1777 lines
36 KiB
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1777 lines
36 KiB
JSON
{
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"phaeton":{
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"as in brougham , cabriolet":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phalanges":{
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"a large collection of people, animals, or things often placed close together":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"A solid phalanx of armed guards stood in front of the castle.",
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"She had to go through a phalanx of television cameras."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phantasmagoria":{
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"as in kaleidoscope , trove":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"phantasmagoric":{
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"as in surreal , hallucinatory":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"phantasy":{
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"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a constant daydreamer who started to believe his own fantasies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"actuality",
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"fact",
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"reality"
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],
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"related":[
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"ignis fatuus",
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"mirage",
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"will-o'-the-wisp",
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"brainchild",
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"idea",
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"concoction",
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"fable",
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"fabrication",
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"fiction",
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"invention",
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"envisaging",
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"imaging",
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"visualization",
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"cloud-cuckoo-land",
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"cloudland",
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"Shangri-la",
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"utopia",
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"daymare",
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"nightmare"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chimera",
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"conceit",
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"daydream",
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"delusion",
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"dream",
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"fancy",
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"figment",
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"hallucination",
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"illusion",
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"nonentity",
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"phantasm",
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"fantasm",
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"pipe dream",
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"unreality",
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"vision"
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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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"fact",
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"materiality",
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"reality"
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],
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"examples":[
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"we were coming to the conclusion that the person Karen \"saw\" in the woods was another one of her fantasies"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"actuality",
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"realness"
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],
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"related":[
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"anecdote",
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"narrative",
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"novel",
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"story",
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"tale",
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"yarn",
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"fairy tale",
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"falsehood",
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"falsity",
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"fib",
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"lie",
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"mendacity",
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"misrepresentation",
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"prevarication",
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"untruth",
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"whopper",
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"make-believe"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fable",
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"fabrication",
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"fiction",
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"figment",
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"invention"
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]
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},
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"the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the painter gave free rein to his fantasy to create pictures that capture the kind of reality we experience only in our dreams"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"literality",
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"literalness"
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],
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"related":[
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"brainstorm",
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"brainstorming",
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"inspiration",
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"fecundity",
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"fertility",
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"ingenuity",
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"resourcefulness",
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"versatility",
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"chimera",
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"daydream",
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"delusion",
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"dream",
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"figment",
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"hallucination",
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"illusion",
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"mind's eye",
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"mirage",
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"phantasm",
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"fantasm",
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"pipe dream",
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"envisaging",
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"visualization"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"contrivance",
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"creativity",
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"fancy",
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"ideation",
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"imagination",
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"imaginativeness",
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"invention",
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"inventiveness",
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"originality"
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]
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},
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"to form a mental picture of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"She regularly fantasies exciting adventures."
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"daydream",
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"stargaze",
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"hallucinate",
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"re-create",
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"reflect",
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"relive",
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"reminisce",
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"contemplate",
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"meditate",
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"muse",
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"ponder",
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"ruminate",
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"concoct",
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"fabricate",
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"invent",
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"make up",
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"manufacture",
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"plan",
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"project",
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"foresee",
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"prefigure"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conceit",
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"conceive",
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"conjure (up)",
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"dream",
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"envisage",
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"envision",
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"fancy",
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"fantasize",
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"feature",
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"ideate",
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"image",
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"imagine",
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"picture",
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"see",
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"vision",
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"visualize"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"phase out":{
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"as in mop-up":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in turn off":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"phased down":{
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulated",
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"ballooned",
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"built",
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"burgeoned",
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"bourgeoned",
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"enlarged",
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"escalated",
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"expanded",
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"grew",
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"increased",
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"intensified",
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"mounted",
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"mushroomed",
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"picked up",
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"rose",
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"snowballed",
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"soared",
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"swelled",
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"waxed"
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],
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"examples":[
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"tourism along the coast phases down after Labor Day"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appeared",
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"emerged",
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"showed up",
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"blew up",
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"distended",
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"elongated",
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"lengthened"
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],
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"related":[
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"compressed",
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"condensed",
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"constricted",
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"contracted",
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"evaporated",
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"faded (away)",
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"frittered (away)",
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"gave out",
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"melted (away)",
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"petered (out)",
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"tailed (off)",
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"vanished",
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"slackened",
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"slowed (down)",
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"alleviated",
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"relaxed",
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"flagged",
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"sank",
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"sunk",
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"weakened",
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"caved (in)",
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"collapsed",
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"deflated"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abated",
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"declined",
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"decreased",
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"de-escalated",
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"died (away or down or out)",
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"diminished",
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"drained (away)",
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"dropped (off)",
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"dwindled",
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"eased",
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"ebbed",
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"fell",
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"fell away",
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"lessened",
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"let up",
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"lowered",
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"moderated",
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"palled",
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"ratcheted (down)",
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"racheted (down)",
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"receded",
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"relented",
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"remitted",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"subsided",
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"tapered",
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"tapered off",
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"waned"
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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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"phased out":{
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"as in turned off":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"phases down":{
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"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
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"antonyms":[
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"accumulates",
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"balloons",
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"builds",
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"burgeons",
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"bourgeons",
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"enlarges",
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"escalates",
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"expands",
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"grows",
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"increases",
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"intensifies",
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"mounts",
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"mushrooms",
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"picks up",
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"rises",
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"snowballs",
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"soars",
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"swells",
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"waxes"
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],
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"examples":[
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"tourism along the coast phases down after Labor Day"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appears",
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"emerges",
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"shows up",
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"blows up",
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"distends",
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"elongates",
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"lengthens"
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],
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"related":[
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"compresses",
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"condenses",
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"constricts",
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"contracts",
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"evaporates",
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"fades (away)",
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"fritters (away)",
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"gives out",
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"melts (away)",
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"peters (out)",
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"tails (off)",
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"vanishes",
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"slackens",
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"slows (down)",
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"alleviates",
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"relaxes",
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"flags",
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"sinks",
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"weakens",
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"caves (in)",
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"collapses",
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"deflates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abates",
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"declines",
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"decreases",
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"de-escalates",
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"dies (away or down or out)",
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"diminishes",
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"drains (away)",
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"drops (off)",
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"dwindles",
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"eases",
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"ebbs",
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"falls",
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"falls away",
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"lessens",
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"lets up",
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"lowers",
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"moderates",
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"palls",
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"ratchets (down)",
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"rachets (down)",
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"recedes",
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"relents",
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"remits",
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"shrinks",
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"subsides",
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"tapers",
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"tapers off",
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"wanes"
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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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"phat":{
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"of the very best kind":{
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"antonyms":[
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"atrocious",
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"awful",
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"execrable",
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"lousy",
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"pathetic",
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"poor",
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"rotten",
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"terrible",
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"vile",
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"wretched"
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],
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"examples":[
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"fans agree that the rapper's latest CD is totally phat"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bad",
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"inferior",
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"low-grade",
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"substandard",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"mediocre",
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"middling",
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"second-class",
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"second-rate"
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],
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"related":[
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
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"all right",
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"decent",
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"good",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"passable",
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"satisfactory",
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"tolerable",
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"better",
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"exceptional",
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"fancy",
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"high-grade",
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"high-test",
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"premium",
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"select",
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"special",
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"superfine",
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"classical",
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"standard",
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"traditional"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"A-OK",
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"A1",
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"awesome",
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"bang-up",
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"banner",
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"beautiful",
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"blue-chip",
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"blue-ribbon",
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"boffo",
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"bonny",
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"bonnie",
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"boss",
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"brag",
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"brave",
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"bully",
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"bumper",
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"capital",
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"choice",
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"classic",
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"cool",
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"corking",
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"crackerjack",
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"cracking",
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"dandy",
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"divine",
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"dope",
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"down",
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"dynamite",
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"excellent",
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"fab",
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"fabulous",
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"famous",
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"fantabulous",
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"fantastic",
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"fine",
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"first-class",
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"first-rate",
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"first-string",
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"five-star",
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"four-star",
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"frontline",
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"gangbusters",
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"gangbuster",
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"gilt-edged",
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"gilt-edge",
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"gone",
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"grand",
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"great",
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"groovy",
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"heavenly",
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"high-class",
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"hot",
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"hype",
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"immense",
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"jim-dandy",
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"keen",
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"lovely",
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"marvelous",
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"marvellous",
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"mean",
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"neat",
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"nifty",
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"noble",
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"number one",
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"No. 1",
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"numero uno",
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"out-of-sight",
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"par excellence",
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"peachy",
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"peachy keen",
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"prime",
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"primo",
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"prize",
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"prizewinning",
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"quality",
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"radical",
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"righteous",
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"sensational",
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"slick",
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"splendid",
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"stellar",
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"sterling",
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"superb",
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"superior",
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"superlative",
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"supernal",
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"swell",
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"terrific",
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"tip-top",
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"top",
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"top-notch",
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"top-of-the-line",
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"top-shelf",
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"topflight",
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"topping",
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"unsurpassed",
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"wizard",
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"wonderful"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"philanthropy":{
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"a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"among the industrialist's philanthropies was a college scholarship fund for deserving students from the inner city"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"offering",
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"tithe",
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"bequest",
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"endowment",
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"legacy",
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"aid",
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"assistance",
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"dole",
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"handout",
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"relief",
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"welfare",
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"grant",
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"subsidy",
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"benevolence",
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"bestowal",
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"largesse",
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"largess",
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"present",
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"presentation"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alms",
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"benefaction",
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"beneficence",
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"charity",
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"contribution",
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"donation"
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]
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},
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"the giving of necessities and especially money to the needy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"much dedicated to philanthropy , the industrialist maintains a surprisingly modest lifestyle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"altruism",
|
|
"do-gooding",
|
|
"do-goodism",
|
|
"humanism",
|
|
"humanitarianism",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"alms",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"fund",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"almsgiving",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"dole"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being generous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a society dowager renowned for her philanthropy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"philistine":{
|
|
"a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town's philistines who think that spending on the arts is a waste of taxpayers' money"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"Babbitt",
|
|
"capitalist",
|
|
"plutocrat",
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"materialist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in lowbrow , uncultured":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in materialistic , commercialistic":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in utilitarian , idealless":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"photo finish":{
|
|
"as in seesaw , dead heat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in squeaker":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"photo-realistic":{
|
|
"closely resembling the object imitated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonnatural",
|
|
"nonrealistic",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"unrealistic"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"photo-realistic portraits of birds that caused some gallerygoers to forget that they were looking at paintings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dissimilar",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"unalike",
|
|
"unlike",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"contrasted",
|
|
"contrasting",
|
|
"different",
|
|
"disparate",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alike",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"similar",
|
|
"verisimilar",
|
|
"akin",
|
|
"analogous",
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"comparable",
|
|
"resembling",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"faithful",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"graphic",
|
|
"graphical",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"vivid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lifelike",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"naturalistic",
|
|
"naturalist",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"three-dimensional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"photojournalist":{
|
|
"as in staffer , sportswriter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"photojournalists":{
|
|
"as in staffers , sportswriters":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"phrasing":{
|
|
"an act, process, or means of putting something into words":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"research has shown that the phrasing of the question on certain hot-button issues greatly influences the response"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"outlet",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"thought",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulation",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"formulation",
|
|
"statement",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way in which something is put into words":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a particularly delicate and careful phrasing of the statement regarding the nature of the couple's relationship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"formulation",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"enunciation",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"speech",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"utterance",
|
|
"voice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diction",
|
|
"language",
|
|
"phraseology",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he had trouble thinking of how to phrase his question for the visiting dignitary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"paraphrasing",
|
|
"rephrasing",
|
|
"restating",
|
|
"rewording",
|
|
"summarizing",
|
|
"translating",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"describing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"writing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"wording"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physiatrists":{
|
|
"as in neurologists , pediatricians":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physical":{
|
|
"of or relating to the human body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"physical sensations such as heat and pain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"psychological",
|
|
"psychologic",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anatomic",
|
|
"anatomical",
|
|
"physiological",
|
|
"physiologic",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"hand-to-hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"somatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"relating to or composed of matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"couldn't tell the difference between a physical object and a shadow in the dim light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"discarnate",
|
|
"disembodied",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"wispish",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"spiritual"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"apparent",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"seeable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"touchable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physical therapy":{
|
|
"the treatment of a disease or an injury of the muscles or joints with massage, strengthening movements, heat, etc.":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physicians":{
|
|
"a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondoctors",
|
|
"nonphysicians"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should always consult a physician if you develop a high fever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"family doctors",
|
|
"family physicians",
|
|
"family practitioners",
|
|
"general practitioners",
|
|
"anesthesiologists",
|
|
"dermatologists",
|
|
"gynecologists",
|
|
"internists",
|
|
"neurologists",
|
|
"ob-gyns",
|
|
"obstetricians",
|
|
"ophthalmologists",
|
|
"orthopedists",
|
|
"pathologists",
|
|
"pediatricians",
|
|
"pediatrists",
|
|
"physiatrists",
|
|
"podiatrists",
|
|
"radiologists",
|
|
"urologists",
|
|
"attendings",
|
|
"clinicians",
|
|
"hospitalists",
|
|
"specialists",
|
|
"plastic surgeons",
|
|
"surgeons",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"internes",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"aidmen",
|
|
"nurse-practitioners",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"EMTs",
|
|
"paramedics",
|
|
"paramedicals",
|
|
"physical therapists",
|
|
"physiotherapists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"croakers",
|
|
"docs",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"medicos",
|
|
"medics",
|
|
"sawbones",
|
|
"sawboneses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physiognomies":{
|
|
"the appearance of a person's face; a person's facial features":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He and his son have the same distinctive physiognomy ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physiognomy":{
|
|
"the appearance of a person's face; a person's facial features":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He and his son have the same distinctive physiognomy ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"phenomena":{
|
|
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our jaws dropped when we saw this basketball phenomenon play for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"miracles",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"appearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"phenomenal":{
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"being out of the ordinary":{
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"examples":[
|
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"the phenomenal growth that the suburb has experienced over the last decade"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"aberrant",
|
|
"aberrated",
|
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"abnormal",
|
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"anomalous",
|
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"atypical",
|
|
"especial",
|
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"exceeding",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"extraordinaire",
|
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"extraordinary",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted"
|
|
],
|
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"related":[
|
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"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
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|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"deviant",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"incomprehensible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unextraordinary",
|
|
"usual"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being so extraordinary or abnormal as to suggest powers which violate the laws of nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the phenomenal ability to remember the names of thousands of people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"magical",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"superhuman",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"supernormal",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"unearthly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physiological":{
|
|
"of or relating to the functioning of living bodies or their parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"People often have a physiological response to fear, such as sweating or shaking."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"phoney-baloney":{
|
|
"not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you believe the company's phony-baloney press releases, it's in business solely for the benefit of mankind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"double-faced",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"Janus-faced",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"Pecksniffian",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"heart-to-heart",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
"unfeigned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"phantasmal":{
|
|
"not real and existing only in the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"phantasmal fears that have prevented her from living a normal life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantasied",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"imaginal",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"mythical",
|
|
"mythic",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"physiologic":{
|
|
"of or relating to the functioning of living bodies or their parts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"People often have a physiological response to fear, such as sweating or shaking."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anatomic",
|
|
"anatomical",
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"somatic",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"hand-to-hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"psychological",
|
|
"psychologic",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"philosophize":{
|
|
"as in think , rationalize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemplate",
|
|
"rationalize",
|
|
"think",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"derive",
|
|
"extrapolate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |