14799 lines
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14799 lines
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{
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"fabricate":{
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"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"with a few inexpensive materials from a craft shop, we were able to fabricate our own holiday wreath"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disassemble",
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"dismantle",
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"take apart",
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"break up",
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"dismember",
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"abolish",
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"annihilate",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"eradicate",
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"exterminate",
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"extinguish",
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"flatten",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"ruin",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"wreck",
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"blow up",
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"explode"
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],
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"related":[
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"assemble",
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"build",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"make up",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up",
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"structure",
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"throw up",
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"craft",
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"handcraft",
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"hew",
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"forge",
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"mold",
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"shape",
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"cobble (together or up)",
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"knock out",
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"patch (together)",
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"throw up",
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"prefabricate",
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"create",
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"invent",
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"mint",
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"originate",
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"establish",
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"father",
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"institute",
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"organize",
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"concoct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"design",
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"devise",
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"imagine",
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"think (up)",
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"conceive",
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"envisage",
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"picture",
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"visualize",
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"refashion",
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"remake",
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"remanufacture"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fashion",
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"form",
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"frame",
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"make",
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"manufacture",
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"produce"
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]
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},
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"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"fabricated a daring plan to create an underground explosion that would take the enemy totally by surprise"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clone",
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"copy",
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"copycat",
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"duplicate",
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"imitate",
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"mimic",
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"reduplicate",
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"replicate",
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"reproduce"
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],
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"related":[
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"coin",
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"design",
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"hatch",
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"produce",
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"daydream",
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"dream",
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"fantasize",
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"conceive",
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"envisage",
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"envision",
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"imagine",
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"picture",
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"vision",
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"visualize",
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"ad-lib",
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"extemporize",
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"improvise"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"concoct",
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"construct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"devise",
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"drum up",
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"excogitate",
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"invent",
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"make up",
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"manufacture",
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"think (up)",
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"trump up",
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"vamp (up)"
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]
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},
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"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
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"antonyms":[
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"demount",
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"disassemble",
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"dismantle",
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"dismember",
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"knock down",
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"strike",
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"take down",
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"tear down"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the house was essentially fabricated at the factory and then shipped to the site for assembly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"devastate",
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"flatten",
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"level",
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"pull down",
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"pulverize",
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"raze",
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"ruin",
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"ruinate",
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"shatter",
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"smash",
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"wreck",
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"blow up",
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"explode",
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"detach",
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"disengage",
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"disconnect",
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"disjoin",
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"disunite",
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"divide",
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"separate"
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],
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"related":[
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"carpenter",
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"fashion",
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"forge",
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"frame",
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"hammer",
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"handcraft",
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"manufacture",
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"mold",
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"produce",
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"shape",
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"prefabricate",
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"begin",
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"coin",
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"create",
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"generate",
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"inaugurate",
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"initiate",
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"innovate",
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"invent",
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"originate",
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"constitute",
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"establish",
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"father",
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"found",
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"institute",
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"organize",
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"conceive",
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"concoct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"design",
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"devise",
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"imagine",
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"think (up)",
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"reassemble",
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"rebuild",
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"reconstruct",
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"redevelop",
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"reedify",
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"retrofit",
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"jerry-build",
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"rig (up)",
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"throw up",
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"combine",
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"unite"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assemble",
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"build",
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"confect",
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"construct",
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"erect",
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"make",
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"make up",
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"piece",
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"put up",
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"raise",
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"rear",
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"set up"
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]
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},
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"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"since he didn't have a good excuse for not having done his homework, he would have to fabricate one"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assert",
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"swear",
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"testify",
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"authenticate",
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"confirm",
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"substantiate",
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"validate",
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"verify"
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],
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"related":[
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"forswear",
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"foreswear",
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"perjure",
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"equivocate",
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"fudge",
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"palter",
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"beguile",
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"cozen",
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"deceive",
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"delude",
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"dupe",
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"fool",
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"gull",
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"hoax",
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"hoodwink",
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"kid",
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"snow",
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"take in",
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"trick",
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"defame",
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"libel",
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"slander",
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"traduce",
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"falsify",
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"misreport",
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"misrepresent",
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"misstate",
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"distort",
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"garble",
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"dissemble",
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"dissimulate",
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"misguide",
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"misinform",
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"mislead"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fib",
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"lie",
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"prevaricate"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fabrications":{
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"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
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"antonyms":[
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"truths"
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],
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"examples":[
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"her claim that she had been a nurse during the war proved to be a total fabrication"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"facts",
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"truisms",
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"verities",
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"honesties",
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"veracities",
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"authentications",
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"confirmations",
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"substantiations",
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"validations",
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"verifications"
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],
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"related":[
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"distortions",
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"exaggerations",
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"half-truths",
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"ambiguities",
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"equivocations",
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"obliquities",
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"defamations",
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"libels",
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"slanders",
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"perjuries",
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"bluffs",
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"fictions",
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"poses",
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"pretenses",
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"pretences",
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"humbug",
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"jives",
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"nonsense",
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"canards",
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"fallacies",
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"misconceptions",
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"myths",
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"falsifications",
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"misinformation",
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"misreports",
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"misrepresentations",
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"misstatements",
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"deceits",
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"dishonesties",
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"duplicities",
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"fraudulences"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fables",
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"fairy tales",
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"falsehoods",
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"falsities",
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"fibs",
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"lies",
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"mendacities",
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"prevarications",
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"stories",
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"tales",
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"taradiddles",
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"tarradiddles",
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"untruths",
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"whoppers"
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]
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},
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"something that is the product of the imagination":{
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"antonyms":[
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"facts",
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"materialities",
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"realities"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the notion that the Colossus of Rhodes could straddle the harbor was a fabrication of medieval writers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"actualities"
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],
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"related":[
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"anecdotes",
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"anecdota",
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"narratives",
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"novels",
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"stories",
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"tales",
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"yarns",
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"fairy tales",
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"falsehoods",
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"falsities",
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"fibs",
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"lies",
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"mendacities",
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"misrepresentations",
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"prevarications",
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"untruths",
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"whoppers",
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"make-believe"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fables",
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"fantasies",
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"phantasies",
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"fictions",
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"figments",
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"inventions"
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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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"faced":{
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"to cover with something that protects":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"we decided to face our old frame house with aluminum siding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bared",
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"denuded",
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"exposed",
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"stripped",
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"stript",
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"unswathed"
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],
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"related":[
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"appareled",
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"apparelled",
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"arrayed",
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"clothed",
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"clad",
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"dressed",
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"garbed",
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"robed",
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"sided",
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"skinned",
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"embosomed",
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"embowered",
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"embraced",
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"encased",
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"enclosed",
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"inclosed",
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"encompassed",
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"enshrouded",
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"enveloped",
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"enwrapped",
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"invested",
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"lapped",
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"mantled",
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"shrouded",
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"surrounded",
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"swathed",
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"veiled",
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"wrapped",
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"blanketed",
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"overlaid",
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"overspread"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"clad",
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"cladded",
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"sheathed"
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]
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},
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"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the Boston Red Sox were eager to face their traditional rivals, the Yankees, in the play-offs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"eluded",
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"escaped",
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"evaded",
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"retreated"
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],
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"related":[
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"emulated",
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"rivaled",
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"rivalled",
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"contended",
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"fought",
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"opposed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"battled",
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"encountered",
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"engaged",
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"met",
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"took on"
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]
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},
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"to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{
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"antonyms":[
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"dodged",
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"ducked",
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"funked",
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"shirked",
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"sidestepped"
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],
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"examples":[
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"movie superheroes who are ever ready to face danger without blinking an eye"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"avoided",
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"eschewed",
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"shunned",
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"eluded",
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"escaped",
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"evaded",
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"shook"
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],
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"related":[
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"faced up (to)",
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"fronted",
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"affronted",
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"challenged",
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"encountered",
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"met",
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"accosted",
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"approached",
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"cornered",
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"repelled",
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"resisted",
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"stood",
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"withstood",
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"battled",
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"combated",
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"combatted",
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"contended (with)",
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"fought",
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"opposed",
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"squared (off)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bearded",
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"braved",
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"brazened",
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"breasted",
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"confronted",
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"dared",
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"defied",
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"outbraved",
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"outfaced"
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]
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},
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"to stand or sit with the face or front toward":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the house faces the sparkling blue waters of the Pacific Ocean"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"abutted",
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"adjoined",
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"bordered",
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"bounded",
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"fringed",
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"margined",
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"met",
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"neighbored",
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"rimmed",
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"skirted",
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"touched",
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"commanded",
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"dominated",
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"overlooked",
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"looked down (on)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fronted",
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"looked (toward)",
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"pointed (toward)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"facelessness":{
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"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
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"antonyms":[
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"celebrity",
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"fame",
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"notoriety",
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"renown"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the facelessness of those early participants in the American civil rights movement"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"character",
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"mark",
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"name",
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"note",
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"rep",
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"report",
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"reputation",
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"repute",
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"favor",
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"popularity",
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"importance",
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"significance",
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"distinction",
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"eminence",
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"glory",
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"greatness",
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"honor",
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"illustriousness",
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"note",
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"preeminence",
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"prominence",
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"megastardom",
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"superstardom",
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"cachet",
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"kudos",
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"position",
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"prestige",
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"rank",
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"standing",
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"stature",
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"acclaim",
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"acknowledgment",
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"acknowledgement",
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"praise",
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"recognition",
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"adoration",
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"idolization"
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],
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"related":[
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"oblivion",
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"inconspicuousness",
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"invisibility",
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"invisibleness",
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"insignificance",
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"unpopularity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"anonymity",
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"namelessness",
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"nowhere",
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"nowheresville",
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"obscurity",
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"silence"
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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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"facile":{
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"having or showing a lack of depth of understanding or character":{
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"antonyms":[
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"deep",
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"profound"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the movie takes a facile look at what happens when teens enter into serious romantic relationships"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"discerning",
|
|
"penetrant",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comprehensive",
|
|
"exhaustive",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-reaching",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"global",
|
|
"inclusive",
|
|
"detailed",
|
|
"in-depth",
|
|
"critical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cursory",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"oversimple",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"sketchy",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"one-dimensional",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"skin-deep",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"toilful",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a few early facile victories misled the country into thinking that the war would be short and relatively painless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unchallenging",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clear-cut",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"evident",
|
|
"manifest",
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open-and-shut",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"perspicuous",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"transparent",
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"unmistakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"facilely":{
|
|
"without difficulty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most TV sitcoms give the impression that family problems can be solved facilely and in less than 30 minutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"facilitated":{
|
|
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complicated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"worsened",
|
|
"perplexed",
|
|
"sophisticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"expedited",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"assisted",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"straightened (out)",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"loosened (up)",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"unclogged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"facilitates":{
|
|
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complicates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"worsens",
|
|
"perplexes",
|
|
"sophisticates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"expedites",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"forwards",
|
|
"furthers",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"straightens (out)",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"streamlines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"greases",
|
|
"loosens (up)",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"unclogs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"facilitating":{
|
|
"as in easing , smoothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to free from obstruction or difficulty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"complicating"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several religious organizations are involved in the effort to facilitate the settlement of the immigrants arriving in the area"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"sophisticating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"expediting",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"assisting",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"straightening (out)",
|
|
"untangling",
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"greasing",
|
|
"loosening (up)",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"unclogging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fact":{
|
|
"a collection of factual knowledge about something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after reading the facts on the situation, the president concluded that an outbreak of hostilities was all but certain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"findings",
|
|
"intelligence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"data",
|
|
"information"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a single piece of information":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a book of little-known facts about famous people"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"myth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"article",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"component",
|
|
"constituent",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"ingredient",
|
|
"member",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"facet",
|
|
"factor",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"database",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"datum",
|
|
"detail",
|
|
"nicety",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that actually exists":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"illusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once considered a wild fantasy, the Internet is now a fact of everyday life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"probability"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"inevitability",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"occurrence",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality of being actual":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"irreality",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"like other scientists, astronomers deal in the realm of fact , not speculation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"fictitiousness",
|
|
"dreaminess",
|
|
"surreality"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authenticity",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"factuality",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faction":{
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several factions within the environmental movement have joined forces to save this wilderness area"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"wing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fade":{
|
|
"as in crop , trim":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"materialize"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the departing ship gradually faded over the horizon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"break out",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"loom",
|
|
"show up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blank (out)",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"dim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerialize",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evanesce",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"vanish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"began to fade after battling the disease for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate",
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"run down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"emaciate",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make white or whiter by removing color":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"embrown"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"years of harsh sunlight had faded the car, which was once fire-engine red"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"checker",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"daub",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"striate",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"variegate",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"paint",
|
|
"pigment",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"tincture",
|
|
"tinge",
|
|
"tint",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"shine"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brighten",
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"matte",
|
|
"matt",
|
|
"etiolate",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"silver"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"bleach",
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"decolorize",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"whiten"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fade (away)":{
|
|
"as in give out , melt (away)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in melting , passing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fades (away)":{
|
|
"as in gives out , melts (away)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fag end":{
|
|
"an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a patchwork quilt sewn together from the fag ends of many bolts of cloth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leavings",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"pickings",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"residue",
|
|
"scraping(s)",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"ribbon(s)",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"end",
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
"remainder",
|
|
"remnant",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"stub"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fags":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rigid class system, with fags at the very bottom of it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"drudgers",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"pluggers",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sloggers",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the road crew fagged mightily to move the boulder out of the way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long hike up the mountain had fagged us out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"outwears",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faintheartedness":{
|
|
"lack of willingness to assert oneself and take risks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"nerve"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his faintheartedness got the better of him, and he backed off from the ski trail intended for experts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"self-assertiveness",
|
|
"self-assurance",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"gameness",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"skittishness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresoluteness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"apprehension",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"discomposure",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"timorousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faintly":{
|
|
"as in quietly , softly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fair":{
|
|
"a public showing of objects of interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dazzling array of sleek cabin cruisers at the annual boat fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"demonstration",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"production",
|
|
"extravaganza",
|
|
"pageant",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presentment",
|
|
"sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"exhibition",
|
|
"expo",
|
|
"exposition",
|
|
"show"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"according to the rules or the law":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"illegally"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we expect everyone on this basketball court to play fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignobly",
|
|
"immorally",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"unethically",
|
|
"dishonorably"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ethically",
|
|
"high-mindedly",
|
|
"morally",
|
|
"nobly",
|
|
"honorably"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"legally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeserved",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unjustified",
|
|
"unmerited",
|
|
"unwarranted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most thought his dismissal was fair since he had been given many chances to clean up his act"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"irrelative",
|
|
"irrelevant",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"inapposite",
|
|
"inappropriate",
|
|
"inapt",
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"unjustifiable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unsuitable",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"unlawful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"requisite",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"rhadamanthine",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"square"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"competent",
|
|
"condign",
|
|
"deserved",
|
|
"due",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"merited",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightful",
|
|
"warranted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"following or according to the rules":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hockey player who is respected for his fair play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanlike",
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from dirt or stain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a handwritten thank-you letter requires nothing less than a sheet of fair white paper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it would take a fair miracle for that project to be finished on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having qualities which inspire hope":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desperate",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"downbeat",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"unencouraging",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"unpropitious"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as the team keeps playing as hard as they can, they have a fair chance of winning\u2014no matter what the scoreboard says"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"unfavorable",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"beamish",
|
|
"bullish",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"roseate",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"ex parte",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"nonobjective",
|
|
"one-sided",
|
|
"partial",
|
|
"parti pris",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unjust"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a commanding officer who enjoyed the respect of his soldiers because his decisions were always fair"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"warped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"square",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not stormy or cloudy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we prayed for fair weather during our vacation at the beach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"pleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the abundance of people with fair hair in Scandinavia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black-a-vised",
|
|
"brown",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"olive",
|
|
"swart",
|
|
"swarthy",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"ebony",
|
|
"raven"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ocherous",
|
|
"ochreous",
|
|
"ash-blond",
|
|
"ash-blonde",
|
|
"blondish",
|
|
"strawberry blonde",
|
|
"strawberry blond",
|
|
"towheaded",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blond",
|
|
"blonde",
|
|
"flaxen",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"sandy",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"tawny"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of average to below average quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for what they charged us, the painters should have done better than a fair job of painting the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"optimal",
|
|
"optimum",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"alright",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"sufficing",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"run-of-the-mine",
|
|
"run-of-mine",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"so-so"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of light complexion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"brunet",
|
|
"brunette",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"swart",
|
|
"swarthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fair people tend to sunburn easily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ashen",
|
|
"ashy",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"paled",
|
|
"palish",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pasty",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"peaky",
|
|
"sallow",
|
|
"sallowish",
|
|
"wan",
|
|
"white"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"light"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"very close to but not completely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it fair takes your breath away when you find out what properties in London are going for"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"about",
|
|
"all but",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"fairly",
|
|
"feckly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"next to",
|
|
"nigh",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"somewhere",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"well-nigh"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"generally considered the fairest girl in town, she had no lack of boyfriends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"drop-dead",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"fair shake":{
|
|
"the practice of giving to others what is their due":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inequity",
|
|
"injustice",
|
|
"raw deal",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's going to be tough to get a fair shake the way this country's legal system is set up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bias",
|
|
"one-sidedness",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"prejudice",
|
|
"unfairness",
|
|
"unjustness",
|
|
"wrongfulness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"crime",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"wrongdoing",
|
|
"disservice",
|
|
"harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equitability",
|
|
"equitableness",
|
|
"evenhandedness",
|
|
"fair-mindedness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"impartiality",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"uprightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equity",
|
|
"justice",
|
|
"right"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fair-haired":{
|
|
"granted special treatment or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbeloved"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had been the teacher's fair-haired pupil\u2014the one who could do no wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"unfavorite",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"white-headed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fairy tales":{
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truths"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"did you really see a bear, or are you telling us another one of your fairy tales ?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"truisms",
|
|
"verities",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"veracities",
|
|
"authentications",
|
|
"confirmations",
|
|
"substantiations",
|
|
"validations",
|
|
"verifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"half-truths",
|
|
"ambiguities",
|
|
"equivocations",
|
|
"obliquities",
|
|
"defamations",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"perjuries",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canards",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"falsifications",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"dishonesties",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fraudulences"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"taradiddles",
|
|
"tarradiddles",
|
|
"untruths",
|
|
"whoppers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faked":{
|
|
"as in fake , phony":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"sidestepped",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"pump-faked",
|
|
"stutter-stepped",
|
|
"maneuvered (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deked",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"juked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"cribbed",
|
|
"plagiarized",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"phonied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"practiced",
|
|
"practised",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"dashed (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libbed",
|
|
"clapped (together or up)",
|
|
"clapt (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporized",
|
|
"improvised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulated",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masqueraded",
|
|
"playacted",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"posed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"feinted",
|
|
"malingered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"passed (for)",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fakeries":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experts declared that one of the museum's prized paintings was actually a fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"original"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"knockoff",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"reproduction",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"mock-up",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"simulation",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"duffer",
|
|
"shoddy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"forgery",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"unfaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"arrested for peddling \"designer\" watches that were fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"inauthentic",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"unauthentic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"opposed to the unnecessary killing of animals, she'll consider wearing only fake furs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"unadulterated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pinchbeck",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"spurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"ersatz",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"faux",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"uncontrived",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unforced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss's pitiful attempts at humor were met with fake laughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"hokey",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"overrefined",
|
|
"simpering",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stylized",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fake friendliness of the sales rep made me want to gag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"heart-to-heart",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"campy",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"pharisaical",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"self-righteous",
|
|
"simon-pure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"phony-baloney",
|
|
"phoney-baloney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hidden-camera investigation revealed that the so-called psychic was a fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"misleader",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"trickster",
|
|
"poseur",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the product were any good, the company wouldn't have to resort to fakery to get people to buy it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"sidestep",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"pump-fake",
|
|
"stutter-step",
|
|
"maneuver (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deke",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"juke"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"replicate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"crib",
|
|
"plagiarize",
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"tamper (with)",
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"phony"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"prepare",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"ponder",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"rehearse"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"cobble (together or up)",
|
|
"dash (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"clap (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporize",
|
|
"improvise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulate",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"malinger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pass (for)",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"profess",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fakery":{
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the product were any good, the company wouldn't have to resort to fakery to get people to buy it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fakes":{
|
|
"an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experts declared that one of the museum's prized paintings was actually a fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"originals"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"knockoffs",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"reproductions",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"mock-ups",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"impostures",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"simulations",
|
|
"synthetics",
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"brummagems",
|
|
"duffers",
|
|
"shoddies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"forgeries",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hidden-camera investigation revealed that the so-called psychic was a fake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"misleaders",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"poseurs",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the running back faked the defense by stepping to his left and then quickly cutting to the right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"evades",
|
|
"sidesteps",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"pump-fakes",
|
|
"stutter-steps",
|
|
"maneuvers (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dekes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"jukes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to imitate or copy especially in order to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pranksters faked giant footprints and then claimed that they had seen Bigfoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"reduplicates",
|
|
"replicates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"plagiarizes",
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fudges",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"manipulates",
|
|
"tampers (with)",
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"invents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"phonies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to perform, make, or do without preparation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you give me the gist of the plan, I can probably fake enough for the speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"contemplates",
|
|
"ponders",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"practices",
|
|
"practises",
|
|
"rehearses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concocts",
|
|
"contrives",
|
|
"cooks (up)",
|
|
"devises",
|
|
"fabricates",
|
|
"hatches",
|
|
"invents",
|
|
"makes up",
|
|
"manufactures",
|
|
"thinks (up)",
|
|
"cobbles (together or up)",
|
|
"dashes (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad-libs",
|
|
"claps (together or up)",
|
|
"extemporizes",
|
|
"improvises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while running for class president, Dan was not above faking friendship with people just to get their votes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"malingers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"passes (for)",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falderal":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted a dignified, simple wedding and not the folderol that the wedding planner was trying to foist on them"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fall":{
|
|
"a change to a lower state or level":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"last night's record fall in temperature was a sure sign that winter's coming, like it or not"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downslide",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a downward slope":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acclivity",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"uphill",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sharp fall of the land sends rivers rushing to the seas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"glacis",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"gradient",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"tilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"declivity",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"downhill",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hanging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tourists were shocked to see a man jump into the water and go over the falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"chute",
|
|
"shute",
|
|
"rapid(s)",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"white water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"waterfall"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a loss of status":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizement",
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"exaltation",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"being sent back to the minor leagues was quite a fall for the once-promising pitcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"prime"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"burnout",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"meltdown",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"humiliation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"flameout",
|
|
"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bad fall that resulted in several broken bones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"header",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"free-fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"panicked during his first unassisted fall when his parachute's rip cord didn't respond to the first tug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"betterment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"nosedive",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that year the fall in prices was 10 cents for a gallon of regular gas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to commit an offense":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even saints can fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"justify",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"repent",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"infringe",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"backslide",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"mess up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"err",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"sin",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"trespass",
|
|
"wander"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand (up)",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"better sand that walkway before somebody falls on the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"slump (over)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"free-fall",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"word soon got out that the movie was no good, and box-office receipts fell like a rock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"manufacturing in the area is falling , and closing signs are going up all over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"drop (off)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the lake bottom falls sharply just a few feet from the shoreline, so be careful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"sink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if their brave leader falls , the men will lose their courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to undergo defeat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not surprisingly, the novice player fell to a much stronger opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crack (up)",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bow out",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to yield to the control or power of enemy forces":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city fell after weeks of merciless bombardment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"win",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"give (in)",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitulate",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"knuckle under",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"succumb",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fall (off)":{
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fall (to)":{
|
|
"to take the first step in (a process or course of action)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after some refreshments, she fell to working with renewed vigor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"phase out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"create",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"get around (to)",
|
|
"get down (to)",
|
|
"get round (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"embark (on or upon)",
|
|
"enter (into or upon)",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lead off",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike (into)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fallacies":{
|
|
"a false idea or belief":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truths",
|
|
"verities"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the once-common fallacy that girls just weren't any good at math"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"factoids",
|
|
"superstitions",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misperceptions",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledges",
|
|
"misreports",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"sophisms",
|
|
"sophistries",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"half-truths",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"misbeliefs",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"myths",
|
|
"old wives' tales",
|
|
"untruths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falling (off)":{
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curlicuing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"deviating",
|
|
"veering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"trending",
|
|
"wheeling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falling back":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"resistance from native forces was greater than expected, and the invading army was forced to fall back"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"brazening",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"outbraving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"bowing out",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backpedaling",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"climbing down",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"pulling away",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"vacating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backing away",
|
|
"dropping back",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falloff":{
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to turn away from a straight line or course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the coastline falls off toward the north after you round the bay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"deviate",
|
|
"veer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"trend",
|
|
"wheel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falloffs":{
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the falloff in sales was more than the store could weather and so its closing was inevitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"retrenchments",
|
|
"shortenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falls behind":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)",
|
|
"filibusters",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falls on one's face":{
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"comes off",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes over",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"works out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Remembering how she fell on her face giving the speech the first time spurred her to practice it till she had it down."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"miscarries",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"implodes",
|
|
"self-destructs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flames out",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"tanks",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faltering":{
|
|
"a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it's so clear that this is the right thing to do, there's no excuse for faltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fence-sitting",
|
|
"hesitance",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"procrastination",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"arri\u00e8re-pens\u00e9e",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"second thought",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"indetermination",
|
|
"uncertainness",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"readiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in uncertain , unsure":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"questioning",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsure",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly",
|
|
"ambivalent",
|
|
"conflicted",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indisposed",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unambivalent",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unquestioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"dithering",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"hanging back",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"scrupling",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hawing",
|
|
"hemming",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"equivocating",
|
|
"hedging",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"waffling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"budging",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"continuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"diving (in)",
|
|
"plunging (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rocking",
|
|
"teetering",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"wobbling",
|
|
"wabbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"lurching",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"toddling",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"vibrating",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"weaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"familiarity":{
|
|
"a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"gesture",
|
|
"pleasantry"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"placing his hand on my shoulder was just one familiarity by the car salesman that I did not appreciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"incivility",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faux pas",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"solecism"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"knowledge gained by personal experience":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unfamiliarity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant critic's considerable familiarity with restaurant kitchens should stand her in good stead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"callowness",
|
|
"greenness",
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"inexperience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"association",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"intimacy",
|
|
"involvement",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"comprehension",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"notion",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"training"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaintance",
|
|
"cognizance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being in a very personal or private relationship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distance"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the elderly couple enjoys a familiarity that is the result of many years of happy marriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aloofness",
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"remoteness",
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immediacy",
|
|
"affinity",
|
|
"kinship",
|
|
"commitment",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attachment",
|
|
"fondness",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"conviviality",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"mutuality",
|
|
"cliquishness",
|
|
"clubbiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belonging",
|
|
"chumminess",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"inseparability",
|
|
"intimacy",
|
|
"nearness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"familiarizes":{
|
|
"to give information to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the general's day-to-day duties included familiarizing the president on international developments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"alerts",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"announces (to)",
|
|
"discloses (to)",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"certifies",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions",
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"clues (in)",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"hips",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"wises (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to impart knowledge of a new thing or situation to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one office worker is assigned with the task of familiarizing new staffers with the use of electronic equipment around the office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"wonts",
|
|
"apprises",
|
|
"briefs",
|
|
"clues (in)",
|
|
"fills in",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"enlightens",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"verses",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"advises",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"tips (off)",
|
|
"warns",
|
|
"wises (up)",
|
|
"reacquaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"famished":{
|
|
"feeling a desire or need for food":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"full",
|
|
"sated",
|
|
"satiate",
|
|
"satiated",
|
|
"satisfied"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a full day of skiing, I was feeling absolutely famished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engorged",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"overfed",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overstuffed",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"surfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"ravenous",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"wolfish",
|
|
"malnourished",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"undernourished",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"insatiable",
|
|
"piggish",
|
|
"piggy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"peckish",
|
|
"starved",
|
|
"starving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking money or material possessions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fat-cat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a group of local citizens working to ease the plight of the famished families in their community"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"prosperous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"possessionless",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"poorish",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"cash-strapped",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"tapped out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"beggarly",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"dirt-poor",
|
|
"down-and-out",
|
|
"hard up",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"necessitous",
|
|
"needful",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"threadbare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fanatically":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fancier":{
|
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfan"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many chocolate fanciers like their favorite confection without the addition of milk or a lot of sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirer",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"detractor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groupie",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"collector",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"rooter",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"faddist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"sucker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fanciful":{
|
|
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she harbors the fanciful notion that she has a talent for singing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"dreamlike",
|
|
"surreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fanciful creatures that J.R.R. Tolkien created for his Middle Earth novels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fancy-pants":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fancying":{
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to fancy , if you can, our mother on an elephant when she was touring India"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"stargazing",
|
|
"hallucinating",
|
|
"re-creating",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"prefiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceiting",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"conjuring (up)",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"fantasizing",
|
|
"fantasying",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"ideating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take pleasure in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the teacher didn't fancy the idea of failing the student, even if he was the class clown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"disliking",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"drinking (in)",
|
|
"eating (up)",
|
|
"feasting (on)",
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"cottoning (to)",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"indulging (in)",
|
|
"luxuriating (in)",
|
|
"wallowing (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"getting off (on)",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"rejoicing (in)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fancywork":{
|
|
"as in embroidery , appliqu\u00e9":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fanned (out)":{
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"folded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the accordionist smoothly fanned out the bellows of his instrument as he played"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"flared (out)",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretched",
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"stretched (out)",
|
|
"unfolded",
|
|
"unfurled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"converged",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"funneled",
|
|
"funnelled",
|
|
"met"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of the city's subway lines fan out from this central station"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed in (on)",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"centered (on)",
|
|
"centralized",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"diffused",
|
|
"dispelled",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"forked",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"diverged",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"ramified",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"splayed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"derived",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branched",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"rayed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fantasied":{
|
|
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most of those auditioning had only a fantasied talent for singing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
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"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
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"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She regularly fantasies exciting adventures."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"stargazed",
|
|
"hallucinated",
|
|
"re-created",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reflected",
|
|
"relived",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
|
"meditated",
|
|
"mused",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"prefigured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"conjured (up)",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"ideated",
|
|
"imaged",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fantasizing":{
|
|
"to form a mental picture of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all those lottery players fantasizing themselves as living in extravagant luxury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"stargazing",
|
|
"hallucinating",
|
|
"re-creating",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reflecting",
|
|
"reliving",
|
|
"reminiscing",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"meditating",
|
|
"musing",
|
|
"pondering",
|
|
"ruminating",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"prefiguring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conceiting",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"conjuring (up)",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"fantasying",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"ideating",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fantast":{
|
|
"one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardnose",
|
|
"pragmatist",
|
|
"realist"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"yet another short-lived utopian community that was the brainchild of a naive fantast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"empiricist"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"emotionalist",
|
|
"sentimentalist",
|
|
"daydreamer",
|
|
"fantasizer",
|
|
"woolgatherer",
|
|
"Micawber",
|
|
"optimist",
|
|
"Pollyanna",
|
|
"do-gooder",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"perfectionist",
|
|
"doctrinaire",
|
|
"theorist",
|
|
"thinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Don Quixote",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"idealizer",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"romanticist",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fantastic":{
|
|
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fantastic scheme for getting rich quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"dreamlike",
|
|
"surreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"excitingly or mysteriously unusual":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"nonexotic",
|
|
"nonglamorous",
|
|
"plain-Jane",
|
|
"unexotic",
|
|
"unglamorous",
|
|
"unromantic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to European explorers, the Far East was a fantastic land filled with unimaginable riches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"strange"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a science fiction writer who can conjure up fantastic worlds and make them seem as real as our own"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"surfing conditions were simply fantastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"too extraordinary or improbable to believe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"cogitable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"supposable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"concocted some fantastic story to try to explain why they had returned home so late"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"questionless",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"undoubted",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"dubitable",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"untenable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"incredulous",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconceivable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fantastical":{
|
|
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fantastic scheme for getting rich quick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"outlandish",
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"out-of-the-way",
|
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"outr\u00e9",
|
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"peculiar",
|
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"quaint",
|
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"screwy",
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"strange",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"farcical",
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|
"laughable",
|
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"ludicrous",
|
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"ridiculous",
|
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"Alice-in-Wonderland",
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"Kafkaesque",
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"nightmarish",
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"dreamlike",
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"surreal"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"bizarre",
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"crazy",
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"fanciful",
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"foolish",
|
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"insane",
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"nonsensical",
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"preposterous",
|
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"unreal",
|
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"wild"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"excitingly or mysteriously unusual":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"familiar",
|
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"nonexotic",
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"nonglamorous",
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"plain-Jane",
|
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"unexotic",
|
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"unglamorous",
|
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"unromantic"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
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"to European explorers, the Far East was a fantastic land filled with unimaginable riches"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[
|
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"colorful",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picturesque",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"alien",
|
|
"foreign",
|
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"dark",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"alluring",
|
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"captivating",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
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"fascinating",
|
|
"magical"
|
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],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"bizarro",
|
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"exotic",
|
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"glamorous",
|
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"glamourous",
|
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"marvelous",
|
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"marvellous",
|
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"outlandish",
|
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"romantic",
|
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"strange"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"a science fiction writer who can conjure up fantastic worlds and make them seem as real as our own"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"surfing conditions were simply fantastic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"too extraordinary or improbable to believe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"cogitable",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"credible",
|
|
"creditable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"plausible",
|
|
"supposable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"concocted some fantastic story to try to explain why they had returned home so late"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"questionless",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"undoubted",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"dubitable",
|
|
"far-fetched",
|
|
"fishy",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicious",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"indefensible",
|
|
"insupportable",
|
|
"untenable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"incredulous",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"uncompelling",
|
|
"unconceivable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fantastically":{
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a community production of the classic musical that featured fantastically bad singing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"far":{
|
|
"lasting for a considerable time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the primitive rafts that ancient peoples built for their far journeys across the wide expanses of Oceania"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"short-range"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aeonian",
|
|
"aeonic",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"all-day",
|
|
"all-night",
|
|
"multiday",
|
|
"multiyear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"long-term",
|
|
"marathon"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not close in time or space":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"nearby",
|
|
"nigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dream of someday sending manned spacecraft to explore the far reaches of our solar system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjacent",
|
|
"adjoining",
|
|
"contiguous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apart",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"lonesome",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlying",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"secluded",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"sequestered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"away",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"far-off",
|
|
"faraway",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"removed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the solid advice that if you can't say something good about a person, it is far better to say nothing at all"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fare":{
|
|
"substances intended to be eaten":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that restaurant is well-known for serving only fresh, seasonal fare from local suppliers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"toxin",
|
|
"venom"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commissary",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"aliment",
|
|
"nutriment",
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nourishment",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"pap",
|
|
"ensilage",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"fodder",
|
|
"forage",
|
|
"silage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"meal",
|
|
"refreshments",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"plate",
|
|
"platter",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"finger food",
|
|
"natural food"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"comestibles",
|
|
"eatables",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"edibles",
|
|
"food",
|
|
"foodstuffs",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"meat",
|
|
"provender",
|
|
"provisions",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tucker",
|
|
"viands",
|
|
"victuals",
|
|
"vittles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"residents of the flood-ravaged town are faring much better than one might have expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"fall short",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"give up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"scrape (by or through)",
|
|
"scrounge",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"survive",
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"scrape (out)",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"afford",
|
|
"swing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cope",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get by",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"shift"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move forward along a course":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"families can be seen faring along the road to the campground while driving or towing all manner of conveyance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"regress",
|
|
"wait"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"journey",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"wend",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"take out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come along",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"get on",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go along",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take a meal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"diners at this charming country inn will fare sumptuously in an authentic colonial atmosphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"fast"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"repast",
|
|
"chow (down)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"overeat",
|
|
"overfeed",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"graze",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"dine out",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"partake",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"victual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"farthermost":{
|
|
"most distant from a center":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"nearest"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a long trip to a major hospital for residents of the farthermost corners of the state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"medial",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aftermost",
|
|
"rearmost",
|
|
"sternmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"ultimate",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fashioned":{
|
|
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the Christmas pageant the boy's mother was able to fashion the length of fabric into something that could pass as a shepherd's outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disassembled",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"took apart",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"dismembered",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"exploded"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"erected",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"put up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"structured",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"crafted",
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"hewed",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"cobbled (together or up)",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"patched (together)",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"prefabricated",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"minted",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remanufactured"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"produced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ex-governor seems to be fashioning his political beliefs to win favor with a more conservative national electorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"readapted",
|
|
"readjusted",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"geared",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"modeled",
|
|
"modelled",
|
|
"patterned",
|
|
"attuned",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"squared",
|
|
"tuned",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"acquainted",
|
|
"familiarized",
|
|
"orientated",
|
|
"oriented",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"inured",
|
|
"seasoned",
|
|
"toughened",
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"converted",
|
|
"made over",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"recast",
|
|
"reclaimed",
|
|
"recycled",
|
|
"redesigned",
|
|
"redeveloped",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"reengineered",
|
|
"refashioned",
|
|
"refigured",
|
|
"refitted",
|
|
"refocused",
|
|
"reinvented",
|
|
"rejiggered",
|
|
"remade",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revamped",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"reworked",
|
|
"transformed",
|
|
"accustomed",
|
|
"habilitated",
|
|
"habituated",
|
|
"naturalized",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"fiddled (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuned",
|
|
"phased",
|
|
"registered",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"rigged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimated",
|
|
"acclimatized",
|
|
"accommodated",
|
|
"adapted",
|
|
"adjusted",
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"shaped",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tailored"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fashioning":{
|
|
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for the Christmas pageant the boy's mother was able to fashion the length of fabric into something that could pass as a shepherd's outfit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"taking apart",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"dismembering",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"exterminating",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"exploding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"erecting",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"structuring",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"handcrafting",
|
|
"hewing",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"cobbling (together or up)",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"patching (together)",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"prefabricating",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"minting",
|
|
"originating",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"visualizing",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remanufacturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ex-governor seems to be fashioning his political beliefs to win favor with a more conservative national electorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"readapting",
|
|
"readjusting",
|
|
"customizing",
|
|
"gearing",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"modeling",
|
|
"modelling",
|
|
"patterning",
|
|
"attuning",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"squaring",
|
|
"tuning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"acquainting",
|
|
"familiarizing",
|
|
"orientating",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"rehearsing",
|
|
"hardening",
|
|
"inuring",
|
|
"seasoning",
|
|
"toughening",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"making over",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"recasting",
|
|
"reclaiming",
|
|
"recycling",
|
|
"redesigning",
|
|
"redeveloping",
|
|
"redoing",
|
|
"reengineering",
|
|
"refashioning",
|
|
"refiguring",
|
|
"refitting",
|
|
"refocusing",
|
|
"reinventing",
|
|
"rejiggering",
|
|
"remaking",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revamping",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"reworking",
|
|
"transforming",
|
|
"accustoming",
|
|
"habilitating",
|
|
"habituating",
|
|
"naturalizing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"fiddling (with)",
|
|
"fine-tuning",
|
|
"phasing",
|
|
"registering",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"rigging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimating",
|
|
"acclimatizing",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"suiting",
|
|
"tailoring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fast":{
|
|
"as in diet":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in famine , hunger strike":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"firm in one's allegiance to someone or something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disloyal",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"traitorous",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"unfaithful",
|
|
"untrue"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two girls soon became fast and inseparable friends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irresponsible",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"uninterested"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"dyed-in-the-wool",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"sworn",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"serious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"dedicated",
|
|
"devoted",
|
|
"devout",
|
|
"down-the-line",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"loyal",
|
|
"pious",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"true-blue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"loose"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rusty, old screws are so fast in the fitting that there's no hope of getting them out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unattached",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"undone",
|
|
"unfastened",
|
|
"unsecured",
|
|
"movable",
|
|
"moveable",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bonded",
|
|
"cemented",
|
|
"glued",
|
|
"anchored",
|
|
"clamped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"attached",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"fastened",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to or marked by cheating and deception":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rolling back odometers was just one of the fast practices that the used-car dealer was guilty of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing quickness of mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"boneheaded",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thick-witted",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"unsmart",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't know how to operate this machine, but I'm a fast learner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"boobish",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"unacademic",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"uninformed",
|
|
"unintellectual",
|
|
"untaught",
|
|
"unthinking",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"ingenious",
|
|
"resourceful",
|
|
"acute",
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"perceptive",
|
|
"percipient",
|
|
"perspicacious",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"skilled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"creative",
|
|
"inventive",
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"hyperintelligent",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"supersmart",
|
|
"ultrasmart"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"rickety",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the storm approached, we checked to see that every thing on the outside of the house was fast and locked in position"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"insecure",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"tottering",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"unbalanced",
|
|
"wobbly",
|
|
"wabbly",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"unbreakable",
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"cohesive",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombproof",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fast pace of construction resulted in our new house being done ahead of schedule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not lasting for a considerable time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"lengthy",
|
|
"long",
|
|
"long-drawn-out",
|
|
"long-drawn",
|
|
"long-lived"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a fast explanation of the procedure, we were turned loose to do the work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"everlasting",
|
|
"interminable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"unending",
|
|
"longish",
|
|
"overlong",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"permanent",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"long-range",
|
|
"long-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut-back",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"syncopated",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"short-range",
|
|
"short-term"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"short"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a full extent or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"half",
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"partially",
|
|
"partly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone in camp was fast asleep within minutes of hitting the sack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"kind of",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"superficially",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"categorically",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"stone-cold",
|
|
"unqualifiedly",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"predominately",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all",
|
|
"all of",
|
|
"all over",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"heartily",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"perfectly",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"soundly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"through and through",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"with great speed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"run as fast as you can to get help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"lingeringly",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"chop-chop",
|
|
"double-quick",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lickety-split",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"speedily",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"fast-forward":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fast-forwarded":{
|
|
"as in accelerated , sped":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fasten":{
|
|
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unhook"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"use this paper clip to fasten your picture to the application form"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"unfix",
|
|
"unlash",
|
|
"untie"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adhere",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clench",
|
|
"clinch",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"glue",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"harness",
|
|
"hasp",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"latch",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"plaster",
|
|
"rivet",
|
|
"screw",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"staple",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"tackle",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"toggle",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"coapt",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite",
|
|
"reaffix",
|
|
"reattach",
|
|
"refasten",
|
|
"refix",
|
|
"resecure",
|
|
"batten",
|
|
"belay",
|
|
"button",
|
|
"do up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affix",
|
|
"attach",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"fix"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you could fasten your attention on one task for more than a minute, you just might get something done"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"home (in on)",
|
|
"hone in (on)",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"zero (in on)",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"fixate (on)",
|
|
"obsess (over)",
|
|
"refocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"rivet",
|
|
"train"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unfasten",
|
|
"unfix",
|
|
"unloose",
|
|
"unloosen"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't forget to fasten all the lines on your tent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extract",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"pry",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"tear (out)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"yank"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"entrench",
|
|
"intrench",
|
|
"implant",
|
|
"ingrain",
|
|
"engrain",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"wedge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchor",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"clamp",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"set"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fasten (on)":{
|
|
"as in hold , latch (on or onto)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fastenings":{
|
|
"as in connections , attachments":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fastens (on)":{
|
|
"as in holds , latches (on or onto)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fat cat":{
|
|
"a wealthy person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"have-not",
|
|
"pauper"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"beggar"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"moneymaker",
|
|
"money-spinner",
|
|
"magnate",
|
|
"nabob",
|
|
"tycoon",
|
|
"billionaire",
|
|
"gazillionaire",
|
|
"millionaire",
|
|
"multibillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionaire",
|
|
"multimillionairess",
|
|
"zillionaire",
|
|
"heir",
|
|
"heiress",
|
|
"jet-setter",
|
|
"jeunesse dor\u00e9e"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"Croesus",
|
|
"deep pocket",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"money",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"silk stocking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"destitute",
|
|
"impecunious",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"indigent",
|
|
"needy",
|
|
"penniless",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"poverty-stricken"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the economy was in recession, but the fat-cat financiers on Wall Street didn't seem to be suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unaffluent",
|
|
"deprived",
|
|
"disadvantaged",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"underprivileged",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"beggared",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"indebted",
|
|
"insolvent",
|
|
"pauperized",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"skint",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"straitened",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"better-off",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"propertied",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"advantaged",
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"privileged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"deep-pocketed",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"silk-stocking",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-endowed",
|
|
"well-fixed",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of high position or importance within a group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweight",
|
|
"nobody",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"shrimp",
|
|
"twerp",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"zero",
|
|
"zilch"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"bigwig",
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fatalist":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fated":{
|
|
"as in destined , predestined":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predestinated",
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"preconceived",
|
|
"prejudged",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"sentenced",
|
|
"boded",
|
|
"foreboded",
|
|
"forboded",
|
|
"portended",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"doomed",
|
|
"foredoomed",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"preordained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
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"fateful":{
|
|
"bringing about ruin or misfortune":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a fateful encounter with a confidence man that they would long regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fluky",
|
|
"flukey",
|
|
"fortuitous",
|
|
"fortunate",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lucky",
|
|
"providential",
|
|
"auspicious",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"propitious",
|
|
"rose-colored",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"hapless",
|
|
"ill-fated",
|
|
"ill-starred",
|
|
"luckless",
|
|
"adverse",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"detrimental",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"hurtful",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"prejudicial"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calamitous",
|
|
"cataclysmal",
|
|
"cataclysmic",
|
|
"catastrophic",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"disastrous",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"ruinous",
|
|
"unfortunate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fates":{
|
|
"a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causations",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fate of the presidential election hinged on a few thousand votes in a single state"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"groundworks",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"springs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ramifications",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"echoes",
|
|
"echos",
|
|
"implications",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"afterclaps",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aftershocks",
|
|
"blowbacks",
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"fallouts",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"spin-offs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"backwashes",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state or end that seemingly has been decided beforehand":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the belief that it was this country's fate to extend from sea to sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accidents",
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"happenchances",
|
|
"happenstances",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"luck",
|
|
"predestinations",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"resultants",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"destinies",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"fortunes",
|
|
"kismets",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"portions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"births",
|
|
"nativities"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he met his fate in a tragic highway accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"existences",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"originations",
|
|
"rises"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"casualties",
|
|
"fatalities",
|
|
"martyrdoms",
|
|
"self-destructions",
|
|
"self-murders",
|
|
"self-slaughters",
|
|
"suicides",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions",
|
|
"killings",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"dissolutions",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expirations",
|
|
"expiries",
|
|
"graves",
|
|
"great divides",
|
|
"passages",
|
|
"passings",
|
|
"quietuses",
|
|
"sleeps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to determine the fate of in advance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"predestinates",
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"forecasts",
|
|
"foretells",
|
|
"predicts",
|
|
"presages",
|
|
"prognosticates",
|
|
"prophesies",
|
|
"preconceives",
|
|
"prejudges",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"bodes",
|
|
"forebodes",
|
|
"forbodes",
|
|
"portends",
|
|
"anticipates",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"foreknows",
|
|
"foresees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"destines",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"foredooms",
|
|
"foreordains",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"predestines",
|
|
"predetermines",
|
|
"preordains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"father images":{
|
|
"as in father figures":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fathered":{
|
|
"to become the father of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"procreated",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"gendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"produced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"sired"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fathers":{
|
|
"a male human parent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the special relationship that exists between fathers and sons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"patresfamilias",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"father figures",
|
|
"father images",
|
|
"stepfathers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"daddies",
|
|
"dads",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"papas",
|
|
"poppas",
|
|
"pas",
|
|
"paters",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"sires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Sir Isaac Newton is regarded by many as the father of modern science"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cocreators",
|
|
"co-creators",
|
|
"cofounders",
|
|
"co-founders",
|
|
"conceivers",
|
|
"contrivers",
|
|
"designers",
|
|
"devisers",
|
|
"formulators",
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"introducers",
|
|
"inventors",
|
|
"spawners",
|
|
"builders",
|
|
"makers",
|
|
"producers",
|
|
"developers",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"researchers",
|
|
"researchists",
|
|
"organizers",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"galvanizers",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"inspirers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"begetters",
|
|
"creators",
|
|
"establishers",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"founding fathers",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"inaugurators",
|
|
"initiators",
|
|
"instituters",
|
|
"institutors",
|
|
"originators",
|
|
"sires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our fathers founded this nation on the fundamental belief that no person is entitled to rule by divine right"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"children",
|
|
"families",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"lineages",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"offsprings",
|
|
"posterities",
|
|
"progenies",
|
|
"seed",
|
|
"seeds",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"daughters",
|
|
"heirs",
|
|
"inheritors",
|
|
"scions",
|
|
"sons",
|
|
"successors"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antecessors",
|
|
"predecessors",
|
|
"ancestresses",
|
|
"foremothers",
|
|
"grandmothers",
|
|
"matriarchs",
|
|
"grandsires",
|
|
"patriarchs",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"ancestries",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"roots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ancestors",
|
|
"forebearers",
|
|
"forebears",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"forefathers",
|
|
"grandfathers",
|
|
"primogenitors",
|
|
"progenitors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become the father of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"procreates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"genders",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sires"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fathers (on)":{
|
|
"as in charges , blames":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fathomable":{
|
|
"capable of being understood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"insensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"acts of vandalism that were committed for no fathomable reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"cryptic",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decipherable",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"well-spoken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"apprehensible",
|
|
"coherent",
|
|
"comprehendible",
|
|
"comprehensible",
|
|
"graspable",
|
|
"intelligible",
|
|
"legible",
|
|
"scrutable",
|
|
"understandable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fathoming":{
|
|
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gauging",
|
|
"gaging",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"spanning",
|
|
"remeasuring",
|
|
"replumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"plumbing",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fatigues":{
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rescue workers pressed on, though their efforts to reach the miners had almost completely fatigued them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"does up",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"outwears",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
],
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although he had joined the army for action and adventure, much of his day seemed to be devoted to mindless fatigues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompressions",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"leisures",
|
|
"relaxations",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"dalliances",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"inactivities",
|
|
"inertias"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spadeworks",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"tediums",
|
|
"treadmills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeyworks",
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"fatty":{
|
|
"containing animal fat especially in unusual amounts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defatted",
|
|
"lean"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fatty ground beef that was the cheapest available"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fibrous",
|
|
"gristly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"nonfat"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blubbery",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"oily",
|
|
"lardy",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adipose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fatuity":{
|
|
"a foolish act or idea":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"opening another auto dealership in an area that already has a surplus of them seems like a gross fatuity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"forethought",
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"inspiration"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"twaddle",
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"howler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"b\u00eatise",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"foppery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"stupidity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prudence",
|
|
"sagaciousness",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sanity",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"local morning DJs lambasted the fatuity of the homeowner who used gasoline to burn a pile of brushwood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"weirdness",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"unwisdom",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"zaniness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braininess",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"quick-wittedness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"smartness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fatuity of the characters on that TV sitcom actually gets laughs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acumen",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"astuteness",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"insight",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perception",
|
|
"percipience",
|
|
"perspicacity",
|
|
"sagacity",
|
|
"sageness",
|
|
"sapience",
|
|
"wisdom",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"logicality",
|
|
"logicalness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"rationalness",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"validity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"feeblemindedness",
|
|
"simplemindedness",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"daftness",
|
|
"dippiness",
|
|
"dottiness",
|
|
"fatuousness",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"nincompoopery",
|
|
"nonsensicalness",
|
|
"nuttiness",
|
|
"preposterousness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"simplicity",
|
|
"wackiness",
|
|
"zaniness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"irrationality",
|
|
"unreasonableness",
|
|
"mental deficiency",
|
|
"mental retardation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneheadedness",
|
|
"brainlessness",
|
|
"denseness",
|
|
"density",
|
|
"dim-wittedness",
|
|
"doltishness",
|
|
"dopiness",
|
|
"dorkiness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"gormlessness",
|
|
"mindlessness",
|
|
"oafishness",
|
|
"obtuseness",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"simpleness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"stupidness",
|
|
"thickness",
|
|
"vacuity",
|
|
"weak-mindedness",
|
|
"witlessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faulted":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extolled",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should look at your own work before faulting what others have done"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"commended",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"tweaked",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"nicked (at)",
|
|
"sniped (at)",
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"niggled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"admonished",
|
|
"chid",
|
|
"chided",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"rebuked",
|
|
"reprimanded",
|
|
"reproached",
|
|
"reproved",
|
|
"berated",
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
"crucified",
|
|
"excoriated",
|
|
"flayed",
|
|
"gibbeted",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"keelhauled",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"pilloried",
|
|
"scolded",
|
|
"upbraided",
|
|
"bad-mouthed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"decried",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"discommended",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blamed",
|
|
"censured",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"criticized",
|
|
"denounced",
|
|
"dispraised",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"panned",
|
|
"reprehended",
|
|
"slagged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faultless":{
|
|
"being entirely without fault or flaw":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect",
|
|
"reproachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this 18th-century chest of drawers is considered a faultless example of early American craftsmanship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"malformed",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"misshapen",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"masterly",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"unbruised",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"uninjured",
|
|
"unmarred",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"airtight",
|
|
"bulletproof",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"unerring",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"indefectible",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"picture-book",
|
|
"picture-perfect",
|
|
"seamless",
|
|
"unblemished"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"free from guilt or blame":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"guilty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I may have broken my share of things in the past, but in this instance I am entirely faultless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"culpable",
|
|
"impeachable",
|
|
"indictable",
|
|
"punishable",
|
|
"accused",
|
|
"impeached",
|
|
"indicted",
|
|
"condemned",
|
|
"convicted",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"shamefaced"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blameless",
|
|
"cleanhanded",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"guiltless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inculpable",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"lily-white"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faultlessly":{
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
],
|
|
"without any flaws or errors":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"defectively",
|
|
"faultily",
|
|
"imperfectly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the recital the young piano student performed the sonata faultlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"incompletely",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"fallibly",
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"superiorly",
|
|
"superlatively",
|
|
"terrifically",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"fancily",
|
|
"specially"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flawlessly",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"impeccably",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"perfectly"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"faulty":{
|
|
"having a fault":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"perfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"entire",
|
|
"intact",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undamaged",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"unspoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fallible",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"incomplete",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"wanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"favorably":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
],
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"her violin teacher has been favorably impressed with her progress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in an approving manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversely",
|
|
"disapprovingly",
|
|
"negatively",
|
|
"unfavorably"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most critics reviewed the movie favorably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captiously",
|
|
"hypercritically",
|
|
"deploringly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"unflatteringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"regardfully",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"reverently",
|
|
"worshipfully"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admiringly",
|
|
"appreciatively",
|
|
"approvingly",
|
|
"complimentarily",
|
|
"positively"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"favorite":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the youngest child was always Mother's favorite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bugbear"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"fave",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"enjoying widespread favor or approval":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"out",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unpopular"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a radio station that mostly plays favorite songs from the 1960s and 1970s"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"washed-up",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"indistinguished",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"inconspicuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"semipopular",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"crowd-pleasing",
|
|
"du jour",
|
|
"faddish",
|
|
"faddy",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"popularized",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"vogue",
|
|
"voguish"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"granted special treatment or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbeloved"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that teacher claims not to have any favorite students, although many in the class would disagree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"unfavorite",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"fair-haired",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"white-headed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mint chocolate chip is my favorite flavor of ice cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"picked over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"weeded (out)",
|
|
"winnowed (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"first-line",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"favors":{
|
|
"a feeling of great approval and liking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavors"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"entertainers often learn that the favor of the public can be fickle indeed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"discontents",
|
|
"disenchantments",
|
|
"disgruntlements",
|
|
"disillusionments",
|
|
"displeasures",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"contempts",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"nauseas",
|
|
"repugnances",
|
|
"repulsions",
|
|
"revulsions",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"antipathies",
|
|
"detestations",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"displeasures",
|
|
"dissatisfactions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"adulations",
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"deferences",
|
|
"hero worships",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"idolatries",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"lionizations",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reverences",
|
|
"venerations",
|
|
"worships",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"amazements",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"wonderments",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attachments",
|
|
"devotions",
|
|
"passions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"admirations",
|
|
"appreciations",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"estimations",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an acceptance of something as satisfactory":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprobations",
|
|
"disapprovals",
|
|
"disfavors"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"over the years that kind of movie fell out of favor with the mass audience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"repudiations",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"dissatisfactions",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reprehensions",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reprobations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"cachets",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements",
|
|
"finalizations",
|
|
"formalizations",
|
|
"homologations",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"ratifications",
|
|
"rubber stamps",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"thumbs-ups",
|
|
"votes",
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"goodwills",
|
|
"acceptations",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"satisfactions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"approbations",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of kind assistance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a good and generous friend who is always doing favors for others"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dispensations",
|
|
"waivers",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"privileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"mercies",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"positive regard for something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aversions",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"distastes",
|
|
"hatreds",
|
|
"loathings",
|
|
"mislikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was willing to do just about anything to keep the boss's favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathies",
|
|
"disinclinations",
|
|
"indifferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cravings",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"longings",
|
|
"thirsts",
|
|
"yens",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
|
"gustoes",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"teeth",
|
|
"palates",
|
|
"weaknesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"likings",
|
|
"love affairs",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do a service or favor for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disobliges"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although she was at the party as a guest, the singer favored us with a song"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"discommodes",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"incommodes",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"saddles",
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"disappoints",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"lets down",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"frustrates",
|
|
"opposes",
|
|
"sabotages",
|
|
"thwarts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"obliges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish freely or naturally with some power, quality, or attribute":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"favored with good looks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"divests",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"stints"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"bestows (on or upon)",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"confers (on)",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"accords",
|
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"awards",
|
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"grants",
|
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"empowers",
|
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"enables",
|
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"enhances",
|
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"enriches",
|
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"heightens",
|
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"bequeaths",
|
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"wills"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"blesses",
|
|
"endows",
|
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"endues",
|
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"indues",
|
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"gifts",
|
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"invests"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"disfavors",
|
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"frowns (on or upon)"
|
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],
|
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"examples":[
|
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"if this measure will reduce our property taxes, then I favor it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blacklists",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"detests",
|
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"hates",
|
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"loathes",
|
|
"dissents (from)",
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"opposes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"backs (up)",
|
|
"concurs (in)",
|
|
"stands by",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"assents (to)",
|
|
"consents (to)",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"likes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"approves (of)",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"subscribes (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show partiality toward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"older moviegoers tend to favor films that have certain extras\u2014like a plot and developed characters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disfavors",
|
|
"dislikes",
|
|
"mislikes",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"cottons (to)",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"biases",
|
|
"biasses",
|
|
"prejudices",
|
|
"inclines (toward)",
|
|
"tends (to)",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"leans (toward or towards)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"prefers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fawning":{
|
|
"as in obsequious , subservient":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sycophancy , toadying":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"defying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishing",
|
|
"bootlicking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"truckling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade":{
|
|
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's facade of success collapsed when it was revealed that its financial officers had been cooking the books for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cotton candy",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"tinsel",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"veneer",
|
|
"window dressing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his interest in acting is just a facade \u2014he joined the drama club to meet girls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"persona",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"unfaithfulness",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pretext"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a forward part or surface":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rearward",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the stores in the mall have facades that are in keeping with the style of a 19th-century American village"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"surface",
|
|
"veneer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"forehead",
|
|
"forepart",
|
|
"front"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades":{
|
|
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's facade of success collapsed when it was revealed that its financial officers had been cooking the books for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cotton candies",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"tinsels",
|
|
"fig leafs",
|
|
"fig leaves",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"veneers",
|
|
"window dressings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his interest in acting is just a facade \u2014he joined the drama club to meet girls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candors",
|
|
"sincerities",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
|
|
"naivetes",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"impersonations",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"personae",
|
|
"personas",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"affectations",
|
|
"deceits",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"dissimulations",
|
|
"double-dealings",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"guiles",
|
|
"betrayals",
|
|
"double crosses",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"infidelities",
|
|
"perfidies",
|
|
"treacheries",
|
|
"treasons",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"pretexts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a forward part or surface":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"rearwards",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all of the stores in the mall have facades that are in keeping with the style of a 19th-century American village"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"innards",
|
|
"insides",
|
|
"interiors"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outsides",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"surfaces",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"foreheads",
|
|
"foreparts",
|
|
"fronts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fall down":{
|
|
"as in go under":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fatality":{
|
|
"a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casualty",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"prey",
|
|
"victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"underdog",
|
|
"martyr",
|
|
"sacrifice",
|
|
"collateral damage",
|
|
"murderee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gainer",
|
|
"victor",
|
|
"winner",
|
|
"harmer",
|
|
"injurer",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"murderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fames":{
|
|
"the fact or state of being known to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many go to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"renowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reputabilities",
|
|
"reputations",
|
|
"reputes",
|
|
"cachets",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"prestiges",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"statures",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"megastardoms",
|
|
"popularities",
|
|
"stardoms",
|
|
"superstardoms",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"preeminences",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"visibilities",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"recognitions",
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"idolizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"invisibilities",
|
|
"unpopularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anonymities",
|
|
"oblivions",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"overall quality as seen or judged by people in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he has some fame locally as an honest antiques dealer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"odors",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reps",
|
|
"reputations",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"personae",
|
|
"personas",
|
|
"admirations",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"reverences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabulous":{
|
|
"based on, described in, or being a myth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the city of Phoenix is named after a fabulous bird that every 500 years destroys itself with fire, only to rise again from its own ashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"romanticized",
|
|
"storied",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"allegorical",
|
|
"mythological",
|
|
"mythologic",
|
|
"semilegendary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"real-world",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real-life"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing wonder or astonishment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fabulous sites of dazzlingly lit Las Vegas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"mind-bending",
|
|
"mind-blowing",
|
|
"mind-boggling",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlightening",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"interesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unimpressive",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninspired",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a story of a fabulous land where the people know nothing of war and live together in perfect harmony"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"phantasmal",
|
|
"phantasmic",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unconvincing",
|
|
"unlikely",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"daydreamlike",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusional",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"hallucinatory",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"fictive",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"tangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we had a fabulous time on our vacation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fancying up":{
|
|
"to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had fancied up his van so much that it was virtually a palace on wheels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorning",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"beautifying",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"bedizening",
|
|
"blazoning",
|
|
"caparisoning",
|
|
"decking",
|
|
"decorating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"emblazing",
|
|
"embossing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"fancifying",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garnishing",
|
|
"glitzing (up)",
|
|
"gracing",
|
|
"gussying up",
|
|
"ornamenting",
|
|
"prettying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accessorizing",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"tricking (out)",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"smartening",
|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"braiding",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"feathering",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"filigreeing",
|
|
"filleting",
|
|
"flouncing",
|
|
"frilling",
|
|
"fringing",
|
|
"furbelowing",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"ribboning",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wreathing",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9ing",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"painting",
|
|
"diamonding",
|
|
"gemming",
|
|
"impearling",
|
|
"jeweling",
|
|
"jewelling",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"redecorating",
|
|
"redoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"simplifying",
|
|
"streamlining",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"denuding",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"divesting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"uglifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"scarring",
|
|
"spoiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fashionably":{
|
|
"as in elegantly , stylishly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"farmhouse":{
|
|
"as in plantation , homestead":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faceless":{
|
|
"lacking in distinctive features or qualities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was precisely because he was a faceless individual that the serial killer was able to go on for so long without detection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beige",
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"featureless",
|
|
"indistinctive",
|
|
"neutral",
|
|
"noncommittal",
|
|
"nondescript",
|
|
"vanilla"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"not named or identified by a name":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"faceless gossipmongers had been spreading rumors about the actor's sexual identity for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"incognito",
|
|
"innominate",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"unbaptized",
|
|
"unchristened",
|
|
"unidentified",
|
|
"unnamed",
|
|
"untitled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"undetermined",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unheard-of",
|
|
"unheralded",
|
|
"unknown",
|
|
"unsung",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"labeled",
|
|
"labelled",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"titled",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"known",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"well-known",
|
|
"exceptional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baptized",
|
|
"christened",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"termed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"falsity":{
|
|
"a false idea or belief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a papal letter condemning secularism and other movements that the church considered to be falsities of the modern age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"misbelief",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"old wives' tale",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"factoid",
|
|
"superstition",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misperception",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misknowledge",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"sophism",
|
|
"sophistry",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when questioned by his parents about his drug use, the teenager told one blatant falsity after another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"perjury",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"falsification",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fraudulence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the falsity of Guinevere usually figures prominently in medieval and modern tellings of the legend of King Arthur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidiousness",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adultery",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"lying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustworthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"despite being offered a fortune to spill the president's secrets, the trusted aide declared that he'd sooner die than be guilty of such falsity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being false":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the falsity of Columbus's estimate of the earth's circumference was pretty much demonstrated when he made a head-on collision with the western hemisphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"erroneousness",
|
|
"fallaciousness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"speciousness",
|
|
"spuriousness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"incorrectness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"mendaciousness",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"untruthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"factuality",
|
|
"factualness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"credibility",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faithlessness":{
|
|
"lack of faithfulness especially to one's husband or wife":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wife who long ago became resigned to the chronic faithlessness of her husband"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"inconstancy",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidiousness",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adultery",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"lying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"trustworthiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"devotedness",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faith",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the former butler's mercenary faithlessness shocked and offended the royal family"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"disloyalty",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"sellout",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"unfaithfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"desertion",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"defense",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"safeguard",
|
|
"shield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"allegiance",
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"faithfulness",
|
|
"fealty",
|
|
"fidelity",
|
|
"loyalty",
|
|
"staunchness",
|
|
"steadfastness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fantasizers":{
|
|
"as in daydreamers , woolgatherers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fabulousness":{
|
|
"as in greatness , specialness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"familial":{
|
|
"of or relating to a household or family":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a familial duty as well as a tradition for everyone in my family to eat dinner together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"household"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"homelike",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"homey",
|
|
"homy",
|
|
"residential"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondomestic",
|
|
"nonfamilial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fascination":{
|
|
"the power of irresistible attraction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fascination that the subject of dinosaurs has for most children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"animal magnetism",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"captivation",
|
|
"charisma",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"duende",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"force field",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magnetism",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"witchery"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allurement",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduction",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"darlingness",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"niceness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"pleasingness",
|
|
"sweetness",
|
|
"sex appeal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"repulsiveness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fainting":{
|
|
"to lose consciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of person who faints at the sight of blood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"keeling (over)",
|
|
"passing out",
|
|
"swooning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"zonking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coming around",
|
|
"coming round",
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faking out":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"spoofing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dekeing",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"juking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"sidestepping",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"pump-faking",
|
|
"stutter-stepping",
|
|
"maneuvering (around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fable":{
|
|
"a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this classic Christmas film is essentially a fable showing how every person's life has meaning and touches the lives of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allegory",
|
|
"apologue",
|
|
"parable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beast fable",
|
|
"bestiary",
|
|
"morality play",
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythology",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"tale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a traditional but unfounded story that gives the reason for a current custom, belief, or fact of nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to an ancient fable the waters of the mountain spring are the tears of a woman weeping for her lost children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"legend",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"mythos"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"allegory",
|
|
"parable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"saga",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the stories of lost cities of gold may have been fables deliberately concocted by Native Americans to dupe the Spanish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"invention"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anecdote",
|
|
"narrative",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"yarn",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper",
|
|
"make-believe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"realness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fables that people tell themselves to rationalize their failures and shortcomings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fairy tale",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"whopper"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"half-truth",
|
|
"ambiguity",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"defamation",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"perjury",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"canard",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"myth",
|
|
"falsification",
|
|
"misinformation",
|
|
"misreport",
|
|
"misrepresentation",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fraudulence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"truism",
|
|
"verity",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"veracity",
|
|
"authentication",
|
|
"confirmation",
|
|
"substantiation",
|
|
"validation",
|
|
"verification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"truth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"facets":{
|
|
"a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there are so many facets to Benjamin Franklin: statesman, scientist, inventor, American original"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"appearances",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"complexions",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"visages",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"outlooks",
|
|
"perspectives",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"postures",
|
|
"shoes",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"stances",
|
|
"standpoints",
|
|
"viewpoints",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"interpretations",
|
|
"readings",
|
|
"renderings",
|
|
"translations",
|
|
"versions",
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"counts",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"respects"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"factoring (out)":{
|
|
"as in discounting , disregarding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowing (for)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"factoring (in or into)",
|
|
"providing (for)",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"adapting",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"contemplating",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"foreseeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"facelift":{
|
|
"as in renovations , refurbishments":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reclamations",
|
|
"reconstructions",
|
|
"re-creations",
|
|
"refurbishments",
|
|
"regeneracies",
|
|
"rehabilitations",
|
|
"rehabs",
|
|
"renovations",
|
|
"restorals",
|
|
"restorations",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"recuperations",
|
|
"fixings",
|
|
"reanimations",
|
|
"rebirths",
|
|
"regenerations",
|
|
"rejuvenations",
|
|
"rejuvenescences",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"resurgences",
|
|
"resurrections",
|
|
"resuscitations",
|
|
"revitalizations",
|
|
"revivals",
|
|
"revivifications",
|
|
"renaissances",
|
|
"renascences",
|
|
"reinventions",
|
|
"reactivations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"famishment":{
|
|
"a need or desire for food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's something about outdoor activity that invariably increases one's famishment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"munchies",
|
|
"stomach"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rapaciousness",
|
|
"rapacity",
|
|
"ravenousness",
|
|
"voraciousness",
|
|
"voracity",
|
|
"malnutrition",
|
|
"starvation",
|
|
"undernourishment",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"sweet tooth",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hunger strike",
|
|
"gluttony",
|
|
"gourmandism",
|
|
"greed",
|
|
"hoggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"fullness",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"repleteness",
|
|
"repletion",
|
|
"satiation",
|
|
"satiety",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"surfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inappetence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"face-off":{
|
|
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the annual fall face-off between these traditional rivals is a big event for both football-mad colleges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ball game",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"confrontation",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dogfight",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"rivalry",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"horse race",
|
|
"nail-biter",
|
|
"showdown",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"friction",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a contest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"eager to face off with her longtime tennis rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"compete",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"vie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"jockey",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"try out",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fatherless":{
|
|
"as in motherless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"motherless",
|
|
"baseborn",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"misbegotten",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"supposititious",
|
|
"unfathered",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"orphaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fatiguing":{
|
|
"as in exhausting , enervating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rescue workers pressed on, though their efforts to reach the miners had almost completely fatigued them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"outwearing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fawn":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a student who could not wait to fawn over the new teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polish",
|
|
"bootlick",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"kowtow",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"truckle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"cower",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"grovel",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"defy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"facticity":{
|
|
"agreement with fact or reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
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"the facticity of the information is not at issue; it's whether something so private should ever be made public"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"factuality",
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"sooth",
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"trueness",
|
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"truth",
|
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"verity"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
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"accurateness",
|
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"actuality",
|
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"authenticity",
|
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"correctness",
|
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"credibility",
|
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"honesty",
|
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"trustability",
|
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"trustiness",
|
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"trustworthiness",
|
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"truthfulness",
|
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"veracity",
|
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"dependability",
|
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"reliability"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"erroneousness",
|
|
"fallaciousness",
|
|
"fallacy",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"fiction",
|
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"half-truth",
|
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"lie",
|
|
"impreciseness",
|
|
"imprecision",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
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"incorrectness",
|
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"inexactitude",
|
|
"inexactness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
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"lying",
|
|
"mendaciousness",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"untruthfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"untruth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"factory":{
|
|
"a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"manufactory",
|
|
"mill",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"shop",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"workshop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweatshop",
|
|
"atelier",
|
|
"studio",
|
|
"workplace",
|
|
"workroom",
|
|
"yard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"farceur":{
|
|
"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a knockabout comedy that was performed by a trio of accomplished farceurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"card",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"funnyman",
|
|
"gagger",
|
|
"gagman",
|
|
"gagster",
|
|
"humorist",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"jokester",
|
|
"wag",
|
|
"wit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"banterer",
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"kidder",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"practical joker",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"quipper",
|
|
"quipster",
|
|
"teaser",
|
|
"wisecracker",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"caricaturist",
|
|
"lampooner",
|
|
"parodist",
|
|
"satirist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faintness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a year of increasing faintness , the old man quietly died in his sleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asthenia",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"enervation",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"fragility",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"defenselessness",
|
|
"helplessness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"impuissance",
|
|
"powerlessness",
|
|
"effeteness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"tenderness",
|
|
"disablement",
|
|
"incapacitation",
|
|
"invalidism",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"brawniness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"huskiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"muscularity",
|
|
"virility",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"sturdiness",
|
|
"toughness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"wellness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"hardiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"vigor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"faultfinders":{
|
|
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hate to be a faultfinder , but the invitation has a spelling error"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carpers",
|
|
"castigators",
|
|
"cavilers",
|
|
"cavillers",
|
|
"censurers",
|
|
"criticizers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"disparagers",
|
|
"hypercritics",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"nigglers",
|
|
"nitpickers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"condemners",
|
|
"condemnors",
|
|
"denouncers",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"decriers",
|
|
"denigrators",
|
|
"deriders",
|
|
"detractors",
|
|
"assailants",
|
|
"attackers",
|
|
"crucifiers",
|
|
"criticasters",
|
|
"hairsplitters",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"quibblers",
|
|
"admonishers",
|
|
"haranguers",
|
|
"railers",
|
|
"ranters",
|
|
"rebukers",
|
|
"reproachers",
|
|
"reprovers",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraiders",
|
|
"bellyachers",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crybabies",
|
|
"fussers",
|
|
"gripers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grousers",
|
|
"grumblers",
|
|
"whiners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commenders",
|
|
"praisers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |