fresh",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"arid",
"baked",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"semiarid",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sum totals":{
"a complete amount of something":{
"examples":[
"in this case the sum total of physical evidence that a crime has been committed wouldn't fill a thimble"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggregates",
"fulls",
"summations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grosses",
"entireties",
"bulks",
"masses",
"enchiladas",
"schmears"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surrey":{
"as in hackney , victoria":{
"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",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supergiants":{
"as in supernovas , quasars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjoin":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"subjoined an epilogue that informs the reader of the current doings and whereabouts of the participants in this real-life mystery"
],
"synonyms":[
"add",
"adjoin",
"annex",
"append",
"tack (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affix",
"attach",
"fasten",
"fix",
"graft",
"hitch",
"tag",
"tie",
"infuse",
"inject",
"insert",
"interfuse",
"introduce",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"increase",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell (up)",
"elongate",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"supply",
"enforce",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"separate",
"unfasten",
"amputate",
"cut",
"excise",
"lop (off)",
"sever",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"bate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"remove",
"subtract",
"take off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surges":{
"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
"examples":[
"a huge surge nearly capsized the boat and drenched the hapless fishermen"
],
"synonyms":[
"billows",
"swells",
"waves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seas",
"surfs",
"breakers",
"whitecaps",
"combers",
"curls",
"riffles",
"ripples",
"wavelets",
"ground swells",
"rollers",
"tidal waves",
"tsunamis",
"tsunami"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in streams , pours":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gushes",
"pours",
"squirts",
"streams",
"belches",
"disgorges",
"ejects",
"eructs",
"erupts",
"expels",
"jets",
"spews",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"emanates",
"exhales",
"issues",
"releases",
"shoots",
"spits",
"springs",
"vents",
"discharges",
"emits",
"fires",
"casts",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"launches",
"pitches",
"tosses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottles (up)",
"contains",
"restrains",
"shuts (in or up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jumps , skyrockets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"rockets",
"skyrockets",
"accelerates",
"accumulates",
"appreciates",
"balloons",
"booms",
"builds up",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"climbs",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"gains",
"increases",
"mounts",
"multiplies",
"mushrooms",
"proliferates",
"rises",
"rolls up",
"snowballs",
"spreads",
"swells",
"waxes",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles",
"blows up",
"bulks",
"distends",
"inflates",
"puffs (up)",
"crescendoes",
"crests",
"peaks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contracts",
"decreases",
"diminishes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"recedes",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"supersensitivity":{
"as in hypersensitiveness , oversensitiveness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hyperacuity",
"hypersensitiveness",
"hypersensitivity",
"oversensitiveness",
"oversensitivity",
"acuity",
"acuteness",
"delicacy",
"keenness",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"sharpness",
"accuracy",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superiorities":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"the superiority of some of the customers at the exclusive beauty salon is enough to curl your hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"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"
]
},
"exceptionally high quality":{
"examples":[
"the superiority of tree-ripened mangoes might make you want to spend the rest of your life in a tropical climate"
],
"synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"first-rateness",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"superbness",
"supremacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averageness",
"badness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"worthlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance":{
"examples":[
"the superiority of the nation in military might"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinction",
"dominance",
"eminence",
"noteworthiness",
"paramountcy",
"preeminence",
"preponderance",
"preponderancy",
"prepotency",
"prestigiousness",
"primacy",
"supremacy",
"transcendence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"famousness",
"glory",
"honor",
"kudos",
"renown",
"reputation",
"repute",
"megastardom",
"stardom",
"superstardom",
"greatness",
"illustriousness",
"nobleness",
"notableness",
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"authority",
"domination",
"dominion",
"influence",
"power",
"prestige",
"weight",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"obscureness",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subordinate":{
"having not so great importance or rank as another":{
"examples":[
"his contention is that environment plays a subordinate role to heredity in determining what we become"
],
"synonyms":[
"inferior",
"junior",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"minor",
"smaller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"little",
"mean",
"small",
"minute",
"petty",
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"two-bit",
"associate",
"auxiliary",
"secondary",
"subsidiary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choice",
"exceptional",
"first-class",
"first-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"greater",
"higher",
"major",
"more",
"primary",
"prime",
"senior",
"superior",
"superordinate"
]
},
"one who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another":{
"examples":[
"subordinates do most of the actual creation of the famous designer's clothing designs"
],
"synonyms":[
"inferior",
"junior",
"underling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendant",
"follower",
"retainer",
"domestic",
"menial",
"steward",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"minion",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"second",
"second fiddle",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[
"senior",
"superior"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suzerains":{
"as in kings , sultans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Caesars",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"ladies",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultanas",
"sultans",
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"successes":{
"a person or thing that is successful":{
"examples":[
"their homemade jellies have been such a success that they are now distributed nationwide"
],
"synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"megahits",
"smashes",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"winners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue chippers",
"blue chips",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"pips",
"prizewinners",
"gems",
"jewels",
"treasures",
"marvels",
"naturals",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"coups",
"triumphs",
"victories"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappointments",
"fizzles",
"lemons",
"losers"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombs",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"clinkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"flops",
"misfires",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
]
},
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"a long list of successes that the retiring president of the college can point to with pride"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"acquirements",
"attainments",
"babies",
"coups",
"triumphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"jackpots",
"megahits",
"miracles",
"smashes",
"winners",
"conquests",
"gains",
"victories",
"wins",
"skills",
"deeds",
"feats",
"performances",
"arrivals",
"completions",
"consummations",
"culminations",
"executions",
"fruitions",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"realizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"cock-ups",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"washouts",
"disappointments",
"letdowns",
"losses",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suggests":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"this letter suggests that there's more going on than she's telling us"
],
"synonyms":[
"alludes",
"hints",
"implies",
"indicates",
"infers",
"insinuates",
"intimates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverts",
"mentions",
"points",
"refers",
"signalizes",
"signals",
"signifies",
"smacks (of)",
"smells (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announces",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"spells out",
"delineates",
"describes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I suggested that they talk to a therapist about their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"advises",
"counsels",
"recommends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"espouses",
"favors",
"supports",
"exhorts",
"urges",
"advances",
"offers",
"proposes",
"submits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"might I suggest , for an appetizer, our jumbo shrimp cocktail?"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"bounces",
"offers",
"poses",
"proffers",
"proposes",
"propounds",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplantations":{
"as in replacements , displacements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"displacements",
"replacements",
"substitutions",
"deformations",
"disfigurements",
"distortions",
"mutations",
"transmutations",
"reconstructions",
"reconversions",
"redos",
"reformations",
"revisions",
"variations",
"adjustments",
"alterations",
"modifications",
"shifts",
"transitions",
"changeovers",
"conversions",
"metamorphoses",
"transfigurations",
"transformations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suggesting":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"this letter suggests that there's more going on than she's telling us"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluding",
"hinting",
"implying",
"indicating",
"inferring",
"insinuating",
"intimating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverting",
"mentioning",
"pointing",
"referring",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signalizing",
"signifying",
"smacking (of)",
"smelling (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announcing",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"spelling out",
"delineating",
"describing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I suggested that they talk to a therapist about their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"recommending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"espousing",
"favoring",
"supporting",
"exhorting",
"urging",
"advancing",
"offering",
"proposing",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"might I suggest , for an appetizer, our jumbo shrimp cocktail?"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"bouncing",
"offering",
"posing",
"proffering",
"proposing",
"propounding",
"voting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"nominating",
"recommending",
"presenting",
"submitting",
"tendering",
"trotting out",
"filing",
"laying",
"lodging",
"arranging",
"calculating",
"charting",
"contriving",
"covering",
"framing",
"mapping",
"planning",
"plotting",
"shaping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"successful":{
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{
"examples":[
"the play had a successful run on Broadway"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishing",
"going",
"palmy",
"prosperous",
"thriving",
"triumphant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming",
"promising",
"booming",
"growing",
"roaring",
"robust",
"boffo",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"runaway",
"socko"
],
"near antonyms":[
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing-out",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed",
"unsuccessful"
]
},
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
"examples":[
"sold their successful dry-cleaning business and retired to Hawaii"
],
"synonyms":[
"booming",
"boomy",
"flourishing",
"golden",
"halcyon",
"healthy",
"lush",
"palmy",
"prospering",
"prosperous",
"roaring",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affluent",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"substantial",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"comfortable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dying",
"failing",
"floundering",
"languishing",
"struggling",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent"
],
"antonyms":[
"depressed",
"unprosperous",
"unsuccessful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sunder":{
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"subdivide",
"trisect",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld"
],
"antonyms":[
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supereminent":{
"highest in rank or authority":{
"examples":[
"the supereminent authority in the field of Shakespearean scholarship"
],
"synonyms":[
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"high",
"lead",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supreme",
"top"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-level",
"senior",
"controlling",
"directing",
"managing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"submarine":{
"living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water":{
"examples":[
"the submarine fossils that are to be found in coral reefs"
],
"synonyms":[
"aquatic",
"submerged",
"sunken",
"underwater"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oceanic",
"undersea",
"abysmal",
"abyssal",
"deep",
"deep-sea",
"deepwater"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large sandwich on a long split roll":{
"examples":[
"always orders a roast beef submarine with the works"
],
"synonyms":[
"Cuban sandwich",
"grinder",
"hero",
"hoagie",
"hoagy",
"Italian sandwich",
"po'boy",
"poor boy",
"sub",
"torpedo"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subsidizes":{
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations"
],
"synonyms":[
"endows",
"finances",
"funds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"establishes",
"founds",
"organizes",
"bequeaths",
"contributes",
"donates",
"subscribes",
"supports",
"underwrites",
"awards",
"grants",
"backs",
"promotes",
"sponsors",
"capitalizes",
"invests (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"draws",
"receives",
"subsists"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunds",
"disendows"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolls",
"capitalizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"stakes",
"underwrites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstakes",
"cofinances",
"refinances",
"advocates",
"aids",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"sponsors",
"supports",
"maintains",
"nourishes",
"provides (for)",
"clears",
"defrays",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands",
"refunds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplementing":{
"as in adding (to) , complementing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"amplifying",
"developing",
"dilating (on or upon)",
"elaborating (on)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"rambling",
"running on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"condensing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"contracting",
"outlining",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surtax":{
"as in surcharge , supertax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supertax",
"surcharge",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surefire":{
"not likely to fail":{
"examples":[
"pizza seems like a surefire choice for a food that everyone at the party will be happy with"
],
"synonyms":[
"can't-miss",
"certain",
"fail-safe",
"infallible",
"sure",
"unfailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependable",
"reliable",
"deadly",
"unerring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"questionable",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[
"fallible"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"submitting (to)":{
"as in deferring (to) , surrendering (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferring (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)",
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supermoms":{
"as in superwomen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"superwomen",
"mamas",
"mammas",
"mommas",
"mammies",
"mas",
"maters",
"mommies",
"moms",
"old ladies",
"materfamiliases",
"matriarchs",
"matrons",
"stepmothers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supplicant":{
"asking humbly":{
"examples":[
"hated having to go before his boss like a supplicant beggar whenever he needed some time off to attend to personal matters"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"pleading",
"prayerful",
"soliciting",
"suppliant",
"supplicating",
"supplicatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begging",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"persistent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors"
],
"synonyms":[
"petitioner",
"pleader",
"solicitor",
"suitor",
"suppliant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"cadger",
"moocher",
"schnorrer",
"asker",
"requester",
"suer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subagents":{
"as in subagencies , agencies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agencies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"executors",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"subagencies",
"sub-agencies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supple":{
"able to bend easily without breaking":{
"examples":[
"a dome tent outfitted with supple fiberglass tent poles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bendy",
"flexible",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"willowy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"ductile",
"elastic",
"fluid",
"kneadable",
"malleable",
"modifiable",
"plastic",
"variable",
"yielding",
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"limp",
"semiflexible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inelastic",
"nonmalleable",
"unyielding",
"breakable",
"brittle",
"fragile"
],
"antonyms":[
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"stiffened"
]
},
"able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted":{
"examples":[
"shoes made from supple leather"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncy",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"resilient",
"rubberlike",
"rubbery",
"springy",
"stretch",
"stretchable",
"stretchy",
"whippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adaptable",
"ductile",
"kneadable",
"malleable",
"moldable",
"plastic",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"willowy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"solid",
"unyielding",
"brittle",
"crisp",
"crumbly",
"flaky",
"flakey",
"friable",
"short"
],
"antonyms":[
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"nonelastic",
"rigid",
"stiff"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"succumb":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"he finally succumbed and let his wife get rid of his dilapidated easy chair"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"relent",
"submit",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesce",
"defer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contend",
"fight",
"hold off",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"resist"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refused to succumb to her fears and defiantly walked through the dark cemetery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bow",
"cave (in)",
"give in",
"submit",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"indulge",
"wallow",
"acquiesce (to)",
"concede (to)",
"buckle (under)",
"knuckle under",
"give over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"fight",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"reject",
"bridle",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"restrain",
"stifle"
],
"antonyms":[
"hold off",
"resist"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"the patient lay so still and pale that everyone thought he had succumbed , and then he opened his eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"check out",
"conk (out)",
"croak",
"decease",
"demise",
"depart",
"die",
"drop",
"end",
"exit",
"expire",
"fall",
"flatline",
"go",
"kick in",
"kick off",
"part",
"pass (on)",
"pass away",
"peg out",
"perish",
"pop off",
"step out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predecease",
"consume",
"disappear",
"dry up",
"fade",
"fail"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come to",
"revive",
"linger",
"be",
"exist",
"subsist",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathe",
"live"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the doctor worked tirelessly until finally he, too, succumbed to the fever"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulate",
"fall",
"give up",
"knuckle under",
"submit",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bow",
"buckle",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"give (in)",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"lose",
"concede",
"fail",
"fold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand",
"beat",
"overcome",
"win",
"conquer",
"prevail",
"triumph"
],
"antonyms":[
"endure",
"stand"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suffices":{
"to be enough":{
"examples":[
"I was told I have to wear shoes\u2014will thong sandals suffice ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"does",
"serves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"answers",
"suits",
"assuages",
"contents",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"superspies":{
"as in spymasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spymasters",
"infiltrators",
"informers",
"stool pigeons",
"counterspies",
"double agents",
"sleepers",
"couriers",
"agents",
"assets",
"emissaries",
"intelligencers",
"moles",
"operatives",
"spies",
"spooks",
"undercovers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subleasing":{
"as in subletting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subletting",
"chartering",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"leasing",
"renting",
"checking out",
"arranging (for)",
"bespeaking",
"booking",
"contracting (for)",
"ordering",
"reserving",
"signing up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suppliant":{
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"didn't like being in the position of a suppliant , having to ask her parents to help her pay the rent on her apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"petitioner",
"pleader",
"solicitor",
"suitor",
"supplicant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"cadger",
"moocher",
"schnorrer",
"asker",
"requester",
"suer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"asking humbly":{
"examples":[
"the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"pleading",
"prayerful",
"soliciting",
"supplicant",
"supplicating",
"supplicatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begging",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"persistent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subjectiveness":{
"as in subjectivity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subjectivity",
"chauvinism",
"nepotism",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"bias",
"favor",
"favoritism",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"partisanship",
"prejudice",
"preconception",
"prejudgment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detachment",
"disinterest",
"disinterestedness",
"equity",
"evenhandedness",
"fair-mindedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"justice",
"neutralism",
"neutrality",
"nonpartisanship",
"objectiveness",
"objectivity",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"unconcern",
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"tolerance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subventions":{
"a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action":{
"examples":[
"the committee receives an annual subvention from the foundation to run the museum"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocations",
"allotments",
"annuities",
"appropriations",
"entitlements",
"grants",
"subsidies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aids",
"assistances",
"block grants",
"grants-in-aid",
"set-asides",
"foreign aids",
"reliefs",
"state aids",
"advances",
"allowances",
"benefits",
"bequests",
"endowments",
"funds",
"legacies",
"stipends",
"trust funds",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"summarizations":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"what you wrote goes way beyond a summarization of the speech"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subclasses":{
"as in sections , subgroups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branches",
"generations",
"sections",
"sorts",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"subspecieses",
"varieties",
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surmises":{
"an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"my surmise is that the couple's \"good news\" is the announcement that they are going to have a baby"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"shots",
"suppositions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypotheses",
"hypotheticals",
"theories",
"theses",
"dead reckonings",
"guesswork",
"speculations",
"hunches",
"intuitions",
"beliefs",
"faiths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"imagines",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"suspects",
"suspicions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"hypothecates",
"hypothesizes",
"theorizes",
"believes",
"conceives",
"expects",
"judges",
"reckons",
"takes",
"thinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"finds out",
"learns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subliminal":{
"functioning outside the area of conscious awareness but acting to influence one's thoughts or feelings":{
"examples":[
"A subliminal image was embedded in the advertisement.",
"The subliminal sounds supposedly aid in getting to sleep, but I am skeptical."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conditioned",
"natural",
"Pavlovian",
"reactive",
"reflex",
"simple",
"subconscious",
"unconscious",
"unforced",
"visceral",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"instinctual",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"mechanic",
"mechanical",
"robotic",
"spontaneous",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"subtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"definitive",
"explicit",
"express",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sublease":{
"as in sublet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sublet",
"charter",
"engage",
"hire",
"lease",
"rent",
"check out",
"arrange (for)",
"bespeak",
"book",
"contract (for)",
"order",
"reserve",
"sign up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjections":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the subject of our discussion switched from who would be the next president to who was the greatest president in the nation's history"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"theme",
"topic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matter",
"talking point",
"count",
"idea",
"point",
"purpose",
"consideration",
"issue",
"problem",
"body",
"bulk",
"burden",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"fundamental",
"generality",
"gist",
"grist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"main",
"marrow",
"mass",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"purport",
"quick",
"staple",
"substance",
"sum",
"basis",
"bottom",
"essential",
"essentiality",
"affair",
"argument",
"debate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
"tangent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
"examples":[
"because of the tense situation in that country, British subjects were advised to return home as soon as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"citizen",
"freeman",
"national"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compatriot",
"countryman",
"inhabitant",
"native",
"nonimmigrant",
"resident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreigner",
"stranger",
"immigrant",
"nonnative"
],
"antonyms":[
"alien",
"noncitizen"
]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"authority",
"grounds",
"motive",
"reason",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subjugate",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in dependent , non-self-governing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"unfree",
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"a holy man for whom the subjection of earthly desires is the path to spiritual perfection"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subsistence farmers":{
"as in tenant farmers , gentlemen farmers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crofters",
"croppers",
"gentlemen farmers",
"sharecroppers",
"tenant farmers",
"yeomen",
"agriculturists",
"agriculturalists",
"agronomists",
"cultivators",
"growers",
"planters",
"tillers",
"farmhands",
"field hands",
"gleaners",
"harvesters",
"plowmen",
"reapers",
"workfolks",
"homesteaders",
"nesters",
"grangers",
"rancheros",
"ranchers",
"ranchmen",
"campesinos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suers":{
"the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another":{
"examples":[
"the landlord was suing his suers in return, with each side alleging wrongdoing on the other's part"
],
"synonyms":[
"complainants",
"plaintiffs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accusers",
"litigants",
"parties",
"suitors",
"appellants",
"petitioners",
"pleaders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accused"
],
"antonyms":[
"defendants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superstars":{
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"a basketball superstar"
],
"synonyms":[
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
"causes celebres",
"celebrities",
"celebs",
"figures",
"icons",
"ikons",
"lights",
"luminaries",
"megastars",
"names",
"notabilities",
"notables",
"notorieties",
"personages",
"personalities",
"somebodies",
"standouts",
"stars",
"VIPs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorites",
"heartthrobs",
"heroes",
"idols",
"demigods",
"dignitaries",
"eminences",
"immortals",
"monuments",
"pillars",
"worthies",
"barons",
"big shots",
"bigwigs",
"kahunas",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"panjandrums",
"panjandra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"mediocrities",
"has-beens"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobodies",
"noncelebrities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtractions":{
"the act or an instance of taking away from a total":{
"examples":[
"the restaurant may not have raised the price, but there's definitely been a subtraction in the number of fries in a side order"
],
"synonyms":[
"deductions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discounts",
"givebacks",
"kickbacks",
"rebates",
"abatements",
"declines",
"decrements",
"detractions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drops",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"cuts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boosts",
"enlargements",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"raises",
"rises",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"accumulations",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"augmentations",
"supplementations",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[
"accessions",
"additions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superintending":{
"to be in charge of":{
"examples":[
"superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater"
],
"synonyms":[
"bossing",
"captaining",
"handling",
"heading",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"quarterbacking",
"supervising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administering",
"commanding",
"controlling",
"directing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"ordering",
"running",
"shepherding",
"showing",
"steering",
"monitoring",
"presiding (over)",
"governing",
"reigning",
"ruling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"administrating",
"carrying on",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"keeping",
"managing",
"operating",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"supervising",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"watching",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"micromanaging",
"stage-managing",
"codirecting",
"co-directing",
"comanaging",
"co-managing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"whoever's superintending the warehouse will know what's been delivered today"
],
"synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"overseeing",
"supervising",
"tending",
"watching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrating",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"managing",
"operating",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"guarding",
"patrolling",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"shielding",
"babying",
"babysitting",
"chaperoning",
"mothering",
"shepherding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoning",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sub-directors":{
"as in subchiefs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"micromanagers",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"figureheads",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superstuds":{
"a physically attractive man":{
"examples":[
"wanting to be taken seriously as an actor, he's unhappy with his image as a superstud"
],
"synonyms":[
"beefcakes",
"hunks",
"pretty boys",
"studs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"babes",
"dishes",
"dolls",
"dreamboats",
"eye candies",
"eyefuls",
"foxes",
"fox",
"knockouts",
"stunners",
"lady-killers",
"sheiks",
"womanizers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dogs",
"grotesqueries",
"monsters",
"nerds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcommittee":{
"a part of a committee that is organized for a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"standing committee",
"steering committee",
"commission",
"panel",
"delegation",
"mission",
"assembly",
"body",
"congress",
"convocation",
"council",
"synod"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superheavyweight":{
"as in heavyweight , welterweight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bantamweight",
"cruiserweight",
"featherweight",
"flyweight",
"heavyweight",
"light heavyweight",
"lightweight",
"middleweight",
"welterweight",
"palooka",
"slugger",
"stumblebum",
"boxer",
"fighter",
"gladiator",
"prizefighter",
"pug",
"pugilist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suicides":{
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
"examples":[
"teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-destructions",
"self-murders",
"self-slaughters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hara-kiris",
"hari-karis",
"martyrdoms",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts",
"slayings",
"chance-medleys",
"dispatches",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"euthanasias",
"mercy killings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in kills , murders":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bumps off",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"finishes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"scrags",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"wastes",
"whacks",
"carries off",
"claims",
"croaks",
"destroys",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"kills",
"slays",
"takes",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows",
"slaughters",
"smites",
"assassinates",
"executes",
"martyrs",
"terminates",
"euthanizes",
"euthanatizes",
"puts down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"nurtures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suspected":{
"as in alleged , presumed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"surmised",
"defensible",
"excusable",
"justifiable",
"vindicable",
"warrantable",
"certifiable",
"documentable",
"well-founded",
"checkable",
"confirmable",
"demonstrable",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"provable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"verifiable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indemonstrable",
"insupportable",
"unprovable",
"unsupportable",
"unsustainable",
"unverifiable",
"debatable",
"disprovable",
"disputable",
"refutable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"we suspected that the runaway was a little younger than the 16 she claimed to be\u2014more like 13"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"imagined",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"surmised",
"suspicioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"hypothecated",
"hypothesized",
"theorized",
"believed",
"conceived",
"expected",
"judged",
"reckoned",
"thought",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"found out",
"learned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have no trust or confidence in":{
"examples":[
"I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sister's, since I probably would have heard about him"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbelieved",
"discounted",
"discredited",
"negated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banked (on or upon)",
"counted (on or upon)",
"depended (on or upon)",
"relied (on or upon)"
],
"antonyms":[
"trusted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"superheat":{
"as in overheat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overheat",
"heat",
"hot (up)",
"toast",
"warm",
"reheat",
"rewarm",
"thaw",
"bake",
"cook",
"roast",
"burn",
"char",
"fire",
"parch",
"scald",
"scorch",
"sear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"cool",
"refrigerate",
"freeze",
"frost",
"ice",
"supercool"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sultanate":{
"as in emirate , principality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duchy",
"dukedom",
"emirate",
"principality",
"seigniory",
"seignory",
"domain",
"dominion",
"empire",
"kingdom",
"realm",
"republic",
"democracy",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"oligarchy",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"theocracy",
"city-state",
"microstate",
"ministate",
"nation-state",
"client state",
"colony",
"condominium",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"province",
"settlement",
"soil",
"trust territory",
"commonwealth",
"country",
"land",
"nation",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"state",
"fatherland",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"great power",
"power",
"sea power",
"superpower",
"world power",
"welfare state"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surrendered":{
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"the toddler surrendered the doll to her mother after a brief struggle",
"the commander surrendered the garrison without having fired a single shot"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceded",
"coughed up",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"laid down",
"relinquished",
"rendered",
"turned in",
"turned over",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"consigned",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"transferred",
"forfeited",
"released",
"waived",
"abnegated",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"discarded",
"forsook",
"parted (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"retained",
"withheld"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"the father refused to surrender to his son's constant begging for a BB gun"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinked",
"bowed",
"budged",
"capitulated",
"conceded",
"gave in",
"knuckled under",
"quit",
"quitted",
"relented",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesced",
"deferred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contended",
"fought",
"held off",
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisted"
]
},
"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
"examples":[
"the aging queen refused to surrender the throne to her increasingly impatient heir"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdicated",
"abnegated",
"ceded",
"relinquished",
"renounced",
"resigned",
"stepped aside (from)",
"stepped down (from)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjured",
"demitted",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disowned",
"waived",
"forsook",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"yielded",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"quit",
"quitted",
"vacated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"assumed",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"seized",
"took over",
"usurped",
"wrested",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"secured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"determined to give up smoking, she so far has not surrendered to her incessant desire to have a cigarette"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"caved (in)",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"indulged",
"wallowed",
"acquiesced (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"buckled (under)",
"knuckled under",
"gave over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"fought",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"rejected",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"stifled"
],
"antonyms":[
"held off",
"resisted"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulated",
"fell",
"gave up",
"knuckled under",
"submitted",
"succumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowed",
"buckled",
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"gave (in)",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"lost",
"conceded",
"failed",
"folded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucked",
"defied",
"fought",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"beat",
"overcame",
"won",
"conquered",
"prevailed",
"triumphed"
],
"antonyms":[
"endured",
"stood"
]
},
"to give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly":{
"examples":[
"laid-off workers who surrender themselves to despair will almost certainly never regain their footing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"delivered",
"gave up",
"indulged",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overdid",
"overindulged",
"basked",
"luxuriated",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"rolled",
"wallowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstained (from)",
"eschewed",
"forbore",
"forwent",
"forewent",
"refrained (from)",
"checked",
"inhibited",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"denied"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sustentations":{
"the careful maintaining and protection of something valuable especially in its natural or original state":{
"examples":[
"the all-important sustentation of Mount Vernon, Monticello, and other national treasures"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservancies",
"conservations",
"preservations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care",
"maintenances",
"upkeeps",
"salvations",
"savings",
"defenses",
"guardianships",
"protections",
"economies",
"husbandries",
"managements"
],
"near antonyms":[
"derelictions",
"neglects",
"wastes",
"destructions",
"ruins",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suppressed":{
"as in silenced , repressed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"personal",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"classified",
"restricted",
"top secret",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"open",
"public",
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident"
],
"synonyms":[
"burked",
"covered (up)",
"hushed (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacked out",
"censored",
"gagged",
"muzzled",
"silenced",
"quashed",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"spiked",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"blabbed",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unveiled",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"published",
"spread",
"described",
"narrated",
"recited",
"recounted",
"rehearsed",
"related",
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead mouse",
"suppressed her anger"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"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 hold back the normal growth of":{
"examples":[
"pruning helps suppress buds at the ends of developed branches and encourages new growth elsewhere"
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"arrested",
"caught",
"checked",
"halted",
"held up",
"stalled",
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"stilled",
"stopped",
"balked",
"blocked",
"held back",
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"stemmed",
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"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
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"advanced",
"boosted",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
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"nurtured",
"promoted"
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"nothing could suppress the rising tide of protest against the dictator's latest injustices"
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"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
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"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"slapped down",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
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"doused",
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"extinguished",
"put out",
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"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
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"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
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"forwarded",
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"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
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"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the defense attorney is openly accusing the prosecutor of attempting to suppress vital evidence"
],
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"belied",
"blanketed",
"blotted out",
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered",
"curtained",
"disguised",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"obscured",
"occulted",
"papered over",
"screened",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
],
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"buried",
"camouflaged",
"covered (up)",
"smothered",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"blocked",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brought out",
"presented",
"clarified",
"illuminated",
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"got out",
"proclaimed",
"publicized",
"published",
"spread"
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"antonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"displayed",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a lifetime of charitable contributions that sum into the millions"
],
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"added up (to)",
"aggregated",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"counted (up to)",
"numbered",
"totaled",
"totalled"
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"averaged",
"equaled",
"equalled",
"measured",
"reached",
"composed",
"comprised",
"constituted",
"made up"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subchiefs":{
"as in subdirectors":{
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"subdirectors",
"sub-directors",
"micromanagers",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"figureheads",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supposes":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses"
],
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"calculates",
"calls",
"conjectures",
"estimates",
"figures",
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"gages",
"guesses",
"judges",
"makes",
"places",
"puts",
"reckons"
],
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"concludes",
"deduces",
"extrapolates",
"gathers",
"infers",
"reasons",
"understands"
],
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"calibrates",
"measures",
"scales",
"computes",
"works out"
],
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},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"what do you suppose he's going to do with the prize money he won?"
],
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"assumes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"imagines",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"surmises",
"suspects",
"suspicions"
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"concludes",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"hypothecates",
"hypothesizes",
"theorizes",
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"conceives",
"expects",
"judges",
"reckons",
"takes",
"thinks"
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"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"finds out",
"learns"
],
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},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"voters wrongly supposed that the new mayor would be opposed to letting hazardous waste be transported through the city"
],
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"allows",
"believes",
"conceives",
"considers",
"deems",
"esteems",
"feels",
"figures",
"guesses",
"holds",
"imagines",
"judges",
"reckons",
"thinks"
],
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"regards",
"views",
"accepts",
"perceives",
"depends",
"relies",
"trusts",
"assumes",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"surmises",
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"deduces",
"infers"
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"distrusts",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"disbelieves",
"discredits",
"rejects"
],
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},
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"had always supposed that her father would bequeath the family farm to her"
],
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"assumes",
"hypothecates",
"hypothesizes",
"postulates",
"premises",
"presumes",
"presupposes",
"says"
],
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"accepts",
"believes",
"credits",
"swallows",
"concludes",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"judges",
"takes",
"conjectures",
"figures",
"guesses",
"reckons",
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"suspicions",
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"conceives",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"imagines",
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"preconceives",
"speculates",
"theorizes",
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"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"insists",
"maintains",
"professes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"controverts",
"disagrees (with)",
"disbelieves",
"discounts",
"discredits",
"disputes",
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"wonders (about)",
"denies",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"belies",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"because of the summer drought, harvests have definitely been subnormal this year"
],
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"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"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"
]
},
"submissive":{
"readily giving in to the command or authority of another":{
"examples":[
"it's not in her nature to be submissive"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenable",
"biddable",
"compliant",
"conformable",
"docile",
"law-abiding",
"obedient",
"tractable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"duteous",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"placable",
"soft",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"fawning",
"kowtowing",
"obeisant",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subordinate",
"subservient",
"decorous",
"disciplined",
"mannerly",
"orderly",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"controllable",
"disciplinable",
"governable",
"handleable",
"manageable",
"tame",
"teachable",
"trainable",
"gentle",
"meek",
"mild"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"dogged",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"peevish",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unyielding",
"uncontrollable",
"unmanageable",
"wild",
"balky",
"defiant",
"perverse",
"resistant",
"bad",
"disorderly",
"errant",
"misbehaving",
"mischievous",
"naughty",
"ill-bred",
"undisciplined",
"dissident",
"nonconformist",
"disrespectful",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[
"balky",
"contrary",
"contumacious",
"defiant",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"incompliant",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"noncompliant",
"obstreperous",
"rebel",
"rebellious",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"restive",
"unamenable",
"ungovernable",
"unruly",
"untoward",
"wayward",
"willful",
"wilful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supremeness":{
"as in marvelousness , exquisiteness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"exquisiteness",
"fabulousness",
"first-rateness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"marvelousness",
"marvellousness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"specialness",
"splendidness",
"sterlingness",
"superbness",
"superiority",
"superlativeness",
"supremacy",
"exceptionality",
"exceptionalness",
"extraordinariness",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability",
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"deficiency",
"unacceptability",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averageness",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"commonness",
"commonplaceness",
"everydayness",
"fairness",
"mundaneness",
"mundanity",
"normality",
"normalness",
"passibility",
"routine",
"second-rateness",
"typicality",
"typicalness",
"unremarkableness",
"usualness",
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"satisfactoriness",
"sufficiency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supervisions":{
"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
"examples":[
"one of your responsibilities will be the supervision of all fund-raising activities for the club"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"charges",
"guidance",
"headships",
"oversights",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendences",
"superintendencies",
"surveillances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observances",
"observations",
"administrations",
"controls",
"directions",
"generalships",
"hands",
"managements",
"leaderships",
"governments",
"reigns",
"rules",
"aegises",
"egises",
"auspices",
"guardianships",
"protections",
"trusteeships",
"tutelages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
"examples":[
"one of the senior editors took over supervision of the project while the editor-in-chief was on maternity leave"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrations",
"care",
"charges",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directions",
"governances",
"governments",
"guidance",
"handlings",
"intendances",
"managements",
"operations",
"oversights",
"presidencies",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendences",
"superintendencies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generalships",
"leaderships",
"rulerships",
"agencies",
"aegises",
"egises",
"custodies",
"guardianships",
"laps",
"protections",
"trusts",
"tutelages",
"wards",
"logistics",
"machinations",
"manipulations",
"coadministrations",
"codirections",
"co-directions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suckled":{
"to give milk to from the breast":{
"examples":[
"the image of a mother suckling her babe is a standard artistic symbol of maternal love and nurturing"
],
"synonyms":[
"breast-fed",
"nursed",
"wet-nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle-fed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"superabundances":{
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"a superabundance of applicants for a limited number of jobs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyfuls",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"redundancies",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subversions":{
"secret efforts to weaken or ruin a political system or government from within":{
"examples":[
"They were arrested on charges of political subversion ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insurgencies",
"insurrections",
"mutinies",
"overthrows",
"overturns",
"rebellions",
"revolts",
"revolutions",
"uprisings",
"upsets",
"sabotages",
"coups",
"coups d'\u00e9tat",
"coups d'etat",
"coup d'\u00e9tats",
"coup d'etats",
"misprisions",
"seditions",
"treacheries",
"treasons",
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts",
"bluster",
"bobberies",
"bustles",
"coils",
"commotions",
"furores",
"furors",
"fusses",
"hubbubs",
"hullabaloos",
"hurly-burlies",
"pandemoniums",
"routs",
"rows",
"ruckuses",
"ructions",
"rumpuses",
"shindys",
"shindies",
"squalls",
"stews",
"stirs",
"to-dos",
"turmoils",
"welters",
"williwaws",
"bouleversements",
"cataclysms",
"convulsions",
"earthquakes",
"paroxysms",
"storms",
"tempests",
"tumults",
"upheavals",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsistence farmer":{
"as in tenant farmer , gentleman farmer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crofter",
"cropper",
"gentleman farmer",
"sharecropper",
"tenant farmer",
"yeoman",
"agriculturist",
"agriculturalist",
"agronomist",
"cultivator",
"grower",
"planter",
"tiller",
"farmhand",
"field hand",
"gleaner",
"harvester",
"plowman",
"reaper",
"workfolk",
"workfolks",
"homesteader",
"nester",
"granger",
"rancher",
"ranchero",
"ranchman",
"campesino"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surf":{
"a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid":{
"examples":[
"beachgoers romping in the swirling surf"
],
"synonyms":[
"foam",
"froth",
"head",
"lather",
"spume",
"suds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mousse",
"mist",
"spindrift",
"spray",
"scum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cruise , browse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browse",
"cruise",
"peruse",
"scan",
"skim (through)",
"thumb (through)",
"inspect",
"sift",
"study",
"view",
"reinvestigate",
"delve (into)",
"dig (into)",
"examine",
"explore",
"inquire (into)",
"investigate",
"look (into)",
"probe",
"research"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"supertankers":{
"as in tankers , freighters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"boats",
"keels",
"ships",
"vessels",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sublethal":{
"as in toxic , infectious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"toxic",
"virulent",
"baneful",
"deleterious",
"destructive",
"harmful",
"injurious",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"truculent",
"dangerous",
"grave",
"grievous",
"hazardous",
"jeopardizing",
"menacing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"serious",
"threatening",
"ugly",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"baleful",
"deadly",
"deathly",
"fatal",
"fell",
"killer",
"lethal",
"mortal",
"murderous",
"pestilent",
"terminal",
"vital",
"bloody",
"internecine",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"nonfatal",
"nonlethal",
"wholesome",
"beneficial",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"alleviative",
"corrective",
"curative",
"remedial",
"tonic",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"nonpoisonous",
"nontoxic",
"safe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supercools":{
"as in freezes , ices":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"freezes",
"frosts",
"ices",
"quick-freezes",
"air-conditions",
"ventilates",
"chills",
"cools",
"refrigerates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heats",
"toasts",
"warms",
"bakes",
"boils",
"broils",
"steams",
"heat-treats",
"tempers",
"microwaves"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suffers":{
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"willingly suffered hardships so that their children would have a better life"
],
"synonyms":[
"endures",
"experiences",
"feels",
"has",
"knows",
"passes",
"sees",
"sustains",
"tastes",
"undergoes",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounters",
"meets",
"accepts",
"receives",
"assimilates",
"digests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"the husband suffered deeply at the mere suggestion that he had been unfaithful"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"bleeds",
"grieves",
"hurts",
"mourns",
"sorrows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches",
"longs (for)",
"pines (away)",
"sighs",
"smarts",
"racks",
"torments",
"tortures",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments",
"rues",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"groans",
"howls",
"keens",
"moans",
"sobs",
"takes on",
"wails",
"weeps",
"yammers",
"yowls",
"languishes",
"regrets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"cheers",
"crows",
"delights",
"exults",
"glories",
"joys",
"laughs",
"ravishes",
"rejoices",
"triumphs",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"commiserates",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"sympathizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give permission for or to approve of":{
"examples":[
"contends that the death penalty is something that no civilized society should suffer"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"green-lights",
"has",
"permits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authorizes",
"commissions",
"licenses",
"licences",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"OKs",
"okays",
"warrants",
"accords",
"concedes",
"grants",
"sanctions",
"vouchsafes",
"admits",
"brooks",
"condones",
"countenances",
"endures",
"supports",
"tolerates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"censures",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"interdicts",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"revokes",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"deplores",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"dislikes",
"frowns (at or on)",
"grudges",
"checks",
"curbs",
"keeps",
"represses",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"vetoes"
]
},
"to fail to prevent (some behavior on someone's part) especially from neglect or indifference":{
"examples":[
"I will not suffer you to insult me so!"
],
"synonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"tolerates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"condones",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"shrugs off",
"winks (at)",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"pardons",
"brooks",
"caters (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbids",
"prohibits",
"curbs",
"deters",
"discourages",
"frustrates",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)"
],
"antonyms":[
"bars",
"blocks",
"constrains",
"prevents"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sunken":{
"curved inward":{
"examples":[
"our convalescing guest's sunken cheeks soon filled out on a diet of my mother's cooking"
],
"synonyms":[
"concave",
"dented",
"depressed",
"dished",
"hollow",
"indented",
"recessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alveolar",
"cavernous",
"crescentic",
"cuplike",
"cupped",
"cuppy",
"recurved",
"dimpled",
"pockmarked",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"contracted",
"diminished",
"reduced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ballooning",
"bloated",
"blown up",
"bulbous",
"distended",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"extended",
"inflated",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"puffed",
"puffy",
"risen",
"swollen",
"domed",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"rounded",
"spherical"
],
"antonyms":[
"bulging",
"cambered",
"convex",
"protruding",
"protrusive",
"protuberant"
]
},
"living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water":{
"examples":[
"diving for sunken treasure"
],
"synonyms":[
"aquatic",
"submarine",
"submerged",
"underwater"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oceanic",
"undersea",
"abysmal",
"abyssal",
"deep",
"deep-sea",
"deepwater"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"substitutes":{
"a person or thing that takes the place of another":{
"examples":[
"you'll be getting a substitute until your regular teacher is feeling better",
"if you like, you can use nuts as a substitute for coconut in that recipe"
],
"synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?"
],
"synonyms":[
"changes",
"commutes",
"exchanges",
"shifts",
"swaps",
"switches",
"trades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interchanges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"cedes",
"hands over",
"surrenders",
"yields",
"reciprocates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"covers",
"fills in",
"pinch-hits",
"stands in",
"steps in",
"subs",
"takes over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudies",
"relieves",
"spells",
"doubles (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuts out",
"displaces",
"displants",
"relieves",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempts",
"usurps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subordinates":{
"one who is of lower rank and typically under the authority of another":{
"examples":[
"subordinates do most of the actual creation of the famous designer's clothing designs"
],
"synonyms":[
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"underlings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendants",
"followers",
"retainers",
"domestics",
"menials",
"stewards",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"minions",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"second fiddles",
"seconds",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"taskmasters"
],
"antonyms":[
"seniors",
"superiors"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overpowers",
"pacifies",
"subdues",
"subjects",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subcompacts":{
"as in sedans , compacts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"V-8s",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supplant":{
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displace",
"displant",
"relieve",
"replace",
"substitute",
"supersede"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempt",
"usurp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supposedly":{
"to all outward appearances":{
"examples":[
"she's supposedly too sick to come\u2014or so she says"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparently",
"evidently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"externally",
"outwardly",
"visibly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assumably",
"likely",
"presumedly",
"probably",
"conceivably",
"maybe",
"mayhap",
"perchance",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"professedly",
"supposably",
"allegedly",
"purportedly",
"reportedly",
"reputedly",
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"plainly",
"self-evidently",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"implausibly",
"impossibly",
"improbably",
"incredibly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"succubi":{
"as in nightmares , incubi":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"nightmares",
"hags",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"vampires",
"afreets",
"afrits",
"genies",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghosts",
"ghoulies",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"shaitans",
"apparitions",
"banshees",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugbears",
"familiars",
"familiar spirits",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"visions",
"wraiths",
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls",
"monsters",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suppresses":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident"
],
"synonyms":[
"burkes",
"covers (up)",
"hushes (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blacks out",
"censors",
"gags",
"muzzles",
"silences",
"quashes",
"represses",
"smothers",
"spikes",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"blabs",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"spills",
"tells",
"unveils",
"broadcasts",
"circulates",
"publishes",
"spreads",
"describes",
"narrates",
"recites",
"recounts",
"rehearses",
"relates",
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead mouse",
"suppressed her anger"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"submerges",
"swallows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"quashes",
"quells",
"bottles up",
"contains",
"muffles",
"squelches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expresses",
"looses",
"releases",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
"examples":[
"pruning helps suppress buds at the ends of developed branches and encourages new growth elsewhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"dwarfs",
"stunts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrests",
"catches",
"checks",
"halts",
"holds up",
"stalls",
"stays",
"stills",
"stops",
"balks",
"blocks",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"shrinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"boosts",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"nothing could suppress the rising tide of protest against the dictator's latest injustices"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"slaps down",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the defense attorney is openly accusing the prosecutor of attempting to suppress vital evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"belies",
"blankets",
"blots out",
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"disguises",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occults",
"papers over",
"screens",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buries",
"camouflages",
"covers (up)",
"smothers",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"blocks",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brings out",
"presents",
"clarifies",
"illuminates",
"advertises",
"airs",
"broadcasts",
"gets out",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"spreads"
],
"antonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"displays",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"superjet":{
"as in jet , turboprop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jet",
"jetliner",
"supersonic",
"supersonic transport",
"trijet",
"turbojet",
"turboprop",
"freighter",
"tanker",
"aerospace plane",
"rocket plane",
"aerodyne",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"airframe",
"airship",
"ship",
"tractor",
"bomber",
"fighter",
"jump jet",
"torpedo bomber",
"warplane",
"airliner",
"air taxi",
"liner",
"amphibian",
"seaplane",
"aeroplane",
"airplane",
"plane",
"biplane",
"lightplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"towplane",
"trimotor",
"triplane",
"glider",
"sailplane"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdepartment":{
"as in subdivision":{
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"subdivision",
"agency",
"arm",
"branch",
"bureau",
"department",
"desk",
"division",
"office",
"service"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substitutions":{
"as in replacements":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"replacements",
"back-and-forths",
"barters",
"commutations",
"dickers",
"exchanges",
"quid pro quos",
"swaps",
"trade-offs",
"trades",
"trucks",
"reciprocations",
"recompenses",
"requitals",
"bargains",
"deals",
"horse trades",
"negotiations",
"transactions",
"dealings",
"logrollings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Sunday":{
"being such only for recreation":{
"examples":[
"a charity auction of works by some of the town's more socially prominent Sunday painters"
],
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"amateur",
"avocational",
"backyard",
"jackleg",
"nonprofessional"
],
"near synonyms":[
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"self-taught",
"amateurish",
"dilettante",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"uninitiated",
"unprepared",
"unqualified",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"part-time",
"weekend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subpoena":{
"a written notice ordering a person to appear in court":{
"examples":[
"received a subpoena to appear as a witness for the prosecution"
],
"synonyms":[
"process",
"summons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capias",
"warrant",
"writ",
"ticket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cite",
"call",
"hail",
"summon",
"assemble",
"call out",
"call up",
"convene",
"convoke",
"muster",
"ask",
"bid",
"invite",
"command",
"order",
"request",
"requisition",
"beckon",
"demand",
"invoke",
"buzz",
"knell",
"page",
"ring",
"whistle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismiss",
"send (away)",
"turn away",
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"cast out",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sunk fence":{
"as in moat , stank":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ha-ha",
"moat",
"stank",
"dike",
"ditch",
"fosse",
"foss",
"gutter",
"sheugh",
"trench",
"trough",
"acequia",
"culvert",
"drain",
"draw",
"gully",
"gulley",
"ravine",
"drill",
"furrow",
"kennel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surliness":{
"as in fretfulness , orneriness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cantankerousness",
"crustiness",
"curmudgeonliness",
"disagreeableness",
"dyspepsia",
"fretfulness",
"orneriness",
"sulkiness",
"biliousness",
"choler",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"crotchetiness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peevishness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"testiness",
"waspishness",
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"fight",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence",
"truculency",
"fussiness",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"oversensitiveness",
"sensitivity",
"supersensitivity",
"touchiness",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"unfriendliness",
"anger",
"exasperation",
"fury",
"indignation",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"hot-bloodedness",
"passion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance",
"understanding",
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness",
"coolness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"easygoingness",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superordinate":{
"as in higher , primary":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"greater",
"higher",
"major",
"more",
"primary",
"prime",
"senior",
"superior",
"choice",
"exceptional",
"first-class",
"first-rate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inferior",
"junior",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"minor",
"smaller",
"subordinate",
"little",
"mean",
"small",
"minute",
"petty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sucking (up)":{
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
"examples":[
"a young lieutenant constantly sucking up to the commanding officer"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polishing",
"bootlicking",
"fawning",
"fussing",
"kowtowing",
"toadying",
"truckling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drooling",
"gushing",
"slavering",
"slobbering",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"courting",
"wooing",
"adulating",
"idolizing",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"blandishing",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"flattering",
"overpraising",
"soft-soaping",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"demeaning",
"deferring",
"submitting",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despising",
"disdaining",
"scorning",
"gibing",
"jibing",
"jeering",
"scoffing",
"braving",
"challenging",
"defying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"these lilacs sucked up all the water I added to the vase yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"drinking",
"imbibing",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"taking up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slurping",
"swallowing",
"swigging",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suspiring":{
"as in gasping , puffing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gasping",
"huffing",
"panting",
"puffing",
"wheezing",
"blowing (out)",
"drawing",
"expiring",
"inbreathing",
"inspiring",
"sniffing",
"snoring",
"snorting",
"snuffing",
"snuffling",
"whiffing",
"breathing",
"respiring",
"yawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiating",
"choking",
"gagging",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"garroting",
"garotting",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surfs":{
"a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid":{
"examples":[
"beachgoers romping in the swirling surf"
],
"synonyms":[
"foams",
"froths",
"heads",
"lathers",
"spumes",
"suds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mousses",
"mists",
"spindrifts",
"sprays",
"scums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cruises , browses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browses",
"cruises",
"peruses",
"scans",
"skims (through)",
"thumbs (through)",
"inspects",
"sifts",
"studies",
"views",
"reinvestigates",
"delves (into)",
"digs (into)",
"examines",
"explores",
"inquires (into)",
"investigates",
"looks (into)",
"probes",
"researches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"superexpensive":{
"as in expensive , high":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"high",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"valuable",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"inestimable",
"invaluable",
"priceless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"good-for-nothing",
"no-good",
"nothing",
"valueless",
"worthless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sums (to or into)":{
"to have a total of":{
"examples":[
"a lifetime of charitable contributions that sum into the millions"
],
"synonyms":[
"adds up (to)",
"aggregates",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"counts (up to)",
"numbers",
"totals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averages",
"equals",
"measures",
"reaches",
"composes",
"comprises",
"constitutes",
"makes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sulk":{
"a state of resentful silence or irritability":{
"examples":[
"a child sitting in a sulk over a minor disagreement"
],
"synonyms":[
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"pouts",
"snit",
"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 silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"the toddler would sulk for hours whenever he didn't get his way"
],
"synonyms":[
"grump",
"mope",
"pout"
],
"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"
]
},
"subscribes":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"accedes",
"acquiesces",
"agrees",
"assents",
"comes round",
"consents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"abides",
"bears (with)",
"endures",
"stands",
"suffers",
"tolerates",
"stomachs",
"swallows",
"takes",
"bows",
"knuckles under",
"relents",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffs",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"scorns",
"spurns",
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissents"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing"
],
"synonyms":[
"autographs",
"inks",
"signs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signs up",
"cosigns",
"countersigns",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"registers",
"signs on",
"inscribes",
"authors",
"pencils (in)",
"pens",
"scratches (out)",
"scrawls",
"scribbles",
"notarizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suppleness":{
"as in pliability , ductility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ductility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"adaptability",
"elasticity",
"flexibility",
"limberness",
"resilience",
"workability",
"workableness",
"malleability",
"plasticity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflexibility",
"rigidity",
"stiffness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suturing":{
"as in sewing , stitching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"closing",
"darning",
"filling",
"healing",
"knitting",
"mending",
"patching",
"plugging",
"repair",
"sealing",
"sewing",
"stitching",
"combination",
"combining",
"connecting",
"connection",
"consolidation",
"coupling",
"joining",
"junction",
"linking",
"merger",
"merging",
"unification",
"union",
"uniting",
"hill",
"mound",
"rise",
"bump",
"bunch",
"hump",
"lump",
"pimple",
"swell",
"swelling",
"tumor",
"bulge",
"camber",
"convexity",
"jut",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"crack",
"fissure",
"fracture",
"rift",
"rupture",
"split",
"tear",
"cut",
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"notch",
"rent",
"rip",
"slash",
"slit",
"breach",
"gap",
"opening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"the doctor cleaned, sutured , and bandaged the wound"
],
"synonyms":[
"darning",
"sewing",
"stitching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mending",
"patching",
"repairing",
"basting",
"easing",
"felling",
"finishing",
"overcasting",
"cross-stitching",
"embroidering",
"crocheting",
"knitting",
"quilting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suspiciousness":{
"as in mistrust , wariness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"doubt",
"incertitude",
"mistrust",
"uncertainty",
"wariness",
"scruple",
"worry",
"defeatism",
"pessimism",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"fearfulness",
"funk",
"perturbation",
"solicitude",
"suspense",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"foreknowledge",
"premonition",
"presage",
"presentiment",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"misgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anticipation",
"excitement",
"hope",
"hopefulness",
"confidence",
"optimism",
"sanguinity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supersize":{
"unusually large":{
"examples":[
"a supersize truck with an impressive towing capacity"
],
"synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantesque",
"gigantic",
"grand",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"mega",
"mighty",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"oceanic",
"pharaonic",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"voluminous",
"august",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"cavernous",
"monolithic",
"overwhelming",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"immeasurable",
"infinite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"little",
"mini",
"petite",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"half-pint"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"midget",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pocket",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
]
},
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to supersize our contributions to our retirement fund"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"stoke",
"swell",
"up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boom",
"jump",
"skyrocket",
"spike",
"bump (up)",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)",
"blow up",
"dilate",
"distend",
"inflate",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"collect",
"follow up",
"parlay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench"
],
"antonyms":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subcommittees":{
"a part of a committee that is organized for a certain purpose":{
"examples":[
"The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"standing committees",
"steering committees",
"commissions",
"panels",
"delegations",
"missions",
"assemblies",
"bodies",
"congresses",
"convocations",
"councils",
"synods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superpatriots":{
"one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country":{
"examples":[
"too much of a superpatriot to acknowledge the achievements of athletes from other nations"
],
"synonyms":[
"chauvinists",
"flag-wavers",
"jingoes",
"nationalists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loyalists",
"patriots",
"hawks",
"warmongers",
"nativists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"internationalists",
"neutralists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suspiration":{
"as in whisper , sigh":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babble",
"coo",
"gasp",
"gurgle",
"hiss",
"moan",
"murmur",
"rustle",
"sigh",
"susurration",
"susurrus",
"whisper",
"burr",
"buzz",
"chirr",
"churr",
"drone",
"hum",
"purr",
"thrum",
"whir",
"whirr",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zoom",
"whish",
"zing",
"zip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawl",
"howl",
"roar",
"scream",
"screech",
"shriek",
"squall",
"squeal",
"yell",
"yelp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supersonics":{
"as in jets , jetliners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jetliners",
"jets",
"superjets",
"supersonic transports",
"trijets",
"turbojets",
"turboprops",
"freighters",
"tankers",
"aerospace planes",
"rocket planes",
"aerodynes",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"airframes",
"airships",
"ships",
"tractors",
"bombers",
"fighters",
"jump jets",
"torpedo bombers",
"warplanes",
"airliners",
"air taxis",
"liners",
"amphibians",
"seaplanes",
"aeroplanes",
"airplanes",
"planes",
"biplanes",
"lightplanes",
"tilt-rotors",
"towplanes",
"trimotors",
"triplanes",
"gliders",
"sailplanes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"summarized":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the closing minute of the newscast summarizes the main story of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracted",
"boiled down",
"briefed",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"outlined",
"recapitulated",
"recapped",
"reprised",
"summed up",
"synopsized",
"wrapped up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridged",
"condensed",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"shortened",
"downsized",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"concentrated",
"consolidated",
"decocted",
"essentialized",
"simplified",
"streamlined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"amplified",
"elaborated (on or upon)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"supplemented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substituting":{
"to give up (something) and take something else in return":{
"examples":[
"can I substitute coleslaw for potato salad if I order the chicken plate?"
],
"synonyms":[
"changing",
"commuting",
"exchanging",
"shifting",
"swapping",
"switching",
"trading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interchanging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"ceding",
"handing over",
"surrendering",
"yielding",
"reciprocating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"substituting for the talk show host while she is on vacation"
],
"synonyms":[
"covering",
"filling in",
"pinch-hitting",
"standing in",
"stepping in",
"subbing",
"taking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudying",
"relieving",
"spelling",
"doubling (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"\"John Doe,\" \"Jane Doe,\" and \"Baby Doe\" substituted the real names of the parties involved to preserve their privacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting out",
"displacing",
"displanting",
"relieving",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempting",
"usurping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subverting":{
"to lower in character, dignity, or quality":{
"examples":[
"by insisting that she pay me for helping her, she subverted my noble desire to do a good deed without reward"
],
"synonyms":[
"abasing",
"bastardizing",
"cankering",
"cheapening",
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"demoralizing",
"depraving",
"deteriorating",
"lessening",
"perverting",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"vitiating",
"warping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"diluting",
"dirtying",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"thinning",
"watering down",
"weakening",
"descending",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"shaming",
"taking down",
"blemishing",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"destroying",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"staining",
"tarnishing",
"wrecking",
"depreciating",
"downgrading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dignifying",
"exalting",
"honoring",
"ameliorating",
"amending",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"perfecting",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"refining",
"restoring",
"respecting"
],
"antonyms":[
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surmountable":{
"as in vulnerable , vincible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"superable",
"vincible",
"vulnerable",
"exposed",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"insecure",
"liable",
"open",
"susceptible",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unsafe",
"defenseless",
"helpless",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"insurmountable",
"invincible",
"invulnerable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"unstoppable",
"inviolable",
"unassailable",
"unbreachable",
"untouchable",
"armored",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safe",
"safeguarded",
"secure",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sues":{
"as in asks , requests":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asks",
"desires",
"invokes",
"requests",
"bludges",
"cadges",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"claims",
"coerces",
"commands",
"compels",
"demands",
"forces",
"insists",
"requires",
"appeals (to)",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"besieges",
"conjures",
"entreats",
"impetrates",
"implores",
"importunes",
"petitions",
"pleads (to)",
"prays",
"solicits",
"supplicates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hints",
"implies",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"gratifies",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tries , prosecutes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prosecutes",
"tries",
"appeals",
"arraigns",
"books",
"cites",
"summons",
"frames",
"implicates",
"inculpates",
"informs (against)",
"names",
"reports",
"chides",
"rebukes",
"reproves",
"taxes",
"recriminates",
"retaliates",
"blames",
"calls (on)",
"castigates",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"faults",
"impugns",
"reproaches",
"reprobates",
"accuses",
"charges",
"criminates",
"defames",
"impeaches",
"incriminates",
"indicts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"excuses",
"forgives",
"justifies",
"pardons",
"remits",
"shrives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Supreme Being":{
"the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe":{
"examples":[
"anthropologists have found that most cultures around the world believe in a Supreme Being"
],
"synonyms":[
"Allah",
"Almighty",
"Author",
"Creator",
"deity",
"Divinity",
"Eternal",
"Everlasting",
"Father",
"God",
"Godhead",
"Jehovah",
"King",
"Lord",
"Maker",
"Providence",
"Yahweh",
"Jahveh",
"Yahveh"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suckles":{
"to give milk to from the breast":{
"examples":[
"the image of a mother suckling her babe is a standard artistic symbol of maternal love and nurturing"
],
"synonyms":[
"breast-feeds",
"nurses",
"wet-nurses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle-feeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suppliants":{
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"didn't like being in the position of a suppliant , having to ask her parents to help her pay the rent on her apartment"
],
"synonyms":[
"petitioners",
"pleaders",
"solicitors",
"suitors",
"supplicants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"cadgers",
"moochers",
"schnorrers",
"askers",
"requesters",
"suers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sun parlor":{
"as in solarium , sunporch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeping porch",
"solarium",
"sunporch",
"galilee",
"portico",
"porte cochere",
"gallery",
"lanai",
"piazza",
"porch",
"stoop",
"veranda",
"verandah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surrenders (to)":{
"as in submits (to) , defers (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defers (to)",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)",
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"goose-steps (to)",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)",
"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sullenly":{
"as in glumly , morosely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"subscribe":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"come round",
"consent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"abide",
"bear (with)",
"endure",
"stand",
"suffer",
"tolerate",
"stomach",
"swallow",
"take",
"bow",
"knuckle under",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuff",
"refuse",
"reject",
"scorn",
"spurn",
"deny",
"gainsay"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissent"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing"
],
"synonyms":[
"autograph",
"ink",
"sign"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sign up",
"cosign",
"countersign",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"register",
"sign on",
"inscribe",
"author",
"pen",
"pencil (in)",
"scratch (out)",
"scrawl",
"scribble",
"notarize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sure-handed":{
"as in deft , clever":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supposing":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculating",
"calling",
"conjecturing",
"estimating",
"figuring",
"gauging",
"gaging",
"guessing",
"judging",
"making",
"placing",
"putting",
"reckoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"deducing",
"extrapolating",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"reasoning",
"understanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrating",
"measuring",
"scaling",
"computing",
"working out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"what do you suppose he's going to do with the prize money he won?"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"imagining",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"surmising",
"suspecting",
"suspicioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"theorizing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"expecting",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"taking",
"thinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"ascertaining",
"determining",
"finding out",
"learning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"voters wrongly supposed that the new mayor would be opposed to letting hazardous waste be transported through the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"considering",
"deeming",
"esteeming",
"feeling",
"figuring",
"guessing",
"holding",
"imagining",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"thinking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regarding",
"viewing",
"accepting",
"perceiving",
"depending",
"relying",
"trusting",
"assuming",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"surmising",
"concluding",
"deducing",
"inferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"disbelieving",
"discrediting",
"rejecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"had always supposed that her father would bequeath the family farm to her"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"postulating",
"premising",
"presuming",
"presupposing",
"saying"
],
"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"
]
},
"subplots":{
"as in stories , plots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"actions",
"plots",
"stories",
"story lines",
"arguments",
"mythoi",
"subjects",
"themes",
"designs",
"outlines",
"plans",
"schemes",
"arcs",
"developments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superiority":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"the superiority of some of the customers at the exclusive beauty salon is enough to curl your hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"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"
]
},
"exceptionally high quality":{
"examples":[
"the superiority of tree-ripened mangoes might make you want to spend the rest of your life in a tropical climate"
],
"synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"first-rateness",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"superbness",
"supremacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averageness",
"badness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"worthlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the fact or state of being above others in rank or importance":{
"examples":[
"the superiority of the nation in military might"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinction",
"dominance",
"eminence",
"noteworthiness",
"paramountcy",
"preeminence",
"preponderance",
"preponderancy",
"prepotency",
"prestigiousness",
"primacy",
"supremacy",
"transcendence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"famousness",
"glory",
"honor",
"kudos",
"renown",
"reputation",
"repute",
"megastardom",
"stardom",
"superstardom",
"greatness",
"illustriousness",
"nobleness",
"notableness",
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"authority",
"domination",
"dominion",
"influence",
"power",
"prestige",
"weight",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificance",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"obscureness",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjects":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the subject of our discussion switched from who would be the next president to who was the greatest president in the nation's history"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"themes",
"topics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matters",
"talking points",
"counts",
"ideas",
"points",
"purposes",
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"burdens",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"fundamentals",
"generalities",
"gists",
"grists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"mains",
"marrows",
"masses",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"purports",
"quicks",
"staples",
"substances",
"sums",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"essentialities",
"essentials",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"debates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"interjections",
"parentheses",
"tangents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who owes allegiance to a government and is protected by it":{
"examples":[
"because of the tense situation in that country, British subjects were advised to return home as soon as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"citizens",
"freemen",
"nationals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compatriots",
"countrymen",
"inhabitants",
"natives",
"nonimmigrants",
"residents"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreigners",
"strangers",
"immigrants",
"nonnatives"
],
"antonyms":[
"aliens",
"noncitizens"
]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"he has no subject to protest this time, but that's never stopped him before"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"authorities",
"grounds",
"motives",
"reasons",
"wherefores",
"whys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"occasions",
"stimuli"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"Attila the Hun subjected most of Europe to his barbaric pillage"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overpowers",
"pacifies",
"subdues",
"subjugates",
"subordinates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"beats",
"clobbers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"mows (down)",
"overcomes",
"prevails (over)",
"reduces",
"routs",
"skunks",
"smashes",
"thrashes",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"enslaves",
"breaks",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"smothers",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"suppresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"frees",
"liberates",
"manumits",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suicide":{
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
"examples":[
"teenagers are more prone to suicide because they mistakenly believe their troubles are insurmountable"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hara-kiri",
"hari-kari",
"martyrdom",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"chance-medley",
"dispatch",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in kill , murder":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bump off",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"finish",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"scrag",
"snuff",
"take out",
"waste",
"whack",
"carry off",
"claim",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"kill",
"slay",
"take",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow",
"slaughter",
"smite",
"assassinate",
"execute",
"martyr",
"terminate",
"euthanize",
"euthanatize",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"nurture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"supersensible":{
"as in extrasensory , supersensory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extrasensory",
"supersensory",
"mystic",
"mystical",
"occult",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"spiritistic",
"spiritualistic",
"celestial",
"divine",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"numinous",
"spiritual",
"unworldly",
"metaphysical",
"otherworldly",
"paranormal",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"earthly",
"mundane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"substandard":{
"falling short of a standard":{
"examples":[
"a teacher who rejects substandard work without hesitation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subversives":{
"someone who tries to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{
"examples":[
"They were outted as subversives and exiled from the country."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anarchists",
"anarchs",
"agitators",
"insurgents",
"insurrectionists",
"rebels",
"crazies",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"alarmists",
"extremists",
"revolters",
"troublemakers",
"young Turks",
"secessionists",
"separationists",
"separatists",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"accommodationists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subverters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtracting":{
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13",
"you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"taking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising"
],
"antonyms":[
"adding",
"tacking (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surcoats":{
"a warm outdoor coat":{
"examples":[
"a knight in a fur-lined and hooded surcoat over a long tunic stood in the forest clearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"greatcoats",
"overcoats",
"topcoats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chesterfields",
"frock coats",
"mackinaws",
"ulsters",
"jackets",
"parkas",
"surtouts",
"oilskins",
"raincoats",
"sou'westers",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoats"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surroundings":{
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"we relaxed and forgot our worries for a while in the plush surroundings of the hotel"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambient",
"atmosphere",
"climate",
"clime",
"context",
"contexture",
"environment",
"environs",
"medium",
"milieu",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8ne",
"setting",
"surround",
"terrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"location",
"place",
"position",
"space",
"backdrop",
"background",
"element",
"situation",
"status",
"geography",
"habitat",
"microenvironment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"summarize":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the closing minute of the newscast summarizes the main story of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"sum up",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sunbursts":{
"as in starbursts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"starbursts",
"aureoles",
"aureolae",
"glories",
"halos",
"haloes",
"nimbi",
"nimbuses",
"auras",
"coronas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sunbeams , moonbeams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moonbeams",
"sunbeams",
"beams",
"rays",
"shafts",
"lasers",
"spotlights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sultriness":{
"as in heat , torridness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heat",
"hotness",
"stuffiness",
"torridity",
"torridness",
"glow",
"radiance",
"radiancy",
"balminess",
"mildness",
"temperateness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"warmness",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilliness",
"coolness",
"bitterness",
"bleakness",
"cold",
"coldness",
"frigidity",
"frigidness",
"frostiness",
"iciness",
"rawness",
"sharpness",
"frost"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supervenient":{
"not being a vital part of or belonging to something":{
"examples":[
"he painted his landscapes for self-fulfillment, regarding financial rewards as supervenient to his reason for doing them"
],
"synonyms":[
"accidental",
"adventitious",
"alien",
"external",
"extraneous",
"extrinsic",
"foreign"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exterior",
"outside",
"immaterial",
"inapplicable",
"insignificant",
"irrelevant",
"nonessential",
"unessential",
"unnecessary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"congenital",
"deep-seated",
"inborn",
"inbred",
"inside",
"interior",
"internal",
"basic",
"essential",
"necessary"
],
"antonyms":[
"inherent",
"innate",
"intrinsic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subclass":{
"as in section , subgroup":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branch",
"generation",
"section",
"sort",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjugate":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplicated":{
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"the minister reminded his flock that God is a being to be obeyed and worshipped always and not just someone to be supplicated in times of trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"besieged",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"impetrated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"solicited"
],
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"bludged",
"cadged",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"asked",
"desired",
"invoked",
"requested",
"sued",
"claimed",
"coerced",
"commanded",
"compelled",
"demanded",
"forced",
"insisted",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinted",
"implied",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"gratified",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suture":{
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"the doctor cleaned, sutured , and bandaged the wound"
],
"synonyms":[
"darn",
"sew",
"stitch"
],
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"mend",
"patch",
"repair",
"baste",
"ease",
"fell",
"finish",
"overcast",
"cross-stitch",
"embroider",
"crochet",
"knit",
"quilt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in seam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seam",
"abutment",
"articulation",
"attachment",
"concourse",
"confluence",
"meeting",
"interconnection",
"intersection",
"union",
"link",
"nexus",
"tie",
"connection",
"coupling",
"join",
"joining",
"joint",
"jointure",
"junction",
"juncture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleft",
"crack",
"crevice",
"fissure",
"gap",
"rift",
"separation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subemployed":{
"as in underemployed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"underemployed",
"jobless",
"unemployed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employed",
"working",
"self-employed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sucker punched":{
"as in rabbit-punched":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rabbit-punched",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"scuffed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplicating":{
"asking humbly":{
"examples":[
"in a supplicating gesture, he got down on his knees and asked, \"Will you marry me?\""
],
"synonyms":[
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"pleading",
"prayerful",
"soliciting",
"suppliant",
"supplicant",
"supplicatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begging",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"persistent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"the minister reminded his flock that God is a being to be obeyed and worshipped always and not just someone to be supplicated in times of trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"soliciting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"succeed":{
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product"
],
"synonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"work out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catch on",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"cook",
"percolate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languish",
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crater",
"crumble",
"flame out",
"choke",
"crack up",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"fall down",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"antonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"wash out"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"if you want to succeed in show business, you have to feel comfortable in front of an audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president"
],
"synonyms":[
"follow",
"postdate",
"supervene"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"ensue"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"summiting":{
"as in mounting , ascending":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ascending",
"breasting",
"free-climbing",
"getting up",
"mounting",
"scaling",
"surmounting",
"shimmying",
"shinning",
"shinnying",
"skinning",
"clawing",
"sprawling",
"struggling",
"clambering",
"climbing",
"scrabbling",
"scrambling",
"swarming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sure things":{
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"examples":[
"he's a sure thing for the promotion: he's the most qualified candidate by far"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinches",
"locks",
"shoo-ins",
"slam dunks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainties",
"inevitabilities",
"eventualities",
"foregone conclusions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horses",
"long shots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subject matters":{
"the information or ideas that are discussed or dealt with in a book, movie, etc.; what something is about":{
"examples":[
"I found the film's subject matter to be quite disturbing.",
"The magazine's editors care more about style than about subject matter .",
"She disapproves of the artist's choice of subject matter ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"talking points",
"contents",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"themes",
"topics",
"counts",
"ideas",
"points",
"purposes",
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"burdens",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"fundamentals",
"generalities",
"gists",
"grists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"mains",
"marrows",
"masses",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"purports",
"quicks",
"staples",
"substances",
"sums",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"essentialities",
"essentials",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"debates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"interjections",
"parentheses",
"tangents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surpassed":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outclassed",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outgunned",
"outmatched",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"topped",
"towered (over)",
"transcended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-upped",
"outpaced",
"outraced",
"outran",
"overpassed",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"outcompeted",
"outperformed",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"shamed",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"overbore",
"overshadowed",
"trumped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"exceeded",
"outran",
"outreached",
"overpassed",
"overran",
"overreached",
"overshot",
"overstepped",
"transcended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroached",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"trespassed",
"overdid",
"overused",
"overutilized",
"overworked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supertaxes":{
"as in surcharges , surtaxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"surcharges",
"surtaxes",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surmised":{
"as in alleged , assumed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"suspected",
"defensible",
"excusable",
"justifiable",
"vindicable",
"warrantable",
"certifiable",
"documentable",
"well-founded",
"checkable",
"confirmable",
"demonstrable",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"provable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"verifiable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indemonstrable",
"insupportable",
"unprovable",
"unsupportable",
"unsustainable",
"unverifiable",
"debatable",
"disprovable",
"disputable",
"refutable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"we surmised that she had purchased the apple pie since there was a bakery box on the kitchen counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"daresaid",
"guessed",
"imagined",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"supposed",
"suspected",
"suspicioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"hypothecated",
"hypothesized",
"theorized",
"believed",
"conceived",
"expected",
"judged",
"reckoned",
"thought",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrated",
"documented",
"established",
"proved",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"ascertained",
"determined",
"found out",
"learned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subtracted (from)":{
"as in reduced , decreased":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"moderated",
"modified",
"reduced",
"retrenched",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"slashed",
"tapered",
"abated",
"compressed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut",
"cut down",
"pared",
"pruned",
"trimmed",
"abstracted",
"digested",
"encapsulated",
"epitomized",
"recapitulated",
"summarized",
"summed up",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"docked",
"elided",
"shortened",
"syncopated",
"truncated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enlarged",
"expanded",
"supplemented",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"dilated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"blew up",
"distended",
"inflated",
"swelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcompact":{
"as in sedan , compact":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"V-8",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels",
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sue (for)":{
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"after another devastating attack, the nation sued for peace"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"bespeak",
"call (for)",
"desire",
"plead (for)",
"quest",
"request",
"seek",
"solicit",
"speak (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (for)",
"beg (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"importune",
"urge",
"wish (for)",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"petition (for)",
"press (for)",
"require",
"requisition",
"invite",
"invoke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supervisory":{
"suited for or relating to the directing of things":{
"examples":[
"was promoted to a supervisory position with several assistants working under him"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrative",
"directorial",
"executive",
"managerial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucratic",
"governmental",
"ministerial",
"official",
"parliamentary",
"regulatory",
"authoritarian",
"despotic",
"dictatorial"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonmanagerial",
"nonsupervisory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suckling":{
"as in foundling , nursling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foundling",
"nursling",
"cherub",
"preemie",
"premie",
"babe",
"baby",
"bambino",
"child",
"infant",
"neonate",
"newborn",
"bantling",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"boy",
"nipper",
"tad",
"juvenile",
"minor",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"imp",
"squirt",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"girl",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"elder",
"graybeard",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give milk to from the breast":{
"examples":[
"the image of a mother suckling her babe is a standard artistic symbol of maternal love and nurturing"
],
"synonyms":[
"breast-feeding",
"nursing",
"wet-nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle-feeding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"superfluities":{
"something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary":{
"examples":[
"spends most of her money on designer clothes and other superfluities"
],
"synonyms":[
"amenities",
"comforts",
"extras",
"frills",
"indulgences",
"luxuries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extravagances",
"nonessentials",
"dainties",
"delicacies",
"niceties",
"treats",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accoutrements",
"accouterments",
"bells and whistles",
"options"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"basics",
"essentials",
"fundamentals",
"musts",
"necessities",
"requirements"
]
},
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"a superfluity of wire coat hangers from all of those trips to the dry cleaner"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyfuls",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"surfeits",
"surplusages",
"surpluses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunbonnets":{
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in marvelously , terrifically":{
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"excellently",
"fabulously",
"finely",
"grandly",
"greatly",
"marvelously",
"superbly",
"superiorly",
"terrifically",
"faultlessly",
"flawlessly",
"ideally",
"immaculately",
"impeccably",
"pat",
"perfectly",
"exceptionally",
"fancily",
"specially"
],
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"amiss",
"badly",
"defectively",
"faultily",
"imperfectly",
"deficiently",
"inadequately",
"incompletely",
"insufficiently",
"fallibly",
"atrociously",
"execrably",
"wretchedly"
],
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},
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"adverb"
]
},
"superstition":{
"a belief or way of behaving that is based on fear of the unknown and faith in magic or luck; a belief that certain events or things will bring good or bad luck":{
"examples":[
"It is a common superstition that a black cat crossing your path is bad luck."
],
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"factoid",
"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth",
"fiction",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"distortion",
"inaccuracy",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding",
"misinformation",
"misknowledge",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"sophism",
"sophistry",
"fib",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"story",
"tale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantiating":{
"serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something":{
"examples":[
"without some substantiating evidence, such as a stub from a bus ticket, who's going to believe your alibi?"
],
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"confirmational",
"confirmatory",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"corroborative",
"corroboratory",
"probative",
"probatory",
"supporting",
"supportive",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auxiliary",
"supplementary",
"beneficial",
"helpful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"counter",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"confuting",
"disproving",
"refuting"
]
},
"to gain full recognition or acceptance of":{
"examples":[
"substantiated his claim to local mountaineering fame with a photo of himself on the summit of Mount McKinley"
],
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"demonstrating",
"establishing",
"proving",
"showing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"documenting",
"evidencing",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"upholding",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"justifying",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuting",
"discrediting",
"invalidating",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving"
]
},
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
"examples":[
"Mr. MacGregor couldn't substantiate that it was Peter, and not some other rabbit, in the cabbage patch"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"bearing out",
"certifying",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"supporting",
"validating",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avouching",
"backing (up)",
"testifying (to)",
"vouching (for)",
"witnessing",
"guaranteeing",
"warranting",
"affirming",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avowing",
"declaring",
"professing",
"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"gainsaying",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"questioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"the artist's intense feelings are substantiated by his paintings' bold colors and broad brush strokes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodying",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"expressing",
"externalizing",
"incarnating",
"incorporating",
"instantiating",
"manifesting",
"materializing",
"personalizing",
"personifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"concretizing",
"realizing",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating",
"imaging",
"objectifying",
"symbolizing",
"typifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to show the existence or truth of by evidence":{
"examples":[
"substantiate the need for a tuition increase with some concrete figures"
],
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"demonstrating",
"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"validating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backing (up)",
"buttressing",
"circumstantiating",
"corroborating",
"evidencing",
"evincing",
"recording",
"supporting",
"upholding",
"witnessing",
"adducing",
"attesting",
"authenticating",
"certifying",
"identifying",
"confirming",
"sustaining",
"verifying",
"vouching",
"clinching",
"nailing",
"settling",
"confessing",
"deposing",
"testifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"disputing",
"objecting",
"alleging",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"surmising",
"suspecting"
],
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"disproving",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"Darwin spent the rest of his life gathering evidence to substantiate his theory of the origin of species"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing",
"bolstering",
"buttressing",
"corroborating",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"shoring (up)",
"supporting"
],
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"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"verifying",
"affirming",
"avouching",
"validating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"surfers":{
"as in browsers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browsers",
"cybercitizens",
"cybernauts",
"cybersurfers",
"netizens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subspecies":{
"as in subgroup , variety":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branch",
"generation",
"section",
"sort",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subgroup",
"variety",
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfing":{
"as in cruising , browsing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browsing",
"cruising",
"perusing",
"scanning",
"skimming (through)",
"thumbing (through)",
"inspecting",
"sifting",
"studying",
"viewing",
"reinvestigating",
"delving (into)",
"digging (into)",
"examining",
"exploring",
"inquiring (into)",
"investigating",
"looking (into)",
"probing",
"researching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subscribing":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"coming round",
"consenting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"abiding",
"bearing (with)",
"enduring",
"standing",
"suffering",
"tolerating",
"stomaching",
"swallowing",
"taking",
"bowing",
"knuckling under",
"relenting",
"submitting",
"succumbing",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"scorning",
"spurning",
"denying",
"gainsaying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissenting"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing"
],
"synonyms":[
"autographing",
"inking",
"signing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signing up",
"cosigning",
"countersigning",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"registering",
"signing on",
"inscribing",
"authoring",
"penciling (in)",
"pencilling (in)",
"penning",
"scratching (out)",
"scrawling",
"scribbling",
"notarizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sub-agencies":{
"as in agencies , subagents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agencies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"executors",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"subagents",
"sub-agents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superhighway":{
"as in interstate , motorway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"causeway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superpower":{
"an extremely powerful nation":{
"examples":[
"The country had become an economic superpower ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"great power",
"power",
"sea power",
"world power",
"commonwealth",
"country",
"land",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"state",
"city-state",
"microstate",
"ministate",
"nation-state",
"domain",
"dominion",
"empire",
"kingdom",
"realm",
"republic",
"duchy",
"dukedom",
"emirate",
"principality",
"seigniory",
"seignory",
"sultanate",
"democracy",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"oligarchy",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"theocracy",
"client state",
"colony",
"condominium",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"province",
"settlement",
"soil",
"trust territory",
"fatherland",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"welfare state"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surpassingly":{
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"a surpassingly beautiful view from the summit"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"supersmart":{
"having or showing quickness of mind":{
"examples":[
"a supersmart guy in college, he later founded a dot-com that's now worth gazillions"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"exceptional",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"ultrasmart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"heady",
"insightful",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"genial",
"highbrow",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"creative",
"inventive",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"nonintellectual",
"unacademic",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unbrilliant",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subduers":{
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"the game's subduers went out for burgers and shakes to celebrate their win over the former state champions"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaters",
"conquerors",
"masters",
"trimmers",
"vanquishers",
"victors",
"whippers",
"winners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"champions",
"champs",
"finalists",
"placers",
"dominators",
"overdogs",
"rulers",
"subjugators",
"top dogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"punching bags",
"pushovers",
"quitters",
"failures",
"flops",
"washouts",
"underdogs"
],
"antonyms":[
"losers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantiation":{
"something presented in support of the truth or accuracy of a claim":{
"examples":[
"the signature of a witness provides substantiation that a person's will is genuine"
],
"synonyms":[
"attestation",
"confirmation",
"corroboration",
"documentation",
"evidence",
"proof",
"testament",
"testimonial",
"testimony",
"validation",
"voucher",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"(the) goods",
"certificate",
"document",
"exhibit",
"demonstration",
"illustration",
"authentication",
"identification",
"manifestation",
"verification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuttal",
"refutation",
"accusation",
"allegation",
"charge",
"assumption",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"presumption",
"surmise",
"suspicion"
],
"antonyms":[
"disproof"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supreme courts":{
"the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state":{
"examples":[
"Supreme Court justices"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"high courts",
"bars",
"benches",
"forums",
"fora",
"tribunals",
"judicatories",
"judicatures",
"judiciaries",
"civil courts",
"criminal courts",
"trial courts",
"courts-martial",
"court-martials",
"drumhead court-martials",
"inquisitions",
"kangaroo courts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sureties":{
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
"examples":[
"gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"bonds",
"contracts",
"covenants",
"deals",
"guarantees",
"guaranties",
"warranties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oaths",
"pledges",
"troths",
"vows",
"words",
"accords",
"bargains",
"compacts",
"concordats",
"conventions",
"pacts",
"treaties",
"assurances",
"insurances",
"seals",
"bails",
"deposits",
"pawns",
"securities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
"examples":[
"a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backers",
"guarantors",
"patrons",
"sponsors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"advocates",
"champions",
"supporters",
"angels",
"benefactors",
"underwriters",
"coaches",
"mentors",
"teachers",
"cosponsors",
"co-sponsors",
"cosignatories",
"cosigners"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submerging":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluging",
"drowning",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"gulfing",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"submersing",
"swamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanching",
"smothering",
"overcoming",
"overrunning",
"flowing",
"flushing",
"gushing",
"pouring",
"sluicing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"streaming",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"soaking",
"wetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"drying",
"parching"
],
"antonyms":[
"draining"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"submersing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so"
],
"synonyms":[
"choking (back)",
"holding back",
"pocketing",
"repressing",
"sinking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sunnily":{
"as in breezily , blithely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"amicably",
"friendlily",
"friendly",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"jocularly",
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly",
"hopefully",
"optimistically",
"sanguinely",
"blissfully",
"elatedly",
"euphorically",
"rapturously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily",
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sourly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"subsistences":{
"uninterrupted or lasting existence":{
"examples":[
"the subsistence of the patient's infection, even after the use of antibiotics, had the doctors puzzled"
],
"synonyms":[
"abidances",
"continuances",
"continuations",
"continuities",
"durabilities",
"durations",
"endurances",
"persistences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"elongations",
"extensions",
"prolongations",
"permanences",
"survivals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"curtailments",
"cutbacks",
"shortenings"
],
"antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closes",
"discontinuances",
"discontinuities",
"endings",
"ends",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"stoppages",
"surceases",
"terminations"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suppress":{
"to keep from being publicly known":{
"examples":[
"the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident"
],
"synonyms":[
"burke",
"cover (up)",
"hush (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"black out",
"censor",
"gag",
"muzzle",
"silence",
"quash",
"repress",
"smother",
"spike",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"blab",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"spill",
"tell",
"unveil",
"broadcast",
"circulate",
"publish",
"spread",
"describe",
"narrate",
"recite",
"recount",
"rehearse",
"relate",
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead mouse",
"suppressed her anger"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"pocket",
"repress",
"sink",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"submerge",
"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 hold back the normal growth of":{
"examples":[
"pruning helps suppress buds at the ends of developed branches and encourages new growth elsewhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"stunt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrest",
"catch",
"check",
"halt",
"hold up",
"stall",
"stay",
"still",
"stop",
"balk",
"block",
"hold back",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"shrink"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"boost",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"nothing could suppress the rising tide of protest against the dictator's latest injustices"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep secret or shut off from view":{
"examples":[
"the defense attorney is openly accusing the prosecutor of attempting to suppress vital evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"belie",
"blanket",
"blot out",
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"disguise",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occult",
"paper over",
"screen",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bury",
"camouflage",
"cover (up)",
"smother",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"block",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bring out",
"present",
"clarify",
"illuminate",
"advertise",
"air",
"broadcast",
"get out",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"publish",
"spread"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"display",
"divulge",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"succumbed (to)":{
"as in died (from)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"died (from)",
"broke out (with)",
"failed",
"languished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"worsened",
"came down (with)",
"caught",
"contracted",
"got",
"sickened (with)",
"took",
"went down (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came back",
"gained",
"healed",
"mended",
"recouped",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"snapped back",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered (from)",
"shook (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subzero":{
"below zero degrees":{
"examples":[
"subzero temperatures"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cryogenic",
"subfreezing",
"ultracold",
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"chill",
"chilly",
"cold",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frosty",
"gelid",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"icy",
"nipping",
"nippy",
"numbing",
"polar",
"shivery",
"snappy",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"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",
"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"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sure thing":{
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"examples":[
"he's a sure thing for the promotion: he's the most qualified candidate by far"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinch",
"lock",
"shoo-in",
"slam dunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainty",
"inevitability",
"eventuality",
"foregone conclusion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horse",
"long shot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supplicants":{
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"the new governor soon had to deal with a long line of supplicants asking for jobs and other political favors"
],
"synonyms":[
"petitioners",
"pleaders",
"solicitors",
"suitors",
"suppliants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"cadgers",
"moochers",
"schnorrers",
"askers",
"requesters",
"suers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superseded":{
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"that edition of the dictionary that you have has been superseded by a more recent one"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displaced",
"displanted",
"relieved",
"replaced",
"substituted",
"supplanted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempted",
"usurped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subscribers":{
"as in supporters , helpers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"helpers",
"supporters",
"altruists",
"bestowers",
"contributors",
"givers",
"guardian angels",
"protectors",
"saviors",
"saviours",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists",
"benefactresses",
"patronesses",
"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"patrons",
"sugar daddies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees",
"recipients"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjugations":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"explorers who subjugated the natives in the name of religion"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subdue",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"the subjugation of much of Europe by Napol\u00e9on"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjection",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surfboat":{
"as in canoe , rowing boat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bateau",
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtitle":{
"as in translation , closed-captioning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"closed-captioning",
"translation",
"key",
"motto",
"posy",
"slogan",
"tagline",
"caption",
"cutline",
"legend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantialness":{
"as in solidity , solidness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"solidity",
"solidness",
"substantiality",
"overweight",
"bulk",
"bulkiness",
"hugeness",
"avoirdupois",
"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"massiveness",
"ponderousness",
"weightiness",
"cumbersomeness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"weightlessness",
"airiness",
"delicacy",
"ethereality",
"etherealness",
"flimsiness",
"fluffiness",
"insubstantiality",
"slightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suzerain":{
"as in king , sultan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Caesar",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"czarina",
"tsarina",
"tzarina",
"emir",
"amir",
"ameer",
"emperor",
"empress",
"kaiser",
"khan",
"khedive",
"king",
"lady",
"lord",
"mikado",
"mogul",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"satrap",
"shah",
"sultan",
"sultana",
"autocrat",
"monarch",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"coruler",
"authoritarian",
"Big Brother",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"monocrat",
"overlord",
"paramount",
"tyrant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"summing":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"can sum figures in his head faster than I can punch them into a calculator"
],
"synonyms":[
"adding",
"casting (up)",
"footing (up)",
"summating",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"totalizing",
"toting (up)",
"totting (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculating",
"ciphering",
"computing",
"figuring",
"reckoning",
"tabling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"working out",
"dividing",
"multiplying",
"subtracting",
"counting",
"enumerating",
"numbering",
"telling",
"recomputing",
"refiguring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdivide":{
"as in dissect , bisect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcate",
"bisect",
"cleave",
"dichotomize",
"dissect",
"fractionalize",
"fractionate",
"halve",
"partition",
"quarter",
"segment",
"trisect",
"break up",
"decouple",
"disassociate",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disjoint",
"dissever",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"divorce",
"part",
"ramify",
"resolve",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"break down",
"decompose",
"disassemble",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"fragmentate",
"fragmentize",
"break",
"fracture",
"pull",
"rend",
"rift",
"rip",
"rive",
"rupture",
"tear",
"cut off",
"insulate",
"isolate",
"seclude",
"segregate",
"sequester",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assemble",
"associate",
"blend",
"combine",
"mingle",
"mix",
"connect",
"couple",
"accumulate",
"agglutinate",
"attach",
"bind",
"cement",
"close",
"fasten",
"fuse",
"knit",
"stick",
"weld",
"join",
"link",
"unify",
"unite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplanted":{
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut out",
"displaced",
"displanted",
"relieved",
"replaced",
"substituted",
"superseded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempted",
"usurped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subchapter":{
"as in offshoot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"offshoot",
"arm",
"division",
"wing",
"lodge",
"post",
"affiliate",
"branch",
"cell",
"chapter",
"council",
"local"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sure-footedness":{
"as in nimbleness , deftness":{
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"agility",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"nimbleness",
"sleight",
"spryness",
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"finesse",
"prowess",
"flexibility",
"gracefulness",
"limberness",
"litheness",
"loose-jointedness",
"suppleness",
"handiness",
"sure-handedness",
"coordination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"gaucheness",
"gawkiness",
"gawkishness",
"gracelessness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"klutziness",
"ungainliness",
"disability",
"inability",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"debilitation",
"disablement",
"impairment",
"incapacitation",
"unhandiness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"success":{
"a person or thing that is successful":{
"examples":[
"their homemade jellies have been such a success that they are now distributed nationwide"
],
"synonyms":[
"blockbuster",
"hit",
"megahit",
"smash",
"supernova",
"winner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue chip",
"blue chipper",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dandy",
"jim-dandy",
"pip",
"prizewinner",
"gem",
"jewel",
"treasure",
"marvel",
"natural",
"phenomenon",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"coup",
"triumph",
"victory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappointment",
"fizzle",
"lemon",
"loser"
],
"antonyms":[
"bomb",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"clinker",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"flop",
"misfire",
"turkey",
"washout"
]
},
"a successful result brought about by hard work":{
"examples":[
"a long list of successes that the retiring president of the college can point to with pride"
],
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"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"acquirement",
"attainment",
"baby",
"coup",
"triumph"
],
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"blockbuster",
"hit",
"jackpot",
"megahit",
"miracle",
"smash",
"winner",
"conquest",
"gain",
"victory",
"win",
"skill",
"deed",
"feat",
"performance",
"arrival",
"completion",
"consummation",
"culmination",
"execution",
"fruition",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"realization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"cock-up",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles",
"bummer",
"bust",
"catastrophe",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"dud",
"failure",
"fiasco",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"washout",
"disappointment",
"letdown",
"loss",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonachievement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surveys":{
"a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{
"examples":[
"a survey of the premises revealed that four of the exit doors were locked"
],
"synonyms":[
"audits",
"checks",
"checkups",
"examinations",
"goings-over",
"inspections",
"look-sees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinies",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analyses",
"assays",
"close-ups",
"deconstructions",
"dissections",
"explorations",
"investigations",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"inquisitions",
"interrogations",
"once-overs",
"perusals",
"rechecks",
"reinspections",
"resurveys",
"observations",
"surveillances",
"watches",
"checkouts",
"test-drives",
"trial runs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"interviews",
"polls",
"solicits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularizes",
"interrogates",
"questions",
"feels (out)",
"sounds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{
"examples":[
"surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition"
],
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"audits",
"checks (out)",
"cons",
"examines",
"inspects",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"notices",
"observes",
"watches",
"combs",
"peruses",
"pores (over)",
"analyzes",
"dissects",
"parses",
"delves (into)",
"explores",
"investigates",
"plumbs",
"probes",
"researches",
"studies",
"categorizes",
"classifies",
"picks over",
"reinspects",
"rereviews",
"resurveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"skims",
"misses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suffrages":{
"the right to formally express one's position or will in an election":{
"examples":[
"even as the world entered the 21st century, some nations still did not permit women's suffrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballots",
"enfranchisements",
"franchises",
"votes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"says",
"say-sos",
"voices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"disenfranchisements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suckers":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"I was a sucker and believed them when they said the only tickets they could get were double the price"
],
"synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"gulls",
"mugs",
"patsies",
"pigeons",
"pushovers",
"saps",
"soft touches",
"tools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paws",
"marks",
"targets",
"victims",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"butts",
"derisions",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"boobies",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fools",
"geese",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"monkeys",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nitwits",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos",
"losers",
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"hoaxers",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"tricksters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"examples":[
"I'm a sucker for cheesy horror movies"
],
"synonyms":[
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"bugs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fanatics",
"fanciers",
"fans",
"fiends",
"fools",
"freaks",
"habitu\u00e9s",
"habitues",
"heads",
"hounds",
"junkies",
"lovers",
"maniacs",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"nuts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groupies",
"admirers",
"amateurs",
"collectors",
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"authorities",
"experts",
"adherents",
"converts",
"cultists",
"disciples",
"followers",
"hangers-on",
"votaries",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"exponents",
"friends",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"supporters",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots",
"boosters",
"rooters",
"well-wishers",
"faddists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirers",
"belittlers",
"carpers",
"critics",
"detractors"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfans"
]
},
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a notorious imposter who at one time suckered a lot of people into believing that she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"sucks in",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"suckered millions of desperate dieters with their grossly inflated claims of successful weight loss"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sufficient":{
"as in reasonable , adequate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"alright",
"decent",
"OK",
"okay",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory",
"sufficing",
"tolerable",
"common",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"ordinary",
"passable",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"so-so",
"moderate",
"modest",
"presentable",
"respectable",
"minimal",
"unexceptional",
"fine",
"good",
"nice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"A1",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"matchless",
"maximum",
"nifty",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"sensational",
"special",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suppositious":{
"as in false , fake":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal",
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"simulated",
"synthetic",
"unnatural",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"misleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"genuine",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"sure-enough",
"true",
"actual",
"historical",
"original",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surety":{
"a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation":{
"examples":[
"gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason"
],
"synonyms":[
"bond",
"contract",
"covenant",
"deal",
"guarantee",
"guaranty",
"warranty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oath",
"pledge",
"troth",
"vow",
"word",
"accord",
"bargain",
"compact",
"concordat",
"convention",
"pact",
"treaty",
"assurance",
"insurance",
"seal",
"bail",
"deposit",
"pawn",
"security"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
"examples":[
"a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back"
],
"synonyms":[
"backer",
"guarantor",
"patron",
"sponsor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaperone",
"chaperon",
"advocate",
"champion",
"supporter",
"angel",
"benefactor",
"underwriter",
"coach",
"mentor",
"teacher",
"cosponsor",
"cosignatory",
"cosigner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety"
],
"synonyms":[
"assurance",
"assuredness",
"certainty",
"certitude",
"cocksureness",
"confidence",
"conviction",
"doubtlessness",
"face",
"positiveness",
"satisfaction",
"sureness"
],
"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"
]
},
"suburbanites":{
"as in urbanites":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"urbanites",
"towns",
"townsfolk",
"townspeople",
"cliff dwellers",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"nationals",
"natives",
"occupants",
"residents",
"residers",
"subjects",
"townswomen",
"burghers",
"citizens",
"townies",
"townsmen",
"villagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"noncitizens",
"aliens",
"foreigners",
"guests",
"nonnatives",
"tourists",
"transients",
"visitors",
"gownsmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sucks (up to)":{
"as in kowtows , fawns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fawns",
"kowtows",
"toadies",
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"adulates",
"belauds",
"blarneys",
"butters up",
"flatters",
"hero-worships",
"honeys",
"massages",
"overpraises",
"puffs",
"soft-soaps",
"strokes",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"felicitates",
"drools",
"gushes",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"courts",
"romances",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sultry":{
"containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture":{
"examples":[
"on really sultry days we go to the mall to hang out and cool off"
],
"synonyms":[
"damp",
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"semitropical",
"semitropic",
"subhumid",
"subtropical",
"subtropic",
"tropic",
"tropical",
"close",
"heavy",
"oppressive",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"stuffy",
"suffocating",
"clammy",
"dank",
"moist",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bracing",
"cool",
"crisp",
"fresh",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"arid",
"baked",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"semiarid",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
"antonyms":[
"dry"
]
},
"having a notably high temperature":{
"examples":[
"the incredibly dry, sultry desert air"
],
"synonyms":[
"ardent",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"burning",
"fervent",
"fervid",
"fiery",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"superheated",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"ultrahot",
"white-hot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"glowing",
"igneous",
"molten",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"heated",
"overheated",
"reheated",
"warmed",
"snug",
"toasty",
"warm",
"warmish",
"feverish",
"flushed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"canicular",
"muggy",
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"summery",
"tropical"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chill",
"chilly",
"coldish",
"cool",
"coolish",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"blizzardly",
"frosty",
"snowy",
"subfreezing",
"subzero",
"wintry",
"wintery",
"chilled",
"cooled",
"refrigerated",
"unheated",
"benumbed",
"numb",
"shivering"
],
"antonyms":[
"algid",
"arctic",
"bitter",
"bone-chilling",
"cold",
"freezing",
"frigid",
"frozen",
"glacial",
"ice-cold",
"iced",
"icy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"surcoat":{
"a warm outdoor coat":{
"examples":[
"a knight in a fur-lined and hooded surcoat over a long tunic stood in the forest clearing"
],
"synonyms":[
"greatcoat",
"overcoat",
"topcoat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chesterfield",
"frock coat",
"mackinaw",
"ulster",
"jacket",
"parka",
"surtout",
"oilskin",
"raincoat",
"sou'wester",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"summited":{
"as in mounted , ascended":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ascended",
"breasted",
"free-climbed",
"got up",
"mounted",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"shimmied",
"shinned",
"shinnied",
"skinned",
"clawed",
"sprawled",
"struggled",
"clambered",
"climbed",
"scrabbled",
"scrambled",
"swarmed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supremely":{
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"climbing Mount Everest is supremely difficult"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"suckle":{
"to give milk to from the breast":{
"examples":[
"the image of a mother suckling her babe is a standard artistic symbol of maternal love and nurturing"
],
"synonyms":[
"breast-feed",
"nurse",
"wet-nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bottle-feed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suspects":{
"as in defendants , accused":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accused",
"arrestees",
"defendants",
"detainees",
"fish",
"fishes",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders",
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"outlaws",
"convicts",
"jailbirds",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"evildoers",
"gallows birds",
"misdoers",
"misfeasors",
"sinners",
"transgressors",
"trespassers",
"villains",
"wrongdoers",
"blackhanders",
"button men",
"gangsters",
"hoodlums",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"racketeers",
"thugs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbusters",
"lawmen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"we suspected that the runaway was a little younger than the 16 she claimed to be\u2014more like 13"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"daresays",
"guesses",
"imagines",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"supposes",
"surmises",
"suspicions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"hypothecates",
"hypothesizes",
"theorizes",
"believes",
"conceives",
"expects",
"judges",
"reckons",
"takes",
"thinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"documents",
"establishes",
"proves",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"ascertains",
"determines",
"finds out",
"learns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have no trust or confidence in":{
"examples":[
"I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sister's, since I probably would have heard about him"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbelieves",
"discounts",
"discredits",
"negates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banks (on or upon)",
"counts (on or upon)",
"depends (on or upon)",
"relies (on or upon)"
],
"antonyms":[
"trusts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suck":{
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular"
],
"synonyms":[
"bite",
"smell",
"stink"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rock",
"rule"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcategorizing":{
"as in breaking down , drawing up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"sorting",
"typing",
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sum total":{
"a complete amount of something":{
"examples":[
"in this case the sum total of physical evidence that a crime has been committed wouldn't fill a thimble"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggregate",
"full",
"sum",
"summation",
"total",
"totality",
"whole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gross",
"completeness",
"comprehensiveness",
"cumulativeness",
"entirety",
"bulk",
"lion's share",
"mass",
"enchilada",
"schmear"
],
"near antonyms":[
"net"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sumptuousness":{
"as in lavishness , opulence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"magnificence",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"opulence",
"ornateness",
"plushiness",
"plushness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"richness",
"splendor",
"class",
"classiness",
"courtliness",
"elegance",
"elegancy",
"fineness",
"grace",
"gracefulness",
"handsomeness",
"majesty",
"refinement",
"stateliness",
"artfulness",
"chic",
"polish",
"sophistication",
"taste",
"tastefulness",
"choiceness",
"classicism",
"dignity",
"exquisiteness",
"restraint",
"simplicity",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"pretentiousness",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gracelessness",
"inelegance",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"grotesqueness",
"grotesquerie",
"grotesquery",
"kitsch",
"tastelessness",
"tawdriness",
"vulgarity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suites":{
"a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person":{
"examples":[
"an athlete accompanied everywhere by a suite of attendants, including his personal trainer, a dietician, and a massage therapist"
],
"synonyms":[
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"entourages",
"followings",
"posses",
"retinues",
"tails",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crews",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves",
"courts",
"assistants",
"attendants",
"helpers",
"retainers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"replaced the mismatched bed and chests of drawers with a handsome new bedroom suite"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place":{
"examples":[
"whenever he visits the city, he stays in his uncle's 10th-floor suite"
],
"synonyms":[
"apartments",
"diggings",
"digs",
"flats",
"lodgings",
"tenements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bed-sitters",
"bedsits",
"bed-sitting-room",
"cohousings",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"duplex apartments",
"duplexes",
"efficiencies",
"efficiency apartments",
"flatlets",
"floor-throughs",
"garden apartments",
"granny flats",
"maisonettes",
"penthouses",
"railroad flats",
"salons",
"saloons",
"studio apartments",
"studios",
"triplexes",
"walk-ups",
"galleries",
"wings",
"apartment buildings",
"apartment houses",
"tenement houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunup":{
"the first appearance of light in the morning or the time of its appearance":{
"examples":[
"have you ever actually heard a rooster crow at sunup ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"aurora",
"cockcrow",
"dawn",
"dawning",
"day",
"daybreak",
"daylight",
"light",
"morn",
"morning",
"sun",
"sunrise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daytime",
"forenoon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark",
"darkness",
"midnight",
"night",
"nighttime",
"afternoon",
"midday",
"dusk",
"evening",
"eventide",
"gloaming",
"twilight"
],
"antonyms":[
"nightfall",
"sundown",
"sunset"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superintendences":{
"the act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something":{
"examples":[
"under her lax superintendence the company eventually went bankrupt"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrations",
"care",
"charges",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directions",
"governances",
"governments",
"guidance",
"handlings",
"intendances",
"managements",
"operations",
"oversights",
"presidencies",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendencies",
"supervisions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"generalships",
"leaderships",
"rulerships",
"agencies",
"aegises",
"egises",
"custodies",
"guardianships",
"laps",
"protections",
"trusts",
"tutelages",
"wards",
"logistics",
"machinations",
"manipulations",
"coadministrations",
"codirections",
"co-directions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the duty or function of watching or guarding for the sake of proper direction or control":{
"examples":[
"the superintendence of the local music festival is handled jointly by the city and the county"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"charges",
"guidance",
"headships",
"oversights",
"regulations",
"stewardships",
"superintendencies",
"supervisions",
"surveillances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"observances",
"observations",
"administrations",
"controls",
"directions",
"generalships",
"hands",
"managements",
"leaderships",
"governments",
"reigns",
"rules",
"aegises",
"egises",
"auspices",
"guardianships",
"protections",
"trusteeships",
"tutelages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subleased":{
"as in sublet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sublet",
"chartered",
"engaged",
"hired",
"leased",
"rented",
"checked out",
"arranged (for)",
"bespoke",
"booked",
"contracted (for)",
"ordered",
"reserved",
"signed up (for)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplier":{
"a person or company that supplies goods or services":{
"examples":[
"paper suppliers",
"They are the biggest supplier of books in the area."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"distributor",
"provider",
"provisioner",
"purveyor",
"dealer",
"merchandiser",
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"trafficker",
"businessman",
"enterpriser",
"entrepreneur",
"buyer",
"marketer",
"purchaser",
"hawker",
"huckster",
"hustler",
"peddler",
"pedlar",
"retailer",
"seller",
"shopkeeper",
"storekeeper",
"vendor",
"vender",
"engrosser",
"monopolist",
"jobber",
"middleman",
"wholesaler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtract":{
"to take away (an amount or number) from a total":{
"examples":[
"if you subtract 10 from 23, you get 13",
"you can subtract the time you spent daydreaming from your total homework time"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"take off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decrease",
"diminish",
"discount",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"knock down",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"clip",
"crop",
"curtail",
"cut",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"dock",
"pare",
"prune",
"retrench",
"shorten",
"slash",
"trim",
"truncate",
"whittle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjoin",
"annex",
"append",
"complement",
"supplement",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"beef (up)",
"boost",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"multiply",
"raise"
],
"antonyms":[
"add",
"tack (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surpass":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"she always tried to surpass her older brother at anything he did"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outclass",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outgun",
"outmatch",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"top",
"tower (over)",
"transcend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-up",
"outpace",
"outrace",
"outrun",
"overpass",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"outcompete",
"outperform",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"shame",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"outbalance",
"outweigh",
"overbear",
"overshadow",
"trump"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go beyond the limit of":{
"examples":[
"the sales of the band's newest CD have surpassed the combined sales of its last two albums"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"exceed",
"outreach",
"outrun",
"overpass",
"overreach",
"overrun",
"overshoot",
"overstep",
"transcend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encroach",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"infringe",
"invade",
"trespass",
"overdo",
"overuse",
"overutilize",
"overwork"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subjoining":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"subjoined an epilogue that informs the reader of the current doings and whereabouts of the participants in this real-life mystery"
],
"synonyms":[
"adding",
"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"tacking (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affixing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling (up)",
"elongating",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"supplying",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"bating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suiting":{
"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"no, a second-floor room won't suit if there's no elevator, since one of us has a disability"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitting",
"beseeming",
"doing",
"fitting",
"going",
"serving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfying",
"sufficing",
"functioning",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"the location of our hotel suited us just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (with)",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"feasting",
"gassing",
"gladdening",
"gladding",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"rejoicing",
"satisfying",
"warming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"exciting",
"tickling",
"titillating",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"treating",
"captivating",
"charming",
"galvanizing",
"thrilling",
"calming",
"comforting",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"agitating",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeasing"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"went to the party suited in a strange getup that he'd picked out himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"appareling",
"apparelling",
"arraying",
"attiring",
"bedecking",
"caparisoning",
"clothing",
"costuming",
"decking (out)",
"doing up",
"dressing",
"dressing up",
"enrobing",
"garbing",
"garmenting",
"getting up",
"gowning",
"habiting",
"investing",
"rigging (out)",
"robing",
"togging (up or out)",
"toileting",
"vesturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaking",
"frocking",
"jacketing",
"mantling",
"vesting",
"draping",
"enswathing",
"happing",
"huddling",
"swaddling",
"swathing",
"wrapping",
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"bedighting",
"equipping",
"furnishing",
"habilitating",
"outfitting",
"tailoring",
"uniforming",
"dressing down",
"underdressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denuding",
"divesting",
"uncovering",
"undraping",
"unveiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarraying",
"disrobing",
"stripping",
"unclothing",
"undressing",
"untrussing"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"a bohemian by nature, she would have to suit her behavior to the corporate culture"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"accommodating",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"conditioning",
"conforming",
"doctoring",
"editing",
"fashioning",
"fitting",
"putting",
"shaping",
"tailoring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapting",
"readjusting",
"customizing",
"gearing",
"matching",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"patterning",
"attuning",
"correcting",
"harmonizing",
"squaring",
"tuning",
"establishing",
"rooting",
"settling",
"acquainting",
"familiarizing",
"orientating",
"orienting",
"equipping",
"preparing",
"priming",
"rehearsing",
"hardening",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"toughening",
"altering",
"converting",
"making over",
"modifying",
"recasting",
"reclaiming",
"recycling",
"redesigning",
"redeveloping",
"redoing",
"reengineering",
"refashioning",
"refiguring",
"refitting",
"refocusing",
"reinventing",
"rejiggering",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revising",
"reworking",
"transforming",
"accustoming",
"habilitating",
"habituating",
"naturalizing",
"readying",
"training",
"bending",
"fiddling (with)",
"fine-tuning",
"phasing",
"registering",
"regulating",
"rigging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcultures":{
"a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society":{
"examples":[
"a subculture of local painters",
"a subculture of poverty and crime"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subsocieties",
"sub-societies",
"civilizations",
"cultures",
"lifestyles",
"lives",
"societies",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklores",
"heritages",
"legacies",
"traditions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superstardoms":{
"as in stardoms , popularities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"megastardoms",
"popularities",
"stardoms",
"celebrities",
"fames",
"notorieties",
"renowns",
"infamies",
"characters",
"marks",
"names",
"reports",
"reputabilities",
"reputations",
"reputes",
"cachets",
"places",
"positions",
"prestiges",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statures",
"statuses",
"distinctions",
"eminences",
"glories",
"honors",
"notes",
"preeminences",
"prominences",
"visibilities",
"acclaim",
"accolades",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"homages",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"praises",
"recognitions",
"adorations",
"idolizations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"disreputes",
"ignominies",
"odiums",
"opprobriums",
"shames",
"invisibilities",
"unpopularity",
"anonymities",
"oblivions",
"obscurities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"survivable":{
"as in livable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"livable",
"liveable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable",
"agonizing",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"cruel",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nasty",
"nightmarish",
"painful",
"rotten",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"tormenting",
"torturous",
"unfortunate",
"vicious",
"vile",
"wretched",
"unacceptable",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"support hoses":{
"as in socks , kneesocks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anklets",
"bobby socks",
"bootees",
"kneesocks",
"hose",
"hoses",
"socks",
"stockings",
"hosieries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supportive":{
"serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something":{
"examples":[
"the jimmied window latch is supportive of the theory that there was forced entry into the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"confirmational",
"confirmatory",
"confirming",
"corroborating",
"corroborative",
"corroboratory",
"probative",
"probatory",
"substantiating",
"supporting",
"verifying",
"vindicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auxiliary",
"supplementary",
"beneficial",
"helpful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradictory",
"contrary",
"counter",
"opposing"
],
"antonyms":[
"confuting",
"disproving",
"refuting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sucked":{
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular"
],
"synonyms":[
"bit",
"smelled",
"smelt",
"stank",
"stunk"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rocked",
"ruled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"summoned":{
"to demand or request the presence or service of":{
"examples":[
"without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office"
],
"synonyms":[
"called",
"hailed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cited",
"subpoenaed",
"assembled",
"called out",
"called up",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered",
"asked",
"bade",
"bid",
"invited",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"requested",
"requisitioned",
"beckoned",
"demanded",
"invoked",
"buzzed",
"knelled",
"paged",
"rang",
"whistled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismissed",
"sent (away)",
"turned away",
"banished",
"booted (out)",
"cast out",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"outed",
"ran off",
"routed",
"threw out",
"turfed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers":{
"examples":[
"managed to summon a bright smile despite the gloomy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjured (up)",
"gathered",
"got up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"educed",
"elicited",
"evoked",
"raised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
"examples":[
"summoned a special session of parliament"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembled",
"called",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rallied",
"called in",
"called out",
"called up",
"knelled",
"amassed",
"collected",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"rounded up",
"reassembled",
"reconvened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"dissolved"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sufficiencies":{
"the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately":{
"examples":[
"the sufficiency of the portions is such that you will leave the restaurant with a full stomach but without doggie bags"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"satisfactoriness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"properness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"tolerability",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"abundance",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenteousness",
"plentifulness",
"plentitude",
"plenty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"want",
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficit",
"famine",
"lack",
"shortage",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"rareness",
"rarity",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfaces":{
"an outer part or layer":{
"examples":[
"the surface of just about everything in the kitchen was covered with soot after we put the grease fire out"
],
"synonyms":[
"exteriors",
"faces",
"outsides",
"shells",
"skins",
"veneers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"fronts",
"tops",
"coverings",
"covers",
"facings",
"appearances",
"disguises",
"guises",
"masks",
"semblances",
"shows"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"insides",
"interiors"
]
},
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road"
],
"synonyms":[
"arises",
"comes up",
"crops (up)",
"emerges",
"materializes",
"springs (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appears",
"comes out",
"shows up",
"turns up",
"chances",
"comes",
"comes about",
"falls out",
"goes off",
"goes (on)",
"happens",
"haps",
"occurs",
"passes",
"transpires",
"interferes",
"interposes",
"intervenes",
"intrudes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"broaches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerges",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dives",
"drops",
"drowns",
"founders",
"plunges",
"sinks",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"suffocates":{
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
"examples":[
"the law requires the owner of a discarded refrigerator to remove its door so that a child won't get trapped inside and suffocate"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garrotes",
"garottes",
"throttles",
"asphyxiates",
"drowns",
"croaks",
"destroys",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"slays"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathes",
"exhales",
"expires",
"inhales",
"inspires",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"temporarily suffocated by the seat belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes",
"garrotes",
"garottes",
"strangles",
"throttles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asphyxiates",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"scrags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restores",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"suffocating in the thick, black smoke of the burning building"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes",
"gags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaves",
"retches",
"throws up",
"vomits",
"asphyxiates",
"smothers",
"stifles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathes",
"respires",
"expires",
"inspires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subsoils":{
"as in substrata":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"substrata",
"duffs",
"mulls",
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"colluvia",
"colluviums",
"detritus",
"loesses",
"marls",
"sediments",
"shingles",
"silts",
"dust",
"gravels",
"sands",
"blacklands",
"clays",
"gaults",
"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
"kaolins",
"muck",
"muds",
"clods",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"molds",
"humuses",
"loams",
"topsoils"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suing":{
"as in asking , requesting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring",
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"soliciting",
"supplicating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trying , prosecuting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prosecuting",
"trying",
"appealing",
"arraigning",
"booking",
"citing",
"summoning",
"framing",
"implicating",
"inculpating",
"informing (against)",
"naming",
"reporting",
"chiding",
"rebuking",
"reproving",
"taxing",
"recriminating",
"retaliating",
"blaming",
"calling (on)",
"castigating",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"faulting",
"impugning",
"reproaching",
"reprobating",
"accusing",
"charging",
"criminating",
"defaming",
"impeaching",
"incriminating",
"indicting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"advocating",
"championing",
"defending",
"excusing",
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supertax":{
"as in surcharge , surtax":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"surcharge",
"surtax",
"capitation",
"custom(s)",
"excise",
"hidden tax",
"income tax",
"poll tax",
"property tax",
"sales tax",
"single tax",
"sin tax",
"tariff",
"toll",
"tribute",
"value-added tax",
"withholding tax",
"death tax",
"estate tax",
"inheritance tax",
"direct tax",
"personal tax",
"flat tax",
"proportional tax",
"assessment",
"duty",
"imposition",
"impost",
"levy",
"tax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suspended":{
"extending freely from a support from above":{
"examples":[
"a tree decorated with an array of suspended ornaments"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangling",
"dependent",
"hanging",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"pendulous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drooping",
"flagging",
"lolling",
"sagging",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in postponed , deferred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred",
"delayed",
"postponed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afoot",
"under way",
"under weigh"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge suspended the hearing to give the district attorney more time to process evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourned",
"prorogated",
"prorogued",
"recessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke off",
"disbanded",
"discontinued",
"dispersed",
"intermitted",
"interrupted",
"deferred",
"held off",
"postponed",
"put off",
"reserved",
"shelved",
"tabled",
"dissolved",
"ended",
"halted",
"stopped",
"terminated",
"broke up",
"closed",
"concluded",
"wound up",
"winded up",
"wrapped up",
"aborted",
"called",
"called off",
"dropped",
"recalled",
"repealed",
"rescinded",
"revoked",
"abrogated",
"annulled",
"invalidated",
"negated",
"nullified",
"quashed",
"voided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurated",
"launched",
"opened",
"carried on",
"continued",
"drew out",
"extended",
"proceeded",
"prolonged",
"renewed",
"reopened",
"resumed",
"assembled",
"called",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered",
"rallied",
"summoned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"suspended a banner proclaiming the town's \"Heritage Days\" from the archway"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangled",
"hung",
"hanged",
"slung",
"swung"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hooked",
"mounted",
"pinned",
"tacked",
"draped",
"festooned",
"garlanded",
"strung",
"extended (out)",
"jutted",
"projected",
"stuck out",
"overhung",
"protruded",
"cascaded",
"depended",
"fell",
"balanced",
"poised"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"verb"
]
},
"subtile":{
"as in subtle , cunning":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"artful",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"shady",
"shifty",
"slick",
"sly",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"subtle",
"trick",
"trickish",
"tricky",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"beguiling",
"deceitful",
"deceiving",
"deceptive",
"deluding",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misleading",
"specious",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"wrong",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"distracting",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"ambidextrous",
"crooked",
"defrauding",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"double-dealing",
"duplicitous",
"faithless",
"fast",
"fraudulent",
"knavish",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untrustworthy",
"untruthful",
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"feigned",
"forged",
"jive",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"spurious",
"insidious",
"perfidious",
"treacherous",
"ambiguous",
"circuitous",
"equivocal",
"evasive",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"two-faced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aboveboard",
"forthright",
"nondeceptive",
"straightforward",
"candid",
"direct",
"foursquare",
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"adjective"
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"salutation",
"subhead",
"subheading",
"subtitle",
"catchword",
"guide word",
"running head",
"banner",
"streamer",
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"head",
"header",
"heading",
"headline",
"rubric",
"title"
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"noun"
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"as in teen , teenager":{
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"preteen-ager",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween",
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"adolescent",
"minor",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"preschooler",
"rug rat",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"schoolkid",
"babe",
"baby",
"bantling",
"infant",
"neonate",
"nestling",
"newborn",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weanling",
"imp",
"jackanapes",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"cherub",
"lad",
"nipper",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"bobby-soxer",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
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"ancient",
"elder",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen",
"adult",
"grown-up"
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"noun"
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"as in subgroups , varieties":{
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"branches",
"generations",
"sections",
"sorts",
"subclasses",
"subdivisions",
"subgroups",
"varieties",
"brackets",
"categories",
"classes",
"classifications",
"divisions",
"families",
"genera",
"genuses",
"grades",
"groups",
"kinds",
"leagues",
"orders",
"ranks",
"rubrics",
"sets",
"species",
"tiers",
"types"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
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"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
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"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"summate all of the expenses that you incurred on your last business trip"
],
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"adds",
"casts (up)",
"foots (up)",
"sums",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"totes (up)",
"tots (up)"
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"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"tables",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"works out",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"counts",
"enumerates",
"numbers",
"tells",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance":{
"examples":[
"with only one suitable candidate it's not difficult to decide for whom to vote"
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"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"equal",
"fit",
"good",
"qualified"
],
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"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"experienced",
"expert",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"proficient",
"seasoned",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"veteran",
"overqualified",
"prepared",
"schooled",
"trained",
"apt",
"ready",
"willing",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"protean",
"versatile"
],
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"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"unprepared",
"unschooled",
"untrained",
"beginning",
"green",
"new",
"raw",
"untested",
"untried"
],
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"inept",
"poor",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified"
]
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"I don't have anything suitable to wear to a bar mitzvah"
],
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"applicable",
"appropriate",
"apt",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitted",
"fitting",
"good",
"happy",
"meet",
"pretty",
"proper",
"right"
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"condign",
"deserved",
"just",
"justified",
"needed",
"required",
"requisite",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"cut out",
"qualified",
"trained",
"pitch-perfect",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"decent",
"kosher",
"satisfactory",
"serviceable",
"tolerable",
"correct",
"decorous",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"balanced",
"companionate",
"congruous",
"consonant",
"harmonious",
"rightful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"untrained",
"inadequate",
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"graceless",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"incompatible",
"uncongenial"
],
"antonyms":[
"improper",
"inapplicable",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"incongruous",
"indecent",
"infelicitous",
"malapropos",
"misbecoming",
"unapt",
"unbecoming",
"unbeseeming",
"unfit",
"unfitting",
"unhappy",
"unmeet",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"wrong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
"examples":[
"a young lieutenant constantly sucking up to the commanding officer"
],
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"apple-polished",
"bootlicked",
"fawned",
"fussed",
"kowtowed",
"toadied",
"truckled"
],
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"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"wooed",
"adulated",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"soft-soaped",
"cowered",
"cringed",
"groveled",
"grovelled",
"abased",
"debased",
"demeaned",
"deferred",
"submitted",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despised",
"disdained",
"scorned",
"gibed",
"jibed",
"jeered",
"scoffed",
"braved",
"challenged",
"defied"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"these lilacs sucked up all the water I added to the vase yesterday"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"drank",
"imbibed",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"took up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slurped",
"swallowed",
"swigged",
"swilled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplants":{
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways"
],
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"cuts out",
"displaces",
"displants",
"relieves",
"replaces",
"substitutes",
"supersedes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempts",
"usurps"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surmounts":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals"
],
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"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"defeats",
"dispatches",
"does down",
"gets",
"gets around",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"skunks",
"stops",
"subdues",
"takes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"upends",
"wins (against)",
"worsts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"blows out",
"bombs",
"breaks",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"crushes",
"drubs",
"finishes",
"flattens",
"overwhelms",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"slaughters",
"smokes",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trounces",
"upsets",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"subjugates",
"unseats",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falls",
"gives up",
"goes down",
"goes under",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"washes out"
],
"antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sundial":{
"as in hourglass , sandglass":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clepsydra",
"hourglass",
"sandglass",
"water clock",
"alarm clock",
"atomic clock",
"cuckoo clock",
"grandfather clock",
"time clock",
"chronograph",
"stopwatch",
"watch",
"chronometer",
"clock",
"timekeeper",
"timepiece",
"timer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supremos":{
"as in honchos , bigwigs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"big boys",
"big cheeses",
"bigfeet",
"bigfoots",
"biggies",
"big guns",
"big shots",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"fat cats",
"figures",
"heavies",
"heavyweights",
"honchos",
"kahunas",
"main men",
"movers and shakers",
"nabobs",
"nawabs",
"notables",
"personages",
"pooh-bahs",
"poo-bahs",
"VIPs",
"barons",
"captains",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"lions",
"lords",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"monarchs",
"Napoleons",
"princes",
"tycoons",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"stars",
"superstars",
"deities",
"demigods",
"gods"
],
"near antonyms":[
"half-pints",
"lightweights",
"small-timers",
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"nobodies",
"zeros",
"zeroes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submerges":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"gulfs",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerses",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanches",
"smothers",
"overcomes",
"overruns",
"flows",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"pours",
"sluices",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"streams",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"wets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"dries",
"parches"
],
"antonyms":[
"drains"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"immerses",
"sops",
"souses",
"submerses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so"
],
"synonyms":[
"chokes (back)",
"holds back",
"pockets",
"represses",
"sinks",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suppresses",
"swallows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"controls",
"governs",
"manages",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"quashes",
"quells",
"bottles up",
"contains",
"muffles",
"squelches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expresses",
"looses",
"releases",
"takes out",
"unleashes",
"vents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sure-enough":{
"being exactly as appears or as claimed":{
"examples":[
"a sure-enough ghost town that is a relic of the gold rush days"
],
"synonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"certifiable",
"certified",
"dinkum",
"echt",
"genuine",
"honest",
"pukka",
"pucka",
"real",
"right",
"true"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"historical",
"original",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"identifiable",
"recognizable",
"verifiable",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unmistakable",
"unquestionable",
"veritable",
"very",
"accurate",
"correct",
"proper",
"pure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artificial",
"factitious",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"simulated",
"synthetic",
"unnatural",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"deceptive",
"delusive",
"delusory",
"misleading"
],
"antonyms":[
"bogus",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"false",
"mock",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pseudo",
"sham",
"spurious",
"suppositious",
"supposititious",
"unauthentic",
"unreal"
]
},
"existing in fact and not merely as a possibility":{
"examples":[
"the inventor showed that he did have a sure-enough death ray"
],
"synonyms":[
"actual",
"concrete",
"de facto",
"effective",
"existent",
"factual",
"genuine",
"real",
"true",
"very"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"inescapable",
"irrefutable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"believable",
"convincing",
"literal",
"realistic",
"unmistakable",
"verifiable",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"real-life",
"real-world",
"absolute",
"certain",
"final",
"hard",
"objective",
"palpable",
"positive",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"authoritative",
"certifiable",
"certified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"reputed",
"supposed",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"chimerical",
"chimeric",
"fabled",
"fanciful",
"fictional",
"fictitious",
"illusory",
"legendary",
"fabricated",
"fake",
"imaginary",
"invented",
"made-up",
"make-believe",
"pretend",
"romantic",
"abstract",
"symbolic",
"unreal",
"virtual"
],
"antonyms":[
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"ideal",
"inexistent",
"nonexistent",
"platonic",
"possible",
"potential",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subserviency":{
"as in subservience , servility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"conformity",
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"susceptiveness":{
"as in susceptibility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"susceptibility",
"responsiveness",
"sensitiveness",
"appreciation",
"apprehension",
"comprehension",
"grasp",
"advertence",
"advertency",
"attention",
"awareness",
"cognizance",
"consciousness",
"ear",
"eye",
"heed",
"knowledge",
"mindfulness",
"note",
"notice",
"observance",
"observation",
"brain(s)",
"braininess",
"brightness",
"brilliance",
"canniness",
"cleverness",
"gray matter",
"intellect",
"intelligence",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mentality",
"power",
"reason",
"sense",
"smartness",
"wit",
"acuity",
"acumen",
"acuteness",
"astuteness",
"clear-sightedness",
"keenness",
"penetration",
"perspicacity",
"sensitivity",
"sharpness",
"understanding",
"deepness",
"depth",
"profoundness",
"profundity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"perceptiveness",
"perceptivity",
"percipience",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sapience",
"sensibility",
"wisdom",
"discrimination",
"foresight",
"foresightedness",
"judiciousness",
"prudence",
"sanity",
"logic",
"rationality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"density",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"obtuseness",
"disregard",
"neglect",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"brainlessness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"mindlessness",
"silliness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"stupidity",
"witlessness",
"illogic",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"unsoundness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superstardom":{
"as in stardom , popularity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"megastardom",
"popularity",
"stardom",
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown",
"infamy",
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputability",
"reputation",
"repute",
"cachet",
"place",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"visibility",
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"homage",
"kudos",
"laurels",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"unpopularity",
"anonymity",
"oblivion",
"obscureness",
"obscurity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subplot":{
"as in story , plot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"action",
"plot",
"story",
"story line",
"argument",
"mythos",
"subject",
"theme",
"design",
"outline",
"plan",
"scheme",
"arc",
"development"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"succeeding":{
"being the one that comes immediately after another":{
"examples":[
"the couple purchased some land, and in the course of the succeeding year built a house on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"coming",
"ensuing",
"following",
"next"
],
"near synonyms":[
"consecutive",
"sequential",
"successive",
"posterior",
"subsequent",
"immediate",
"second"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anterior",
"former",
"past",
"last"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"foregoing",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
]
},
"following one after another without others coming in between":{
"examples":[
"that land remained in the family for five succeeding generations"
],
"synonyms":[
"back-to-back",
"consecutive",
"sequent",
"sequential",
"straight",
"successional",
"successive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serial",
"constant",
"continuous",
"uninterrupted",
"ensuing",
"following",
"later",
"next",
"posterior",
"subsequent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"inconsecutive",
"inconsequent",
"nonconsecutive",
"nonsequential"
]
},
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product"
],
"synonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"working out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catching on",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"cooking",
"percolating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languishing",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"cratering",
"crumbling",
"flaming out",
"choking",
"cracking up",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"falling down",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"washing out"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"if you want to succeed in show business, you have to feel comfortable in front of an audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president"
],
"synonyms":[
"following",
"postdating",
"supervening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting",
"ensuing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedating",
"preceding",
"predating"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subsides":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"dwindles",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subscribes (to)":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"examples":[
"I don't subscribe to the belief that some people are predestined to eternal happiness and others to eternal punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepts",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"lauds",
"praises",
"salutes",
"backs (up)",
"concurs (in)",
"stands by",
"supports",
"sustains",
"upholds",
"bears",
"endures",
"tolerates",
"assents (to)",
"consents (to)",
"commends",
"recommends",
"enjoys",
"likes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklists",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"damns",
"denounces",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"reprehends",
"reprobates",
"dislikes",
"minds",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"dissents (from)",
"objects (to)",
"opposes"
],
"antonyms":[
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sun lamps":{
"as in arc lamps , fluorescent lamps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamps",
"arc lights",
"candelabra",
"candelabrums",
"candelabras",
"candles",
"chandeliers",
"dark lanterns",
"flares",
"flashbulbs",
"flashcubes",
"flashes",
"flashlights",
"floodlights",
"fluorescent lamps",
"gaslights",
"gasoliers",
"girandoles",
"headlights",
"incandescent lamps",
"klieg lights",
"kleig lights",
"lanterns",
"light bulbs",
"lighthouses",
"lightings",
"sconces",
"spotlights",
"streetlights",
"beacons",
"illuminants",
"lamps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suer":{
"the person in a legal proceeding who makes a charge of wrongdoing against another":{
"examples":[
"the landlord was suing his suers in return, with each side alleging wrongdoing on the other's part"
],
"synonyms":[
"complainant",
"plaintiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accuser",
"litigant",
"party",
"suitor",
"appellant",
"petitioner",
"pleader"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accused"
],
"antonyms":[
"defendant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submersing":{
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"a week of nonstop rain that submersed the cornfields and delayed planting for days"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluging",
"drowning",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"gulfing",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"submerging",
"swamping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanching",
"smothering",
"overcoming",
"overrunning",
"flowing",
"flushing",
"gushing",
"pouring",
"sluicing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"streaming",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"soaking",
"wetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"drying",
"parching"
],
"antonyms":[
"draining"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"those hardy souls who daily submerse themselves in icy cold water for its invigorating effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"submerging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surprise":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the anniversary party was such a complete surprise that the couple was speechless for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshell",
"jar",
"jaw-dropper",
"jolt",
"stunner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shock",
"thunderclap",
"eye-opener",
"revelation",
"shocker",
"amazement",
"marvel",
"wonder",
"fillip",
"kick",
"kicker",
"twist",
"wrinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
"examples":[
"stared in utter surprise at the deer in his cabin"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazement",
"astonishment",
"shock",
"startlement",
"stupefaction"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awe",
"wonder",
"wonderment",
"startle",
"bewilderment",
"confusion",
"consternation",
"discomfiture",
"dismay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait":{
"examples":[
"waited under cover of darkness and took the enemy encampment by surprise at dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"ambushment",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"charge",
"sally",
"capture",
"entrapment",
"mousetrap",
"snare",
"hunting",
"stalking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amaze",
"astonish",
"astound",
"bowl over",
"dumbfound",
"dumfound",
"flabbergast",
"floor",
"rock",
"shock",
"startle",
"stun",
"stupefy",
"thunderstrike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddle",
"bewilder",
"blindside",
"blow away",
"confound",
"confuse",
"daze",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"dismay",
"jar",
"muddle",
"nonplus",
"perplex",
"shake up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"waylay"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"storm",
"strike",
"jump",
"mug",
"pounce (on)",
"tackle",
"charge",
"sally",
"capture",
"ensnare",
"entrap",
"mousetrap",
"net",
"snare",
"trap",
"hunt",
"prey (on or upon)",
"stalk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surcharging":{
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"stinging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheating",
"defrauding",
"sticking",
"clipping",
"fleecing",
"skinning",
"mischarging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surly":{
"given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability":{
"examples":[
"went about his chores in a surly huff, totally annoyed that he was stuck at home on this beautiful Saturday"
],
"synonyms":[
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouting",
"pouty",
"sulky",
"sullen"
],
"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":[]
},
"having or showing a habitually bad temper":{
"examples":[
"the surly receptionist told us we'd have to wait outside in the rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"ornery",
"splenetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"crotchety",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"querulous",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"peppery",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snippy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"angry",
"exasperated",
"indignant",
"irate",
"mad",
"upset",
"uptight",
"depressed",
"dour",
"glum",
"morose",
"sullen",
"anal",
"old-maidish",
"schoolmarmish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"amicable",
"congenial",
"friendly",
"pleasant",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kind",
"nice",
"sweet",
"bubbly",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"joyful",
"lighthearted",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"content",
"glad",
"happy",
"calm",
"placid",
"serene",
"long-suffering",
"patient",
"tolerant"
],
"antonyms":[
"amiable",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supplantation":{
"as in replacement , displacement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"displacement",
"replacement",
"substitution",
"deformation",
"disfigurement",
"distortion",
"mutation",
"transmutation",
"reconstruction",
"reconversion",
"redo",
"redoing",
"refashioning",
"reformation",
"remaking",
"remodeling",
"revamping",
"revision",
"reworking",
"variation",
"adjustment",
"alteration",
"modification",
"shift",
"transition",
"changeover",
"conversion",
"metamorphosis",
"transfiguration",
"transformation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sulked":{
"to silently go about in a bad mood":{
"examples":[
"the toddler would sulk for hours whenever he didn't get his way"
],
"synonyms":[
"grumped",
"moped",
"pouted"
],
"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"
]
},
"suspends":{
"to bring to a formal close for a period of time":{
"examples":[
"the judge suspended the hearing to give the district attorney more time to process evidence"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjourns",
"prorogates",
"prorogues",
"recesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"disbands",
"discontinues",
"disperses",
"intermits",
"interrupts",
"defers",
"holds off",
"postpones",
"puts off",
"reserves",
"shelves",
"tables",
"dissolves",
"ends",
"halts",
"stops",
"terminates",
"breaks up",
"closes",
"concludes",
"winds up",
"wraps up",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"invalidates",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"quashes",
"voids"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inaugurates",
"launches",
"opens",
"carries on",
"continues",
"draws out",
"extends",
"proceeds",
"prolongs",
"renews",
"reopens",
"resumes",
"assembles",
"calls",
"convenes",
"convokes",
"musters",
"rallies",
"summons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
"examples":[
"suspended a banner proclaiming the town's \"Heritage Days\" from the archway"
],
"synonyms":[
"dangles",
"hangs",
"slings",
"swings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hooks",
"mounts",
"pins",
"tacks",
"drapes",
"festoons",
"garlands",
"strings",
"extends (out)",
"juts",
"projects",
"sticks out",
"overhangs",
"protrudes",
"cascades",
"depends",
"falls",
"balances",
"poises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suspect":{
"as in defendant , accused":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accused",
"arrestee",
"defendant",
"detainee",
"fish",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"miscreant",
"offender",
"misdemeanant",
"accomplice",
"principal",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"evildoer",
"gallows bird",
"misdoer",
"misfeasor",
"sinner",
"transgressor",
"trespasser",
"villain",
"wrongdoer",
"blackhander",
"button man",
"gangster",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"racketeer",
"thug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gangbuster",
"lawman"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"we suspected that the runaway was a little younger than the 16 she claimed to be\u2014more like 13"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"conjecture",
"daresay",
"guess",
"imagine",
"presume",
"speculate",
"suppose",
"surmise",
"suspicion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"hypothecate",
"hypothesize",
"theorize",
"believe",
"conceive",
"expect",
"judge",
"reckon",
"take",
"think"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"find out",
"learn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have no trust or confidence in":{
"examples":[
"I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sister's, since I probably would have heard about him"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disbelieve",
"discount",
"discredit",
"negate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bank (on or upon)",
"count (on or upon)",
"depend (on or upon)",
"rely (on or upon)"
],
"antonyms":[
"trust"
]
},
"giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{
"examples":[
"since she was carrying no cash or credit cards, her claim to the store's detectives that she had intended to pay for the items was suspect"
],
"synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"equivocal",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspicious"
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"alleged",
"so-called",
"supposed",
"moot",
"ambiguous",
"open",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"weak"
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"definitive",
"clear",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"positive"
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"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"as in success , prosperity":{
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"fortune",
"prosperity",
"prosperousness",
"success",
"good",
"interest",
"weal",
"welfare",
"well-being",
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"robustness",
"soundness",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"happiness",
"joy",
"advantage",
"benefit",
"gain",
"sake",
"content",
"contentedness",
"gratification",
"satisfaction"
],
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"ill-being",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness",
"misery",
"sadness",
"suffering",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness"
],
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"noun"
]
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"suppositions":{
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"my supposition is that this grape variety, which flourishes in southern France, should do equally well here, given the similar climate"
],
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"propositions",
"theories",
"theses"
],
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"concessions",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"theorems",
"conjectures",
"generalizations",
"guesses",
"guesswork",
"inferences",
"speculations",
"surmises",
"proffers",
"proposals",
"suggestions",
"feelings",
"hunches",
"impressions",
"inklings",
"notions",
"suspicions",
"abstractions",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"constructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assurances",
"certainties",
"facts",
"knowledges"
],
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},
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"examples":[
"it's pure supposition on your part that there's something illegal going on next door"
],
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"conjectures",
"guesses",
"shots",
"surmises"
],
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"hypotheses",
"hypotheticals",
"theories",
"theses",
"dead reckonings",
"guesswork",
"speculations",
"hunches",
"intuitions",
"beliefs",
"faiths"
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"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
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"worthless genetic research that was based on the erroneous supposition that acquired characteristics can be passed on to offspring"
],
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"givens",
"hypotheticals",
"ifs",
"postulates",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions"
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"hypotheses",
"propositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"axioms",
"truisms",
"verities",
"beliefs",
"canons",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"gospels",
"laws",
"precepts",
"principles",
"rules",
"standards",
"tenets",
"bases",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"conclusions",
"deductions",
"inferences",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"avouchments",
"declarations",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"ipse dixits"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sudden deaths":{
"as in runoffs , rubbers":{
"examples":[],
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"round-robins",
"rubbers",
"runoffs",
"rallies",
"volleys",
"dead heats",
"photo finishes",
"seesaws",
"heats",
"rounds",
"runs",
"sets",
"classics",
"marathons",
"races",
"ultramarathons",
"biathlons",
"decathlons",
"heptathlons",
"pentathlons",
"triathlons",
"derbies",
"field days",
"gymkhanas",
"outings",
"finals",
"nightcaps",
"play-offs",
"semifinals",
"championships",
"nationals"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suspires":{
"as in gasps , puffs":{
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"gasps",
"huffs",
"pants",
"puffs",
"wheezes",
"blows (out)",
"draws",
"expires",
"inbreathes",
"inspires",
"sniffs",
"snores",
"snorts",
"snuffles",
"snuffs",
"whiffs",
"breathes",
"respires",
"yawns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asphyxiates",
"chokes",
"gags",
"smothers",
"suffocates",
"garrotes",
"garottes",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suck-ups":{
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
"examples":[
"I'd like to give my boss a birthday present, but I don't want to look like a shameless suck-up"
],
"synonyms":[
"apple-polishers",
"bootlickers",
"brownnosers",
"fawners",
"flunkies",
"flunkeys",
"lickspittles",
"sycophants",
"toadies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"yes-men",
"apparatchiks",
"apparatchiki",
"company men",
"hangers-on",
"leeches",
"parasites",
"spongers",
"sponges",
"henchmen",
"lackeys",
"lapdogs",
"minions",
"running dogs",
"satellites",
"slaves",
"stooges",
"admirers",
"cultists",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"grovelers",
"idolaters",
"idolators",
"worshippers",
"worshipers",
"zealots",
"adherents",
"camp followers",
"converts",
"disciples",
"followers",
"me-tooers",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"pupils",
"votaries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suddenly":{
"with great suddenness":{
"examples":[
"the bus stopped suddenly , and somebody's lunch landed in the aisle"
],
"synonyms":[
"abruptly",
"short"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surprisingly",
"unexpectedly",
"directly",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instantly",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"fast",
"full tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gradually",
"slowly",
"hesitantly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"without warning":{
"examples":[
"suddenly , something fell out of the sky and landed in the field a few feet away"
],
"synonyms":[
"aback",
"unanticipatedly",
"unaware",
"unawares",
"unexpectedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abruptly",
"short",
"amazingly",
"astoundingly",
"surprisingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laggardly",
"leisurely",
"pokily",
"slowly",
"sluggishly",
"tardily",
"obviously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"superficially":{
"as in just , hardly":{
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"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"soundly",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide",
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in narrowly , imperfectly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cursorily",
"imperfectly",
"inadequately",
"narrowly",
"shallowly",
"sketchily",
"summarily",
"aimlessly",
"desultorily",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"randomly",
"indeterminately",
"nebulously",
"vaguely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"detailedly",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"inside out",
"minutely",
"roundly",
"sweepingly",
"systematically",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"meticulously",
"microscopically",
"all out",
"full blast",
"intensively"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"superseders":{
"as in successors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"successors",
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"alternates",
"understudies",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"surrogates",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sullen":{
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"sullen skies that matched our mood on the day of the funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability":{
"examples":[
"sullen and bored at his in-laws' house, he couldn't wait for the holidays to end"
],
"synonyms":[
"glum",
"mopey",
"pouting",
"pouty",
"sulky",
"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"
]
},
"superciliously":{
"as in haughtily , contemptuously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"subterranean":{
"being, situated, or operating beneath the surface of the earth":{
"examples":[
"a subterranean bunker that supposedly could withstand even an atomic blast"
],
"synonyms":[
"belowground",
"subsurface",
"underground"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"aboveground",
"surface"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suffocated":{
"as in dead , choked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"afire",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air":{
"examples":[
"the law requires the owner of a discarded refrigerator to remove its door so that a child won't get trapped inside and suffocate"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"garroted",
"garotted",
"throttled",
"asphyxiated",
"drowned",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"slew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"exhaled",
"expired",
"inhaled",
"inspired",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"temporarily suffocated by the seat belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked",
"garroted",
"garotted",
"strangled",
"throttled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asphyxiated",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"scragged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restored",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe":{
"examples":[
"suffocating in the thick, black smoke of the burning building"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked",
"gagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaved",
"hove",
"retched",
"threw up",
"vomited",
"asphyxiated",
"smothered",
"stifled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"respired",
"expired",
"inspired"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sum-ups":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"a sum-up of the main themes of the Romantic movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"summings-up",
"sums",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surge":{
"a moving ridge on the surface of water":{
"examples":[
"a huge surge nearly capsized the boat and drenched the hapless fishermen"
],
"synonyms":[
"billow",
"swell",
"wave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sea(s)",
"surf",
"breaker",
"whitecap",
"comber",
"curl",
"riffle",
"ripple",
"wavelet",
"ground swell",
"roller",
"tidal wave",
"tsunami"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in stream , pour":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gush",
"pour",
"squirt",
"stream",
"belch",
"disgorge",
"eject",
"eruct",
"erupt",
"expel",
"jet",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt",
"emanate",
"exhale",
"issue",
"release",
"shoot",
"spit",
"spring",
"vent",
"discharge",
"emit",
"fire",
"cast",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"launch",
"pitch",
"toss"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottle (up)",
"contain",
"restrain",
"shut (in or up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jump , skyrocket":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"rocket",
"skyrocket",
"accelerate",
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"boom",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"climb",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"gain",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"rise",
"roll up",
"snowball",
"spread",
"swell",
"wax",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"redouble",
"blow up",
"bulk",
"distend",
"inflate",
"puff (up)",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"peak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"recede",
"wane"
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"verb"
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"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
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"victory",
"win",
"winning",
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"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
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"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
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"subordinating",
"vanquishing"
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"beating",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mowing (down)",
"overcoming",
"prevailing (over)",
"reducing",
"routing",
"skunking",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"triumphing (over)",
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"walloping",
"whipping",
"enslaving",
"breaking",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"smothering",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
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"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
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"verb"
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],
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"allotment",
"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subsidy"
],
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"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"set-aside",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
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"noun"
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"We see it as our duty to give succor to those in need."
],
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"palliation",
"relief",
"abetment",
"aid",
"assist",
"assistance",
"backing",
"boost",
"hand",
"help",
"helping hand",
"leg up",
"lift",
"support",
"advancement",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"forwarding",
"furtherance",
"furthering",
"nurturance",
"benefaction",
"patronage",
"promotion",
"sponsorship",
"advice",
"care",
"counsel",
"guidance",
"mentoring",
"attendance",
"attention",
"hand-holding",
"service",
"beneficence",
"charity",
"favor",
"kindness",
"philanthropy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"frustration",
"inhibition",
"interference",
"obstruction",
"repression",
"restraint",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"hindrance"
],
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"attend",
"care (for)",
"comfort",
"minister (to)",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
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"sponsor",
"sustain",
"advance",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"launch",
"bolster",
"boost",
"buttress",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"abet",
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"assist",
"back",
"backstop",
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"prop (up)",
"support",
"advise",
"counsel",
"guide",
"mentor",
"nurture",
"bail out",
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"rescue",
"save",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"benefit",
"favor",
"oblige",
"profit",
"serve"
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"hinder",
"balk",
"bar",
"block",
"constrain",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hold back",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"restrain",
"strangle",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"inconvenience",
"interfere",
"oppose",
"sabotage",
"thwart",
"desert",
"disappoint",
"fail",
"let down",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"repress",
"retard",
"stifle",
"straiten",
"stunt",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure"
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"follow",
"postdate",
"succeed"
],
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"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant",
"ensue"
],
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"antonyms":[
"antedate",
"precede",
"predate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"examples":[
"was pointedly reminded that he was at the private beach on sufferance and could be kicked out at any time"
],
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"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sanction",
"warrant"
],
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"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
]
},
"the capacity to endure what is difficult or disagreeable without complaining":{
"examples":[
"spending a whole day with my airheaded sister-in-law is beyond sufferance"
],
"synonyms":[
"forbearance",
"long-suffering",
"patience",
"tolerance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescence",
"resignation",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"amenability",
"compliance",
"conformism",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordination",
"tractability",
"willingness",
"discipline",
"self-control",
"submission",
"submissiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiance",
"contrariness",
"disobedience",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"resistance",
"willfulness"
],
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"impatience"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sum and substance":{
"the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{
"examples":[
"Realism was the sum and substance of his work."
],
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"bottom line",
"bull's-eye",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"gist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"meat",
"meat and potatoes",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"point",
"root",
"sum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"course",
"direction",
"drift",
"tenor",
"body",
"content",
"substance",
"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"purport",
"subject",
"theme",
"thesis"
],
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},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"superiors":{
"one who is above another in rank, station, or office":{
"examples":[
"if a customer is rude to you, report it to your superior and she'll handle it"
],
"synonyms":[
"betters",
"elders",
"seniors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bosses",
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"masters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assistants",
"deputies"
],
"antonyms":[
"inferiors",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subverters":{
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"near synonyms":[
"accommodationists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"sellouts",
"subversives",
"apostates",
"backstabbers",
"betrayers",
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"Judases",
"quislings",
"recreants",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"traitors",
"turncoats",
"coconspirators",
"co-conspirators",
"conspirators",
"intriguers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"defectors",
"deserters",
"renegades",
"blabbermouths",
"gossipers",
"gossipmongers",
"gossips",
"informants",
"informers",
"rats",
"rumormongers",
"snitchers",
"snitches",
"squealers",
"stool pigeons",
"talebearers",
"talkers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"telltales"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superscript":{
"as in superscription":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"superscription",
"greeting",
"salutation",
"subhead",
"subheading",
"subtitle",
"catchword",
"guide word",
"running head",
"banner",
"streamer",
"caption",
"head",
"header",
"heading",
"headline",
"rubric",
"title"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suedes":{
"as in nubucks , patent leathers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nubucks",
"patent leathers",
"alligators",
"antelope",
"antelopes",
"buckskins",
"cabrettas",
"calfskins",
"capeskins",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"cordovans",
"cowhides",
"crocodiles",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"kids",
"kidskins",
"lambskins",
"moroccos",
"ostriches",
"pigskins",
"seals",
"sharkskins",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"coats",
"fleeces",
"furs",
"pelts",
"hides",
"leathers",
"skins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sublimeness":{
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"the awe-inspiring sublimeness of Yosemite Valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"augustness",
"brilliance",
"gloriousness",
"glory",
"gorgeousness",
"grandeur",
"grandness",
"magnificence",
"majesty",
"nobility",
"nobleness",
"resplendence",
"resplendency",
"splendidness",
"splendiferousness",
"splendor",
"stateliness",
"stupendousness",
"superbness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awesomeness",
"formidability",
"marvelousness",
"wonderfulness",
"wondrousness",
"dignity",
"elegance",
"grace",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance",
"luxuriousness",
"luxury",
"opulence",
"princeliness",
"richness",
"sumptuousness",
"grandiosity",
"ostentation",
"pretentiousness",
"elaborateness",
"flashiness",
"gaudiness",
"ornateness",
"poshness",
"ritziness",
"showiness",
"swankiness",
"extraordinariness",
"remarkableness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjection":{
"the act or process of bringing someone or something under one's control":{
"examples":[
"a holy man for whom the subjection of earthly desires is the path to spiritual perfection"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquest",
"dominating",
"domination",
"overpowering",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"triumph",
"victory",
"win",
"winning",
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"trouncing",
"whipping",
"enslavement",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subgroup":{
"as in section , subspecies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"branch",
"generation",
"section",
"sort",
"subclass",
"subdivision",
"subspecies",
"variety",
"bracket",
"category",
"class",
"classification",
"division",
"family",
"genus",
"grade",
"group",
"kind",
"league",
"order",
"rank(s)",
"rubric",
"set",
"species",
"tier",
"type"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"susceptible":{
"being in a situation where one is likely to meet with harm":{
"examples":[
"some people are more susceptible to depression during the winter because of reduced exposure to sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"endangered",
"exposed",
"liable",
"open",
"sensitive",
"subject (to)",
"vulnerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"likely",
"prone",
"uncovered",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unscreened",
"unsecured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"screened",
"secured",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"warded"
],
"antonyms":[
"insusceptible",
"invulnerable",
"unexposed",
"unsusceptible"
]
},
"lacking protection from danger or resistance against attack":{
"examples":[
"completely susceptible and totally defenseless against the imploring eyes of the puppy in the pet store"
],
"synonyms":[
"defenseless",
"exposed",
"helpless",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indefensible",
"untenable",
"uncovered",
"unsafe",
"overcome",
"preyed (on or upon)",
"disarmed",
"passive",
"resistless",
"unarmed",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"abandoned",
"high and dry",
"marooned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defensible",
"covered",
"fortified",
"safe",
"screened",
"secure",
"sheltered",
"armed",
"armored",
"immune",
"impenetrable",
"impregnable",
"invincible",
"strong",
"unassailable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"almighty",
"omnipotent"
],
"antonyms":[
"guarded",
"invulnerable",
"protected",
"resistant",
"shielded"
]
},
"readily taken advantage of":{
"examples":[
"having recently lost his job, he was more susceptible to the illusory promises of get-rich-quick schemes"
],
"synonyms":[
"dewy-eyed",
"easy",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"trusting",
"unwary",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credulous",
"overcredulous",
"trustful",
"uncritical",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"innocent",
"simple",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"fictile",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"deceivable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"sophisticated",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"shrewd",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subcomponent":{
"as in component , element":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"division",
"fragment",
"particle",
"partition",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"sector",
"segment",
"building block",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"factor",
"ingredient",
"member",
"aspect",
"characteristic",
"facet",
"feature",
"trait",
"detail",
"item",
"particular",
"point",
"basis",
"part and parcel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whole",
"aggregate",
"composite",
"compound",
"mass",
"entirety",
"sum",
"summation",
"total",
"totality",
"admixture",
"amalgam",
"amalgamation",
"blend",
"combination",
"intermixture",
"mix",
"mixture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subpoenaed":{
"as in cited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cited",
"called",
"hailed",
"summoned",
"assembled",
"called out",
"called up",
"convened",
"convoked",
"mustered",
"asked",
"bade",
"bid",
"invited",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"requested",
"requisitioned",
"beckoned",
"demanded",
"invoked",
"buzzed",
"knelled",
"paged",
"rang",
"whistled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismissed",
"sent (away)",
"turned away",
"banished",
"booted (out)",
"cast out",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"outed",
"ran off",
"routed",
"threw out",
"turfed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suggestion":{
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"lead"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"glimpse",
"mention",
"scent",
"whiff",
"wind",
"hunch",
"idea",
"inspiration",
"notion",
"allusion",
"implication",
"inference",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"denotation",
"evidence",
"guidepost",
"key",
"mark",
"overtone",
"pointer",
"sign",
"signal",
"telltale",
"token",
"assistance",
"nod",
"prompt",
"tip",
"tip-off",
"wink",
"feeling",
"foreboding",
"intuition",
"premonition",
"presentiment",
"suspicion",
"augury",
"foreshadower",
"foretaste",
"harbinger",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefigurement",
"presage",
"symptom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answer",
"solution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something which is presented for consideration":{
"examples":[
"no one had any better suggestions , so as usual we spent the afternoon at the basketball court"
],
"synonyms":[
"offer",
"proffer",
"proposal",
"proposition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counteroffer",
"counterproposal",
"countersuggestion",
"feeler",
"overture",
"motion",
"advancement",
"nomination",
"recommendation",
"bid",
"presentation",
"submission",
"submittal",
"tender",
"arrangement",
"game",
"ground plan",
"layout",
"line",
"plan",
"plot",
"project",
"strategy",
"system",
"conception",
"idea",
"notion",
"theory",
"thought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
"examples":[
"we took care to avoid so much as even a suggestion of impropriety"
],
"synonyms":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"tang",
"touch",
"trace",
"whiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inkling",
"intimation",
"scent",
"wind",
"evidence",
"indication",
"mark",
"sign"
],
"near antonyms":[
"permeation",
"pervasion",
"saturation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suck (up to)":{
"as in kowtow , fawn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fawn",
"kowtow",
"toady",
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"idolize",
"worship",
"adulate",
"belaud",
"blarney",
"butter up",
"flatter",
"hero-worship",
"honey",
"massage",
"overpraise",
"puff",
"soft-soap",
"stroke",
"eulogize",
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"praise",
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"drool",
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"verb"
]
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"disarranged",
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"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
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"enfranchisement",
"franchise",
"vote"
],
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"say",
"say-so",
"voice"
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"spying",
"bugging",
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"wiretapping",
"attending",
"hearing",
"hearkening",
"harkening",
"heeding",
"minding",
"eavesdropping (on)",
"listening in (on)",
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"rulers",
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"champs",
"finalists",
"placers",
"beaters",
"conquerors",
"masters",
"subduers",
"trimmers",
"vanquishers",
"victors",
"whippers",
"winners"
],
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"losers",
"punching bags",
"pushovers",
"quitters",
"failures",
"flops",
"washouts",
"underdogs"
],
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"noun"
]
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"being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
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],
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"lone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"singular",
"sole",
"solitary",
"special",
"unique"
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"solo",
"unaccompanied",
"unattended",
"incomparable",
"inimitable",
"matchless",
"peerless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassable",
"unsurpassed",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate",
"nonce"
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"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad",
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"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
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"varied",
"popular",
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"prevalent",
"rampant",
"perennial",
"recurrent",
"repeated"
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"supremo":{
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"big cheese",
"bigfoot",
"biggie",
"big gun",
"big shot",
"big wheel",
"bigwig",
"fat cat",
"figure",
"heavy",
"heavyweight",
"honcho",
"kahuna",
"main man",
"mover and shaker",
"nabob",
"nawab",
"notable",
"personage",
"pooh-bah",
"poo-bah",
"VIP",
"baron",
"captain",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"lion",
"lord",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"monarch",
"Napoleon",
"prince",
"tycoon",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"star",
"superstar",
"deity",
"demigod",
"god"
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"lightweight",
"small-timer",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"nobody",
"nothing",
"zero"
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"type":[
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]
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"annuity",
"appropriation",
"entitlement",
"grant",
"subvention"
],
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"assistance",
"block grant",
"grant-in-aid",
"set-aside",
"foreign aid",
"relief",
"state aid",
"advance",
"allowance",
"benefit",
"bequest",
"endowment",
"fund",
"legacy",
"stipend",
"trust",
"trust fund"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"supplementations":{
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"additions",
"augmentations",
"enhancements",
"flowerings",
"emergences",
"evolvements",
"metamorphoses",
"incubations",
"maturations",
"advancements",
"betterments",
"improvements",
"perfections",
"refinements",
"developments",
"elaborations",
"evolutions",
"expansions",
"growths",
"progresses",
"progressions"
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"near antonyms":[
"regresses",
"regressions",
"retrogressions",
"reversions",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"relapses",
"decadences",
"decays",
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"degeneracies",
"degenerations",
"degradations",
"descents",
"deteriorations",
"devaluations",
"downfalls",
"downgrades"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"supplement":{
"something added (as by growth)":{
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"this new rule restricting e-mail to job-related activity is only a supplement to the preexisting policy regarding personal use of company resources"
],
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"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"uptick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"complement",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"jump",
"run-up",
"spike"
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"near antonyms":[
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
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"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down"
]
},
"something that serves to complete or make up for a deficiency in something else":{
"examples":[
"recommends taking a vitamin C supplement to prevent colds"
],
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"complement",
"correlate"
],
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"addendum",
"addition",
"appendix",
"adjunct",
"annex",
"appendage",
"extension",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"accompaniment",
"appliance",
"attachment",
"additive",
"filler"
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"antonyms":[]
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"a part added at the end of a book or periodical":{
"examples":[
"a supplement containing biographical articles on women who had died since the publication of the original three-volume encyclopedia"
],
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"addendum",
"afterword",
"appendix",
"codicil",
"excursus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postlude",
"conclusion",
"ending",
"finale",
"accompaniment",
"addition",
"complement",
"postscript",
"follow-up",
"sequel",
"documentation",
"allonge",
"rider"
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"antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"preface",
"prologue",
"prolog"
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"as in add (to) , complement":{
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"near synonyms":[
"add (to)",
"complement",
"amplify",
"develop",
"dilate (on or upon)",
"elaborate (on)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"ramble",
"run on"
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"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"condense",
"shorten",
"compress",
"contract",
"outline",
"summarize",
"sum up"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"superhighways":{
"as in interstates , motorways":{
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"near synonyms":[
"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"motorways",
"causeways",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"through streets",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"subdivided":{
"as in dissected , bisected":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bifurcated",
"bisected",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"dichotomized",
"dissected",
"fractionalized",
"fractionated",
"halved",
"partitioned",
"quartered",
"segmented",
"trisected",
"broke up",
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"disassociated",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
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"disunited",
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"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
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"split",
"sundered",
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"unlinked",
"unyoked",
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"fragmented",
"fragmentized",
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"fractured",
"pulled",
"rent",
"rended",
"rifted",
"ripped",
"rived",
"ruptured",
"tore",
"cut off",
"insulated",
"isolated",
"secluded",
"segregated",
"sequestered",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"untied"
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"near antonyms":[
"assembled",
"associated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"connected",
"coupled",
"accumulated",
"agglutinated",
"attached",
"bound",
"cemented",
"closed",
"fastened",
"fused",
"knit",
"knitted",
"stuck",
"welded",
"joined",
"linked",
"unified",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"superglue":{
"as in paste , epoxy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"epoxy",
"epoxy resin",
"library paste",
"mucilage",
"paste",
"water glass",
"adhesive",
"bond",
"cement",
"glue",
"size",
"dope",
"goo",
"gum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subculture":{
"a group that has beliefs and behaviors that are different from the main groups within a culture or society":{
"examples":[
"a subculture of local painters",
"a subculture of poverty and crime"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subsociety",
"civilization",
"culture",
"life",
"lifestyle",
"society",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklore",
"heritage",
"legacy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supper":{
"as in dinner , lunch":{
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"near synonyms":[
"breakfast",
"buffet",
"collation",
"dinner",
"lunch",
"luncheon",
"refreshments",
"smorgasbord",
"snack",
"tea",
"chow",
"feed",
"menu",
"mess",
"refection",
"repast",
"table",
"board",
"bite",
"gulp",
"morsel",
"serving",
"taste",
"banquet",
"feast",
"regale",
"spread",
"bake",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"fry-up",
"luau",
"picnic",
"potluck",
"roast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunders":{
"to set or force apart":{
"examples":[
"during the cold war East and West Berlin were sundered by an impenetrable wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks up",
"decouples",
"disassociates",
"disconnects",
"disjoins",
"disjoints",
"dissevers",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"divorces",
"parts",
"ramifies",
"resolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"decomposes",
"disassembles",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
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"bisects",
"cleaves",
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"fractionates",
"halves",
"partitions",
"quarters",
"segments",
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"fragments",
"breaks",
"fractures",
"pulls",
"rends",
"rifts",
"rips",
"rives",
"ruptures",
"tears",
"cuts off",
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"isolates",
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"sequesters",
"detaches",
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"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unties"
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"near antonyms":[
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"associates",
"blends",
"combines",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"connects",
"couples",
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"binds",
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"closes",
"fastens",
"fuses",
"knits",
"sticks",
"welds"
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"antonyms":[
"joins",
"links",
"unifies",
"unites"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"summarily":{
"in a few words":{
"examples":[
"summarily informed us that our help was not welcome"
],
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"briefly",
"compactly",
"concisely",
"crisply",
"curtly",
"elliptically",
"laconically",
"pithily",
"shortly",
"succinctly",
"tersely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aphoristically",
"sententiously",
"exactly",
"precisely",
"abruptly",
"bluffly",
"bluntly",
"brusquely",
"monosyllabically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"redundantly",
"repetitiously"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffusely",
"long-windedly",
"verbosely",
"wordily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sustain":{
"to supply with nourishment":{
"examples":[
"a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"nourish",
"nurture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy",
"nurse",
"suckle",
"cloy",
"fill",
"surfeit",
"fortify",
"replenish",
"strengthen",
"feed",
"board",
"cater",
"provision",
"victual"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it":{
"examples":[
"sustained serious injuries in the car crash"
],
"synonyms":[
"endure",
"experience",
"feel",
"have",
"know",
"pass",
"see",
"suffer",
"taste",
"undergo",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encounter",
"meet",
"accept",
"receive",
"assimilate",
"digest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"I won't sustain such insolence!"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"hack",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"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":[]
},
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"that old chair won't sustain your weight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bolster",
"brace",
"buttress",
"carry",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"stay",
"support",
"undergird",
"underpin",
"uphold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steady",
"truss",
"underlie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supremacies":{
"controlling power or influence over others":{
"examples":[
"the Roman empire had supremacy over the entire Mediterranean world"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascendances",
"ascendences",
"ascendancies",
"ascendencies",
"dominances",
"dominations",
"dominions",
"hegemonies",
"imperiums",
"predominances",
"predominancies",
"preeminences",
"reigns",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primacies",
"superiorities",
"lordships",
"scepters",
"arms",
"authorities",
"choke holds",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"sways",
"takeovers",
"directions",
"jurisdictions",
"managements",
"clouts",
"mights",
"pulls",
"weights",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses",
"impotences",
"impotencies"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcomponents":{
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"divisions",
"fragments",
"particles",
"partitions",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"sectors",
"segments",
"building blocks",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"factors",
"ingredients",
"members",
"aspects",
"characteristics",
"facets",
"features",
"traits",
"details",
"items",
"particulars",
"points",
"bases",
"part and parcels"
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"wholes",
"aggregates",
"composites",
"compounds",
"masses",
"entireties",
"summations",
"sums",
"totalities",
"totals",
"admixtures",
"amalgamations",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"intermixtures",
"mixes",
"mixtures"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subadult":{
"as in teenage , underage":{
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"ephebic",
"minor",
"preteen",
"teenage",
"teenaged",
"underage",
"adolescent",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful",
"embryonic",
"emergent",
"callow",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"puerile",
"raw",
"babyish",
"childish",
"childlike",
"infantile",
"infantine",
"kiddish",
"undeveloped",
"unfinished",
"unfledged",
"unformed",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adult",
"grown-up",
"mature",
"matured",
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"ancient",
"elderly",
"geriatric",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"oldish",
"senescent",
"senior",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"golden",
"mellow",
"ripe",
"ripened",
"middle-aged",
"anile",
"decrepit",
"doddering",
"over-the-hill",
"senile",
"spavined",
"tottery"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subhuman":{
"having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal":{
"examples":[
"years of grinding poverty that had reduced them to a subhuman existence"
],
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"animalistic",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"feral",
"ferine",
"swinish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"fleshly",
"physical",
"sensual",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"cruel",
"heartless",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"vicious",
"wanton",
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"gross",
"ill-bred",
"lowbred",
"rude",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chivalrous",
"elevated",
"gallant",
"great",
"greathearted",
"high",
"high-minded",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"sublime",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"spiritual",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"tenderhearted",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"genteel",
"polished",
"refined",
"well-bred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subscriber":{
"as in supporter , helper":{
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"helper",
"supporter",
"altruist",
"bestower",
"contributor",
"giver",
"guardian angel",
"protector",
"savior",
"saviour",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist",
"benefactress",
"patroness",
"angel",
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron",
"sugar daddy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee",
"recipient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supersede":{
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"that edition of the dictionary that you have has been superseded by a more recent one"
],
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"cut out",
"displace",
"displant",
"relieve",
"replace",
"substitute",
"supplant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempt",
"usurp"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surmounting":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"an Olympic swimmer who surmounted endless obstacles to achieve her goals"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"defeating",
"dispatching",
"doing down",
"getting",
"getting around",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"skunking",
"stopping",
"subduing",
"taking",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"upending",
"winning (against)",
"worsting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"blowing out",
"bombing",
"breaking",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"crushing",
"drubbing",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"overwhelming",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"slaughtering",
"smoking",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trouncing",
"upsetting",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"subjugating",
"unseating",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"falling",
"giving up",
"going down",
"going under",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplementation":{
"as in addition , enhancement":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"addition",
"augmentation",
"enhancement",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"emergence",
"evolvement",
"metamorphosis",
"incubation",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"advancement",
"betterment",
"improvement",
"perfection",
"refinement",
"development",
"elaboration",
"evolution",
"expansion",
"growth",
"progress",
"progression"
],
"near antonyms":[
"regress",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"relapse",
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"devaluation",
"downfall",
"downgrade",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"summa":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"the director's book is basically a summa of his views on the nature of the theatrical experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"simplification",
"streamlining",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsocial":{
"as in associational , consociational":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"associational",
"consociational",
"colonial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"dependent",
"parasitic",
"parasitical",
"precocial",
"symbiotic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary",
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supineness":{
"as in apathy , lethargy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apathy",
"languor",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"idleness",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"laziness",
"shiftlessness",
"sloth",
"dallying",
"goldbricking",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drive",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"ambition",
"enterprise",
"go",
"hustle",
"initiative",
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"diligence",
"perseverance",
"animation",
"briskness",
"energy",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"pep",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrancy",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vitality",
"vivacity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sues (for)":{
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"after another devastating attack, the nation sued for peace"
],
"synonyms":[
"asks (for)",
"bespeaks",
"calls (for)",
"desires",
"pleads (for)",
"quests",
"requests",
"seeks",
"solicits",
"speaks (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (for)",
"begs (for)",
"claims",
"clamors (for)",
"importunes",
"urges",
"wishes (for)",
"demands",
"enjoins",
"exacts",
"insists (on)",
"petitions (for)",
"presses (for)",
"requires",
"requisitions",
"invites",
"invokes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suppliance":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"with arms raised in humble suppliance , the priest asked for blessings from above"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surplusages":{
"the state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed":{
"examples":[
"a mall with a surplusage of stores all selling the same lines of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellyfuls",
"excesses",
"fat",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overflows",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"overpluses",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abundances",
"bounties",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"profusions",
"sufficiencies",
"overproductions",
"overstocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dearths",
"lacks",
"scarcities",
"wants"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"insufficiencies",
"undersupplies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suasions":{
"the act of reasoning or pleading with someone to accept a belief or course of action":{
"examples":[
"a defense lawyer uses not only legal arguments but also moral suasion to appeal to a jury's sense of right and wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"conversion",
"convincing",
"inducement",
"inducing",
"persuading",
"persuasion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishment",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"coaxing",
"entreaty",
"exhortation",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"seduction",
"tempting",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"swaying",
"lobbying",
"pressuring",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuasion"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sufficiency":{
"the quality or state of meeting one's needs adequately":{
"examples":[
"the sufficiency of the portions is such that you will leave the restaurant with a full stomach but without doggie bags"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"satisfactoriness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"fitness",
"goodness",
"properness",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"tolerability",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"oversupply",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"abundance",
"amplitude",
"opulence",
"plenitude",
"plenteousness",
"plentifulness",
"plentitude",
"plenty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"want",
"crunch",
"dearth",
"deficit",
"famine",
"lack",
"shortage",
"meagerness",
"paucity",
"poorness",
"poverty",
"rareness",
"rarity",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"necessity",
"need",
"privation"
],
"antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"insufficiency",
"unsatisfactoriness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sun lamp":{
"as in arc lamp , fluorescent lamp":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arc lamp",
"arc light",
"candelabra",
"candelabrum",
"candle",
"chandelier",
"dark lantern",
"flare",
"flash",
"flashbulb",
"flashcube",
"flashlight",
"floodlight",
"fluorescent lamp",
"gaslight",
"gasolier",
"girandole",
"headlight",
"incandescent lamp",
"klieg light",
"kleig light",
"lantern",
"light bulb",
"lighthouse",
"lighting",
"sconce",
"spotlight",
"streetlight",
"beacon",
"illuminant",
"lamp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suicidal":{
"as in despondent , depressed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"down in the mouth",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"regretful",
"rueful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suasiveness":{
"the capacity to persuade":{
"examples":[
"there's a certain suasiveness in her imposing looks and demeanor that gives her an advantage as a trial lawyer"
],
"synonyms":[
"authority",
"cogency",
"conclusiveness",
"convincingness",
"effectiveness",
"force",
"forcefulness",
"persuasion",
"persuasiveness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"impact",
"might",
"power",
"punch",
"strength",
"weight",
"believability",
"credibility",
"soundness",
"validity",
"authoritativeness",
"definitiveness",
"influence",
"sway",
"appeal",
"seductiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invalidity",
"shakiness",
"unsoundness",
"feebleness",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconclusiveness",
"ineffectiveness",
"ineffectuality",
"ineffectualness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subside":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"examples":[
"as the noise of the siren subsided , I was able to fall back to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"decline",
"decrease",
"die (away or down or out)",
"diminish",
"drain (away)",
"drop (off)",
"dwindle",
"ease",
"ebb",
"fall",
"fall away",
"lessen",
"let up",
"lower",
"moderate",
"pall",
"phase down",
"ratchet (down)",
"rachet (down)",
"recede",
"relent",
"remit",
"shrink",
"taper",
"taper off",
"wane"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"evaporate",
"fade (away)",
"fritter (away)",
"give out",
"melt (away)",
"peter (out)",
"tail (off)",
"vanish",
"slacken",
"slow (down)",
"alleviate",
"relax",
"flag",
"sink",
"weaken",
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"deflate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appear",
"emerge",
"show up",
"blow up",
"distend",
"elongate",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mount",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"rise",
"snowball",
"soar",
"swell",
"wax"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surrendering (to)":{
"as in submitting (to) , deferring (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferring (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)",
"adhering (to)",
"complying (with)",
"conforming (to)",
"following",
"goose-stepping (to)",
"minding",
"obeying",
"observing",
"acceding (to)",
"acquiescing (to)",
"agreeing (to)",
"assenting (to)",
"attending",
"hearing",
"heeding",
"listening (to)",
"marking",
"noticing",
"noting",
"regarding",
"taking",
"watching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defying",
"disobeying",
"rebelling (against)",
"disobliging",
"challenging",
"daring",
"refusing",
"renouncing",
"repudiating",
"directing",
"leading",
"brushing (off)",
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"tuning out",
"winking (at)",
"dismissing",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"transgressing",
"violating",
"deriding",
"flouting",
"mocking",
"scoffing (at)",
"scorning",
"mutinying (against)",
"revolting (against)",
"bucking",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"disputing",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"submachine gun":{
"as in assault weapon , machine gun":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"tommy gun",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"speargun",
"self-loader",
"semiautomatic",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subcontracted":{
"to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{
"examples":[
"Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprenticed",
"contracted",
"jobbed",
"partnered",
"assumed",
"employed",
"engaged",
"feed",
"hired",
"laid on",
"paid",
"placed",
"recruited",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"reengaged",
"re-engaged",
"rehired",
"enlisted",
"advanced",
"promoted",
"upgraded",
"kept (on)",
"headhunted",
"scouted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"locked out",
"axed",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"sacked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subversive":{
"someone who tries to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{
"examples":[
"They were outted as subversives and exiled from the country."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anarch",
"anarchist",
"agitator",
"insurgent",
"insurrectionist",
"rebel",
"crazy",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"alarmist",
"extremist",
"revolter",
"troublemaker",
"young Turk",
"secessionist",
"separationist",
"separatist",
"defector",
"deserter",
"renegade",
"apostate",
"backstabber",
"betrayer",
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"Judas",
"quisling",
"recreant",
"serpent",
"snake",
"traitor",
"turncoat",
"coconspirator",
"conspirator",
"intriguer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"accommodationist",
"collaborationist",
"collaborator",
"sellout",
"subverter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"seeking to overthrow or undermine a governing power":{
"examples":[
"A subversive organization determined to unseat a leader who they believed operated outside the law."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"violent",
"wild",
"agitating",
"exciting",
"fomenting",
"incendiary",
"inciting",
"inflammatory",
"instigating",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"rabble-rousing",
"reactionary",
"extreme",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"ultra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservative",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"conventional",
"orthodox",
"traditional",
"liberal",
"progressive",
"middle-of-the-road",
"nonrevolutionary",
"unrevolutionary"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subservience":{
"as in servility , obsequiousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"slavishness",
"subserviency",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"conformity",
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suppression":{
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"examples":[
"learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away"
],
"synonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sulkiness":{
"a state of resentful silence or irritability":{
"examples":[
"turned into a very pleasant adult when she finally outgrew her adolescent sulkiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"pouts",
"snit",
"sulk",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sung (out)":{
"as in called , cried":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"roared",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled",
"piped up",
"shot",
"sounded off",
"spoken out",
"spoken up",
"spouted (off)",
"talked up",
"articulated",
"enounced",
"enunciated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belted up",
"clammed up",
"dummied up",
"hushed",
"shut up",
"suppressed",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sum-up":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"a sum-up of the main themes of the Romantic movement"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"simplification",
"streamlining",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"superciliousness":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"can't bear the superciliousness of her cousin, who lives in New York City and thinks everybody in Tennessee is a hick"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"succumb (to)":{
"as in die (from)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"die (from)",
"break out (with)",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"catch",
"come down (with)",
"contract",
"get",
"go down (with)",
"sicken (with)",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[
"come back",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover (from)",
"shake (off)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"summing-up":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"there's no time to get into all the details, so could you give me a quick summing-up ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"sum-up",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"simplification",
"streamlining",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracting",
"boiling down",
"briefing",
"digesting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"outlining",
"recapitulating",
"recapping",
"reprising",
"summarizing",
"synopsizing",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridging",
"condensing",
"curtailing",
"cutting back",
"shortening",
"downsizing",
"shrinking",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"decocting",
"essentializing",
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"amplifying",
"elaborating (on or upon)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"supplementing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sucks in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"takes in",
"tricks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subscribed":{
"to give or express one's approval (as to a proposal)":{
"examples":[
"promised that as president he would never subscribe to the use of torture as an interrogation method, regardless of the circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"came round",
"consented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore (with)",
"endured",
"stood",
"suffered",
"tolerated",
"stomached",
"swallowed",
"took",
"bowed",
"knuckled under",
"relented",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rebuffed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"scorned",
"spurned",
"denied",
"gainsaid"
],
"antonyms":[
"dissented"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"examples":[
"they dutifully subscribed several dozen forms at the mortgage closing"
],
"synonyms":[
"autographed",
"inked",
"signed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"signed up",
"cosigned",
"countersigned",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"registered",
"signed on",
"inscribed",
"authored",
"penciled (in)",
"pencilled (in)",
"penned",
"scratched (out)",
"scrawled",
"scribbled",
"notarized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sully":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"people that sully our state parks with their trash",
"a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"soil",
"stain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supper club":{
"a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)":{
"examples":[
"a posh suburban supper club that caters to a generally well-heeled clientele"
],
"synonyms":[
"bistro",
"bo\u00eete",
"cabaret",
"caf\u00e9",
"cafe",
"club",
"nightclub",
"nightspot",
"nitery",
"niterie",
"roadhouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"a-go-go",
"disco",
"discotheque",
"discoth\u00e9que",
"barroom",
"pub",
"public house",
"saloon",
"tavern",
"clip joint",
"dive",
"honky-tonk",
"key club",
"speakeasy",
"canteen",
"watering hole",
"watering place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subtenants":{
"as in cotenants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cotenants",
"co-tenants",
"boarders",
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"renters",
"roomers",
"tenants",
"flatmates",
"roommates",
"roomies",
"guests",
"visitors",
"occupants",
"occupiers",
"residents",
"residers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"landlords",
"lessors",
"letters",
"lairds",
"landholders",
"landowners",
"proprietors",
"landladies",
"slumlords",
"hosts",
"innkeepers",
"proprietors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suppliantly":{
"as in respectfully , politely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"self-deprecatingly",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"summarizing":{
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"the closing minute of the newscast summarizes the main story of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracting",
"boiling down",
"briefing",
"digesting",
"encapsulating",
"epitomizing",
"outlining",
"recapitulating",
"recapping",
"reprising",
"summing up",
"synopsizing",
"wrapping up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abridging",
"condensing",
"curtailing",
"cutting back",
"shortening",
"downsizing",
"shrinking",
"concentrating",
"consolidating",
"decocting",
"essentializing",
"simplifying",
"streamlining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"amplifying",
"elaborating (on or upon)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"supplementing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suspirations":{
"as in whispers , sighs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"coos",
"gasps",
"gurgles",
"hisses",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"susurrations",
"susurruses",
"whispers",
"burrs",
"buzzes",
"chirrs",
"churrs",
"drones",
"hums",
"purrs",
"thrums",
"whirs",
"whirrs",
"whizzes",
"zooms",
"whishes",
"zings",
"zips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"howls",
"roars",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subheads":{
"as in subtitles , subheadings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subheadings",
"subtitles",
"superscriptions",
"superscripts",
"greetings",
"salutations",
"catchwords",
"guide words",
"running heads",
"banners",
"streamers",
"captions",
"headers",
"headings",
"headlines",
"heads",
"rubrics",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunshades":{
"a covering used to protect against sun exposure":{
"examples":[
"They spent a relaxing afternoon sipping iced tea under the sunshade ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"screens",
"shades",
"shelters",
"shields",
"umbrellas",
"domes",
"marquees",
"pavilions",
"arbors",
"bowers",
"pergolas",
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"flies",
"awnings",
"canopies",
"ceilings",
"covers",
"roofs",
"tents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sumptuously":{
"in a luxurious manner":{
"examples":[
"a history book sumptuously illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs"
],
"synonyms":[
"expensively",
"extravagantly",
"fatly",
"grandly",
"high",
"large",
"lavishly",
"luxuriously",
"opulently",
"palatially",
"plushly",
"richly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"imposingly",
"impressively",
"magnificently",
"splendidly",
"grandiosely",
"ostentatiously",
"pompously",
"pretentiously",
"affluently",
"comfortably",
"fine",
"wealthily",
"immoderately",
"indulgently",
"intemperately",
"prodigally",
"wantonly",
"wastefully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unpretentiously",
"cheaply",
"economically",
"frugally",
"inexpensively",
"meagerly",
"poorly",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"sparingly",
"thriftily",
"conservatively",
"moderately",
"prudently",
"reasonably",
"restrainedly",
"sensibly",
"temperately"
],
"antonyms":[
"austerely",
"humbly",
"modestly",
"plainly",
"simply"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"surreptitiously":{
"as in stealthily , furtively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"clandestinely",
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"inwardly",
"sotto voce",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"summoning":{
"to demand or request the presence or service of":{
"examples":[
"without explanation, the managing editor summoned me to his office"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"hailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"citing",
"subpoenaing",
"assembling",
"calling out",
"calling up",
"convening",
"convoking",
"mustering",
"asking",
"bidding",
"inviting",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"requesting",
"requisitioning",
"beckoning",
"demanding",
"invoking",
"buzzing",
"knelling",
"paging",
"ringing",
"whistling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismissing",
"sending (away)",
"turning away",
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"casting out",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers":{
"examples":[
"managed to summon a bright smile despite the gloomy day"
],
"synonyms":[
"conjuring (up)",
"gathering",
"getting up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"educing",
"eliciting",
"evoking",
"raising"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring together in assembly by or as if by command":{
"examples":[
"summoned a special session of parliament"
],
"synonyms":[
"assembling",
"calling",
"convening",
"convoking",
"mustering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rallying",
"calling in",
"calling out",
"calling up",
"knelling",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"rounding up",
"reassembling",
"reconvening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"dissolving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sultans":{
"as in kings , princes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Caesars",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"ladies",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultanas",
"suzerains",
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superintends":{
"to be in charge of":{
"examples":[
"superintends the construction of all scenery at the summer theater"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"handles",
"heads",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"quarterbacks",
"supervises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administers",
"commands",
"controls",
"directs",
"guides",
"manages",
"orders",
"runs",
"shepherds",
"shows",
"steers",
"monitors",
"presides (over)",
"governs",
"reigns",
"rules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"homeschooling parents who superintend their children's education"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"administrates",
"carries on",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"handles",
"keeps",
"manages",
"operates",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"supervises",
"tends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"watches",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"micromanages",
"stage-manages",
"codirects",
"comanages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"whoever's superintending the warehouse will know what's been delivered today"
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"supervises",
"tends",
"watches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrates",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supervening":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"following",
"postdating",
"succeeding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting",
"ensuing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedating",
"preceding",
"predating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"succorer":{
"as in solace , comforter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"peacemaker",
"reconciler",
"uniter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accuser",
"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"torturer",
"agitator",
"instigator"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submitting":{
"the usually forced yielding of one's person or possessions to the control of another":{
"examples":[
"his submitting of his own desires to the will of God"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"capitulation",
"cession",
"handover",
"relinquishment",
"rendition",
"submission",
"surrender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"concession",
"compromise",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation",
"capture",
"fall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"resistance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"in the end he submitted and agreed to take that awful-tasting medicine"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinking",
"bowing",
"budging",
"capitulating",
"conceding",
"giving in",
"knuckling under",
"quitting",
"relenting",
"succumbing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiescing",
"deferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contending",
"fighting",
"holding off",
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"resisting"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refusing to submit to sleep, she stayed by her son's hospital bed the whole night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowing",
"caving (in)",
"giving in",
"succumbing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"indulging",
"wallowing",
"acquiescing (to)",
"conceding (to)",
"buckling (under)",
"knuckling under",
"giving over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battling",
"breasting",
"combating",
"combatting",
"confronting",
"countering",
"defying",
"facing",
"fighting",
"meeting",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"rejecting",
"bridling",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"restraining",
"stifling"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding off",
"resisting"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the fort's commander received orders not to submit under any circumstances, as reinforcements were on the way"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulating",
"falling",
"giving up",
"knuckling under",
"succumbing",
"surrendering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowing",
"buckling",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"giving (in)",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"losing",
"conceding",
"failing",
"folding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucking",
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding",
"beating",
"overcoming",
"winning",
"conquering",
"prevailing",
"triumphing"
],
"antonyms":[
"enduring",
"standing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surreality":{
"as in dreaminess":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dreaminess",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"phantasy",
"fiction",
"fictitiousness",
"irreality",
"unreality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"factuality",
"materiality",
"reality",
"authenticity",
"genuineness",
"truth",
"verity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"successions":{
"a series of things, people, events, or actions arranged or happening one after another":{
"examples":[
"He experienced a succession of car repairs that set him back thousands of dollars."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"catenae",
"catenas",
"catenations",
"chains",
"concatenations",
"consecutions",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"series",
"strings",
"trains",
"files",
"lines",
"queues",
"ranges",
"rows",
"echelons",
"ranks",
"rows",
"tiers",
"chain reactions",
"belts",
"circles",
"cycles",
"vicious circles",
"vicious cycles",
"continua",
"continuums",
"gamuts",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"scales",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"flows",
"rivers",
"streams"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusions",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"disruptions",
"upsets",
"disconnections"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the order of people in a family":{
"examples":[
"The prince is third in the line of succession to the throne."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"heredities",
"ancestries",
"births",
"blood",
"bloodlines",
"breedings",
"descents",
"extractions",
"family trees",
"genealogies",
"lineages",
"lines",
"origins",
"parentages",
"pedigrees",
"stocks",
"strains",
"families",
"houses",
"kindreds",
"kins",
"relations",
"relatives",
"races"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdued":{
"not excessively showy":{
"examples":[
"the wedding was a subdued affair, with only close family and friends attending"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservative",
"low-key",
"low-keyed",
"muted",
"quiet",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"sober",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unflashy",
"unpretentious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"fitting",
"proper",
"suitable",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"drab",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"practical",
"sensible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meretricious",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tawdry",
"trashy",
"vulgar",
"baroque",
"fancy",
"frilly",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"ornate",
"rococo",
"overdecorated",
"overdone",
"overwrought"
],
"antonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
]
},
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"did down",
"dispatched",
"got",
"got around",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"skunked",
"stopped",
"surmounted",
"took",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"upended",
"won (against)",
"worsted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"blew out",
"bombed",
"broke",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"crushed",
"drubbed",
"finished",
"flattened",
"overwhelmed",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"slaughtered",
"smoked",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trounced",
"upset",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"subjugated",
"unseated",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fell",
"gave up",
"went down",
"went under",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"washed out"
],
"antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
]
},
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overpowered",
"pacified",
"subjected",
"subjugated",
"subordinated",
"vanquished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"beat",
"clobbered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mowed (down)",
"overcame",
"prevailed (over)",
"reduced",
"routed",
"skunked",
"smashed",
"thrashed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"enslaved",
"broke",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
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},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property"
],
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"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"slapped down",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"susurruses":{
"as in whispers , murmurs":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babbles",
"coos",
"gasps",
"gurgles",
"hisses",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"rustles",
"sighs",
"suspirations",
"susurrations",
"whispers",
"burrs",
"buzzes",
"chirrs",
"churrs",
"drones",
"hums",
"purrs",
"thrums",
"whirs",
"whirrs",
"whizzes",
"zooms",
"whishes",
"zings",
"zips"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bawls",
"howls",
"roars",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"squeals",
"yells",
"yelps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subminimal":{
"as in micro , ultramicro":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"infinitesimal",
"micro",
"ultramicro",
"fewer",
"lesser",
"low",
"minor",
"modest",
"slight",
"small",
"smaller",
"irreducible",
"fewest",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"minutest",
"slightest",
"smallest",
"tiniest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"biggest",
"full",
"greatest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"maximum",
"most",
"top",
"topmost",
"utmost",
"highest"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"substitutive":{
"taking the place of one that came before":{
"examples":[
"his recent religious fanaticism is only the latest substitutive addiction of a person with an addictive personality"
],
"synonyms":[
"makeshift",
"new",
"substitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alternate",
"alternative",
"pinch",
"different",
"other",
"separate",
"extra",
"spare",
"improvised",
"jury",
"another",
"second",
"utility",
"successive",
"equivalent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"first",
"former",
"equal",
"identical",
"same",
"lasting",
"permanent"
],
"antonyms":[
"original"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"succinctness":{
"the quality or state of being marked by or using only few words to convey much meaning":{
"examples":[
"Caesar's observation, \"I came, I saw, I conquered,\" is famous for its succinctness"
],
"synonyms":[
"brevity",
"briefness",
"compactness",
"conciseness",
"concision",
"crispness",
"pithiness",
"sententiousness",
"terseness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abruptness",
"bluntness",
"brusqueness",
"curtness",
"shortness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"periphrasis",
"pleonasm",
"redundancy",
"repetitiousness",
"repetitiveness",
"tautology"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffuseness",
"long-windedness",
"prolixity",
"verbosity",
"wordiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sure":{
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
"examples":[
"are you absolutely sure that she said she was coming today?"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"clear",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"doubtless",
"implicit",
"positive",
"sanguine"
],
"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"
]
},
"impossible to avoid or evade":{
"examples":[
"the joke's a sure dud if you don't pause in the right places"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"ineluctable",
"ineludible",
"inescapable",
"inevitable",
"necessary",
"unavoidable",
"unescapable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decided",
"definite",
"settled",
"likely",
"possible",
"probable",
"destined",
"fated",
"foreordained",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"preordained",
"inexorable",
"relentless",
"unremitting",
"unstoppable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"preventable",
"preventible",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"questionable",
"shaky",
"unclear",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"improbable",
"unlikely"
],
"antonyms":[
"avoidable",
"evadable",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
]
},
"not likely to fail":{
"examples":[
"a sure cure for the winter blues\u2014a week in the Bahamas"
],
"synonyms":[
"can't-miss",
"certain",
"fail-safe",
"infallible",
"surefire",
"unfailing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependable",
"reliable",
"deadly",
"unerring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"questionable",
"uncertain"
],
"antonyms":[
"fallible"
]
},
"worthy of one's trust":{
"examples":[
"a sister is a sure friend for life"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculable",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"solid",
"steady",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodgy",
"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
]
},
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
"examples":[
"no sure evidence that life exists on other planets"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"irrefutable",
"positive",
"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"
]
},
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"we sure could use your help here"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"so",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"sunk fences":{
"as in moats , stanks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ha-has",
"moats",
"stanks",
"dikes",
"ditches",
"fosses",
"gutters",
"sheughs",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"acequias",
"culverts",
"drains",
"draws",
"gullies",
"gulleys",
"ravines",
"drills",
"furrows",
"kennels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunbeams":{
"as in sunbursts , moonbeams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moonbeams",
"sunbursts",
"beams",
"rays",
"shafts",
"lasers",
"spotlights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submerged":{
"living, lying, or occurring below the surface of the water":{
"examples":[
"submerged local roadways made for hazardous driving"
],
"synonyms":[
"aquatic",
"submarine",
"sunken",
"underwater"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oceanic",
"undersea",
"abysmal",
"abyssal",
"deep",
"deep-sea",
"deepwater"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover with a flood":{
"examples":[
"submerged by orders after being featured on a popular foodie blog"
],
"synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"gulfed",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overwhelmed",
"submersed",
"swamped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avalanched",
"smothered",
"overcame",
"overran",
"flowed",
"flushed",
"gushed",
"poured",
"sluiced",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"streamed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"soaked",
"wet",
"wetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"dried",
"parched"
],
"antonyms":[
"drained"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"submerge the tomatoes in boiling hot water for a few seconds and they will be easier to peel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"soused",
"submersed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"examples":[
"learned to submerge her ego and became a better teammate for doing so"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subsidized":{
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"examples":[
"the museum is annually subsidized by funds from several major corporations"
],
"synonyms":[
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"established",
"founded",
"organized",
"bequeathed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"subscribed",
"supported",
"underwrote",
"awarded",
"granted",
"backed",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"capitalized",
"invested (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew",
"received",
"subsisted"
],
"antonyms":[
"defunded",
"disendowed"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"housing for the elderly that was subsidized by the federal government"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolled",
"capitalized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"staked",
"underwrote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaked",
"cofinanced",
"co-financed",
"refinanced",
"advocated",
"aided",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"sponsored",
"supported",
"maintained",
"nourished",
"provided (for)",
"cleared",
"defrayed",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood",
"refunded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subcontracts":{
"to come to an agreement with another person or company to do part of a job that you have been hired to do":{
"examples":[
"Parts of the project were subcontracted (out) to specialists."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"lays on",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on",
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out",
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sunniness":{
"as in brightness , cheerfulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brightness",
"cheerfulness",
"perkiness",
"bullishness",
"optimism",
"sanguinity",
"hope",
"hopefulness",
"rosiness",
"idealism",
"meliorism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearishness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"apprehension",
"caution",
"concern",
"cynicism",
"despair",
"desperation",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"hopelessness",
"bleakness",
"cheerlessness",
"dreariness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"pragmatism",
"realism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"summings-up":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"there's no time to get into all the details, so could you give me a quick summing-up ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"breviaries",
"briefs",
"capsules",
"conspectuses",
"digests",
"encapsulations",
"epitomes",
"inventories",
"outlines",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recapitulations",
"recaps",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9s",
"resumes",
"resum\u00e9s",
"roundups",
"rundowns",
"run-throughs",
"summae",
"summaries",
"summarizations",
"sums",
"sum-ups",
"synopses",
"wrap-ups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abbreviations",
"abridgments",
"abridgements",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compends",
"condensations",
"curtailments",
"shortenings",
"simplifications",
"rehashes",
"reprises",
"conclusions",
"epilogues",
"epilogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplifications",
"enlargements",
"expansions",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"supplements"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"summery":{
"as in sweltering , steamy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"steamy",
"summerlike",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"damp",
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry",
"semitropical",
"semitropic",
"subhumid",
"subtropical",
"subtropic",
"tropic",
"tropical",
"close",
"heavy",
"oppressive",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"stuffy",
"suffocating",
"clammy",
"dank",
"moist",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry",
"bracing",
"cool",
"crisp",
"fresh",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"arid",
"baked",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"semiarid",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suspensers":{
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
"examples":[
"Alfred Hitchcock was the acknowledged master of the cinematic suspenser that craftily manipulates its audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"cliff-hangers",
"hair-raisers",
"nail-biters",
"thrillers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"photo finishes",
"squeakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"yawners",
"blowouts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submits (to)":{
"as in defers (to) , surrenders (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"defers (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)",
"adheres (to)",
"complies (with)",
"conforms (to)",
"follows",
"goose-steps (to)",
"minds",
"obeys",
"observes",
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"agrees (to)",
"assents (to)",
"attends",
"hears",
"heeds",
"listens (to)",
"marks",
"notes",
"notices",
"regards",
"takes",
"watches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defies",
"disobeys",
"rebels (against)",
"disobliges",
"challenges",
"dares",
"refuses",
"renounces",
"repudiates",
"directs",
"leads",
"brushes (off)",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"tunes out",
"winks (at)",
"dismisses",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"breaches",
"breaks",
"infringes",
"transgresses",
"violates",
"derides",
"flouts",
"mocks",
"scoffs (at)",
"scorns",
"mutinies (against)",
"revolts (against)",
"bucks",
"combats",
"contests",
"disputes",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subtleties":{
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"we appreciated the subtlety with which our host indicated that it was time to leave: he volunteered to pack us a little lunch for the road"
],
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"artfulness",
"artifice",
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"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
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"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"wiliness"
],
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"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a large area of land that is a part of a continent \u2014 used especially to refer to the area that includes India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh":{
"examples":[
"the Indian subcontinent"
],
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"supercontinent",
"continent",
"landmass",
"main",
"mainland"
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"near antonyms":[
"island",
"isle",
"islet",
"atoll",
"barrier reef",
"cay",
"coral reef",
"key",
"cape",
"headland",
"peninsula",
"promontory"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"the Red Cross made an urgent supplication for donations of food and blankets for the earthquake victims"
],
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"adjurations",
"appeals",
"conjurations",
"cries",
"desires",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"pleas",
"prayers",
"solicitations",
"suits",
"suppliances"
],
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"applications",
"requisitions",
"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"sutures":{
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"the doctor cleaned, sutured , and bandaged the wound"
],
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"darns",
"sews",
"stitches"
],
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"mends",
"patches",
"repairs",
"bastes",
"eases",
"fells",
"finishes",
"overcasts",
"cross-stitches",
"embroiders",
"crochets",
"knits",
"quilts"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"as in seams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seams",
"abutments",
"articulations",
"attachments",
"concourses",
"confluences",
"meetings",
"interconnections",
"intersections",
"unions",
"links",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"ties",
"connections",
"couplings",
"joinings",
"joins",
"joints",
"jointures",
"junctions",
"junctures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crevices",
"fissures",
"gaps",
"rifts",
"separations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subtraction":{
"the act or an instance of taking away from a total":{
"examples":[
"the restaurant may not have raised the price, but there's definitely been a subtraction in the number of fries in a side order"
],
"synonyms":[
"deduction"
],
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"discount",
"giveback",
"kickback",
"rebate",
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrement",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop",
"fall",
"loss",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"curtailment",
"cut",
"cutback"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boost",
"enlargement",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"raise",
"rise",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"accumulation",
"addendum",
"appendix",
"augmentation",
"supplement",
"supplementation"
],
"antonyms":[
"accession",
"addition"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supplanting":{
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"old traditions that were fading away and being supplanted by modern ways"
],
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"cutting out",
"displacing",
"displanting",
"relieving",
"replacing",
"substituting",
"superseding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempting",
"usurping"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sum up":{
"a short statement of the main points":{
"examples":[
"a sum-up of the main themes of the Romantic movement"
],
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"abstract",
"breviary",
"brief",
"capsule",
"conspectus",
"digest",
"encapsulation",
"epitome",
"inventory",
"outline",
"pr\u00e9cis",
"recap",
"recapitulation",
"r\u00e9sum\u00e9",
"resume",
"resum\u00e9",
"roundup",
"run-through",
"rundown",
"sum",
"summa",
"summarization",
"summary",
"summing-up",
"synopsis",
"wrap-up"
],
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"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"compend",
"compendium",
"condensation",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"simplification",
"streamlining",
"rehash",
"reprise",
"conclusion",
"epilogue",
"epilog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amplification",
"enlargement",
"expansion",
"addendum",
"supplement"
],
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},
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
"examples":[
"in summing up the evidence against the defendant, the district attorney presented fact after damning fact"
],
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"abstract",
"boil down",
"brief",
"digest",
"encapsulate",
"epitomize",
"outline",
"recap",
"recapitulate",
"reprise",
"summarize",
"synopsize",
"wrap up"
],
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"abridge",
"condense",
"curtail",
"cut back",
"shorten",
"downsize",
"shrink",
"concentrate",
"consolidate",
"decoct",
"essentialize",
"simplify",
"streamline"
],
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"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"amplify",
"elaborate (on or upon)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"supplement"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subjective":{
"of, relating to, or belonging to a single person":{
"examples":[
"even seemingly unbiased judges are influenced by their own subjective assumptions and interpretations of the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"idiomatic",
"individual",
"individualized",
"particular",
"patented",
"peculiar",
"personal",
"personalized",
"private",
"privy",
"separate",
"singular",
"unique"
],
"near synonyms":[
"characteristic",
"distinctive",
"intimate",
"identifying",
"idiosyncratic",
"especial",
"express",
"special",
"specific",
"independent",
"nonconformist",
"self-directed",
"self-sufficient",
"custom",
"customized",
"specialized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"widespread",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[
"general",
"generic",
"popular",
"public",
"shared",
"universal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subedit":{
"as in read , sub":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"copyedit",
"read",
"sub",
"perfect",
"polish",
"touch up",
"reedit",
"edit",
"redraft",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"amend",
"annotate",
"correct",
"emend",
"rectify",
"fact-check",
"anthologize",
"collect",
"compile",
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish",
"abridge",
"blue-pencil",
"redact",
"red-pencil",
"engross",
"recopy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"superable":{
"as in vulnerable , vincible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"surmountable",
"vincible",
"vulnerable",
"exposed",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"insecure",
"liable",
"open",
"susceptible",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"unsafe",
"defenseless",
"helpless",
"powerless",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulletproof",
"impregnable",
"indomitable",
"insuperable",
"insurmountable",
"invincible",
"invulnerable",
"unbeatable",
"unconquerable",
"unstoppable",
"inviolable",
"unassailable",
"unbreachable",
"untouchable",
"armored",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safe",
"safeguarded",
"secure",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subdebutantes":{
"as in schoolgirls , teenyboppers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bobby-soxers",
"junior misses",
"schoolgirls",
"teenyboppers",
"fillies",
"girls",
"lasses",
"lassies",
"misses",
"missies",
"nymphs",
"sheilas",
"gamines",
"hoydens",
"pixies",
"romps",
"snips",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subway":{
"as in tunnel , gallery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crawlway",
"gallery",
"tunnel",
"antre",
"cave",
"cavern",
"delve",
"grot",
"grotto",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"hollow",
"excavation",
"mine",
"pit",
"shaft",
"well",
"bunker",
"dugout",
"foxhole",
"burrow",
"covert",
"den",
"hole",
"lair",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"SUVs":{
"as in wagons , hatchbacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantive":{
"sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{
"examples":[
"they've made substantive changes in the nightly newscast"
],
"synonyms":[
"biggish",
"considerable",
"good",
"goodly",
"handsome",
"healthy",
"largish",
"major",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"voluminous",
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"gigantic",
"great",
"herculean",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"whopping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"measly",
"minute",
"paltry",
"petty",
"picayune",
"picayunish",
"piddling",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"marginal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"slight",
"little",
"small",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"miniature",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"smallish"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"insubstantial",
"negligible",
"nominal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"superspy":{
"as in spymaster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spymaster",
"infiltrator",
"informer",
"stool pigeon",
"counterspy",
"double agent",
"sleeper",
"courier",
"agent",
"asset",
"emissary",
"intelligencer",
"mole",
"operative",
"spook",
"spy",
"undercover"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunseekers":{
"as in snowbirds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbirds",
"journeyers",
"pilgrims",
"wayfarers",
"transients",
"guests",
"hostelers",
"hostellers",
"visitors",
"holidayers",
"holidaymakers",
"vacationers",
"vacationists",
"excursionists",
"rubberneckers",
"rubbernecks",
"sightseers",
"tourists",
"travelers",
"travellers",
"trippers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supplying":{
"to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{
"examples":[
"be sure to pack your own towels in case the hostel doesn't supply them"
],
"synonyms":[
"accoutring",
"accoutering",
"equipping",
"fitting (out)",
"furnishing",
"girding",
"kitting (up or out)",
"outfitting",
"provisioning",
"rigging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"stocking",
"storing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"presenting",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"handing out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"allocating",
"allotting",
"assigning",
"arming",
"fortifying",
"preparing",
"reequipping",
"re-equipping",
"refitting",
"refurnishing",
"reoutfitting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"depriving",
"dispossessing",
"divesting",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption":{
"examples":[
"the stable will supply safety helmets, but we need to bring our own riding boots"
],
"synonyms":[
"delivering",
"feeding",
"furnishing",
"giving",
"handing",
"handing over",
"providing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"plying (with)",
"administering",
"allocating",
"apportioning",
"dealing (out)",
"dispensing",
"distributing",
"doling out",
"meting (out)",
"parceling (out)",
"parcelling (out)",
"portioning",
"prorating",
"assigning",
"ceding",
"deeding",
"making over",
"transferring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"keeping up",
"maintaining",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"antonyms":[
"holding (back)",
"keeping (back)",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"withholding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdwarf":{
"as in neutron star , white dwarf":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary star",
"brown dwarf",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"nova",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red dwarf",
"red giant",
"red star",
"supercluster",
"supergiant",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sultanates":{
"as in emirates , principalities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"duchies",
"dukedoms",
"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"democracies",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"oligarchies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"client states",
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"commonwealths",
"countries",
"lands",
"nations",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"states",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"superpowers",
"world powers",
"welfare states"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supervened":{
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"it was not the slow-spreading cancer that caused his death but a supervening heart attack"
],
"synonyms":[
"followed",
"postdated",
"succeeded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displaced",
"replaced",
"superseded",
"supplanted",
"ensued"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedated",
"preceded",
"predated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supporters":{
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
"examples":[
"President Lyndon B. Johnson was a strong supporter of civil rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"advocates",
"advocators",
"apostles",
"backers",
"boosters",
"champions",
"espousers",
"exponents",
"expounders",
"friends",
"gospelers",
"gospellers",
"heralds",
"hierophants",
"high priests",
"paladins",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"protagonists",
"true believers",
"tub-thumpers",
"white knights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loyalists",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"stalwarts",
"adherents",
"cohorts",
"disciples",
"followers",
"interpreters",
"applauders",
"cheerleaders",
"encouragers",
"fellow travelers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enemies",
"foes",
"rivals",
"belittlers",
"critics",
"faultfinders"
],
"antonyms":[
"adversaries",
"antagonists",
"opponents"
]
},
"someone associated with another to give assistance or moral support":{
"examples":[
"even the President's supporters acknowledge that some of the criticism is justified"
],
"synonyms":[
"abettors",
"abetters",
"allies",
"backers",
"bedfellows",
"confederates",
"fellow travelers",
"sympathizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"empathizers",
"well-wishers",
"accessories",
"accessaries",
"accomplices",
"coalitionists",
"collaborationists",
"collaborators",
"adjuncts",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"helpers",
"associates",
"cohorts",
"colleagues",
"fellows",
"partners",
"buddies",
"chums",
"companions",
"comrades",
"confidants",
"cronies",
"familiars",
"friends",
"intimates",
"mates",
"pals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittlers",
"detractors",
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"foes",
"opponents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subjoined":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"subjoined an epilogue that informs the reader of the current doings and whereabouts of the participants in this real-life mystery"
],
"synonyms":[
"added",
"adjoined",
"annexed",
"appended",
"tacked (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affixed",
"attached",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"grafted",
"hitched",
"tagged",
"tied",
"infused",
"injected",
"inserted",
"interfused",
"introduced",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled (up)",
"elongated",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"supplied",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"separated",
"unfastened",
"amputated",
"cut",
"excised",
"lopped (off)",
"severed",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
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"abated",
"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in naming , nicknaming":{
"examples":[],
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"baptizing",
"baptising",
"calling",
"christening",
"cleping",
"denominating",
"designating",
"dubbing",
"entitling",
"labeling",
"labelling",
"naming",
"nominating",
"styling",
"terming",
"titling",
"code-naming",
"nicknaming",
"denoting",
"specifying",
"branding",
"stigmatizing",
"tagging",
"rechristening",
"relabeling",
"relabelling",
"renaming",
"miscalling",
"misnaming",
"mistitling"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subterfuges":{
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"propagandists who use a kind of photographic subterfuge , superimposing one image on another to create a false \"reality\""
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"chicane",
"chicanery",
"gamesmanship",
"hanky-panky",
"jiggery-pokery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"trickery",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"oiliness",
"shadiness",
"sharpness",
"shiftiness",
"shrewdness",
"slickness",
"slipperiness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"treachery",
"underhandedness",
"wiliness",
"crookedness",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"dissimulation",
"double-dealing",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"fakery",
"humbuggery",
"imposture",
"quackery",
"dirty pool",
"dirty tricks",
"design",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"secrecy",
"stealth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artlessness",
"forthrightness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"sincerity",
"candidness",
"candor",
"directness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plainspokenness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submittals":{
"as in submissions , bids":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bids",
"presentations",
"submissions",
"tender",
"advancements",
"nominations",
"recommendations",
"arrangements",
"games",
"ground plans",
"layouts",
"lines",
"plans",
"plots",
"projects",
"strategies",
"systems",
"motions",
"conceptions",
"ideas",
"notions",
"theories",
"thoughts",
"feelers",
"overtures",
"counteroffers",
"counterproposals",
"countersuggestions",
"counter-suggestions",
"offers",
"proffers",
"proposals",
"propositions",
"suggestions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superpatriotism":{
"excessive favoritism towards one's own country":{
"examples":[
"her superpatriotism causes her to assume that countries desperately long to be just like her own"
],
"synonyms":[
"chauvinism",
"jingoism",
"nationalism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loyalty",
"patriotism",
"nativism",
"xenophobia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suckered":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"a notorious imposter who at one time suckered a lot of people into believing that she was the Grand Duchess Anastasia"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozled",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"buffaloed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"caught",
"conned",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"faked out",
"fooled",
"gaffed",
"gammoned",
"gulled",
"had",
"had on",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"hornswoggled",
"humbugged",
"juggled",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled",
"snookered",
"snowed",
"spoofed",
"strung along",
"sucked in",
"took in",
"tricked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kidded",
"put on",
"teased",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"defrauded",
"diddled",
"euchred",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceived"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"suckered millions of desperate dieters with their grossly inflated claims of successful weight loss"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"superheats":{
"as in overheats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overheats",
"heats",
"hots (up)",
"toasts",
"warms",
"reheats",
"rewarms",
"thaws",
"bakes",
"cooks",
"roasts",
"burns",
"chars",
"fires",
"parches",
"scalds",
"scorches",
"sears"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chills",
"cools",
"refrigerates",
"freezes",
"frosts",
"ices",
"supercools"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suctions":{
"as in pumps , draws":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decants",
"draws",
"pumps",
"siphons",
"syphons",
"slops",
"dishes",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"empties",
"exhausts",
"bails",
"buckets",
"dips",
"lades",
"ladles",
"scoops",
"spoons"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pours",
"fills"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suppose":{
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"if we suppose a minimum profit of $10,000 from the charity auction, we should be able to pay for the family's medical expenses"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"call",
"conjecture",
"estimate",
"figure",
"gauge",
"gage",
"guess",
"judge",
"make",
"place",
"put",
"reckon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"deduce",
"extrapolate",
"gather",
"infer",
"reason",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrate",
"measure",
"scale",
"compute",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
"examples":[
"what do you suppose he's going to do with the prize money he won?"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"conjecture",
"daresay",
"guess",
"imagine",
"presume",
"speculate",
"surmise",
"suspect",
"suspicion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"hypothecate",
"hypothesize",
"theorize",
"believe",
"conceive",
"expect",
"judge",
"reckon",
"take",
"think"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"document",
"establish",
"prove",
"substantiate",
"validate",
"ascertain",
"determine",
"find out",
"learn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have as an opinion":{
"examples":[
"voters wrongly supposed that the new mayor would be opposed to letting hazardous waste be transported through the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"allow",
"believe",
"conceive",
"consider",
"deem",
"esteem",
"feel",
"figure",
"guess",
"hold",
"imagine",
"judge",
"reckon",
"think"
],
"near synonyms":[
"regard",
"view",
"accept",
"perceive",
"depend",
"rely",
"trust",
"assume",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"surmise",
"conclude",
"deduce",
"infer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"disbelieve",
"discredit",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{
"examples":[
"had always supposed that her father would bequeath the family farm to her"
],
"synonyms":[
"assume",
"hypothecate",
"hypothesize",
"postulate",
"premise",
"presume",
"presuppose",
"say"
],
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"subconscious":{
"as in unconscious , subliminal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"conditioned",
"natural",
"Pavlovian",
"reactive",
"reflex",
"simple",
"subliminal",
"unconscious",
"unforced",
"visceral",
"automatic",
"instinctive",
"instinctual",
"involuntary",
"knee-jerk",
"mechanic",
"mechanical",
"robotic",
"spontaneous",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"subtle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"definitive",
"explicit",
"express",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"visible"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sunshine":{
"the light given off by the star around which the planet Earth revolves":{
"examples":[
"spent a week at the shore soaking up the sunshine and salt air"
],
"synonyms":[
"sun",
"sunlight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sunburst",
"daylight",
"glare",
"shine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloudiness",
"penumbra",
"shade",
"shadiness",
"shadow",
"umbra"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sub-specialties":{
"as in subfields":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subfields",
"ambits",
"amplitudes",
"breadths",
"compasses",
"confines",
"dimensions",
"extents",
"kens",
"reaches",
"scopes",
"sweeps",
"widths",
"occupations",
"professions",
"pursuits",
"rackets",
"vocations",
"territories",
"turfs",
"turves",
"studies",
"subjects",
"frontiers",
"areas",
"arenas",
"bailiwicks",
"baronies",
"businesses",
"circles",
"demesnes",
"departments",
"disciplines",
"domains",
"elements",
"fiefdoms",
"fiefs",
"fields",
"firmaments",
"fronts",
"games",
"kingdoms",
"lines",
"precincts",
"provinces",
"realms",
"specialties",
"spheres",
"terrains",
"walks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfeited":{
"having one's appetite completely satisfied":{
"examples":[
"surfeited by the Thanksgiving repast, the grown-ups dozed off in front of the TV while the children raised Cain around the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"full",
"replete",
"sated",
"satiate",
"satiated",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glutted",
"gorged",
"overfed",
"overfull",
"overstuffed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"underfed",
"undernourished"
],
"antonyms":[
"empty",
"famished",
"hungry",
"starved",
"starving"
]
},
"to fill with food to capacity":{
"examples":[
"having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"crammed",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"sated",
"stuffed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gobbled",
"gormandized",
"pigged out",
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"cloyed",
"filled",
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"regaled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieted",
"fasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"subordinating":{
"to bring under one's control by force of arms":{
"examples":[
"it is one of the lessons of history that more powerful civilizations often subordinate weaker ones"
],
"synonyms":[
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overpowering",
"pacifying",
"subduing",
"subjecting",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"beating",
"clobbering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mowing (down)",
"overcoming",
"prevailing (over)",
"reducing",
"routing",
"skunking",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"enslaving",
"breaking",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"smothering",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"suppressing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"emancipating",
"enfranchising",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"uncaging",
"unchaining",
"unfettering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"successor":{
"a person who has a job, position, or title after someone else; someone who succeeds another person":{
"examples":[
"The CEO's successor used to be the vice president here.",
"the successor to the throne"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"superseder",
"backup",
"cover",
"designated hitter",
"fill-in",
"locum tenens",
"pinch hitter",
"relief",
"replacement",
"reserve",
"stand-in",
"sub",
"substitute",
"alternate",
"understudy",
"apology",
"makeshift",
"stopgap",
"agent",
"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"surrogate",
"assistant",
"reliever",
"second"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"susceptibility":{
"the quality or state of having little resistance to some outside agent":{
"examples":[
"his aunt's unfortunate susceptibility to viruses meant she was nearly always sick",
"a country parson who had a well-known susceptibility to anyone with a hard-luck story"
],
"synonyms":[
"defenselessness",
"vulnerability",
"weakness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"helplessness",
"powerlessness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"infirmity",
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"predisposition",
"proneness",
"sensitivity",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"easiness",
"gullibility",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"credulity",
"credulousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immunity",
"impenetrability",
"indomitability",
"indomitableness",
"invincibility"
],
"antonyms":[
"invulnerability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsumed":{
"to have as part of a whole":{
"examples":[
"games and team sports are subsumed under the classification of \"recreation\""
],
"synonyms":[
"carried",
"comprehended",
"contained",
"embraced",
"encompassed",
"entailed",
"included",
"involved",
"numbered",
"took in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comprised",
"consisted (of)",
"bracketed",
"had",
"held",
"owned",
"possessed",
"admitted",
"received",
"composed",
"constituted",
"formed",
"made",
"assimilated",
"embodied",
"incorporated",
"integrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"denied",
"refused",
"rejected",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"ruled out",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced"
],
"antonyms":[
"excluded",
"left (out)",
"missed out",
"omitted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"superscripts":{
"as in superscriptions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"superscriptions",
"greetings",
"salutations",
"subheadings",
"subheads",
"subtitles",
"catchwords",
"guide words",
"running heads",
"banners",
"streamers",
"captions",
"headers",
"headings",
"headlines",
"heads",
"rubrics",
"titles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substantial":{
"having great meaning or lasting effect":{
"examples":[
"substantial changes to the school dress code that made a lot of people unhappy"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"earth-shattering",
"earthshaking",
"eventful",
"historic",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"monumental",
"much",
"significant",
"tectonic",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"strategic",
"earnest",
"grave",
"heavy",
"serious",
"sincere",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"central",
"critical",
"crucial",
"essential",
"key",
"pivotal",
"seminal",
"vital"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltry",
"petty",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"small",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"of a size greater than average of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the amount he inherited was quite substantial , so he quit his job and set out to see the world"
],
"synonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"boxcar",
"bulky",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"husky",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"tidy",
"voluminous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"Brobdingnagian",
"bumper",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"hellacious",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"Himalayan",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"leviathan",
"major",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"super",
"super-duper",
"supersized",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"vasty",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"excessive",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"extreme",
"immoderate",
"inordinate",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"copious",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"capacious",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious"
],
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"diminutive",
"half-pint",
"infinitesimal",
"Lilliputian",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"petite",
"slender",
"slight",
"slim",
"thin"
],
"antonyms":[
"bantam",
"dinky",
"dwarf",
"dwarfish",
"little",
"puny",
"shrimpy",
"small",
"smallish",
"undersized",
"undersize"
]
},
"relating to or composed of matter":{
"examples":[
"the Land of Oz turned out to be a world of dreams, even less substantial than a rainbow"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"material",
"physical"
],
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"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"embodied",
"fleshly",
"apparent",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"seeable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"touchable",
"visible",
"objective",
"phenomenal",
"bulky",
"heavy",
"hefty",
"massive",
"ponderous",
"solid",
"weighty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bodiless",
"discarnate",
"disembodied",
"formless",
"incorporeal",
"unbodied",
"ethereal",
"insubstantial",
"unsubstantial",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"unnoticeable",
"airy",
"diaphanous",
"gossamery",
"tenuous",
"thin",
"vaporous",
"wispish",
"metaphysical",
"spiritual"
],
"antonyms":[
"immaterial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical"
]
},
"sufficiently large in size, amount, or number to merit attention":{
"examples":[
"there's been a substantial increase in attendance at girls' volleyball games ever since the start of their winning streak"
],
"synonyms":[
"biggish",
"considerable",
"good",
"goodly",
"handsome",
"healthy",
"largish",
"major",
"respectable",
"significant",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantive",
"tidy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"voluminous",
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"bumper",
"colossal",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"gigantic",
"great",
"herculean",
"huge",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"whopping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"measly",
"minute",
"paltry",
"petty",
"picayune",
"picayunish",
"piddling",
"puny",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"marginal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"slight",
"little",
"small",
"tiny",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"bitty",
"diminutive",
"miniature",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"smallish"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"insubstantial",
"negligible",
"nominal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suppliers":{
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"examples":[
"paper suppliers",
"They are the biggest supplier of books in the area."
],
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"distributors",
"providers",
"provisioners",
"purveyors",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"traffickers",
"businessmen",
"enterprisers",
"entrepreneurs",
"buyers",
"marketers",
"purchasers",
"hawkers",
"hucksters",
"hustlers",
"peddlers",
"pedlars",
"retailers",
"sellers",
"shopkeepers",
"storekeepers",
"vendors",
"venders",
"engrossers",
"monopolists",
"jobbers",
"middlemen",
"wholesalers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supervises":{
"to be in charge of":{
"examples":[
"for each sailboat an experienced hand is assigned to supervise a novice seaman"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosses",
"captains",
"handles",
"heads",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"quarterbacks",
"superintends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administers",
"commands",
"controls",
"directs",
"guides",
"manages",
"orders",
"runs",
"shepherds",
"shows",
"steers",
"monitors",
"presides (over)",
"governs",
"reigns",
"rules"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"supervises all the affairs of the athletic club, including hiring someone to run the summer tennis camp"
],
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"administers",
"administrates",
"carries on",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"handles",
"keeps",
"manages",
"operates",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"superintends",
"tends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"watches",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"micromanages",
"stage-manages",
"codirects",
"comanages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"we need someone to supervise the construction project while the foreman is in the hospital"
],
"synonyms":[
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"oversees",
"superintends",
"tends",
"watches"
],
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"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"manages",
"operates",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"guards",
"patrols",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"shields",
"babies",
"babysits",
"chaperones",
"chaperons",
"mothers",
"shepherds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"passes over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"succeeds":{
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"the advertising campaign that finally succeeded used humor to sell the product"
],
"synonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"works out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catches on",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"cooks",
"percolates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languishes",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"craters",
"crumbles",
"flames out",
"chokes",
"cracks up",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"falls down",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"fails",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"washes out"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"if you want to succeed in show business, you have to feel comfortable in front of an audience"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrives",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"to come after in time":{
"examples":[
"only the results on election day will tell who will succeed the current president"
],
"synonyms":[
"follows",
"postdates",
"supervenes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants",
"ensues"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antedates",
"precedes",
"predates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suffused":{
"to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle":{
"examples":[
"she was suffused with an overwhelming feeling of liberation as her horse broke into a gallop"
],
"synonyms":[
"endued",
"indued",
"imbued",
"inculcated",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"charged",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"leavened",
"implanted",
"instilled",
"planted",
"impregnated",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"saturated",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"filled",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deprived",
"divested",
"stripped",
"stript",
"cleared",
"emptied",
"eliminated",
"removed",
"took (away)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to spread throughout":{
"examples":[
"a living room suffused with warm sunlight"
],
"synonyms":[
"interpenetrated",
"percolated (into)",
"permeated",
"pervaded",
"riddled",
"transfused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffused (through)",
"impregnated",
"passed (into)",
"penetrated",
"filled (up)",
"drenched",
"imbued",
"infused",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"flooded",
"glutted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substance":{
"the basic elements from which something can be developed":{
"examples":[
"many thought that the mayor's speech lacked substance because specific proposals for solving the city's problems were few"
],
"synonyms":[
"making",
"material",
"raw material",
"stuff",
"timber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"possibility",
"potential",
"potentiality",
"matter",
"metal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
"examples":[
"tireless caring and nurturing that was the very substance of maternal love"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"quiddity",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heart",
"spirit",
"alpha and omega",
"center",
"core",
"keynote",
"marrow",
"pith",
"seat",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"aspect",
"attribute",
"feature",
"property",
"gist",
"kernel",
"nub"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the total of one's money and property":{
"examples":[
"measure the worth of a person not by his earthly substance but by his good deeds"
],
"synonyms":[
"assets",
"capital",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"wealth",
"wherewithal",
"worth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"bankroll",
"deep pockets",
"finances",
"funds",
"money",
"wallet",
"abundance",
"affluence",
"prosperity",
"success",
"treasure",
"valuables",
"accession",
"acquisition",
"personal property",
"personalty",
"property",
"nest egg",
"reserve",
"resources",
"savings",
"treasury"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"examples":[
"the question of whether the soul is a substance entirely independent of the body"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"commodity",
"entity",
"existent",
"individual",
"individuality",
"integer",
"object",
"reality",
"something",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"body",
"subject",
"material",
"matter",
"quantity",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonentity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sups":{
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
"examples":[
"the old mariner took a sup of grog and began his tale"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts",
"drafts",
"drags",
"drinks",
"gulps",
"nips",
"quaffs",
"shots",
"sips",
"slugs",
"snorts",
"swallows",
"swigs",
"swills"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drams",
"drops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"supped the broth slowly"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts (down)",
"drinks",
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"hoists",
"imbibes",
"knocks back",
"pounds (down)",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slugs (down)",
"slurps",
"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":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"supportable":{
"capable of being defended with good reasoning against verbal attack":{
"examples":[
"are there ever circumstances where laws that restrict a person's freedom of speech are supportable ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"defendable",
"defensible",
"justifiable",
"maintainable",
"sustainable",
"tenable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"well-grounded",
"acceptable",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"exceptionable",
"legitimate",
"passable",
"unobjectionable",
"viable",
"warrantable",
"confirmable",
"provable",
"verifiable",
"explainable",
"explicable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absurd",
"illogical",
"irrational",
"ridiculous",
"unsound",
"extreme",
"outrageous",
"unreasonable",
"groundless",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"unfounded",
"inexplicable",
"unexplainable"
],
"antonyms":[
"indefensible",
"insupportable",
"unjustifiable",
"unsustainable",
"untenable"
]
},
"capable of being endured":{
"examples":[
"her beloved cat had been rescued from the burning house, making her other losses at least supportable"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearable",
"endurable",
"sufferable",
"sustainable",
"tolerable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"livable",
"liveable",
"survivable",
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"admissible",
"allowable",
"permissible",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agonizing",
"appalling",
"awful",
"bad",
"cruel",
"dire",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"harrowing",
"harsh",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"horrifying",
"lurid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nasty",
"nightmarish",
"painful",
"rotten",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"tormenting",
"torturous",
"unfortunate",
"vicious",
"vile",
"wretched",
"unacceptable",
"acute",
"extreme",
"intense",
"piercing",
"abhorrent",
"deplorable",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"sickening",
"abominable",
"evil",
"foul",
"heinous",
"noxious",
"odious",
"unspeakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"insufferable",
"insupportable",
"intolerable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"unsupportable"
]
},
"capable of being proven as true or real":{
"examples":[
"the news editor simply assumed the facts of the story were supportable and did not assign it to a fact checker"
],
"synonyms":[
"checkable",
"confirmable",
"demonstrable",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"provable",
"sustainable",
"verifiable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certifiable",
"documentable",
"well-founded",
"defensible",
"excusable",
"justifiable",
"vindicable",
"warrantable",
"alleged",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"surmised",
"suspected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debatable",
"disprovable",
"disputable",
"refutable"
],
"antonyms":[
"indemonstrable",
"insupportable",
"unprovable",
"unsupportable",
"unsustainable",
"unverifiable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subtleness":{
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
"examples":[
"the subtleness with which the boutique owner convinces you that you have to have that outrageously priced article of clothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"guilefulness",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtlety",
"wiliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculation",
"care",
"design",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"cleverness",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"inventiveness",
"ease",
"facility",
"finesse",
"deceitfulness",
"duplicity",
"shiftiness",
"underhandedness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdivision":{
"as in subdepartment":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subdepartment",
"agency",
"arm",
"branch",
"bureau",
"department",
"desk",
"division",
"office",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sundowners":{
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"sundowners showing up at a sheep station looking for work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bindle stiffs",
"bummers",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"swaggies",
"swagmen",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"vagrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifters",
"roamers",
"transients",
"beggars",
"derelicts",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"stiffs",
"dodgers",
"malingerers",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"gamines",
"ragamuffins",
"urchins",
"waifs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subdue":{
"to achieve a victory over":{
"examples":[
"subdued her fear of the dark by joining a club for spelunkers"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"defeat",
"dispatch",
"do down",
"get",
"get around",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"skunk",
"stop",
"surmount",
"take",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"upend",
"win (against)",
"worst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"blow out",
"bomb",
"break",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"crush",
"drub",
"finish",
"flatten",
"overwhelm",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"slaughter",
"smoke",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trounce",
"upset",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"subjugate",
"unseat",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend"
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"fall",
"give up",
"go down",
"go under",
"collapse",
"fail",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"wash out"
],
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"lose (to)"
]
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"examples":[
"subdued the rebels and sent their leaders to the gallows"
],
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"conquer",
"dominate",
"overpower",
"pacify",
"subject",
"subjugate",
"subordinate",
"vanquish"
],
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"annihilate",
"beat",
"clobber",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"mow (down)",
"overcome",
"prevail (over)",
"reduce",
"rout",
"skunk",
"smash",
"thrash",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"enslave",
"break",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"smother",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
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"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"labored through the night to subdue the river's rising waters by building a wall of sandbags around their property"
],
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"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"substitutable":{
"capable of being substituted in place of one another":{
"examples":[
"for our purposes, the quart and the liter are close enough to be substitutable for one another"
],
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"commutable",
"exchangeable",
"fungible",
"interchangeable",
"switchable"
],
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"replaceable"
],
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"noninterchangeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supernal":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"an absolutely supernal performance of the concerto by a 16-year old prodigy"
],
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"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"of, relating to, or suggesting heaven":{
"examples":[
"a couple enjoying the supernal joys of parenthood for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"celestial",
"elysian",
"empyreal",
"empyrean",
"ethereal",
"heavenly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly",
"unworldly",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"beatific",
"blissful",
"Olympian",
"paradisiacal",
"paradisiac",
"utopian",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"galactic",
"stellar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrestrial",
"worldly",
"anti-utopian",
"dystopian"
],
"antonyms":[
"chthonic",
"chthonian",
"hellish",
"infernal",
"plutonian",
"sulfurous",
"Tartarean"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sutured":{
"to close up with a series of interlacing stitches":{
"examples":[
"the doctor cleaned, sutured , and bandaged the wound"
],
"synonyms":[
"darned",
"sewed",
"stitched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mended",
"patched",
"repaired",
"basted",
"eased",
"felled",
"finished",
"overcast",
"cross-stitched",
"embroidered",
"crocheted",
"knit",
"knitted",
"quilted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surcharges":{
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"contends that with the present tax structure, the state's lower-income residents are being surcharged and the wealthiest residents are getting off too lightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouges",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"stings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheats",
"defrauds",
"sticks",
"clips",
"fleeces",
"skins",
"mischarges"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharges"
]
},
"as in surtaxes , supertaxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supertaxes",
"surtaxes",
"capitations",
"customs",
"excises",
"hidden taxes",
"income taxes",
"poll taxes",
"property taxes",
"sales taxes",
"single taxes",
"sin taxes",
"tariffs",
"tolls",
"tributes",
"value-added taxes",
"withholding taxes",
"death taxes",
"estate taxes",
"inheritance taxes",
"direct taxes",
"personal taxes",
"flat taxes",
"proportional taxes",
"assessments",
"duties",
"impositions",
"imposts",
"levies",
"taxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in overloads":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overloads",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"manifests",
"consignments",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses",
"burdens",
"cargoes",
"cargos",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads",
"weights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sued (for)":{
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"after another devastating attack, the nation sued for peace"
],
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"asked (for)",
"bespoke",
"called (for)",
"desired",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"quested",
"requested",
"solicited",
"sought",
"spoke (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (for)",
"begged (for)",
"claimed",
"clamored (for)",
"importuned",
"urged",
"wished (for)",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"insisted (on)",
"petitioned (for)",
"pressed (for)",
"required",
"requisitioned",
"invited",
"invoked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surrounds":{
"to form a circle around":{
"examples":[
"she was surrounded by cheering fans within moments of scoring the winning goal"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"compasses",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girds",
"rings",
"wreathes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circumscribes",
"closes in",
"cordons (off)",
"fences (in)",
"hems (in)",
"walls",
"besets",
"besieges",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"invests",
"swarms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{
"examples":[
"the vast, featureless surround of the desert was strangely appealing to him"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambients",
"atmospheres",
"climates",
"climes",
"contexts",
"contextures",
"environments",
"environs",
"mediums",
"media",
"milieus",
"milieux",
"mise-en-sc\u00e8nes",
"settings",
"surroundings",
"terrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locations",
"places",
"positions",
"spaces",
"backdrops",
"backgrounds",
"elements",
"situations",
"statuses",
"geographies",
"habitats",
"microenvironments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"succubus":{
"as in nightmare , incubus":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunburst":{
"as in starburst":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"starburst",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"glory",
"halo",
"nimbus",
"aura",
"corona"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sunbeam , moonbeam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moonbeam",
"sunbeam",
"beam",
"ray",
"shaft",
"laser",
"spotlight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sun , sunlight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sun",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"glare",
"shine",
"daylight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloudiness",
"penumbra",
"shade",
"shadiness",
"shadow",
"umbra"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunbonnet":{
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
"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",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"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"
]
},
"supernumeraries":{
"as in walk-ons , extras":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extras",
"spear-carriers",
"walk-ons",
"coactors",
"co-actors",
"costars",
"co-stars",
"monologuists",
"monologists",
"leading ladies",
"leading men",
"leads",
"stars",
"prima donnas",
"scene-stealers",
"actresses",
"starlets",
"doubles",
"understudies",
"barnstormers",
"enactors",
"entertainers",
"performers",
"comedians",
"farceurs",
"actors",
"impersonators",
"mummers",
"players",
"thespians",
"thesps",
"troupers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surprises":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"the anniversary party was such a complete surprise that the couple was speechless for a moment"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshells",
"jars",
"jaw-droppers",
"jolts",
"stunners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shocks",
"thunderclaps",
"eye-openers",
"revelations",
"shockers",
"amazements",
"marvels",
"wonders",
"fillips",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"twists",
"wrinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being strongly impressed by something unexpected or unusual":{
"examples":[
"stared in utter surprise at the deer in his cabin"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazements",
"astonishments",
"shocks",
"startlements",
"stupefactions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"awes",
"wonderments",
"wonders",
"startles",
"bewilderments",
"confusions",
"consternations",
"discomfitures",
"dismays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a setup in which hidden attackers lie in wait":{
"examples":[
"waited under cover of darkness and took the enemy encampment by surprise at dawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"ambushments",
"traps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"charges",
"sallies",
"captures",
"entrapments",
"mousetraps",
"snares",
"huntings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
"examples":[
"I was very surprised when my parents offered to pay the down payment on our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"amazes",
"astonishes",
"astounds",
"bowls over",
"dumbfounds",
"dumfounds",
"flabbergasts",
"floors",
"rocks",
"shocks",
"startles",
"stuns",
"stupefies",
"thunderstrikes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"befuddles",
"bewilders",
"blindsides",
"blows away",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"dazes",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"dismays",
"jars",
"muddles",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"perplexes",
"shakes up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lie in wait for and attack by surprise":{
"examples":[
"FBI agents surprised the counterfeiters in their own base of operations"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"waylays"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"jumps",
"mugs",
"pounces (on)",
"tackles",
"charges",
"sallies",
"captures",
"ensnares",
"entraps",
"mousetraps",
"nets",
"snares",
"traps",
"hunts",
"preys (on or upon)",
"stalks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"subdepartments":{
"as in subdivisions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subdivisions",
"agencies",
"arms",
"branches",
"bureaus",
"bureaux",
"departments",
"desks",
"divisions",
"offices",
"services"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suggestible":{
"as in vulnerable , susceptible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"unwary",
"vulnerable",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"impressionable",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"persuasible",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressionable",
"insensitive",
"insusceptible",
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"seasoned",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"suspicious":{
"giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{
"examples":[
"suspicious claims of being the rightful owner of the property"
],
"synonyms":[
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"equivocal",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"so-called",
"supposed",
"moot",
"ambiguous",
"open",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"definitive",
"clear",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"positive"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable"
]
},
"inclined to doubt or question claims":{
"examples":[
"suspicious of any menu dish having a name she can't pronounce"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbelieving",
"distrustful",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"mistrustful",
"negativistic",
"questioning",
"show-me",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"unbelieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"critical",
"puzzled",
"quizzical",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"gun-shy",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"cynical",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"curious",
"inquiring",
"inquisitive",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"snoopy",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"unsettled",
"unsure",
"hesitant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"certain",
"confident",
"positive",
"sure",
"callow",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"beguiled",
"deceived",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary"
],
"antonyms":[
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"uncritical",
"unquestioning"
]
},
"not feeling sure about the truth, wisdom, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{
"examples":[
"you should be very suspicious of those telephone calls from people telling you that you're the winner of a contest you never entered"
],
"synonyms":[
"distrustful",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"hinky",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"trustless",
"uncertain",
"unconvinced",
"undecided",
"unsettled",
"unsure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambivalent",
"conflicted",
"equivocal",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"halting",
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"irresolute",
"vacillating",
"wavering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"confident",
"sanguine",
"self-assured",
"decisive",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"certain",
"convinced",
"positive",
"sure"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sundials":{
"as in hourglasses , sandglasses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clepsydras",
"clepsydrae",
"hourglasses",
"sandglasses",
"water clocks",
"alarm clocks",
"atomic clocks",
"cuckoo clocks",
"grandfather clocks",
"time clocks",
"chronographs",
"stopwatches",
"watches",
"chronometers",
"clocks",
"timekeepers",
"timepieces",
"timers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subsists":{
"to have life":{
"examples":[
"a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathes",
"exists",
"is",
"lives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abides",
"continues",
"endures",
"holds on",
"holds up",
"keeps (on)",
"kicks",
"lasts",
"leads",
"persists",
"rules",
"runs on",
"survives",
"moves",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappears",
"evaporates",
"vanishes",
"ceases",
"desists",
"discontinues",
"ends",
"quits",
"stops",
"abates",
"dies (down)",
"ebbs",
"lets up",
"moderates",
"subsides",
"wanes"
],
"antonyms":[
"departs",
"dies",
"expires",
"passes away",
"perishes",
"succumbs"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supreme court":{
"the highest court of law in a country or U.S. state":{
"examples":[
"Supreme Court justices"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"high court",
"bar",
"bench",
"forum",
"tribunal",
"judicatory",
"judicature",
"judiciary",
"civil court",
"criminal court",
"trial court",
"court-martial",
"drumhead court-martial",
"inquisition",
"kangaroo court"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superpowers":{
"an extremely powerful nation":{
"examples":[
"The country had become an economic superpower ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"world powers",
"commonwealths",
"countries",
"lands",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"states",
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"duchies",
"dukedoms",
"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"sultanates",
"democracies",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"oligarchies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"client states",
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"welfare states"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfacing":{
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
"examples":[
"no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
"emerging",
"materializing",
"springing (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appearing",
"coming out",
"showing up",
"turning up",
"chancing",
"coming",
"coming about",
"falling out",
"going off",
"going (on)",
"happening",
"happing",
"occurring",
"passing",
"transpiring",
"interfering",
"interposing",
"intervening",
"intruding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate the surface (as of water) from below":{
"examples":[
"a submarine surfaced on the starboard side of the aircraft carrier"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"broaching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emerging",
"rising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"dropping",
"drowning",
"foundering",
"plunging",
"sinking",
"submerging",
"submersing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"succumbs":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"he finally succumbed and let his wife get rid of his dilapidated easy chair"
],
"synonyms":[
"blinks",
"bows",
"budges",
"capitulates",
"concedes",
"gives in",
"knuckles under",
"quits",
"relents",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesces",
"defers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contends",
"fights",
"holds off",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands"
],
"antonyms":[
"resists"
]
},
"to give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit)":{
"examples":[
"refused to succumb to her fears and defiantly walked through the dark cemetery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bows",
"caves (in)",
"gives in",
"submits",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"indulges",
"wallows",
"acquiesces (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"buckles (under)",
"knuckles under",
"gives over (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"fights",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"rejects",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"restrains",
"stifles"
],
"antonyms":[
"holds off",
"resists"
]
},
"to stop living":{
"examples":[
"the patient lay so still and pale that everyone thought he had succumbed , and then he opened his eyes"
],
"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",
"pops off",
"steps out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"predeceases",
"consumes",
"disappears",
"dries up",
"fades",
"fails"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comes to",
"revives",
"lingers",
"exists",
"is",
"subsists",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives"
],
"antonyms":[
"breathes",
"lives"
]
},
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
"examples":[
"the doctor worked tirelessly until finally he, too, succumbed to the fever"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitulates",
"falls",
"gives up",
"knuckles under",
"submits",
"surrenders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bows",
"buckles",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"gives (in)",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"loses",
"concedes",
"fails",
"folds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bucks",
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands",
"beats",
"overcomes",
"wins",
"conquers",
"prevails",
"triumphs"
],
"antonyms":[
"endures",
"stands"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subbed":{
"to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{
"examples":[
"the weekend anchor is subbing for the station's main anchor all this week",
"she subbed for middle school teachers in the district as needed"
],
"synonyms":[
"covered",
"filled in",
"pinch-hit",
"stepped in",
"stood in",
"substituted",
"took over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"understudied",
"relieved",
"spelled",
"doubled (as)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supped":{
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"examples":[
"supped the broth slowly"
],
"synonyms":[
"belted (down)",
"drank",
"gulped",
"guzzled",
"hoisted",
"imbibed",
"knocked back",
"pounded (down)",
"quaffed",
"sipped",
"slugged (down)",
"slurped",
"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"
]
},
"supernatural":{
"of, relating to, or being part of a reality beyond the observable physical universe":{
"examples":[
"believes in ghosts, guardian angels, and other supernatural beings"
],
"synonyms":[
"metaphysical",
"otherworldly",
"paranormal",
"preternatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mystic",
"mystical",
"occult",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"spiritistic",
"spiritualistic",
"extrasensory",
"supersensible",
"supersensory",
"celestial",
"divine",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"numinous",
"spiritual",
"unworldly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural"
]
},
"being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature":{
"examples":[
"he seems to read books with supernatural speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"magical",
"miraculous",
"phenomenal",
"preternatural",
"superhuman",
"supernormal",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"uncanny",
"unearthly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bizarre",
"curious",
"eerie",
"eery",
"far-out",
"funny",
"grotesque",
"kinky",
"outlandish",
"out-of-the-way",
"outrageous",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"screwy",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"wild",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"shocking",
"aberrant",
"atypical",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"flaky",
"freak",
"freakish",
"idiosyncratic",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"prodigious",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"unique",
"unnatural",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"unconventional",
"uncustomary",
"unorthodox",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"expected",
"familiar",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of, relating to, or being God":{
"examples":[
"believed he had a supernatural calling to join the ministry"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"divine",
"godlike",
"godly",
"heavenly",
"holy",
"sacred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eternal",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"all-powerful",
"almighty",
"omnipotent",
"omniscient",
"supreme"
],
"near antonyms":[
"human",
"mortal",
"natural"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spirit , demon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"angel",
"demigod",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"spirit",
"deity",
"divinity",
"god"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subsisting":{
"as in being , surviving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"surviving",
"alive",
"animate",
"live",
"living",
"quick",
"booming",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"roaring",
"thriving",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dying",
"moribund",
"expiring",
"fading",
"passing away",
"sinking",
"decadent",
"declining",
"deteriorating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have life":{
"examples":[
"a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"breathing",
"existing",
"living"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abiding",
"continuing",
"enduring",
"holding on",
"holding up",
"keeping (on)",
"kicking",
"lasting",
"leading",
"persisting",
"ruling",
"running on",
"surviving",
"moving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearing",
"evaporating",
"vanishing",
"ceasing",
"desisting",
"discontinuing",
"ending",
"quitting",
"stopping",
"abating",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"departing",
"dying",
"expiring",
"passing away",
"perishing",
"succumbing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sugar daddy":{
"one that helps another with gifts or money":{
"examples":[
"the only reason the town has any Independence Day fireworks in the first place is because the Internet tycoon has willingly become the event's de facto sugar daddy"
],
"synonyms":[
"angel",
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefactress",
"patroness",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist",
"altruist",
"bestower",
"contributor",
"giver",
"helper",
"subscriber",
"supporter",
"guardian angel",
"protector",
"savior",
"saviour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee",
"recipient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superior":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"that superior sportscaster lets it be known that he thinks all foreign baseball teams are second-rate"
],
"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",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"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 or displaying feelings of scorn for what is regarded as beneath oneself":{
"examples":[
"the superior attitude of the store owner's son drove the other employees crazy"
],
"synonyms":[
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"prideful",
"proud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"self-assertive",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"arrogant",
"pretentious",
"sniffy",
"snobbish",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"cavalier",
"overbearing",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"swaggering",
"high-sounding",
"pompous",
"condescending",
"patronizing",
"cocky",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"bloated",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"self-glorifying",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"forward",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"confident",
"presuming",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"bossy",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"egocentric",
"self-centered",
"selfish",
"dominating",
"magisterial",
"masterful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"homely",
"meek",
"unassuming",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"ingratiating",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"unassertive",
"yielding",
"apologetic",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"shrinking",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"subdued",
"unobtrusive"
],
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"humble",
"lowly",
"modest"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a five-star restaurant known for its superior wine list"
],
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"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
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"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a university known for attracting superior scientists and mathematicians"
],
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"astral",
"bright",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"luminous",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"redoubtable",
"signal",
"star"
],
"near synonyms":[
"celebrated",
"exalted",
"famed",
"famous",
"glorious",
"honored",
"renowned",
"reputable",
"infamous",
"notorious",
"dominant",
"paramount",
"predominant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificant",
"minor",
"unimportant",
"average",
"inferior",
"mediocre",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unsung"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is above another in rank, station, or office":{
"examples":[
"if a customer is rude to you, report it to your superior and she'll handle it"
],
"synonyms":[
"better",
"elder",
"senior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boss",
"chief",
"head",
"leader",
"master"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assistant",
"deputy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"underling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"subtracts (from)":{
"as in reduces , decreases":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"deflates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"reduces",
"retrenches",
"shrinks",
"slashes",
"tapers",
"abates",
"compresses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts",
"cuts down",
"pares",
"prunes",
"trims",
"abstracts",
"digests",
"encapsulates",
"epitomizes",
"recapitulates",
"summarizes",
"sums up",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"elides",
"shortens",
"syncopates",
"truncates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"enlarges",
"expands",
"supplements",
"adds",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"balloons",
"boosts",
"dilates",
"escalates",
"heightens",
"increases",
"maximizes",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"blows up",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sugarloaves":{
"as in domes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"ridges",
"sierras",
"foothills",
"hillocks",
"hummocks",
"knobs",
"knolls",
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"crags",
"precipices",
"steeps",
"tors",
"downs",
"buttes",
"mesas",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"alps",
"mountains",
"mounts",
"peaks",
"altitudes",
"elevations",
"eminences",
"heights",
"highlands",
"hills",
"humps",
"mounds",
"prominences",
"rises",
"uplands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowlands",
"dales",
"dells",
"depressions",
"dingles",
"glens",
"hollows",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"fens",
"flats",
"floodplains",
"plains",
"tidewaters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sullies":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"people that sully our state parks with their trash",
"a once-gleaming marble interior sullied by decades of exposure to cigarette smoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouls",
"begrimes",
"bemires",
"besmirches",
"blackens",
"daubs",
"dirties",
"distains",
"fouls",
"gaums",
"grimes",
"mires",
"mucks",
"muddies",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"soils",
"stains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminates",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"discolors",
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"dishevels",
"disorders",
"draggles",
"jumbles",
"messes",
"muddles",
"collies",
"crocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminates",
"purges",
"purifies",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes",
"brushes",
"dry-cleans",
"dusts",
"launders",
"mops",
"rinses",
"scours",
"scrubs",
"sweeps",
"washes",
"wipes",
"brightens",
"deodorizes",
"freshens",
"renews",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleans",
"cleanses"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surfer":{
"as in browser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browser",
"cybercitizen",
"cybernaut",
"cybersurfer",
"netizen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superwomen":{
"as in supermoms":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"supermoms",
"mamas",
"mammas",
"mommas",
"mammies",
"mas",
"maters",
"mommies",
"moms",
"old ladies",
"materfamiliases",
"matriarchs",
"matrons",
"stepmothers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sundress":{
"as in shirtdress , minidress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chemise",
"coatdress",
"granny dress",
"housedress",
"jumper",
"kimono",
"kirtle",
"minidress",
"Mother Hubbard",
"muumuu",
"overdress",
"sack",
"sheath",
"shift",
"shirtdress",
"shirtwaist",
"sweaterdress",
"tea gown",
"dress",
"frock",
"gown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sucking":{
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular"
],
"synonyms":[
"biting",
"smelling",
"stinking"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rocking",
"ruling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suck in":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"examples":[
"she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozle",
"beguile",
"bluff",
"buffalo",
"burn",
"catch",
"con",
"cozen",
"deceive",
"delude",
"dupe",
"fake out",
"fool",
"gaff",
"gammon",
"gull",
"have",
"have on",
"hoax",
"hoodwink",
"hornswoggle",
"humbug",
"juggle",
"misguide",
"misinform",
"mislead",
"snooker",
"snow",
"spoof",
"string along",
"sucker",
"take in",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"kid",
"put on",
"tease",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"euchre",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion"
],
"antonyms":[
"undeceive"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subsociety":{
"as in subculture":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subculture",
"civilization",
"culture",
"life",
"lifestyle",
"society",
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklore",
"heritage",
"legacy",
"tradition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sundowner":{
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"sundowners showing up at a sheep station looking for work"
],
"synonyms":[
"bindle stiff",
"bum",
"bummer",
"hobo",
"swaggie",
"swagman",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"derelict",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"stiff",
"dodger",
"malingerer",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supremacist":{
"a person who believes that one race is superior to others":{
"examples":[
"one of the most notorious groups of white supremacists"
],
"synonyms":[
"racialist",
"racist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"segregationist",
"bigot",
"sectarian"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"antiracist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sunrooms":{
"as in solaria , sunporches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeping porches",
"solaria",
"solariums",
"sunporches",
"galilees",
"porticoes",
"porticos",
"porte cocheres",
"galleries",
"lanais",
"piazzas",
"piazze",
"porches",
"stoops",
"verandas",
"verandahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"substances":{
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
"examples":[
"tireless caring and nurturing that was the very substance of maternal love"
],
"synonyms":[
"beings",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"natures",
"quiddities",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hearts",
"spirits",
"alpha and omegas",
"centers",
"cores",
"keynotes",
"marrows",
"piths",
"seats",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"incarnations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"aspects",
"attributes",
"features",
"properties",
"gists",
"kernels",
"nubs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"examples":[
"the question of whether the soul is a substance entirely independent of the body"
],
"synonyms":[
"beings",
"commodities",
"entities",
"existents",
"individualities",
"individuals",
"integers",
"objects",
"realities",
"things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bodies",
"subjects",
"materials",
"matters",
"quantities",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonentities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"superlative":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"the New England town meeting is a superlative example of grassroots democracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"as in exaggeration , hyperbole":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caricature",
"coloring",
"elaboration",
"embellishment",
"embroidering",
"embroidery",
"exaggeration",
"hyperbole",
"magnification",
"overstatement",
"padding",
"stretching",
"hype",
"puffery",
"fabrication",
"misrepresentation",
"amplification",
"enhancement",
"fudging",
"hedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meiosis",
"understatement",
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"minimizing",
"poor-mouthing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"surveillants":{
"as in observers , patrols":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"observers",
"patrols",
"spotters",
"watchdogs",
"custodians",
"guardians",
"guards",
"keepers",
"lookouts",
"minders",
"pickets",
"sentinels",
"sentries",
"wardens",
"warders",
"watchers",
"watches",
"watchmen",
"bodyguards",
"convoys",
"defenders",
"escorts",
"honor guards",
"gatekeepers",
"hacks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submersions":{
"as in dips , immersions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dips",
"immersions",
"dives",
"pitches",
"plunges",
"falls",
"plumps",
"slips",
"spills",
"stumbles",
"tumbles",
"descents",
"drops",
"belly flops",
"headers",
"jackknives",
"swan dives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jumps",
"leaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sucks":{
"to be objectionable or unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"it's amazing that a song that sucks so bad can be so popular"
],
"synonyms":[
"bites",
"smells",
"stinks"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"rocks",
"rules"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"subdwarfs":{
"as in neutron stars , white dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"novas",
"novae",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"subpoenaing":{
"as in citing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"citing",
"calling",
"hailing",
"summoning",
"assembling",
"calling out",
"calling up",
"convening",
"convoking",
"mustering",
"asking",
"bidding",
"inviting",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"requesting",
"requisitioning",
"beckoning",
"demanding",
"invoking",
"buzzing",
"knelling",
"paging",
"ringing",
"whistling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dismissing",
"sending (away)",
"turning away",
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"casting out",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"surtouts":{
"as in jackets , parkas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jackets",
"parkas",
"chesterfields",
"frock coats",
"mackinaws",
"ulsters",
"oilskins",
"raincoats",
"sou'westers",
"greatcoats",
"overcoats",
"surcoats",
"topcoats",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoats"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surveilled":{
"as in monitored , spied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monitored",
"snooped",
"spied",
"bugged",
"tapped",
"wiretapped",
"attended",
"heard",
"hearkened",
"harkened",
"heeded",
"minded",
"eavesdropped (on)",
"listened in (on)",
"overheard"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suits":{
"a court case for enforcing a right or claim":{
"examples":[
"filed a suit against the company that had manufactured the faulty heater, claiming they were responsible for the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"actions",
"lawsuits",
"proceedings"
],
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"litigations",
"cases",
"causes",
"complaints",
"counterclaims",
"countersuits",
"counter-suits",
"cross actions",
"cross-claims"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"O Lord of Heaven, hear our humble suit"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjurations",
"appeals",
"conjurations",
"cries",
"desires",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"pleas",
"prayers",
"solicitations",
"suppliances",
"supplications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applications",
"requisitions",
"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"no, a second-floor room won't suit if there's no elevator, since one of us has a disability"
],
"synonyms":[
"befits",
"beseems",
"does",
"fits",
"goes",
"serves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfies",
"suffices",
"functions",
"works"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"the location of our hotel suited us just fine"
],
"synonyms":[
"agrees (with)",
"contents",
"delights",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"gladdens",
"glads",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"rejoices",
"satisfies",
"warms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"soothes",
"assuages",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"excites",
"tickles",
"titillates",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"treats",
"captivates",
"charms",
"galvanizes",
"thrills",
"calms",
"comforts",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"crosses",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"piques",
"puts out",
"ruffles",
"vexes",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"steams up",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"agitates",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"frets",
"upsets",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offends"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeases"
]
},
"to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes":{
"examples":[
"went to the party suited in a strange getup that he'd picked out himself"
],
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"apparels",
"arrays",
"attires",
"bedecks",
"caparisons",
"clothes",
"costumes",
"decks (out)",
"does up",
"dresses",
"dresses up",
"enrobes",
"garbs",
"garments",
"gets up",
"gowns",
"habits",
"invests",
"rigs (out)",
"robes",
"togs (up or out)",
"toilets",
"vestures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"jackets",
"mantles",
"vests",
"drapes",
"enswathes",
"haps",
"huddles",
"swaddles",
"swathes",
"wraps",
"accoutres",
"accouters",
"bedights",
"equips",
"furnishes",
"habilitates",
"outfits",
"tailors",
"uniforms",
"dresses down",
"underdresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denudes",
"divests",
"uncovers",
"undrapes",
"unveils"
],
"antonyms":[
"disarrays",
"disrobes",
"strips",
"unclothes",
"undresses",
"untrusses"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"a bohemian by nature, she would have to suit her behavior to the corporate culture"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"puts",
"shapes",
"tailors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"surrogates":{
"a person or thing that fulfills the role of someone or something else":{
"examples":[
"The children's aunt acted as a surrogate for their late mother."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backups",
"covers",
"designated hitters",
"fill-ins",
"locum tenentes",
"pinch hitters",
"reliefs",
"replacements",
"reserves",
"stand-ins",
"subs",
"substitutes",
"standbys",
"alternates",
"understudies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"ambassadors",
"ambassadresses",
"diplomatists",
"diplomats",
"emissaries",
"foreign ministers",
"legates",
"plenipotentiaries",
"attach\u00e9s",
"charg\u00e9s d'affaires",
"consuls",
"nuncios",
"apologies",
"makeshifts",
"stopgaps",
"assistants",
"relievers",
"seconds",
"successors",
"superseders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"surfeiting":{
"to fill with food to capacity":{
"examples":[
"having surfeited ourselves on raw oysters, we had to decline the rest of the restaurant's offerings"
],
"synonyms":[
"cramming",
"glutting",
"gorging",
"sating",
"stuffing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gobbling",
"gormandizing",
"pigging out",
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"cloying",
"filling",
"banqueting",
"feasting",
"regaling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieting",
"fasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sure-handedness":{
"as in handiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"handiness",
"flexibility",
"gracefulness",
"limberness",
"litheness",
"loose-jointedness",
"suppleness",
"sure-footedness",
"coordination",
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"finesse",
"prowess",
"agility",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"nimbleness",
"sleight",
"spryness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"gaucheness",
"gawkiness",
"gawkishness",
"gracelessness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"klutziness",
"ungainliness",
"disability",
"inability",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"debilitation",
"disablement",
"impairment",
"incapacitation",
"unhandiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sucklings":{
"as in foundlings , nurslings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"foundlings",
"nurslings",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"preemies",
"premies",
"babes",
"babies",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"children",
"infants",
"neonates",
"newborn",
"newborns",
"bantlings",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"boys",
"nippers",
"tads",
"juveniles",
"minors",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths",
"imps",
"squirts",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"girls",
"hoydens",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adults",
"grown-ups",
"elders",
"graybeards",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supersedes":{
"to take the place of":{
"examples":[
"that edition of the dictionary that you have has been superseded by a more recent one"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuts out",
"displaces",
"displants",
"relieves",
"replaces",
"substitutes",
"supplants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preempts",
"usurps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"superimposed":{
"as in underlying , overlaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"allover",
"overlaying",
"superposed",
"underlying",
"coextensive",
"coincident",
"coinciding",
"conterminous",
"coterminous",
"conjoining",
"crisscrossing",
"intersecting",
"overlapping",
"coaxial",
"concurrent",
"convergent",
"congruent",
"conjunctional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonconcurrent",
"noncongruent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sucker punching":{
"as in rabbit-punching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rabbit-punching",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"scuffing",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supplication":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"the Red Cross made an urgent supplication for donations of food and blankets for the earthquake victims"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"solicitation",
"suit",
"suppliance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supersizing":{
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to supersize our contributions to our retirement fund"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerating",
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"building up",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"swelling",
"upping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booming",
"jumping",
"skyrocketing",
"spiking",
"bumping (up)",
"ratcheting (up)",
"racheting (up)",
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"drawing out",
"elongating",
"fleshing (out)",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching",
"developing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"beefing (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"collecting",
"following up",
"parlaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"minifying",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"supersonic":{
"as in jet , jetliner":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jet",
"jetliner",
"superjet",
"supersonic transport",
"trijet",
"turbojet",
"turboprop",
"freighter",
"tanker",
"aerospace plane",
"rocket plane",
"aerodyne",
"aircraft",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"airframe",
"airship",
"ship",
"tractor",
"bomber",
"fighter",
"jump jet",
"torpedo bomber",
"warplane",
"airliner",
"air taxi",
"liner",
"amphibian",
"seaplane",
"aeroplane",
"airplane",
"plane",
"biplane",
"lightplane",
"tilt-rotor",
"towplane",
"trimotor",
"triplane",
"glider",
"sailplane"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"summerlike":{
"as in sweltering , summery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"steamy",
"summery",
"sweltering",
"torrid",
"damp",
"humid",
"muggy",
"sticky",
"sultry",
"semitropical",
"semitropic",
"subhumid",
"subtropical",
"subtropic",
"tropic",
"tropical",
"close",
"heavy",
"oppressive",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"stuffy",
"suffocating",
"clammy",
"dank",
"moist",
"awash",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry",
"bracing",
"cool",
"crisp",
"fresh",
"invigorating",
"refreshing",
"arid",
"baked",
"burned",
"burnt",
"dehydrated",
"desert",
"droughty",
"dusty",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared",
"semiarid",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"waterless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"submersion":{
"as in dip , immersion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dip",
"immersion",
"dive",
"pitch",
"plunge",
"fall",
"plump",
"slip",
"spill",
"stumble",
"tumble",
"descent",
"drop",
"belly flop",
"header",
"jackknife",
"swan dive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"jump",
"leap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supercontinents":{
"as in subcontinents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subcontinents",
"continents",
"landmasses",
"mainlands",
"mains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"islands",
"isles",
"islets",
"atolls",
"barrier reefs",
"cays",
"coral reefs",
"keys",
"capes",
"headlands",
"peninsulas",
"promontories"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"supreme":{
"highest in rank or authority":{
"examples":[
"the supreme commander of the multinational force"
],
"synonyms":[
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"high",
"lead",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supereminent",
"top"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-level",
"senior",
"controlling",
"directing",
"managing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"coming before all others in importance":{
"examples":[
"in our house, watching baseball reigns supreme as the activity of choice on summer evenings"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
]
},
"of the greatest or highest degree or quantity":{
"examples":[
"considers a letter of gratitude from a former student the supreme reward for his years of teaching"
],
"synonyms":[
"consummate",
"last",
"max",
"maximum",
"most",
"nth",
"outside",
"paramount",
"top",
"ultimate",
"utmost",
"uttermost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassed",
"biggest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"littlest",
"minutest",
"smallest",
"tiniest",
"lowest",
"fewest"
],
"antonyms":[
"least",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"slightest"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"subsequent":{
"being, occurring, or carried out at a time after something else":{
"examples":[
"I'll do the first problem as an example, but all subsequent efforts must be done on your own"
],
"synonyms":[
"after",
"ensuing",
"later",
"posterior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"behind",
"belated",
"delayed",
"late",
"slow",
"closing",
"concluding",
"eventual",
"final",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"ultimate",
"following"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advance",
"advanced",
"early",
"premature"
],
"antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"anterior",
"fore",
"foregoing",
"former",
"precedent",
"preceding",
"previous",
"prior"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"supercooling":{
"as in freezing , icing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"freezing",
"frosting",
"icing",
"quick-freezing",
"air-conditioning",
"ventilating",
"chilling",
"cooling",
"refrigerating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heating",
"toasting",
"warming",
"baking",
"boiling",
"broiling",
"steaming",
"heat-treating",
"tempering",
"microwaving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Sunday school":{
"as in yeshiva , madrassa":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"madrassa",
"madrasa",
"madrassah",
"madrasah",
"yeshiva",
"yeshivah",
"charter school",
"magnet school",
"minischool",
"common school",
"elementary school",
"grammar school",
"high school",
"junior high school",
"kindergarten",
"middle school",
"primary school",
"public school",
"secondary school",
"senior high school",
"trade school",
"training school",
"boarding school",
"prep",
"preparatory school",
"prep school",
"academe",
"academy",
"school",
"seminary"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"submitted (to)":{
"as in deferred (to) , surrendered (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deferred (to)",
"surrendered (to)",
"yielded (to)",
"adhered (to)",
"complied (with)",
"conformed (to)",
"followed",
"goose-stepped (to)",
"minded",
"obeyed",
"observed",
"acceded (to)",
"acquiesced (to)",
"agreed (to)",
"assented (to)",
"attended",
"heard",
"heeded",
"listened (to)",
"marked",
"noted",
"noticed",
"regarded",
"took",
"watched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defied",
"disobeyed",
"rebelled (against)",
"disobliged",
"challenged",
"dared",
"refused",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"directed",
"led",
"brushed (off)",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"tuned out",
"winked (at)",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"breached",
"broke",
"infringed",
"transgressed",
"violated",
"derided",
"flouted",
"mocked",
"scoffed (at)",
"scorned",
"mutinied (against)",
"revolted (against)",
"bucked",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"disputed",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}