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5253 lines
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{
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"acted":{
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"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
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"examples":[
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"a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"did",
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"impersonated",
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"interpreted",
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"performed",
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"played",
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"portrayed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"depicted",
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"dramatized",
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"rendered",
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"represented",
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"acted out",
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"enacted",
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"pantomimed",
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"playacted",
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"role-played",
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"took on",
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"overacted",
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"overplayed",
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"underplayed",
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"aped",
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"clowned",
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"hammed",
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"imitated",
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"masqueraded",
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"mimed",
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"mimicked",
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"posed (as)",
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"starred (in)",
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"coacted",
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"co-acted",
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"costarred",
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"co-starred"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to produce a desired effect":{
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"examples":[
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"the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"operated",
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"performed",
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"took",
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"worked",
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"wrought"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"behaved",
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"reacted",
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"responded",
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"affected",
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"influenced",
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"swayed",
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"panned out",
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"redounded",
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"resulted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"backfired",
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"fizzled"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to give the impression of being":{
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"examples":[
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"always acting helpless, just to get attention"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appeared",
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"came across (as)",
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"came off (as)",
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"felt",
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"looked",
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"made",
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"seemed",
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"sounded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dissembled",
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"pretended",
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"recalled",
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"resembled",
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"suggested",
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"hinted",
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"implied",
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"insinuated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to have a certain purpose":{
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"examples":[
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"the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"functioned",
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"performed",
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"served",
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"worked",
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"wrought"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"operated",
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"ran",
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"run",
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"administered",
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"carried on",
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"controlled",
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"directed",
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"guided",
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"handled",
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"managed",
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"oversaw",
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"regulated",
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"supervised"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to present a false appearance of":{
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"examples":[
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"if you act confident long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affected",
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"assumed",
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"bluffed",
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"counterfeited",
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"dissembled",
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"faked",
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"feigned",
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"passed (for)",
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"pretended",
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"professed",
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"put on",
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"shammed",
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"simulated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dissimulated",
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"impersonated",
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"let on",
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"masqueraded",
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"playacted",
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"played",
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"posed",
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"forged",
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"imitated",
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"camouflaged",
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"concealed",
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"disguised",
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"masked",
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"feinted",
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"malingered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
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"examples":[
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"someone who is willing to act the helpless little thing when she wants attention"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"impersonated",
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"masqueraded (as)",
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"personated",
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"played",
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"posed (as)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aped",
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"copied",
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"imitated",
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"mimed",
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"mimicked",
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"mocked",
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"monkeyed",
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"parodied",
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"travestied",
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"performed",
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"portrayed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"acting":{
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"serving in a position for the time being":{
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"examples":[
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"will serve as acting president of the university until a permanent replacement can be found"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ad interim",
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"interim",
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"provisional",
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"provisionary",
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"provisory",
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"temporary"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"alternate",
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"backup",
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"jackleg",
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"make-do",
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"makeshift",
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"proxy",
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"stopgap",
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"substitute"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"long-term",
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"permanent"
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]
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},
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"as in footlights":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"footlights",
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"boards",
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"entertainment",
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"showbiz",
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"show business",
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"drama",
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"dramatics",
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"stage",
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"theater",
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"theatre",
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"theatricals",
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"theatrics",
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"amusement",
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"distraction",
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"diversion",
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"recreation",
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"exhibition",
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"pageant",
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"pageantry",
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"presentation",
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"production",
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"show",
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"spectacle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
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"examples":[
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"a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"doing",
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"impersonating",
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"interpreting",
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"performing",
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"playing",
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"portraying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"depicting",
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"dramatizing",
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"rendering",
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"representing",
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"acting out",
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"enacting",
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"pantomiming",
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"playacting",
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"role-playing",
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"taking on",
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"overacting",
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"overplaying",
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"underplaying",
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"aping",
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"clowning",
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"hamming",
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"imitating",
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"masquerading",
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"mimicking",
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"miming",
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"posing (as)",
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"starring (in)",
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"coacting",
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"co-acting",
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"costarring",
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"co-starring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to produce a desired effect":{
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"examples":[
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"the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"operating",
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"performing",
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"taking",
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"working"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"behaving",
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"reacting",
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"responding",
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"affecting",
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"influencing",
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"swaying",
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"panning out",
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"redounding",
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"resulting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"backfiring",
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"fizzling"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to give the impression of being":{
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"examples":[
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"always acting helpless, just to get attention"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"appearing",
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"coming across (as)",
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"coming off (as)",
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"feeling",
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"looking",
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"making",
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"seeming",
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"sounding"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dissembling",
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"pretending",
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"recalling",
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"resembling",
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"suggesting",
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"hinting",
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"implying",
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"insinuating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to have a certain purpose":{
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"examples":[
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"the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"functioning",
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"performing",
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"serving",
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"working"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"operating",
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"running",
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"administering",
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"carrying on",
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"controlling",
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"directing",
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"guiding",
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"handling",
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"managing",
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"overseeing",
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"regulating",
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"supervising"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to present a false appearance of":{
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"examples":[
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"if you act confident long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affecting",
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"assuming",
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"bluffing",
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"counterfeiting",
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"dissembling",
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"faking",
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"feigning",
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"passing (for)",
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"pretending",
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"professing",
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"putting on",
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"shamming",
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"simulating"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dissimulating",
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"impersonating",
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"letting on",
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"masquerading",
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"playacting",
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"playing",
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"posing",
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"forging",
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"imitating",
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"camouflaging",
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"concealing",
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"disguising",
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"masking",
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"feinting",
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"malingering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
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"examples":[
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"someone who is willing to act the helpless little thing when she wants attention"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"impersonating",
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"masquerading (as)",
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"personating",
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"playing",
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"posing (as)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aping",
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"copying",
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"imitating",
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"mimicking",
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"miming",
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"mocking",
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"monkeying",
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"parodying",
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"travestying",
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"performing",
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"portraying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"actions":{
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"the way or manner in which one conducts oneself":{
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"examples":[
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"observing the actions of mice in various controlled settings helps scientists understand the effects of certain drugs"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"address",
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"bearing",
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"behavior",
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"comportment",
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"conduct",
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"demeanor",
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"deportment",
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"geste",
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"gest"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"etiquette",
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"form",
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"manners",
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"mores",
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"proprieties",
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"p's and q's",
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"amenity",
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"civility",
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"courtesy",
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"decorum",
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"politeness",
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"air",
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"attitude",
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"carriage",
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"poise",
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"pose",
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"posture",
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"presence",
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"aspect",
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"look",
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"mien",
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"formality",
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"protocol",
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"rules",
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"custom",
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"habit",
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"habitude",
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"pattern",
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"practice",
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"practise",
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"trick",
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"wont",
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"convention",
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"fashion",
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"form",
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"mode",
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"style",
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"affectation",
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"attribute",
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"characteristic",
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"mark",
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"trait",
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"distinctiveness",
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"oddity",
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"peculiarity",
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"singularity",
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"strangeness",
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"uniqueness",
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"weirdness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"activate":{
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"to cause to function":{
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"examples":[
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"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"actuate",
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"crank (up)",
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"drive",
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"move",
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"run",
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"set off",
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"spark",
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"start",
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"touch off",
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"trigger",
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"turn on"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kick over",
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"turn over",
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"charge",
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"electrify",
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"energize",
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"fire",
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"fuel",
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"generate",
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"power",
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"push",
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"discharge",
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"launch",
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"release",
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"switch",
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"trip",
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"reactivate",
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"recharge",
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"arouse",
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"excite",
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"jump-start",
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"kick-start",
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"stimulate",
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"vitalize",
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"ignite",
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"incite",
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"instigate",
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"provoke",
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"quicken",
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"stir up",
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"accelerate",
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"catalyze",
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"speed (up)",
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"step up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arrest",
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"brake",
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"check",
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"cut off",
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"draw up",
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"halt",
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"jam",
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"stall",
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"stick",
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"stop",
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"decelerate",
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"repress",
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"slow",
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"stunt",
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"suppress"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cut",
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"cut out",
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"deactivate",
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"kill",
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"shut off",
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"turn off"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"activator":{
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"as in catalyst , power":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"animator",
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"catalyst",
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"driver",
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"energizer",
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"executor",
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"generator",
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"impetus",
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"incentive",
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"inspiration",
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"instigation",
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"instigator",
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"launcher",
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"mover",
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"power",
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"stimulus",
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"trigger",
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"agency",
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"agent",
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"instrument",
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"instrumentality",
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"machinery",
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"means",
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"medium",
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"ministry",
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"organ",
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"vehicle",
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"determinant",
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"expedient",
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"factor",
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"influence",
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"ingredient",
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"mechanism",
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"tool",
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"weapon",
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"antecedent",
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"cause",
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"occasion",
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"reason",
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"subagency",
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"subagent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"activeness":{
|
|
"as in agility , liveliness":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agility",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spryness",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"flushness",
|
|
"weal",
|
|
"welfare",
|
|
"well-being",
|
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"hardiness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"robustiousness",
|
|
"ruggedness",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness",
|
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"vigor",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"hygiene",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"soundness",
|
|
"verdure",
|
|
"wellness",
|
|
"wholeness",
|
|
"wholesomeness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"illness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"unhealthiness",
|
|
"unsoundness",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"sickliness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"ailment",
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"disease",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"malady",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actress":{
|
|
"a woman or girl who acts in a play, movie, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The versatile actress can seemingly play any role.",
|
|
"The actresses in the musical vastly outperformed their male counterparts."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"thesp",
|
|
"thespian",
|
|
"trouper",
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"enactor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"coactor",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"spear-carrier",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"walk-on",
|
|
"monologuist",
|
|
"monologist",
|
|
"prima donna",
|
|
"scene-stealer",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"comedienne",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"tragedian",
|
|
"tragedienne",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"masker",
|
|
"masquerader",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"personator",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actualization":{
|
|
"the state of being actual or complete":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an operatic performance that was the long-promised actualization of her musical potential"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"fruition",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"realization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"nonsuccess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nonfulfillment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acts up":{
|
|
"to behave badly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts out",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"misbehaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misconducts",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"kids (around)",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"roughhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"complies",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"hotdogs",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"showboats",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"skylarks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"misbehaves",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"mafficks",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"wassails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actuating":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a light actuated by a motion detector",
|
|
"the alarm system actuates the door locks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicking over",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"jump-starting",
|
|
"kick-starting",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"stepping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring (up)",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridling",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activist":{
|
|
"a person who uses or supports strong actions (such as public protests) to help make changes in politics or society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Antiwar activists were protesting in the streets.",
|
|
"political activists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"crusader",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"ideologue",
|
|
"idealogue",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"red hot",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"demonstrator",
|
|
"marcher",
|
|
"objector",
|
|
"picketer",
|
|
"protester",
|
|
"protestor",
|
|
"dreamer",
|
|
"idealist",
|
|
"visionary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"nonmilitant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actuality":{
|
|
"the fact of being or of being real":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actuality of the Abominable Snowman is not taken seriously by scientists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"corporality",
|
|
"corporeality",
|
|
"existence",
|
|
"reality",
|
|
"subsistence",
|
|
"thingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"realness",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"prevalence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"virtuality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inexistence",
|
|
"nonbeing",
|
|
"nonexistence",
|
|
"nothingness",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality of being actual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actuality of equal opportunity depends on more than just having laws that supposedly ensure it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"factuality",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authenticity",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"truth",
|
|
"verity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"fictitiousness",
|
|
"dreaminess",
|
|
"surreality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"irreality",
|
|
"unreality"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state of being actual or complete":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actuality of a manned flight to the moon would never have been believed a hundred years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"actualization",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"fruition",
|
|
"fulfillment",
|
|
"fulfilment",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"realization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"success",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"nonsuccess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"naught",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nonfulfillment"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that actually exists":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these estimated tax revenues, from casinos that have yet to be built, are being treated as actualities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certainty",
|
|
"inevitability",
|
|
"circumstance",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"occurrence",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eventuality",
|
|
"possibility",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"probability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"illusion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"act out":{
|
|
"to behave badly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because his parents spent so much time with his chronically ill sister, the boy resorted to acting out in order to get attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act up",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"misbehave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"kid (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"roughhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"comport",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"comply",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acted out":{
|
|
"to behave badly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because his parents spent so much time with his chronically ill sister, the boy resorted to acting out in order to get attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted up",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"misbehaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misconducted",
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"rebelled",
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"kidded (around)",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"roughhoused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"comported",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"complied",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actualizing":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"dawning",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"forming",
|
|
"materializing",
|
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"originating",
|
|
"setting in",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"being",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming on",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"cohering",
|
|
"shaping (up)",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"surviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actualizations":{
|
|
"the state of being actual or complete":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an operatic performance that was the long-promised actualization of her musical potential"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"consummations",
|
|
"fruitions",
|
|
"fulfillments",
|
|
"fulfilments",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"realizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"nonsuccesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"naughts",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nonfulfillments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acted up":{
|
|
"to behave badly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acted out",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"misbehaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misconducted",
|
|
"disobeyed",
|
|
"rebelled",
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"kidded (around)",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"roughhoused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obeyed",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"comported",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"complied",
|
|
"conformed",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clowned (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"horsed around",
|
|
"hotdogged",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"showboated",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"skylarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"misbehaved",
|
|
"roughhoused",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"disported",
|
|
"frisked",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"larked",
|
|
"rollicked",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"mafficked",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"wassailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acts out":{
|
|
"to behave badly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because his parents spent so much time with his chronically ill sister, the boy resorted to acting out in order to get attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acts up",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"misbehaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misconducts",
|
|
"disobeys",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"clowns (around)",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"kids (around)",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"roughhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"complies",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actors":{
|
|
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my sister went to drama school to become an actor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"thespians",
|
|
"thesps",
|
|
"troupers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"enactors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"actresses",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"coactors",
|
|
"co-actors",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"spear-carriers",
|
|
"supernumeraries",
|
|
"walk-ons",
|
|
"monologuists",
|
|
"monologists",
|
|
"prima donnas",
|
|
"scene-stealers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"tragedians",
|
|
"tragediennes",
|
|
"apers",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"maskers",
|
|
"masqueraders",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"pantomimists",
|
|
"personators",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"zanies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who takes part in something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Benjamin Franklin was a major actor in many of the events leading up to the founding of our nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"partakers",
|
|
"participants",
|
|
"participators",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"sharers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessories",
|
|
"accessaries",
|
|
"aides",
|
|
"assistants",
|
|
"helpers",
|
|
"colleagues",
|
|
"partners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bystanders",
|
|
"lookers-on",
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"onlookers",
|
|
"spectators",
|
|
"watchers",
|
|
"wallflowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonparticipants"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"action figure":{
|
|
"a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a collection of action figures of his favorite superheroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doll",
|
|
"dolly",
|
|
"poppet",
|
|
"puppet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rag doll",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"figurine",
|
|
"handpuppet",
|
|
"marionette"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actuates":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a light actuated by a motion detector",
|
|
"the alarm system actuates the door locks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicks over",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"kick-starts",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stirs (up)",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"fires (up)",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stimulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridles",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activates":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicks over",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"kick-starts",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"action":{
|
|
"something done by someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"judge people by their actions , not by their words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"emprise",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"handiwork",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"coaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the unfolding of events in a dramatic or literary work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mystery writer displays a sure hand in managing the novel's complicated but never incoherent action"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"story line"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"subplot",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"mythos",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"theme"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a court case for enforcing a right or claim":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"filed an action in county court to recover his lawn mower from his neighbor, who claims he \"gave\" it to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lawsuit",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"litigation",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"counterclaim",
|
|
"countersuit",
|
|
"cross action",
|
|
"cross-claim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"active fighting during the course of a war":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the battalion saw action soon after it arrived in France"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"firefight",
|
|
"pitched battle",
|
|
"single combat",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"warfare",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"service"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the way or manner in which one conducts oneself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"observing the actions of mice in various controlled settings helps scientists understand the effects of certain drugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"behavior",
|
|
"comportment",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demeanor",
|
|
"deportment",
|
|
"geste",
|
|
"gest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"p's and q's",
|
|
"amenity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"presence",
|
|
"aspect",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"mien",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"habitude",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wont",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"fashion",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"style",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"trait",
|
|
"distinctiveness",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"strangeness",
|
|
"uniqueness",
|
|
"weirdness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wilderness was tamed by men and women of action"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"initiative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"ambitiousness",
|
|
"killer instinct",
|
|
"overambitiousness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"self-reliance",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activists":{
|
|
"a person who uses or supports strong actions (such as public protests) to help make changes in politics or society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Antiwar activists were protesting in the streets.",
|
|
"political activists"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"evangelists",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"crusaders",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"ideologues",
|
|
"idealogues",
|
|
"militants",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"red hots",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"demonstrators",
|
|
"marchers",
|
|
"objectors",
|
|
"picketers",
|
|
"protesters",
|
|
"protestors",
|
|
"dreamers",
|
|
"idealists",
|
|
"visionaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti",
|
|
"nonmilitants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actressy":{
|
|
"as in actorly , actorish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"staged",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"mannered",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"nondramatic",
|
|
"nontheatrical",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"action figures":{
|
|
"a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a collection of action figures of his favorite superheroes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dollies",
|
|
"dolls",
|
|
"poppets",
|
|
"puppets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rag dolls",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"figurines",
|
|
"handpuppets",
|
|
"marionettes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actuated":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a light actuated by a motion detector",
|
|
"the alarm system actuates the door locks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activated":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acting (toward)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would never act toward my boss that way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"being (to)",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"engaging (with)",
|
|
"reacting (to)",
|
|
"responding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"act up":{
|
|
"to behave badly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"act out",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"misbehave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"disobey",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"kid (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"roughhouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"acquit",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"comport",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"comply",
|
|
"conform",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"hotdog",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"showboat",
|
|
"skylark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"misbehave",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
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"romp",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"maffick",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"wassail"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actionable":{
|
|
"capable of being put to use or account":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the authorities had no actionable intelligence with which to foil the terrorist plot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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"applicable",
|
|
"applicative",
|
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"applied",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
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"practical",
|
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"serviceable",
|
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"ultrapractical",
|
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"usable",
|
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"useable",
|
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"useful",
|
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"workable",
|
|
"working"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"pragmatic",
|
|
"pragmatical",
|
|
"utilitarian",
|
|
"banausic",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"obtainable",
|
|
"reachable",
|
|
"all-around",
|
|
"all-round",
|
|
"handy",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"armchair",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic",
|
|
"inaccessible",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"unavailable",
|
|
"unobtainable",
|
|
"unreachable",
|
|
"unsuitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"impracticable",
|
|
"impractical",
|
|
"inapplicable",
|
|
"nonpractical",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"useless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actualize":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activewear":{
|
|
"as in sportswear , outerwear":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loungewear",
|
|
"outerwear",
|
|
"playwear",
|
|
"sportswear",
|
|
"couture",
|
|
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
|
|
"pret-a-porter",
|
|
"ready-to-wear",
|
|
"tailoring",
|
|
"nightclothes",
|
|
"sleepwear",
|
|
"smallclothes",
|
|
"underclothes",
|
|
"underwear",
|
|
"civvies",
|
|
"civies",
|
|
"mufti",
|
|
"haberdashery",
|
|
"menswear",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"ensemble",
|
|
"frock",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"getup",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"livery",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"gaudery",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"finery",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"pretties",
|
|
"regalia",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"act (toward)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would never act toward my boss that way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"be (to)",
|
|
"deal (with)",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"treat",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"do by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"engage (with)",
|
|
"react (to)",
|
|
"respond (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activating":{
|
|
"as in energizing , galvanizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspirational",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"motivational",
|
|
"motivative",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"instigative",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"stimulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"noninflammatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the thermostat is set to activate the heating system only when the temperature drops below 65 degrees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicking over",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"jump-starting",
|
|
"kick-starting",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"stepping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"act":{
|
|
"a performance regularly presented by an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his nightclub act he impersonates a veritable galaxy of movie stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"number",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"shtick",
|
|
"schtick",
|
|
"shtik",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"signature"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was putting on an act when she said she didn't mind being left out of the outing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"playacting",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"persona",
|
|
"appearance",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"affectation",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"betrayal",
|
|
"double cross",
|
|
"faithlessness",
|
|
"falseness",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"infidelity",
|
|
"perfidy",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"treason",
|
|
"unfaithfulness",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"pretext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"outspokenness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"straightforwardness",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"genuineness",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
|
|
"naivete",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Americans with Disabilities Act requires public buildings to have wheelchair access"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bill",
|
|
"constitution",
|
|
"enactment",
|
|
"law",
|
|
"ordinance",
|
|
"statute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"command",
|
|
"commandment",
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"directive",
|
|
"edict",
|
|
"fiat",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"bylaw",
|
|
"ground rule",
|
|
"regulation",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"amendment",
|
|
"legislation",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"martial law",
|
|
"blue law",
|
|
"prohibition",
|
|
"proscription",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"canon",
|
|
"capitulary",
|
|
"encyclical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done by someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's acts such as this\u2014lying about having to work late\u2014that make me feel like I can't trust you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"feat",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishment",
|
|
"achievement",
|
|
"attainment",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"experience",
|
|
"emprise",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"undertaking",
|
|
"handiwork",
|
|
"performance",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"operation",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"coaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"do",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"act out",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"playact",
|
|
"role-play",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"overact",
|
|
"overplay",
|
|
"underplay",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pose (as)",
|
|
"star (in)",
|
|
"coact",
|
|
"costar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behave",
|
|
"react",
|
|
"respond",
|
|
"affect",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"redound",
|
|
"result"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfire",
|
|
"fizzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always acting helpless, just to get attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come across (as)",
|
|
"come off (as)",
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"seem",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"resemble",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"function",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"control",
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"direct",
|
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"guide",
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"handle",
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"manage",
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"oversee",
|
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"regulate",
|
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"supervise"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"to present a false appearance of":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"if you act confident long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it"
|
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],
|
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|
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"affect",
|
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"assume",
|
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"bluff",
|
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"counterfeit",
|
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"dissemble",
|
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"fake",
|
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"feign",
|
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"pass (for)",
|
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"pretend",
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"profess",
|
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"put on",
|
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"sham",
|
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"simulate"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"dissimulate",
|
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"impersonate",
|
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"let on",
|
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"masquerade",
|
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"play",
|
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"playact",
|
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"pose",
|
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"forge",
|
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"imitate",
|
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"camouflage",
|
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"conceal",
|
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"disguise",
|
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"mask",
|
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"feint",
|
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"malinger"
|
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],
|
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|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"someone who is willing to act the helpless little thing when she wants attention"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"impersonate",
|
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"masquerade (as)",
|
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"personate",
|
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"play",
|
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"pose (as)"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"ape",
|
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"copy",
|
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"imitate",
|
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"mime",
|
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"mimic",
|
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"mock",
|
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"monkey",
|
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"parody",
|
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"travesty",
|
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"perform",
|
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"portray"
|
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],
|
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|
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|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun",
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"acting up":{
|
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"to behave badly":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the two-year-old was acting up in church so much that her dad had to take her outside"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"acting out",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"misbehaving"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"misconducting",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"kidding (around)",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"roughhousing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"comporting",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in attention-getting playful or boisterous behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should have seen the boys acting up when they put on their aprons"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"hotdogging",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"showboating",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"skylarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"mafficking",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"wassailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acts":{
|
|
"a performance regularly presented by an individual or group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in his nightclub act he impersonates a veritable galaxy of movie stars"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"numbers",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"shticks",
|
|
"schticks",
|
|
"shtiks",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"signatures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was putting on an act when she said she didn't mind being left out of the outing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"pretenses",
|
|
"pretences",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candors",
|
|
"sincerities",
|
|
"na\u00efvet\u00e9s",
|
|
"naivetes",
|
|
"naivet\u00e9s"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rule of conduct or action laid down by a governing authority and especially a legislature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Americans with Disabilities Act requires public buildings to have wheelchair access"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bills",
|
|
"constitutions",
|
|
"enactments",
|
|
"laws",
|
|
"ordinances",
|
|
"statutes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"commandments",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"directives",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"fiats",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"bylaws",
|
|
"ground rules",
|
|
"regulations",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"amendments",
|
|
"legislations",
|
|
"common law",
|
|
"blue laws",
|
|
"prohibitions",
|
|
"proscriptions",
|
|
"restrictions",
|
|
"canons",
|
|
"capitularies",
|
|
"encyclicals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something done by someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's acts such as this\u2014lying about having to work late\u2014that make me feel like I can't trust you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actions",
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"doings",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"feats",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"experiences",
|
|
"emprises",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"initiatives",
|
|
"undertakings",
|
|
"handiworks",
|
|
"performances",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"activities",
|
|
"dealings",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"proceedings",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"coactions",
|
|
"co-actions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a portrayal or performance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local student acted the part of Tiny Tim in our theater company's production of A Christmas Carol"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"does",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"portrays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"dramatizes",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"acts out",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"role-plays",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"overacts",
|
|
"overplays",
|
|
"underplays",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"poses (as)",
|
|
"stars (in)",
|
|
"coacts",
|
|
"costars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce a desired effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the painkiller acted surprisingly quickly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"behaves",
|
|
"reacts",
|
|
"responds",
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"pans out",
|
|
"redounds",
|
|
"results"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"backfires",
|
|
"fizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the impression of being":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"always acting helpless, just to get attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes across (as)",
|
|
"comes off (as)",
|
|
"feels",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"seems",
|
|
"sounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"resembles",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"insinuates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to have a certain purpose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tail feathers of woodpeckers act as props while the birds excavate tree trunks for insects"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"operates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present a false appearance of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you act confident long enough, you'll begin to actually feel it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affects",
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"passes (for)",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"professes",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissimulates",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"lets on",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"playacts",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"forges",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"malingers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to pretend to be (what one is not) in appearance or behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"someone who is willing to act the helpless little thing when she wants attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"masquerades (as)",
|
|
"personates",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"poses (as)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"travesties",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"portrays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actual":{
|
|
"existing in fact and not merely as a possibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actual outcome of the election was quite different from what everybody had expected"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"de facto",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"existent",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"sure-enough",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"inescapable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"believable",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"literal",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real-life",
|
|
"real-world",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"certified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"reputed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"chimerical",
|
|
"chimeric",
|
|
"fabled",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fictional",
|
|
"fictitious",
|
|
"illusory",
|
|
"legendary",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"imaginary",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made-up",
|
|
"make-believe",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"romantic",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"symbolic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"virtual"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"ideal",
|
|
"inexistent",
|
|
"nonexistent",
|
|
"platonic",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"potential",
|
|
"suppositional",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actuator":{
|
|
"as in control , lever":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"button",
|
|
"dial",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"lever",
|
|
"push button",
|
|
"selector",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"controller",
|
|
"regulator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actresses":{
|
|
"a woman or girl who acts in a play, movie, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The versatile actress can seemingly play any role.",
|
|
"The actresses in the musical vastly outperformed their male counterparts."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"thespians",
|
|
"thesps",
|
|
"troupers",
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"enactors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"coactors",
|
|
"co-actors",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"spear-carriers",
|
|
"supernumeraries",
|
|
"walk-ons",
|
|
"monologuists",
|
|
"monologists",
|
|
"prima donnas",
|
|
"scene-stealers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"comediennes",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"tragedians",
|
|
"tragediennes",
|
|
"apers",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impressionists",
|
|
"maskers",
|
|
"masqueraders",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"pantomimists",
|
|
"personators",
|
|
"posers",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"harlequins",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"zanies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actuators":{
|
|
"as in controls , levers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buttons",
|
|
"dials",
|
|
"keys",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"levers",
|
|
"push buttons",
|
|
"selectors",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"controllers",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"regulators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actualities":{
|
|
"the state of being actual or complete":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actuality of a manned flight to the moon would never have been believed a hundred years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"actualizations",
|
|
"attainments",
|
|
"consummations",
|
|
"fruitions",
|
|
"fulfillments",
|
|
"fulfilments",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"realizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"nonsuccesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"naughts",
|
|
"nought",
|
|
"nonfulfillments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that actually exists":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these estimated tax revenues, from casinos that have yet to be built, are being treated as actualities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"materialities",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"certainties",
|
|
"inevitabilities",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"occurrences",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eventualities",
|
|
"possibilities",
|
|
"potentialities",
|
|
"probabilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"illusions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actorish":{
|
|
"as in actorly , actressy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actorly",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"staged",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"mannered",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"nondramatic",
|
|
"nontheatrical",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acted (toward)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would never act toward my boss that way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (with)",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"treated",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"was (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"rated",
|
|
"reckoned",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"engaged (with)",
|
|
"reacted (to)",
|
|
"responded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acting out":{
|
|
"to behave badly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"because his parents spent so much time with his chronically ill sister, the boy resorted to acting out in order to get attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acting up",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"misbehaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"misconducting",
|
|
"disobeying",
|
|
"rebelling",
|
|
"clowning (around)",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"kidding (around)",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"roughhousing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"comporting",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"conforming",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actorly":{
|
|
"as in actressy , actorish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"actorish",
|
|
"actressy",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"stagy",
|
|
"stagey",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"staged",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"mannered",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"self-conscious",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"nondramatic",
|
|
"nontheatrical",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"underplayed",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"discreet",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actualized":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"started"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actuate":{
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a light actuated by a motion detector",
|
|
"the alarm system actuates the door locks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kick over",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"kick-start",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"ignite",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"step up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hearing depends on sound vibrations that actuate the complex mechanism of that sensory organ, the ear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir (up)",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"fire (up)",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stimulate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridle",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actively":{
|
|
"in a manner involving great or constant activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's been working actively toward the goal of opening his own restaurant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"laboriously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lifelessly",
|
|
"sleepily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"inactively"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"active":{
|
|
"being in effective operation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the abandoned factory had not been active for years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"on",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"employable",
|
|
"operable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"viable",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"decommissioned",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"inoperable",
|
|
"unusable",
|
|
"unworkable",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"fallow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"nonproductive",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"stagnating",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"vegetating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"nonactivated",
|
|
"nonfunctional",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"nonoperating",
|
|
"nonoperational",
|
|
"nonoperative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fish are active today, but we still haven't caught anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"involved in often constant activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"all morning the crowd at the coffeehouse kept Marion and her helper pretty active"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assiduous",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"busy",
|
|
"diligent",
|
|
"employed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"occupied",
|
|
"sedulous",
|
|
"tied-up",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"knee-deep",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"astir",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"vibrant",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"preoccupied",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"functioning",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"operating",
|
|
"operational",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"hardworking",
|
|
"indefatigable",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"untiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"free",
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"latent",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"passive",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"nonoperating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"unbusy",
|
|
"unemployed",
|
|
"unoccupied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actually":{
|
|
"to tell the truth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"actually , I'd rather spend the evening at home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"admittedly",
|
|
"forsooth",
|
|
"frankly",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"indeed",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"truthfully",
|
|
"verily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"certainly",
|
|
"indisputably",
|
|
"indubitably",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"realistically",
|
|
"undoubtedly",
|
|
"unquestionably",
|
|
"veritably"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"in actual fact":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I call her Aunt Emily, but she is actually my cousin, not my aunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authentically",
|
|
"certifiably",
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"veritably",
|
|
"very"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accurately",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smack-dab",
|
|
"squarely",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"practically",
|
|
"virtually",
|
|
"literally",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"simply"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apparently",
|
|
"ostensibly",
|
|
"outwardly",
|
|
"plausibly",
|
|
"seemingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"professedly",
|
|
"supposedly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activators":{
|
|
"as in catalysts , powers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"animators",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"drivers",
|
|
"energizers",
|
|
"executors",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"instigators",
|
|
"launchers",
|
|
"movers",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"agencies",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"instrumentalities",
|
|
"instruments",
|
|
"machineries",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"ministries",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"vehicles",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"expedients",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"mechanisms",
|
|
"tools",
|
|
"weapons",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"subagencies",
|
|
"sub-agencies",
|
|
"subagents",
|
|
"sub-agents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actualizes":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"several years passed before any profits from the enterprise actualized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"sets in",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes on",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"shapes (up)",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"actor":{
|
|
"one who acts professionally (as in a play, movie, or television show)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my sister went to drama school to become an actor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mummer",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"thesp",
|
|
"thespian",
|
|
"trouper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barnstormer",
|
|
"enactor",
|
|
"entertainer",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"actress",
|
|
"starlet",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leading lady",
|
|
"leading man",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"coactor",
|
|
"costar",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"spear-carrier",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"walk-on",
|
|
"monologuist",
|
|
"monologist",
|
|
"prima donna",
|
|
"scene-stealer",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"understudy",
|
|
"comedian",
|
|
"farceur",
|
|
"tragedian",
|
|
"tragedienne",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"aper",
|
|
"ham",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impressionist",
|
|
"masker",
|
|
"masquerader",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"pantomimist",
|
|
"personator",
|
|
"poser",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"harlequin",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"zany"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who takes part in something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Benjamin Franklin was a major actor in many of the events leading up to the founding of our nation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"partaker",
|
|
"participant",
|
|
"participator",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"player",
|
|
"sharer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"aide",
|
|
"assistant",
|
|
"helper",
|
|
"colleague",
|
|
"partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bystander",
|
|
"looker-on",
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"onlooker",
|
|
"spectator",
|
|
"watcher",
|
|
"wallflower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonparticipant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"acts (toward)":{
|
|
"to behave toward in a stated way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would never act toward my boss that way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"is (to)",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"esteems",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"engages (with)",
|
|
"reacts (to)",
|
|
"responds (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activity":{
|
|
"energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to restrict his activity after the surgery, which meant letting the weeds take over the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exertion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"training",
|
|
"warm-up",
|
|
"workout",
|
|
"toning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"aerobics",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"bodybuilding",
|
|
"body mechanics",
|
|
"calisthenics",
|
|
"gymnastics",
|
|
"isometrics",
|
|
"plyometrics",
|
|
"slimnastics",
|
|
"weight lifting",
|
|
"physical therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activities":{
|
|
"energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to restrict his activity after the surgery, which meant letting the weeds take over the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exertion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"training",
|
|
"warm-up",
|
|
"workout",
|
|
"toning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"aerobics",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"bodybuilding",
|
|
"body mechanics",
|
|
"calisthenics",
|
|
"gymnastics",
|
|
"isometrics",
|
|
"plyometrics",
|
|
"slimnastics",
|
|
"weight lifting",
|
|
"physical therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |