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{
"publicize":{
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the city hasn't done a good job of publicizing the new regulations for its recycling operation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"related":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"announce",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publish",
"release",
"sound",
"trumpet"
]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the movie studios widely publicized their summer blockbusters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"advertise",
"bark",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"sell",
"push",
"acclaim",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"plump (for)",
"plunk (for)",
"plonk (for)",
"recommend",
"review",
"announce",
"broadcast",
"publish"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"hype",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"talk up",
"tout"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"publicizing":{
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the city hasn't done a good job of publicizing the new regulations for its recycling operation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealing",
"hushing (up)",
"silencing",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"revoking"
],
"related":[
"barking",
"calling (off or out)",
"crying",
"billboarding",
"billing",
"bulletining",
"gazetting",
"knelling",
"ringing",
"tolling",
"blurbing",
"featuring",
"pitching",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"puffing",
"disseminating",
"spreading",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"introducing",
"kithing",
"kything",
"manifesting",
"reporting",
"revealing",
"showing",
"advising",
"apprising",
"handing down",
"informing",
"notifying",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"intimating"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertising",
"announcing",
"annunciating",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"enunciating",
"flashing",
"giving out",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publishing",
"releasing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting"
]
},
"to provide publicity for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the movie studios widely publicized their summer blockbusters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"advertising",
"barking",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"selling",
"pushing",
"acclaiming",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"plumping (for)",
"plunking (for)",
"plonking (for)",
"recommending",
"reviewing",
"announcing",
"broadcasting",
"publishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhooing",
"boosting",
"hyping",
"pitching",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"talking up",
"touting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puffery":{
"information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the newspaper's local stories are often thinly disguised puffery for area businesses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ad",
"advertisement",
"commercial",
"message",
"plug",
"promotion",
"spot",
"word",
"banner",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"poster",
"sign",
"advertising",
"marketing",
"propaganda",
"pronouncement",
"publication",
"release",
"broadcast",
"bulletin",
"dispatch",
"newscast",
"report",
"story",
"ink",
"testimonial",
"write-up"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"hype",
"publicity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pules":{
"to utter feeble plaintive cries":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a distressed baby puling in its crib"
],
"near antonyms":[
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squeals",
"howls",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"calls",
"caterwauls",
"squawks",
"bellows",
"roars"
],
"related":[
"fusses",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"snuffles",
"whines",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"blubs",
"cries",
"sobs",
"weeps",
"peeps",
"squeaks",
"yelps",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleats",
"mewls",
"whimpers"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pull down":{
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp",
"create",
"invent",
"assemble",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"bring about",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"restore"
],
"related":[
"beat",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"scotch",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"blast",
"blow up",
"break",
"cripple",
"damage",
"deface",
"deteriorate",
"disfigure",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"dynamite",
"harm",
"impair",
"injure",
"mangle",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"erode",
"scour",
"sweep (away)",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"dilapidate",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"gut",
"take down",
"unbuild",
"undo",
"unmake",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out",
"despoil",
"havoc",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"trample",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"assassinate",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"dispatch",
"execute",
"fell",
"kill",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"murder",
"slaughter",
"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"cream",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
]
},
"to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rebuild",
"renew",
"renovate",
"restore",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape"
],
"related":[
"blow up",
"dynamite",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"crack up",
"crush",
"dash",
"decimate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"do in",
"eradicate",
"extirpate",
"finish",
"flatten",
"obliterate",
"overturn",
"pulverize",
"ravage",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"smash",
"total",
"unmake",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wreck"
],
"synonyms":[
"demolish",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down",
"unbuild"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"lose"
],
"examples":[
"he's pulling down six figures at that job"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accord",
"give",
"grant",
"pay",
"give up",
"hand over",
"part (with)",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"related":[
"clear",
"gross",
"net",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"notch (up)",
"score",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"rack up",
"catch",
"pick up",
"annex",
"occupy",
"take over",
"reacquire",
"reattain",
"recapture",
"regain",
"remake"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquire",
"attain",
"bag",
"bring in",
"capture",
"carry",
"come by",
"draw",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"knock down",
"land",
"make",
"obtain",
"procure",
"realize",
"reap",
"secure",
"win"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pull out":{
"an act of moving away especially from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable":{
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"advancement"
],
"examples":[
"the civil unrest has led the company to initiate a pullout of its operations in the region"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rout",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"revulsion",
"shrinking",
"disengagement",
"disentanglement"
],
"synonyms":[
"pullback",
"recession",
"retirement",
"retreat",
"withdrawal"
]
},
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"the party's been fun, but it's time to pull out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"push off",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
"antonyms":[
"advance"
],
"examples":[
"the aid workers have been advised to pull out of those regions to which the conflict has spread"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"brazen",
"breast",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"outbrave"
],
"related":[
"flee",
"fly",
"flinch",
"recoil",
"shrink",
"chicken (out)",
"bow out",
"back down",
"backpedal",
"backtrack",
"climb down",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"pull away",
"abandon",
"depart",
"evacuate",
"go",
"leave",
"quit",
"vacate"
],
"synonyms":[
"back away",
"drop back",
"fall back",
"recede",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pull round":{
"to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after a week without any relapses, it became clear that she would pull round eventually"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ail",
"collapse",
"come down",
"sicken",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"fade",
"fail",
"languish",
"sink",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"worsen",
"regress",
"relapse"
],
"related":[
"come around",
"come round",
"come to",
"improve",
"pick up",
"revive",
"cheer (up)",
"perk (up)",
"pull through",
"survive",
"recruit"
],
"synonyms":[
"come back",
"convalesce",
"gain",
"heal",
"mend",
"rally",
"recoup",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"snap back"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulled down":{
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"related":[
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"scotched",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"broke",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"took down",
"unbuilt",
"undid",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
]
},
"to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"rebuilt",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"restored",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped"
],
"related":[
"blew up",
"dynamited",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"cracked up",
"crushed",
"dashed",
"decimated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"devoured",
"did in",
"dissolved",
"eradicated",
"extirpated",
"finished",
"flattened",
"obliterated",
"overturned",
"pulverized",
"ravaged",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"smashed",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"unmade",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wrecked"
],
"synonyms":[
"demolished",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"razed",
"tore down",
"unbuilt"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"lost"
],
"examples":[
"he's pulling down six figures at that job"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accorded",
"gave",
"granted",
"paid",
"gave up",
"handed over",
"parted (with)",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"related":[
"cleared",
"grossed",
"netted",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"notched (up)",
"scored",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"racked up",
"caught",
"picked up",
"annexed",
"occupied",
"took over",
"reacquired",
"reattained",
"recaptured",
"regained",
"remade"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquired",
"attained",
"bagged",
"brought in",
"came by",
"captured",
"carried",
"drew",
"earned",
"gained",
"garnered",
"got",
"knocked down",
"landed",
"made",
"obtained",
"procured",
"realized",
"reaped",
"secured",
"won"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulling down":{
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"antonyms":[
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
],
"examples":[
"a powerful storm pulled down the old fishing shack, which had been immortalized in countless paintings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"repairing",
"revamping",
"creating",
"inventing",
"assembling",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
"producing",
"shaping",
"bringing about",
"constituting",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"founding",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"restoring"
],
"related":[
"beating",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"scotching",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"winning (against)",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"breaking",
"crippling",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"deteriorating",
"disfiguring",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"dynamiting",
"harming",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"mangling",
"marring",
"mutilating",
"spoiling",
"vitiating",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"sweeping (away)",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
"dilapidating",
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"gutting",
"taking down",
"unbuilding",
"undoing",
"unmaking",
"blotting out",
"effacing",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"obliterating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"snuffing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out",
"despoiling",
"havocking",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"trampling",
"trashing",
"vandalizing",
"assassinating",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"dispatching",
"executing",
"felling",
"killing",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"murdering",
"slaughtering",
"slaying",
"taking out",
"zapping"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"creaming",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"extinguishing",
"nuking",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"vaporizing",
"wasting",
"wracking",
"wrecking"
]
},
"to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an ugly billboard that was eventually pulled down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rebuilding",
"renewing",
"renovating",
"restoring",
"creating",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"shaping"
],
"related":[
"blowing up",
"dynamiting",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"cracking up",
"crushing",
"dashing",
"decimating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"devouring",
"dissolving",
"doing in",
"eradicating",
"extirpating",
"finishing",
"flattening",
"obliterating",
"overturning",
"pulverizing",
"ravaging",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"smashing",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"unmaking",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wrecking"
],
"synonyms":[
"demolishing",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"unbuilding"
]
},
"to receive as return for effort":{
"antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"losing"
],
"examples":[
"he's pulling down six figures at that job"
],
"near antonyms":[
"according",
"giving",
"granting",
"paying",
"giving up",
"handing over",
"parting (with)",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"related":[
"clearing",
"grossing",
"netting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"notching (up)",
"scoring",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"racking up",
"catching",
"picking up",
"annexing",
"occupying",
"taking over",
"reacquiring",
"reattaining",
"recapturing",
"regaining",
"remaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"acquiring",
"attaining",
"bagging",
"bringing in",
"capturing",
"carrying",
"coming by",
"drawing",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"getting",
"knocking down",
"landing",
"making",
"obtaining",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"reaping",
"securing",
"winning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulling off":{
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the rebel forces pulled off a surprisingly successful offensive against the better equipped government troops"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"related":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"putting through"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulling one's leg":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceiving"
],
"examples":[
"He was just pulling your leg when he said he won the lottery."
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"related":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozling",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"buffaloing",
"burning",
"catching",
"conning",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"faking out",
"fooling",
"gaffing",
"gammoning",
"gulling",
"having",
"having on",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"hornswoggling",
"humbugging",
"juggling",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading",
"snookering",
"snowing",
"spoofing",
"stringing along",
"suckering",
"sucking in",
"taking in",
"tricking"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pulls the wool over one's eyes":{
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceives"
],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[
"debunks",
"exposes",
"reveals",
"shows up",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"tells",
"unveils",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions"
],
"related":[
"kids",
"puts on",
"teases",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles"
],
"synonyms":[
"bamboozles",
"beguiles",
"bluffs",
"buffaloes",
"burns",
"catches",
"cons",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fakes out",
"fools",
"gaffs",
"gammons",
"gulls",
"has",
"has on",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"hornswoggles",
"humbugs",
"juggles",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads",
"snookers",
"snows",
"spoofs",
"strings along",
"suckers",
"sucks in",
"takes in",
"tricks"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"pullulate":{
"to be copiously supplied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a tough city neighborhood that has a reputation for pullulating with prostitutes and petty criminals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lack",
"need",
"want"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"abound",
"brim",
"bristle",
"bulge",
"burst",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"crawl",
"hum",
"overflow",
"swarm",
"teem"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pullulating":{
"to be copiously supplied":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a tough city neighborhood that has a reputation for pullulating with prostitutes and petty criminals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lacking",
"needing",
"wanting"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"abounding",
"brimming",
"bristling",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"crawling",
"humming",
"overflowing",
"swarming",
"teeming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulsate":{
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the heart muscle pulsates regularly to pump blood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuate",
"oscillate",
"vibrate",
"quiver",
"tremble"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"palpitate",
"pit-a-pat",
"pitter-patter",
"pulse",
"throb"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulse":{
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his resting pulse rate is much lower than that of most men his age"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuation",
"oscillation",
"vibration",
"quiver",
"tremble",
"tremor"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"beating",
"palpitation",
"pulsation",
"throb"
]
},
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"blood vessels pulsing in time with the heartbeat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuate",
"oscillate",
"vibrate",
"quiver",
"tremble"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"palpitate",
"pit-a-pat",
"pitter-patter",
"pulsate",
"throb"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pulsed":{
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"blood vessels pulsing in time with the heartbeat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuated",
"oscillated",
"vibrated",
"quivered",
"trembled"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"palpitated",
"pit-a-patted",
"pitter-pattered",
"pulsated",
"throbbed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulverize":{
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
],
"examples":[
"buildings pulverized by a killer tornado"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp",
"create",
"invent",
"assemble",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"bring about",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"restore"
],
"related":[
"beat",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"scotch",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"blast",
"blow up",
"break",
"cripple",
"damage",
"deface",
"deteriorate",
"disfigure",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"dynamite",
"harm",
"impair",
"injure",
"mangle",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"erode",
"scour",
"sweep (away)",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"dilapidate",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"gut",
"take down",
"unbuild",
"undo",
"unmake",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out",
"despoil",
"havoc",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"trample",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"assassinate",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"dispatch",
"execute",
"fell",
"kill",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"murder",
"slaughter",
"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"cream",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pulverize the cement into dust for reuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"grate",
"kibble",
"crumble",
"crunch",
"break",
"bust",
"dash",
"fracture",
"fragment",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"micronize"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomize",
"beat",
"bray",
"comminute",
"crush",
"disintegrate",
"grind",
"mill",
"mull",
"pound",
"powder"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pummeling":{
"as in pounding , thrashing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pummels":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"pummeled the mugger with her fists until help arrived"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pump":{
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jerk",
"jiggle",
"shake",
"wiggle",
"wobble",
"wabble",
"oscillate",
"rock",
"sway",
"swing",
"undulate",
"drop",
"duck"
],
"synonyms":[
"bob",
"bobble",
"jog",
"jounce",
"nod",
"seesaw",
"wag"
]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"prying neighbors pumped the guileless child for information about the family's new pool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"debrief",
"cross-examine",
"cross-question",
"annoy",
"harass",
"hound",
"pester",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"poll"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechize",
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"query",
"question",
"quiz",
"sweat"
]
},
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
"antonyms":[
"fill"
],
"examples":[
"pumped water from the well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"soak",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"wet",
"deluge",
"drown",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp"
],
"related":[
"milk",
"suck",
"clear",
"empty",
"evacuate",
"exhaust",
"vacate",
"vacuate",
"void",
"decant",
"effuse",
"deplete",
"clean",
"flush",
"purge"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleed",
"draft",
"drain",
"draw (off)",
"siphon",
"syphon",
"tap"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pumps":{
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"shakes",
"wiggles",
"wobbles",
"wabbles",
"oscillates",
"rocks",
"sways",
"swings",
"undulates",
"drops",
"ducks"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbles",
"bobs",
"jogs",
"jounces",
"nods",
"seesaws",
"wags"
]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"prying neighbors pumped the guileless child for information about the family's new pool"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"debriefs",
"cross-examines",
"cross-questions",
"annoys",
"harasses",
"hounds",
"pesters",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"polls"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechizes",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"queries",
"questions",
"quizzes",
"sweats"
]
},
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
"antonyms":[
"fills"
],
"examples":[
"pumped water from the well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"soaks",
"souses",
"washes",
"waters",
"wets",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps"
],
"related":[
"milks",
"sucks",
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"exhausts",
"vacates",
"vacuates",
"voids",
"decants",
"effuses",
"depletes",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleeds",
"drafts",
"drains",
"draws (off)",
"siphons",
"syphons",
"taps"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"punching out":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you should take a course in anger management\u2014you can't go around punching out people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"punchy":{
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
],
"examples":[
"feeling a little punchy after being up half the night with a crying baby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"related":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"slaphappy",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"puniness":{
"the quality or state of being little in size":{
"antonyms":[
"bigness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"largeness",
"magnitude"
],
"examples":[
"a nagging dissatisfaction with his physical puniness drove him to become a body builder"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"grossness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"extensiveness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"healthiness",
"liberality",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"weightiness",
"bulkiness",
"massiveness",
"voluminousness"
],
"related":[
"petiteness",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"synonyms":[
"diminutiveness",
"fineness",
"littleness",
"slightness",
"smallness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"punish":{
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
"antonyms":[
"excuse",
"pardon",
"spare"
],
"examples":[
"the child was punished for breaking dishes on purpose",
"if caught, the thief will be severely punished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"get off",
"ransom",
"release",
"commute",
"reprieve",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"related":[
"assess",
"charge",
"dock",
"fine",
"impose",
"levy",
"mulct",
"convict",
"sentence",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"criticize",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reprove",
"wreak"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigate",
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"penalize"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"punishable":{
"as in impeachable , indictable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"punishment":{
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he is serving five years in prison as punishment for aggravated assault"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesty",
"indemnity",
"pardon",
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"release",
"commutation",
"reprieve",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"remitment",
"condonation",
"disregard",
"overlooking"
],
"related":[
"reprisal",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"mulct",
"example",
"sentence",
"confinement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denouncement",
"censure",
"criticism",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"comeuppance",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"wrath"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"punk":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
"examples":[
"an impertinent punk who was trying to tell senior colleagues how to do their jobs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"related":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
]
},
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the vigilante was hailed by some as a hero for standing up to the punks who had repeatedly threatened his family"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cutthroat",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"assassin",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"brigand",
"criminal",
"crook",
"desperado",
"felon",
"gunman",
"highwayman",
"lawbreaker",
"mafioso",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"outlaw",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"pirate",
"pickpocket",
"racketeer",
"robber",
"swindler",
"thief",
"vandal",
"juvenile delinquent",
"tearaway"
],
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
]
},
"extremely unsatisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"bitchin'",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
],
"examples":[
"the acting in the movie ranged all the way from poor to punk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choice",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"premium",
"prime",
"superior",
"adequate",
"sufficient",
"acceptable",
"satisfactory"
],
"related":[
"bad",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"off",
"poor",
"substandard",
"wanting",
"contemptible",
"miserable",
"shameful",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"low-grade",
"mediocre",
"reprehensible",
"second-rate",
"bum",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"abominable",
"damnable",
"fiendish",
"odious",
"vile"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"dismal",
"execrable",
"horrible",
"lousy",
"rotten",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"wretched"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
],
"examples":[
"she plays a punk game of tennis, so you won't have any trouble beating her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"related":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"sour",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"claims made by cosmetic companies about their antiaging creams that turned out to be a lot of punk"
],
"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",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
]
},
"temporarily suffering from a disorder of the body":{
"antonyms":[
"hale",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"wholesome"
],
"examples":[
"I've been feeling punk today"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"conditioned",
"fit",
"well-conditioned",
"cured",
"better",
"convalescing",
"improved",
"mending",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"rehabilitated",
"hardy",
"hearty",
"lusty",
"robust",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"strong",
"tough",
"blooming",
"bouncing",
"chipper",
"flourishing",
"flush",
"thriving"
],
"related":[
"symptomatic",
"cruddy",
"lousy",
"seedy",
"sickish",
"nauseated",
"nauseous",
"qualmish",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"airsick",
"carsick",
"seasick",
"dizzy",
"light-headed",
"shaky",
"woozy",
"achy",
"feverish",
"diseased",
"disordered",
"decrepit",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"infirm",
"invalid",
"sickly",
"weak",
"weakly",
"afflicted",
"troubled",
"challenged",
"debilitated",
"disabled",
"halt",
"incapacitated",
"lame",
"hypochondriac",
"hypochondriacal"
],
"synonyms":[
"ailing",
"bad",
"down",
"ill",
"indisposed",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"poorly",
"run-down",
"sick",
"sickened",
"unhealthy",
"unsound",
"unwell"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"puny":{
"of a size that is less than average":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
],
"examples":[
"a puny , wrinkled apple"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"related":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"synonyms":[
"bantam",
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purchase":{
"as in leverage , anchorage":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in sale , deal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I need to purchase a new heavy coat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
],
"related":[
"acquire",
"gain",
"garner",
"get",
"obtain",
"procure",
"secure",
"win",
"finance",
"pay (for)",
"spring (for)",
"barter (for)",
"deal (for)",
"dicker (over)",
"exchange (for)",
"haggle (for)",
"negotiate (about)",
"trade (for)",
"bargain (with)",
"chaffer (with)",
"horse-trade (with)",
"palter (with)",
"bid",
"offer",
"rebuy",
"repurchase"
],
"synonyms":[
"buy",
"cop",
"pick up",
"take"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"pure":{
"free from added matter":{
"antonyms":[
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"diluted",
"impure",
"mixed"
],
"examples":[
"There is a big difference between pure maple syrup and pancake syrup made with other ingredients.",
"the solution must be kept pure for the experiment to work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befouled",
"besmirched",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"unclarified",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"commingled",
"compounded",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"conjoined",
"fused",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"cheapened",
"doctored",
"watered-down"
],
"related":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"clean",
"fresh",
"taintless",
"uncontaminated",
"uncorrupted",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"rendered",
"tried",
"concentrated",
"full-bodied",
"strong",
"uncombined"
],
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"absolute",
"fine",
"neat",
"plain",
"purified",
"refined",
"straight",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"undiluted",
"unmixed"
]
},
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"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
],
"examples":[
"the humor in the movie is as pure and wholesome as any parent could wish"
],
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"blemished",
"defiled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"improper",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"ribald",
"unseemly",
"crude",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"unrefined"
],
"related":[
"lily-white",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unsoiled",
"unspotted",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untarnished",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"cultivated",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaste",
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"vestal",
"virgin",
"virginal"
]
},
"free from sin":{
"antonyms":[
"impure",
"peccant",
"sinful",
"sinning"
],
"examples":[
"in one beatitude those who are pure in heart are promised the sight of God"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"virtueless",
"wicked",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
"related":[
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"blameless",
"guiltless"
],
"synonyms":[
"impeccable",
"innocent",
"sinless",
"white"
]
},
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
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"examples":[
"that story is pure nonsense"
],
"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",
"fair",
"flat",
"flat-out",
"out-and-out",
"outright",
"perfect",
"plumb",
"profound",
"rank",
"regular",
"sheer",
"simple",
"stark",
"stone",
"straight-out",
"thorough",
"thoroughgoing",
"total",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"unconditional",
"unmitigated",
"unqualified",
"utter",
"very"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purebred":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"of unmixed ancestry":{
"antonyms":[
"hybrid",
"mixed",
"mongrel"
],
"examples":[
"that horse is a purebred Arabian"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crossbred",
"crossed",
"half-blood",
"half-blooded",
"half-bred",
"hybridized",
"interbred",
"outcrossed"
],
"related":[
"well-bred",
"inbred"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooded",
"full-blood",
"full-blooded",
"pedigreed",
"pedigree",
"pure-blooded",
"pure-blood",
"thoroughbred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"puree":{
"as in slice , mash":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purifies":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Catholics go to confession to be purified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"defiles",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"stains",
"warps",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"sullies",
"tarnishes"
],
"related":[
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"heals",
"regenerates",
"restores",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"sanctifies"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"purify the water by distillation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouds",
"dulls",
"muddies",
"contaminates",
"dirties",
"soils",
"defiles",
"pollutes",
"taints",
"begrimes",
"besmirches",
"fouls",
"sullies"
],
"related":[
"processes",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"decontaminates",
"elutriates",
"purges",
"washes",
"extracts",
"leaches",
"bolts",
"screens",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"disinfects",
"sanitizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"fines",
"garbles"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purifying":{
"as in cathartic , cleansing":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Catholics go to confession to be purified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"debauching",
"defiling",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"depraving",
"perverting",
"staining",
"warping",
"poisoning",
"profaning",
"prostituting",
"sullying",
"tarnishing"
],
"related":[
"amending",
"improving",
"refining",
"healing",
"regenerating",
"restoring",
"elevating",
"ennobling",
"uplifting",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleansing",
"purging",
"sanctifying"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"purify the water by distillation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouding",
"dulling",
"muddying",
"contaminating",
"dirtying",
"soiling",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"fouling",
"sullying"
],
"related":[
"processing",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"decontaminating",
"elutriating",
"purging",
"washing",
"extracting",
"leaching",
"bolting",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"fining",
"garbling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"purity":{
"the quality or state of being morally pure":{
"antonyms":[
"immodesty",
"impurity",
"unchasteness",
"unchastity"
],
"examples":[
"struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"sinfulness",
"unrighteousness",
"wickedness",
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"vulgarity"
],
"related":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtue",
"virtuousness",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"decency",
"decorum",
"propriety",
"seemliness"
],
"synonyms":[
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"immaculacy",
"innocence",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"purports":{
"the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was able to give the purport of the governor's speech in a few words"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"connotations",
"clues",
"cues",
"hints",
"implications",
"indications",
"inklings",
"intimations",
"suggestions",
"messages",
"tenors",
"themes",
"bottoms",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"natures",
"souls",
"spirits",
"stuff",
"acceptances",
"acceptations",
"definitions",
"burdens",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"gists",
"cores",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"marrows",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"points",
"quicks",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"topics"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents",
"denotations",
"drifts",
"imports",
"intentions",
"intents",
"meanings",
"senses",
"significances",
"significations"
]
},
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"do you purport to spend the rest of your life on that couch, or do you think you might get a job someday?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dreams",
"hopes",
"wishes",
"considers",
"debates",
"mulls (over)",
"ponders",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"strives",
"struggles",
"tries",
"plots",
"schemes",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"effects",
"executes",
"performs"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"allows",
"aspires",
"calculates",
"contemplates",
"designs",
"goes",
"intends",
"looks",
"means",
"meditates",
"plans",
"proposes",
"purposes"
]
},
"to state as a fact usually forcefully":{
"antonyms":[
"denies",
"gainsays"
],
"examples":[
"he purports to be an expert in criminalistics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandons",
"disavows",
"disclaims",
"disowns",
"negates",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"challenges",
"disputes",
"questions",
"confutes",
"disproves",
"rebuts",
"refutes",
"contradicts",
"counters"
],
"related":[
"announces",
"broadcasts",
"proclaims",
"argues",
"rationalizes",
"reasons",
"confirms",
"justifies",
"vindicates",
"defends",
"perseveres",
"supports",
"upholds",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"claims",
"contends",
"declares",
"insists",
"maintains",
"professes",
"protests",
"warrants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"purposed":{
"to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been purposing to fix that thing for some time now"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hoped",
"wished",
"considered",
"debated",
"mulled (over)",
"pondered",
"attempted",
"endeavored",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"tried",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"effected",
"executed",
"performed"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimed",
"allowed",
"aspired",
"calculated",
"contemplated",
"designed",
"intended",
"looked",
"meant",
"meditated",
"planned",
"proposed",
"purported",
"went"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purposive":{
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
"antonyms":[
"nondeliberate",
"nonpurposive",
"unintentional"
],
"examples":[
"facial tics and other unconscious movements that one would not normally call purposive actions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadvertent",
"unwitting",
"accidental",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"incidental",
"random",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"purposeless",
"abrupt",
"impetuous",
"sudden",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"compulsory",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"casual",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unpremeditated"
],
"related":[
"designed",
"planned",
"advised",
"calculated",
"considered",
"measured",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thoughtful",
"weighed",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"volunteer"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"knowing",
"purposeful",
"set",
"voluntary",
"willed",
"willful",
"wilful",
"witting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purred":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"purses":{
"a container for carrying money and small personal items":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I left my purse at home, so I can't buy anything after all"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clutch bags",
"clutches",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"billfolds",
"wallets",
"compacts",
"vanities",
"pokes",
"pouches",
"sacks",
"shoulder bags"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pursued":{
"to go after or on the track of":{
"antonyms":[
"guided",
"led",
"piloted"
],
"examples":[
"the policeman doggedly pursued the pickpocket through the crowded subway station"
],
"near antonyms":[
"headed"
],
"related":[
"accompanied",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"hunted",
"searched (for)",
"sought",
"eyed",
"observed",
"watched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bird-dogged",
"chased",
"coursed",
"dogged",
"followed",
"hounded",
"ran",
"run",
"shadowed",
"tagged",
"tailed",
"traced",
"tracked",
"trailed"
]
},
"to go in search of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"urged the graduates to pursue personal fulfillment instead of financial success"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"related":[
"ferreted (out)",
"rooted (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"cast around (for)",
"chased (down)",
"foraged (for)",
"hunted",
"looked up",
"quested",
"searched (for or out)",
"shopped (for)",
"sought"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pursuit":{
"an activity outside of one's regular occupation that is engaged in primarily for pleasure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a workaholic with few pursuits outside of the office"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amusement",
"distraction",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"pastime",
"relaxation",
"sport"
],
"synonyms":[
"avocation",
"hobby",
"hobbyhorse",
"recreation"
]
},
"the act of going after or in the tracks of another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the cat ran down the street with a pair of dogs in pursuit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hot pursuit",
"tagging along",
"path",
"track",
"trail",
"search",
"seeking"
],
"synonyms":[
"chase",
"chasing",
"dogging",
"following",
"hounding",
"pursuing",
"shadowing",
"tagging",
"tailing",
"tracing",
"tracking",
"trailing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"push":{
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an unprecedented push to pass stronger gun control measures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assault",
"attack",
"maneuver",
"march",
"offensive",
"action",
"bid",
"enterprise",
"initiative",
"mission",
"project",
"undertaking"
],
"synonyms":[
"bandwagon",
"blitz",
"campaign",
"cause",
"crusade",
"drive",
"juggernaut",
"movement"
]
},
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I had to push my damaged bike all the way home"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"impel",
"move",
"bear (down)",
"compress",
"depress",
"jam",
"pressure",
"squash",
"squeeze",
"weigh (upon)",
"bulldoze",
"compel",
"force",
"lean (on or against)",
"muscle",
"ram"
],
"synonyms":[
"drive",
"propel",
"shove",
"thrust"
]
},
"to force one's way":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we had to push our way through a crowd that was mostly headed in the opposite direction"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ram",
"shove",
"thrust"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"bull",
"bulldoze",
"crash",
"elbow",
"jam",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"shoulder",
"squeeze"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"push off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"antonyms":[
"arrive",
"come",
"show up",
"turn up"
],
"examples":[
"let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"lodge",
"remain",
"settle",
"stay",
"tarry",
"approach",
"close",
"near",
"hit",
"land",
"reach"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"start",
"strike out",
"abscond",
"decamp",
"escape",
"evacuate",
"flee",
"fly",
"get out",
"mizzle",
"run away",
"scat",
"scram",
"skip",
"go out",
"light out",
"step out",
"abandon",
"desert",
"forsake",
"vacate",
"emigrate",
"adjourn",
"remove",
"retire",
"retreat",
"withdraw"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail",
"bail out",
"begone",
"book",
"bug off",
"bug out",
"bugger off",
"buzz (off)",
"clear off",
"clear out",
"cut out",
"depart",
"dig out",
"exit",
"get",
"get off",
"go",
"go off",
"move",
"pack (up or off)",
"part",
"peel off",
"pike (out or off)",
"pull out",
"push on",
"quit",
"run along",
"sally (forth)",
"scarper",
"shove (off)",
"step (along)",
"take off",
"vamoose",
"walk out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pushchair":{
"a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a fun festival that appeals to adults as well as tots in pushchairs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bassinet",
"cradle",
"crib",
"carry-cot"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby buggy",
"baby carriage",
"buggy",
"perambulator",
"pram",
"stroller"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pushy":{
"having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{
"antonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"low-pressure",
"nonassertive",
"unaggressive",
"unambitious",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising"
],
"examples":[
"he's usually very pushy about insinuating his own ideas into other people's projects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed",
"acquiescent",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"docile",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"yielding",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"shrinking",
"bashful",
"demure",
"diffident",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"mild",
"modest",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"unobtrusive",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient"
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"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"gladiatorial",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"trigger-happy",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"hyperaggressive",
"overambitious",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"gung ho",
"hustling",
"strenuous",
"vigorous",
"emphatic",
"obtrusive",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"gutsy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassy",
"bumptious",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"confident",
"determined",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"overconfident",
"presumptuous",
"unapologetic",
"unsubdued",
"unyielding",
"bare-knuckle",
"bare-knuckled",
"bare-knuckles",
"feisty",
"scrappy",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"magisterial",
"overbearing"
],
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"aggressive",
"ambitious",
"assertive",
"enterprising",
"fierce",
"go-getting",
"high-pressure",
"in-your-face",
"militant",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive"
]
},
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"unobtrusive"
],
"examples":[
"the pushy cocktail waiter kept asking me if I wanted another drink, even though I hadn't finished the first one"
],
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"hands-off",
"uninvolved",
"quiet",
"reclusive",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"retiring",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"withdrawn",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"subdued"
],
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"bold",
"brazen",
"bumptious",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"invading",
"trespassing",
"curious",
"inquisitive",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"pestiferous",
"overbearing",
"superserviceable"
],
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"busy",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"intrusive",
"meddlesome",
"meddling",
"nosy",
"nosey",
"obtrusive",
"officious",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"protrusive",
"prying",
"pushing",
"snoopy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"put away":{
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"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
],
"examples":[
"the naval authorities put away the body yesterday"
],
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"burn",
"cremate",
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncoffin"
],
"related":[
"immure",
"inurn",
"enshrine",
"conceal",
"cover",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"obscure",
"shade",
"shield",
"cloak",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"shroud",
"rebury",
"reinter",
"coffin"
],
"synonyms":[
"bury",
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"lay",
"tomb"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
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"examples":[
"after a hit man had put away her husband, she'd be free to marry her lover"
],
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"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"related":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
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"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
]
},
"to take in as food":{
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"examples":[
"can easily put away an entire bowl of popcorn at a single sitting"
],
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"related":[
"digest",
"down",
"mouth (down)",
"swallow",
"bolt",
"chow (down on)",
"devour",
"glut (on)",
"gobble (up or down)",
"gorge",
"gulp",
"scoff",
"slop",
"snarf (down)",
"swill",
"wolf",
"chew",
"gnaw (at or on)",
"gum",
"lap",
"lick",
"nibble (on)",
"nurse",
"pick (at)",
"relish",
"savor",
"savour",
"taste",
"banquet",
"dine",
"fare",
"feast",
"gormandize",
"pig out",
"regale",
"dispatch",
"polish off",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"munch",
"nosh",
"snack"
],
"synonyms":[
"consume",
"eat",
"ingest",
"partake (of)",
"put down",
"tuck (away or in)"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"put into words":{
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"examples":[
"Their son would hold his feelings inside and only put them into words when questioned."
],
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"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"blabber",
"bolt",
"blurt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"purr",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"formulize",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"rip (out)",
"snarl"
],
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"articulate",
"bring out",
"enunciate",
"pass",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
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"examples":[
"never put off until tomorrow what you can do today"
],
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"act",
"deal (with)",
"decide (upon)",
"do",
"work (on)"
],
"related":[
"suspend",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"stay",
"detain",
"retard",
"slow",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"wait"
],
"synonyms":[
"defer",
"delay",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"hold up",
"lay over",
"postpone",
"put over",
"remit",
"shelve"
]
},
"to cause to feel disgust":{
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"examples":[
"she was put off by his blatantly sexist attitude"
],
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"allure",
"attract",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"disarm",
"draw",
"enchant",
"entice",
"fascinate",
"lure",
"pull",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"rejoice",
"tickle",
"enrapture",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"entrance",
"appeal (to)",
"interest",
"intrigue"
],
"related":[
"displease",
"distress",
"appall",
"appal",
"disquiet",
"horrify",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"shock"
],
"synonyms":[
"disgust",
"gross out",
"nauseate",
"repel",
"repulse",
"revolt",
"sicken",
"turn off"
]
},
"to rid oneself of (a garment)":{
"antonyms":[
"don",
"put on",
"slip (into)",
"throw (on)"
],
"examples":[
"put off your coat and stay awhile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wear",
"apparel",
"array",
"attire",
"bedeck",
"clothe",
"dress",
"garb",
"rig",
"robe",
"suit"
],
"related":[
"husk",
"shed",
"kick (off)",
"disrobe",
"strip",
"undress"
],
"synonyms":[
"doff",
"douse",
"peel (off)",
"remove",
"shrug off",
"take off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put up":{
"to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends":{
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"examples":[
"put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterplot",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"hatch",
"engineer",
"jockey",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"design",
"frame",
"lay out",
"map",
"plan",
"shape"
],
"synonyms":[
"collude",
"compass",
"connive",
"conspire",
"contrive",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"scheme"
]
},
"to fix in an upright position":{
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"examples":[
"the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"flatten",
"knock down",
"level",
"raze",
"tear down"
],
"related":[
"brace",
"buttress",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"support",
"boost",
"crane",
"elevate",
"heave",
"heft",
"heighten",
"hike",
"hoist",
"jack (up)",
"lift",
"perk (up)",
"pick up",
"up",
"uphold",
"uplift"
],
"synonyms":[
"erect",
"pitch",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"upend",
"upraise"
]
},
"to form by putting together parts or materials":{
"antonyms":[
"demount",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"dismember",
"knock down",
"strike",
"take down",
"tear down"
],
"examples":[
"plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"flatten",
"level",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"ruinate",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode",
"detach",
"disengage",
"disconnect",
"disjoin",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate"
],
"related":[
"carpenter",
"fashion",
"forge",
"frame",
"hammer",
"handcraft",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"prefabricate",
"begin",
"coin",
"create",
"generate",
"inaugurate",
"initiate",
"innovate",
"invent",
"originate",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"reassemble",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"redevelop",
"reedify",
"retrofit",
"jerry-build",
"rig (up)",
"throw up",
"combine",
"unite"
],
"synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"confect",
"construct",
"erect",
"fabricate",
"make",
"make up",
"piece",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
]
},
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase"
],
"examples":[
"put their possessions up for auction"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"presell",
"wholesale",
"remarket",
"resell",
"hawk",
"peddle",
"barter",
"distribute",
"exchange",
"export",
"handle",
"trade",
"traffic (in)",
"advertise",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"tout",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"auction",
"provide",
"supply",
"carry",
"keep",
"stock"
],
"synonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"retail",
"sell",
"vend"
]
},
"to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cellar",
"garage",
"hangar",
"house",
"warehouse",
"file",
"pack",
"shelve"
],
"synonyms":[
"keep",
"reposit",
"store",
"stow"
]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the university puts up students in a variety of buildings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"evict"
],
"related":[
"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"board",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put up a front":{
"to take on a false or deceptive appearance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Though she put up a front , I could tell her feelings were hurt."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"act",
"impersonate",
"masquerade",
"play",
"playact",
"pretend",
"pose",
"affect",
"assume",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"feign",
"profess",
"put on",
"sham",
"simulate",
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"mask",
"bluff",
"feint"
],
"synonyms":[
"dissemble",
"dissimulate",
"let on",
"make out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"put-ons":{
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my bravery was all a put-on \u2014I was scared out of my wits"
],
"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",
"facades",
"fa\u00e7ades",
"fronts",
"guises",
"masquerades",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"semblances",
"shows"
]
},
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for a moment, I couldn't tell if the commercial was serious or a deadpan put-on of ads by other insurance companies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lampoons",
"mockeries",
"satires",
"comedies",
"farces",
"humors",
"sketches",
"slapsticks",
"squibs",
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"imitations",
"impersonations"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"parodies",
"ribs",
"send-ups",
"spoofs",
"takeoffs",
"travesties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"putrid":{
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
"antonyms":[
"undecomposed"
],
"examples":[
"the putrid remains of a dead raccoon on the side of the highway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"good",
"sweet",
"preserved",
"pristine",
"uncontaminated",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"unspoiled",
"untainted",
"untouched"
],
"related":[
"curdled",
"fermented",
"off",
"rancid",
"rank",
"sour",
"soured",
"sourish",
"turned",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"corroded",
"crumbled",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"disintegrated",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"mildewy",
"moldering",
"moldy",
"putrefying",
"putrescent",
"rotting",
"gangrenous"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"bad",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrefied",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"puts":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you can put this box next to the bookshelf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocates",
"removes",
"takes",
"banishes",
"dislodges",
"displaces",
"replaces",
"supersedes",
"supplants"
],
"related":[
"moves",
"rearranges",
"reorders",
"shifts",
"orients",
"establishes",
"locates",
"plants",
"settles",
"claps",
"flops",
"planks",
"plops",
"plumps",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"plunks down",
"slaps",
"ensconces",
"niches",
"assembles",
"collects",
"carries",
"berths",
"parks",
"affixes",
"anchors",
"locks",
"lodges",
"wedges",
"arrays",
"lays out",
"lines up",
"queues",
"ranks",
"sets down"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposes",
"deposits",
"disposes",
"emplaces",
"fixes",
"lays",
"places",
"positions",
"sets",
"sets up",
"situates",
"sticks"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"related":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"fits",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"tried to think of a good way of putting the news"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crafts",
"frames",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"suggests",
"paraphrases",
"rephrases",
"restates",
"rewords",
"summarizes",
"translates",
"communicates",
"discloses",
"speaks",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes",
"describes",
"renders",
"writes up"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulates",
"clothes",
"couches",
"expresses",
"formulates",
"phrases",
"says",
"states",
"words"
]
},
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"put the time of the photograph at about noon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrates",
"measures",
"scales",
"computes",
"works out"
],
"related":[
"concludes",
"deduces",
"extrapolates",
"gathers",
"infers",
"reasons",
"understands"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"calls",
"conjectures",
"estimates",
"figures",
"gauges",
"gages",
"guesses",
"judges",
"makes",
"places",
"reckons",
"supposes"
]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"antonyms":[
"remits"
],
"examples":[
"a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abates",
"diminishes",
"lessens",
"forgives",
"releases",
"condones",
"disregards",
"excuses",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"ignores",
"pardons"
],
"related":[
"docks",
"excises",
"mulcts",
"penalizes",
"taxes",
"extorts",
"shakes down",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"bleeds",
"fleeces",
"gouges",
"milks",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"coerces",
"compels",
"forces",
"inflicts",
"wreaks",
"sets",
"reapplies",
"reimposes",
"relays"
],
"synonyms":[
"assesses",
"charges",
"exacts",
"fines",
"imposes",
"lays",
"levies"
]
},
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bids",
"offers",
"adventures",
"chances",
"hazards",
"speculates",
"ventures",
"endangers",
"imperils",
"jeopardizes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bets",
"gambles",
"goes",
"lays",
"plays",
"stakes",
"wagers"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting down":{
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a fender bender that probably can be put down to the young driver's inexperience"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blaming",
"charging",
"fathering (on)",
"imputing (to)",
"pinning (on)",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"ascribing",
"attributing",
"chalking up",
"crediting",
"imputing",
"laying"
]
},
"to express scornfully one's low opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"magnifying",
"praising"
],
"examples":[
"he has the annoying habit of putting down others under the guise of offering constructive criticism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"countenancing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"favoring",
"recommending",
"sanctioning",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing"
],
"related":[
"discommending",
"abusing",
"scolding",
"disapproving (of)",
"disliking",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating",
"aspersing",
"defaming",
"maligning",
"ripping",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"discrediting",
"disgracing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"dissing",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"poor-mouthing",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking",
"vilipending",
"writing off"
]
},
"to make a written note of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we had the whole agreement put down on paper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chronicling",
"minuting",
"transcribing",
"enregistering",
"entering",
"inscribing",
"chalking (up)",
"notching",
"scoring"
],
"synonyms":[
"jotting (down)",
"logging",
"marking",
"noting",
"recording",
"registering",
"reporting",
"setting down",
"taking down",
"writing down"
]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"put her down as one of the chaperones for the field trip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"related":[
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"recording",
"registering",
"scheduling",
"slating"
]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"helping",
"propping up",
"supporting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring",
"whipping (up)",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"related":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"slapping down",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing"
]
},
"to take in as food":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the husky youngster seemed to put down her own weight in food at one sitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"digesting",
"downing",
"mouthing (down)",
"swallowing",
"bolting",
"chowing (down on)",
"devouring",
"glutting (on)",
"gobbling (up or down)",
"gorging",
"gulping",
"scoffing",
"slopping",
"snarfing (down)",
"swilling",
"wolfing",
"chewing",
"gnawing (at or on)",
"gumming",
"lapping",
"licking",
"nibbling (on)",
"nursing",
"picking (at)",
"relishing",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"tasting",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"faring",
"feasting",
"gormandizing",
"pigging out",
"regaling",
"dispatching",
"polishing off",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"munching",
"noshing",
"snacking"
],
"synonyms":[
"consuming",
"eating",
"ingesting",
"partaking (of)",
"putting away",
"tucking (away or in)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putting out":{
"as in release , publication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"abusing",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"plying",
"wielding"
]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"antonyms":[
"accommodating",
"favoring",
"obliging"
],
"examples":[
"if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"helping",
"easing",
"facilitating",
"smoothing",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting"
],
"related":[
"burdening",
"encumbering",
"saddling",
"weighing",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"hamstringing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"manacling",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"riling",
"vexing",
"grating",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"agitating",
"perturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommoding",
"disobliging",
"disturbing",
"incommoding",
"inconveniencing",
"troubling"
]
},
"to cause to cease burning":{
"antonyms":[
"firing",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting"
],
"examples":[
"put out the campfire before leaving"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"choking",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"blowing out",
"rubbing out",
"snubbing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"stubbing"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanketing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"related":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
]
},
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"suppressing"
],
"related":[
"copublishing",
"co-publishing",
"reissuing",
"reprinting",
"republishing",
"serializing",
"contributing",
"editing",
"syndicating",
"manufacturing",
"producing",
"distributing",
"marketing"
],
"synonyms":[
"getting out",
"issuing",
"printing",
"publishing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"puzzling (out)":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I was able to puzzle out the riddle in a fairly short time"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"concluding",
"deciding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"reasoning",
"clearing (up)",
"ironing out",
"straightening (out)",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"divining",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"deciphering",
"decoding"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"breaking",
"cracking",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"resolving",
"riddling (out)",
"solving",
"unraveling",
"unriddling",
"working",
"working out"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"put":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"you can put this box next to the bookshelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"lay",
"place",
"position",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"related":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{
"examples":[
"tried to think of a good way of putting the news"
],
"synonyms":[
"articulate",
"clothe",
"couch",
"express",
"formulate",
"phrase",
"say",
"state",
"word"
],
"related":[
"craft",
"frame",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"paraphrase",
"rephrase",
"restate",
"reword",
"summarize",
"translate",
"communicate",
"disclose",
"speak",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize",
"describe",
"render",
"write up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{
"examples":[
"put the time of the photograph at about noon"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"call",
"conjecture",
"estimate",
"figure",
"gauge",
"gage",
"guess",
"judge",
"make",
"place",
"reckon",
"suppose"
],
"related":[
"conclude",
"deduce",
"extrapolate",
"gather",
"infer",
"reason",
"understand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calibrate",
"measure",
"scale",
"compute",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"a proposal to put a special tax on luxuries"
],
"synonyms":[
"assess",
"charge",
"exact",
"fine",
"impose",
"lay",
"levy"
],
"related":[
"dock",
"excise",
"mulct",
"penalize",
"tax",
"extort",
"shake down",
"wrest",
"wring",
"bleed",
"fleece",
"gouge",
"milk",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"coerce",
"compel",
"force",
"inflict",
"wreak",
"set",
"reapply",
"reimpose",
"relay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"forgive",
"release",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"pardon"
],
"antonyms":[
"remit"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"examples":[
"put the words of his patriotic poem to the tune of a well-known drinking song"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"accommodate",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"condition",
"conform",
"doctor",
"edit",
"fashion",
"fit",
"shape",
"suit",
"tailor"
],
"related":[
"readapt",
"readjust",
"customize",
"gear",
"match",
"model",
"pattern",
"attune",
"correct",
"harmonize",
"square",
"tune",
"establish",
"root",
"settle",
"acquaint",
"familiarize",
"orient",
"orientate",
"equip",
"prepare",
"prime",
"rehearse",
"harden",
"inure",
"season",
"toughen",
"alter",
"convert",
"make over",
"modify",
"recast",
"reclaim",
"recycle",
"redesign",
"redevelop",
"redo",
"reengineer",
"refashion",
"refigure",
"refit",
"refocus",
"reinvent",
"rejigger",
"remake",
"remodel",
"revamp",
"revise",
"rework",
"transform",
"accustom",
"habilitate",
"habituate",
"naturalize",
"ready",
"train",
"bend",
"fiddle (with)",
"fine-tune",
"phase",
"register",
"regulate",
"rig"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjust"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
"examples":[
"deciding to go for broke, he put $1000 on a horse that had 20 to 1 odds"
],
"synonyms":[
"bet",
"gamble",
"go",
"lay",
"play",
"stake",
"wager"
],
"related":[
"bid",
"offer",
"adventure",
"chance",
"hazard",
"speculate",
"venture",
"endanger",
"imperil",
"jeopardize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"purblind":{
"as in gravel-blind":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in shortsighted , myopic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"publicity":{
"information released to the media that is designed to gain public attention or support for a person, business, or cause":{
"examples":[
"an endless flow of publicity for our charity event resulted in a great turnout"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballyhoo",
"hype",
"puffery"
],
"related":[
"ad",
"advertisement",
"commercial",
"message",
"plug",
"promotion",
"spot",
"word",
"banner",
"bill",
"billboard",
"placard",
"poster",
"sign",
"advertising",
"marketing",
"propaganda",
"pronouncement",
"publication",
"release",
"broadcast",
"bulletin",
"dispatch",
"newscast",
"report",
"story",
"ink",
"testimonial",
"write-up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"putrefied":{
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
"examples":[
"we had to throw out the putrefied tomatoes that had been sitting on the counter all week"
],
"synonyms":[
"addled",
"bad",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"putrid",
"rotten",
"spoiled"
],
"related":[
"curdled",
"fermented",
"off",
"rancid",
"rank",
"sour",
"soured",
"sourish",
"turned",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"fouled",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"corroded",
"crumbled",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"disintegrated",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"mildewy",
"moldering",
"moldy",
"putrefying",
"putrescent",
"rotting",
"gangrenous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fresh",
"good",
"sweet",
"preserved",
"pristine",
"uncontaminated",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"unspoiled",
"untainted",
"untouched"
],
"antonyms":[
"undecomposed"
]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated",
"festered",
"fouled",
"molded",
"moldered",
"perished",
"rotted",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"related":[
"soured",
"turned",
"turned off",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"addled",
"curdled",
"fermented",
"mortified",
"rusted",
"crumbled",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"dilapidated",
"sank",
"sunk",
"withered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grew",
"matured",
"ripened",
"refreshed",
"renewed",
"restored",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"assembled",
"composed",
"integrated",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"pumping":{
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
"examples":[
"the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line"
],
"synonyms":[
"bobbing",
"bobbling",
"jogging",
"jouncing",
"nodding",
"seesawing",
"wagging"
],
"related":[
"jerking",
"jiggling",
"shaking",
"wiggling",
"wobbling",
"wabbling",
"oscillating",
"rocking",
"swaying",
"swinging",
"undulating",
"dropping",
"ducking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a series of questions to":{
"examples":[
"prying neighbors pumped the guileless child for information about the family's new pool"
],
"synonyms":[
"catechizing",
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"querying",
"questioning",
"quizzing",
"sweating"
],
"related":[
"debriefing",
"cross-examining",
"cross-questioning",
"annoying",
"harassing",
"hounding",
"pestering",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"polling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove (liquid) gradually or completely":{
"examples":[
"pumped water from the well"
],
"synonyms":[
"bleeding",
"drafting",
"draining",
"drawing (off)",
"siphoning",
"syphoning",
"tapping"
],
"related":[
"milking",
"sucking",
"clearing",
"emptying",
"evacuating",
"exhausting",
"vacating",
"vacuating",
"voiding",
"decanting",
"effusing",
"depleting",
"cleaning",
"flushing",
"purging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"soaking",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"wetting",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping"
],
"antonyms":[
"filling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puerility":{
"as in goofiness , childishness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pulses":{
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"examples":[
"his resting pulse rate is much lower than that of most men his age"
],
"synonyms":[
"beatings",
"beats",
"palpitations",
"pulsations",
"throbs"
],
"related":[
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"vibrations",
"quivers",
"trembles",
"tremors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
"examples":[
"blood vessels pulsing in time with the heartbeat"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"palpitates",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"pulsates",
"throbs"
],
"related":[
"fluctuates",
"oscillates",
"vibrates",
"quivers",
"trembles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"puissant":{
"having great power or influence":{
"examples":[
"one of the nation's most respected and puissant advocates for the rights of minorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"important",
"influential",
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"significant",
"strong"
],
"related":[
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"celebrated",
"distinguished",
"dominant",
"eminent",
"famed",
"famous",
"great",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"notorious",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"high-powered",
"robust",
"vigorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"flimsy",
"frail",
"infirm",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"ineffective",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"unfit",
"unqualified",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"antonyms":[
"helpless",
"impotent",
"insignificant",
"little",
"powerless",
"unimportant",
"weak"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"purebloods":{
"as in thoroughbreds , purebreds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puffed (up)":{
"as in blew up , inflated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pushed off":{
"to leave a place often for another":{
"examples":[
"let's push off while it's still early enough to beat the evening rush"
],
"synonyms":[
"bailed",
"bailed out",
"booked",
"bugged off",
"bugged out",
"buggered off",
"buzzed (off)",
"cleared off",
"cleared out",
"cut out",
"departed",
"dug out",
"exited",
"got",
"got off",
"moved",
"packed (up or off)",
"parted",
"peeled off",
"piked (out or off)",
"pulled out",
"pushed on",
"quit",
"quitted",
"ran along",
"sallied (forth)",
"scarpered",
"shoved (off)",
"stepped (along)",
"took off",
"vamoosed",
"walked out",
"went",
"went off"
],
"related":[
"set out",
"started",
"struck out",
"absconded",
"decamped",
"escaped",
"evacuated",
"fled",
"flew",
"got out",
"mizzled",
"ran away",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"stepped out",
"went out",
"abandoned",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"vacated",
"emigrated",
"adjourned",
"removed",
"retired",
"retreated",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"lodged",
"remained",
"settled",
"stayed",
"tarried",
"approached",
"closed",
"neared",
"hit",
"landed",
"reached"
],
"antonyms":[
"arrived",
"came",
"showed up",
"turned up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"putrefying":{
"as in rotting , decaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go through decomposition":{
"examples":[
"we traced the bad smell to a dead skunk putrefying under the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decaying",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"festering",
"fouling",
"moldering",
"molding",
"perishing",
"rotting",
"spoiling"
],
"related":[
"souring",
"turning",
"turning off",
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"addling",
"curdling",
"fermenting",
"mortifying",
"rusting",
"crumbling",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"dilapidating",
"sinking",
"withering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"refreshing",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"cleansing",
"purifying",
"assembling",
"composing",
"integrating",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"purlieus":{
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"we stopped at one of the several pubs in the purlieus of the stadium"
],
"synonyms":[
"backyard",
"environs",
"neighborhood",
"vicinage",
"vicinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environment",
"surround",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the districts adjacent to a city":{
"examples":[
"such gated communities are common among the purlieus of these Midwestern cities"
],
"synonyms":[
"environs",
"outskirts",
"suburbia"
],
"near synonyms":[
"country",
"countryside",
"exurbia"
],
"near antonyms":[
"core city",
"downtown",
"inner city",
"midtown"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"puzzle (out)":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"I was able to puzzle out the riddle in a fairly short time"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"solve",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"pulsations":{
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"examples":[
"you should press against the artery in your wrist and count the pulsations to calculate your heart rate"
],
"synonyms":[
"beatings",
"beats",
"palpitations",
"pulses",
"throbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"vibrations",
"quivers",
"trembles",
"tremors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"pulverized":{
"as in refined , filtered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filtered",
"refined",
"smooth",
"superfine",
"ultrafine",
"dusty",
"fine",
"floury",
"powdery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"grainy",
"granular",
"granulated",
"rough",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"gravelly",
"gritty",
"sandy",
"pebbly",
"rocky",
"stony",
"stoney",
"lumpy",
"mealy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in destroyed , ruined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ruinate",
"ruined",
"wrecked",
"collapsed",
"imploded",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disintegrated",
"dynamited",
"mangled",
"mutilated",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"breakable",
"brittle",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"frangible",
"broken",
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbroken",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"repaired",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"buildings pulverized by a killer tornado"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"scotched",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"broke",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"took down",
"unbuilt",
"undid",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
]
},
"to reduce to fine particles":{
"examples":[
"pulverize the cement into dust for reuse"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomized",
"beat",
"brayed",
"comminuted",
"crushed",
"disintegrated",
"ground",
"milled",
"mulled",
"pounded",
"powdered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grated",
"kibbled",
"crumbled",
"crunched",
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"dashed",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"splintered",
"micronized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"puts the kibosh on":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"Remembered the time the police quickly put the kibosh on the wild party."
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"cans",
"ceases",
"cuts off",
"cuts out",
"desists (from)",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"ends",
"gives over",
"halts",
"knocks off",
"lays off",
"leaves off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits",
"shuts off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completes",
"concludes",
"finishes",
"closes (down)",
"deactivates",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"dams",
"delays",
"detains",
"hinders",
"holds",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"kiboshes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"calls",
"suspends",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"checks",
"clamps down",
"reins (in)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"stamps",
"stanches",
"staunches",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"turns back",
"pauses",
"stays",
"suspends",
"abolishes",
"aborts",
"annuls",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"dissolves",
"kills",
"ruins",
"scuttles",
"snuffs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"follows through (with)",
"keeps up",
"runs on",
"advances",
"proceeds",
"progresses",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"propels",
"stirs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"pump-fakes":{
"as in stutter-steps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"stutter-steps",
"dodges",
"evades",
"sidesteps",
"slips",
"maneuvers (around)",
"dekes",
"fakes",
"fakes out",
"jukes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puritanical":{
"given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals":{
"examples":[
"some of the state laws concerning sexual behavior are vestiges of a more puritanical time and are rarely, if ever, enforced"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluenosed",
"nice-nelly",
"prim",
"prudish",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"near synonyms":[
"priggish",
"staid",
"stuffy",
"genteel",
"proper",
"refined",
"decent",
"honest",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberated",
"permissive",
"bad",
"immoral",
"improper",
"indecent",
"lax",
"lecherous",
"lickerish",
"loose",
"prurient",
"wicked",
"skanky",
"slatternly",
"sleazy",
"sluttish",
"slutty",
"trampy",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"depraved",
"perverted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"put out":{
"subjected to and reacting with irritation":{
"examples":[
"he gets put out if anyone disturbs his dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"irked",
"irritated",
"narked",
"peeved",
"scunnered",
"teed off",
"vexed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"perturbed",
"troubled",
"upset",
"angered",
"angry",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steaming",
"bristly",
"cross",
"disapproving",
"huffy",
"piqued",
"resentful",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"choleric",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"snappish",
"snuffy",
"testy",
"touchy",
"badgered",
"bedeviled",
"frustrated",
"haggled",
"harassed",
"harried",
"hassled",
"inconvenienced",
"persecuted",
"pestered",
"pinpricked",
"plagued",
"provoked",
"tested",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"tried"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"pleased",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"exercise",
"exert",
"ply",
"wield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"abuse",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to cease burning":{
"examples":[
"put out the campfire before leaving"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"choke",
"smother",
"suffocate",
"blow out",
"rub out",
"snub (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"stub"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fire",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"light"
]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"my father was put out by all the street noise outside our house"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause discomfort to or trouble for":{
"examples":[
"if it wouldn't put you out too much, would you mind giving me a ride to the airport?"
],
"synonyms":[
"discommode",
"disoblige",
"disturb",
"incommode",
"inconvenience",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"encumber",
"saddle",
"weigh",
"fetter",
"hamper",
"hamstring",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"interfere (with)",
"manacle",
"obstruct",
"shackle",
"tie up",
"trammel",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irk",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"rile",
"vex",
"grate",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"agitate",
"perturb",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"help",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"smooth",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content"
],
"antonyms":[
"accommodate",
"favor",
"oblige"
]
},
"to produce and release for distribution in printed form":{
"examples":[
"though most of their sales are now transacted through the Internet, the company still puts out a mail-order catalog"
],
"synonyms":[
"get out",
"issue",
"print",
"publish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copublish",
"reissue",
"reprint",
"republish",
"serialize",
"contribute",
"edit",
"syndicate",
"manufacture",
"produce",
"distribute",
"market"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"putting by":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"have money put by for an emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"laying by",
"laying in",
"laying up",
"salting away",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"stockpiling",
"storing",
"stowing",
"treasuring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"acquiring",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"scraping (together)",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"preserving",
"banking",
"coffering",
"depositing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"saving",
"setting by",
"stocking",
"withholding",
"burying",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"secreting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading",
"consuming",
"squandering",
"using up",
"wasting",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"impoverishing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"puppy":{
"as in pup , puppy dog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"bitch",
"bandog",
"bird dog",
"coonhound",
"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"sled dog",
"watchdog",
"wolf dog",
"wolfhound",
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"guide dog",
"police dog",
"working dog",
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"pooch",
"tyke",
"tike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"punch-out":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"you should take a course in anger management\u2014you can't go around punching out people"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fistfight , slugfest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"punishing":{
"as in punitive":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive",
"advisory",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"didactic",
"moralistic",
"moralizing",
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"cautioning",
"exemplary",
"monitory",
"premonitory",
"warning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"the child was punished for breaking dishes on purpose",
"if caught, the thief will be severely punished"
],
"synonyms":[
"castigating",
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"penalizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assessing",
"charging",
"docking",
"fining",
"imposing",
"levying",
"mulcting",
"convicting",
"sentencing",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"criticizing",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproving",
"wreaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"getting off",
"ransoming",
"releasing",
"commuting",
"reprieving",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"antonyms":[
"excusing",
"pardoning",
"sparing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}
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