4351 lines
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4351 lines
86 KiB
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{
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"bias":{
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"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allergy",
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"averseness",
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"aversion",
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"disfavor",
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"disinclination",
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"dislike",
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"disliking",
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"disrelish",
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"distaste",
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"detachment",
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"impartiality",
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"neutrality",
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"objectivity",
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"apathy",
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"disinterestedness",
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"indifference",
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"insouciance",
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"nonchalance",
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"unconcern"
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],
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"related":[
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"favor",
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"one-sidedness",
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"partisanship",
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"prejudice",
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"endowment",
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"faculty",
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"flair",
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"gift",
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"knack",
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"talent",
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"addiction",
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"appetite",
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"fancy",
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"fondness",
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"like",
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"liking",
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"preference",
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"taste",
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"forte",
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"speciality",
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"specialty",
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"convention",
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"custom",
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"habit",
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"pattern",
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"practice",
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"practise",
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"routine",
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"trick",
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"way",
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"wont",
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"eccentricity",
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"idiosyncrasy",
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"kink",
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"oddity",
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"peculiarity",
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"quirk",
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"singularity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affection",
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"affinity",
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"aptitude",
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"bent",
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"bone",
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"devices",
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"disposition",
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"genius",
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"habitude",
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"impulse",
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"inclination",
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"leaning",
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"partiality",
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"penchant",
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"predilection",
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"predisposition",
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"proclivity",
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"propensity",
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"tendency",
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"turn"
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]
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},
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"an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{
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"antonyms":[
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"impartiality",
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"neutrality",
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"objectivity",
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"open-mindedness",
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"unbiasedness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"detachment",
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"dispassion",
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"indifference",
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"aversion",
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"dislike",
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"distaste",
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"hate",
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"scunner"
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],
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"related":[
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"chauvinism",
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"cronyism",
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"favoritism",
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"nepotism",
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"self-opinionatedness",
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"self-partiality",
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"bent",
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"inclination",
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"leaning",
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"penchant",
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"predilection",
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"predisposition",
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"proclivity",
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"propensity",
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"tendency",
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"preconception",
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"prejudgment",
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"prepossession"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"favor",
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"nonobjectivity",
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"one-sidedness",
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"partiality",
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"parti pris",
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"partisanship",
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"ply",
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"prejudice",
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"tendentiousness"
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]
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},
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"in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"made of fabric cut bias"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"lengthwise",
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"longitudinally"
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],
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"related":[
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"across"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"athwart",
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"cornerways",
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"cornerwise",
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"crossways",
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"crosswise",
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"diagonally",
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"kitty-corner",
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"catty-corner",
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"catercorner",
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"kitty-cornered",
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"catty-cornered",
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"catercornered",
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"obliquely",
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"transversely"
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]
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},
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"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"dispose",
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"incline",
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"predispose",
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"influence",
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"prepossess",
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"convince",
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"persuade",
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"suggest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"poison",
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"prejudice",
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"turn"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"biases":{
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"a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"allergies",
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"aversions",
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"disfavors",
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"disinclinations",
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"dislikes",
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"disrelishes",
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"distastes",
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"detachments",
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"impartialities",
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"neutralities",
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"objectivities",
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"apathies",
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"indifferences",
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"insouciances",
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"nonchalances"
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],
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"related":[
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"favors",
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"partisanships",
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"prejudices",
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"endowments",
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"faculties",
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"flairs",
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"gifts",
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"knacks",
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"talents",
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"addictions",
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"appetites",
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"fancies",
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"likes",
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"likings",
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"preferences",
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"tastes",
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"fortes",
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"specialities",
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"specialties",
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"conventions",
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"customs",
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"habits",
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"patterns",
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"practices",
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"practises",
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"routines",
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"tricks",
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"ways",
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"wonts",
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"eccentricities",
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"idiosyncrasies",
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"kinks",
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"oddities",
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"peculiarities",
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"quirks",
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"singularities"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affections",
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"affinities",
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"aptitudes",
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"bents",
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"bones",
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"devices",
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"dispositions",
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"geniuses",
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"genii",
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"habitudes",
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"impulses",
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"inclinations",
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"leanings",
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"partialities",
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"penchants",
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"predilections",
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"predispositions",
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"proclivities",
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"propensities",
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"tendencies",
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"turns"
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]
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},
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"to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"disposes",
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"inclines",
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"predisposes",
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"influences",
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"prepossesses",
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"convinces",
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"persuades",
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"suggests"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"poisons",
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"prejudices",
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"turns"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"biblical":{
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"relating to, taken from, or found in the Bible":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a biblical passage",
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"The city was a center for trade in biblical times."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"bibliography":{
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"as in glossary , index":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bickers":{
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"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"after a prolonged bicker , they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"clashes",
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"run-ins",
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"skirmishes",
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"tangles",
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"tussles",
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"logomachies",
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"feuds",
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"vendettas",
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"attacks",
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"contentions",
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"dissensions",
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"dissentions",
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"debates",
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"differences",
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"disputations",
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"fusses",
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"objections",
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"protestations",
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"protests",
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"affrays",
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"fisticuffs",
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"fracases",
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"fracas",
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"frays",
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"free-for-alls",
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"melees",
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"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
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"catfights"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercations",
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"argle-bargles",
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"arguments",
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"argy-bargies",
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"battles royal",
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"battle royals",
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"battles royale",
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"battle royales",
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"brawls",
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"contretemps",
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"controversies",
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"cross fires",
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"disagreements",
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"disputes",
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"donnybrooks",
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"fallings-out",
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"falling-outs",
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"fights",
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"hassles",
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"imbroglios",
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"kickups",
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"misunderstandings",
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"quarrels",
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"rhubarbs",
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"rows",
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"scraps",
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"set-tos",
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"spats",
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"squabbles",
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"tiffs",
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"wrangles"
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]
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},
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"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coexists",
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"gets along",
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"accepts",
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"agrees",
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"assents",
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"concurs",
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"consents"
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],
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"related":[
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"challenges",
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"dares",
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"defies",
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"clashes",
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"contends",
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"contests",
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"tangles",
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"cavils",
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"fusses",
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"nitpicks",
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"considers",
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"debates",
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"discusses",
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"kicks",
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"objects",
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"protests"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercates",
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"argues",
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"argufies",
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"brabbles",
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"brawls",
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"controverts",
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"disputes",
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"falls out",
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"fights",
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"hassles",
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"jars",
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"quarrels",
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"quibbles",
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"rows",
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"scraps",
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"spats",
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"squabbles",
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"tiffs",
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"wrangles"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bicolored":{
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"as in two-tone , two-toned":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"bicycle":{
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"a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the range of the boy's explorations vastly expanded when he acquired his first bicycle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"mountain bike",
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"tandem bicycle",
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"ten-speed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bike",
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"cycle",
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"push-bike",
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"push bicycle",
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"two-wheeler",
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"velocipede"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bided":{
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"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"declined",
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"dismissed",
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"refused",
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"rejected",
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"repudiated",
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"spurned",
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"turned down",
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"combated",
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"combatted",
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"contested",
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"fought",
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"opposed",
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"resisted",
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"avoided",
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"bypassed",
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"circumvented",
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"dodged",
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"eluded",
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"escaped",
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"evaded",
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"missed",
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"abstained (from)",
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"forborne",
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"refrained (from)"
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],
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"related":[
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"allowed",
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"permitted",
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"suffered",
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"swallowed",
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"reconciled (to)",
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"acquiesced",
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"agreed (with or to)",
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"assented (to)",
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"capitulated",
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"consented (to)",
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"respected",
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"submitted (to)",
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"yielded (to)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abided",
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"abode",
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"absorbed",
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"accepted",
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"borne",
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"born",
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"brooked",
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"countenanced",
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"endured",
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"gone",
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"hacked",
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"handled",
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"met",
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"pocketed",
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"stomached",
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"stood",
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"stuck out",
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"supported",
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"sustained",
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"sweat out",
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"sweated out",
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"taken",
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"tolerated",
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"worn"
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]
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},
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"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"hung around",
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"lingered",
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"remained",
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"stuck around",
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"tarried",
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"stood by",
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"anticipated",
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"expected",
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"watched (for)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"awaited",
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"held on",
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"stayed",
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"waited"
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]
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},
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"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
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"antonyms":[
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"ceased",
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"closed",
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"concluded",
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"desisted",
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"died",
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"discontinued",
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"ended",
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"expired",
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"finished",
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"lapsed",
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"left off",
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"passed",
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"stopped",
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"terminated",
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"wound up",
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"winded up"
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],
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"examples":[
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"how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abated",
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"died (down)",
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"ebbed",
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"let up",
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"moderated",
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"subsided",
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"waned"
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],
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"related":[
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"lingered",
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"stayed",
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"stuck around",
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"tarried",
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"carried through",
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"prevailed",
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"survived"
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"perdured",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"run on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bids":{
|
|
"an effort to do or accomplish something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dramatic film that is widely regarded as the comedian's last-ditch bid to be taken seriously as an actor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"strivings",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"trial and errors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assays",
|
|
"attempts",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"obeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"observes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"petitions",
|
|
"requests",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"beseeches",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adjures",
|
|
"bosses (around)",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to request the presence or participation of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"summons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asks",
|
|
"invites"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"biffing":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the elderly woman swung her purse and biffed the mugger upside the head"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"scuffing",
|
|
"bunting",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"stroking",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"butting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"prodding",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"dumping",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"rabbit-punching",
|
|
"sucker punching",
|
|
"caning",
|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"sledgehammering",
|
|
"sledging",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"beaning",
|
|
"braining",
|
|
"conking",
|
|
"skulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bifurcate":{
|
|
"to undergo division into two parts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bifurcation":{
|
|
"a movement in different directions away from a common point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"convergence"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thoughtful book about the nation's bifurcation into two distinct and antagonistic cultures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"similarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"discrepancy",
|
|
"disparateness",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"dissidence",
|
|
"dissimilarity",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"distinctness",
|
|
"diversity",
|
|
"unlikeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"divarication",
|
|
"divergence",
|
|
"divergency",
|
|
"separation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unification",
|
|
"union"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a divisive issue that caused the bifurcation of the political party"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"association",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"conjunction",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"linkage",
|
|
"linkup",
|
|
"aggregation",
|
|
"combination",
|
|
"consolidation",
|
|
"fusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"severance",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disassembly",
|
|
"dismemberment",
|
|
"segmentation",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"atomization",
|
|
"dichotomization",
|
|
"polarization",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"dispersal",
|
|
"dispersion",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"administration",
|
|
"apportionment",
|
|
"distribution",
|
|
"isolation",
|
|
"seclusion",
|
|
"segregation",
|
|
"sequestration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"cleavage",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"disunion",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"fractionalization",
|
|
"fractionation",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"separation",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"big houses":{
|
|
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outsides"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bull pens",
|
|
"cages",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"wards",
|
|
"glasshouses",
|
|
"guardhouses",
|
|
"hulks",
|
|
"concentration camps",
|
|
"gulags",
|
|
"labor camps",
|
|
"prison camps",
|
|
"stalags",
|
|
"work camps",
|
|
"dungeons",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"oubliettes",
|
|
"reformatories",
|
|
"reform schools",
|
|
"training schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastilles",
|
|
"bridewells",
|
|
"brigs",
|
|
"calabooses",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"coolers",
|
|
"coops",
|
|
"guardrooms",
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"hoosegows",
|
|
"jailhouses",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"jugs",
|
|
"lockups",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"penitentiaries",
|
|
"pens",
|
|
"pokeys",
|
|
"prisons",
|
|
"quods",
|
|
"slammers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"stockades",
|
|
"tolbooths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bigheaded":{
|
|
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"egoless",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"uncomplacent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's become bigheaded since winning that literary award"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-critical",
|
|
"self-distrustful",
|
|
"self-doubting",
|
|
"self-reproachful",
|
|
"self-reproving",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"unarrogant",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"overmodest",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sheepish",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blusterous",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"braggy",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"swaggering",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"assumptive",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"chesty",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"fastuous",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"peremptory",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"toplofty",
|
|
"toploftical",
|
|
"uppish",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"holier-than-thou",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"self-adulatory",
|
|
"self-congratulatory",
|
|
"self-contented",
|
|
"self-gratulatory",
|
|
"self-applauding",
|
|
"self-dramatizing",
|
|
"self-glorifying",
|
|
"self-promoting",
|
|
"self-affected",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"condescending",
|
|
"patronizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"biggety",
|
|
"biggity",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"swellheaded",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bigwig":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big gun",
|
|
"big leaguer",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"big-timer",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy hitter",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"high-muck-a-muck",
|
|
"high-muckety-muck",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"major leaguer",
|
|
"muckety-muck",
|
|
"muck-a-muck",
|
|
"mucky-muck",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bilge":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bilk":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \"owner\" just a bilk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extort",
|
|
"wrench",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gouge",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"milk",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"rope (in)",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"fast-talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"chouse",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"ream",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shake down",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"thimblerig",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bilker":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the \"victim\" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bilking":{
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bill of fare":{
|
|
"a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Tonight's bill of fare will include pan-seared scallops and rack of lamb."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"cuisine",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"card",
|
|
"menu"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She volunteered to hand out the bills of fare at the door."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"card",
|
|
"dance card",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agenda",
|
|
"calendar",
|
|
"docket",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"schedule",
|
|
"timetable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billboarded":{
|
|
"as in billed , bulletined":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billed":{
|
|
"as in assessed , invoiced":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in called , declared":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in nestled , cuddled":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billfold":{
|
|
"as in wallet":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billings":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billowing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outward beyond a usual point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the curtains in the open windows billowed in the summer wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"shrinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"doming",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"stretching"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"bellying",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pooching",
|
|
"pouching",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"standing out",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bin":{
|
|
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a storage bin for hats and gloves",
|
|
"put plastics in this recycling bin , and glass in that one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carton",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"footlocker",
|
|
"sea chest",
|
|
"coffer",
|
|
"lockbox",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"safe-deposit box",
|
|
"strongbox",
|
|
"coffin",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"canteen",
|
|
"caisson",
|
|
"hope chest",
|
|
"minaudi\u00e8re",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"hatbox",
|
|
"jewel box",
|
|
"snuffbox",
|
|
"tinderbox"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"box",
|
|
"caddy",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"casket",
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"locker",
|
|
"trunk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"binds":{
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with our vacation week fast approaching, and no arrangements for the care of our pets, we were in a serious bind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store owner held the would-be burglar in a makeshift bind until the police officers could arrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"straitjackets",
|
|
"straightjackets",
|
|
"fasteners",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"hold-downs",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"ties"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bonds",
|
|
"bracelets",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"ligatures",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unfetters",
|
|
"unshackles"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prisons tend to bind convicted criminals for transport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"unties",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"hog-ties",
|
|
"irons",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"fastens",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"enfetters",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"gyves",
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"pinions",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a bandage":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bind the wound to stop the bleeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicates",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bandages",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"swathes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"unties"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bind the asparagus spears carefully before packing the bunches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unfastens",
|
|
"unlaces",
|
|
"unlashes",
|
|
"unloosens",
|
|
"unlooses",
|
|
"unstraps",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"unthreads",
|
|
"unleashes",
|
|
"untethers",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unsnarls",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"untwines",
|
|
"untwists",
|
|
"uncoils",
|
|
"unspools",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"wires",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"girts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"leashes",
|
|
"tethers",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"interweaves",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"trusses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"biplane":{
|
|
"as in tilt-rotor , triplane":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bird's-eye":{
|
|
"relating to the main elements and not to specific details":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close-up",
|
|
"delineated",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"molecular",
|
|
"particularized",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bird's-eye look at the current situation in that part of the world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"mapped (out)",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"enumerated",
|
|
"inventoried",
|
|
"itemized",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"peculiar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"panoramic",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"indeterminate",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"nondescript",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"unspecified"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"overall"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birdbrained":{
|
|
"lacking in seriousness or maturity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"unfrivolous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a birdbrained neighbor who is forever giving me tacky tchotchkes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"staid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"inane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"giggly",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ditzy",
|
|
"ditsy",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"featherbrained",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"light-minded",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"yeasty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"thinking",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cretinous",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"bonehead",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"birthrights":{
|
|
"something that is or may be inherited":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"believed that the house was her birthright"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"heirlooms",
|
|
"bestowals",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"offerings",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequests",
|
|
"heritages",
|
|
"inheritances",
|
|
"legacies",
|
|
"patrimonies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something to which one has a just claim":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the promotion is his birthright , after the work he put in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"dibs",
|
|
"dues",
|
|
"entitlements",
|
|
"perquisites",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"pretensions",
|
|
"privileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appanages",
|
|
"apanages",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"rights"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bisecting":{
|
|
"to divide by passing through or across":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crisscrossing",
|
|
"decussating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"intersecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bitchy":{
|
|
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"snakelike",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mean-spirited",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bite (on)":{
|
|
"to crush or grind with the teeth":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ruminate",
|
|
"munch",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"ingest",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up or down)",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"scarf",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peck (at)",
|
|
"pick (at)",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"mumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"champ",
|
|
"chaw",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"chomp (on)",
|
|
"crunch (on)",
|
|
"gnaw (on)",
|
|
"masticate",
|
|
"nibble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bite-size":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bitter":{
|
|
"causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitter wind was stinging the faces of the skiers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"tingling",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"stinging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"difficult to endure":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitter lesson about money and friendship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cozy",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposeful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"uncomfortable",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardhanded",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"trying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitter cry of grief"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dirgelike",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"triste",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolesome",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"discovering that he had been cut from the crew team was a bitter disappointment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearable",
|
|
"endurable",
|
|
"supportable",
|
|
"sustainable",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"livable",
|
|
"liveable",
|
|
"sufferable",
|
|
"survivable",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"allowable",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"insufferable",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"intolerable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unbearable",
|
|
"unendurable",
|
|
"unsupportable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"dire",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"piercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"excruciating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"harrowing",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitter February day for this part of the country"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"equatorial",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cryogenic",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"ultracold",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitter attitude about always having to work on Saturday",
|
|
"she's still bitter about how her family treated her so unfairly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caring",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"disaffected",
|
|
"discontented",
|
|
"disgruntled",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"knock-down, drag-out",
|
|
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"sore"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"grateful",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to face the bitter truth about their marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"felicitous",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"gnarly",
|
|
"god-awful",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"hellish",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"nauseous",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"revulsive",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"seamy",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unholy",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"crappy",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"crummy",
|
|
"crumby",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sucky",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"icky",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"uncongenial",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"uncomfortably cool":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitter , rainy day"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"warmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"frore",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"bitty":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"very small in size":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"astronomical",
|
|
"astronomic",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"planetary",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a little bitty kitten that I could hold in my hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"vasty",
|
|
"voluminous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"diminutive",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"half-pint",
|
|
"Lilliputian",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"micro",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minikin",
|
|
"model",
|
|
"petite",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"pocket-size",
|
|
"pocket-sized",
|
|
"pygmy",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"smallish",
|
|
"dinky",
|
|
"dwarfish",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"pint-size",
|
|
"pint-sized",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"undersized",
|
|
"undersize"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atomic",
|
|
"bitsy",
|
|
"infinitesimal",
|
|
"itty-bitty",
|
|
"itsy-bitsy",
|
|
"little bitty",
|
|
"microminiature",
|
|
"microscopic",
|
|
"microscopical",
|
|
"miniature",
|
|
"minuscule",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"teensy",
|
|
"teensy-weensy",
|
|
"teeny",
|
|
"teeny-weeny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"wee",
|
|
"weeny",
|
|
"weensy"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"bichrome":{
|
|
"as in two-tone , two-toned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"binomials":{
|
|
"as in monomials":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bikes":{
|
|
"a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bicycles",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"push-bikes",
|
|
"push bicycles",
|
|
"two-wheelers",
|
|
"velocipedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mountain bikes",
|
|
"tandem bicycles",
|
|
"ten-speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bigheartedness":{
|
|
"the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because of the bigheartedness of her coworkers, she was able to present the charity with a fat check"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"commiseration",
|
|
"compassion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"good-heartedness",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"kindheartedness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"largeheartedness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"pity",
|
|
"ruth",
|
|
"softheartedness",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"warmheartedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"feelings",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"rapport",
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"benignancy",
|
|
"benignity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"humaneness",
|
|
"humanism",
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callousness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"disinterest",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"harshness",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"dislike",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"hostility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coldheartedness",
|
|
"hard-heartedness",
|
|
"inhumanity",
|
|
"inhumanness",
|
|
"mercilessness",
|
|
"pitilessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being generous":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the commendable bigheartedness of that upscale restaurateur, who uses a portion of her profits to fund a soup kitchen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bides":{
|
|
"to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"perdures",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"runs on"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"carries through",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"brooks",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"sweats out",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"wears"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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 remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"awaits",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"waits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hangs around",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"sticks around",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"stands by",
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"expects",
|
|
"watches (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"big boys":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
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"when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big cheeses",
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"bigfeet",
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"bigfoots",
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"biggies",
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"big guns",
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"big leaguers",
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"bigs",
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"big shots",
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"big-timers",
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"big wheels",
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"bigwigs",
|
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"fat cats",
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"heavies",
|
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"heavy hitters",
|
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"heavyweights",
|
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"high-muck-a-mucks",
|
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"high-muckety-mucks",
|
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"honchos",
|
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"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"muckety-mucks",
|
|
"muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"mucky-mucks",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"big wheels":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rose in the ranks to become a big wheel on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big boys",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
|
"bigfeet",
|
|
"bigfoots",
|
|
"biggies",
|
|
"big guns",
|
|
"big leaguers",
|
|
"bigs",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"big-timers",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"heavies",
|
|
"heavy hitters",
|
|
"heavyweights",
|
|
"high-muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"high-muckety-mucks",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"major leaguers",
|
|
"muckety-mucks",
|
|
"muck-a-mucks",
|
|
"mucky-mucks",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"nawabs",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nobs",
|
|
"pooh-bahs",
|
|
"poo-bahs",
|
|
"wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
|
"tsars",
|
|
"tzars",
|
|
"kings",
|
|
"lions",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"princes",
|
|
"princesses",
|
|
"queens",
|
|
"tycoons",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"shrimps",
|
|
"twerps",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"zeros",
|
|
"zeroes",
|
|
"zilches"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"billy clubs":{
|
|
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rapping the shoes of the sleeping vagrant with his billy club , the officer told him to move on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastinadoes",
|
|
"bastinades",
|
|
"batons",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"billies",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"nightsticks",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"rungs",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"shillelaghs",
|
|
"shillalahs",
|
|
"staffs",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"truncheons",
|
|
"waddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"knobkerries",
|
|
"maces",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"crabsticks",
|
|
"hickories",
|
|
"rattans",
|
|
"staves",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"gavels",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"mallets",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"sledgehammers",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"crosiers",
|
|
"croziers",
|
|
"walking sticks",
|
|
"whangees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bit the dust":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ."
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"succumbed",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceased",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"came to",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"lived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"big gun":{
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"big boy",
|
|
"big cheese",
|
|
"big leaguer",
|
|
"big shot",
|
|
"big wheel",
|
|
"big-timer",
|
|
"bigfoot",
|
|
"biggie",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"fat cat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavy hitter",
|
|
"heavyweight",
|
|
"high-muck-a-muck",
|
|
"high-muckety-muck",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"kahuna",
|
|
"kingfish",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"major leaguer",
|
|
"muckety-muck",
|
|
"muck-a-muck",
|
|
"mucky-muck",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"nawab",
|
|
"nibs",
|
|
"nob",
|
|
"pooh-bah",
|
|
"poo-bah",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
|
"lion",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"mogul",
|
|
"prince",
|
|
"princess",
|
|
"queen",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"VIP"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"underling",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"obscurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |