dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/exe_MWT.json
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{
"exec":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrant",
"administrator",
"archon",
"director",
"executive",
"manager",
"superintendent",
"supervisor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirector",
"comanager",
"co-organizer",
"middle manager",
"boardman",
"officer",
"official",
"commissioner",
"minister",
"boss",
"chief",
"head",
"leader",
"president"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"executed":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered",
"applied",
"enforced",
"implemented"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"discharged",
"fulfilled",
"rendered",
"cited",
"invoked",
"enacted",
"legislated",
"honored",
"observed",
"upheld",
"prosecuted",
"promulgated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"committed",
"compassed",
"did",
"followed through (with)",
"fulfilled",
"made",
"negotiated",
"performed",
"perpetrated",
"prosecuted",
"pulled off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brought about",
"effected",
"effectuated",
"implemented",
"aced",
"nailed",
"engaged (in)",
"practiced",
"practised",
"worked (at)",
"reduplicated",
"reenacted",
"repeated",
"actualized",
"attained",
"realized",
"completed",
"ended",
"finished",
"wound up",
"winded up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"skimped",
"slighted",
"slurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"slew",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"took out",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"executive":{
"suited for or relating to the directing of things":{
"examples":[
"the executive skills needed to manage a large business office"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrative",
"directorial",
"managerial",
"supervisory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucratic",
"governmental",
"ministerial",
"official",
"parliamentary",
"regulatory",
"authoritarian",
"despotic",
"dictatorial"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonmanagerial",
"nonsupervisory"
]
},
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"a program that teaches company executives how to better manage their staffs"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrant",
"administrator",
"archon",
"director",
"exec",
"manager",
"superintendent",
"supervisor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirector",
"comanager",
"co-organizer",
"middle manager",
"boardman",
"officer",
"official",
"commissioner",
"minister",
"boss",
"chief",
"head",
"leader",
"president"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"exegesis":{
"a statement that makes something clear":{
"examples":[
"a psychobiography that purports to be the definitive exegesis of the late president's character"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarification",
"construction",
"elucidation",
"explanation",
"explication",
"exposition",
"illumination",
"illustration",
"interpretation",
"road map"
],
"near synonyms":[
"paraphrase",
"restatement",
"translation",
"annotation",
"comment",
"commentary",
"epexegesis",
"gloss",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"disentanglement",
"unscrambling",
"analysis",
"edification",
"enlightenment",
"definition",
"meaning",
"demonstration",
"enactment",
"justification",
"rationale",
"rationalization",
"reasoning",
"caution",
"caveat",
"warning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exemplifications":{
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
"examples":[
"a futile war that is now regarded as the exemplification of national na\u00efvet\u00e9 and arrogance"
],
"synonyms":[
"cases",
"examples",
"exemplars",
"illustrations",
"instances",
"prototypes",
"representatives",
"samples",
"specimens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetypes",
"classics",
"loci classici",
"paradigms",
"cross sections",
"microcosms",
"evidences",
"indications",
"manifestations",
"signs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exercise":{
"energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness":{
"examples":[
"the doctor ordered plenty of fresh air and exercise"
],
"synonyms":[
"activity",
"conditioning",
"exertion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"training",
"warm-up",
"workout",
"toning",
"trimming",
"aerobics",
"athletics",
"bodybuilding",
"body mechanics",
"calisthenics",
"gymnastics",
"isometrics",
"plyometrics",
"slimnastics",
"weight lifting",
"physical therapy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
"examples":[
"a young piano student dutifully going through the standard finger exercises"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"practice",
"practise",
"routine",
"training",
"workout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignment",
"homework",
"lesson",
"brushup",
"refresher",
"review"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"the observation that the best exercise for losing weight is the exercise of one's ability to say no to food"
],
"synonyms":[
"application",
"employment",
"operation",
"play",
"usage",
"use"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exertion",
"reuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuse",
"nonuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"a senator who consistently exercises his clout in Congress to get pork barrel projects for his state"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"exert",
"ply",
"put out",
"wield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"abuse",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing"
],
"synonyms":[
"practice",
"practise",
"rehearse",
"run over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groove",
"perfect",
"refine",
"point (for)",
"prepare (for)",
"train (with)",
"drill",
"repeat",
"work (at or on)",
"review",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"employ",
"exploit",
"harness",
"operate",
"use",
"utilize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handle",
"manipulate",
"wield",
"direct",
"run",
"work",
"cannibalize",
"recycle",
"reuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"ail",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"bother",
"concern",
"derail",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"dismay",
"disquiet",
"distemper",
"distract",
"distress",
"disturb",
"flurry",
"frazzle",
"freak (out)",
"fuss",
"hagride",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"weird out",
"worry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"anger",
"annoy",
"bug",
"chafe",
"chivy",
"chivvy",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pester",
"pique",
"put off",
"put out",
"rile",
"vex",
"bedevil",
"haunt",
"plague",
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"jar",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"shake up",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit",
"unnerve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"antonyms":[
"calm",
"compose",
"quiet",
"settle",
"soothe",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"exemplars":{
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
"examples":[
"the village's Congregational church could serve as an exemplar of the white clapboard church with a steeple that is a fixture in old New England towns"
],
"synonyms":[
"cases",
"examples",
"exemplifications",
"illustrations",
"instances",
"prototypes",
"representatives",
"samples",
"specimens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetypes",
"classics",
"loci classici",
"paradigms",
"cross sections",
"microcosms",
"evidences",
"indications",
"manifestations",
"signs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
"examples":[
"few of history's heroes were quite the exemplars that generations of schoolteachers made them out to be"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau ideals",
"classics",
"eidolons",
"eidola",
"ideals",
"ideas",
"models",
"nonesuches",
"nonpareils",
"paragons",
"patron saints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"role models",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"incarnations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"phantoms",
"pinks",
"archetypes",
"examples",
"mirrors",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"guidelines",
"principles",
"rules",
"gauges",
"gages",
"standards",
"touchstones",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apotheoses",
"culminations",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"zeniths"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the most perfect type or example":{
"examples":[
"the paintings of the French painter Claude Monet are often regarded as exemplars of Impressionism"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apotheoses",
"beau ideals",
"bywords",
"classics",
"epitomes",
"ideals",
"perfections",
"quintessences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetypes",
"models",
"prototypes",
"paradigms",
"standards",
"nonpareils",
"paragons",
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"manifestations",
"personifications",
"heights",
"last words",
"meridians",
"ultimates",
"zeniths",
"benchmarks",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"touchstones",
"yardsticks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"executions":{
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"the execution of this magic trick must be accomplished in one fluid motion"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"commissions",
"discharges",
"enactments",
"fulfillments",
"fulfilments",
"implementations",
"performances",
"perpetrations",
"prosecutions",
"pursuances"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatches",
"expeditions",
"administrations",
"directions",
"handlings",
"managements",
"applications",
"operations",
"practices",
"practises"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillments",
"nonperformances"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"execrate":{
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"leaders from around the world execrated the terrorists responsible for the bomb blast"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematize",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"decry",
"denounce",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attack",
"blame",
"blast",
"criticize",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"slam",
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"disparage",
"doom",
"sentence",
"convict",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"castigate",
"chastise",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"admonish",
"chide",
"reprove",
"berate",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"rake",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"vituperate",
"curse",
"imprecate",
"abhor",
"abominate",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe",
"revile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"eulogize",
"exalt",
"extol",
"extoll",
"glorify",
"laud",
"praise",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"hail",
"salute",
"tout",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"honor",
"revere",
"venerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bless"
]
},
"to dislike strongly":{
"examples":[
"execrates without apology anyone who would physically abuse children or animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"hate",
"loathe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deplore",
"deprecate",
"disapprove (of)",
"discountenance",
"disdain",
"disfavor",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desire",
"fancy",
"favor",
"like",
"prefer",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"admire",
"adore",
"approve (of)",
"esteem",
"hallow",
"idolize",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"antonyms":[
"love"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"exemplify":{
"to show or make clear by using examples":{
"examples":[
"in your review you don't really exemplify your points with specific examples from the novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"illustrate",
"instance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adduce",
"cite",
"mention",
"quote",
"name",
"specify",
"analyze",
"break down",
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"edify",
"elucidate",
"enlighten",
"illuminate",
"construe",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"detail",
"enumerate",
"list"
],
"near antonyms":[
"becloud",
"blur",
"cloud",
"darken",
"fog",
"muddy",
"obscure",
"confuse",
"perplex",
"puzzle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"exertion":{
"energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness":{
"examples":[
"often the television addict's greatest attempt at exertion was switching channels on the remote control"
],
"synonyms":[
"activity",
"conditioning",
"exercise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"training",
"warm-up",
"workout",
"toning",
"trimming",
"aerobics",
"athletics",
"bodybuilding",
"body mechanics",
"calisthenics",
"gymnastics",
"isometrics",
"plyometrics",
"slimnastics",
"weight lifting",
"physical therapy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"examples":[
"the number of blueberries that we were finding was hardly worth the exertion"
],
"synonyms":[
"effort",
"elbow grease",
"expenditure",
"labor",
"pains",
"sweat",
"trouble",
"while",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgery",
"grind",
"slog",
"strain",
"toil",
"travail",
"dint",
"energy",
"force",
"might",
"muscle",
"power",
"puissance",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"fling",
"go",
"pass",
"shot",
"stab",
"trial",
"try",
"whack"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adroitness",
"ease",
"facility",
"fluency",
"smoothness",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inaction",
"inactivity",
"indolence",
"inertia",
"languor",
"laziness",
"quiescence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"execution":{
"the doing of an action":{
"examples":[
"the execution of this magic trick must be accomplished in one fluid motion"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishment",
"achievement",
"commission",
"discharge",
"enactment",
"fulfillment",
"fulfilment",
"implementation",
"performance",
"perpetration",
"prosecution",
"pursuance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dispatch",
"expedition",
"administration",
"direction",
"handling",
"management",
"application",
"operation",
"practice",
"practise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonfulfillment",
"nonperformance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exerting":{
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"parental involvement has consistently been shown to exert the most influence over a child's success in school"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"exercising",
"plying",
"putting out",
"wielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"abusing",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"execute":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"apply",
"enforce",
"implement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"discharge",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"render",
"cite",
"invoke",
"enact",
"legislate",
"honor",
"observe",
"uphold",
"prosecute",
"promulgate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"commit",
"compass",
"do",
"follow through (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"make",
"negotiate",
"perform",
"perpetrate",
"prosecute",
"pull off",
"put through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bring about",
"effect",
"effectuate",
"implement",
"ace",
"nail",
"engage (in)",
"practice",
"practise",
"work (at)",
"reduplicate",
"reenact",
"repeat",
"actualize",
"attain",
"realize",
"complete",
"end",
"finish",
"wind up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fail",
"skimp",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"slay",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"verb"
]
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"a new edition of Shakespeare with an abundance of exegetical commentary for the modern reader"
],
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"elucidative",
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"explicative",
"explicatory",
"expositive",
"expository",
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"illustrative",
"interpretative",
"interpretive"
],
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"analytical",
"demonstrative",
"discursive",
"exculpatory",
"exonerative"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"a person who executes people who have been sentenced to death":{
"examples":[
"was sentenced to face the executioner"
],
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"deathsmen",
"decapitators",
"executors",
"hangmen",
"headsmen",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"homicides",
"killers",
"manslayers",
"murderers",
"butchers",
"massacrers",
"slaughterers",
"slayers",
"murderesses"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"parental involvement has consistently been shown to exert the most influence over a child's success in school"
],
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"apply",
"exercise",
"ply",
"put out",
"wield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"abuse",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"someone who is named to act on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He named his daughter as the executor of his will."
],
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"assignee",
"attorney",
"commissary",
"delegate",
"deputy",
"envoy",
"factor",
"minister",
"procurator",
"proxy",
"rep",
"representative",
"subagent",
"agency",
"subagency"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exempla":{
"as in fables , parables":{
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"near synonyms":[
"fables",
"parables",
"bedtime stories",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"jokes",
"narratives",
"novelettes",
"novellas",
"novelle",
"short stories",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"fairy tales",
"folktales",
"legends",
"myths",
"romances",
"accounts",
"annals",
"chronicles",
"histories",
"records",
"reports"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"parental involvement has consistently been shown to exert the most influence over a child's success in school"
],
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"applies",
"exercises",
"plies",
"puts out",
"wields"
],
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"uses",
"utilizes",
"abuses",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"someone who is named to act on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"He named his daughter as the executor of his will."
],
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"agencies",
"agents",
"assignees",
"attorneys",
"commissaries",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"envoys",
"factors",
"ministers",
"procurators",
"proxies",
"representatives",
"reps",
"subagencies",
"sub-agencies",
"subagents",
"sub-agents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a statement that makes something clear":{
"examples":[
"a psychobiography that purports to be the definitive exegesis of the late president's character"
],
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"clarifications",
"constructions",
"elucidations",
"explanations",
"explications",
"expositions",
"illuminations",
"illustrations",
"interpretations",
"road maps"
],
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"paraphrases",
"restatements",
"translations",
"annotations",
"commentaries",
"comments",
"epexegeses",
"glosses",
"disentanglements",
"analyses",
"edifications",
"enlightenments",
"definitions",
"meanings",
"demonstrations",
"enactments",
"justifications",
"rationales",
"rationalizations",
"reasonings",
"cautions",
"caveats",
"warnings"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exemplified":{
"to show or make clear by using examples":{
"examples":[
"in your review you don't really exemplify your points with specific examples from the novel"
],
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"demonstrated",
"illustrated",
"instanced"
],
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"adduced",
"cited",
"mentioned",
"quoted",
"named",
"specified",
"analyzed",
"broke down",
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"explained",
"explicated",
"expounded",
"edified",
"elucidated",
"enlightened",
"illuminated",
"construed",
"interpreted",
"simplified",
"spelled out",
"detailed",
"enumerated",
"listed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beclouded",
"blurred",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"fogged",
"muddied",
"obscured",
"confused",
"perplexed",
"puzzled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"exercisers":{
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"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tumblers",
"acrobats",
"gymnasts",
"turners",
"contortionists",
"equilibrists",
"aerialists",
"ropedancers",
"ropewalkers",
"trampoliners",
"trampolinists",
"trapeze artists",
"trapezists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"execration":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"upon discovering that someone had stolen his golf bag, he let loose a volley of execrations"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathema",
"ban",
"curse",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denunciation",
"excommunication",
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"mojo",
"spell",
"voodoo",
"whammy",
"pox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"antonyms":[
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
]
},
"a very strong dislike":{
"examples":[
"a cowardly betrayal that earned him the execration of all who had remained loyal to the cause"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"detestation",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cattiness",
"despite",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"invidiousness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"odium",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"bile",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"spleen",
"venom",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appetite",
"inclination",
"liking",
"admiration",
"adoration",
"veneration",
"worship",
"acceptance",
"tolerance",
"passion",
"relish",
"taste"
],
"antonyms":[
"affection",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love"
]
},
"something or someone that is hated":{
"examples":[
"denounced as an abomination before God and man, the heretic would forever be an execration even amongst his own people"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"antipathy",
"aversion",
"b\u00eate noire",
"detestation",
"hate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dread",
"hang-up",
"horror",
"phobia",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugaboo",
"bugbear",
"adversary",
"enemy",
"annoyance",
"grievance",
"hassle",
"nuisance",
"peeve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloved",
"darling",
"dear",
"honey",
"sweetheart",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"felicity",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"favorite",
"like",
"preference",
"treasure"
],
"antonyms":[
"love"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"executing":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"applying",
"enforcing",
"implementing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"discharging",
"fulfilling",
"rendering",
"citing",
"invoking",
"enacting",
"legislating",
"honoring",
"observing",
"upholding",
"prosecuting",
"promulgating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"committing",
"compassing",
"doing",
"following through (with)",
"fulfilling",
"making",
"negotiating",
"performing",
"perpetrating",
"prosecuting",
"pulling off",
"putting through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bringing about",
"effecting",
"effectuating",
"implementing",
"acing",
"nailing",
"engaging (in)",
"practicing",
"practising",
"working (at)",
"reduplicating",
"reenacting",
"repeating",
"actualizing",
"attaining",
"realizing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finishing",
"winding up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failing",
"skimping",
"slighting",
"slurring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"bumping off",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"slaying",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"executes":{
"to carry out effectively":{
"examples":[
"the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"applies",
"enforces",
"implements"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"discharges",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"renders",
"cites",
"invokes",
"enacts",
"legislates",
"honors",
"observes",
"upholds",
"prosecutes",
"promulgates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to carry through (as a process) to completion":{
"examples":[
"when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"commits",
"compasses",
"does",
"follows through (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"makes",
"negotiates",
"performs",
"perpetrates",
"prosecutes",
"pulls off",
"puts through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brings about",
"effects",
"effectuates",
"implements",
"aces",
"nails",
"engages (in)",
"practices",
"practises",
"works (at)",
"reduplicates",
"reenacts",
"repeats",
"actualizes",
"attains",
"realizes",
"completes",
"ends",
"finishes",
"winds up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fails",
"skimps",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"slays",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"exempt":{
"not subject to something to which others are required":{
"examples":[
"They were exempt from jury duty because of their jobs as firefighters."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"immune",
"inviolate",
"pure",
"privileged",
"protected",
"secure",
"shielded",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"inviolable",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"unassailable",
"untouchable",
"bulletproof",
"invincible",
"invulnerable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endangered",
"exposed",
"open",
"susceptible",
"vulnerable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"execrable":{
"extremely unsatisfactory":{
"examples":[
"her execrable singing finally brought a complaint from the neighbors"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"dismal",
"horrible",
"lousy",
"punk",
"rotten",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"off",
"poor",
"substandard",
"wanting",
"contemptible",
"miserable",
"shameful",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"low-grade",
"mediocre",
"reprehensible",
"second-rate",
"bum",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"abominable",
"damnable",
"fiendish",
"odious",
"vile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choice",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"premium",
"prime",
"superior",
"adequate",
"sufficient",
"acceptable",
"satisfactory"
],
"antonyms":[
"bitchin'",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"wonderful"
]
},
"of low quality":{
"examples":[
"another souvenir shop selling execrable knickknacks manufactured in some foreign sweatshop"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
]
},
"not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{
"examples":[
"a sordid murder case that was covered with execrable excess by the newspaper tabloids and cable news outlets"
],
"synonyms":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"currish",
"despicable",
"detestable",
"dirty",
"dishonorable",
"ignoble",
"ignominious",
"low",
"low-down",
"low-minded",
"mean",
"nasty",
"paltry",
"snide",
"sordid",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bad",
"evil",
"foul",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"miscreant",
"wicked",
"wrong",
"cruel",
"vicious",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"perverted",
"atrocious",
"villainous",
"unethical",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"discreditable",
"disgraceful",
"disreputable",
"shameful",
"unworthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"honest",
"just",
"principled",
"righteous",
"right-minded",
"scrupulous",
"commendable",
"excellent",
"exemplary",
"good",
"moral",
"right",
"decent",
"proper",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"guiltless",
"incorruptible",
"irreproachable",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring"
],
"antonyms":[
"high",
"high-minded",
"honorable",
"lofty",
"noble",
"straight",
"upright",
"venerable",
"virtuous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"exerciser":{
"as in tumbler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tumbler",
"acrobat",
"gymnast",
"turner",
"contortionist",
"equilibrist",
"aerialist",
"ropedancer",
"ropewalker",
"trampoliner",
"trampolinist",
"trapeze artist",
"trapezist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"execrated":{
"as in despised , loathed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"unfavorite",
"unbeloved",
"abandoned",
"forgotten",
"ignored",
"alienated",
"estranged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloved",
"cherished",
"darling",
"dear",
"fair-haired",
"favored",
"favorite",
"fond",
"loved",
"pet",
"precious",
"special",
"sweet",
"white-headed",
"admired",
"adored",
"appreciated",
"esteemed",
"relished",
"revered",
"prized",
"treasured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"leaders from around the world execrated the terrorists responsible for the bomb blast"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematized",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"decried",
"denounced",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacked",
"blamed",
"blasted",
"criticized",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"slammed",
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"disparaged",
"doomed",
"sentenced",
"convicted",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"castigated",
"chastised",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"reproved",
"berated",
"lambasted",
"raked",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"vituperated",
"cursed",
"imprecated",
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"reviled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"eulogized",
"exalted",
"extolled",
"glorified",
"lauded",
"praised",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
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"liked",
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"verb"
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"a senator who consistently exercises his clout in Congress to get pork barrel projects for his state"
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"put out",
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"wrought (at or on)",
"reviewed",
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"commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency"
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"run",
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"cannibalized",
"recycled",
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"misused"
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"the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised"
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"alarumed",
"bothered",
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"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distempered",
"distracted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
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"frazzled",
"freaked (out)",
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"hagrode",
"perturbed",
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"upset",
"weirded out",
"worried"
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"got",
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"pestered",
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"put out",
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"vext",
"bedeviled",
"haunted",
"plagued",
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
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"flustered",
"jarred",
"mortified",
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"nonplused",
"rattled",
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"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"unnerved"
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"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
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"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
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"verb"
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"case",
"example",
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"sample",
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"paradigm",
"cross section",
"microcosm",
"evidence",
"indication",
"manifestation",
"sign"
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"someone of such unequaled perfection as to deserve imitation":{
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"few of history's heroes were quite the exemplars that generations of schoolteachers made them out to be"
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"classic",
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"model",
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"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"patron saint"
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"phantom",
"pink",
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"example",
"mirror",
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"pattern",
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"principle",
"rule",
"gauge",
"gage",
"standard",
"touchstone",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"acme",
"apex",
"apotheosis",
"culmination",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"zenith"
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"the most perfect type or example":{
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"the paintings of the French painter Claude Monet are often regarded as exemplars of Impressionism"
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"acme",
"apotheosis",
"beau ideal",
"byword",
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"epitome",
"ideal",
"perfection",
"quintessence"
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"model",
"prototype",
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"standard",
"nonpareil",
"paragon",
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"height",
"last word",
"meridian",
"ultimate",
"zenith",
"benchmark",
"criterion",
"touchstone",
"yardstick"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"as in terribly , horribly":{
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"atrociously",
"awfully",
"damnably",
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"badly",
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"poorly",
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"trashily",
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"insufficiently",
"meagerly",
"meanly",
"niggardly",
"scantily",
"scantly",
"shabbily",
"skimpily",
"sparely",
"stingily"
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"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"fine",
"good",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"palatably",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"so-so",
"tolerably",
"well",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decently",
"decorously",
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"fittingly",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"exactly",
"faithfully",
"ideally",
"precisely",
"respectably",
"gratifyingly",
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"type":[
"adverb"
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"examples":[
"those motorists who think that they can flout the town's parking regulations with exemption"
],
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"immunity",
"impunity"
],
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"aegis",
"egis",
"armor",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safety",
"security",
"shield",
"buffer",
"bumper",
"screen",
"absolution",
"absolving",
"dispensation",
"forgiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"vulnerability"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exegetic":{
"serving to explain":{
"examples":[
"a new edition of Shakespeare with an abundance of exegetical commentary for the modern reader"
],
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"elucidative",
"explanative",
"explanatory",
"explicative",
"explicatory",
"expositive",
"expository",
"illuminative",
"illustrative",
"interpretative",
"interpretive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"demonstrative",
"discursive",
"exculpatory",
"exonerative"
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"leaders from around the world execrated the terrorists responsible for the bomb blast"
],
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"anathematizes",
"censures",
"condemns",
"damns",
"decries",
"denounces",
"reprehends",
"reprobates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacks",
"blames",
"blasts",
"criticizes",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"slams",
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"dooms",
"sentences",
"convicts",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"reproves",
"berates",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"rakes",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"vituperates",
"curses",
"imprecates",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes",
"reviles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"eulogizes",
"exalts",
"extols",
"extolls",
"glorifies",
"lauds",
"praises",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"hails",
"salutes",
"touts",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sanctifies",
"honors",
"reveres",
"venerates"
],
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"blesses"
]
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"to dislike strongly":{
"examples":[
"execrates without apology anyone who would physically abuse children or animals"
],
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"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"hates",
"loathes"
],
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"deplores",
"deprecates",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disdains",
"disfavors",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desires",
"fancies",
"favors",
"likes",
"prefers",
"enjoys",
"relishes",
"admires",
"adores",
"approves (of)",
"esteems",
"hallows",
"idolizes",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures"
],
"antonyms":[
"loves"
]
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"type":[
"verb"
]
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"exemplification":{
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
"examples":[
"a futile war that is now regarded as the exemplification of national na\u00efvet\u00e9 and arrogance"
],
"synonyms":[
"case",
"example",
"exemplar",
"illustration",
"instance",
"prototype",
"representative",
"sample",
"specimen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"archetype",
"classic",
"locus classicus",
"paradigm",
"cross section",
"microcosm",
"evidence",
"indication",
"manifestation",
"sign"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"executioner":{
"a person who executes people who have been sentenced to death":{
"examples":[
"was sentenced to face the executioner"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"deathsman",
"decapitator",
"executor",
"hangman",
"headsman",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"homicide",
"killer",
"manslayer",
"murderer",
"butcher",
"massacrer",
"slaughterer",
"slayer",
"murderess"
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"execrations":{
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"upon discovering that someone had stolen his golf bag, he let loose a volley of execrations"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathemas",
"bans",
"curses",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"malisons",
"winzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denunciations",
"excommunications",
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"spells",
"voodoos",
"whammies",
"pox",
"poxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"antonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benisons",
"blessings"
]
},
"something or someone that is hated":{
"examples":[
"denounced as an abomination before God and man, the heretic would forever be an execration even amongst his own people"
],
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"abhorrences",
"abominations",
"anathemas",
"antipathies",
"aversions",
"b\u00eates noires",
"detestations",
"hates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dreads",
"hang-ups",
"horrors",
"phobias",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugaboos",
"bugbears",
"adversaries",
"enemies",
"annoyances",
"grievances",
"hassles",
"nuisances",
"peeves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beloveds",
"darlings",
"dears",
"honeys",
"sweethearts",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"felicities",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"favorites",
"likes",
"preferences",
"treasures"
],
"antonyms":[
"loves"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exemption":{
"freedom from punishment, harm, or loss":{
"examples":[
"those motorists who think that they can flout the town's parking regulations with exemption"
],
"synonyms":[
"immunity",
"impunity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"armor",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safety",
"security",
"shield",
"buffer",
"bumper",
"screen",
"absolution",
"absolving",
"dispensation",
"forgiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness",
"vulnerability"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"executives":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"a program that teaches company executives how to better manage their staffs"
],
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"administrants",
"administrators",
"archons",
"directors",
"execs",
"managers",
"superintendents",
"supervisors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirectors",
"co-directors",
"comanagers",
"co-managers",
"co-organizers",
"middle managers",
"boardmen",
"officers",
"officials",
"commissioners",
"ministers",
"bosses",
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"presidents"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exerted":{
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"parental involvement has consistently been shown to exert the most influence over a child's success in school"
],
"synonyms":[
"applied",
"exercised",
"plied",
"put out",
"wielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"abused",
"misapplied",
"misused"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"exemplary":{
"constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated":{
"examples":[
"as a hospital volunteer you have given exemplary service to your community"
],
"synonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"classic",
"definitive",
"imitable",
"model",
"paradigmatic",
"quintessential",
"textbook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ideal",
"nonpareil",
"special",
"unique",
"absolute",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"perfect",
"A-OK",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"nifty",
"par excellence",
"prime",
"primo",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"low-grade",
"poor",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"atrocious",
"execrable",
"vile",
"wretched",
"deficient",
"disappointing",
"failed",
"inadequate",
"inferior",
"average",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"representative",
"typical",
"mediocre",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"serving as or offering a warning":{
"examples":[
"armies have traditionally used public execution as an exemplary punishment for the crime of desertion"
],
"synonyms":[
"admonishing",
"admonitory",
"cautionary",
"cautioning",
"monitory",
"premonitory",
"warning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"didactic",
"moralistic",
"moralizing",
"advisory",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"punishing",
"punitive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"execs":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrants",
"administrators",
"archons",
"directors",
"executives",
"managers",
"superintendents",
"supervisors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirectors",
"co-directors",
"comanagers",
"co-managers",
"co-organizers",
"middle managers",
"boardmen",
"officers",
"officials",
"commissioners",
"ministers",
"bosses",
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"presidents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"execrableness":{
"as in cursedness , accursedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accursedness",
"baseness",
"cursedness",
"devilishness",
"fiendishness",
"hellishness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"badness",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"diabolicalness",
"enormity",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"hideousness",
"monstrosity",
"sinfulness",
"vileness",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"decadence",
"degeneracy",
"pervertedness",
"immorality",
"infamy",
"notoriety"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"morality",
"chasteness",
"innocence",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exemplifies":{
"to show or make clear by using examples":{
"examples":[
"in your review you don't really exemplify your points with specific examples from the novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"illustrates",
"instances"
],
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"adduces",
"cites",
"mentions",
"quotes",
"names",
"specifies",
"analyzes",
"breaks down",
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"explains",
"explicates",
"expounds",
"edifies",
"elucidates",
"enlightens",
"illuminates",
"construes",
"interprets",
"simplifies",
"spells out",
"details",
"enumerates",
"lists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beclouds",
"blurs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"fogs",
"muddies",
"obscures",
"confuses",
"perplexes",
"puzzles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"exercises":{
"something done over and over in order to develop skill":{
"examples":[
"a young piano student dutifully going through the standard finger exercises"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"practices",
"practises",
"routines",
"trainings",
"workouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assignments",
"homeworks",
"lessons",
"brushups",
"refreshers",
"reviews"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose":{
"examples":[
"the observation that the best exercise for losing weight is the exercise of one's ability to say no to food"
],
"synonyms":[
"applications",
"employments",
"operations",
"plays",
"usages",
"uses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exertions",
"reuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disuses",
"nonuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"a senator who consistently exercises his clout in Congress to get pork barrel projects for his state"
],
"synonyms":[
"applies",
"exerts",
"plies",
"puts out",
"wields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employs",
"uses",
"utilizes",
"abuses",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing"
],
"synonyms":[
"practices",
"practises",
"rehearses",
"runs over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooves",
"perfects",
"refines",
"points (for)",
"prepares (for)",
"trains (with)",
"drills",
"repeats",
"works (at or on)",
"reviews",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"applies",
"employs",
"exploits",
"harnesses",
"operates",
"uses",
"utilizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handles",
"manipulates",
"wields",
"directs",
"runs",
"works",
"cannibalizes",
"recycles",
"reuses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignores",
"neglects",
"misapplies",
"misuses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"ails",
"alarms",
"alarums",
"bothers",
"concerns",
"derails",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"dismays",
"disquiets",
"distempers",
"distracts",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"flurries",
"frazzles",
"freaks (out)",
"fusses",
"hagrides",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"weirds out",
"worries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"angers",
"annoys",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"chivies",
"chivvies",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"pesters",
"piques",
"puts off",
"puts out",
"riles",
"vexes",
"bedevils",
"haunts",
"plagues",
"abashes",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"discomfits",
"disconcerts",
"discountenances",
"embarrasses",
"fazes",
"flusters",
"jars",
"mortifies",
"nonpluses",
"nonplusses",
"rattles",
"shakes up",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits",
"unnerves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"calms",
"composes",
"quiets",
"settles",
"soothes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"exemplum":{
"as in fable , parable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fable",
"parable",
"bedtime story",
"anecdote",
"joke",
"narrative",
"novelette",
"novella",
"short story",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn",
"fairy tale",
"folktale",
"legend",
"myth",
"romance",
"account",
"annals",
"chronicle",
"history",
"record",
"report"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exertions":{
"the active use of energy in producing a result":{
"examples":[
"the number of blueberries that we were finding was hardly worth the exertion"
],
"synonyms":[
"efforts",
"elbow grease",
"expenditures",
"labors",
"pains",
"sweats",
"troubles",
"whiles",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drudgeries",
"grinds",
"slogs",
"strains",
"toils",
"travails",
"dints",
"energies",
"forces",
"mights",
"muscles",
"powers",
"puissances",
"attempts",
"endeavors",
"essays",
"flings",
"goes",
"passes",
"shots",
"stabs",
"trials",
"tries",
"whacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eases",
"facilities",
"fluencies",
"dormancies",
"inactions",
"inactivities",
"indolences",
"inertias",
"languors",
"quiescences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"exemplifying":{
"to show or make clear by using examples":{
"examples":[
"in your review you don't really exemplify your points with specific examples from the novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"illustrating",
"instancing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adducing",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"quoting",
"naming",
"specifying",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"edifying",
"elucidating",
"enlightening",
"illuminating",
"construing",
"interpreting",
"simplifying",
"spelling out",
"detailing",
"enumerating",
"listing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beclouding",
"blurring",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"fogging",
"muddying",
"obscuring",
"confusing",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"exercising":{
"to bring to bear especially forcefully or effectively":{
"examples":[
"a senator who consistently exercises his clout in Congress to get pork barrel projects for his state"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"exerting",
"plying",
"putting out",
"wielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"abusing",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do over and over so as to become skilled":{
"examples":[
"the only way to exercise your writing skills is to do more writing"
],
"synonyms":[
"practicing",
"practising",
"rehearsing",
"running over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooving",
"perfecting",
"refining",
"pointing (for)",
"preparing (for)",
"training (with)",
"drilling",
"repeating",
"working (at or on)",
"reviewing",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into action or service":{
"examples":[
"commended the firefighters for exercising really good judgment in that emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"employing",
"exploiting",
"harnessing",
"operating",
"using",
"utilizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handling",
"manipulating",
"wielding",
"directing",
"running",
"working",
"cannibalizing",
"recycling",
"reusing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
"examples":[
"the slightest change in travel plans is enough to get him all exercised"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"flurrying",
"frazzling",
"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"weirding out",
"worrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"antonyms":[
"calming",
"composing",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"exes":{
"as in bachelors , singles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bachelorettes",
"maidens",
"maids",
"spinsters",
"bachelors",
"singles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better halves",
"consorts",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"spouses",
"soul mates",
"domestic partners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"execrating":{
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
"examples":[
"leaders from around the world execrated the terrorists responsible for the bomb blast"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathematizing",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"damning",
"decrying",
"denouncing",
"reprehending",
"reprobating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attacking",
"blaming",
"blasting",
"criticizing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"slamming",
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"disparaging",
"dooming",
"sentencing",
"convicting",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"castigating",
"chastising",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"reproving",
"berating",
"lambasting",
"raking",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"vituperating",
"cursing",
"imprecating",
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing",
"reviling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"eulogizing",
"exalting",
"extolling",
"glorifying",
"lauding",
"praising",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"hailing",
"saluting",
"touting",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"honoring",
"revering",
"venerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessing"
]
},
"to dislike strongly":{
"examples":[
"execrates without apology anyone who would physically abuse children or animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"abhorring",
"abominating",
"despising",
"detesting",
"hating",
"loathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deploring",
"deprecating",
"disapproving (of)",
"discountenancing",
"disdaining",
"disfavoring",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"desiring",
"fancying",
"favoring",
"liking",
"preferring",
"enjoying",
"relishing",
"admiring",
"adoring",
"approving (of)",
"esteeming",
"hallowing",
"idolizing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring"
],
"antonyms":[
"loving"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}