dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/cas_MWT.json
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{
"cast (up)":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"add",
"foot (up)",
"sum",
"summate",
"tot (up)",
"total",
"totalize",
"tote (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"table",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"work out",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"count",
"enumerate",
"number",
"tell",
"recompute",
"refigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cast about":{
"as in look , reach":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hunt",
"look",
"reach",
"seek (out)",
"grabble",
"capture",
"clutch",
"corral",
"get",
"grab",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"feel",
"fish",
"fumble",
"grope",
"scrabble",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"castigate":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"baste",
"bawl out",
"berate",
"call down",
"chastise",
"chew out",
"dress down",
"flay",
"hammer",
"jaw",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lecture",
"rag",
"rail (at or against)",
"rant (at)",
"rate",
"ream (out)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"scold",
"score",
"tongue-lash",
"upbraid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonish",
"chide",
"remonstrate (with)",
"reprove",
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bad-mouth",
"blame",
"blast",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"crucify",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"excoriate",
"fault",
"harangue",
"knock",
"lace (into)",
"lash",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"revile",
"scourge",
"slam",
"vituperate",
"belittle",
"disparage",
"mock",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"scoff",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bash",
"belabor",
"blast",
"excoriate",
"jump (on)",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"potshot",
"savage",
"scathe",
"slam",
"trash",
"vituperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berate",
"harangue",
"harass",
"harry",
"revile",
"scold",
"whip",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"execrate",
"imprecate",
"profane",
"affront",
"insult",
"slur",
"asperse",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"blackguard",
"disparage",
"put down",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"chastise",
"chide",
"criticize",
"lace (into)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"fulminate",
"lash (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"chasten",
"chastise",
"correct",
"discipline",
"penalize",
"punish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assess",
"charge",
"dock",
"fine",
"impose",
"levy",
"mulct",
"convict",
"sentence",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"criticize",
"keelhaul",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reprove",
"wreak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeit",
"get off",
"ransom",
"release",
"commute",
"reprieve",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"antonyms":[
"excuse",
"pardon",
"spare"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"castigations":{
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
"examples":[
"the loss of his father's trust was the harshest castigation that the boy could have possibly received for having told the lie"
],
"synonyms":[
"chastisements",
"comeuppances",
"corrections",
"deserts",
"disciplines",
"nemeses",
"penalties",
"punishments",
"wraths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reprisals",
"retaliations",
"retributions",
"revenges",
"vengeances",
"assessments",
"charges",
"fines",
"mulcts",
"examples",
"sentences",
"confinements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denouncements",
"censures",
"criticisms",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesties",
"indemnities",
"pardons",
"paroles",
"acquittals",
"exculpations",
"exonerations",
"vindications",
"exemptions",
"immunities",
"impunities",
"releases",
"commutations",
"reprieves",
"absolutions",
"remissions",
"remitments",
"condonations",
"disregards"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castigator":{
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
"examples":[
"even Broadway's most famously caustic castigator liked the play"
],
"synonyms":[
"carper",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"criticizer",
"disparager",
"faultfinder",
"hypercritic",
"knocker",
"niggler",
"nitpicker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemner",
"condemnor",
"denouncer",
"belittler",
"decrier",
"denigrator",
"derider",
"detractor",
"assailant",
"attacker",
"crucifier",
"criticaster",
"hairsplitter",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler",
"admonisher",
"haranguer",
"railer",
"ranter",
"rebuker",
"reproacher",
"reprover",
"scold",
"upbraider",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crybaby",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"grumbler",
"whiner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commender",
"praiser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
"examples":[
"the principal seems to enjoy his role as the tireless castigator of classroom pranksters"
],
"synonyms":[
"avenger",
"chastiser",
"nemesis",
"punisher",
"scourge",
"vigilante"
],
"near synonyms":[
"revenger",
"redresser",
"righter",
"requiter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomer",
"redeemer",
"vindicator"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castle in the air":{
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
"examples":[
"He would work tirelessly to prove to his father that his dreams of becoming a professional painter were more than a castle in the air ."
],
"synonyms":[
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"nonentity",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignis fatuus",
"mirage",
"will-o'-the-wisp",
"brainchild",
"idea",
"concoction",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fiction",
"invention",
"envisaging",
"imaging",
"visualization",
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
"cloudland",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"daymare",
"nightmare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"castrating":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"gelding",
"lobotomizing",
"petrifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"firing",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casualness":{
"lack of interest or concern":{
"examples":[
"her casualness distressed everyone who took the issue seriously"
],
"synonyms":[
"apathy",
"complacence",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"incuriosity",
"incuriousness",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"torpor",
"unconcern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfheartedness",
"lukewarmness",
"tepidity",
"tepidness",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"recklessness",
"unawareness",
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"aloofness",
"coldness",
"cool",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"callosity",
"callousness",
"hard-heartedness",
"hardness",
"insensitivity",
"bloodlessness",
"impassiveness",
"impassivity",
"phlegm",
"stoicism",
"stolidity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"conscientiousness",
"curiosity",
"heedfulness",
"keenness",
"sensitivity",
"warmheartedness",
"bias",
"partiality",
"prejudice",
"ardor",
"desire",
"fervency",
"passion",
"vehemence",
"warmth",
"zeal"
],
"antonyms":[
"concern",
"interest",
"regard"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casuistical":{
"as in misleading , specious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eristic",
"eristical",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak",
"unarticulated",
"unscientific",
"absurd",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"fatuous",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"loony",
"looney",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"senseless",
"thoughtless",
"uncompelling",
"unconvincing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded",
"a posteriori",
"a priori",
"syllogistic",
"cognitive",
"empirical",
"empiric"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"cask":{
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
"examples":[
"casks of wine that had been in the castle for many years"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"butt",
"firkin",
"hogshead",
"keg",
"kilderkin",
"pipe",
"puncheon",
"rundlet",
"runlet",
"tun"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scuttlebutt",
"cistern",
"tub",
"vat",
"can",
"drum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cast":{
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"spermaceti candles, made from whale oil, are known to cast an exceptionally bright light"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"emanate",
"emit",
"evolve",
"exhale",
"expel",
"expire",
"give out",
"irradiate",
"issue",
"radiate",
"release",
"send (out)",
"shoot",
"throw out",
"vent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminate",
"evacuate",
"excrete",
"exude",
"ooze",
"secrete",
"eject",
"erupt",
"gush",
"jet",
"outpour",
"pour",
"spew",
"spout",
"spray",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorb",
"inhale",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"aim",
"bend",
"direct",
"head",
"hold",
"level",
"pinpoint",
"set",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sight",
"bear",
"face",
"concentrate",
"focus",
"incline",
"orient",
"steer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avert",
"curve",
"deflect",
"detour",
"divert",
"rechannel",
"shunt",
"sidetrack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"compose",
"craft",
"draft",
"draw up",
"formulate",
"frame",
"prepare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"mold",
"sculpture",
"shape",
"couch",
"express",
"phrase",
"state",
"verbalize",
"word",
"author",
"indite",
"pen",
"write",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"devise",
"build",
"construct",
"make",
"assemble",
"compound",
"piece (together)",
"redraft",
"reformulate",
"reframe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"cast a rock into the stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"catapult",
"chuck",
"dash",
"fire",
"fling",
"heave",
"hurl",
"hurtle",
"launch",
"lob",
"loft",
"peg",
"pelt",
"pitch",
"sling",
"throw",
"toss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"dart",
"flip",
"gun",
"hook",
"pass",
"roll",
"shoot",
"buck",
"eject",
"impel",
"precipitate",
"project",
"propel",
"rifle",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
"examples":[
"stock market analysts offered an optimistic cast for the coming year"
],
"synonyms":[
"auguring",
"augury",
"bodement",
"forecast",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"presaging",
"prognosis",
"prognostic",
"prognosticating",
"prognostication",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"soothsaying",
"vaticination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboding",
"harbinger",
"omen",
"portent",
"prevision",
"prospectus",
"sign",
"anticipation",
"foreknowledge",
"foresight",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"surmise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"the walls had a slight yellowish cast"
],
"synonyms":[
"color",
"hue",
"shade",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tint",
"tone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtone",
"undertone",
"primary color",
"secondary color",
"tertiary color",
"brightness",
"chroma",
"chromaticity",
"contrast",
"lightness",
"saturation",
"value",
"coloration",
"coloring",
"colorway",
"pigmentation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"examples":[
"a mischievous cast in his eye when we asked what our destination would be"
],
"synonyms":[
"eye",
"gander",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peek",
"peep",
"regard",
"sight",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"leer",
"ogle",
"stare",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling":{
"examples":[
"his face took on a somewhat sad cast when we asked how his ill wife was faring"
],
"synonyms":[
"countenance",
"expression",
"face",
"look",
"visage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frown",
"grimace",
"lower",
"lour",
"mouth",
"pout",
"scowl",
"grin",
"smile",
"air",
"appearance",
"aspect",
"bearing",
"demeanor",
"manner",
"mien",
"presence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
"examples":[
"the lovely cast of the baby's features"
],
"synonyms":[
"configuration",
"conformation",
"fashion",
"figure",
"form",
"geometry",
"shape"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contour",
"outline",
"profile",
"silhouette",
"frame",
"framework",
"shell",
"skeleton",
"arrangement",
"design",
"format",
"layout",
"makeup",
"organization",
"pattern",
"plan",
"setup"
],
"near antonyms":[
"composition",
"material",
"matter",
"raw material",
"stuff",
"substance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"castigates":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bashes",
"belabors",
"blasts",
"excoriates",
"jumps (on)",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"potshots",
"savages",
"scathes",
"slams",
"trashes",
"vituperates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"harangues",
"harasses",
"harries",
"reviles",
"scolds",
"whips",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"execrates",
"imprecates",
"profanes",
"affronts",
"insults",
"slurs",
"asperses",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"blackguards",
"disparages",
"puts down",
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"releases",
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"ignore",
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"compilation",
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"saga",
"gest",
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"rout",
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"dispossess",
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"ostracize",
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"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"cashier",
"defenestrate",
"discharge",
"fire",
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"admit",
"receive",
"take",
"take in",
"welcome",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
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"tabling",
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"tallying",
"working out",
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"anyway",
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"formally",
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"unarticulated",
"unscientific",
"absurd",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"fatuous",
"half-baked",
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"harebrained",
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"loony",
"looney",
"mad",
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"nutty",
"preposterous",
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"thoughtless",
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"analytical",
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"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded",
"a posteriori",
"a priori",
"syllogistic",
"cognitive",
"empirical",
"empiric"
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"adjective"
]
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"butts",
"firkins",
"hogsheads",
"kegs",
"kilderkins",
"pipes",
"puncheons",
"rundlets",
"runlets",
"tuns"
],
"near synonyms":[
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"cisterns",
"tubs",
"vats",
"cans",
"drums"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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],
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"capitalize (on)",
"exploit",
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"milk",
"pimp",
"play (on or upon)",
"use",
"work"
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"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"fleece",
"overcharge",
"skin",
"soak",
"stick",
"commercialize",
"commodify"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"rolling",
"running",
"streaming",
"gushing",
"jetting",
"pouring",
"rushing",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"squirting",
"swooshing",
"plashing",
"sloshing",
"splashing",
"washing",
"surging",
"swelling",
"flushing",
"sluicing",
"deluging",
"drowning",
"engulfing",
"flooding",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"overwhelming",
"submerging",
"submersing",
"swamping",
"fountaining"
],
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"dribbling",
"dripping",
"dropping",
"trickling",
"spattering",
"sprinkling",
"bleeding",
"exuding",
"leaking",
"oozing",
"percolating",
"seeping",
"straining",
"weeping"
],
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"as in falling , depending":{
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"depending",
"falling",
"overhanging",
"protruding",
"balancing",
"poising",
"extending (out)",
"jutting",
"projecting",
"sticking out",
"draping",
"festooning",
"garlanding",
"stringing",
"hooking",
"mounting",
"pinning",
"tacking",
"dangling",
"hanging",
"slinging",
"suspending",
"swinging"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"case study":{
"a published piece of writing about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time":{
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"a case study of prisoners",
"case studies of patients with the rare disease"
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"chronicle",
"chronology",
"commentary",
"commentaries",
"history",
"narration",
"narrative",
"record",
"report",
"story",
"version",
"deposition",
"documentation",
"testament",
"testimonial",
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"witness",
"annals",
"blog",
"diary",
"journal",
"log",
"logbook",
"memoir",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbal",
"anecdote",
"tale",
"yarn",
"epic",
"saga",
"gest",
"geste",
"romance",
"recital",
"recitation"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in alcazar":{
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"alcazar",
"blockhouse",
"garrison house",
"bunker",
"dugout",
"battlement",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"embattlement",
"parapet",
"rampart",
"bastion",
"castle",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"castor":{
"as in bonnet , baseball cap":{
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"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cast-iron":{
"not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards":{
"examples":[
"lost weight only after a cast-iron adherence to his diet"
],
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"brassbound",
"exacting",
"hard-line",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent",
"uncompromising"
],
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"close",
"conscientious",
"exact",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"undeviating",
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"determined",
"dogged",
"firm",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stubborn",
"tenacious",
"unbending",
"unflinching",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"unappeasable",
"unrelenting",
"unsparing",
"unyielding",
"austere",
"demanding",
"flinty",
"grim",
"hard",
"hardened",
"hard-hearted",
"harsh",
"ironbound",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"compromising",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"gentle",
"indulgent",
"kindly",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"mild",
"pampering",
"soft",
"spoiling",
"tolerant",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unfussy"
],
"antonyms":[
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"slack"
]
},
"able to withstand hardship, strain, or exposure":{
"examples":[
"he has a cast-iron faith in his innate ability to overcome any adversity that life might throw against him"
],
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"hard",
"hard-bitten",
"hardened",
"hardy",
"inured",
"rugged",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"toughened",
"vigorous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flinty",
"leathery",
"resilient",
"stalwart",
"durable",
"enduring",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"stable",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"staying",
"tenacious",
"unyielding",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"able-bodied",
"brawny",
"muscular",
"fit",
"fortified",
"hale",
"healthy",
"husky",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sound",
"strapping",
"virile",
"annealed",
"seasoned",
"tempered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emasculated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"run-down",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened",
"worn",
"worn-out",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"diseased",
"incapacitated",
"infirm",
"unsound",
"fragile",
"frail",
"puny",
"resistless",
"sensitive",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding",
"mortal",
"perishable",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"antonyms":[
"delicate",
"nonhardy",
"soft",
"tender",
"weak"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"castrate":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel"
],
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"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"geld",
"lobotomize",
"petrify"
],
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"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"rouse",
"stir",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"excite",
"ferment",
"fire",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"spark",
"trigger",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"lift",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"regenerate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casings":{
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"the egg of this bird has an unusually hard casing"
],
"synonyms":[
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casts about (for)":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"cast about for an answer to the question of why so many people had ignored the victim's cries for help"
],
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"casts around (for)",
"chases (down)",
"forages (for)",
"hunts",
"looks up",
"pursues",
"quests",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks",
"shops (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferrets (out)",
"roots (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cased":{
"as in encompassed , enclosed":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"accommodated",
"fitted",
"fit",
"took",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"sheltered",
"boasted",
"bore",
"contained",
"held"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casts (up)":{
"to combine (numbers) into a single sum":{
"examples":[
"had worked as a clerk in a countinghouse, mainly casting up long columns of figures every day"
],
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"adds",
"foots (up)",
"summates",
"sums",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"totes (up)",
"tots (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"tables",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"works out",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"counts",
"enumerates",
"numbers",
"tells",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Casanova":{
"a man given to seducing women":{
"examples":[
"to hear him tell it, he was his college's number one Casanova"
],
"synonyms":[
"Don Juan",
"lecher",
"lothario",
"lounge lizard",
"masher",
"philanderer",
"satyr",
"wolf",
"womanizer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amorist",
"gallant",
"ladies' man",
"lady's man",
"lady-killer",
"lover",
"paramour",
"Romeo",
"debaucher",
"romancer",
"seducer",
"whoremaster",
"whoremonger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castigators":{
"a person given to harsh judgments and to finding faults":{
"examples":[
"even Broadway's most famously caustic castigator liked the play"
],
"synonyms":[
"carpers",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"criticizers",
"critics",
"disparagers",
"faultfinders",
"hypercritics",
"knockers",
"nigglers",
"nitpickers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"condemners",
"condemnors",
"denouncers",
"belittlers",
"decriers",
"denigrators",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"assailants",
"attackers",
"crucifiers",
"criticasters",
"hairsplitters",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"admonishers",
"haranguers",
"railers",
"ranters",
"rebukers",
"reproachers",
"reprovers",
"scolds",
"upbraiders",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crybabies",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"grumblers",
"whiners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commenders",
"praisers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who inflicts punishment in return for an injury or offense":{
"examples":[
"the principal seems to enjoy his role as the tireless castigator of classroom pranksters"
],
"synonyms":[
"avengers",
"chastisers",
"nemeses",
"punishers",
"scourges",
"vigilantes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"revengers",
"redressers",
"righters",
"requiters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ransomers",
"redeemers",
"vindicators"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castles":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"examples":[
"the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastions",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"the mining tycoon built a magnificent castle on the hill overlooking the town"
],
"synonyms":[
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"estates",
"haciendas",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"manses",
"mansions",
"palaces",
"villas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplaces",
"abodes",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"housings",
"nests",
"quarters",
"residencies",
"roofs",
"great houses",
"country houses",
"countryseats",
"aeries",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites",
"town houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castaway":{
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"one theory is that Easter Island was first settled by castaways from Polynesia"
],
"synonyms":[
"castoff",
"leper",
"offscouring",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"reject"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchable",
"outsider",
"deportee",
"exile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insider"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in absent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absent",
"gone",
"lost",
"mislaid",
"misplaced",
"missing",
"irrecoverable",
"irretrievable",
"forgotten",
"unknown"
],
"near antonyms":[
"owned",
"possessed",
"retained",
"cherished",
"loved",
"prized",
"protected",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"cash-strapped":{
"as in low , short":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"low",
"short",
"tapped out",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"case in point":{
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
"examples":[
"Action films tend to draw the biggest audiences, and this CGI extravaganza is a case in point ."
],
"synonyms":[
"case",
"example",
"exemplar",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"instance",
"prototype",
"representative",
"sample",
"specimen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetype",
"classic",
"locus classicus",
"paradigm",
"cross section",
"microcosm",
"evidence",
"indication",
"manifestation",
"sign"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"case-harden":{
"as in temper , anneal":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anneal",
"temper",
"calcify",
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"ossify",
"petrify",
"rigidify",
"clot",
"coagulate",
"gel",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"stiffen",
"thicken",
"cake",
"callus",
"encrust",
"incrust",
"concrete",
"congeal",
"firm (up)",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"set",
"solidify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"soften",
"deliquesce",
"dissolve",
"flux",
"fuse",
"melt",
"smelt",
"thaw",
"unfreeze"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Casanovas":{
"a man given to seducing women":{
"examples":[
"to hear him tell it, he was his college's number one Casanova"
],
"synonyms":[
"Don Juans",
"lechers",
"lotharios",
"lounge lizards",
"mashers",
"philanderers",
"satyrs",
"wolves",
"womanizers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amorists",
"gallants",
"ladies' men",
"lady's men",
"lady-killers",
"lovers",
"paramours",
"Romeos",
"debauchers",
"romancers",
"seducers",
"whoremasters",
"whoremongers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cassette":{
"as in cartridge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridge",
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell",
"bark",
"crust",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castoffs":{
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"a castoff who later became a famous poet"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaways",
"lepers",
"offscourings",
"outcasts",
"pariahs",
"rejects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchables",
"outsiders",
"deportees",
"exiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insiders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cashiered":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe"
],
"synonyms":[
"axed",
"bounced",
"canned",
"discharged",
"dismissed",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated",
"turned off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsized",
"excessed",
"furloughed",
"laid off",
"trimmed",
"booted (out)",
"chucked (out)",
"drummed (out)",
"kicked out",
"threw out",
"unseated",
"separated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"kept",
"reemployed",
"re-employed",
"rehired",
"contracted",
"subcontracted",
"recruited"
],
"antonyms":[
"employed",
"engaged",
"hired",
"retained",
"signed (up or on)",
"took on"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"the company is giving away a clutter of computers that have recently been cashiered for obsolescence"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast (off)",
"chucked",
"deep-sixed",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"eighty-sixed",
"86'd",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"laid by",
"lost",
"pitched",
"rejected",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"dismissed",
"kicked out",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"held",
"held back",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"castles in the air":{
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
"examples":[
"He would work tirelessly to prove to his father that his dreams of becoming a professional painter were more than a castle in the air ."
],
"synonyms":[
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignes fatui",
"mirages",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"visualizations",
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
"cloudlands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"daymares",
"nightmares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"casitas":{
"as in cabins , cottages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"farmhouses",
"granges",
"haciendas",
"homesteads",
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"countryseats",
"estates",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"mansions",
"McMansions",
"palaces",
"villas",
"hermitages",
"manses",
"parsonages",
"rectories",
"vicarages",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties",
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cascaded":{
"as in ran , streamed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"issued",
"ran",
"run",
"rolled",
"streamed",
"gushed",
"jetted",
"poured",
"rushed",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"squirted",
"swooshed",
"plashed",
"sloshed",
"splashed",
"washed",
"surged",
"swelled",
"flushed",
"sluiced",
"deluged",
"drowned",
"engulfed",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"overwhelmed",
"submerged",
"submersed",
"swamped",
"fountained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbled",
"dripped",
"dropped",
"trickled",
"spattered",
"sprinkled",
"bled",
"exuded",
"leaked",
"oozed",
"percolated",
"seeped",
"strained",
"wept"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fell , depended":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depended",
"fell",
"overhung",
"protruded",
"balanced",
"poised",
"extended (out)",
"jutted",
"projected",
"stuck out",
"draped",
"festooned",
"garlanded",
"strung",
"hooked",
"mounted",
"pinned",
"tacked",
"dangled",
"hung",
"hanged",
"slung",
"suspended",
"swung"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casts":{
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"spermaceti candles, made from whale oil, are known to cast an exceptionally bright light"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"emanates",
"emits",
"evolves",
"exhales",
"expels",
"expires",
"gives out",
"irradiates",
"issues",
"radiates",
"releases",
"sends (out)",
"shoots",
"throws out",
"vents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminates",
"evacuates",
"excretes",
"exudes",
"oozes",
"secretes",
"ejects",
"erupts",
"gushes",
"jets",
"outpours",
"pours",
"spews",
"spouts",
"sprays",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbs",
"inhales",
"soaks (up)",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"aims",
"bends",
"directs",
"heads",
"holds",
"levels",
"pinpoints",
"sets",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sights",
"bears",
"faces",
"concentrates",
"focuses",
"focusses",
"inclines",
"orients",
"steers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averts",
"curves",
"deflects",
"detours",
"diverts",
"rechannels",
"shunts",
"sidetracks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"composes",
"crafts",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"formulates",
"frames",
"prepares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forms",
"molds",
"sculptures",
"shapes",
"couches",
"expresses",
"phrases",
"states",
"verbalizes",
"words",
"authors",
"indites",
"pens",
"writes",
"conceives",
"concocts",
"devises",
"builds",
"constructs",
"makes",
"assembles",
"compounds",
"pieces (together)",
"redrafts",
"reformulates",
"reframes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"cast a rock into the stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"catapults",
"chucks",
"dashes",
"fires",
"flings",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"hurtles",
"launches",
"lobs",
"lofts",
"pegs",
"pelts",
"pitches",
"slings",
"throws",
"tosses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"darts",
"flips",
"guns",
"hooks",
"passes",
"rolls",
"shoots",
"bucks",
"ejects",
"impels",
"precipitates",
"projects",
"propels",
"rifles",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
"examples":[
"stock market analysts offered an optimistic cast for the coming year"
],
"synonyms":[
"auguries",
"bodements",
"forecasts",
"predictions",
"prognoses",
"prognostications",
"prognostics",
"prophecies",
"prophesies",
"soothsayings",
"vaticinations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forebodings",
"harbingers",
"omens",
"portents",
"previsions",
"prospectuses",
"signs",
"anticipations",
"foreknowledges",
"foresights",
"conjectures",
"guesses",
"surmises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"the walls had a slight yellowish cast"
],
"synonyms":[
"colors",
"hues",
"shades",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tints",
"tones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtones",
"undertones",
"primary colors",
"secondary colors",
"tertiary colors",
"chromas",
"chromaticities",
"contrasts",
"saturations",
"values",
"colorations",
"colorings",
"colorways",
"pigmentations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"examples":[
"a mischievous cast in his eye when we asked what our destination would be"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyes",
"ganders",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"looks",
"peeks",
"peeps",
"regards",
"sights",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gapes",
"gazes",
"glares",
"leers",
"ogles",
"stares",
"side-glances",
"squinnies",
"squints",
"coups d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling":{
"examples":[
"his face took on a somewhat sad cast when we asked how his ill wife was faring"
],
"synonyms":[
"countenances",
"expressions",
"faces",
"looks",
"visages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frowns",
"grimaces",
"lowers",
"lours",
"mouths",
"pouts",
"scowls",
"grins",
"smiles",
"airs",
"appearances",
"aspects",
"bearings",
"demeanors",
"manners",
"miens",
"presences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{
"examples":[
"the lovely cast of the baby's features"
],
"synonyms":[
"configurations",
"conformations",
"fashions",
"figures",
"forms",
"geometries",
"shapes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contours",
"outlines",
"profiles",
"silhouettes",
"frames",
"frameworks",
"shells",
"skeletons",
"arrangements",
"designs",
"formats",
"layouts",
"makeups",
"organizations",
"patterns",
"plans",
"setups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compositions",
"materials",
"matters",
"raw materials",
"stuff",
"substances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cashing in (on)":{
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"capitalizing (on)",
"exploiting",
"imposing (on or upon)",
"leveraging",
"milking",
"pimping",
"playing (on or upon)",
"using",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerking around",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"fleecing",
"overcharging",
"skinning",
"soaking",
"sticking",
"commercializing",
"commodifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"castle in Spain":{
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
"examples":[
"They would spend long evenings in front of the fire, drinking wine and building castles in Spain about their future."
],
"synonyms":[
"chimera",
"conceit",
"daydream",
"delusion",
"dream",
"fancy",
"fantasy",
"figment",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"nonentity",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"pipe dream",
"unreality",
"vision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignis fatuus",
"mirage",
"will-o'-the-wisp",
"brainchild",
"idea",
"concoction",
"fable",
"fabrication",
"fiction",
"invention",
"envisaging",
"imaging",
"visualization",
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
"cloudland",
"Shangri-la",
"utopia",
"daymare",
"nightmare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"fact",
"reality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"casting (off)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiering",
"chucking",
"deep-sixing",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"eighty-sixing",
"86ing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"laying by",
"losing",
"pitching",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"tossing",
"unloading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abdicating",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"dismissing",
"kicking out",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"holding",
"holding back",
"keeping",
"retaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casino":{
"a freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views":{
"examples":[
"on summer evenings dance bands would perform in the seaside casino"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcove",
"belvedere",
"gazebo",
"kiosk",
"pavilion",
"summerhouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"trellis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cash flow":{
"the movement of money in and out of a business":{
"examples":[
"We were able to maintain a steady cash flow ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"shirt",
"bankroll",
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"tender",
"wampum",
"assets",
"capital",
"deep pockets",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"roll",
"substance",
"wealth",
"purse",
"treasury",
"financing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cashes in (on)":{
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"capitalizes (on)",
"exploits",
"imposes (on or upon)",
"leverages",
"milks",
"pimps",
"plays (on or upon)",
"uses",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerks around",
"manipulates",
"mistreats",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"fleeces",
"overcharges",
"skins",
"soaks",
"sticks",
"commercializes",
"commodifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cast-off":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"a castoff who later became a famous poet"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaway",
"leper",
"offscouring",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"reject"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchable",
"outsider",
"deportee",
"exile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insider"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in discarded , junked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"castaway",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"casette":{
"as in cartridge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridge",
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell",
"bark",
"crust",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"case-hardens":{
"as in tempers , anneals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anneals",
"tempers",
"calcifies",
"crystallizes",
"crystalizes",
"ossifies",
"petrifies",
"rigidifies",
"clots",
"coagulates",
"gelates",
"gelatinizes",
"gels",
"jellies",
"jells",
"stiffens",
"thickens",
"cakes",
"calluses",
"encrusts",
"incrusts",
"concretes",
"congeals",
"firms (up)",
"freezes",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"sets",
"solidifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liquefies",
"liquifies",
"softens",
"deliquesces",
"dissolves",
"fluxes",
"fuses",
"melts",
"thaws",
"unfreezes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"case studies":{
"a published piece of writing about a person, group, or situation that has been studied over time":{
"examples":[
"a case study of prisoners",
"case studies of patients with the rare disease"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"case histories",
"accounts",
"chronicles",
"chronologies",
"commentaries",
"histories",
"narrations",
"narratives",
"records",
"reports",
"stories",
"versions",
"depositions",
"documentations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"witnesses",
"annals",
"blogs",
"diaries",
"journals",
"logbooks",
"logs",
"memoirs",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"tales",
"yarns",
"epics",
"sagas",
"gests",
"gestes",
"romances",
"recitals",
"recitations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castigation":{
"suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense":{
"examples":[
"the loss of his father's trust was the harshest castigation that the boy could have possibly received for having told the lie"
],
"synonyms":[
"chastisement",
"comeuppance",
"correction",
"desert(s)",
"discipline",
"nemesis",
"penalty",
"punishment",
"wrath"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reprisal",
"retaliation",
"retribution",
"revenge",
"vengeance",
"assessment",
"charge",
"fine",
"mulct",
"example",
"sentence",
"confinement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denouncement",
"censure",
"criticism",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amnesty",
"indemnity",
"pardon",
"parole",
"acquittal",
"exculpation",
"exoneration",
"vindication",
"exemption",
"immunity",
"impunity",
"release",
"commutation",
"reprieve",
"absolution",
"forgiveness",
"remission",
"remitment",
"condonation",
"disregard",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cassettes":{
"as in cartridges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casebooks":{
"as in sourcebooks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sourcebooks",
"almanacs",
"ana",
"anas",
"analects",
"chapbooks",
"digests",
"garlands",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"archives",
"corpora",
"libraries",
"miscellanea",
"albums",
"anthologies",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"florilegia",
"miscellanies",
"readers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castigating":{
"inflicting, involving, or serving as punishment":{
"examples":[
"a castigating task that succeeds in doing nothing more than making the lives of the inmates miserable"
],
"synonyms":[
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"correctional",
"corrective",
"disciplinary",
"disciplining",
"penal",
"penalizing",
"punitive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"retaliative",
"retaliatory",
"retributive",
"retributory",
"revengeful",
"vengeful",
"wrathful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compensatory",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exculpatory",
"exonerating",
"vindicating",
"absolving",
"condoning",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"commuting",
"reprieving"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonpunitive"
]
},
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"basting",
"bawling out",
"berating",
"calling down",
"chastising",
"chewing out",
"dressing down",
"flaying",
"hammering",
"jawing",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lecturing",
"ragging",
"railing (at or against)",
"ranting (at)",
"rating",
"reaming (out)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"scolding",
"scoring",
"tongue-lashing",
"upbraiding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"remonstrating (with)",
"reproving",
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bad-mouthing",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"crucifying",
"denouncing",
"dissing",
"excoriating",
"faulting",
"haranguing",
"knocking",
"lacing (into)",
"lashing",
"panning",
"reprehending",
"reviling",
"scourging",
"slamming",
"vituperating",
"belittling",
"disparaging",
"mocking",
"putting down",
"ridiculing",
"scoffing",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bashing",
"belaboring",
"blasting",
"excoriating",
"jumping (on)",
"lambasting",
"potshotting",
"savaging",
"scathing",
"slamming",
"trashing",
"vituperating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"haranguing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"reviling",
"scolding",
"whipping",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"execrating",
"imprecating",
"profaning",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"slurring",
"aspersing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"blackguarding",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"chastising",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"lacing (into)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"fulminating",
"lashing (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"chastening",
"chastising",
"correcting",
"disciplining",
"penalizing",
"punishing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assessing",
"charging",
"docking",
"fining",
"imposing",
"levying",
"mulcting",
"convicting",
"sentencing",
"condemning",
"damning",
"denouncing",
"criticizing",
"keelhauling",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproving",
"wreaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeiting",
"getting off",
"ransoming",
"releasing",
"commuting",
"reprieving",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"antonyms":[
"excusing",
"pardoning",
"sparing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"cashier":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"bounce",
"can",
"discharge",
"dismiss",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate",
"turn off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsize",
"excess",
"furlough",
"lay off",
"trim",
"boot (out)",
"chuck (out)",
"drum (out)",
"kick out",
"throw out",
"unseat",
"separate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"reemploy",
"rehire",
"contract",
"subcontract",
"recruit"
],
"antonyms":[
"employ",
"engage",
"hire",
"retain",
"sign (up or on)",
"take on"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"the company is giving away a clutter of computers that have recently been cashiered for obsolescence"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casting":{
"to throw or give off":{
"examples":[
"spermaceti candles, made from whale oil, are known to cast an exceptionally bright light"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharging",
"emanating",
"emitting",
"evolving",
"exhaling",
"expelling",
"expiring",
"giving out",
"irradiating",
"issuing",
"radiating",
"releasing",
"sending (out)",
"shooting",
"throwing out",
"venting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eliminating",
"evacuating",
"excreting",
"exuding",
"oozing",
"secreting",
"ejecting",
"erupting",
"gushing",
"jetting",
"outpouring",
"pouring",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spraying",
"spurting",
"squirting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbing",
"inhaling",
"soaking (up)",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)",
"taking up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal":{
"examples":[
"cast her eyes skyward for signs of the rescue plane"
],
"synonyms":[
"aiming",
"bending",
"directing",
"heading",
"holding",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"pinpointing",
"setting",
"training"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sighting",
"bearing",
"facing",
"concentrating",
"focusing",
"focussing",
"inclining",
"orienting",
"steering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"averting",
"curving",
"deflecting",
"detouring",
"diverting",
"rechanneling",
"shunting",
"sidetracking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form":{
"examples":[
"carefully cast the letter of complaint as politely as possible"
],
"synonyms":[
"composing",
"crafting",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"formulating",
"framing",
"preparing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"molding",
"sculpturing",
"shaping",
"couching",
"expressing",
"phrasing",
"stating",
"verbalizing",
"wording",
"authoring",
"inditing",
"penning",
"writing",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"devising",
"building",
"constructing",
"making",
"assembling",
"compounding",
"piecing (together)",
"redrafting",
"reformulating",
"reframing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"cast a rock into the stream"
],
"synonyms":[
"catapulting",
"chucking",
"dashing",
"firing",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casts around (for)":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"cast around for a last minute replacement for the lead actor in the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts about (for)",
"chases (down)",
"forages (for)",
"hunts",
"looks up",
"pursues",
"quests",
"searches (for or out)",
"seeks",
"shops (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferrets (out)",
"roots (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casual":{
"not designed to be worn only on special occasions":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant where people in casual clothes are always welcome"
],
"synonyms":[
"everyday",
"informal",
"workaday"
],
"near synonyms":[
"d\u00e9gag\u00e9",
"relaxed",
"sporty",
"dressed down",
"shabby",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"best",
"Sunday",
"dressed up",
"chic",
"elegant",
"fashionable",
"smart",
"stylish",
"neat",
"tidy",
"trim",
"semiformal"
],
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"dressy",
"formal",
"noncasual"
]
},
"happening by chance":{
"examples":[
"a casual meeting with the next-door neighbors on a beach in Hawaii"
],
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"accidental",
"chance",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"unwitting"
],
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"coincidental",
"freak",
"odd",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"random",
"uncertain",
"unexpected",
"unforeseeable",
"unforeseen",
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"unconscious",
"unprompted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"destined",
"expected",
"fixed",
"foreordained",
"foreseeable",
"foreseen",
"inevitable",
"predestined",
"predetermined",
"predictable",
"preordained",
"prescribed",
"sure",
"conscious",
"freewill",
"knowing",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"volunteer",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
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"calculated",
"deliberate",
"intended",
"intentional",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"set"
]
},
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"examples":[
"only a casual examination of the bicycle before buying it"
],
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"apathetic",
"complacent",
"disinterested",
"incurious",
"indifferent",
"insensible",
"insouciant",
"nonchalant",
"perfunctory",
"pococurante",
"unconcerned",
"uncurious",
"uninterested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"aloof",
"cold",
"numb",
"remote",
"unemotional",
"callous",
"hard-hearted",
"insensitive",
"unfeeling",
"calm",
"cool",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"careless",
"heedless",
"mindless",
"impassive",
"impervious",
"phlegmatic",
"stoic",
"stoical",
"stolid",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"unimpressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attentive",
"aware",
"conscientious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"caring",
"sensitive",
"warmhearted",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"keen",
"passionate",
"warm",
"zealous"
],
"antonyms":[
"concerned",
"interested"
]
},
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
"examples":[
"a casual attendance at their son's hockey games"
],
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"aperiodic",
"catchy",
"choppy",
"discontinuous",
"episodic",
"episodical",
"erratic",
"fitful",
"intermittent",
"irregular",
"occasional",
"spasmodic",
"spastic",
"sporadic",
"spotty",
"unsteady"
],
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"convulsive",
"sudden",
"violent",
"broken",
"disconnected",
"fragmentary",
"interrupted",
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"desultory",
"haphazard",
"hit-and-miss",
"hit-or-miss",
"odd",
"random",
"scattered",
"slapdash",
"stray",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"changing",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"varying",
"wavering",
"changeable",
"fickle",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"changeless",
"equable",
"even",
"stable",
"stationary",
"uniform",
"unchanging",
"unvarying",
"unwavering",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"orderly",
"systematic",
"unrelenting",
"unremitting"
],
"antonyms":[
"constant",
"continuous",
"habitual",
"periodic",
"regular",
"repeated",
"steady"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"casinos":{
"a freestanding airy structure in a scenic setting (as a park) typically offering commanding views":{
"examples":[
"on summer evenings dance bands would perform in the seaside casino"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoves",
"belvederes",
"gazebos",
"kiosks",
"pavilions",
"summerhouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"trellises"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castes":{
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
"examples":[
"a member of the upper caste"
],
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"classes",
"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"orders",
"strata"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brackets",
"echelons",
"grades",
"layers",
"levels",
"tiers",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses",
"food chains",
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"clans",
"families",
"fraternities",
"people",
"races",
"tribes",
"subcastes",
"sub-castes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cashiers":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates",
"turns off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"the company is giving away a clutter of computers that have recently been cashiered for obsolescence"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts (off)",
"chucks",
"deep-sixes",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
"86es",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"lays by",
"loses",
"pitches",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandons",
"abdicates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"dismisses",
"kicks out",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"holds",
"holds back",
"keeps",
"retains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casing":{
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"the egg of this bird has an unusually hard casing"
],
"synonyms":[
"armor",
"capsule",
"case",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"bark",
"crust",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in encompassing , enclosing":{
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"near synonyms":[
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"accommodating",
"fitting",
"taking",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"sheltering",
"bearing",
"boasting",
"containing",
"holding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"case":{
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"those binoculars come with their own case"
],
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"armor",
"capsule",
"casing",
"cocoon",
"cover",
"covering",
"encasement",
"housing",
"hull",
"husk",
"jacket",
"pod",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridge",
"cassette",
"casette",
"bark",
"crust",
"carapace",
"house",
"mail",
"panoply",
"plate",
"plating",
"shield",
"cuticle",
"hide",
"skin",
"envelope",
"package",
"wrapper",
"backing",
"coating",
"coverture",
"facing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
"examples":[
"a handy little cosmetics case that matches the rest of her luggage"
],
"synonyms":[
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"casket",
"chest",
"locker",
"trunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carton",
"crate",
"footlocker",
"sea chest",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"coffin",
"compartment",
"vault",
"canteen",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"bandbox",
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"snuffbox",
"tinderbox"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment":{
"examples":[
"her doctor wishes that all of his cases were as cooperative as she is"
],
"synonyms":[
"patient"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inpatient",
"outpatient",
"rehabilitant",
"sufferer",
"victim",
"convalescent",
"nursling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
"examples":[
"this is a perfect case of people jumping to the wrong conclusion before all the facts are known"
],
"synonyms":[
"example",
"exemplar",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"instance",
"prototype",
"representative",
"sample",
"specimen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetype",
"classic",
"locus classicus",
"paradigm",
"cross section",
"microcosm",
"evidence",
"indication",
"manifestation",
"sign"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that actually exists":{
"examples":[
"this has never been the case before"
],
"synonyms":[
"actuality",
"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"
]
},
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"you'll get a chance to make your case , but unless you're very convincing, your request will be denied"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"accounting",
"argument",
"explanation",
"rationale",
"reason"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibi",
"apologia",
"apology",
"defense",
"excuse",
"justification",
"vindication",
"appeal",
"plea",
"guise",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretext",
"rationalization"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"examples":[
"a young boy suffering from a case of chicken pox"
],
"synonyms":[
"access",
"attack",
"bout",
"fit",
"seizure",
"siege",
"spell",
"turn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recurrence",
"relapse",
"brainstorm",
"convulsion",
"eclampsia",
"pang",
"paroxysm",
"spasm",
"throe",
"agitation",
"frenzy",
"breakdown",
"collapse",
"prostration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"relief",
"remission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that might happen":{
"examples":[
"it may be the case that the cause of the fire will forever remain a mystery"
],
"synonyms":[
"contingence",
"contingency",
"contingent",
"event",
"eventuality",
"possibility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"probability",
"accident",
"chance",
"hap",
"hazard",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that requires thought and skill for resolution":{
"examples":[
"that's a tough case to solve"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenge",
"knot",
"matter",
"nut",
"problem",
"trouble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"issue",
"question",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"spot",
"crux",
"Gordian knot",
"sticky wicket",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"catch-22",
"dilemma",
"quandary",
"catch",
"glitch",
"hitch",
"pitfall",
"snag",
"conundrum",
"enigma",
"mystery",
"puzzle",
"puzzlement",
"riddle",
"brainteaser",
"poser",
"stumper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"magic bullet",
"silver bullet",
"cure-all",
"panacea"
],
"antonyms":[
"answer",
"solution"
]
},
"as in encompass , enclose":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"accommodate",
"fit",
"take",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter",
"bear",
"boast",
"contain",
"hold"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"castigated":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"castigated him for his constant tardiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"basted",
"bawled out",
"berated",
"called down",
"chastised",
"chewed out",
"dressed down",
"flayed",
"hammered",
"jawed",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lectured",
"ragged",
"railed (at or against)",
"ranted (at)",
"rated",
"reamed (out)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"scolded",
"scored",
"tongue-lashed",
"upbraided"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"remonstrated (with)",
"reproved",
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bad-mouthed",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"crucified",
"denounced",
"dissed",
"excoriated",
"faulted",
"harangued",
"knocked",
"laced (into)",
"lashed",
"panned",
"reprehended",
"reviled",
"scourged",
"slammed",
"vituperated",
"belittled",
"disparaged",
"mocked",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"scoffed",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"a newspaper editorial castigating the city council for approving the project in the first place"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bashed",
"belabored",
"blasted",
"excoriated",
"jumped (on)",
"lambasted",
"potshot",
"savaged",
"scathed",
"slammed",
"trashed",
"vituperated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"harangued",
"harassed",
"harried",
"reviled",
"scolded",
"whipped",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"execrated",
"imprecated",
"profaned",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"slurred",
"aspersed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"blackguarded",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"chastised",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"laced (into)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"fulminated",
"lashed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime":{
"examples":[
"a judge who believes in castigating criminals to the full extent of the law"
],
"synonyms":[
"chastened",
"chastised",
"corrected",
"disciplined",
"penalized",
"punished"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assessed",
"charged",
"docked",
"fined",
"imposed",
"levied",
"mulcted",
"convicted",
"sentenced",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"criticized",
"keelhauled",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproved",
"wreaked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forfeited",
"got off",
"ransomed",
"released",
"commuted",
"reprieved",
"absolved",
"acquitted",
"exculpated",
"exonerated",
"vindicated"
],
"antonyms":[
"excused",
"pardoned",
"spared"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cast (off)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"a castoff who later became a famous poet"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaway",
"leper",
"offscouring",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"reject"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchable",
"outsider",
"deportee",
"exile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insider"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in discarded , junked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"castaway",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"caste":{
"one of the segments of society into which people are grouped":{
"examples":[
"a member of the upper caste"
],
"synonyms":[
"class",
"estate",
"folk",
"gentry",
"order",
"stratum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"layer",
"level",
"tier",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status",
"food chain",
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"clan",
"family",
"fraternity",
"people",
"race",
"tribe",
"subcaste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castaways":{
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"one theory is that Easter Island was first settled by castaways from Polynesia"
],
"synonyms":[
"castoffs",
"lepers",
"offscourings",
"outcasts",
"pariahs",
"rejects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchables",
"outsiders",
"deportees",
"exiles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insiders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casques":{
"as in helmets , shakos":{
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"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"case-hardened":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"examples":[
"a case-hardened homicide detective who has seen it all"
],
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"affectless",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"as in tempered , annealed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annealed",
"tempered",
"calcified",
"crystallized",
"crystalized",
"ossified",
"petrified",
"rigidified",
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"gelated",
"gelatinized",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"stiffened",
"thickened",
"caked",
"callused",
"encrusted",
"incrusted",
"concreted",
"congealed",
"firmed (up)",
"froze",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"set",
"solidified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"softened",
"deliquesced",
"dissolved",
"fluxed",
"fused",
"melted",
"thawed",
"unfroze"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"Cassandra":{
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
"examples":[
"more than one Cassandra on Wall Street had warned that the market was overdue for a major correction"
],
"synonyms":[
"Chicken Little",
"doomsayer",
"doomsdayer",
"doomster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatist",
"fatalist",
"naysayer",
"negativist",
"pessimist",
"handwringer",
"worrier",
"worrywart"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casting about (for)":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"cast about for an answer to the question of why so many people had ignored the victim's cries for help"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting around (for)",
"chasing (down)",
"foraging (for)",
"hunting",
"looking up",
"pursuing",
"questing",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking",
"shopping (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreting (out)",
"rooting (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casque":{
"as in helmet , shako":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casseroles":{
"as in bowls , plates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bowls",
"chargers",
"cups",
"plates",
"platters",
"salvers",
"saucers",
"servers",
"trays",
"waiters",
"dishes",
"vessels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casts about":{
"as in looks , reaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hunts",
"looks",
"reaches",
"seeks (out)",
"grabbles",
"captures",
"clutches",
"corrals",
"gets",
"grabs",
"nabs",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snatches",
"feels",
"fishes",
"fumbles",
"gropes",
"scrabbles",
"combs",
"digs (through)",
"dredges",
"rakes",
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"scours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"case goods":{
"as in gear , goods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belongings",
"chattels",
"effects",
"gear",
"goods",
"holdings",
"paraphernalia",
"possessions",
"things",
"appointment",
"cabinetwork",
"furnishings",
"furniture",
"movables",
"moveables"
],
"near antonyms":[
"built-ins",
"fixtures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"casualty":{
"a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"the real casualties in the war against drugs are millions of innocent children"
],
"synonyms":[
"fatality",
"loss",
"prey",
"victim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loser",
"underdog",
"martyr",
"sacrifice",
"collateral damage",
"murderee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gainer",
"victor",
"winner",
"harmer",
"injurer",
"assassin",
"killer",
"murderer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"casualties at sea that sometimes resulted in great losses of men or even of entire ships"
],
"synonyms":[
"accident",
"mischance",
"mishap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calamity",
"cataclysm",
"catastrophe",
"cropper",
"deathblow",
"disaster",
"tragedy",
"bummer",
"knock",
"misadventure",
"misfortune",
"collision",
"crack-up",
"crash",
"smashup",
"wreck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"break",
"fluke",
"godsend",
"miracle",
"strike",
"windfall",
"fortune",
"luck",
"serendipity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the uncertain course of events":{
"examples":[
"believes finding one's true love is too important a matter to be left to mere casualty"
],
"synonyms":[
"accident",
"chance",
"circumstance",
"hap",
"hazard",
"luck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuitousness",
"fortuity",
"haphazardry",
"randomness",
"uncertainty",
"fluke",
"happenchance",
"happenstance",
"destiny",
"doom",
"fate",
"fortune",
"lot",
"danger",
"peril",
"risk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intent",
"intention",
"purpose",
"design",
"outline",
"plan",
"scheme"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cases":{
"something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{
"examples":[
"those binoculars come with their own case"
],
"synonyms":[
"armors",
"capsules",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"cassettes",
"casettes",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
"examples":[
"a handy little cosmetics case that matches the rest of her luggage"
],
"synonyms":[
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"caskets",
"chests",
"lockers",
"trunks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartons",
"crates",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"coffins",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"canteens",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"bandboxes",
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"snuffboxes",
"tinderboxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an individual awaiting or under medical care and treatment":{
"examples":[
"her doctor wishes that all of his cases were as cooperative as she is"
],
"synonyms":[
"patients"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inpatients",
"outpatients",
"rehabilitants",
"sufferers",
"victims",
"convalescents",
"nurslings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
"examples":[
"this is a perfect case of people jumping to the wrong conclusion before all the facts are known"
],
"synonyms":[
"examples",
"exemplars",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"instances",
"prototypes",
"representatives",
"samples",
"specimens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetypes",
"classics",
"loci classici",
"paradigms",
"cross sections",
"microcosms",
"evidences",
"indications",
"manifestations",
"signs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that actually exists":{
"examples":[
"this has never been the case before"
],
"synonyms":[
"actualities",
"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"
]
},
"a statement given to explain a belief or act":{
"examples":[
"you'll get a chance to make your case , but unless you're very convincing, your request will be denied"
],
"synonyms":[
"accountings",
"accounts",
"arguments",
"explanations",
"rationales",
"reasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alibis",
"apologiae",
"apologias",
"apologies",
"defenses",
"excuses",
"justifications",
"vindications",
"appeals",
"pleas",
"guises",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"pretexts",
"rationalizations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"examples":[
"a young boy suffering from a case of chicken pox"
],
"synonyms":[
"accesses",
"attacks",
"bouts",
"fits",
"seizures",
"sieges",
"spells",
"turns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"recurrences",
"relapses",
"brainstorms",
"convulsions",
"eclampsias",
"pangs",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"throes",
"agitations",
"frenzies",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"prostrations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"reliefs",
"remissions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that might happen":{
"examples":[
"it may be the case that the cause of the fire will forever remain a mystery"
],
"synonyms":[
"contingences",
"contingencies",
"contingents",
"events",
"eventualities",
"possibilities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"probabilities",
"accidents",
"chances",
"haps",
"hazards",
"risks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that requires thought and skill for resolution":{
"examples":[
"that's a tough case to solve"
],
"synonyms":[
"challenges",
"knots",
"matters",
"nuts",
"problems",
"troubles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"issues",
"questions",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"mires",
"pickles",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"spots",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"Gordian knots",
"sticky wickets",
"toughies",
"catch-22's",
"catch-22s",
"dilemmas",
"quandaries",
"catches",
"glitches",
"hitches",
"pitfalls",
"snags",
"conundrums",
"enigmas",
"mysteries",
"puzzlements",
"puzzles",
"riddles",
"brainteasers",
"posers",
"stumpers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"magic bullets",
"silver bullets",
"cure-alls",
"panaceas"
],
"antonyms":[
"answers",
"solutions"
]
},
"as in encompasses , encloses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"accommodates",
"fits",
"takes",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"shelters",
"bears",
"boasts",
"contains",
"holds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"caskets":{
"a boxlike container for holding a dead body":{
"examples":[
"bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died"
],
"synonyms":[
"biers",
"boxes",
"coffins",
"palls",
"sarcophagi",
"sarcophaguses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charnels",
"charnel houses",
"crypts",
"sepulchres",
"sepulchers",
"sepultures",
"tombs",
"vaults",
"urns",
"body bags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
"examples":[
"a small casket of jewels"
],
"synonyms":[
"bins",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cases",
"chests",
"lockers",
"trunks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cartons",
"crates",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"coffins",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"canteens",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"bandboxes",
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"snuffboxes",
"tinderboxes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cashiering":{
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"the company is giving away a clutter of computers that have recently been cashiered for obsolescence"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting (off)",
"chucking",
"deep-sixing",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"eighty-sixing",
"86ing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"laying by",
"losing",
"pitching",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"tossing",
"unloading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abdicating",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"dismissing",
"kicking out",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"holding",
"holding back",
"keeping",
"retaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casting around (for)":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"casting about (for)",
"chasing (down)",
"foraging (for)",
"hunting",
"looking up",
"pursuing",
"questing",
"searching (for or out)",
"seeking",
"shopping (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferreting (out)",
"rooting (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"case-hardening":{
"as in tempering , annealing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annealing",
"tempering",
"calcifying",
"crystallizing",
"crystalizing",
"ossifying",
"petrifying",
"rigidifying",
"clotting",
"coagulating",
"gelating",
"gelatinizing",
"gelling",
"jelling",
"jellying",
"stiffening",
"thickening",
"caking",
"callusing",
"encrusting",
"incrusting",
"concreting",
"congealing",
"firming (up)",
"freezing",
"hardening",
"indurating",
"setting",
"solidifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liquefying",
"liquifying",
"softening",
"deliquescing",
"dissolving",
"fluxing",
"fusing",
"melting",
"thawing",
"unfreezing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"casserole":{
"as in bowl , plate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bowl",
"charger",
"cup",
"plate",
"platter",
"salver",
"saucer",
"server",
"tray",
"waiter",
"dish",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casualties":{
"a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"the real casualties in the war against drugs are millions of innocent children"
],
"synonyms":[
"fatalities",
"losses",
"prey",
"preys",
"victims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"losers",
"underdogs",
"martyrs",
"sacrifices",
"collateral damages",
"murderees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gainers",
"victors",
"winners",
"harmers",
"injurers",
"assassins",
"killers",
"murderers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a chance and usually sudden event bringing loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"casualties at sea that sometimes resulted in great losses of men or even of entire ships"
],
"synonyms":[
"accidents",
"mischances",
"mishaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calamities",
"cataclysms",
"catastrophes",
"croppers",
"deathblows",
"disasters",
"tragedies",
"bummers",
"knocks",
"misadventures",
"misfortunes",
"collisions",
"crack-ups",
"crashes",
"smashups",
"wrecks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boons",
"breaks",
"flukes",
"godsends",
"miracles",
"strikes",
"windfalls",
"fortunes",
"luck",
"serendipities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the uncertain course of events":{
"examples":[
"believes finding one's true love is too important a matter to be left to mere casualty"
],
"synonyms":[
"accidents",
"chances",
"circumstances",
"haps",
"hazards",
"luck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortuities",
"haphazardries",
"uncertainties",
"flukes",
"happenchances",
"happenstances",
"destinies",
"dooms",
"fates",
"fortunes",
"lots",
"dangers",
"perils",
"risks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intentions",
"intents",
"purposes",
"designs",
"outlines",
"plans",
"schemes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cast around (for)":{
"to go in search of":{
"examples":[
"cast around for a last minute replacement for the lead actor in the movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast about (for)",
"chase (down)",
"forage (for)",
"hunt",
"look up",
"pursue",
"quest",
"search (for or out)",
"seek",
"shop (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ferret (out)",
"root (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cashed in (on)":{
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"capitalized (on)",
"exploited",
"imposed (on or upon)",
"leveraged",
"milked",
"pimped",
"played (on or upon)",
"used",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerked around",
"manipulated",
"mistreated",
"bled",
"cheated",
"fleeced",
"overcharged",
"skinned",
"soaked",
"stuck",
"commercialized",
"commodified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cast down":{
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"newly widowed, he was cast down at the thought of being alone once again"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"casita":{
"as in cabin , cottage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bungalow",
"cabin",
"chalet",
"cottage",
"duplex",
"ranch",
"ranch house",
"saltbox",
"semi",
"split level",
"townhome",
"town house",
"tract house",
"triplex",
"farmhouse",
"grange",
"hacienda",
"homestead",
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"countryseat",
"estate",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"mansion",
"McMansion",
"palace",
"villa",
"hermitage",
"manse",
"parsonage",
"rectory",
"vicarage",
"hooch",
"hootch",
"hovel",
"hut",
"hutch",
"shack",
"shanty",
"accommodations",
"housing",
"nest",
"residency",
"shelter",
"apartment",
"apartment house",
"condo",
"condominium",
"flat",
"tenement",
"tenement house",
"walk-up",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casts out":{
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"cast them out of the tribe for violating sacred traditions"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishes",
"boots (out)",
"bounces",
"chases",
"dismisses",
"drums (out)",
"ejects",
"expels",
"extrudes",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"outs",
"routs",
"runs off",
"throws out",
"turfs (out)",
"turns out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforces",
"deports",
"displaces",
"dispossesses",
"evicts",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"ostracizes",
"reads out",
"shuts out",
"axes",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"defenestrates",
"discharges",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"admits",
"receives",
"takes",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cases in point":{
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
"examples":[
"Action films tend to draw the biggest audiences, and this CGI extravaganza is a case in point ."
],
"synonyms":[
"cases",
"examples",
"exemplars",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"instances",
"prototypes",
"representatives",
"samples",
"specimens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetypes",
"classics",
"loci classici",
"paradigms",
"cross sections",
"microcosms",
"evidences",
"indications",
"manifestations",
"signs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"casting about":{
"as in looking , reaching":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hunting",
"looking",
"reaching",
"seeking (out)",
"grabbling",
"capturing",
"clutching",
"corralling",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"feeling",
"fishing",
"fumbling",
"groping",
"scrabbling",
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"raking",
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"scouring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"cash":{
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"went to the ATM to get more cash"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casbahs":{
"as in alcazars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcazars",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"battlements",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casket":{
"a boxlike container for holding a dead body":{
"examples":[
"bought a beautiful casket when her grandmother died"
],
"synonyms":[
"bier",
"box",
"coffin",
"pall",
"sarcophagus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charnel",
"charnel house",
"crypt",
"sepulchre",
"sepulcher",
"sepulture",
"tomb",
"vault",
"urn",
"body bag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{
"examples":[
"a small casket of jewels"
],
"synonyms":[
"bin",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"chest",
"locker",
"trunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carton",
"crate",
"footlocker",
"sea chest",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"coffin",
"compartment",
"vault",
"canteen",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"bandbox",
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"snuffbox",
"tinderbox"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"casting out":{
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"cast them out of the tribe for violating sacred traditions"
],
"synonyms":[
"banishing",
"booting (out)",
"bouncing",
"chasing",
"dismissing",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"extruding",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)",
"turning out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforcing",
"deporting",
"displacing",
"dispossessing",
"evicting",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"ostracizing",
"reading out",
"shutting out",
"axing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"defenestrating",
"discharging",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"sheltering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"castles in Spain":{
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
"examples":[
"They would spend long evenings in front of the fire, drinking wine and building castles in Spain about their future."
],
"synonyms":[
"chimeras",
"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"figments",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignes fatui",
"mirages",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"visualizations",
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
"cloudlands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"daymares",
"nightmares"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"casettes":{
"as in cartridges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cartridges",
"armors",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"cocoons",
"coverings",
"covers",
"encasements",
"housings",
"hulls",
"husks",
"jackets",
"pods",
"sheaths",
"shells",
"barks",
"crusts",
"carapaces",
"houses",
"mails",
"panoplies",
"plates",
"platings",
"shields",
"cuticles",
"hides",
"skins",
"envelopes",
"packages",
"wrappers",
"backings",
"coatings",
"covertures",
"facings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castors":{
"as in bonnets , baseball caps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castoff":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is cast out or rejected by society":{
"examples":[
"a castoff who later became a famous poet"
],
"synonyms":[
"castaway",
"leper",
"offscouring",
"outcast",
"pariah",
"reject"
],
"near synonyms":[
"untouchable",
"outsider",
"deportee",
"exile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insider"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in discarded , junked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"castaway",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"refuse",
"waste",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"unattended",
"untended",
"godforsaken",
"miserable",
"shabby",
"wretched",
"abandoned",
"derelict",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"disused",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"rejected",
"vacant",
"vacated",
"void",
"empty",
"idle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reclaimed",
"recovered",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"retrieved",
"salvaged",
"saved",
"reconditioned",
"rehabbed",
"rehabilitated",
"restored",
"repeopled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cascades":{
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
"examples":[
"the river forms a series of cascades as it drops a total of 200 feet in elevation"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataracts",
"falls",
"waterfalls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flumes",
"chutes",
"shutes",
"rapids",
"shoots",
"white waters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in runs , streams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"issues",
"rolls",
"runs",
"streams",
"gushes",
"jets",
"pours",
"rushes",
"spews",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"squirts",
"swooshes",
"plashes",
"sloshes",
"splashes",
"washes",
"surges",
"swells",
"flushes",
"sluices",
"deluges",
"drowns",
"engulfs",
"floods",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"overwhelms",
"submerges",
"submerses",
"swamps",
"fountains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"drops",
"trickles",
"spatters",
"sprinkles",
"bleeds",
"exudes",
"leaks",
"oozes",
"percolates",
"seeps",
"strains",
"weeps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in falls , depends":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depends",
"falls",
"overhangs",
"protrudes",
"balances",
"poises",
"extends (out)",
"juts",
"projects",
"sticks out",
"drapes",
"festoons",
"garlands",
"strings",
"hooks",
"mounts",
"pins",
"tacks",
"dangles",
"hangs",
"slings",
"suspends",
"swings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"cashier's check":{
"as in note , check":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"banknote",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"coinage",
"specie",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"case histories":{
"as in case studies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"case studies",
"accounts",
"chronicles",
"chronologies",
"commentaries",
"histories",
"narrations",
"narratives",
"records",
"reports",
"stories",
"versions",
"depositions",
"documentations",
"testaments",
"testimonials",
"testimonies",
"witnesses",
"annals",
"blogs",
"diaries",
"journals",
"logbooks",
"logs",
"memoirs",
"minutes",
"proc\u00e8s-verbaux",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"tales",
"yarns",
"epics",
"sagas",
"gests",
"gestes",
"romances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Cassandras":{
"one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{
"examples":[
"more than one Cassandra on Wall Street had warned that the market was overdue for a major correction"
],
"synonyms":[
"Chicken Littles",
"doomsayers",
"doomsdayers",
"doomsters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"defeatists",
"fatalists",
"naysayers",
"negativists",
"pessimists",
"handwringers",
"worriers",
"worrywarts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"castle":{
"a structure or place from which one can resist attack":{
"examples":[
"the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastion",
"citadel",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortification",
"fortress",
"hold",
"redoubt",
"stronghold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battlement",
"breastwork",
"bulwark",
"earthwork",
"embattlement",
"parapet",
"rampart",
"bunker",
"dugout",
"blockhouse",
"garrison house",
"alcazar",
"casbah",
"kasbah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"the mining tycoon built a magnificent castle on the hill overlooking the town"
],
"synonyms":[
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"palace",
"villa"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplace",
"abode",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"home",
"house",
"lodging(s)",
"pad",
"place",
"housing",
"nest",
"quarter(s)",
"residency",
"roof",
"great house",
"country house",
"countryseat",
"aerie",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"town house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"cascade":{
"a fall of water usually from a great height":{
"examples":[
"the river forms a series of cascades as it drops a total of 200 feet in elevation"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataract",
"fall(s)",
"waterfall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flume",
"chute",
"shute",
"rapid(s)",
"shoot",
"white water"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in run , stream":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"issue",
"roll",
"run",
"stream",
"gush",
"jet",
"pour",
"rush",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt",
"swoosh",
"plash",
"slosh",
"splash",
"wash",
"surge",
"swell",
"flush",
"sluice",
"deluge",
"drown",
"engulf",
"flood",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"overwhelm",
"submerge",
"submerse",
"swamp",
"fountain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"drop",
"trickle",
"spatter",
"sprinkle",
"bleed",
"exude",
"leak",
"ooze",
"percolate",
"seep",
"strain",
"weep"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fall , depend":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"depend",
"fall",
"overhang",
"protrude",
"balance",
"poise",
"extend (out)",
"jut",
"project",
"stick out",
"drape",
"festoon",
"garland",
"string",
"hook",
"mount",
"pin",
"tack",
"dangle",
"hang",
"sling",
"suspend",
"swing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"casts (off)":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"once she became rich and didn't need them anymore, she cast off all her old friends like so much junk"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiers",
"chucks",
"deep-sixes",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"eighty-sixes",
"86es",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"junks",
"lays by",
"loses",
"pitches",
"rejects",
"scraps",
"sheds",
"shucks (off)",
"sloughs (off)",
"sluffs (off)",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"tosses",
"unloads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandons",
"abdicates",
"deserts",
"forsakes",
"dismisses",
"kicks out",
"abolishes",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extinguishes",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopts",
"embraces",
"takes on",
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"holds",
"holds back",
"keeps",
"retains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"castrated":{
"as in emasculated , gelded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"emasculated",
"gelded",
"altered",
"desexed",
"neutered",
"sterilized",
"spayed",
"barren",
"fruitless",
"impotent",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fat",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"fecund",
"luxuriant",
"productive",
"prolific",
"enriched",
"fertilized",
"rich",
"impregnated",
"pregnant",
"potent",
"bearing",
"producing",
"yielding",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"swarming",
"teeming"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"gelded",
"lobotomized",
"petrified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"wore",
"wore out",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"roused",
"stirred",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fired",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"regenerated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"castrates":{
"to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{
"examples":[
"a movie version that castrates the hard-hitting novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"gelds",
"lobotomizes",
"petrifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"wears",
"wears out",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"excites",
"ferments",
"fires",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"reenergizes",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}